Convexity Hunter

Digital-traditional artist for hobby. 21 years old, Italian, tomboy. I'm more active on DA (Same name).

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Mortifer 'The Bonetwister' ref sheet

After the success of gladiator dragon, I present to you... Gladiator bird! First new ref for Artfight 2026!

View more information such as non-spoiler biography, personality, stats and more here!

Art and character by me.

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A pigeon crosses your dash

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Essentially, space nazis

AAAAAAA this took me so long to make.

This originally started as the average Star Wars tribute for May the 4th, but then my brain went "How can I complicate this?". The guest characters may be too obscure to be recognized by everyone, so...

- First up, Stormtroopers from Star Wars. Possibly the first example of space nazi that comes to mind, considering the name itself is a variation of Sturmtruppen and how the shape of Darth Vader's helmet parodies the German stahlhelm. Many weapons in the series are also inspired by real life German weapons, such as the MG42 or the C96 pistol.

- The woman is Diana (Jane Badler) from the '80s show V - Visitors. Beautiful, cold-hearted and manipulative, she commands the fleet of the "Visitors", reptilian aliens who wear a human suit to hide themselves and their less-than-benevolent intentions. Their regime and symbol are very much inspired by Nazifascism, while the guinea pig is a nod to the iconic scene in which Diana eats it.

- And lastly, a major antagonist from the '70s anime Grendizer, Commander Blaki (Hydargos in the Italian dub). Along with the classic primary goal to invade Earth because "It'S OuRS by RiGhT!1!1!", he's sometimes seen daydreaming about receiving a suspiciously iron cross-shaped medal. And he does the roman salute on a few occasions too.

And fun fact nobody asked for, the more I look at Diana and Blaki, the more I realize how similar they are.

-Both have their HQ on the far side of the moon.

-Both are willing to kill fellow soldiers they perceive as threats or obstacles without the slightest hesitation. "Just because we're on the same side, doesn't mean we're friends" logic.

-Both are cruel, ambitious and manipulative, and are not above brainwashing unruly subordinates/prisoners. They will gladly oversee torture out of pure sadistic pleasure.

-Both of their homeworlds are dying, and purely by chance, Earth is the perfect new resource (Casually ignoring all the other inhabitable planets that they've already conquered...)

-Both have a strained relationship with their direct superiors. Mutual tension, hatred, breathing down their neck, trying to discredit them so they can look better...

-Both are almost always slippery. You cannot contain Diana for more than 5 minutes because she WILL find a way out, but in the case of Blaki, he's much more cowardly and will stay out of reach or run away/retreat after a defeat. He still fought in first person a few times later in the series, if only because of his worsening obsession with Grendizer.

Art by me.

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The original Icarus

I'll have to be off Wi-Fi and use data sparingly these days, so to pass some time I decided to read my old pre-Covid stories about the original Hunter (Written when I was 13-14). It was a hilarious mix of cringe at every poor decision and terrible plot logic!

I specifically checked the chapters where she gets her hawk, Icarus (Notice similarities?), to see how my old approach would compare to my current plans for TWOB... Well, I had no idea how to write a hawk.

Starting off with the context for that particular story: after a recent major victory for Hunter, existence was cool for approximately three seconds, because of course someone else wanted to bother her. Who? None other than the "Black King", a massive black wolf from another dimension, who was obsessed with conquering territories even across universes. A literal dictator that was oh-so-infamous that had never been mentioned until that point... And this story was supposed to be the fifth in that universe!

Anyway, nobody knew why, but somehow he was captured, kept in a max security dungeon on EARTH and even more inexplicably, he ESCAPED. When Hunter smelled the global-level threat from literal miles away, she obviously knew she had to gather everyone to address the impending danger. And by everyone, I also mean her enemies, because SURELY they would be convinced to cooperate (And yes they did, because the plot needed tension and inevitable betrayals, but I was just a kid with free time and an overly encouraging friend).

Very calmly, they addressed the issue and Hunter's top priority was to increase the security of her army. How? Well, obviously by getting a hawk! She literally just told a friend who lived on a mountain to catch one for her (Very poor way of befriending a bird). A brilliant war genius, right?

But here's where things gets interesting. Likely influenced by the current Icarus, I kept picturing a large hawk while reading (The species was never mentioned or described in the original), but when I checked my old reference pics in a long lost folder, I discovered that I'd actually picked... A kestrel. The tiniest, most adorable little falcon. I'm sure the Black King felt incredibly threatened by such a tiny floofball.

Anyway, I stopped reading out of cringe. Turns out 13-year-old me knew zero about falconry, even basic notions such as "But kestrels are much harder to keep than RTHs and less forgiving of beginner mistakes!". So here's how this drawing came to be. I'm so glad I'm doing actual research for TWOB now, so my storytelling doesn't end up like "Somehow Palpatine returned".

Also, I tried lineless! I kinda like the result, but it took way longer than it would have if I'd went for my classic style. I may bring it again, but definitely not often. And yes, this is the "Kestrel vs Harris hawk" meme.

Art by me.

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All I said was to wait... (OWS 5th anniversary!)

I can't believe it's already been 5 years... Feels like yesterday that I stayed up past midnight just to download this game.

I think I've already mentioned that Oddworld was my first videogame ever and one that my mom played before me. So naturally, when she showed me the first trailer of Soulstorm, my reaction was "OMG LET'S FREAKING GOOOO!!". When the game came out I wanted to play with her, but she tapped out when the double jump mechanic was put on the table (And also because she gets motion sickness with fast-paced 2.9D and 3D games). She did like how chatty the Mudokons are when you interact with them, which prompted me to draw this.

I considered myself lucky to get the good ending on my first try... As someone who's always liked Sligs, the revolution bit was absolute fire! I also appreciated the variety of Sligs and new weapons, but on the other hand... F/ck those tanks. And f/ck the last section in the yards level too.

Art by me.

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YNGZ redraw - Page 26

Hey, it's that cool anime sword trope.

Minimal blood here, keeping off the filter. It's been a while, huh? I'm glad to be back after so long, school and other responsibilities sapped my motivation to draw. Slow updates will remain as I also have other projects in mind, see you... Hopefully not in another four months.

Original on DA: https://www.deviantart.com/convexityhunter/art/YNGZ-redraw-Page-26-1313895792

Art by me.

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YNGZ comic summary 2025!

Well, here we are. December 31st. The comic isn't yet complete even though I hoped it would, but I prioritize my life outside of DA. Apologies if the next page is taking a lot of time, but between school, festivities and family stuff I'm stretched thin... Still, I'm excited that I've made it this far. As I'm posting this, there are 9 pages remaining. Since 90% of the work is done, here's my comic and art summary! I've always wanted to make one of these.

And as a bonus for bearing with me, here are some facts (In chronological order) as well as some Behind the scenes!

1) The Kamikaze Clan village, particularly the dojo (Page 2), was mostly inspired by the village level in Mini Ninjas, another game I adored as a kid. The background of the Yuki+Father reference is, you guessed it, an image of said level, while all the other refs have Yaiba concept art as backgrounds.

2) This was already mentioned in the respective page, but in the original, none of the shinobi students seem to notice that Yuki was dying... Despite the scene literally happening in front of them. So I gave the master and students some extra screen time, even if it was only reaction panels. I know these dudes are supposed to be unfazed and stoic, but there are limits?

3) While I was working on the scroll sequence, I realized that it doesn't make sense. Since I couldn't find an effective/believable way around it, I decided to have Yaiba point out the hypocrisy of the elders in page 12 like the smartass he is.

4) I had half an idea of drawing Yaiba's shozoku "intact" until the confrontation the elders, where he would have ripped it. This would have explained why he keeps going around with a ragged attire, as well as being a memento of his failure to save Yuki and a nod to the in-game Bloodlust mode ("Kamikaze family special. Also helpful in bed if you're up for some scientific observation~"). This idea was scrapped because I was already several pages in and too lazy to fix it.

5) Since during his clan years Yaiba obviously didn't have the Tempest Blade, I gave him and his sister ninjatos. They differ from katanas because they shorter and straight. I also added some variety in the Kamaitachi shinobi who attacked Keiko: naginata (The spear), wakizashi (The shorter sword), kusarigama (Sickle and chain).

6) Gorou's original design sports a purple robe. It was changed to grayish in my redraw due to the color-coded speech bubbles because Keiko is already dressed in purple. Keiko herself had a small makeover.

7) Not counting covers, the original comic is 24 pages long, 8 pages for chapter. Since this redraw has been lengthened with extra pages and better dialogue/storytelling, the amount of pages has been brought to 34. That's a whole 10 new pages!

8) Did you know there used to be a Yaiba website that advertised the game and offered many surprises and sneak peeks before the game came out? For unknown reasons it was taken down at some point, but you can still find it on Wayback machine (www.yaibangz.com). It includes a blog where Yaiba analyzed (Read: criticized) B-movies about ninjas and/or zombies in his typical style. I had the "pleasure" of seeing Ninja Assassin on TV by chance in February and having heard of Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead.

Yaiba's Weekly Backhand can be found on Fandom for an easier read: https://ninjagaiden.fandom.com/wiki/Yaiba%E2%80%99s_Weekly_Backhand

And that's all for now. I wish everyone a happy new year! Keep your fur babies inside tonight.

Art by me, template link here! https://www.deviantart.com/songdogx/art/End-Of-Year-Comic-Meme-865089449

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YNGZ redraw: Page 25

The boys are fighting!

(Meanwhile, Keiko in the background: 👁👄👁).

I suck at coreographing fights, sorry this page took so long. I had no idea how to construct a pace or how to make it work/make sense. On top of that, I've also had two weeks worth of school labs and I've been really sick but slowly getting better.

Infodump time: I never really understood the Tempest Blade. Sometimes it has blue magic, other times it's pinkish (Both shown here), though when Hayabusa breaks it in the fight against Yaiba, he leaves it alone because it "loses its magic" (See Story Compendium shards)... But when Yaiba uses it after he comes back, some combos and feats are clearly magic and impossible in real life. WHAT?

Original on DA: https://www.deviantart.com/convexityhunter/art/YNGZ-redraw-Page-25-1268105113

Art by me.

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Noooo! Let me eat the cake!!

Hey, I'm 21 now. Yay. You can feel my joy through the screen. I'm only at that point in adulthood where it's just a day like any other for me. I still got some birthday wishes and a gift. And now I can also legally order a beer in the US, if for some reason I were to return there.

Drawing front-facing raptors is harder than I thought. And Icarus in black and white feels... Weird. Empty, in a way. I might color it when I have more time.

(Hunter's talons are deliberately not drawn in the bottom panel, for simplicity and not wanting to hurt Icarus).

Based off this meme and the confused/front-facing hawk meme.

Note: it should go without saying, but birds of any kind and cakes/sweets do not mix. Please do not feed sugar or salt to birds, it's very harmful. This is just a silly doodle I made in 20-ish minutes.

Art by me.

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YNGZ redraw - Chapter 3 cover + Page 24

New chapter! And a familiar shinobi...

I'm not dead! I've been busy with uni, the ref sheets (Which are almost done) and I'm trying to build a backlog of pages. Thank you for your patience! Chapter 3 will be packing some action!

Ctrl C + Ctrl V.

The guy has a name. And that's a pretty familiar blade there, isn't it... 🤔

Shinobi throwing hands in 3, 2, 1...

Like the cover? I made a free vertical wallpaper of it! Link below.

Originals on DA:

https://www.deviantart.com/convexityhunter/art/Yaiba-Ninja-Gaiden-Z-Chapter-Three-cover-1254460523

https://www.deviantart.com/convexityhunter/art/YNGZ-redraw-Page-24-1254462574

Wallpaper:

https://www.deviantart.com/convexityhunter/art/YNGZ-redraw-Free-vertical-wallpaper-1254468023

Art by me.

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It's that time of the year again

Leaf goes cronch.

Ever seen Convexity Hunter without all that armor? Now you have, she just never takes it off. But for chill hunts with Icarus, she might make an exception. Cronchy leaves satisfy her Aspie mind.

While drawing this, I realized that right-handed falconers wear the glove on their left hand and viceversa, despite Sniper not being a leftie... She might have a spare left one, or maybe she feels more comfortable holding the hawk with her dominant hand, or both. It's up for interpretation.

Forest backgrounds are fun!

Art by me.

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YNGZ redraw - Page 23

Shinobi pranks... Oh! A boss fi- [Cliffhanger].

Well well. We're at the top of Mount Osore now. But whoever he is, he doesn't take kindly to trespassers. This took me so long because I hate perspective.

I learned how to do godrays, so the guardian looks 10% more badass. Also I've changed his palette, since in the original he wears a purple shozoku, but we already have Keiko.

Original on DA: https://www.deviantart.com/convexityhunter/art/YNGZ-redraw-Page-23-1246578129

Art by me.

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YNGZ redraw - Page 22

Uh oh, part 2.

Assassin's Creed time. Hey, it's been a while, eh? I apologize for the 1 month delay, but it's exam time now and I also have other responsibilities to deal with, so the time (And motivation) are pretty low. I'll still try my best to finish this by the end of the year, while uploading pages as soon as they're ready.

Original page on DA: https://www.deviantart.com/convexityhunter/art/YNGZ-redraw-Page-22-1241079259

Art by me.

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Goretober 2025 free prompts

A list of prompts for the upcoming Goretober! Last year I followed Crisis-Arts' prompts and this year I wanted to suggest my own. I hope this can be of inspiration for y'all out there! Unfortunately I will not be able to participate this year, as I'll have a very busy schedule and a comic to complete on top of that.

Rules: None! You are free to interpret a prompt however you want, use the characters you prefer or even skip days. It's not a race!

Tags: Please use the tag "Huntergoretober2025" (Either here or on DeviantArt), so I can find your art and maybe leave a comment. I'd love to see what you'll create!

Art and prompts by me.

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Killer Instinct for SNES turns 30!

Well, happy 30th birthday to Killer Instinct for SNES! I may have never had the chance to play it (Don't have the right consoles, born late), but I know a darn good game when I see one.

I wanted to do another tribute (I made a Fulgore cameo here for the 30th birthday of the arcade version), so I went for drawing the villains in their SNES variant. Because let's face it, villains > heroes.

The characters, for whoever isn't familiar:

Riptor... But with feathers! Are you team "Dinos had scales" or "Dinos had feathers"? If the latter is true, then dinos received a massive nerf from evolution (But technically, that means I have a pet dinosaur. Neat!).

Fulgore frying an anthill with his laser eyes like the evil AI he is. Fun fact: I'll admit to trying something similar as a kid... But I loved the ants in my garden too much, so I simply used my dad's telescope and some paper. When it didn't work, I swapped the paper for a dry leaf. Six years old me expected a grandiose burst of flames, but received a microscopic hole in the leaf. Disappointing, 2/10.

Spinal being Spinal. I originally gravitated towards an "edgy skeleton" meme, but this idea ultimately won. I do love anything related to skeletons and Spooktober, probably because I had a pirate phase as a kid. My uncle loves pirates/skeletons as well, so if he ever played KI, Spinal will be 100% his favorite.

I've recently discovered a cool game called "The Werecleaner", in which the protagonist has to work night shifts as a janitor unexpectedly... But plot twist! He turns into a werewolf every night and he has to avoid being spotted by the workers, else he'll go into a murderous frenzy. The art style is adorable (Kinda reminds me of Animal Crossing) but since this is a KI tribute, have a cute Sabrewulf.

And finally, a bit of science with Cinder. If you remember some high school chemistry, you know what salts do on a bunsen beak. Apply that to a literal man of flames and boom, new colors. I'm imagining that this is how Cinder gained his skins in game and you can't stop me.

Happy birthday, KI!

Art by me.

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Make a griffin gacha/adopt! (100 watchers on DA special)

To celebrate my 100 watchers on DeviantArt, I'm offering a griffin-themed gacha/adopt I've worked on for quite some time to ensure maximum customization for your creativity! It's relatively cheap and affordable, with the base price amounting to only 20 DA Points (The only currency I accept, sorry).

Things to note, customization sheet and extra information can be found in the description of the DA post, linked below. You MUST have a DA account to make a request and the payment. Have fun and thanks again for the 100 watchers!

Link here!

https://www.deviantart.com/convexityhunter/art/Make-a-griffin-gacha-100-watchers-special-1233826065

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YNGZ redraw - Page 21

Just climb that big ass volcano like a goat.

Another of my favorite panels that I kept intact. Loved the perspective in the last and first shot, but God they were painful to draw.

I'm not dead! Updates are slow since I'm still studying a lot, also these days are hotter and the heat is just sapping away my energy to draw... On the bright side, I'll keep the update schedule flexible, so pages will be uploaded as soon as they're completed, regardless of whether it's Wednesday or not.

Original on DA: https://www.deviantart.com/convexityhunter/art/YNGZ-redraw-Page-21-1229818769

Art by me.