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Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Monday, July 20, 2026

Drewly 2026: A new back for my custom cards

A new back for my custom cards

Card Back: I updated the card back I drew for my first set of cards way back in 2018. I also added my name to get more comfortable signing and taking credit for my work.

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Today we are two thirds of the way through Drewly. Have you celebrated yourself yet?

What is Drewly?

Drewly is the month-long art challenge where you don’t make any new art. Just celebrate all the art you’ve already made, finished or not.

How do I join?

Share whatever work you’d like, however you’d like to share. Tag your posts #Drewly #Drewly2026 #Drewly26.

You can see posts of Drewly’s past here.

You can also join me on reddit at /r/Drewly

Get your official Drewly stickers here.

How to support me:

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Sunday, July 19, 2026

The Minish Cap: We are gonna stay BFFs forever!

We are gonna stay BFFs forever!

Kinstone Piece: Kinstone fusion is a mighty force for change in the Minish Cap and Link needs the right piece to fuse kinstones at the right time. Kinstone pieces come in four different colors and various different shapes. Link is gifted pieces, finds pieces, buys pieces, and sometimes earns new pieces for fusing Kinstone pieces.

Others might say they are going to be best friends forever and mean like a really long time. I mean forever when I say forever. These charms link two souls together permanently, or as long as they are intact.

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Being a BFF is a serious commitment, but sharing art for Drewly doesn’t have to be.

What is Drewly?

Drewly is the month-long art challenge where you don’t make any new art. Just celebrate all the art you’ve already made, finished or not.

How do I join?

Share whatever work you’d like, however you’d like to share. Tag your posts #Drewly #Drewly2026 #Drewly26.

You can see posts of Drewly’s past here.

You can also join me on reddit at /r/Drewly

Get your official Drewly stickers here.

How to support me:

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Drewly 2026: My first wand

My first wand

Pencil Wand: The first magic many practice is conjuring up fantastical creatures and fabulous places upon a blank page with a simple pencil. Most turn away from such magic, but it has been a great joy to me for most of my life. I am no master, but the act of creation is worthwhile no matter how practiced.

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Go make some art for yourself.

What is Drewly?

Drewly is the month-long art challenge where you don’t make any new art. Just celebrate all the art you’ve already made, finished or not.

How do I join?

Share whatever work you’d like, however you’d like to share. Tag your posts #Drewly #Drewly2026 #Drewly26.

You can see posts of Drewly’s past here.

You can also join me on reddit at /r/Drewly

Get your official Drewly stickers here.

How to support me:

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Friday, July 17, 2026

Drewly 2026: A wicker wand

A wicker wand

Rug Beater Wand: For the clean obsessed mage that also must give fools a solid whack upside the head, the rug beater makes an excellent focus for arcane power and primal rage.

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Not my favorite drawing at all, but I often say, “Drewly is about sharing and celebrating all the work you’ve made, not just the stuff you like.”

What is Drewly?

Drewly is the month-long art challenge where you don’t make any new art. Just celebrate all the art you’ve already made, finished or not.

How do I join?

Share whatever work you’d like, however you’d like to share. Tag your posts #Drewly #Drewly2026 #Drewly26.

You can also join me on reddit at /r/Drewly

See all my Drewly posts here.

Get your official Drewly stickers here.

How to support me:

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Drewly 2026: A mighty wand

A mighty wand

Fountain Pen Wand: The pen is mightier than the sword, and this magic pen is mightier than a magic sword.

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What is Drewly?

Drewly is the month-long art challenge where you don’t make any new art. Just celebrate all the art you’ve already made, finished or not.

How do I join?

Share whatever work you’d like, however you’d like to share. Tag your posts #Drewly #Drewly2026 #Drewly26.

You can also join me on reddit at /r/Drewly

See all my Drewly posts here.

Get your official Drewly stickers here.

How to support me:

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Drewly 2026: A Waxy Wand

A Waxy Wand

Candle Wand: This unassuming candle burns endlessly and can be lit or extinguished with a mere thought. The bookish mage that keeps this as their wand knows that there are more traditional ways of using magic to illuminate reading rooms, but they loathe the unnatural glow of witchlight.

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What is Drewly?

Drewly is the month-long art challenge where you don’t make any new art. Just celebrate all the art you’ve already made, finished or not.

How do I join?

Share whatever work you’d like, however you’d like to share. Tag your posts #Drewly #Drewly2026 #Drewly26.

You can also join me on reddit at /r/Drewly

See all my Drewly posts here.

Get your official Drewly stickers here.

How to support me:

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Drewly 2026: Spinster’s Wand

Spinster’s Wand

Spinster’s Wand: A spinster is an unmarried woman who spins thread, and it is thrown around idly as an insult as it must be the ultimate goal of every woman to be married as soon as possible. This spinster couldn’t be bothered to marry because she was teaching herself to see the invisible threads of magic and spin them into spells, charms, and hexes.

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This is another wand from the domestic mage set of wands. I enjoy my wands project alot because really anything could be a wand if you wanted it to be.

What is Drewly?

Drewly is the month-long art challenge where you don’t make any new art. Just celebrate all the art you’ve already made, finished or not.

How do I join?

Share whatever work you’d like, however you’d like to share. Tag your posts #Drewly #Drewly2026 #Drewly26.

You can also join me on reddit at /r/Drewly

See all my Drewly posts here.

Get your official Drewly stickers here.

How to support me:

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Monday, July 13, 2026

Drewly 2026: Dual Knitting Wands

Dual Knitting Wands

Knitting Wands: A notorious homebody and accomplished mage was once asked why they spent so much time knitting when they could just use their magic to conjure up finished clothes. They responded with, “the thing that brings you the most joy should be done the slowest, rush the things you hate.”

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This is from a set of wands I drew imagining what an accomplished mage that had no interest in adventuring would empower to be their wand.

What is Drewly?

Drewly is the month-long art challenge where you don’t make any new art. Just celebrate all the art you’ve already made, finished or not.

How do I join?

Share whatever work you’d like, however you’d like to share. Tag your posts #Drewly #Drewly2026 #Drewly26.

You can also join me on reddit at /r/Drewly

See all my Drewly posts here.

Get your official Drewly stickers here.

How to support me:

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Sunday, July 12, 2026

The Minish Cap: Azure Transformo

Azure Transformo

Joy Butterfly: These rare butterflies can only be discovered after Link fuses Kintstones with the three traveling oracles visiting Hyrule. Fusing Kinstones with each unlocks a unique breed of butterfly that confers a speed bonus to a specific skill when caught. Link must go out into the Castor Wilds and catch the butterflies to gain the bonus.

The only reason this butterfly is rare is because it was hunted to near extinction for its lustrous blue wings. The butterflies’ iridescent blue wings have no special properties, but were a fashion must have for a few seasons. Tastes change and fads fade, but the astronomical demand for butterfly wings was an almost permanent end for the delicate creatures.

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Getting heavy handed with my save the planet subtext. Go read the Lorax, but make sure to get it used, there are enough copies out there for you to find one.

Drewly continues, but so does out normal Sunday posting. I post an item card representing an item from a Zelda game every Sunday. Right now we are working on The Minish Cap. Come back tomorrow for more Drewly posts and check in next week for more Zelda items.

What is Drewly?

Drewly is the month-long art challenge where you don’t make any new art. Just celebrate all the art you’ve already made, finished or not.

How do I join?

Share whatever work you’d like, however you’d like to share. Tag your posts #Drewly #Drewly2026 #Drewly26.

You can also join me on reddit at /r/Drewly

See all my Drewly posts here.

Get your official Drewly stickers here.

How to support me:

Thank you for your support.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Drewly 2026: The return from adventure

The return from adventure

Question mark: Thanks for all the gallbladders. Now I need you to head back to that same far away land and use this salamander lure to find the big mean salamander and get its gallbladder.

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Nothing hits quite like doing a fetch quest and then having a follow up mission go back to the same place for something vaguely related that you probably could have gotten at the same time as your first quest.

What is Drewly?

Drewly is the month-long art challenge where you don’t make any new art. Just celebrate all the art you’ve already made, finished or not.

How do I join?

Share whatever work you’d like, however you’d like to share. Tag your posts #Drewly #Drewly2026 #Drewly26.

You can also join me on reddit at /r/Drewly

See all my Drewly posts here.

Get your official Drewly stickers here.

How to support me: