Art blog of a fat scruffy crocodile lady who likes drawing original characters... though lately it's been a whole lot of character exploration of a certain large evil rabbit. My work is mostly SFW-ish with some occasional pinup type drawings.... You know how it is. I do try to tag stuff, though.
I made a game called Theo's Big Adventure and am currently [REDACTED] years deep into working on a second one, a cowboy drama-slash-farming sim called Wishbone. You can also check out my Storenvy shop for enamel pins, stickers, acrylic charms, and more!
Featuring Hyden, who belongs to @chocodile , and Theopolis, who belongs to @kwillow
With "offensively loose" Theo doesn't mean that the garment is too big for Hyden; he's complaining about the density of the weave.
Why would I make this? Well, I was watching this video about historical linen, which mentions differences between quality in higher/lower classes, and remembered that Hyden got clothes from Ridge, concluding that "Oh, it sounds like something Theo would bitch about".
Please do correct me if I committed any mistakes on their characterization! I'd love to know so I can have it in mind next time.
It's the third time I draw Theopolis and each time he looks different. What can I say? There's so many ways to draw this stupid fucker, I cannot settle for just one!!
Same applies to Hyden, even though I've only drawn him twice. It was super fun to experiment with him, specially when it comes to the shape of his bunny ears.
Btw, the fancy chair is inspired by this post's furniture.
Stuff about the process underneath the cut!
ABOUT THE PROCESS:
I actually made two sketches. The first one, which I won't show here, and the second one (the one I posted).
That first sketch contains my struggle with getting Hyden's perspective correct; what you're seeing here is traced from there, which is why it looks so clean.
Instead of tracing him like Hyden, I decided to redraw Theo from scratch, which is why the sketch I made of him here looks a lot rougher than Hyden's.
Drawing Theo traditionally was much harder than digitally. You see, digitally I can just resize stuff to fit accurate Theoness, but traditionally I had to erase and try again. Turns out I kept accidentally using normaler proportions for him than appropriate, which led me to a lot of retries, but I stubbornly persevered because FUCK YOU, THEO, I'M NOT GIVING YOU LONGER LEGS.
I eventually got him well enough on the first sketch, but then I wasn't happy with the pose/expression, so I remade it anyway, lol.
To sum it up: This rowdy, insufferable little eyesore (/compliment) gave me a ton of trouble when drawing him, but I think I managed to get his wrongness right in the end.
Discussing past relationships and what happened to Milana after she left him.
For several years after the split Hyden was far too occupied by his own issues to spare much thought for her. But news tends to get around in noble social circles.
She married wealthy, of course. And chose someone far more palatable to her parents (who she mended her relationship with after leaving Hyden). Absolutely NOT a wizard, she swore off of ever dating those things again. She had children and the family she hinted at wanting in the past. Whether any of them survived the fall of the Old Kingdoms is unknown, but reasonably likely, given that none of them had any magical blood.
She and Hyden never spoke again after the breakup and rarely if ever crossed paths at parties and events, because Hyden became something of a recluse after his injury. As you can see, he's not exactly over her (for one, he's periodically referred to her as his 'wife' and used terminology like 'divorced'--they were not married) but he seems to find more value in wallowing in his chosen narrative of "my wife left me because I'm sick :(" than in awkwardly trying and failing to talk things out. So 2/10 discomfort, perhaps. The extra point is because he has to brace himself for having his lies called out, but he's ready to defend them. Mostly he enjoys the pity party session.
(Also, the woman in the first picture hasn't been discussed before, but let's just say there are a couple reasons his fellow countrymen suspected he might have divided loyalties back in his early 20s.)
New year new commission sheet! If there's something else on my page you've seen me do that you don't see here, shoot me a message and we can chat! Super open and always looking for a creative opportunity :)
WILL DO: Pet portraits, dnd characters, ocs, anthro, fursonas, ponies, creatures, bugs, fish, fanart, armor, funky borders, pfp, cars maybe [limited nsfw, dm for specs!]
EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS need to pay some medical bills so here’s a new commission type and only 10 slots opens!! Dm or email me at [email protected] to claim a slot!
BLUEWOLF greets you with a casual "hi". He nods to one of your prints. "Cool pic" he says in a low voice. Shuffling over in his weird plastic SUPREME sandals, he asks if you take "commishs". You say yes.
He asks if you've ever heard of "Starfox." You say yes again. He says his character is a "space pilot" like the Starfox crew. He offers to send you his ref by Telegram but he doesn't know how the QR code thing works and was hoping you would. Instead, he just shows you his ref on his cracked phone screen instead. The ref image on is phone is not the ref itself, but rather, a photo the phone has taken of a computer screen showing the ref. The ref, of course, looks nothing like any Star Fox character. You're a little disappointed. You decide to spare Bluefox from any additional technology-related trials and quickly snap a pic of his phone screen with your phone. You now have a photo on your phone of a photo his phone took of a computer screen displaying his ref. Good enough.
Bluewolf's besuited companion D'ORFOXXX has been quiet this entire time, save for some occasional faint squeaking as shifts his weight from foot to foot, peering closely at your sticker rack and giving you a really good view of his fursona's golden nipples, visible on his badge. You try not to stare too hard. But when you accept Bluewolf's "commish", he quickly and deftly removes one of his oversized, shiny, squeaky gold-glittered paws and whips out a credit card from somewhere unseen.
Still silent, D'orfoxxx's petite human-skin hand offers you his card for payment. You do a double take as you notice his immaculately manicured gold french tip nails. As he taps your Square reader, you notice that the credit card clutched between his talons is one you've never seen before, but you can infer from the design that it's one of those fancy rich person credit cards. It is at this moment that you realize that you are not merely talking to a Person, but a Character.
This is one of those rare drop furry con person-sightings that will live on in legend: a person so intriguingly bizarre that you will spend the rest of your life wondering what their story is.
(Luckily, you the reader don't have to wonder: they're AUs of Kaitos and Oscar in the visual novel Forever Gold that you can play right now!)
Do you happen to have an artfight? I have wanted to draw some characters of yours for a while, and I will do so whether it's for artfight or not, I just wanted to ask adkgksngjn.
I do! I am Skitty there and have been playing since 2016. :)
(As of last year I had to nix my 100% revenge policy but I still try to draw as many people as possible!)
Being prodded about his relationship with Hyden like this would make Theo uncomfortable (maybe 6/10), but not for the intended reason. Now, Theo would never talk about his idol in such a belittling way to Hyden's face, or in most circumstances, but Theo is a prideful fellow and feeling like he's being demeaned brings out the competitive cutthroat in him.
The apparent leverage Hyden has over Theo is that he's promised Theo that he'll be able to help bring his mother back once he has full command of his magic; Theo's end of the bargain there is helping with Hyden's research and cooperating with the Rising Dawn. However, making Hyden tea, helping him with his buttons and generally acting like a weird little nursemaid were all things Theo started doing spontaneously, long before Hyden ever knew about Theo's necromantic ambitions.
Theo was happy to offer his hospitality out of sympathy, a peculiar kind of chivalry and a desperate need to feel needed. While Theo's more domestic behaviors might look like servility, there is no obligation on Theo's end and he expects nothing in return except gratitude.
So, as to the second part of the question:
Yes. Can't have a savior complex about a person who doesn't need saving!
Frankly, even though Theo admires Hyden as this grand conquering figure, if he met his (anti-)hero at the height of his power, he'd instinctively dislike the guy. Theo is a defensive, paranoid, insecure person who explodes with anger when he's made to feel inferior - his mother had to manage his compulsion to butt heads with anyone exerting power over him when they met with social superiors. But in the present, out of place and time, Hyden is vulnerable, Hyden is weak, Hyden needs his help, and so Theo lets his guard down around him.
Despite Theo's insistence that he's the one in control, Hyden IS totally manipulating him, but he's leading Theo with a rope that Theo offered to him, and Theo wouldn't have given him that rope if Hyden had appeared strong enough to yank it.
Now I know your heart, I know your mind
You don't even know you're being unkind
Thinking about the horrible creeping feeling Milana must have felt as she slowly realized just how much of an empty husk Hyden was, emotionally speaking. The shallow performance of emotions he'd put on was only to placate her and alternated between frustrating, isolating, and horrifying. Terrible realization that the thing you let into your life, your heart, your bedroom looks "human" but is actually a monster with a completely alien way of thinking (her perspective).
I’ve been trying to remember your user for forever & find you blog. I finally found it by searching “anthro do they eat their own species” on google lol. So happy to see your art again. This is my first tumblr account, but I used to love your art a while ago :3.
Aww thank you and welcome back!! I'm flattered that you put so much effort into re-finding me! Also amused that that specific piece above all others was the one you remembered!
