Dion Aquato - Blog Posts

When I draw him as a teen I always give him his nanny chin

A complexion study! I thought it’d be interesting to contemplate what the Aquatos would look like with a few varieties of realistic Romani skin colors and how the two might mingle to retain that goofy red/yellow/green and yellow/blue/brown color harmony from the games.

I’m absolutely not the first person to do this, but I can’t find the post that inspired me. It was Frazie and Mirtala with brown skin in pretty blue leotards, I think. If anyone can find it, plz link me.

(I also felt the need to sit and tweak Raz’s face a bit so he looks less like a Danny Phantom clone than in previous drawings.)

[ID: Digital art of sketches of Razputin and the Aquato family with skin tones varying from Simpsons yellow to olive to warm red-brown. There’s a bunch of tests of Raz in the top left as a smiling teenager. In the top right, Dion has been reimagined with long hair pulled back in a thick ponytail and a goatee. He’s wearing a royal blue leotard with gold trim and a deep collar. He looks contemplative. Frazie is in the bottom right with her hair flayed out behind her in an 80s windswept look. She’s wearing a light blue leotard with stripes of purple-blue swirly fabric, yellow trim around the midsection, and a white striped undershirt underneath. She’s staring curiously at a green lens she found. Donatella smiles and winks behind her with yellow and white glitter on her cheeks and blue shadowed eyes. There’s a gag in the bottom left of Augustus (in a green and yellow ringmaster’s outfit) warmly telling Raz (in a grey long sleeve) that he’s starting to get his grandmother’s chin, and Raz uncomfortably imagines himself with a skinny blunted chin like Marona. The skin tones of the children are varying intersections of their father’s red-brown skin and their mother’s olive skin. End ID]

Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Mermay!

Day 12 : Dion doesn’t look too impressed.

you expected an April Fools post BUT,

(December 3 - December 31, 2024)

Another year full of PN stuff. I hope for more in 2025.

@magicmvx's Bird Raz (again.)

I found a notebook under my bed from when I was in school. Shockingly, I found zero doodles in it, so I fixed that. I haven't drawn on paper in a long time.

Elton and my OC, Aquamarine.

Lineless is tricky.

I drew 395 (or so) things this year. LET'S SHOOT FOR MORE NEXT YEAR (jk my arms almost fell off several times. next year let's learn to pace ourselves.)

(April 24 - April 30, 2024)

Last of April.

Did you know Elton was my top favorite before Misha? It's true. He's just a baby ...

I saw the Lili figurine here and I just wanted to draw her with the different shoes.

Misha, my boy. I'm glad to draw him.

The amount of time I held onto this idea is ABSURD. It's inspired by something my sister and I do. I'd be in Misha's place in this scenario going "oh, oh, oh," in the flattest voice ever.

DION, STOP USING YOUR BROTHER AS A TABLE. (it's been soooo long since I last drew Dion. It was nice to draw him again.)

Bri'ish

Three wonders, adventure through the sky 🎵 Three wonders, try to stay alive 🎵

As a bonus, you can have this drawing I did on April 1, but not necessarily an April Fool's drawing. Just me being dumb

(August 25 - August 31 2023)

Last of August

Donatella apologizes to Raz (and more things under the cut.)

Next scene: Raz ignites Dion with pyrokinesis

"It is not just a little spark. It is a flame; a big roaring flame. I can feel it now ... it is burning, Burning, BURNING. ...Hey, something IS burning around here."

Hearing Dion say the corniest shit imaginable.

Oh hey, and I drew Dion "apologizing" too:

Misha saying thank you. (Misha smiled.)

I know I'm not the first to draw anthro versions of Kitty and Quentin, but here's my take on em.

I wasn't expecting the line when Raz shows her the button to hit me so hard. She's hanging out with some weeds (primarily ones that people only want to get rid of.)

I don't wanna end on a sad note, so I'll let you have the early sketch of the Frazie BLECH drawing (I thought Raz looked funny so I held onto it.)

See you next time

(August 15 - 17 2023)

My sister asked me to draw the Aquatos for her school binder. I don't draw on paper very often these days (or even COLOR on paper. I'm sure you could tell very quickly.)

It's not perfect, but my sister was satisfied with the results so I think it's alright. As you can see, it's based on the poster thingy in the 2nd game's intro animation.

Wait, can't forget Nona. (August 24 2023)

and Sugarcube is there too.

Hooray that means I've drawn every Aquato (and in color, too)

hello from Frazie

Four doodle pages so far. It just started as me wanting to draw a few campers. A "few" turned into 80% of them. Every camper and Aquato sibling appears at least once (As well as some special guest stars.) I'm sure you can tell who my favorites are by who appears frequently (well except Nils. It's just fun to draw him saying things.) These contain many references and inside jokes between me and my sister, so they might seem weird since I'm presenting them with minimal context. I think they can be enjoyed regardless.

February 18 2023:

February 27 2023:

April 4 2023:

May 20 2023:

Bonus content under the cut

Biblically accurate Milka:

rinse out selecta (reject Quentin sketch):

Fully visible Milka:

April 2023 Doodle Highlights

party rock is in the house tonight everybody just have a go

good time (more under the cut.)

March 2023 Doodle Highlights

More stuff under the cut. The second one was drawn in MS Paint [picture of spongebob with broken fingers goes here]

Finished product. Say it with me now: RAZPUTIN. NEEDS. THERAPY.

WIP. Raz getting bullied and having his family make horrible remarks at him all the while dissapointing Milla and Sasha for the casino incident really hit hard for me, due to me being in a similar situation to my youth. The depiction of bullying in Psychonauts 2 is both accurate and terrible at the same time, with the bullying itself being realistic, but the bullies themselves never receiving repercussions for their actions. When Razputin is peered pressured into changing Hollis’ mind, he is rightfully repremanded, but the interns get away with it and learn nothing. His family is understandably upset he ran away, but they’ve also branded him a traitor. And he realized that his hero, Ford Cruller, singlehandedly rewrote his family history (for somewhat understandable reasons), but still. If Double Fine ever revisits Psychonauts, I really hope they show how Raz is 9999% NOT okay.