Dracorium

Artist, coder, and collector of hats. If you're looking for my art or interested to see my struggle with code, then you've come to the right place!

[jibwamble]

Hi! I'm Jib!

I'm back on Tumblr after many years away. I wanted to share a little bit about myself, my characters, and what I do.

These are some of the characters I'm playing right now for a TTRPG game called Mutants and Masterminds. (It's very similar to DnD and I'll sometimes just say DnD). I have been playing tabletop for over 10 years now as a player and have been a DM for about 5. I play three concurrent games right now and for two I am the DM (co-DM with my lovely wife Dracorium uwu) and one I am a player.

We are currently playing in the X-Men 97 universe, Hunter X Hunter universe, and in an original universe that was originally going to be a comic that I made that I decided not to pursue that is called The Collector. These are the games we're playing right now, but we also have played in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, Guild Wars 2, Hellraiser, and MCU. In other words... I really like TTRPG!

I want to use my Tumblr as a way to explore more writing along side my art and to form more connections with artists, writers, and other TTRPG players. I'm love to yap so please feel free to talk to me about your characters!! I wanna know about your characters!!

Thanks for hanging out <3

[dracorium]

Man I love coming back to Tumblr and seeing my wife's work ;w;

[sadlad-studios]

Sadladurday Morning Q1 Update

It's not a Saturday, but everyday is Sadladurday!

To start, we have newer promo art cooked up by our incredible art lead, @lightsintheskye!

For everyone, new and old, welcome!

We're SadLad Studios, an indie game studio, currently working on our first game: Third Shift.

In this game, we follow Charlie, who travels to Arbor Hollow in search of their missing older sister, Robin. However, to ensure they can stay in the town to uncover the clues regarding their sister's whereabouts, they need to work. And what better place to work than the local convenience store! At this convenience store, Charlie will help spirits from all over the forest surrounding the town and maybe discover a few of the town's own secrets.

Let's meet a few of the characters:

Here's Charlie, our main character extraordinaire! Detective (dubbed by Summer) and best friend (dubbed by Kunal), Charlie is who players will be controlling ~

This next one is Kunal! He's Charlie's self-proclaimed best friend (but he also actually is Charlie's best friend and you BETTER BE NICE TO HIM). Spirit medium, knitter of sweaters, and just basically a jack of all trades, Kunal is there to assist Charlie with whatever they need and maybe help them uncover some secrets about Arbor Hollow.

The last one we'll introduce today is Naomi. Stunning, beautiful, gorgeous, muscular, probably the most perfect being in the universe. Naomi is a bit of an aloof person who visits the convenience store on occasion. She's also Kunal's sworn enemy (one-sided). Perhaps she has some ways to unlock Arbor Hollow's secrets.

Dev Notes:

We had a few hiccups along the way, but we're back up and running. Here are some things we've been working on:

We've scaled back the project a bit. Now that we've mostly finalized development team, we can really get the ball rolling!

A few of you may remember there was a prototype that was in the works a while back. It was pretty successful! We're well on our way to making our first demo for the game.

Sprites! So many sprites!

environments anyone? Just a few! Don't worry. We don't want to spoil you either ~

Writing word count so far? We'll get back to you on that.

Phone UI? Gameplay design? More likely than you think! Tune in next time !

That's all folks! See you in the next quarter with more updates~

— Emery

[dracorium]

I had a stroke of inspiration to paint my rp character for our Guild Wars 2 campaign during my down time and it was extremely relaxing. I kinda like how this one's turning out.

[dracorium]

I actually have an intense love for drawing armor, but I'm working my way up to be good at it XD

[dracorium]

Day 2: #Inoue and #Harina⠀ ⠀ Harina loved spending as much time as she could exploring the forests and rivers around their home. For awhile, the two lived in the wilderness. So it was a bummer when it rained. Even for her patient father, there was only so much you could do indoors.⠀ ⠀ --⠀ ⠀ #digitalart #PaintToolSai2 #drawing #sketch #sketching #illustration #conceptart #characterart #originalcharacters #ocs #comicart #grayscale #fantasy #boredom #rain #Rayne #dracart

[dracorium]

So I'm trying this new thing called animating. It is pretty interesting and fun. Forgive me for it is more #storyboard than #animation.⠀ Ever since I was little, I believed that animators were the greatest artists in the world. Thus I have a need to learn the skills.⠀ ⠀ #digitalart #clipstudiopaint #dailypractice #2danimation #movement #characteranimation #firstattempt #more-like-fourth #artinmotion #dracart

[dracorium]

Always poking at Harina's design. Never satisfied.⠀ #Harina #Rayne #dracart

[dracorium]

Hello everyone! Forgive me for the lack of updates because of the plentiful changes in my life now between a new job and a new project. Now I finally got time to finish the final image for that commission from a few weeks ago. Come join my livestream at 1:30 pm EST and as usual the link's in my profile. ⠀ ⠀ I won't be talking but we'll be listening to a few lectures from FZD school of design to help those pursuing an industry career.⠀ ⠀ #commission #wip #workinprogress #finalfantasy #livestream #twitchtv #illustration #drawing #sketching #PaintToolSai #digitalart #dracart

[dracorium]

I'll be live streaming on twitch again today so I don't procrastinate while I wait for paying work to be finalized. Maybe I can finally be consistent in my work load. Today? Quarhum pages... wow finally.⠀ ⠀ #digitalart #PaintToolSai #ClipStudioPaint #Photoshop #comicpages #comics #comicart #illustration #sequentialart #characterart #fantasy #Quarhum #artofinstagram #instaart #dracart

[dracorium]

When you are ready to kick some ass.

[dracorium]

Been awhile since I just posted for fun yeah? Well I have quite the backlog stored up, I just felt so out of it. So have a few #sketches of #Gareth when he was a smol... Well smoller. #pencil #traditionalart #sketch #sketchbook #dailypractice #drawing #conceptart #illustration #characterart #characterdesign #originalcharacter #oc #fantasy #Quarhum #dracart

[regnum-plantae]

Neoregelia kautskyi, Bromeliaceae

Pretty much anybody is familiar with what a pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) looks like, and various species of Tillandsia, Bilbergia and Guzmania are now common houseplants, but there’s so much more diversity of shapes and adaptations within the Bromeliaceae to appreciate. The Neoregelia species in the photos, first scientifically described in the early ‘70s, is endemic to eastern Brasil and part of a genus of very showy and peculiar plants, commonly known as the ‘blushing bromeliads’, often hybridised to enhance their striking colour patterns. However, more than its coloration, which is probably an adaptation to attract pollinators, it’s what goes on at the center of the plant which surely catches the eye. Like many other species within the family, this Neoregelia forms a tight cup with its leaves which stores rainwater and effectively creates a miniature ecosystem. You can see the small three-petalled, tubular flowers (Bromeliads are monocots) emerging from the base of the inflorescence at the bottom of the ‘pond’ and I wish the numerous larvae wiggling and swimming around them were just as visible. If insect larvae are not that surprising to find there in the stagnant water, arboreal frogs and crabs are maybe more suggestive of the importance of the habitats these epiphytic plants create high in the canopy. 

But why would a plant go through the effort of evolving in this direction when water is certainly not a limiting factor in the rainforest? Well, some bromeliads are known to show a degree of protocarnivory, which means they benefit from the nitrogen and the other nutrients dissolved in the water they collect, and these nutrients come from their animal hosts in the form of droppings and unconsumed parts of their meals, but they do not actively produce digestive enzymes to speed up the process. I actually described this fascinating concept before, when writing about wild teasel (Dipsacum fullonum), a large thistle-like plant native to Eurasia which collects rainwater in its modified sessile leaves. Protocarnivory seems to be much more diffuse in the plant world than previously believed and there is still a good deal to learn, but this just shows how evolutionary pressure plays along in ways we might not even begin to imagine until we get to understand them! 

[dracorium]

Update for #Quarhum on both Webtoons and Tapastic. Link in my profile and I hope you enjoy!⠀ ⠀ Quarhum - Spoils of War (12) ⠀ ⠀ #digitalart #ClipStudioPaint #sequentialart #comicart #comicpage #fantasy #magic #swords #wisps #illustration #color #drawing #dracart

[dracorium]

Yes! Another update under the belt! Just one step at a time! #Quarhum - Break Ups and Hangman (11) ⠀ ⠀ #digitalart #ClipStudioPaint #fantasy #comicart #sequentialart #comics #comicpage #magic #wisps #death #illustration #artofinstagram #instaart #dracart

[dracorium]

By the way, here's that final product of that commission announcement I made last week. I had a lot of fun experimenting with the lighting! #digitalart #ClipStudioPaint #starwars #commission #illustration #drawing #painting #sith #bobafett #couple #dramatic #lighting #darkside #lightsaber #dracart

[dracorium]

Hello everyone! I've been pretty busy between work and comic work, but I am a masochist and want to work on more stuff! So my digital commissions are open! Also this snippet has more than one character, thus the price increases by 50% per additional character. You can dm or email at [email protected] me if you're interested! #digitalart #ClipStudioPaint #commissions #illustration #starwars #drawing #painting #sketch #sketches #inks #instaart #artofinstagram #dracart

[dracorium]

What's this? An update? About time! XD⠀ Just click the link in my description and you can read on Webtoons and Tapastic!⠀ #Quarhum - Spooky Thrills (9-10)⠀ ⠀ #Rayne #comics #comicart #comicpages #sequentialart #illustration #digitalart #ClipStudioPaint #magic #wisps #fantasy #story #instaart #artofinstagram #dracart