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◇The art bin of aspiring mortician Damien Nightbird (he/him)◇

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Hello hello !~

I'm Damien Nightbird (20yo, he/him), this is the art blog, I post exclusively my art, of which is majorly my own OCs, though I dip into other characters here and there, I am fully self taught, I've been making art all my life and I've been making digital art since 2018 or so.

Do ask about my work if you'd like, you're fully allowed to draw my OCs, but also ask to offer critique.

A quick cheat sheet of OCs, made as brief as possible:

The Blood Order: Current project, vampire drama involving a cult, a generational curse and themes of generational trauma, the butterfly effect and how things remain the same as they change.

My Boyfriend is A Vampire God: Secondary project, a continuation of TBO in which the cult leader becomes a god and has to hide it from his new human girlfriend all while figuring out how to be a god in a deeply flawed divine system.

New World: A modded minecraft + D&D mashup project currently left on the back burner.

Anthology: Characters with no larger universe who were made just for fun.

Kachic: Characters from a long term rp project with my best friend @julesnull

Nikolas "Nik" Belov, 45, he/him, Voss' best friend, gay

Lore: cursed to be in love with Vostok and then die, grew up in a violent religion and stays normal despite the horrors, vampire freak, based on a neva masquerade cat

Vostok "Voss" Kapitsa, 44, vampire, he/him, Nik's best friend, bisexual

Lore: cursed to fall in love with Nikolas and have him die, lost an eye to cancer, has terrible luck overall and died instead to a vampire, most at risk to harm himself and others but the power of friendship says otherwise, based on a timber rattlesnake

Hisako Tanehide, 25, she/her 🏳️‍⚧️, Ghoul's girlfriend (complicated style), bisexual

Lore: grew up with crushing expectations, has a few anger issues, former wrestler, current nurse, bad at admitting feelings, leads a vampire support group (Donor Society) with Ghoul, based on a black bear

Loukas "Ghoul" Marebeth, ~165, vampire, he/him, Hisako's boyfriend, pansexual

Lore: lived in the 1860s as a painter, died in 1880 to his vampire patron, patron died in a targeted arson attack, joined with Hisako to form the Donor Society, also bad at admitting feelings, EDS haver, 1980s enjoyer, based on a canary

Trixie Silvia-Nakamura, 23, she/her 🏳️‍⚧️, demi-human, aroace

Lore: member of the Donor Society, daughter to Nymphal (unknowingly), big fan of accessories and whimsical items, practicer of magic, has a cat familiar named Domino, based on a rabbit

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Kanon Maratus, 23, he/him 🏳️‍⚧️, human, biromantic, asexual

Lore: member of the Donor Society, grew up in the same religion as Nik, held to unrealistic standards, mom died, way happier after, now devoted to a different religion, crochet enjoyer, Trixie's best friend and queerplatonic partner, mortician, based on a peacock spider

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Sammie Aracari, 24, she/he/they, human, Antoine's girlfriend, lesbian

Lore: member of the Donor Society, childhood friends with Kanon and Trixie, doing her best to get a music career off the ground, joined the group to aid his partner Antoine, helps protect other vampires from harm and provides them resources, based on an aracari toucan

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Antoine Yong, 32, he/they, vampire, Sammie's partner (he/they lesbian style)

Lore: (wip)

The Clawed Maiden, old, she/her, goddess (mischief, formerly torture), Absolom's twin sister, bisexual, aromantic

Lore: spent most of her life toying with mortals as her father did, considers herself above having children and settling with a partner, the only respect she has for mortals is the safety of children, made Isaiah the first vampire

Absolom, old, he/him, god (insanity), The Maiden's twin brother, aroace

Lore: the quiet and reserved counterpart to his sister, enjoys toying with mortals all the same, considers insanity an art and takes pride in careful manipulation of the mind

Ambriel, old and dead, he/him, god (misfortune), The Maiden and Absolom's father, bisexual

Lore: immensely enjoys experimenting with and making life worse for mortals, maker of curses, forgot to make a curse that didnt affect him, sired Vostok's ancestor, got stabbed in the stomach by Ouraeus for trying to come onto him, everyone in his bloodline is based on a snake of some kind, Ambriel himself is an anaconda

Ouraeus, old, he/him, god (absolute justice), killed Ambriel, aroace

Lore: the supposed holy counterpart to Ambriel, holds order among mortals to an oppressive degree, refused the sacrifice of Isaiah during a war, killed Ambriel, currently barely holding onto his dying religion as he starts to fade himself, based on an Egyptian black cobra

Nymphal, dinosaur old, he/she, god (magic and whimsy), Trixie's father, pansexual

Lore: born from a meteorite, lived as space goop that mimicked the forms of creatures, became a god after humans evolved, mentored Ouraeus and Ambriel the best he could, sired many demihumans and demigods, best friends and queerplatonic with the god Kanon worships, based on a red spotted forester butterfly

Saint Isaiah, ~510, he/him, vampire -> god (patron of vampires), first modern vampire, straight (?)

Lore: sacrificed at 10 years old to Ouraeus by his dad during a war, sacrifice was rejected, The Maiden revived him as a vampire, accidentally killed a bunch of people and made them into vampires, those vampires thought their death was divinely motivated, all the vampires banded together to make The Blood Order, Isaiah lived for another 30 years as a vampire, still in a child's body as his mind matured, eventually killed by a priest, body still in stasis in the possession of the Order, leaving Father Jeremiah as the leader and Isaiah in limbo for the next 500 years

Father Jeremiah ben Eden, ~530, he/him, vampire, Isaiah's disciple, queer

Lore: killed by Isaiah, became a vampire, very devoted to him and The Maiden, very unhealthily attached to them, Isaiah dies and leaves him as leader, desperately wants to be The Maiden's chosen, The Maiden doesn't choose him and chooses other vampires, Jeremiah kills those vampires, children are often collateral, Jeremiah still doesn't get the hint, repeat until the Order is completely dysfunctional and a shell of itself

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Keanna Pedragosa, 20, she/her, human, Isaiah's girlfriend, straight (until further notice)

Lore: freshly graduated from high school, works at a diner to make money for college, hooks up with an ascended Isaiah, just thinks he's a cool dude, has no clue he's a god for like several months

Zezi, they/them, vampire, lunar alien, aroace

Lore: once a powerful vampire lord, forced to flee once their kingdom started to crumble, now resides in the deep woods as a humble sorcerer and the only wielder of portal magic

Lord Irisiphel, he/him, incubus, queer

Lore: one of two sons to his late viceroy mother, forcefully exiled out of the underworld by his life rival Ophaniel, of whom snapped his horn off to inhibit his power

Maple Forrest, he/him, harengon, queer

Sir Thala, she/her, merfolk, asexual

Voxis, they/them, fae, asexual

The Tortured Warrior, he/him, human supposedly, straight but there's nobody to love him

Lore: forced to live as an insomnia ridden warrior of a kingdom long fallen in a suit of armor fused into his skin, imprints personalities of a wife and children onto his weapons, inspired by my suffering through the Infernal Origins minecraft modpack

Béollan, he/him, dullahan, aromantic, gay

Jacques, she/her, dullahan, lesbian

Lore: crashes halloween parties and after parties, vanishes without a trace after spooking attendees, has an apple orchard spirit girlfriend

Machina Gigas, she/her 🏳️‍⚧️, reptilian alien, lesbian

Lore: hails from a planet with a race of lizard aliens with the ability to regrow limbs, born with a gene that inhibits that ability, lost both her arms, her people failed to do anything about it, ran off with her best friend and forged her own arms

Unzani, he/him, cat deity (balance), bi, married to his husband Wae

Jacale + his son Wren, he/him for both, both are deities (discord, Jacale is a jackal, Wren is part goat and domestic dog), Jacale is bi, married to his wife and Wren's mother Zhali, in a polycule with a lot of people

Both drawings by @julesnull

Ignore missing, unfinished or old art it's all I have

Do note there are far more characters than this, these are just the cream of the crop (aka the ones I give attention to) and especially with TBO there are a lot more characters included in the story but yk this is already a CVS receipt of a post.

Ty <3

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fanart of @28nightsaway's Aldebaran

What's he reaching for? Your hand, your soul?

(I'm thewightnight/theblackeday btw)

It was a lot of fun drawing him, he's very lovely and I am to be trusted around faceless, clawed demons I promise

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"Let's get this strange garment, out of the way."

Inspired by the same voice line in SCP:CB that plucked a wire in my brain

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Just a handful of projects from recently

1-2: silly doodle of Jacale and Wae because Jacale would lick his loved ones for the bit

3: Father Finnegan, a character I'm salvaging from a dnd campaign I was part of that sucked, he's the magnum opus experiment of a mad scientist vampire looking to revolutionize the way vampires grow stronger, and so she embedded several cursed jewels into his skin, and on top of their power he can bypass any special powers of other vampires, tanking superhuman strength, immunity to psychic effects, etc

4: my little crow rat Mangala (they/them) from my most recent terraria playthrough

5: frosted wae :)

6: a tattoo my sibling drew up for me that I want to get done some time

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Jacale is an adult, uses he/him and is a jackal :3

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Two pirates with absolutely no relationship to each other they just do that

Davos (left) who belongs to @julesnull and Azie (right) who belongs to meeeee :3

Ref pic under the cut

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Oh yeah baby it's yucky flesh time

So today's wip wthursday is Father Jeremiah, who I've gone into detail the other post and along with his powers making him appear human, they also make him age rapidly whenever he loses his cool.

And this is also mainly an exploration of a potential outcome for the end of the book, in which Jeremiah fully loses control and his body just mutates into flesh and bone and all the vampires he's killed merge into his body and its like Ellie the blood ocean monster from Iron Lung.

But while action filled I doubt it'll make the cut because I want Jeremiah to mirror the folly of another character and his death to be similar, in which he's staked through the heart as any vampire should.

We'll see, the first of three drafts is only about 60% done and I haven't been on the writing grind in a bit.

Anyway mwah ty

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A little something for WIP Wthursday, I downloaded obs again to hopefully capture and make a speedpaint of the process c:

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ok diva

So this is the big man, the villain of my story The Blood Order, Father Jeremiah

He is a very normal [incorrect buzzer] well adjusted [incorrect buzzer] sane and reasonable [incorrect buzzer] man [correct ding]

He ran his cult into the ground after the founder died, desperate for his goddess' attention and love of which he completely fails to on account of his cruelty and violence towards people she protects and her own chosen ones, and with the power of blood magic she forbade he only continues to dig that hole deeper.

He serves cunt despite the horrors of course.

Said blood magic causes him to have human blood flow, allowing him to maintain body temperature, blush and appear not corpse like as all other vampires are, with drawbacks as the blood will pool and he has no way to regulate it, and being an old man who doesn't know of arterial catheters, he has to do his own bloodletting, thus the mass of scars on his arms, what ones aren't trophies of other fights.

A transcript of the notes in case they aren't legible

~530

5'9 (without heels)

Father Jeremiah ben Eden

Desperate to be The Chosen One™

Completely failing

Has been killing all the other chosen

Using heretical blood magic

Still believes he'll be chosen

It's been 500 years

Jewelry made of vampire fangs

Has been wearing heels since they were invented

Eyes always bleed and bloodshot

god i love scar covered men

That's about all the non context dependent info I have, I haven't decided his sexuality or anything but that man isn't straight or even young enough to care about labels

Some cut poses as well + the refs

Also you're allowed to be Normal about my characters, let me know exactly how you feel [threat]

Ty (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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I almost forgot about this one :v

My half of a previous art trade with @julesnull, his sona in the famous fred durst pose

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Happy Valentine's Day (I don't care that I'm late) <3

A drawing started back in I believe November of last year, still late of course but better late than never </3

Lore and process below as always ✍(◔◡◔)

The naked men in question are Nikolas (right) and Vostok (left), (the song is Nik's voice claim btw), Vostok bears a curse that insures everyone in his family will find their true love, the perfect soulmate, but the catch is the soulmate will always die before any feelings can be requited.

However, the curse didn't account for nuclear levels of bromance.

And that's how you end up with 30 years of cock parrying and an unshakable friendship that still stands even as Voss dies and becomes a vampire.

A good thing, with Nik being super into vampires, a bad thing that the curse still stands and will use Voss' vampirism against him, but those 30 years weren't for nothing.

Anyway Enough Ramblin'

So this drawing was a more complicated one, it was tough trying to get the fabric right to serve as covering for the boys, being transparent enough to reveal at the same time, to look nice and to cooperate when rendering, but we make do, and making do meant using more layers than necessary to make it work, totaling the count to 27 (including sketch layers)

I do have some gripes with this drawing, I don't like drawing Voss unfortunately because he's just hard to draw for whatever reason, and I did rush the lineart with a textured brush so the lines on the fabric are still pretty dirty and I definitely should've spent more time on it.

There are details I like though, the shadow swirls on Voss were fun and in general he is far darker than Nik due to his heritage being unholy divinity that takes the form of amorphous shadow, and Nik's many bite marks were fun too (see how many you can count) and his beautiful self is always a delight to draw.

And in case you were wondering, Vostok has pectus excavatum, dramatized of course for this drawing.

I'm sure there's other details I'm forgetting, but that should be it, thank yuo (✿◡‿◡)

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I can be trusted around neat ocs

A small gift for @galewindstudios, his ocs JWD, Tiffany, Amp, Liquor and It, and a cameo from my own oc Vostok

No special occasion, just because <3

Edit: forgot valentine's day existed, so uhh happy valentine's day ?

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Not much to show for here but we do a little doodling around here

Not much lore but lore nonetheless:

Top to bottom, left to right:

Father Jeremiah: The main villain in the story right now, his entire existence is just that far cry "have I ever told you the definition of insanity?" clip, he physically ages when he gets angry as he harnesses blood magic to make himself as human looking and fresh as possible, which being ~500 years old that's hard to do

Sammie: A human blood donor, DJ, musician, hair stylist, nail artist, tattoo artist and professional party girl, she mainly donates because of her partner Antoine who is of course a vampire, and I've yet to write much about her but she's pretty neat I like her :)

Veronika: The mother of the mc, Vostok, which if I ever posted any of his drawings you'd see their similarities, she lost her best friend all the same as her ancestors and had her vampire girlfriend kill her husband, as every woman should, true

Misha: Veronika's father, lost his best friend in the war and had an affair with a vampire man after almost divorcing his wife, as all men should, true

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ART CRUMP

Lore ofc under the cut

1-5: Characters for a combo modded minecraft and dnd inspired story me and a friend are cooking

1: Voxis, a wind fae ranger, they/them, superiority complex but no aura

2: Lord Irisiphel, an incubus fighter, he/him, banished from his home and forcibly twinkified

3: Sir Thala, a merfolk paladin, she/her, bound to Voxis for protection unwillingly but she's pretty chill about it actually

4: Maple Forrest, a harengon rogue, he/him, issues back in his hometown he's working to fix

5: A lineup of the four (plus Voxis' bird mount) for body type and height visuals, no banana for scale unfortunately

6: Nik sticker because I love his little face

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Oh wao not digital art

Anyway hi I'm a huge Glass Animals fan so I made kandi about it

The bottom two bracelets were made by @cheerlessnessboy

I'm not sure how to properly photograph kandi so you get it against my sticker laden computer

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Hi hello I want you to look at my son Nik

He's one of the main characters in my silly story and if I get into his lore we'd be here for days, which is where most of my time was spent to begin with

I will draw and color his boyfriend one of these days