BartTheSock's Art & YouTube Blog (and other stuff)

Previous | To be continued... I finally decided to show this to the world because I figured it would be really cool to have my own superhero team that I made up. These are the newer designs of each of the Alpha Heroes, based loosely on the Teen Titans. I wanted to base them off of Teen Titans Go, but I figure most of everyone over the age of fourteen (besides me) thinks that Teen Titans Go is too silly and goofy, and overall too stupid compared to the original. So I decided to base them off of the Teen Titans as a whole, not from any specific incarnation. I also used bits and pieces of Codename: Kids Next Door as a basis for certain parts of the whole idea of the Alpha Heroes. For example, they do have this place where they hang out, but they don't live there. The Alpha Heroes have their own families and stuff, too. I drew the original version of the Alpha Heroes on June 6, 2019, but I took it down from the Internet a little while after I put it up because one of the Alpha Heroes ...

Previous | To be continued... And there we go, the last picture of mine that I had yet to put on my blog. I made this in Paint Tool SAI, which I am using instead of Adobe Photoshop because even though the latter is just as good, I don't want to pay a subscription to a lousy company (Adobe) who nukes its own animation software (Adobe Animate) due to the push for AI. All of my pictures and comics are now neatly organized into pages and submenus (well, since I had to make individual posts for everything, maybe not exactly, but it's better than having to scroll through a gazillion posts just to find a specific comic or picture).

I made a tier list of every Pokémon in the first generation back in November 2021, organized by how useful I thought they were at the time. This doesn't mean that I hate the less useful ones, though. It just means that they're not exactly the best for battle as far as I'm concerned, though I still think that some of them (like Zubat) look really cool. I took it down from the Internet a while ago for some reason, but I forgot to put this back on the Internet along with my other stuff. Well, that changes today. The Pokémon already in the list are still relatively accurate four and a half years later, but I have used quite a bit of the ones in the "??? - Never really used much before November 2020" (should say "2021") area since then. Here's a list of each category for those who have trouble reading the labels: S - Awesome: Super useful for most of the game, definitely helped beat it. A - Pretty good: Pretty useful in and of themselves, but there are be...

To be continued... I originally posted this to DeviantArt, Fur Affinity, and Weasyl around May or June 2021, but I took it down a few years ago for some reason. Well, since I figured out how to get it back through Furarchiver, I'm putting it back on the Internet now, so... yeah. Slightly edited description from Fur Affinity: "Well, I've finally done it. I made an OC with an actual bio instead of just an OC with no bio. Yay! Okay, everything you need to know is written to the right of the picture. I was originally going to ship Drakhor with Kaboozle's slime OC Kat (Kaboozle is on DeviantArt and Fur Affinity, but I'd only recommend checking him out if you're at least 18), but when I emailed my drawing to him, he suggested that they just be friends with benefits because Kat isn't really interested in full-on dating. Considering Kat's personality, that probably makes sense. Just don't expect me to draw pictures or comics of Drakhor making love with Kat ...

Previous | Next (2019) The last batch of Inktober 2016. I drew this in mid to late May 2021. Also, I said in the bottom-right picture I'd do Inktober 2017, but I never got around to it. I intend to change that. Well, maybe. 29. Surprise - Chuckie, popping out of its box 30. Wreck - Mario, wrecking a block with his hammer 31. Friend - Kirby and Gooey, friends

Previous | Next Batch 7 of Inktober 2016. I drew these at the beginning of April 2021. 25. Tired - Kirby sleeping, using the Sleep Copy Ability 26. Box - An Exclamation Block, from Super Mario 64 27. Creepy - Shuppet, a creepy Pokémon 28. Burn - Flamer, a Kirby enemy who once gave the Burning ability

To be continued... This one is just a drawing of Greg Heffley, from Diary of a Wimpy Kid . I drew this at the beginning of April 2021, and I used a tutorial for this one as well.

Previous This comic is a reference to one of Eddsworld's comics. Also, this is the last one in the Brandon's Life series. I initially wanted them to go on for much longer, but sadly, life happened. It's probably just as well, though, because I'm working on Ethan Against the Universe , where I can be way more free with the stories I want to tell. On an unrelated note, ignore the font being Comic Sans (even though I personally think that font gets a bit over-hated) and the fact that Brandon's thumbs are on the wrong sides of his hands. I literally didn't notice the second one until I reuploaded it to the Internet last year.

Previous | Next Batch 6 of Inktober 2016. I drew these in early to mid-February 2021. 21. Big - The Goomba King 22. Little - A Mini Goomba 23. Slow - Shuckle, the slowest Pokémon (tied with Munchlax and Pyukumuku) 24. One Dozen - Twelve items from Super Mario: Super Mushroom, Fire Flower, Super Star, 1-Up Mushroom, Super Leaf, Cape Feather, Yoshi Egg, Mini Mushroom, Mega Mushroom, Propeller Mushroom, Super Acorn, and Super Bell

Previous | Next Batch 5 of Inktober 2016. These were drawn at the beginning of February 2021, again without Sharpies. 17. Battle - Kirby battling Kabula in Kirby's Dream Land 18. Escape - Mario escaping from a Bullet Bill 19. Flight - Bronto Burt flying 20. Squeeze - Ekans squeezing Pikachu with Wrap

Previous | Next Batch 4 of Inktober 2016. I drew these in late January, and I decided to not use a Sharpie for this and future ones. 13. Scared - A Peepa scaring Toad 14. Tree - Whispy Woods, a sentient tree 15. Relax - Slakoth relaxing 16. Wet - Driblee, a wet enemy in Kirby Star Allies

Previous | To be continued... I drew this in early to mid-January 2021. My mom and younger sister were following drawing tutorials, and Mom wanted me to join her, so I drew this. The one on the left uses the style of the video, and the one on the right is the same drawing in my art style.

Previous | Next Batch 3 of Inktober 2016. These were actually done in early to mid-December 2020. Also, I just took a picture of this and the next ones to simplify things. 9. Broken - The Superbombomb from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door 10. Jump - Shy Guy jumping 11. Transport - Lapras, the Transport Pokémon 12. Worried - Kirby, worrying like crazy

Previous | Next Batch 2 of Inktober 2016. These were actually done in early December 2020. 5. Sad - A Goomba crying 6. Hidden - A Boo trying (and failing) to hide 7. Lost - Kirby, lost at a signpost 8. Rock - Rocky, a rock enemy in Kirby

Next I just want to say that these next several Inktober prompts were NOT drawn a decade ago, despite appearances. I actually drew them between December 2020 and May 2021. I'm going to do the other years for Inktober once I get all of my other art uploaded. Well, maybe. 1. Fast - Sonic, running fast 2. Noisy - Walky, making noise 3. Collect - Mario, collecting a coin 4. Hungry - Kirby, inhaling an apple.

Previous | Next (2020) Final batch for Inktober 2019 26. Dark - Ninji, an enemy in Super Mario with dark skin. 27. Coat - Just a regular coat. I couldn't think of anything. 28. Ride - Poppy Bros. Jr, riding an apple. 29. Injured - A Fire Flower burning a Pokey in Paper Mario . 30. Catch - Catching a Zubat with a Poké Ball. 31. Ripe - Mr. P. Umpkin, an old Kirby enemy from Kirby's Dream Land . This was the best I could come up with, which isn't really saying much.

Previous | Next Batch 4 of Inktober 2019. 20. Tread - Bowser's minions treading carefully 21. Treasure - A Treasure Box from Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars 22. Ghost - Gastly, a Ghost-type Pokémon 23. Ancient - Omanyte, an ancient Pokémon 24. Dizzy - Dizzy, an old Kirby enemy from Kirby's Dream Land 25. Tasty - Pac-Man about to eat a Power Pellet

Previous | Next Batch 3 of Inktober 2019. 14. Overgrown - Petey Piranha, an overgrown Piranha Plant 15. Legend - Mewtwo, a Legendary Pokémon 16. Wild - A wild Chain Chomp 17. Ornament - Ornaments of Flamer, Sparky, Bronto Burt, and Rocky 18. Misfit - Psyduck with a bunch of ground-type Pokémon. 19. Sling - Mario getting shot out of a Sling Pod.

Previous | Next Batch 2 of Inktober 2019. 6. Husky - Chuboomba, because husky also means chubby 7. Enchanted - The Star Rod 8. Frail - Bellsprout 9. Swing - Waddle Doo swinging 10. Pattern - Brick Blocks and ? Blocks 11. Snow - Flurry, Ptooie, and Buster Beetle outside in the snow 12. Dragon - Dratini 13. Ash - Ash Ketchum

Previous (2016) | Next I did Inktober 2019 as an assignment for my Drawing II class in 12th grade. Here's the first 5 pages, originally posted in November 2020. 1. Ring - Wendy's Candy Ring 2. Mindless - Spike Blop 3. Bait - Fishin' Lakitu, baiting Mario with a 1-Up Mushroom 4. Freeze - Chilly freezing Kirby 5. Build - Rebuilding Castle Dedede

Previous | Next The day before I drew this comic, this exact scenario happened while I was playing Minecraft with Chase. I was pretty upset, since the iron farm wasn't done yet and we didn't have much iron left over for new armor and tools. Chase suggested I make a comic about it, and I felt better after I finished it.

Previous | Next A few days before I drew this comic, Chase let me join his Minecraft: Java Edition realm, "The Short Kings SMP". It was made in version 1.16.4, and I had fun playing with him. We were planning to make a huge skyscraper for Chase's iron farm, but despite this comic, I had no intention of ditching Chase just because it would take a long time to make.

Previous | Next My mom gave me the idea to draw this comic as a suggestion after doing raid battles in Pokémon Go. I thought the idea was stupid, but I needed something to draw for that day, so it worked out. However, I still think this idea is stupid. At least I got some pretty good car drawing practice in, though.

Previous | Next I made this comic because my younger sister, Sam, likes slime, so I figured I should put her and Kia (one of Kai-Chronaius's OCs) into a comic together. However, I have no intention of showing Sam any pictures of Kia that I didn't draw, and especially not any pictures of other slime girls that I didn't draw, until she's at least 16, mainly for safety reasons. Actually, I might never show her certain things, especially if the art in question is mature or worse. Also, in case you're wondering why Kia only has two eyes in this comic instead of three, it's because I realized the one on her forehead is almost always covered by her bangs. Kia © Kai-Chronaius

Previous | Next This comic features Karaken's OC, Kronos. Unlike the censored comic in Brandon's Life #14, the picture in-universe is heavily insinuated to be adult-only, but in reality, I didn't actually draw anything under there. There is no uncensored version of this comic, and there never will be. Also, I haven't yet told the Internet what the picture was supposed to be in-universe, but I'll say it now: the picture was Kronos "making love" with his girlfriend, Freya (who is another one of Karaken's OCs). And if you want me to elaborate, then you're out of luck, since this blog forbids any and all adult-only content. Kronos © Karaken

Previous | Next This wasn't how I found out I was allergic to pumpkin, but I am allergic to pumpkin, or at least pumpkin seeds. However, if I did ingest a pumpkin seed, I wouldn't swell up or break out in hives; I'd develop a systemic rash that looks and feels like chicken pox, but I probably wouldn't be in any lethal danger. I should note that it is possible to outgrow allergies and/or develop new ones, and I might  have eaten a pumpkin cookie as a teenager once before realizing what it was, but either it only had pumpkin pulp in it or I'm no longer allergic to pumpkin seeds.

Previous | To be continued... Here's the final batch of Inktober 2020. Only the first picture was traced, but the good news is that no more pictures that I've already uploaded before will be traced. 29. Shoes - Mario in a Goomba's Shoe, stomping on a Spiny. 30. Ominous - Gengar following Bulbasaur. Note that Gengar's limbs are a bit too lanky. 31. Crawl - Weedle crawling. I made him too long, though.

Previous | Next My 5th grade teacher was pretty mean, so I guess I made this to get back at her for trying to squash my creativity or something. Note that her name isn't really Mrs. Gibbons, and that's not what she actually looks like. Also, I've retconned the part about Ravine having two older sisters; she only has one older brother, named Kalaron, in Ethan Against the Universe.

Previous | Next Here's the seventh batch of Inktober 2020. All of them were traced, sadly. 25. Buddy - Mario and Goombario, buddies in Paper Mario. 26. Hide - A Boo, trying (and failing) to hide. 27. Music - Jigglypuff, singing a tune. 28. Float - An Innertube Goomba, floating on nothing.

Previous | Next There wasn't really a point to this comic, but I will say that my favorite video game is Paper Mario . As for Ravine's favorite video game, Super Marty Man 3 , that's just the third game in the Super Marty Man series, which is a Terran cartoon and video game franchise heavily based on Super Mario .

Previous | Next Here's the sixth batch of Inktober 2020. These were all technically traced, but I took a couple slight creative liberties with the ones on the left. 21. Sleep - Noddy, a sleeping Kirby enemy. 22. Chef - Chef Kawasaki, a Kirby mid-boss who is a chef. 23. Rip - Mimikyu, with a rip in its disguise. 24. Dig - Diglett, a Pokémon that can learn the move Dig by level-up.

Previous | Next Here's the fifth batch of Inktober 2020. Unfortunately, the only one I didn't trace was the top-right one. 17. Storm - Kracko, a living storm cloud, traced from his artwork from Kirby's Dream Land . 18. Trap - Kirby, trapped in a cage for some reason. 19. Dizzy - Dizzy, an enemy in Kirby's Dream Land , also traced from his artwork from that game. 20. Coral - Corsola, the Coral Pokémon.

Previous | Next This comic was originally posted two days after Charmander Community Day in Pokémon Go, which is why Charmander is mentioned in the comic. I really did get 62 Charmanders, but I can almost guarantee I've transferred all but the three shinies I caught.

Previous | Next Here's the fourth batch of Inktober 2020. The ones on the right were traced, but the ones on the left were not. 13. Dune - Mario, driving through the dunes of Scorching Sandpaper Desert with the Boot Car (in Paper Mario: The Origami King ). 14. Armor - Tyranitar, the Armor Pokémon. I guess Donphan would've also worked, but I think Tyranitar looks cooler. 15. Outpost - Captains Goomba and Shy Guy (from Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions ) sitting in an outpost. I had to look up the definition for this one, and it's "a small military camp or position at some distance from the main force, used especially as a guard against surprise attack". 16. Rocket - Missile Kirby, based on the artwork from Kirby: Canvas Curse. I guess a missile is technically different than a rocket, but they still look more or less the same.

Previous | Next I don't remember what the point to this comic was, but I will say that the comic within this comic is only censored "for stupidity" as a joke. I didn't actually need to censor it.

Previous | Next Here's the third batch of Inktober 2020. None of these were traced, thankfully. 9. Throw - Poppy Bros. Jr., throwing a bomb. Looking back, I think having Kirby use the Throw Copy Ability (or having him get tossed away by Rolling Turtle, Phan Phan, or Bun) would've made way more sense, since Poppy Bros. Jr. gives the Bomb Copy Ability. 10. Hope - Kirby, holding the Love-Love Stick, which I'm pretty sure is a sign of hope in Kirby's Dream Land 3 . 11. Disgusting - Piranha Plorp from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, spitting up poison. 12. Slippery - Mario, slipping on a banana peel.

Previous | Next I made this comic after finding out the birthdays of Rhett and Link from Good Mythical Morning . It turns out Rhett's birthday is on October 11, which was also the day this comic was originally posted. Note that I have never actually met Rhett and Link in real life, though I do enjoy Good Mythical Morning regardless.

Previous | Next Here's the second batch of Inktober 2020. I traced all of these, unfortunately. 5. Blade - Blade Knight, from Kirby 6. Rodent - Raticate, from Pokémon. 7. Fancy - Toadsworth, from Super Mario 8. Teeth - Toothy, from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story.

Previous | Next My mom would sing this song to me when I was a kid and a teenager, and it got kind of annoying after a while. I changed the line "piece of spam" to "can of spam" so I wouldn't have to draw myself with gross mushy meat for a head, since I figured that would be way too inappropriate if it was looked at the wrong way. You're welcome.

Previous (2019) | Next I actually succeeded in doing Inktober for 2019 and 2020. The 2019 ones were done in a mini-notebook for a school assignment, but I did 2020 digitally for fun. I did trace some of the prompts, but that was mostly because I only drew them four at a time, once every four days, and I felt like I was on a time crunch. Thankfully, numbers 1 through 4 were not traced, which is good. 1. Fish - Cheep Cheep and Blipper, fish enemies from Super Mario and Kirby. 2. Wisp - Swablu, flying through the wispy (but sometimes puffy) clouds. 3. Bulky - Golem, because he's pretty bulky with 80 base HP and 130 base Defense. 4. Radio - A radio. Just a normal, boring radio. I couldn't think of anything else.

Previous | Next I don't remember why I made this comic specifically, but if I had to guess, I'd say that it was because I had experienced a power outage in real life a few days before drawing this. The fact that Brandon's eyes appear to be glowing is just a gag I've seen in tons of cartoons.

Previous | Next I have no idea what I was thinking when I made this comic. In case you're wondering, the old guy with the glasses is a fictionalized version of my maternal grandpa. On a side note, when I drew this comic I didn't know how to properly draw glasses in cartoons. Apparently, those who are nearsighted appear to have smaller eyes, and those who are farsighted appear to have larger eyes. Remember that if you ever draw a character that wears glasses.

Previous | Next This one was also originally uploaded on a Sunday, but I did this on purpose to coincide with Jaiden Animations' birthday back in 2020. I was referencing the livestream she did of Pokémon Platinum, specifically the part when Turt, her Grotle, crit one-shot the Gible she was about to catch in Wayward Cave. I've posted a link to the animation she did based off of the livestream here .

Previous | Next I tried to write a previous version of Ethan Against The Universe at the same time as these comics, and Ravine was one of the characters. I wanted to include her, along with a few other characters, in the Brandon's Life comics, but I took those down a few years ago because I was in a rough spot with life. I've retconned all self-inserts in the current version of Ethan Against the Universe , and I've decided I like the lack of self-inserts much more than my original plan. This comic is just up here for the sake of completeness.

Previous | Next When I originally drew this comic, I had intended to get it up one day before the date at the top right of the comic, which was on a Saturday. The comics were going to be drawn and uploaded twice a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, but alas, I missed the original deadline for the eighth comic, so I drew this comic as a joke.

Previous | Next I don't remember what the point was to this comic, but I will say that it got flagged as "sensitive content" when I originally posted this to DeviantArt on September 16, 2020.

Previous | Next I got this joke from one of the intro skits in the TV show Pinky Malinky on Netflix. I made up the last panel, though. For the record, I'm only reposting this for the sake of completeness. I think this specific joke only worked in Pinky Malinky .

Previous | Next I think I made this comic after finding out just how messed up YouTube Kids can be, and realizing that my younger sister, who was five when this was originally drawn and posted, watched YouTube Kids like crazy. I know every website has their own shady and creepy stuff to worry about, but since YouTube Kids is specifically made for kids , there shouldn't really be anything inappropriate on there at all. Well, that's what I thought before I found out about the horrors of "Elsagate" and "brainrot" and stuff. If you know, you know. If not, then I hope you never look it up. Trust me.

Previous | Next I remember I had a different idea planned for the third issue, but then I did this one. The original idea became the fourth issue. Also, I should add that when I drew this comic, I didn't own Pokémon Sword yet. I do now, though.

Previous | Next The second issue in Brandon's Life, introducing a fictionalized version of my older brother, Chase. Granted, this isn't what he looks like at all; I just had to draw him as a pile of ears to make the joke work. Honestly, I don't know what I was thinking with this one. On a side note, the top of the door in the first panel (above the speech bubble) isn't colored in. I literally didn't notice that until just now, but I can't really change it because it would take more work than I'm willing to put in, mainly because of the way the .jpg file extension messes up .png images.