Chessstuck

Skaia's checkered battlefield

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Corrected some mistakes here on the blog:

permalink given under every post (black)

navigation buttons corrected & added (title, icon, buttons)

The little extra I created for the blog is also working now. The slideshow in the fourth wall starts when a visitor hovers with the mouse over it. Three pictures are shown. Later it will starting automatically and with more pictures.

See ya!

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Rose Lalonde, Derse/Black Queen

Roses design is more elaborate than those of most others, simply because she holds the rank of Derse Queen. It's a mixture of her black squiddles dress and her dreamer outfit, with armwarmers and some detail added.

I'm not quite sure which crown to give her - there are four designs, the tiara-headband thingy, the two circlets, and the blindfold. The tiara-headband is closest to her original design, with the headband, while the fourth with the blindfold touches upon the (Blinded) Seer we see in Homestuck. The other two are mainly there to have a complete aspect symbol version to choose from.

This time, the only sketch version shown is the revised one - I couldn't find my first design, but it's really mostly her black squiddles dress, which was quickly revised into the one shown now - I just redid the sketch with some details.

This is currently the most elaborate design, even Vriska's doesn't quite reach it. On that note, ouch my hand hurts. I really love how it turned out, though! Also ugh, drawing hands >>_<< I'm getting better at that though! These two were done much quicker than they would've been half a year or a whole year ago.

chessstuck designs are in essence dreamer designs, for the two moons play against each other, but each include the character’s aspect and their personal symbol.

-wO out

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(Aaaand it went to the wrong blog again. Sorry about that. >>_<<")

Kanaya Maryam, Prospitian/White Bishop, Space/White Tiles

Derived from the German term for Bishop, ‘Laeufer’, which means runner, the design is based on a messenger, someone who runs, thus the wings on her boots, unobstructed leg movement, and bag. The wings are based on those of her Mother Grub.

This time, I played with coloured lines instead of going completely lineless, and used colours that are less saturated than in the other pictures. Personally, I like the effect.

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Jade Harley, Prospit/White Rook, starts on black/space tile (a1)

the rook design basically stayed the same. A breastplate with the moon, a slit skirt with the aspect symbol on the centrepiece, and a veil thing with the personal symbol on the back. We went for a tower-esque look for the headpiece, since the rook's german term is 'turm' - tower. they are advancing walls of doom.

chessstuck designs are in essence dreamer designs, for the two moons play against each other, but each include the character’s aspect and their personal symbol.

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Aradia Megido, Derse/Black Bishop, black/time tiles

After long silence, another concept art! I had the sketches ready since late summer, but nanowrimo preparation and university gobbled my time.

the bishops underwent a great redesign, as is plainly visible between the two sketches - one over a year old, one relatively recent - while the bag, winged shoes, and aspect symbol location stayed, the overall outfit changed. it looks less maid-like in aradia's case, less based on her class (even though i kept the pants form), and she 'lost' the wings on her back. and, as you can see, the bootwings are actually based on her god tier wings in the finished picture.

face and hands gave me great trouble.

the bishops' design is based on the german term for it, laeufer, which means runner. we wanted a messengery feel, hence the bag, and put the aspect symbols on the legs, which are elementary for running, in addition to giving them outfits they could easily run in. the running aspect also plays in the wings on their boots.

chessstuck designs are in essence dreamer designs, for the two moons play against each other, but each include the character's aspect and their personal symbol.

edit: updated with a colour palette that is not as harsh on the eyes

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(whoooops that went to the wrong blog)

The defining visual attribute of the Queen is her crown. Vriska, designed as a pirate, wears a tricorne as her crown, with her aspect symbol on it. Since her long hair covers the back of her coat, her personal symbol is on the other side.

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Players:Calliope (White Side / Prospit) Caliborn (Black Side / Derse)

Prospit: King: John Queen: Vriska Bishops: Gamzee (Black / Time Tiles), Kanaya (White / Space Tiles) Knights: Rufioh, Terezi Rooks: Karkat (Castling), Jade Pawns: Kankri, Porrim, Latula, Jane, Jake, Tavros, Aranea, Kurloz

Derse: King: Nepeta Queen: Rose Bishops: Aradia (Black / Time Tiles), Roxy (White / Space Tiles) Knights: Horuss, Damara Rooks: Equius (Castling), Dirk Pawns: Dave, Eridan, Cronus, Feferi, Meenah, Sollux, Mituna, Meulin

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Since the chessstuck tag hasn't had new stuff since before Meenah's walkarounds and the chessstuck tumblr hadn't been claimed, here is a new/different chessstuck project.... thing, this time by ivoryandwines, gloomydreamer and whimsicalobservant.

In essence, Calliope (Prospit, white side) and Caliborn (Derse, black side) play chess against each other, but this time the humans and trolls are the chess figures.