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what’s a theme I just reblog shit I like mostly fantasy junk, some sci-fi stuff and trash

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Got pretty inspired playing TR. Decided to draw Nilvhri, my Dunmer gal, hanging out in Narsis.

I loosely traced over an offical TR screenshot of Narsis for the background (mostly for the general shape of buildings), so full credit to the wonderful team there for that. Nil's outfit is inspired by various Morrowind outfits (in game and concept art) and TR stuff. Her face is a rough re-creation of a Tamriel Data face.

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More Argonian fashion! They're not fully rendered, just flats and some basic shading, plus some fun with the scales.

These designs are more historically based, particularly on ancient Aztec and Mayan cultures. I had a lot of fun researching and learning, Also, a spread of designs for the body types too! I personally like the Morrowind Argonian design best, but I wanted to try out human legs and such. The two in the middle are male Argonians and rhe other two are female. Some fun history and design notes under the cut!

Some further notes on the outfit designs, etc. Pretty long and rambling, just a heads up!

I based the clothing off of ancient Aztec and Mayan clothes, trying to use credible sources and depictions. I say 'trying' due to the fact that hunting down sources for some of the images was particularly hard, and I'm sure some of them were mislabeled, as tends to happen. I will shout out Zotzcomic/Daniel Parad, an Amercian artist from a Salvadoran family. She did some wonderful posters of ancient Aztec and Mayan styles that really helped.

The first Argonian woman is wearing a tunic/dress inspired by the huīpīlli blouse ancient Aztec woman would wear, and is still worn today by some Mexican and central American countries. I imagine that this Argonian is some sort of fisherman or at least engages in a lot of manual labor, so she needs something loose to move around in, and less jewelery so it doesn't get caught or worn down.

The second Argonian, and first male one, is wearing an outfit loosely inspired by an ancient Mayan 'hip cloth skirt', and an ESO outfit I thought was neat (I think it's the Black Marsh Keeper). I imagined he was a mage of some type, and thus doesn't do a lot of labor. Maybe he's a Hist minder or even Hist speaker. Either way, he has the luxury of long cloth that could get dirty, and lots of jewelry and feathers.

the next male has an outfit somewhat based on the ancient Aztec maxtlatl that was worn by men. It's similar to a loincloth, but would usually be paired with a cape/cloak. I just made his waist wrap thicker, and gave him a sort of shawl. I imagined him as some old veteran on his way to the best hot mud baths in his tribe lol.

and our last Argonian is another lady, dressed in an outfit loosely inspired by various depictions of ancient Mesoamercian clothes, fantasy aesthetics and so on. I gave myself a lot more liberty with her, trying to combine what I learned and studied into something unique but still inspired by the real world. Maybe this lady is going to a dance, or some event.

I really wanted to incorporate a lot of color. Something that really bugs me about the ESO Argonian clothing is the lack of color! In my mind it makes no sense. Reptiles and amphibians are a group of animals that often use color as communication (bearded dragons, chameleons, dart frogs and so many more), and so many Mesoamercian cultures are colorful. I saw many examples of bright, bold colors while looking for references. I imagine in universe, Argonians could use the unique and varied flora and fauna of Black Marsh to dye these clothes and maybe give them as gifts to friends and family, or just as hand-me-downs. I dont have a justification for the gold and turquoise though, lol, it just looks very nice. The feathers could be from loved ones or the birds of the Marsh. (Side note: I have no idea if the fashions/costumes of ESO can be dyed. Even still, its sad the default colors are so muddy)

theres also some patterning on the clothes! I imagine this would be embroidery, or even hand painted. Argonians focus on the present, the 'Aurbic Now', so to speak. I could easily imagine an artsy lizard sitting down and embroidering for hours as a sort of meditative state, or for fun, or whatever. It seems like a good way to pass time as well! And plenty of the examples I found featured patterns and embroidery.

closing thoughts? I'm disappointed at the lack of diverse fashion for the Argonians in ESO. Actually, I'm pretty disappointed at the lack of diverse fashion for each race of Tamriel in ESO. I think ESO does some very cool stuff with some lore (all of the Murkmire release, expanding more on the various races, some fun Daedra stuff) but it really disappointed me with the fashion. Dunno if you can tell, but I'm a huge history nerd, especially historical fashion. It really saddens me that there's a lack of diverse, distinct options for ESO fashion. I should note- I'm strictly speaking about fashion, not armor.

It was a lot of fun to do some research on cultures I hadn't yet, and try to make some designs inspired by them. I might end up doing some for the other races too

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I dunno if anyone is interested in like, the OG art I make (as in, no ties to fandoms, just my own worlds and ocs) but I came up with a cool idea of an ancient sentry. The outside is just armor, and inside is a shapeless inky lifeform taking form inside it. It's a concept that has been down before, but I love it!

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Caine tadc sketch dump featuring Byte UwU

Bonus:

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Introducing Byte, Tightrope Walking TADC OC

This is Byte, a tightrope walker that enters the circus around episode three. Sometime after the cast returns from their adventure, Byte spawns in the middle of a conversation, t-posing in part because her avatar was loading in, and in part because her dumb ass thought she should try walking around with the headset on (just before the mindscan was done).

Her early on relationships began with Gangle, Caine and Jax - all in different directions. She found common ground with Gangle, and by proxy Zooble, due to awkward socialization. Byte comes across very strongly, is outwardly passionate about the things she likes and dislikes, and can be considered "too much". Gangle saw a bit of herself in that, and they got on decently.

The only thing is - Byte loves the circus, and the adventures, overtly so. This does put many of the cast off at first - especially Jax. This adoration, you'd think, would have Caine overjoyed, but he's... avoidant, for his own reasons... you'd think he's seen a ghost. And unfortunately, Byte can't take the hint.

As for her relationship with Jax, well....

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Ask anything you want about her, I'd love to make more content since I've got so many thoughts 🥹

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Posting this comic independently because I thought it was funny hehe

Jax is a lil fruity though,,, 👀 🏳️‍⚧️

Byte is trans so she smells it on him

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Drawing this was fun XD I like Caine's face a lot lmao

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Hollow Knight as DND Adventurers: Broken Vessel

Graah, I meant to post this on or before Halloween! Oh well. I had a few requests to do Broken Vessel for this little series, and I wanted to give it a shot. I struggled between wanting to make them fully monstrous, or more human, and landed on more human. They're a warlock, but keeping in line with HK lore, they're just a shell that their patron puppets now. More of my thoughts under the cut! I hope yall like this one.

(Also I'll be tagging this series as "hk as dnd" from now on, and adding it to the previous posts if you ever wanna see all the characters!)

BV was really hard for me, for some reason. I ended up really liking the final result though! I wanted to incorporate some little details from Ghost's design (like the boots, chest plate which is now mostly destroyed, and the waist clothes) since they're siblings. Figuring out the class for BV was pretty easy, though I imagine its a pretty unique case.

Perhaps their patron (the Radiance in this case) made a deal with the dream verison of BV (Lost Kin), promising to fulfill its desires, but twisted them and now puppets their body.

I wanted to be more...."gore-y" with this one, but not too much, so I included a string of infection and a big ol' glob of it that they would use as a casting focus. One thing i kinda regret is not centering their nail more.

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Is everyone Silking their Songs still? I got into Hollow Knight and Silksong while recovering from top surgery. I really wanted to challenge myself to draw the Knight/Ghost and Hornet as DND characters! Ghost is a cleric (probably twilight cleric) and Hornet is a ranger (gloom stalker seems appropriate). More thoughts under the cut!

I didnt draw them next to each other so theyre not to scale, lmao. Anyway! I only choose classes since all HK and SS characters are anthropomorphized bugs, they'd be pretty similar in DND. I think Hornet might have some more human features, hence hair.

I thought about making Ghost a paladin, but I'm going to be drawing the Hollow Knight as well, and paladin fit them better in my opinion. Ghost could work as an arcane knight as well, or hexblade warlock! I went with cleric for the religious tones and the flexibility of cleric builds (spells vs healing vs stealth vs melee etc). Their design took a few drafts, but i like the half armored look i went with. I wanted to keep them gender ambiguous, so no form fitting silhouette. And a hood, because it sort of mimics long hair and offsets the more masculine elements!

Hornet was easier to pin down a class for. Ranger was my first thought, and while I think a rogue could work too, ranger just felt right to me. She was harder to translate into a DND design for me. I wanted to keep the iconic silhouette the cloak created but add more visual interest and storytelling. I also ended up adding some royal flair -alluding to her status- in the form of a little shoulder piece depicting her mother's mask and a nice trim on her cloak. The little spiderweb on her also alludes to the Weaver blood she has!

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I know I'm a day late, but I try to make something for MerMay every year! This year we have another deep water mermaid, with her latest meal.

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Ayy, I haven't really been posting much oops. But I did fo this fun little fake video game mock-up with one of the NPCs from my DND world. She's a vampire potion seller....but she'll make you poisons as well!

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My partner pulled me back into DST, oops. I wanted to make some fanart and some of my own touches!

Wurt has some extra fins, webbed hands,a snaggle tooth, and a liltte tail! I just think she'd be cute with a wee tail. Winnoa and Wendy get smaller details, like dirt and heavy eye bags...I'll probably add more to their outfits if I ever draw those. And bodytypes!

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🌺 Rohiri, God of Chaos and Trickery (and flowers) 🌺

Been a long time since I posted anything...so here's the artwork for one of the gods in my homebrew DND setting.

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Writing Short II: Talk and Play

I wanted to practice writing more since it's been a while,,, so behold the second part to my first writing bit. It's full of platonic affection and cuddles and I just thought Billie could benefit from having as much parental care as possible since she's got it rough throughout the game,,, my writing is VERY rusty so please bear with me! Without further ado, a lil follow up :))

Side note: Barnaby maaay be treating her younger than she is, since his kid didn't reach her age and he doesn't quite have experience with older kids pft

The feathers were warm, at least.

No big deal, if she was surrounded by them. They were warm, and they didn't irritate the evidence of her fights like she thought they would.

Itchy? Yeah. That checked out. Feathers were light, and so was Barnaby; he was made up of some kind of plasma. Though she recognized him as soft, and warm - and by the gods, she didn't think she'd ever think this, but safe... he was also wet. But... not like one would expect "wet" to be.

It was difficult for her to put her finger on it. It wasn't like water. It didn't leave a residue of wetness on your skin. It wasn't loose, or thin, no. He was.... like a slime, in a way. Not one that would fall into gross pieces on her, or one that would leave a strange film. He rather reminded her of... putty.

Solid enough to hold shape. Would still feel rather damp, but there wasn't any real impact on the things it touched. Yeah. That was the word.

She rose and fell on his belly, arms crossed underneath her. True to his nature, after he made sure she was alright, he'd fallen asleep. "Silly bird," she whispered quietly, cuddling closer to the wings draped over her like a blanket.

"Mmr?" He murmured, ears perking up a bit. "Billie?"

She smiled meekly, rubbing her reddened, puffy eyes. "Yeah?"

"My dear, are you okay?"

"Mhm. I was just thinking that you feel weird."

He chuffed, disgruntled. Slowly he sat up from the sofa, his spiraled eyes unimpressed. "How rude," he whispered, but it held no weight - other than guised affection. "I even made non lethal tea for you."

"That's the bare minimum," she countered, her voice a bit abrupt in the quiet, before instinctively matching his volume with how much he'd winced. Her tail wagged a little bit from the banter. "You outta do that with mortal guests to start."

"Silly me," Barnaby purred softly, noting her little tail, the soft expression on his face betraying his endearment. "I'll make sure to do that quite a bit more often, my dear. Fret not."

Holding her steady, he sat up a bit more, an exhale leaving him. "Hoo. This old sofa is not good for the back! Hoohoo." He stretched, twisting his torso comedically. "I'm quite out of sorts, but that was a great nap! I'd forgotten how nice sleeping in company was."

She expected that sentence to carry more... weight, but... it didn't. There was a gentle relief, like the reprieve after a long, windy rainstorm finally passed. She didn't miss the soft undertone of sadness, but... there was acceptance. Sheepishly, she looked down, inspecting herself instead. Trying not to focus on what he'd lost.

Her much cleaner fur stood out to her. "... thanks for cleaning the blood and dirt out, Barnaby," she murmured quietly, her eyes taking in the cuts and blemishes over her arms.

His owlish (pft) eyes followed her gaze, drawing closer. "Hmm... I am sorry I wasn't able to heal those... I'm a researcher of magic, certainly, but healing magic was not my specialty."

"What was your specialty?"

He chortled. "Ahohohoo, wouldn't you like to know. I'd rather not share. It... it's best to avoid a repeat outcome." He gestured loosely to himself and his 2 dimensional body, and it dawned on her.

She blinked a few times, processing the information. "Oh, I... yeah, okay. I can respect that," she conceded, crossing her arms. Slowly she slid onto the couch, still propped against him.

It was odd to her, his preening habits. Or rather that he was perfectly alright with cleaning the blood out, knowing most of it would just be swallowed. "... you know," Billie started, amusement creeping into her voice. "When we first met, I really thought you'd, er... eat me."

Silence. Then,

"HoohohohohohohohoppfftWHAT?" he guffawed, flapping his wings enthusiastically, tears of laughter stinging his eyes. She leaned back, mildly surprised at the outburst. "Why- hmmmhmhmhmhm," he giggled uncontrollably, and despite the embarrassment creeping into her face, the giggles were rather contagious.

"Look-" she defended, pouting a little.

"No, no, no!" Barnaby leaned over to pinch her cheeks with the most maniacal cackle she'd ever heard. "That's hilarious, little pretty! But why did you ever get that impression?? Goodness, how silly! And I thought I was the crazy one!"

"Hey!" She barked, but his feathers were too soft to be disgruntled by. She giggled a little, pushing him back. "It's not my fault! You literally sang about cooking me into various food items! You remember 'goat meat stew'? I'm not crazy!"

He crooned, an odd mixture of a giggle and a trill of affection. "Ohohoho, I forgot about that," he pulled at his bowtie thoughtfully. "... truth be told, my dear, I might have actually thought about it!"

"What!!"

"Well," it was his turn to be defensive, "I was half asleep because someone was trying to steal my stuff! I hadn't had any tea or breakfast! You'd have done nicely, I'm sure." He smiled innocently, growing a bit toothy when she looked at him in exasperation and bewilderment. "In fact, I'm sure it's not too late to prep dinner..."

She squeaked, scrambling. "No fair!! I thought you'd changed!!" She exclaimed, ears dragging behind her as she made to run- he snagged her by the scruff with his beak, gently dropping her back in his wings.

"I have," he crowed, "but I'm still a prankster." He nibbled her ears just a little, a habitual response. She squirmed in protest at first, exclaiming something about fairness, but she gradually gave in out of annoyance.

Slowly it devolved into timid preening once more, thoroughly checking for knots and mud. If she was being honest, his bird brain was probably looking for bugs, too. Begrudgingly, she leaned into it, thoughts of her mother running a brush over her fur when she was much smaller. Billie closed her eyes at the gesture, a quiet calm washing over her, coming through a sigh.

"You know, I'm sorry." Barnaby broke the tender silence softly, a trill leaving his chest, "For all of that. I'd... realized, when you said that, I hadn't apologized."

She opened one eye, glancing at him with half a turn of her head, mildly perturbed he'd stopped. "You didn't need to apologize," Billie sighed. "I... understand it. I mean - not entirely. Mom says losing a kid is... much more intense... it's a grief that sort of eats you up inside. And I'm still a kid, so all I know is that it's just been me and mom." She gave pause, considering her next words, neverminding the teary expression that rode his features. "... if my mom lost me... I think... I think she'd find herself in a spiral too. The only difference is that she doesn't have a gem to feed that spiral."

Barnaby wiped his face quickly, before he melted on her. "You're not unlikable," he muttered.

He watched her face go through a flurry of emotions, bouncing from exasperation to a slight side eye. "... thanks, arseho- OH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COURTROOM THING." Immediately she slapped a hoof over her mouth. "I... sheesh. I know that! You weren't exactly the picture of likeable yourself. I figured, after I left, that you were projecting." Disgruntled, she wound her arms against her chest, a slight grumble to her breath.

Still... watching her, he chuckled a little, winding his neck around her loosely. "If there's ever something I can do for you, please don't hesitate to ask. I... I'd like to return the favor one day," his voice, still soft spoken, spoke from on top of her head.

Sheepishly, she gave his long tube of a neck an affectionate squeeze, holding it close. "I'm... just happy, if I can come visit. Are you okay with that?" The trepidation in her question gave away how nervous she'd been to even broach the topic, but he caught the anxious shimmer in her eyes, the way her posture sloped in uncertainty.

He couldn't sit on that question too long, otherwise he feared she'd backtrack and he'd never have company again. "I'd like that a lot," he smiled. "Bring your mother too. I'd like to meet her."

Billie's eyes lit up and she immediately bolted upright to squish his head. "I'm okay with that!!" She exclaimed, beaming as she began to rattle on about her mother, filling in gaps of knowledge and what to expect, personality and such.

Personally, he just needed to meet Belle to work out a shared custody agreement.

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Eepy Sleeb (Coloured)

Ack I told myself I wouldn't post twice in one night but I couldn't resist! Here's the lovely coloured final version:

Ehehehe,,, sleepy baby,,,,

Anyway now that that idea's out of my head, onto more projects!! <3 Take care!!

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did someone steal my fucking bike.

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