Daydream
Resources used: Texture Town
Wad file: N/A
I was made aware of Texture Town by @stephyesterday a while back and I instantly fell in love with the site! So many cool textures! I was converting some to the Doom palette, but noticed some that looked really cool but didn't seem usable in game, so I decided to take two and make art with them. One of my favorite arts I've made. The girl here is in a way an embodiment of myself and my gender - an appearance I yearn to embody.
-21. July 2025. (painting made on 23. June)
Note: All art in this blog post was made during my Doomworld account suspension and uploaded to the forums in bulk on the 21st.
This piece is still a banger, I love it! The blue lady here has definitely become my persona, and you'll be seeing more of her very soon. As for my gender, I'm dreaming of looking like a member of a psychedelic rock band from the 60s, with the vibrant paisley shirts and stuff.
Lijep i Sunčan Dan
Resources used: ALT, DaWerecat, Epic2, Hacx, Texture House, Banjo Kazooie textures compiled by raddicted
Wad file: DOWNLOAD
Loved my new persona so much I had to draw here again! This time I made use of the other texture town textures I've compiled, plus some others. Quite happy with the palette I made for this, the blue and lime/brown ranges mesh quite nicely!
-ditto (painting made on 24. June)
Told you you'd be seeing my persona very soon! Didn't believe me did ya? Heart too blinded by pride and Eggman YTPs innit? Better get your peanuses out of my thousand cereals!!!
Anyways, really went ham with the Texture Town textures here. This turned into a really vibrant and bright piece, which is rather funny to think about considering I was quite mad about my account suspension at the time. In the end nothing's ever cut and dry, amid all the bitterness I had for Doomworld beautiful things were happening also.
BTW I'm listening to an Orange Lounge music compilation while writing this and it fits the above two images and the one bellow really well! Also, title means "Nice and Sunny Day"
Mačja Posla
Resources used: Texture Town, Rosy256
Wad file: N/ASince I had made a persona for myself, I decided to make a persona for my partner as well! This was a prototype of his design, though it hasn't changed too significantly yet.
-ditto (painting made on 25. June)
This is the last painting I did before my 8 day stay in Montenegro. I think the lead-up to that kept my spirits high, and contributed to the more vibrant look of the above 3 paintings. Way I drew my partner's persona is still very cute, though my partner is also very cute, so can't say I'm surprised teehee ^ ^
Title means "Cat Business"
Conferencia Internacional
Resources used: Texture Town
Wad file: N/AEarly this month I came back from an 8 day vacation spent in Montenegro. The whole thing was quite a special event for me. Had many lovely moments, but some downsides also, one of which being that I couldn't make art or hang out with my close friends as much. So when I came back home I soon drew this to celebrate my friendship with my closest buddies! @Ayba - top left; my partner MittenBits - top right; me - bottom left; @Cacodemon187 - bottom right;
Used a pretty wacky palette I made quite a while ago for this, was pretty fun tinkering with it.
-ditto (painting made on 8. July)
Montenegro trip is a special memory for me, and I felt all kinds of things throughout its duration. Poured a lot of love into this piece. It's also the last piece in this four-part series of tropical vistas and good vibes.
The title was inspired by one of Manu Chao's songs (Mentira...). I listened to Manu a lot at the time and I still enjoy his tunes.
Leptirica
Resources used: ALT, Mek's Box 'o' Skies
Wad file: DOWNLOAD
Was struggling with finding inspiration after making Conferencia International, and this was something I made during this period of creative lull. I was messing around with making my own tree sprites, and settled with these cartoony looking ones. There's a couple of others that went unused in the wad file.
-ditto (painting made on 11. July)
Things began looking a bit different. I was still really into that vague 60s vibe but the vibrancy of the previous paintings was gone. I guess with my vacation over negativity was more present in my life. I made this half a year ago so I cannot recall all details, so I do wonder how much the vibe of this painting and some of the ones I made after were connected with my mental state.
I find it funny how I was troubled by an art block and about not having ideas even though I made this a mere 3 days after I made Conferencia. While I was still super passionate about my work and put lots of love in it, this whole thing was kinda starting to look like a content mill in a certain sense. I was thinking a bit too much about engagement and keeping up a certain pace of production.
Title means "Moth". Never named this purple fella. Henceforth they'll be known as Zdenko.
My Buddy Đunž
Resources used: Baphomet's Satelite
Wad file: DOWNLOAD [needs to be run with Baphomet's Satelite by Cacodemon187]
Another piece from my lull period. Was thinking of Cacodemon187's Baphomet's Satelite and decided to make something with its resources. Tried to channel some of Monti's energy with this.
-ditto (painting made on 13. July)
"Lull period" they say as they made two paintings in the span of three days. Ohhh if only 97CF from last Summer could see me now! Haven't made a new painting since Christmas!! Doesn't mean I've been doing nothing, matter of fact I've been preparing my very own resource pack as of late! More on that in due time.
This painting is definitely rather gloomy, quite a shift in general vibes. Page 3 of my art's Doomworld topic was really vibrant and whimsical, and things definitely changed after Leptirica and this. They marked an end of an era for my art, and I feel that my art wasn't the same after this.
I know at the time I didn't really like this painting, but over time it grew on me. There's a certain feel to it that reminds me of Yume Nikki.
Загрљај Ноћи
Resources used: Ayba's textures and sprites
Wad file: DOWNLOAD
The thing that got me out of my creative lull was gender lol. I had a vision in my head of my persona in Ayba's Kyst, and it felt incredibly compelling to me. Working on this was a genuine joy, and seeing the scene slowly form was such a beautiful sight to me. I'll be forever grateful to Ayba for being such an amazing friend and for creating such a beautiful world.
-ditto (painting made on 15. July)
I still remember the joy I felt as I made this painting. It was definitely a precious process. There's a certain reverence I have towards Kyst and all the textures and sprites Ayba made for it. A reason why I haven't used them much in my paintings is because I'd feel weird using them in something that wasn't explicitly linked to Kyst.
Title means "Embrace of the Night"
El Pájaro Pingas
Resources used: NuevaMaratón.wad from Cacodemon187's Cacofiles
Wad file: DOWNLOAD [needs to be run with NuevaMaratón.wad from the Cacofiles]
A gift for Cacodemon187. He had his birthday recently and I only found out at that day. So I frantically thought of something to do to commemorate it and settled on making this painting with the Nueva Maratón resoueces. Another one of my favorites. The person in the center is inspired by the Selk'nam people of southern Chile and Argentina, while the birds that surround them are inspired by the art of Violeta Parra. This and my previous piece reminded me of just how lovely Doom's vanilla palette can be.
-ditto (painting made on 18. July)
This and the previous painting are quite more positive, though not as brightly colored as my older work. A definite shift towards less saturated colors and a more quaint and gentle tone had occurred. I'm really glad I got to make this in time for Rencoret's birthday, it's a painting I still love. At the time of writing, this is the last painting I've made with Doom's stock color palette.
Title means "The Pingas Bird"
Azure Neighborhood
Resources used: Zekhmet project, NuevaMaratón.wad, Killing Time, Bauhaus
Wad file: DOWNLOAD
Made this today in the morning! Yesterday I wasn't too inspired but I wanted to make art anyways so I improvised and cobbled together the aesthetic you see here. Definitely inspired by Cacodemon187's Conchazumanga. Quite happy with how this turned out!
-ditto (painting made on 21. July)
Another painting I didn't really like at first, but it grew on me over time. I decided to forgo a signature on this, and it's a decision that stuck. Funnily enough Rataratata, the artist I mentioned in my last old art dump, posted a painting with his signature around this time, which isn't something he usually did. Another fun coincidence is that the original Imgur link I used for this on Doomworld had the word "red" in it. I'll share it for posterity:
Besides Conchazumanga, I was also inspired by a building I saw in a nearby city.
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