Hacking Up My Fixations

art side blog focused on beloved beasties

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Welcome, welcome!

This is my throwing range populated entirely with cute critters. Contrary to the theming, this is not a gore blog! 🤭

My main is @kiakss. Stop by if you are interested in character analyses and conversation. Otherwise: let's get this axe painted!

Fandom Tags: #dolly(’)s factory, #dst, #fnaf, #poppy playtime, #dandy(’)s world

Blog Tags: #critteraxed (art), #handled (asks)

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was supposed to be making an attack and somehow ended up here so. hi! i guess i am now officially a part of the object community :)

this is sciselle and she likes to spin on one blade really, really fast

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been workshopping my oceanids so they're mine, y'know? and rewriting another character 👯‍♀️

will they end up on artfight? maybe maybe not

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OK! first artfight ever!!! i am team tragedy!

idk if there is a friend/follow function yet but just in case my user is kiaks. if i peep any of you tumblr folks i shall say hi :)

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In-Game Moments | Omniseant Finn

here's to a new experimental & low effort series, just to immortalize funny stuff i encounter

anyways i promise you that this finn had no way of knowing and admitted such. really just said some shit and manifested

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i need an art mentor so bad man

is 600 PPI on krita overkill for tumblr? 😭

is png or jpeg better on this site?

do you need a lot of resolution for, say, sharing sketches or color-less line art?

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MCS contest ended!! I am a free woman WAHOOOOO! That was hella fun. First one I've participated in & the most I have drawn in like. Years. Call that character development!!

post contest reflection under cut

ngl I locked into finishing my submissions so hard that I don't even have a character sheet for the Toon forms of the Oceanids lmaooo. All I had was a concept of what their hair would look like (fun fact: Tyyde was supposed to have hair that changed length based on her proximity to Astro!) and a single line about their personality or behavior. As such, all the Twisteds were done on the fly. I wrote up mechanics that I'd base the designs around on day one, and then each design I came up with while finishing the Oceanid prior.

I started with Twirl first because I knew intimately what I wanted to do with her. I really ate with her design IDKKK. If I had to rank them it'd be M!Twisted Twirl > Tsuna > Tyyde. Tyyde's design was the weakest imo, so I did Tsuna last so as to end on a higher note! My philosophy was to experiment more with each Oceanid, so on top of increasing the amount of body shown I was trying more effects. With Tyyde I tried translucency and to make her water glittery. With Tsuna, it was adding texture to her boots and making her hair look like crashing waves.

Tsuna was very fun to create and probably the most dynamic drawing I have made like. Ever. GO GIRLLL! I had two designs for her in particular: the one that I ended up choosing and another where her ship is on her head. For the latter design a break in the hull would show her eye, and she'd still be carrying the anchor. That one didn't make the cut because I already had to wing the horse conch shell for Tyyde andddd idk abt modeling a whole ass ship. It would be cool though?! Like, imagine getting to Astro's floor and you see this solitary flag bobbing and weaving through the air. Then you get closer and it's a wrecked ship kept "afloat" by a monstrous wave that charges at you like a battering ram. man....

If I ever get back to redoing their Twisted designs I'd def lean more into the fact that they're figments of magic/Astro's imagination and give them more space theming or abstract elements. Especially for Tyyde! I leaned more into, well, the tide. But it would have been better for her if I leaned into the fact that she's a daemon of daydreaming. Now that I'm here I'm thinking of another form where she's like a pearl in a clam? But as you approach her you get spaghettified because she's actually a black hole! Tidal forces are crazy son!!!

Man... When you think about it? The ladies got Twisted before they even got to live 😭🙏 I am a bad OC owner lmaooo

On that note though I am not sure what I'll do with them now! I never envisioned myself ever creating OC & Canon content, so what am I doing here with not one but three characters whose existence is squarely tied to Astro??? The brain truly works in mysterious ways...

I do want to keep them around though! But, then I'd have to design backwards and get regular forms from them out of their Twisteds ahaha. rip to me

anyways uhhh some quick fun facts to end this off

1. tyyde's hair was supposed to be longer. i ended up cutting it way shorter and i liked it more

2. tyyde's starfish eye also shows the Twisted symptom of red eyeballs. each arm has a single red dot!

3. all the Oceanids were designed to mimic astro's eye situation where his left eye is functional despite not being a traditional eyeball. with twirl, there's a red epicenter to the whirlpool in her face. tyyde, the aforementioned starfish. and then with tsuna it's the fact that the star on her eyepatch has also changed to be red. i was mulling over the idea of her having a normal eye underneath, but the eyepatch BEING the eye is super fun.

4. they don't have last names as they aren't mains, but they still sign their names differently! Twirl the Whirlpool with all the dots and o's swirled. Tyyde Tide because it rolls off the tongue better and daydreams are never formal. Tsuna-mi (written as TSUna-MI) to imitate a wave.

5. i forgot to make. the color reference for twirl. 🌚 i did remember for tyyde and tsuna

6. there is a larger variant of my twirl submission that included her mechanics and description, but it was too big for Tumblr

7. tsuna was meant to be a surfer and a stereotypical pirate. the surfer aspect was abandoned to have her look like a swashbuckler instead, but she's still a surfer gal in spirit...

8. twirl and tyyde were based on ginger while tsuna was based off shrimpo!

9. there was going to be a fourth Oceanid named turbi but weeeee are not doing allat so she was scrapped

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OC Main!Twisted design for @inspiredpixels's MCS Contest!

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Tsuna the Tsunami

This dream construct has Twisted into a corporeal form due to her Astro's unique affliction.

Originally created to help steer the mind, she gave artificial dreams an authentic feel by kicking back and letting fate choose a destination. Now that the moon is compromised she seems to be taking her role as captain seriously—but is she at the helm, or the Ichor? Mechanics

[DREAM TEAM]

If this Twisted appears, the other Oceanids are guaranteed spawns; Twisted Astro or Astro's floor is required for this Twisted to appear.

[CAUTIOUS CAPTAIN]

Twisted always spawns at the center or center-most part of the map. The Twisted is extremely wary of her surroundings and does not wander, instead sticking to a radial, clockwise pattern from origin to the edge of the map and back. The return trip is significantly slower than the starting journey. This pattern can only be interrupted by entering Twisted’s line of sight: items and skills such as the air horn are ignored.

[TSUNA’S BOAT & ANCHOR]

Weighed down by her prized vessel, this Twisted is incapable of maintaining chases and will disengage after a certain amount of time regardless of target Toon’s visibility. All chases start with high speed that quickly falls off. When Twisted disengages from a chase, she resumes her radial pattern.

[BAIT REJECTION]

Twisted will throw her anchor in a long range attack if a Toon tries to stall her pathing too many times (ex. chained/forced chases.) Takes two hearts if successful.

[WAVE TRAIN] PANIC MODE.

Clockwise movement abandoned, Twisted adopts a new path from the center of the map to the front of the elevator. Speed loss is lower while chasing a Toon, and the time before Tsuna disengages is doubled. ◇◇◇

“That patch…”

“…”

“It seems pertinent to visit Astro after all.”

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OC Main!Twisted design for @inspiredpixels's MCS Contest!

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Tyyde the Tide

This dream construct has Twisted into a corporeal form due to her Astro's unique affliction.

Originally created to help with his alertness, she often abdicated her duty so the two could indulge in daydreams. Now that Astro's Ichor-laden mind is incapable of holding pleasant thoughts, she prowls the Waking World for an unguarded consciousness to swim into.

Mechanics

[DREAM TEAM]

If this Twisted appears, the other Oceanids are guaranteed spawns; Twisted Astro or Astro's floor is required for this Twisted to appear. [SEASHELL]

At the start of the floor this Twisted inquires with her seashell. The Toon with the lowest stamina stat is selected by this action. Non-selected Toons are ignored.

[TYYDE FORCE]

Slowly advances on the Toon with the lowest stamina stat up until a certain distance; followed Toons informed of her position through dynamic ocean ambience.

[TIDALLY LOCKED]

Permanent status effect applied when Tyyde is a certain distance from her target. Twisted’s speed is increased to be equal to the target Toon. Twisted will always remain a given distance from the target Toon. Two new behaviors are adopted:

A. Anti-stillness: Tyyde will lunge at the Tidally Locked Toon if they are stationary for 5 seconds, believing them to be lost in thought. This attack can be dodged.

B. Advance: If the Tidally Locked Toon is extracting, Twisted will slowly advance to their position and injure them; getting off the machine resets Twisted to default distance.

[INGRESS] PANIC MODE.

Tyyde is locked into her Advance behavior and approaches the Tidally Locked Toon regardless of their activity. Contact made every 12.5 seconds while outside the elevator.

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“GUH. ha—HAAAH. Hah.”

“Uhh… why is Shrimpo out of breath when I was the one doing all the machines?!”

“He was being chased the whoooole time.”

“Ohhhh.”

“…”

“So uhm, Connie! Were you also being chased?”

“Nah. I was watching someone that was though!”

“I—huff, huff. THIS IS WHY I HATE YOUR BROTHER LESS!!!”

“Oh? OHHOHOHO! CHOOSE YOUR NEXT WORDS CAREFULLY.”

“I HATE YOUR FACE!! IT’S JUST AS AWFUL AS BADSTRO’S FLOOR!!!!!!”

“Wow! I think he just created a new tier of hatred!”

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OC Main!Twisted design for @inspiredpixels's MCS Contest!

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Twirl the Whirlpool

This dream construct has Twisted into a corporeal form due to her Astro's unique affliction.

Originally created to help him experience and control nightmares, she now brings Toons of the Waking World into her curated sea of terror.

Mechanics

[DREAM TEAM]

If this Twisted appears, the other Oceanids are guaranteed spawns; Twisted Astro or Astro's floor is required for this Twisted to appear.

[DIVE SPOT]

An Ichor Leak event is forced when this Twisted spawns; Ichor puddles are larger.

[TWIRL'S POOL]

An Ichor puddle is designated at random to become a non-static Ichor Whirlpool. Toon flight/levitation immunity is ignored. Toons pulled into the Ichor Whirlpool resurface from a random Ichor puddle.

[TERRORIZED]

Status effect applied to any Toon hurt by an Ichor Whirlpool twice; increases Oceanids' aggression.

[MAELSTROM] PANIC MODE.

Whirlpool location changes faster. Twirl sings to extend pull range beyond the Ichor Whirlpool. Any Toon that enters the pull AOE on land gets Slow II; all Toons immediately pulled under when entering an Ichor Whirlpool.

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“What’s wrong Astro?”

“…”

“Ooh. That look. You saw them again, huh? Wanna talk about it?”

“…”

“Look: I’m doing my best to cover for you, but you’ll have to explain your… magic dream world friends eventually. Right now, everyone thinks there’s a hidden group of Summer Holiday Toons. Yesterday, Finn’s family. Tomorrow, they’ll think of you.”

“Because only I could hurt them that way.”

“No, because Gardenview’s Nymphs only show up when you—”

“I help everyone sleep. I make their dreams. I soothe their nightmares and in return I learn every secret of their unconscious mind. Things they never noticed about themselves. Things they don’t know that I know. Things I don’t forget. Things they now see in the Ichor. And they’re going to think of me because only I could hurt them that way.”

“…”

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zamn mama i found a cute as hell mime rotting in wip land. may save his soul idk

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some PPT doodles + the inklings of a great Doughman Doey's mouth is permanently open to expose a secondary layer. His left eye emotes independently from his right one. No one knows that he has a second face, let alone a third. You're a dead toy if you see them anyhow...

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My favorite disaster trio: zoned out, tuned out, and mischief bound.

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He picks you up after this. Perks of being a lil guy and all that.

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*cue the good, the bad, and the ugly theme* This pizzeria ain't big enough for the two of us...

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Meistro & Spinnette

art blog isn't ready yet so these cuties get to go here.

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guess what blog is ready? 🤭