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I'm working on slowly designing unique species for my high-fantasy, post apocalypse setting! This is part one of idk how many. I low-key wanna start building a ttrpg (or at least a DND campaign) using this setting...

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Random scribblings for a side character for my apocalypse project, he has no lore I just think he's neat

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Some art of my silly medieval fantasy lesbians, Jacqueline and Welly! Knight x bard is kind of a peak pairing, not gonna lie.

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some character designs for my Yuma apocalypse project! these are the characters I've got the most solid designs for and the most lore for! do you have a favorite?

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I'm trying out real pictures as backgrounds! It's a style I'm fascinated by and I think it suits the vibes of my apocalypse project really well. So if anyone knows any good (and preferably free) resources for background photobashing, I'd love to hear it! In the meantime here's my boys :D

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This is your reminder that my main project is an apocalypse project (even if it is a silly Aventure Time style one).

The Rot, as it is known in Yuma, is a zombie-esque virus spreading across Yuma. Some people call it "The Star Sickness" due to it originating from the Eldritch Star deity that caused the apocalypse. However, most people just call it The Rot due to the rotting it causes the body.

It originates from the initial collapse of the world, roughly 200-300 years before our story takes place. The hatching of our space deity from its star-egg caused massive radiation which resulted in mutations. These mutations evolved and one way or another it eventually resulted in The Rot. Nobody remembers exactly what caused it (if it was a mutation of an already existing disease, or if a mutated creature began spreading that mutation, nobody knows).

Today, The Rot is the biggest problem Yumites face. It runs rampantly across the land and there's no real cure to it (unless you manage to somehow cut a limb off early enough). It doesn't just infect Yumites either, it is a zoonotic condition that can spread across all species. There are many superstitions about a "cure" for The Rot, especially in the longer state before the true "rot" sets in, but none of them are proven or really work.

Due to how contagious it is, and the lack of a cure, The Rot is taken very seriously in Yuma. Any people entering the various dome settlements around Yuma are inspected thoroughly for rot to make sure they're not bringing it into the various points of civilization.

That's what I've got for The Rot so far! I would appreciate any feedback, I don't usually do zombie stuff but I feel like it suited the world well.

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Playing around with Rowan's backstory and did a quick doodle of him! I love this little toxically positive weirdo

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If there's one thing Viv-Bot loves, it's her flesh son! Maryn is her boy and she loves him deeply. Maryn...Maryn is very confused by this. Vivian (his real mother) never hugged him like this. This can't be right, this can't be how parents treat their children..!

Right..?

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I imagine the only thing that will drag Maryn out of his hole and into civilization is needing supplies to fix up Viv-Bot. Mostly, tape. Because duct tape fixes all problems!

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My favorite star cultist, Kass! There's something so great about having an insane theater kid as a villain lol

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Although my apocalypse project is my main piece of work, I do have a fantasy/romance story I like to look at from time to time. Here's my main characters, Fierro and Garrett!

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I started replaying Skyrim, so here's my current dragonborn, Trinket! She's a rogue/assassin, selectively mute, and tiny (but deadly). I think she uses Lydia as her voice.

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Realizing I totally forgot to post this...another side character for Yuma! Meet Viv-Bot, Maryn's...mother? He built her in Vivian's image, but Viv certainly doesn't act like Vivian. She loves her flesh son though, even if she is a robot.

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Some doodles of Maryn and Rowan! I'm trying to play around with shape language and make them distinctly not human

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An updated Rowan ref! I will neither confirm or deny if he's a raccoon that gained sentience lol

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Aaaaand I coloured it anyway. Who could have guessed!!

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I've been wanting to draw this for a while, and given that it's mother's day...no better time than now, right?

Maryn was very close with his mom, and she taught him everything he knows about surviving in the apocalyptic wastelands of Yuma. He's an excellent gunslinger and shot, and he learned that all from Vivian. I imagine he still feels her presence sometimes, guiding him, when he really needs to lock in and focus up.