Ghost in a Tophat

Photographer • Illustrator • Writer Just haunting ✨

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Okay, this is it.

Jupiter knew he'd go out one way or another. He was a vigilante, it was par for the course. But, really? Drowning? He knew he should have signed up for the swimming elective, but, well, hindsight is 20/20 and all that jazz.

He knew he couldn't panic, electricity and water don't mix and he'd end up frying himself and everything else around him. So. Thinking calm thoughts, yeah.

With an exhale, Jupiter let himself sink into the darkness. He was going to die, and that was okay. He only wished to have been able to say goodbye to his foster family.

A crash caught his attention, and he wondered, vaguely, if someone else fell in like he did. Well, now he really couldn't panic, now could he?

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CW blood and slight body horror

CW under break

Sometimes you get blood on your bully. Sometimes your bully witnesses your wound.

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"Little Boy inside my chest, breathe some life into my bones. I've been lost and wandering, down and out and missing home. 'Cause you and I, we dreamed a dream, on the road with my guitar. So beat a little louder now, I can't hear you anymore." So, like many, I project hard on Danny, and I was--like--being a sadboi™ and trying to convince myself little me would like my art, and I had Little Boy by Barns Courtney looping, and I looked at my vent art and went: wait, waiiiitttttt.

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This is from the fanfic The Weight of Destiny, written by Teezey23, where Lloyd accidentally dimension travels to Paris and meets Ladybug and Chatnoir. I was forced to beata it after losing to my sibling at Mario Kart, but I couldn't help but wanna draw Lloyd wearing the horse miraculous. Please forgive me, glasses wearers, for not knowing how tf to draw glasses.

Link to the fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/87131781/chapters/230745456

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Ended up doing more sketches of Cole, and now I think his design is pretty ironed out. I might add more doodads to his weapons and his bag to make it feel more fantasy, but i think I know how to draw him now.

Close ups below

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I worked HOURS on a concept art for Jay in my RPG fantasy au, and the file got CORRUPTED. All that remains is this crappy photo of my colours and the sketches....

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It's been a hot second, but here's some more concept art for Demons 101!!

A drawing of mine got corrupted, so I got hella depressed and ambitious at the same time (weird) so I decided to do a drawing No Plan No References. Ended up trying something COMPLETELY outside my skill level...

I put so much detail in for no reason so close up of baby boy Malachi.

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Ghost Prince Phantom of the Infinite Realms

Just felt like drawing my little guy as a little ghost prince. Really just trying to learn my new tablet, I'm lowkey struggling. Please don't @ me for forgetting the DP symbol, I was in a rush...

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First pass on Cole's half half orc design (quarter orc, but that's not as fun to say). Definetly need to dumb it down to..yk...do multiple drawings without dying. This was a testing sketch for my new tablet, and ill say, i actually had a lot of fun with it. Praying my new tablet treats me well.

Considering making the teefs bigger

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This guy is becoming a favorite of mine.

Despite the, yk, complete lack of any character depth.

Tried to take my traditional pen style and do it digitally, and ended up with this. Might experiment more with this style.

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Season 4 of Dragons Rising got me thinking... He really did become the exact kind of guy to fall for young Lloyd's snake prank.

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Concept Art character design shenanigans of Jupiter ✨

I'm so happy to be doing digital art again. Life went to hell for a sec but we back baBY.

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In class redesign of Jupiter!

I was feeling like my guys in Live Like Legends weren't at there peak designs, so I've been playing around some with some different aesthetics after watching a character design video.

I think I'm liking the direction I'm going in, but there's still more work to be done.

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mARTch day 18 Joy

I burnt out. Only way for me to fight burn out is with a redraw.

Behold: A seven year old drawing of the same exact characters.

How time flies. How humans and angels become alliens.

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im burning out help

mARTch day 13 complimentary

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mARTch day 12 Analogous

Just two boys and their lichtenberg scars 💞

Yes, this is a fanart+oc but it is not shipping so we're safe. I just randomly noticed that my oc, Jupiter, has lichtenberg scars and a parent who experimented on him and Danny most likely has lichtenberg scars and his parents actively try to experiment on him. So I imagined the two of them bonding over their messed up parents and then showing each other their scars.

You can see a few of my headcanons rearing their heads in this, but for the most part I tired to stick with Danny's og design.

Honestly, though, I think Danny would hate Jupiter or at least be afraid of him because... well... electricity powers...

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mARTch day 11 Monochrom

Look, okay, so--we ignore that the lightest bits are more orange than red, yeah? Cool, thanks.

Agelaius needs more love in his character design and silhouette work, so I thought today would really suit him as his character overall is very Monochrome feeling. He sort of carries that Batman, emo guy vibes. To be honest, I think I might have accidentally mushed every Batkid including batman himself together to form this character...

Very Emo. Very Swag. Very Shape.

I should go back to shape. I miss having a shape-y art style. I think I'll be doing a mostly lineless style for the rest of this section of the month.