works by a blue banana

[a blue banana]

Hello! I'm a self-taught digital artist and animator with a casual interest in Pokemon. I started drawing in 2016 and animating in 2020.

Here's a sample of what I've done for the last 2 years:

Animation

EDY-EM: OVERLOAD - 12/31/23

My first full short, worked on for more than a year.

Animated thumbnail for above short.

Eye of the Lamb - 08/25/23

Part of a collaborative animated intro for a summer event on Newgrounds.

Dendrobates tinctorius azureus - 03/05/23

Submission for a collab based around frogs.

Edy wakes up late. - 02/24/23

Blue Buzzsaw - 09/18/22

Entry for this art contest. It got 2nd place.

Meteor Spike! - 07/22/22

One of two submissions for an animation collab based around this prompt: “What’s your favorite way to spend an endless summer?”

Artwork

Love Transmission - 02/01/24

Submission for a Valentine's Day collab based around making card designs.

Today is a new day. - 01/15/24

An epilogue to EDY-EM: OVERLOAD.

Underground Passage Study - 04/29/23

Study based on this photo.

Rosetta's Disapproval - 02/04/23

Strawberry Bingsu and Chocolate Mousse - 01/06/23

An illustration I made as a gift for a family member's wedding.

Red Velvet Cheesecake - 10/15/22

Illustration I made as a gift for a friend's birthday.

Palate Palette (Artist Study) - 07/11/22

This was a personal study project I did back in spring/summer 2022 where I try to emulate the style of eight different artists. Here are the two studies that I consider the best:

Based off artwork made by Crisalys.

Based off artwork made by Lysol Jones.

Pokemon-related work

Please note that all of these works are old and do not reflect my current skills as an artist and animator.

Basculegion - 09/05/21

This was made entirely based off pre-release information, so the Basculin depicted here doesn't match the features of the White-Striped forme.

Regieleki - 11/22/20

Hatterene - 12/10/19

Dynamax Golurk - 11/27/19

 

[shadowpea]

holy hell i am now following this thread

 

[Audiino]

same, im especially a fan of the animation! the energy, movement, flow, it all goes so well together and i can see how your animation's gotten smoother from the 2022 works to the 2023 ones. id say my favourite piece here is the Eye of the Lamb.

 

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pouty - 02/22/24

This was meant to be a sketch to get used to the turnaround reference I made for this character, but I wanted to try rendering a lineart drawing since I haven't done that in a while.

 

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Kamen Rider O's! - 04/04/24

Newgrounds link

This short was meant to be a submission for a collab themed around Kamen Rider, but it was unfortunately canned. Even so, I did have fun and learned a bit while working on this for a few weeks.

Thumbnail art

 

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ρ-53 "Magenta Witch" - 04/08/24

Alternate background

Previous iterations

This is a character design I've had for a few months that I'm planning to use in a big personal project. She is closely related to this character design I posted a couple months back.

 

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Very Blue - 05/04/24

Gift art for this person. Wanted to do a monochromatic illustration based on the color palette of one of his characters.

 

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χ-11 "Silver Claw" - 06/20/24

Alternate background

Rough draft and grayscale values

Pose iterations, animated gif

Complementary illustration to the "Magenta Witch" character art I did back in April. Just like ρ-53, χ-11 will be part of a big personal project.

Also wanted to force myself to draw more difficult poses to prepare for said project.

 

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Virtual Pokémon — 07/13/24

There's a reason why I never changed my avatar when I joined Smogon.

No background — 07/09/24

Rough draft — 07/05/24

Sketchbook doodles — 06/24/24

 

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Project Cadenza: File 00 — 08/26/24

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/945438

I made an animated loop for this year's Robot Day on Newgrounds!

Rough drafts of some shots

 

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Music Makers - Character Designs, 09/10/24

Character Line-ups

Reference Sheets

These are character references I made for an personal animation project that I'm working on. More info on that can be found here.

 

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Illustration below is slightly suggestive, fair warning

Victory Dance — 11/09/24

Rough lineart and values — 11/01/24

Gijinka design based off Hisuian Lilligant, done for a collab on Newgrounds.

 

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Nintendo DS Collab — Pokémon Black Version 2 (10/19/24)

My contribution to the Newgrounds DS Collab! This animation loop was finished a month ago, but I wasn't able to publicly post it until the collab itself went live tonight.

Game Menu Icon — 10/18/24

Rough animation and background — 09/15/24

Keyframes — 07/20/24

Sketchbook drawings — 04/01/24

 

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Katy's Custom-made Cakes — 12/07/24

Illustration I made within a week for an article.

Rough lineart + values — 12/07/24

Rough draft — 12/07/24

Sketchbook thumb — 12/05/24

 

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Idiot Knight — 02/21/25

A quick character design for the Character Design War, an event streamed for Newgrounds Winter Fest 2025. Been working on a very beefy animation project lately, so I thought this was a good activity to break it up a bit.

 

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bunny suit — 04/09/25

some minor drawings

 

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Sunset at Maple Valley — 04/18/25

Artwork done for an Xbox-themed collab. The car is a modified Acura NSX featured on the cover of the original Forza Motorsport.

Rough draft — 04/04/18

NSX practice sketches — 04/01/25

 

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Toxapex used Z-Haze! — 03/09/25

https://www.smogon.com/articles/difference-mono-ndmono
Artwork for a TFP article.

Rough draft — 03/02/25

 

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Shane Glines studies — 07/04/2025

Drawing 1

Drawing 2

Drawing 3

Some illustrations based off of a personal study of Shane Glines.

 

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Hybrid Hunters — 06/01/2025

Rough draft — 05/25/2025

Initial sketches — 05/23/2025

https://www.smogon.com/articles/sv-ou-mixed-attackers