Willis Practice Heads

I remember when I first started working and drafting Slickers. I remember how excited I was, how happy they made me. They literally filled me with joy to the tips of my toes. I could see how they moved in my head, I could hear their croaks and chirps. I could feel how their teeth could hook and rip flesh if one was to bite you.

You know what I remember the most when I started to open up and adopted out this little species I had made up?

I remember all the hate mail I got for a closed species. How fucking stupid I was, how inconsiderate I was. How my species was the ugliest thing anyone had ever seen. How I had no idea how designing work. How I was worthless and no one would ever want them. I remember that so vividly. I stopped drawing Willis. I stopped drawing slickers. I would look at my little buddy here and cry.

Cause who was I kidding. I couldn’t be a popular artist. I couldn’t sell adoptables. My designs were awful and stupid. I had no idea what I was doing. I was just trying to have fun.

You know, even after all this time. After all the other species I’ve made. The others that people “like SO MUCH BETTER”… Slickers has to be my personal favorite. They live in my head. I love them so much. I want my own little Willis in real life. The big clumsy goober.

It feels good to draw him again…