Crossmare - Blog Posts

Ya’know when you nap too long, cause you’re tired af, and ya wake up, and suddenly it’s night? yeah they just did that

Idk if the idea came across that well, but they’re using Nightmare’s tendrils as a blanket jsyk

I’ve been seeing a lot more “canon type” nightmare content. specially with these two. and as much as I find it an interesting dynamic to work with, that shit hurts, so I drew this to cope.

I don’t know if I like the shading on this one tbh, but it turned out alright

Shading w.out extra stuff | extra colors | flats

Line art | sketch | pre sketch

Bonus Cross doodle (cause I was messing with his fit/monochrome scheme and thinking of the repercussions of him sitting in the void. He kills me sometimes)

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Killer: Rahafwabas

sketch, cause I’m too tired to actually try, and it was out of character anyway

I just needed somethin ta draw cause I couldn’t focus on anything I wanted to do

Don’t pay attention to the hands on the right side of the screen plz and thx 💀

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Was practicing animal proportions and drawing fur

don't really know how to draw paws or scars on animals very well, so take it with a grain of salt. but hopefully it's alright

I like how the line art came out on this one, was fun.

w.out final filter | extra colors | flats

Honestly should've stopped at flats personally 💀 I think it looks best

line art | sketch | pre sketch

I almost posted this on my reblog account 💀

[Edit- many many edits cause tumblr won’t post it on the tags again smh 🙄 i give up

If it don’t post it on there this time, I ain’t fixin it, hopefully it’ll eventually just fix itself😤]

Credits-

Nightmare: Jokublog

Cross: Jakei95

CW: Suggestive Art/ Themes

(Mild description: They mostly wearin clothes. Cross ain’t wearin a shirt though. some ecto is shown. suggestive position and scene. Nightmare’s just giving Cross a kiss on the forehead though)

It many or may not be as bad as I think it is. this isn’t my alley of posting

I had to look at so much ref for Cross’s bones it was ridiculous. the sketch took 2 hours (full thing was nine hours 💀). I think they turned out alright despite the hassle.

I think the ecto shading turned out nice. I tried some simpler shading techniques, but I think it went well with the lineart I ended up doing.

Ngl I was tempted to give Cross something similar to one of those yellow nervous dog vests

simple shading | extra colors | flats

warning about the sketch. Cross ain’t wearin shorts

Lineart | sketch | pre sketch

Edit- totally forgot to mention I made this post cause I found this collar on Pinterest

My head wouldn’t stop bothering me about it. put it off for about two weeks 💀

Credits-

Nightmare: Jokublog

Cross: Jakei95

Tw: Death I was in the middle of drawing something …practically the exact opposite of this vibe, but my playlist decided to kill me, so yeah

Basically something happened, both them died type thing

I was gonna make it a full drawing, but I kept crying, so no

version w/out the ghosts

edit: My dumbass forgot to put credits smh 🤦

credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Killer: Rahafwabas

💥✨Havvah✨💥

…Yeah idk. I think that’s the crispest paper I’ve drawn tho. so that’s cool

I enjoy the way the lighting came out

Shits wack. I drew that with my finger.

my stylus’ texture keeps making me want to cringe and die. so I haven’t been using it. I can’t tell the difference in quality, so whatever, but still… :/// I miss using it

simple shading | texture shit | flats

Line art | sketch | pre-sketch

Credits-

Nightmare: Jokublog

Cross: Jakei95

idk why, but apparently shading in blue is difficult for me

This took eight hours… 💥

…I gotta get quicker or sm, cause my drawings taking more than like 5 hours, consistently… feels like it’s slowly killing me

W.out text

W.out final filter | simple shading | flats

Line art | better sketch | sketch

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Local autistic trying to mask in public, in attempts to look intimidating, though failing due to his partner sleeping peacefully against him.

Ft cross wearing pants because, despite drawing it a lot, I hate drawing legs 😬👍

No, I didn’t draw a background, despite suggesting they were outside. I couldn’t figure out where I wanted them to be

(and, ew background, oc

Simple shading | extra colors | flats

Lineart (plus some) | sketch | presketch

Credits-

Nightmare: Jokublog

Cross: Jakei95

The gays with smudge background. I’m too tired to come up with much words right now, but here is them. d(_ _)

Oh yeah. tried smoother brush for the coloring …might stick with the other, donno yet. And lots of swirlies on nightmare this time, cause I was having fun with it

I’ve had that one goofy ahh German song, the one that’s been circling tiktok as a dance trend, stuck in my head for half of when I was drawing this. It needs to leave. its overstayed it’s welcome

W.out background | simple shading | flats

Line art | sketch | pre sketch

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

I started posting Crossmare on this day last year. so I did a redraw-ish thing.

(not everything is exactly the same, but I mostly stayed true to it

This drawing stressed me the fuck out, (the posing was killing me) but I wanted to do it, so I got through it. I think it turned out alright

it’s nice to compare my more recent shit to my old stuff. I’m glad I eventually (sort of) figured out a (semi-consistent) way to draw sanses (san’s…? Idk htf to put that)

I, for some reason throughout my posting, have developed this thing where Cross almost always has to be on the left side of the drawing. It’s something I’ve noticed for a while. it kinda bothers me, but it usually bothers me more if I don’t do it.

But yeh, that’s why the two are switched around if you were wondering. :]

Thank you for all the support I’ve been getting on my posts. a lot the tags I find on the reblogs make me smile. I have a lot of fun posting what I do. always happy when others end up enjoy it as well

W.out background | simple shading

extra colors | flats

line art | fin. sketch | sketch

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Them. idfk… something about them learning to reach out to each other

it’s a bit wonky in some spots… but I think the line art turned out good

c r i s p y

…I’ve been looking at to much sonic & tmnt art

…didn’t give Nightmare his tendrils this time …don’t know how to feel about it

w.out final filter | shading | base colors

Line art | final sketch | sketch

bonus-

Cross sketch that inspired this | more gay

credits-

cross: Jakei95

nightmare: Jokublog

the amounts of attention on that last post, just, damn. I wasn’t expecting it. glad that you liked it tho. Thank you :D

messin with that “nightmare deforms when sleeping” headcanon

I feel like it’d probably freak Cross out for a while before he got used to it

(cross’s eye is a bit off, but I didn’t fix it, because no :])

W.out final filter shit | flats

line art | sketch

Bonus (texture practice[?])-

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

👀 they bout to kiss or somethin… hell if I know -\(“)/-

watched “My Policeman” and goddamn that movie was just so fruity. but it was also super good and just sweet overall. 10/10 honestly

But yeah, anyway, the idea for this post is a bit based off one of the scenes that happened, because it was pretty and caught my attention.

…I really like the way Cross came out on this one. he looks how he does in my head for once :> …now if only I could figure out how to be consistent (-/\-|||)

I’m also slowly figuring out how I draw nightmare

…mans is so difficult for me and for why?

w. out final shading | flats | lineart

sketch | start point

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

They sleep…? …guess he could just be rolling his shoulder or somethin idk XD

…had to redo the shading in this one cause I did it with the wrong fucking pen >:P …it looked so weirrrd >:/

…but it is fixed now, so it’s fine 😌

W.out final shading | flats | lineart

As well as more colorful version because I also like it and couldn’t decide between the one on top and it

Bonus doodle of nightmare from, like, a week ago

Credits-

nightmare: Jokublog

cross: Jakei95

Missed doing line art in this style, and watched both the spiderverse movies, so said fuck it

Not much to say on this one lmao. I enjoy the headcanon that Cross practically refuses to refer to Nightmare by his name, no matter the situation. so ig that’s sorta included

We’re in the middle of moving so I haven’t had much time to draw >:P

lucky for me though, this style is rather quick to do, and I was in the mood, so it was even quicker.

W. out final filter bs | W.out rim lighting | less shading

flats | lineart | sketch(ish)

bonus (what they were probably doing previously /j):

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Lotta texture on this bitch. was fun

Was listening to I think I love you by David Cassidy

…idk just reminds me of them

W.out text | shading | no shading

Line art | sketch

Bonuses. Nightmare doodle because I thought it was funny and himcore. plus unfinished shit, because art block:

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Edit [March 11th]: Idk how I just noticed this shit, but one of the bonus images was just the sketch for the main image a second time. my dumbass smh

Scribbly messy-ish thing.

I missed coloring nightmare oil puddle-esc …so I added some of the colors I used to use for him

Coloring | line art | sketch

Bonus:

I just like drawing Cross -\(- -;)/-

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Crossmare because Valentine’s Day

Didn’t feel like breaking down the drawings :P

Bonus doodles:

These were all done around an hour each. Legit said “speed”

Happy Valentine’s Day :]

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Some phone doodles I did today. Couldn’t bring myself to try that hard, but I wanted to draw. So yeah. First ones my fav.

Took around 5hrs in total. Sorta surprising, sorta not. Seeing as these are more simple then what I usually go for.

Might spend time on one or two of them if I get bored.

…might also draw more with the animal attributes, not completely sure yet, was sorta fun though.

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

If it looks like they were shaded different it’s cause they are. Tried to shading styles at once for a side by side

…I think I like the one I used for Cross more …Nightmare looks a bit to smooth XD …it’s fun that it’s almost chalky lookin though

I enjoy the fact that the background looks a bit like cardboard :>

…even though cardboard in real life feels disgusting

All shading | No shading

Line art | Sketch

Made cross’s head a tad to large …but oh well

Bonus: Scraped sequel to this drawing

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

They hangin out in the mornin about to drink shit. That’s it

Ft Cross wearing as many layers as possible, because I wanted to practice, and I think he would

Less saturated then originally, due to suggestion. saturated version, and others, under cut though

…the other slipper fell wdym

Even less saturated | Saturated

flats | line art

second sketch | initial sketch

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Yeah, I don’t know. I just love them... look at them

I like the colors this one turned out, it’s nice. Originally it was gonna say “someone” instead of “something” but… I figured that Nightmare would just enjoy hearing Cross get pissed about anything …so there’s that

K, so, originally this was gonna be a color pallet challenge, but i thought it ended up looking strange, and just dark overall. so I mixed it with the flats for the final. I still have it though so there’s also that

Also that post, like, two posts ago, got a lot of attention today. I woke up to 97 tumblr notifications, and more when I went on here to post this, and almost all of it was related to that post. like, I saw the likes slowly going up, but goddamn. Means a lot though, so thank you

W.out text | flats

Line art | sketch

Bonus

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Nightmare giving part of his lore drop in the middle of them watching something

Cross is actively listening, killer is watching the thing as he’s listening, because he would.

…this took, like, 10 hours… I’m so done. Came out alright though. I liked playing with the shadows and lighting

W.out filters | w.out background | flats

line art | sketch

I was looking at a lot of more angular styles before drawing this …so it’s slightly more square. was interesting. might do it again

credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Killer: Rahafwabas

Switched it up a bit

I enjoy seeing these three together …but I suck ass at drawing more then two people …so if the poses look a little fucked up thats why

Shitty bonus:

W. Out final filter | flats

Line art | sketch

I’ve apparently been on a bit of an art kick …unsure how long it’ll last though

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Killer: Rahafwabas

Dust: ask-dusttale

Horror: horrortalecomic

Two posts, one day, let’s go

…Ya’know …the line art of that last post I made not even two days ago, but the style difference? Different as fuck. Some funny ass shit right there

W.Out final filter | flats | line art

I lost the sketch :(((

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Them. Cross finna pass out, that’s all, idk -\(“/)/-

No background, because no

Flats w. Light & dark line art | flats

Line art | sketch

Cross is a bit stiff, again, but oh well

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

“They met at the xpau” au. They’re bonding over being forced to wear their sweaters

Took 7 hours. I like drawing in this style …but damn. I need to find a way to be quicker with it

Cross is usually the easy one for me to draw, but my god, I had to redo his pose like 3 times

i like how the table came out, it really do be like “damn …that’s a table”

And I have nightmare the mug just cause it seemed like something he’d own

simpler background | no shading | line art

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

Outfits/au: xpau-official

CW: explicit art/themes

(They’re wherein clothes, view of a bit of the lower part of the torso on cross’s part though, also some suggestive dialog and position (?))

I tagged the post with a few different tags I could find, but I’m doing this as well just in case

I like how this one turned out, but jc, is this too fruity for tumblr??? …I guess I’m gonna find out. I never post shit like this, I’m legitimately slightly shaking and pacing a bit from neves and embarrassment, but it looks nice and the line art took 5 goddamn hours, just …fuck, I’m actually postin this

W/shading | Flats | line art

Credits-

Cross: Jakei95

Nightmare: Jokublog

I …didn’t have any motivation for the first bit, the second bit I did a day after, which apparently affected it a lot 💀

Still doin the same style as the last post, I feel like this one came out a bit better, which is good, cause progress and all that

Drawing breakdown-

Not sure if the proportions are correct for the angle but hopefully they are

Credits-

Nightmare: Jokublog

Cross: Jakei95

Testin workin out with thicker lines and not as strict anatomy …just went with what felt right basically

I liked working in this style, it’s fun, slightly angular and rough

Sometimes I feel like I’m spamming this ship tag and feel slightly bad about it, but at the same time, I’m obviously still drawin them and therefore more content for the two, so oh well :]

Breakdown of drawing-

Practice-

Credits-

Nightmare: Jokublog

Cross: Jakei95