BBLIR's Daily Art Challenge

Had to fill up my buffer again so this batch’s a bit chaotic;

Mask of confusion. Didn’t have the time and attention to make a proper earth Makuta.

Another Karda Nui what-if, a shadow (le-) matoran with a Felnas.

Now for something completely different! Disc Man from Mega Man Odyssey.

Felt like drawing Pohatu… didn’t feel like drawing.

A collage of Mega Man Odyssey bosses.

Kinda wonky Ekimu, that mask of creation is tough to draw fast.

And lastly, something good again, Akamai, with a fused kanohi. It isn’t really hard to tell which 3 masks make it up :slight_smile:

As cursed as I expected it to be. I’d colour it but the page of the other drawing yesterday tore so I didn’t have as much time for it.

I’ve drawn Farda too, he’s coming in the next post.

(Sidenote, if you found the project I’ve teased a few times interesting, there’s a demo!)

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Love the ambiguity of the facial expression, really lends itself to the concept of the mask

Action shot is awesome

Oh my god he’s beautiful

I don’t think he canonically poops, perks of being a semi-mythical entity

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I like this design. The centered row of gaps in the mask gives it a more unsettling look compared to other Kanohi (sort of like it has a vertical mouth). Really nice!

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Be forewarned!

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Time for more stuffs!

him

I’ve been meaning to draw a roborider for a while, so I finally got around to one. I really like how the canister tops can actually be used in combiner models.

Drew Spinner in his pre-dark hunter Toa form.

This one I threw together kinda quick because the paper ripped while I was erasing. My markers are bust…

Drew Wairuha like I drew Akamai. This mask fusion was tough, a lot harder than Akamai’s.

Spectral Mask - I based it more on the Ignika than the Hau, I find basing it off the latter kinda boring.

Another what-if, Photok as a Toa of Light. (also I find it kinda odd how the Av-matoran masks are based off the Toa Nuva masks but are meant to be noble variations of the regular ones. As much as I love 2008 it’s kind of a mess sometimes)

The next post will feature a new sketchbook! I picked a bigger, A4-sized one, and I’m already working on the overly-ambitious-first-page artwork.

Enjoy!

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See them storm clouds, Kapua? Know why they be so dark-coloured and heavy? Makuta farted, that’s why.

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Aight, got some real bangers this time:

Starting with a simple one.

And a filler one.

And the star of the show, the overly ambitious first page of a new sketchbook! I love Karda Nui.

Started with a mugshot an just continued into a bigger thing.

There’s a piece missing here because I posted these MOCs instead of art: My attempt at G2 Toa Kaita

Matoro falling into Karda Nui. Glows in the dark!

And a meh-drawn Skrall.

Get ready, next week has a bunch of plushies ready. They might be cuter than the last batch!

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Awesome as always. Keep up the good work!

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Almost forgot again! Here’s new stuffs:

Kongu plushie. The face is kinda strange but I love this piece. And I also love Kongu, especially in this form.

I was gonna do an Ahkmou plushie but the mask didn’t work well so I switched him out for Avak.

I was vibin’ so I continued with Takua.

And this is where it starts getting adorable, I made a bohrok, whose eyes are kinda ambiguous because I couldn’t fit a krana on there.

no comment.

It was my birthday yesterday so I made an artwork for the day.

And another artwork of Zaria.

Working with watercolours is getting me great results, having a hair drier helps with efficiency lol

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Takua and Nuhvok Va plushies are adorable

I can imagine lol

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Using a Zatth for a choice of mask is rather interesting. Did you use any story-based ideas in this choice, or just aesthetic? Just curious. Cool artwork overall (and happy belated birthday- we all feel the pain of age).

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I chose it because it was similar to other Zarias I’ve seen, and also, whenever a mask isn’t specified I give the character smth useless.

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So, you also promote a Sanok for Orde?

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It is time… for INK!

Toa Onepu. I like the vibe of this one.

Day 1: Fire
This one was meant to be posted after the Bonktober stuff but I forgot to scan actual day 1 on the day so I posted him as an intro to the month.

Day 2: Island
With every piece for Bonktober I try to avoid the first association; I could’ve draw Voya Nui from the top or a drone view but I decided to depict the scene from the bottom from that Toa Mahri flash game. I love how it turned out!

Day 3: Mask
Did smth simple for this one.

Day 4: Beast
Interpreted Nuju’s aperture thing as a swollen eye (poor Nuju).

Day 5: Ice
I really dig the vibe of Ko-Metru (though I didn’t have time to do it properly so I used mist to cover it up lol).

Day 6: Legend
I count Matoro as a legend, he’s awesome.

I continue next week with more greyscale bonkles.

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More ink!

Day 7: Sport
Local artist uses references! wow! (I’m proud of this one. I also like Pohatu aparently)

Day 8: Infection
Drew the Great Cataclysm, nothing much more to say tbh.

Day 9: Unity
Nah I use GameMaker. Wait, wrong Unity? oops
Akamai and Wairuha are now even!

Day 10: Earth
I don’t draw G2 super often. Not really much inspiring stuff aside from stuff around Umarak.

Day 11: Swarm
Bohroks would’ve been too obvious, so I drew Zaktan, Swarm of Bees.

Day 12: Transformed
I could build this combiner model. Do I want to? nah

Day 13: Peace
Didn’t really know what to draw here so I drew the thing from MNOG 2

See you next week with more matorans

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These all look awesome.
I really like how pohatu turned out.

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Honestly, the Peace one works real well considering the Ko-Matoran principle of peace, which Toudo is recognized for. Good research.

Somebody else that uses GameMaker! Ah, yes, my introduction down the rabbit hole of coding that in no way has led me to start to age, bald and gray at 20. Wonderful memories your drawings bring.

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Thank you!

Yeah in what I gathered, it was the strongest connection to the prompt. I’ve seen it interpreted using the end of the toyline which is also good, but in general it’s not super easy to find moments of peace, considering all the stuff the Matoran Universe goes through.

Eyup. Tbh my games are held together with duct tape and prayers lol.
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Moretorans;

Day 14: Air
Matau… what have you done?

Day 15: Duty
This one would’ve made more sense for Destiny but eh it works.

Day 16: Journey
Yo like that song I composed? This one came out pretty neat. Though I often have trouble visualizing how Mata Nui works.

Day 17: Light
I like Umbra. He’s vibes.

Day 18: Collectible
Gotta collect them all! Golden Bionicle! (what??)

Day 19: Spider
This one’s awesome. The lighting came out great, the pose I could push a bit more but yay.

Day 20: Stone
Man, 2007 and 2008 are really weird about elements.

Tune in next time for more inks and bonks goodnight.

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Gettin’ to the end

Day 21: Secret
I will take any excuse to draw Ahkmou.

Day 22: Brother
Did a sorta yin-yang thing with Mazeka and Vultraz. Have I read the story to be sure this is even accurate? Nah. Am I proud of this piece? Certainly.

Day 23: Tool
This one has layers. The Kohlii stick is a tool. The matoran is a tool for the krana. The krana and matoran themselves are tools. Neat.

Day 24: Teeth
You’re welcome :^)

Day 25: Water
“Gadunka” is so much fun to pronounce. I was gonna draw 'im the day before but the Mata Nui smile was too good to pass up.

Day 26: Betrayal
I didn’t really think of many options for this prompt so I drew G2 Makuta. Pretty proud of this one. Even if it looks like he burned smth.

Day 27: Fusion
This thing has a long name. I should draw it again, this quick drawing doesn’t do it justice.

Tune in next week for the end of Bonktober and some stuff I made before I started. My buffer shot way up in size when I added in the stuff I can’t post this month.

Enjoy!

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