various things i've drawn recently

descriptions are pasted from FurAffinity again because i'm too lazy to write different descriptions for different websites.

artwork based on a pun. ermines are a type of weasel, and OurMine (or "OurMine Team") are a well-known hacking group. (OurMine consider themselves "white-hat", meaning "good guy" hackers, while governments etc seem to consider them "gray-hat".)

hence, this parody i drew of their logo - ErMine Team.
their original logo can be seen here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:.....rMine_Logo.svg
the ermine replaces the main "M" symbol, while the whiskers replace the edges of the "M" that go outward toward the circle.

i actually have a lot of respect for these guys, and their aim to improve cybersecurity. some people may not like the methods they use, but sometimes you have to be blunt and direct, in order to get a point across.

original logo © OurMine
this parody © ArterialBlack716

 

in this 2nd drawing, we have the traditional "hacker in a hoodie" icon that OurMine sometimes use. but again, replaced with an ermine, also called a "stoat".

 

random character with a generic 80s look, reflecting on life at the outskirts of some city.

the band on his shirt is Emerald. (Christian heavy/power metal from the 80s)
Armed for Battle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDWjKB3OKsk
Look to the Stars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dJnuJ6iHY8

fun fact: his legs form a subliminal number 4. this was done unintentionally; the number 4 has nothing to do with the message or themes i intended with this drawing. isn't that a fun fact?!

you can tell i got kind of lazy with this one. oh well. trying some shading and i think it turned out well, overall!

anyway this is Mazura aka Horsehead, the first boss from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, drawn as a MLP pony. i kinda felt like he should have a tail, but idk, the original Mazura didn't have one so i didn't give this guy one, either. i'm definitely not a big fan of the 2nd Zelda game, i don't think most people are, but i like it... in theory. it has a lot of interesting ideas - Mazura being one of them of course. if they hadn't gone for SO MUCH "cheap difficulty" in the game, i would have probably enjoyed it a lot. i tried to draw his armor as close to the original Nintendo sprite armor as possible, though it's naturally kinda difficult to translate into this different body shape + from really low-res sprites to a full drawing.

this version of Mazura has REALLY STRONG TEETH and is thus able to hold the mace in his teeth, and attack with it!

for the sake of consistency, let's say his cutie mark is just an original Famicom / NES sprite of himself.

Mazura © Nintendo

ZELDA "MINUS ONE" OVERWORLD MAP!

the first Zelda game on the NES has a "minus one" world, similar to Mario.

FULL SIZE (4096x1344) MAP --> HERE <--

- 128 screenshots

- manually pasted next to each other in rows

- Link edited out of all of them

- 2 screenshots edited to note game crashes

i hope to add a little more here. but for right now, i hope this map is useful to everyone!


(note that obviously, this post is an exception to my copyright notice. i do not own Zelda or any of its game assets.)

AI Pony OC

my one friend asked an AI program about pony OCs. it asked for the following things:
vibrant pink body, black circle cutie mark, colorful/messy hair, big eyes, and an "adorable tail"

so this is a rough drawing of that.
it didn't mention any other details like species/race, or eye color.

i'm not really crazy about the design of this pony, but hey, i'm just here to draw things and make dreams come true or whatever, lol,
as long as the friend and the AI program are happy, that's what matters, right?

edit: the name of the pony is Emily.

Gang$ta Furry 4 Lyfe

(fursona i haven't named yet) taking his AK47 to do some business downtown.
i got kind of lazy with the shading, but considering i just did this for fun, i don't really care that much. commissions will have better shading.

obviously this drawing is tongue-in-cheek. first of all, i don't condone gang violence, and second, mixing "furries" and "gangsta life" would be silly, i'm just a bored artist who THIS DRAWING IS 100% SERIOUS. DON'T MESS WITH ME OR I'LL GET SUPER. DUPER. ANGRY. GRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

songs that inspired me to do this drawing (CONTENT WARNING)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTZiFHh40ws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4xDeaO7ygw

Date Night

dates don't have to be fancy. sometimes they're just watching a (DVD? VHS? whatever the kids use these days!) snuggling up in pajamas and eating junk food!

here, my still-not-finalized fursona eats strawberry ice cream (my favorite flavor!) while cuddled up with his girlfriend. the girlfriend is based on Starlight Glimmer as anyone who knows me should probably expect, but it's not actually her. she's just a random character i designed for the theme of this drawing. neither of them seems to notice that the ice cream suspiciously doesn't have a brand on it. the actual reason for this is, i was too lazy to try to add anything else to the container after i had already drawn Justice's leg over it, but i like to think the reason is that the ice cream is a ploy (same with the generic popcorn container), and like, at the bottom of the container is an ALIEN MONSTER THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO FIGHT TO SAVE THE WORLD, OH NOOOOOOOOOOO. but anyway, for the time being, this drawing is just some calm, relaxing escapism they get to enjoy.

the movie they're watching, though not visible from this angle, is called "The Killer Ice Cream Container Alien II: The Generic Popcorn Container Menace". don't @ me

Spring Afternoon

random canine girl enjoying a warm breezy afternoon. her (extremely long, lol) hair blows in the wind.

just a random character i made up for this drawing, not an actual OC or anything.

Spaceship

a space scene that, imo, turned out really cool. while a lot of work did go into this, a surprising amount of what you see is just creatively-utilized default brushes in Autodesk Sketchbook.

full resolution here.

Claw Machine

my yet-unnamed (and still not fully finalized) fursona at a claw machine full of, among other things, MLP plushies. he's trying to get the Starlight Glimmer plushie, but little does he realize, claw machines are rigged and the chances of him getting this plushie are negligible. he'd be better off playing that cool neon-blue skee ball thing behind him.

i spent a lot of time on the details here, especially on all the claw machine prizes.

Natural Disaster OC

Natural likes to go for long walks through Equestria.

art (C) ArterialBlack716
character "Natural Disaster" (C) ToothpasteThy, https://www.deviantart.com/toothpastethy

Legends of Equestria - https://www.legendsofequestria.com/downloads

Thy OC

gift for a friend

artwork itself (C) ArterialBlack716
character "Thy" (C) ToothpasteThy

Random Canine Enjoying a Snowstorm

idea and drawing by me
colors and gender of the character picked out by my mom

Canine Monk Walking or Something

i forgot to add the tail, lol. oh well.

Coyote Resting in Front of an Air Conditioner

 

i used only blue and teal colors in this picture for maximum coldness!

btw - normally it's a bad idea to have coyotes as pets. a real coyote would probably have demolished that bed, and probably tried to demolish the air conditioner. but for the sake of the drawing, let's say this is a special kind of coyote. it's a BLUE one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH HAIR ON ITS HEAD!! WOWZIES

Random Anthro Character I Drew

random anthro drawing - not a formal "character". that might change eventually, who knows?

didn't have a species in mind when i drew this, just some kind of canine.
this also helped me practice paws/hands a bit.