Friday, December 13, 2024

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Slasher Chick & Zombie

 

This took a bit, but more fun in black and white. 

A horror movie blond finding and putting on a mask similar to the one in Splatterhouse. Also mainly an excuse to draw a muscle girl, it's been a bit.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Creeper at the Window

 

Been rereading Fuan no Tana and was in the mood to draw a weird yokai monster/spirit.

Walmart Gimp

 

Was wondering what to draw one day and came across the walmart gimp image I saved from ages ago. So decided to do a redraw of it with some creative liberties.

Doc & Hand Monster

 

This draw started out as a way to practice the "uniboob" look. Which I found to be a very appealing shape. But soon ballooned into a whole big illustration! Complete with handsy hand monster =w=

Also ended up starting to use textures due to the recommendation of an artist friend of mine. Due to it helping with filling in the flat blank space that digital art has. And I'm very much in love with it~

Saturday, November 2, 2024

Murcielago Rain Strangler

 

Fanart of one of my fav villains from Murcielago (go read it fucking rules).

Pokemon Trainer OC design

 


They/She. A recluse/haunted location enthusiast. Lives with her pokemon in an abandoned hotel they refurbished.

Jack O Lantern

 

Little Jack o Lantern design for simple style practice. Idea gotten from our darlings~

Foxy Bandit.

 

More simple style practice. Foxy bandit acting as a distraction.

Girl Eating Seeds

 

Part of simple style training. Inspired by a girl from a soviet cartoon.

Thick Simple Style Practice

 


Have forgotten to update this blog with the draws from October =w=;. Finally getting back to it. Asked an artist friend of mine for help on how to get better at drawing. 

They said to draw using thick lines and with less detail. Basically the opposite of how I usually draw to challenge myself. Funny thing is they've done this before but they've always advised to draw with thinner lines, more details, and to brush up on anatomy.

But anyways here we have a paper mario and superman.

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Doom Map: Manor

Doom Map Link

My very first Doom Map! Built in Ultimate Doom Builder, in the Boom Format. Made to be played on Ultra-Violence.

This map is probably a bit too big for a beginner to do, but ah well there might be future attempts (that is if I got the drive to do so). Made the map mainly to make scenarios I think would be fun (a bit mean to the player) and to practice on getting familiar with building doom maps. So heads up on it probably not being as balanced as it could be.

I hope you Enjoy if you play it! =w=/

Monday, October 7, 2024

The Beast

 


GFs said to draw some Over the Garden Wall fanart when I was asking them for drawing ideas. So ended up drawing The Beast.

Very good series, give it a watch when ya can!

Saturday, October 5, 2024

Fursona: Modern Clothes Version

Lel as post title says. Been meaning to redraw sona in more modern clothes. Asking one of my GF's for fashion ideas, ended up with me going with a look made of various clothes I typically wear for comfort (barring sports bra). Which ended up making me look like a fighter =w=;.

Also null bulge is there cause that's extremely hot and I want one >w>.

Monday, September 30, 2024

Cyclops

 

Got inspired by Nehan which Marsh has recently done a vid on. Mainly the sprites of the enemies during battle in the first game. 

Also did adjustments to my brushes to emulate how they looked when I drew at a lower resolution. Very thick outline with thinner lines on the inside. Happy with the result.

Bed Invitation

 

Neet boy inviting you under the covers.

Friday, September 20, 2024

Drow

A drow draw. Finally able to gather enough energy to do draw after covid kicked the shit out of me.


Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Gladiator Lad

 

Another trip into drawing hyper. This time more muscles and size. Big strong and cute gladiator~ =w=.

Once again cannot understate how wonderful layer masks are for shading. Saved me so much time and is much nicer looking to me.

Friday, August 30, 2024

Lamentations of the Shopekeeper Launch

After a bit of a push from Sahh, I've uploaded a pdf full of equipment packs for level 1 Lamentation of the Flame Princess characters.

You can find it here!

You may also find Sahh's kilodungeon here! This is the dungeon I've been playing through while writing these packages. Highly recommend it.

Monday, August 26, 2024

Pregnant Nun & Imp "Husband"

 

GFs Idea: Sexy Nun

Says it right on the tin lel. I've also expanded it to practice some hyper and preg as well.

Also learned about layer masks from my friend. Changed my life with how I shade holy shit. Can't wait to use it more in the future =w=.

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Chain of Freaks: Blogging Challange

Friend of mine is starting a blogging challenge, going to be picking up from another a friend of mine's blog post.

The Houses Are Faces, Jean Veber, 1899

Essentially meant to use the above image to make a gameable piece: monster, npc, magic item, dungeon, village, etc.

The Gernstone Village [Dungeon]
No one is sure why it started, just what happened. A day like any other in the Gernstone village became overrun with suicides. Some made great shows of their deaths, while others quietly died in unseen locations. Only people foreign to the village were unaffected, stupefied by the inhabitants actions. 

Ages later when the lord's men road into town to determine why the village had gone quiet. They had found the remains of the old village being crushed and upheaved by giant deformed heads, in the middle of transforming into brick and wood houses. It took a while for any of the men to recognize one of the faces as belonging to one of the original villagers.

It now lays abandoned, the lord cut their losses and heightened the taxes in their other holdings to make up for it. However it being so bizarre has lead the occasional adventurer to delve into the village.

The dungeon is a tightly packed area of houses that the PCs can raid. Each House is a very small confined area. Themed towards the original resident it grew from. Living memories spew from each villager-house, looking to protect their homes.


Cool Thing

Mikhail Petrov’s illustration for the tale “The Frog Tsarevna”.


Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Politician & Knight Bodyguard

 

Image for the Yerrick zine, Politician and Muddy Goblet Knight. I'm off to work on other stuff cause while it only took 5~6 days to do, it felt much longer and I want to draw some other fun stuff to gain a breather.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Ogre Bell Ringer

GFs Idea: Ogre Bikini

Well... I got as close as I could to a bikini =w=;.

Last night was a little more wilder than usual for him and he can't really hide it.

I didn't initially planned on him being a bell ringer when I first did sketch, he was initially gonna have a polearm. But thought that was boring, and a bit of a crutch for me. Drawing weapons is a bit of crutch lel. 

So ended up drawing something I don't usually draw. And I ended up throwing a lewd edge on him afterwards =w=. Wish I could've done the same lel.

Monday, August 12, 2024

Witch

 

Redraw of one of the drawings for the WIP Yerrick zine. Had a mid life art crisis after drawing the original image. And after talk with friends went back to exploring my art on my own terms.

Ended up going back to the detail heavy style, and I really missed drawing like this. The scratchy style still has it's place with me tho, I'll need it if I want to finish that zine quickly =w=;. Not to mention those 4 months of cranking out drawings really helped with training arc.

But lel here's a witch. One of the friendliest one, will guide you through the ceders if you give her a weapon.

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Frida Suarez

 

Based on this draw by Greph (NSFW Artist).

It's her! From the obscure show El Tigre I didn't remember until I saw Greph's draw of her.

I can barely remember watching this show on nick when I was a kid and being honestly bored. Looking back, didn't realize how cute Frida's design is until now =w=. 

Also finally learned how to make this cool liquid swirl pattern I always see in GIMP. Video tutorial can be found here.

Friday, July 26, 2024

Octopus Oubliette (Monster + Treasure)

One entrance. A heavy floor grate that is locked with a padlock. Found in a isolated cell.

An oubliette built into the floor. The bottom is filled with water. Originally a tight cylindrical shape, it now more resembles a thermometer. For the bottom has been dug out to make enough room for the Octopus and the Treasure.

Rusty Octopus, HD2 (HP11), AC14
+3 Attack. Tentacles 1 Dam & Poison save or their strength is lowered by 1d6 for 24 hours. PC dies if strength hits 0.

  • A rusty brown and dank black octopus, just shy of the size of a person. All of it's suckers have a single venomous barb.
  • The movement of water & slapping of tentacles on flesh, armor, or clothing.
  • Kill and devour anyone that steps into the oubliette. Use Treasure as bait to lure adventurers in.

Treasure
Topaz (45 Silver Coins) & 90 Silver Coins

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Pickpocket Aviary (Special)

One entrance. A glass door with metal frame. Found in the garden.

A large and tall glass and metal frame aviary. Holes meant for birds to enter and leave from are located near the very top. It Houses a small forested grove with a clean pool of water in the middle. The near the bottom are lined with a long troughs filled with seeds, bugs, and dried fruits. Numerous birds fly and rest. The nests are full of various items.

Upon entering a random item on the PC's person can be found in the talons or nests of one of the birds. The birds are very surly and will attack any PCs that attempt to take back their stuff.

Map Demon (Cursed Item)

Found in the "foyer" or similar of a dungeon, on the body of adventurer or thief that tried to loot the location. 

The body is rotting and has it's rib cage broken open (destroyed from the outside if inspected), heart missing. 

The map demon is a fake map of the area. Parts are accurate but most of it is inaccurate. Once the PCs look at the map again in confusion there will instead be a message written on it. "Don't look behind you."

If the PC does, they must make a paralyze save, or the demon will attempt to rip out the PC's heart. Dealing 1d8 damage until it's removed from the PC or is destroyed. If it survives (PC dead or alive), it will attempt to fold into a paper airplane and fly away.

Urn Room (Monster)

One entrance. Archway. Curtain covers the upper half. Connected to a crematorium. No other exits.

A medium sized storage room with some wooden shelves built into the walls. The floor and shelves are covered in clay jars of various sizes, leaving a small area to walk in unobstructed. These jars are filled with the ashes of the deceased. Urn-Man makes his home in one of the larger jars.

Urn-Man, HD2 (8HP), AC12 or 15 while in a jar.
+3 to Attack. Urn throw 1d4 or Ash spirit summon

  • Pale blue humanoid the size of a dog, large head, single leg with bulbous foot. 
  • Ugly throaty cackle, ceramic on ceramic sounds.
  • Wants to fill more urns with corpse ashes.

Can spill urn ashes to summon a spirit (roll d6).
1-2 Soldier HD1 (8HP), AC14, Spear 1d6
3-4 Sargent HD2 (12HP), AC15, Sword 1d8
5-6 Mercenary HD3 (15HP), AC16, Great Sword 1d10

Monday, July 22, 2024

Chun Li

 

GFs Idea: Chun Li

Lel it just says it on the tin right there. Me and my GFs watched the last two days of EVO together. Was a fun time. Altho the Elena player who switched to Chun Li during the SF3 grand finals is a coward. Hugo player was a fucking champ. 

Also before drawing I was tracing her 3rd strike sprites to gain a better understanding of how they stylized her muscles. Which honestly feel like you could study them for stylized anatomy with how good and detailed the game's sprite are. 

Also struggling to understand what kind of coloring I like. This came out rather nicely, but also like the smoother type sometimes. Ah well will just experiment some more in the future.

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

GLoG: I ♥ YOU MARY

I ♥ YOU MARY

A GloG class I made by using an old set of powers I made for a Psychic TTRPG that fell through. On my way to bringing it back tho through GLoG. So look forward to it.

Power Concept: Computer, Disease
I ♥ YOU MARY conceptualizes as a puppet that floats in the air behind you. It resembles the upper half of a skeleton. Decomposing flesh in the style of dusty circuit boards and wires hang off the bones.

Templates
A You got Mail!
B Worm
C Trojan
D Ransomware

A You Got Mail!
If you're sick with a disease you can have your puppet extract it from you in the form of a CD, floppy disk, cartridge, whatever you prefer. You may also extract a virus from a computer using this method. You may insert this disease/virus into another human/computer, and they will suffer the consequences of it.

B Worm
The target of this power becomes the carrier of a computer virus. The virus is airborne, spread via breathing, and will install itself into any computer once the airborne virus makes contact with an exposed port or internal parts. The airborne virus dies within a minute if it doesn't find a host. This stays in the host until their immune system kills the virus, and the target suffers no ill side effects.

The user must have a sample of the virus on their person when this move is used. It's consumed on use.

C Trojan
The user infects a computer with an electronic form of a real disease. The virus attaches itself to a specific executable in the files that the user chooses. Once the executable is activated the virus attempts to infect everyone within close range of the computer. This virus lasts until the executable is used, deleted, or replaced with a clean version.

The user must have a sample of the disease on their person when this move is used. It's consumed on use.

D Ransomware
The target of this power becomes infected with a disease, along with a mental ransom note they can always bring up by thinking about it. If the target doesn't do what the ransom note says they will never be cured of the disease. The symptoms and effects of the disease are constant and at full force. The target can't further spread the disease.

The user must have a sample of the disease on their person when this move is used. It's consumed on use. The target must be able to do the thing stated by the ransom, and cannot be forced to harm or kill itself. 

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Deep Sea Monster

 

Back on my horror stint, this time with a deep sea monster. Lel was originally gonna be a bit more mundane, weird serpent with hands and tentacles. But thought it was boring and made it more freaky. With it growing out of a decapitated head. The tentacles being just long strands of hair. 

I quite love it's face. Should say I was inspired by an enemy from the new Elden Ring DLC, the lampreys you see at the finger ruins. Fucking hate em, but they're cool and weird.

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Dungeon Stocking Table

Dungeon Stocking Table
2d6, one for room type and one for treasure chance. Special rooms at base will always be detrimental to PCs.

1-2: Empty / 1:6
3: Trap / 2:6
4-5: Monster / 3:6
6: Special / None

Extra Results
6 for treasure for a empty or trap. The treasure is either cursed or fake.

6 for treasure for a monster. The monster is friendly or at least neutral.

6 for treasure for a special room means it's beneficial towards the PC.

Author's Note.
I was working on a stocking a dungeon when I suddenly thought about "Wait, what about cursed treasure?". So I altered the stocking table I use to include the chance to get cursed treasure. And a byproduct was having a chance for special rooms to be beneficial =w=.

Monday, July 8, 2024

Peck

Before getting into the horror stuff, wanted to draw my recently retired adventurer Peck. 

Retired from adventurer so that she can work on becoming a vampire, and help the vampire who told her how to become a vampire.

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Barbarian x Elf Witch

 

Elf wizard pushed against tree after barbarian ripped open his robe.

More ambition! Drawing two characters (lewdly) interacting! Lel Also practicing some new body types. 

Next time I'm probably gonna focus on some horror fantasy stuff. Got hit by that mood lately after watching a vermis lore vid. Should reread those books. Vermis 2 felt like a miss for me, but maybe I should give it another shot.

Saturday, June 29, 2024

Warrior V. Chariot

 


GFs Prompt: a low/squatting combat stance & multiarmed warrior, master of arms huehue

I wanted to do a big fantasy piece, a dynamic standoff complete with detailed background. I ended up once again saying "Fuck off backgrounds" and just drawing the characters. Ended up looking up the Bleach Artbook I own after finishing this to get some affirmation that's it's completely fine to not drawing backgrounds (or just draw simple/abstract background) and focus on characters. 

The anatomy practice is really paying off, as I had that really guide me through piecing the warrior's pose together! He's a guy btw, rocking the leotard.

Anyways doing this piece made me realize I should try to be more ambitious with my drawings. This has been much more fun than drawing a full body standing character. Hell the idea of drawing two characters more subtlety interacting sounds more interesting than that. So I will do my best!

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Heracles

 

A little draw I did for a discord server, part of a monthly theme draw. This time was Greek Mythology, so I ended drawing a Heracles. Both like him ad figured he would be a good subject during training arc =w=

Gave him the 4 ab set since I feel that is particularly powerful looking. 6 and so packs always looked a bit wimpy lel. Also def gave him a feminine edge, more of my own tastes coming through~

Next big draw, def want try some hand practice. I will ask GFs for idea later~

Friday, June 21, 2024

Bikini Necro

 

This one made cry in frustration due to being hanged up on drawing hands. But my GFs came through for me and helped me process it. Now I finished!

Zombie elf femboy in the stitched on bikini~ was very fun to draw the bulge and legs. Especially after learning I can use the top of the femur as a landmark to determine dick location.

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Femboy in Bloomers


GFs Prompt: shorts that dont fit + Sporty Style

Lel wanted to draw a femboy. Was struggling a bit to come up with an outfit for the prompt, but had an epiphany. Gym Bloomers (lmao). Trying to get better at drawing hands now. Will def take a bit to fully understand, but I'm still moving forward. Very happy how I drew overall body =w=

Also had fun messing around with layer effects. 3 layers, burn, shine, and multiply. Quite like how the burn layer affected the colors. 

Next time, I will see about drawing bikini armor on a cute guy~ 

I think I will go for an edgy style lel~

Clair

 

It's her! The funny lady that went "You didn't win!" and ran away.

Lel tho seriously, that made me love her alot. To me you don't really see gym leaders be that much of a character (at least in the earlier games). So her doing that immediately endear me to her (Her design being cute as hell also did work but still). 

Also speaking of, ended up alter her design a bit. Used original designed and altered it. No cape, mainly cause my brain either couldn't understand how it worked or it did and just didn't like it. So ended up with long gloves. Also made leotard resemble kingdra's belly.

Also also, made her muscular but wasn't on purpose. Been on a training arc for last couple months, studying and internalizing anatomy. Was mainly me wanting to do more practice. Regardless she still looks good muscular =w=

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Stand

 

This one came about with me wanting to practice drawing other kinds of shots, this one being a bust shot. Also wanted to practice different kinds of coloring tech. Very hard edge splotchy brush. 

Coloring is def something I feel I'll be working towards understanding for a long while. Trying to find a specific way of coloring that really resonates with me and feels fun to do. This feels fun, but something feels a bit off. Might be cause I'm unsure what I really want.

Background was me messing around with various filters and combining them. Really like the PSI mess I made of it lel.

Friday, June 7, 2024

Vault Mimic

 

GF's Prompt: unconventional mimic

Lel I wanted to make something weird and goofy like you would find in a fromsoft souls games. Going off GFs prompt ended up making this fuckus of a mimic. Gave me lots of practice drawing arms lel.

I'm imagining the first time you run into one of these, the room itself is trashed and filled with the visceral remains of some adventurers, the vault tucked in the corner. Wondering what did this, you try to open it and find out who did.

Thursday, June 6, 2024

Waterfall Shower

 

GFs Prompt: Shower

This time I don't stream that far off! But lel was trying to do a piece to help practice anatomy drawing. Had an epiphany on obliques the other day lel. 

Also got the chance to brush up on doing background work. Was recently inspired by an OVA i saw a handful of days ago. Patalliro! - Stardust Project (included in a playlist of other OVAs). Very zany, stylish, and queer as hell. Def recommend it. Love the abstract backgrounds that are all over it.

Also the girl is based on a depiction of a gendersap conan drawn by Mossacannibalis.

Monday, June 3, 2024

Minotaur

 

GFs prompt: holstaur girl milky boobs

The initial ideas was to be more of a vanilla holstaur monster girl. But I lost control and ended up making this. I quite like them tho~ plus gave me more practice on drawings musculature.

Really I just wanted an idea so I could practice drawing big breasts that weren't supported by anything. Their udders were probably my favorite part to draw and the part that came out the best imo lel.

Also also gave me the chance to try out a coloring tech I used last year with my current lining tech. I quite like it! Gonna stick with it~

Monday, May 27, 2024

Helstalt: Release!

 

You can find it here!

Made a zine! A very small bestiary of demons and souls of the damned that flood the city of Yerrick.

NSFW warning for nudity, body horror, and some gore.

Sunday, May 26, 2024

Damned: Emperor Yerrick The False

 

GFs Prompt: a pretender lord, leeching blood from the powerless, trodding upon corpses like stairs

Last big piece for the zine! Just need to some smaller stuff and write up this guy's section and I'll be ready to publish!

Probably my favorite design in the zine. I would be lying if I said bloodborne's Queen Yharnam and the Draco Meta-Morphs in Tower Dungeon weren't an influence. Monstrous Inhuman nobles are a trope I quite like.

Also got to make little freaky dudes, which is always fun. This time they're part of a flesh cape! 

Friday, May 24, 2024

Simple Android 18

 

Lel as title states. On a training arc to get better at internalizing anatomy, wanted to practice by drawing android 18. Lel sucker for her since I was a kid.

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Demon: Black Sea Mirror

 

GFs Prompt: insatiable, otherworldly hunger. all consuming void

And the second demon to show up in the zine. Based on the amphisbaena. Also yes that is the black hole picture that was taken recently. Probably my favorite monster mechanically in the zine.

Demon: Golden Quicksilver

GFs Prompt: whisperer of paranoia, there are enemies everywhere

Getting into one of the two demons that will appear in the zine. Lel I would say more but would be repeating what I wrote in the zine. 

Will say tho that it's based on an older piece I made. Shown below.

Also laughing at a friend's observation, calling it a "biblically accurate piranha plant".

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Damned: General Thomathan "Deaf-Head" Hane

 

GFs Prompt:  xenophobia clad in armor, ransacking lands deemed savage, spurred by hate for those deemed lesser

Decided to get work on a zine after getting some push to do so from a discord server I'm in and from my GFs. Going to involve the hell stallion from a couple of posts ago. Essentially a small bestiary (just gonna list 4 since i want to actually finish a zine lel) of demons and souls damned to hell. Setting is a city called Yerrick, and everyone once and a while the Helstalt breaks out of hell flies across the sky. Of course the prisoners of hell Demons and Souls Damned to it escape and reek havoc on the city. At least until the Devils can bring them back. 

And this guy is one of the two big Damned characters. General Thomathan "Deaf-Head" Hane. I thought of what kind of nickname this guy would have in life. Thought about raw head or bloody bones for a bit, before hitting on Deaf-Head. A play on his ear trophies and his brutal nature.

Lel I feel most people don't really think a mail set is considered armored. At least fantasy wise. It's always plates I feel. But it works for me here and I like how it looks. Plus gave me more practice drawing it.

Also was an experiment in coloring a mostly red character. Dipped into the dark browns here and there but still red in my book. Happy how it came out, very reflective of him.

Also the phrase on his blade was something inspired by youtube comments. Mainly shit I was forced to see by the youtube app. Got so tired of it I ended up uninstalling it a couple of days ago. Figured it would exactly be the kind of thing written by a loser/monster who landed hell. 

Also I think I will make the melted shackles a motif for the damned. No escaping from the weight of your deeds and such.

Friday, May 17, 2024

Monsters & Traps

Been a while since I did this. Have gotten too busy falling back in love with drawing lel. Don't think I'll be doing the same thing I did with the previous monster entries. Too much work and the novelty ran out for me =w=. So I'll just write em out. 


Flies the size of a small dog with a globular abdomen filled with C4. Once it gets close it explodes, igniting the C4 via an agent in their thorax.

A pit of aerated water with something shiny at the bottom of it. People are less buoyant than the water so they'll sink if they dive in.

A treasure plugging up a geyser that will burst open once it's pulled out. 

Brittle transparent fungi that when step on release a cloud of glass dust in the air. Shredding unprotected eyes and your throat and lungs if you breath it in.

Treasure in the form of an offering to a god. Taking it will cause the thief to suffer from terrible luck until they've gotten rid of it.

Humanoid goat monsters able to balance and climb on the smallest ledges. Armed with bows. Attack in vertical rooms where adventurers are preoccupied with trying to get up.

A little bastard monster that throws pots full of shit at you. Makes you more detectable. Ruin exposed food stuffs and scrolls. Put out fires. Make you unable to keep anything you feed yourself down afterwards if your hands or utensils gets covered in it. Tell me. How many sources of clean water without some kind of catch will there be in the dungeon? Are you willing to use your limited water rations to clean yourselves? Hope you brought soap.

A stone arm that forms out of the walls. Stops adventurers from going through specific doors unless they pay a toll.

Bog of viscous sticky oil.

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Bottom Heavy

 

OG background photographed by Ron Lach

Recently asked artists friends for some anatomy tips since I was having trouble drawing it without constant reference (and even then didn't come out too good). Got pointed to a handful (Torso, Legs, Arms) of tutorials by Jazza which really helped me out immensely. Going to try and do a study every week or so until I can do it without it. As well apply it to my drawings to further push my understanding along.

Which I did for this piece, and it went really smoothly. Did end up reference the study I did a few times, but hopefully I'll have this cemented in my mind soon enough that I won't have to. The body type was mainly inspired by the main girl in this doujin by Jun (or the circle ROJIURA JACK). Massive fan of their work for a long while. Love how soft, rounded, and meaty their characters look.

Also ended up making some extra version since couldn't pick which color scheme I liked best.