![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/taco.cat/ALAH8HgbvNRCkeMVXsQpGrewYPkMdao2ZibFUjfVWLsym2EJtGHvwPpfVn1kyWR.png) Hey Steemit! We're back again with another Art Attack! If you're new to the series, this is where I share my drawings and the process behind them. A behind-the-scenes look at my artwork, if you will. This is not to say that I'm very good at art, or that I'm a professional in any way. In fact this is the opposite, and serves as a reminder to how I first started, and lets me track my progress too! I've shared about my streaming journey on [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/imtacocat) in multiple posts and the art I've done both for my Twitch channel and for my viewers who redeem free artwork from me with their channel points. A few years ago, I wrote about the emotes I did for my Twitch channel and now it's years later I have done so many more and have even redrawn some older ones so I guess it's time for a huge new update! Here are some that I did 3 years ago that I forgot to write about last time: https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/taco.cat/23tbwGRPw6HdZzsrR5QUtvfBjDX5SNyJDGJQgnGxLRmcWw92BAuvFj1qTHG6piQzCBwp4.png The next one I'm writing about is the one in the middle - the hype TacoCat! For this one I got inspiration from other hype emotes I've seen, with people having their characters' arms up and confetti raining down as if they just threw it up into the air. ![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/taco.cat/AJj4RBvoMhTfkwchEkD6SdNwtaadGmnQhLGbPUZ3o2z4Qmx69rgjEso87yJ9U2C.png) It seemed pretty simple so I did a simple sketch to see what it would look like and then transformed my PNG accordingly to match the position. ![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/taco.cat/ALJtrYXruvyqtmqnkkj7EZhyuxN7CHhDRL6hd2dLUXt6kqRssuwr4EVoP3BwFxc.png) Once I drew in the arms and the face it was pretty much done. All I had to do was draw in the confetti too. I wanted them in different shapes and colours but have them not clash with the colours of my character too, so I chose some bright ones that would contrast with the yellow. In the end we get this: ![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/taco.cat/ALAH8HgbvNRCkeMVXsQpGrewYPkMdao2ZibFUjfVWLsym2EJtGHvwPpfVn1kyWR.png) I thought this looked really good and pretty cute too! To this day this emote is unchanged and I don't think there's a need to tbh. It looks good and simple and since it's only going to be 100px at max in the chat I think it's fine as is. For another emote, I wanted to do one with a suspicious (or sus) expression, since chat be making a lot of sus comments from time to time. ![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/taco.cat/AJj4WWCPTvezSjG51ohCbFAJQqYxoBWbg5c4rtp8TVEq3U8HiHbPDZ2hgpdztks.png) I used these as reference and didn't really know how to draw the hands. I changed it a little bit since I can't have the hand under the taco chin as it's too wide. I thought the expression was good but I wasn't really sure about the hands. ![image.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/taco.cat/ALD9aubtad4ZBtaHm8YasymtB83qLaHpBfntZeAkmrjNxKZJi48WuuNw85oYMjN.png) In the end, we get this which I thought was fine at the time. But tbh I don't really like how this look now. I think last time I was hell-bent on making my TacoCat look exactly the same position-wise, but now that I've made quite a few in different poses, perspectives and sizes, I would remake this one as well. If I had to change it, I think I would make it look more like the piggy one I did for a friend last year that looks like this: https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/taco.cat/AJoLuYP643kFm646L1rKZVTpRed1anvr8ZFRyzjgABuJFEWc3Jxy45uNofxndXW.png This one not only references the Fry meme more accurately but also looks better overall with the position of the hands and all. I would have to draw little bit of a body for my TacoCat with this but I think I could make it work. Here's the timelapse for these two emotes: https://youtube.com/shorts/Htw7o9BbkII Overall, these emotes are pretty alright and looking back at these has made me realise that I'm glad that I've improved but also that I was still good enough last time that there are still some I wouldn't change. There are still a few more to share so stay tuned! Thanks for reading! https://i.imgur.com/PXZB7ti.gif

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----------------------------------------- Check out my previous post in this series! Art Attack #197: Cat lurking in a Taco box 🌮😸https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/taco.cat/AKs4d3HjuKTx6zwXV9gyJt1tRsry8Zu4bK119cwTpcGPACSrt9fgogZ8mqvEqae.png