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-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:

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Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Drewly 2026: Carrot on a stick

Carrot on a stick

Carrot on a stick: Get your mount moving that sweet 3% faster with your very first trinket, a carrot on a stick. All you need to do is journey into the desert, kill a oasis kaiju, and return with one of its scales to be rewarded with this exotic trinket.

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*pulls teeth out and hikes up pants*

Back in my day you had to walk to different zones in World of Warcraft and that 3% speed boost eventually added up to save you quite a bit of time.

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 7, 2026

Drewly 2026: The Heart of Te Fiti

The Heart of Te Fiti

Heart of Tefiti: Stolen by the trickster Maui, the heart must be returned to Tefiti, the great mother, to stop the spread of decay filling the world with monsters and draining life from land and sea.

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My kid loves Moana. I drew this for them. I also made a quick cardboard version with some sharpie and string. They LOVE that 5 minute craft. You don’t have to be great at art to make something someone will love.

In looking up the characters’ origins, I was surprised to find out Te Fiti seems to be a whole cloth creation for the movie, but they just used Maui’s existing mythological identity. That isn’t surprising, but it does feel odd.

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 6, 2026

Drewly 2026: Plumbob

Plumbob

Plumbob: For when you want to exert direct control over the lives of others. Be careful if you meddle too deeply, when this gem shines red, the person you are controlling is deeply unhappy and may try to work against your goals.

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Pop culture blind spot. I only ever watched others play The Sims. Never have I enjoyed putting someone in a deep pool and then deleting the ladder out.

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 5, 2026

The Minish Cap: Undeniable proof of concerning the existence of the divine

Undeniable proof of concerning the existence of the divine

JabberNut: Eating this special nut allows a person to instantly understand and speak the Minish language of the Picori. Link can find it in the Minish Village, allowing him to speak with the small folk discreetly living throughout Hyrule.

This strange fish feeds on subconscious mental emanations and excretes universal gestalt meaning radiation. Practically this means that if someone were to put one of these in their ear, they would instantly be able to understand any language spoken near them by sentient beings. The chances of such a creature evolving into such a specific niche on its own are so astronomically low that some evolutionary philosophers point to these fish as undeniable proof that God exists, but others disagree.

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I have still not read the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe. I have a few friends that would probably throw a copy at me if they knew.

Normally, I just post a new item card every Sunday. Right now I am posting the item cards I drew based on the items in The Minish Cap. Once Drewly is over, make sure to check in every Sunday for a new item you can add to your game.

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 2, 2026

Drewly 2026: A strand of fate

A strand of fate

Strand of Fate: My players are always fucking with awesome powers capable of upsetting the balance. A fate weaver whose personal mission is to keep them from destroying the world gave the party this strand of fate so they can tweak the outcome of events while also surrendering some control to the weaver.

This is a reusable re-roll that anyone in the party can use on any roll they can see. If they use the re-roll, I, the GM, get the re-roll to be used on any roll I want. It swaps back and forth and often feels like a, “you just activated my trap card” moment.

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Today is the second day of Drewly. I spend the entire month of July celebrating all the work I’ve finished but haven’t shared. Check back in every day for something new.

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, June 21, 2026

The Minish Cap: A heart of stone

A heart of stone

Heart: Link gets hurt a lot while adventuring, at least he seems to when I am playing, and so he needs to heal those wounds with these hearts. He can find hearts just about anywhere, cutting long grass, digging a hole, breaking a pot, and anywhere else he might find a small bit of treasure.

Freeing a proud djinn from the thrall of a wicked sorcerer earned the warrior three wishes. Wishing for invulnerability from harm, the djinn made their body impervious to any injury and the warrior's heart hardened against any loss. But a heart that cannot break is a heart that cannot love, so the stoic warrior wanders eternally with their djinn companion who cannot convince the warrior to make their final wishes.

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I made my own booster packs! Check them out on my Patreon of Ko-Fi. The process of designing and making the boosters with randomly selected cards that I made was very satisfying.

Drewly is next month. It’s a month-long challenge to celebrate art you have already made. No need to rush to make a bunch of new art, just post your art as is. Finished or not, the act of creation is worth celebrating, so celebrate everything you have already done.

You can see posts of Drewly’s past here.

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Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Sunday, June 7, 2026

The Minish Cap: A dandelion gone to seed

A dandelion gone to seed

Green Kinstone: Green Kinstones are the base model for Kinstone fusion. Combing one of Link’s pieces with a person’s piece from around Hyrule usually unlocks a minor treasure or a new opportunity for adventure, often in the form of a rarer Kinstone piece for more fusing. Link can find these Kinstone pieces while by cutting grass. Slaying enemies, digging holes, and anywhere else he’d normally find a rupee or a heart.

Find a flower, gone to seed

Make a wish and fate may heed

Intention’s power, vision’s clear

So many fish and beggars cheer

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I often say, “if wishes were fishes…” assuming people know the phrase, “If wishes were fishes, we’d all swim in riches. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” Many don’t, but now you do.

Go find a dandelion and make a wish, you never know if it may came true.

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-Ceph

Sunday, May 17, 2026

The Minish Cap: A nest of golden eggs

A nest of golden eggs

Gold Kinstone: Like their more mundane counterparts, golden kinstones are broken into two halves and give some reward when the matching pieces are fused back together. Unlike the less luxurious kinstones, Link fuses the golden kinstones exclusively with pedestals and doing so u locks forward progress in his journey to the sky peoples’ cloud top homes.

The gilded goose lays golden eggs when listening to the songs of the enchanted harp. The giant that keeps the harp and the goose has no use for the solid gold eggs, but they do love hearing the harp play and they love their evening chats with the goose. The eggs are unceremoniously tossed in the giant’s midden which is the most valuable room in the realm, if you value gold more than friendships.

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"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." -J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

I finished the line work for all the items in Twilight Princess! It took more than two years to get that hunk of inking done and I finished it last week! Now I get to color every piece and then I’m done! Finding moments to celebrate throughout long projects is the only way to finish long projects.

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