This year, I actually managed to make some art as gifts for my parents, as well as those who played somewhat of a significant parental role in my life at the time.

For Mother's Day, I made two main versions. One was for my actual Mother, while the other was meant as a gift for my sister-in-law, who also happens to be a mother, but also kind of assumed the role when I came out to her and my brother as trans.

She was so supportive, by helping me work through some of my emotional hangups at the time, that she accidentally satisfied the needs I so desperately wanted my actual mother to fulfil, despite her reservations regarding my eventual transition. I don't want to throw my mom under the bus, but this isn't the place to discuss her issues with my transition. All I'll say is that she's doing her best to be encouraging despite several, somewhat justified, concerns.

One of them was also meant for and adapted to a close friend of mine who was playing the part for me for a short, albeit very significant time around then. Things have unfortunately changed a tad between us since, but at least we both still hold on to those memories rather fondly.

I'd been meaning to do something likewise creative as a gift for my father. He's really into model trains - even though he insists that it's purely for my nephew's benefit - so I drew a simplified version of one of those he recently added to his collection.

This was the first time I'd addressed myself in such an overtly feminine way, and it felt good, if a little strange.

Wolfie loves trains and that's no secret; drawing him fun and cute little scenes like this gives me every opportunity to practice drawing a nice mix of soft fuzzies and technical toys on a regular basis.

This one was a nice little exercise in practicing colour theory too, and while it might not show all that much in the final piece, it was a fun experiment nonetheless.

Here's some more artwork I made as part of Wolfie's monthly streams! This time around, they decided to go with a more seasonal take split between two pieces; one being Winter themed and the other about Summer.

Here's a little catchup for Tiff's streams as well. Some naughty, some nice, but a little more artistically involved overall, which is always good. Having some technical, perspective, and landscape drawing was fun and useful for practicing a nice mix of techniques.

Tiff asked me to work on a scene inspired by a long train trip she planned, and given some past work I did for her in a similar vein, I was happy to take it on board and give it a shot.

Including Ruby in some other, naughtier content was also a lot of fun, to say the least.