Dragon No.1412

She&They/20+/Chinese____ Welcome to my art blog! I like cool art and indie games; currently enjoying Daisies MV!

[tendebill]

[part 1] [part 2]

rocky learns about the Denmark incident :]

[chaotic-natrural]

holy stick figure aura

[dragonno1412]

More Daisies fanart YAAAAAAAYYYY

[luximus]

Oh yea, btw, I did the art for CG5's "I See A Dreamer" video. Forgot to mention that one xD

[atomikats]

curiouser and curiouser

[snuffysbox]

grace rocky save stars

[chalroe]

"I hope you won't mind if I think of you as a friend."

thinking about Hatchling discovering Grace & Rocky's story hundreds of thousands of years after it happened when there are no more Eridians or humans to tell it :')

[stormsthatrage]

Shoutout to Project Hail Mary for being the only media where the unconscious protagonist is dragged off screen by an alien spider monster and the audience's reaction is heartbreak on behalf of the alien spider monster.

[imconfusedallthetimehelp]

Grace: *does something*

Rocky: "why Grace so 🎶🎶🎶 stupid. Question."

Grace: "Excuse me buddy?"

Rocky: "...🎶🎶🎶 stupid. Hmm. Need word."

Grace: "...what does it mean?"

Rocky: "Meant add strength to word. But some Eridians think also .....rude"

Grace: "So a swear word. I'm not giving you the human word for that."

Rocky: "Why not. Question."

Grace: "Because this human thinks they are rude too."

Rocky: "Do not be little 🎶🎶🎶 Grace. Give Rocky human swear word."

[dragonno1412]

I did a redraw 🌹

[sanchensky]

White lies 🐝 (please read under the cut <3)

So happy I finished this thing before ep 8 oof

Anyway, the comic was born out of

my thoughts about Caine's model lacking many essential facial features (as if he was never intended to show any emotions) and yet him being literally the most expressive character in the circus despite everything.

me being low-key obsessed with the implications episode 7 left us with. Players questioning everything they've been told and Caine being in the center of it all.

Just to be clear, I do believe Caine is written as a sentient AI who is just struggling to understand humanity and everything that comes with it. And I think these thoughts about him faking his emotions are inherently wrong within a story. He's oblivious and desperate but not malicious. But couple it with the fact that he's been lying about many other things (so far I'm inclined to think it was for players' sake in his own eyes) and that humans have been suffering for a while dealing with a literal god that doesn't understand them... Well, I have a feeling that they will doubt his motives and literally everything they know, rightfully so.

The amount of attention this little comic received is a bit terrifying and overwhelming and seeing all of the different interesting interpretations people come up with I just wanted to explain mine own a little better <3

I want them all to be healed and happy, little guy absolutely included, but man the situation is rough, and the odds are against us

(Also please ignore the fact that I've messed up while writing my own name in the first couple of frames hah, am tireddd)

[pompous-old-windbag]

Why The Original Cast Abstracted So Quickly

So we know Scratch and co arrived in late 1999, and Ragatha in late 2008, with probably around a 1-year period where Kinger was entirely alone (long enough to develop dissociative tendencies, but not so long that he couldn't still pull himself together for Ragatha). This means almost the entire original group didn't last more than 6 years in the circus, while characters like Ragatha have managed to last at-least a decade. I think there's some major reasons as to why that is:

1. They understood the true nature of their prison

Unlike everyone from Ragatha onwards, the original cast were all developers who understood on a deeper level what the circus was, and more importantly what THEY were. As it's been all-but-confirmed that the characters within the circus are digital mind scans with no bodies to return to, they started out understanding there was no escape and nobody was coming for them. The knowledge that they were nothing by artificial copies would have been existentially damaging, and made relinquishing their humanity all the easier.

2. They were real-world colleagues and friends

Now you'd THINK this would have been an enormous boon for their mental longevity, since they all already had bonds even before entering the circus, but I think it was actually a huge detriment. They could actually remember and remind one another of their pre-circus lives, which only reinforced how trapped they felt. Additionally, this shared experience would have made them SO tight-knit that the loss of a single member would have been emotionally devastating to the rest, likely leading to cascading abstractions.

3. Scratch's Abstraction

Despite what I said above, the original cast's bonds PROBABLY would have helped in the long run... had Scratch not abstracted when Caine tried editing his mind files (presumably trying to "cure" the cognitive impairment from his brain tumour). Witnessing someone they all knew and looked up to devolve into a monster would have been awful enough, but I'd argue the true horror would have been their collective realization that there was no cure. Before the cellar protocol was introduced, they probably spent a LOT of time trying to "fix" Scratch, with the repeated failures only compounding their feelings of hopelessness. Had they been able to accept that Scratch was gone in the same way the modern cast holds a funeral for Kaufmo, they could've grieved and moved on. Instead all they could tell was that their friend trapped in a form of perpetual, violent distress, and nothing they did could pull him out of it. The grief, frustration, and hopelessness of that is likely what caused the next abstraction, which only would have made things even worse.

4. They thought they were alone

I think this is probably the largest contributor. Since they didn't know new people could enter the circus, they thought it was going to be the seven of them trapped indefinitely until someone on the outside pulled the plug. With each abstraction, that sensation of isolation would have become more and more crushing. By the time it was down to just Kinger and Queenie, even their love for one another would have struggled to stave off that kind of existential dread. I'm pretty sure Kinger lasted as long as he did on his own entirely due to self-loathing; he found purpose in forcing himself to hold on and remember everything he felt personally responsible for as Caine's primary creator. Abstraction was an escape he didn't deserve.

[midwinterhunt]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

[shandzii]

Can human moon still go on the rope thing and fly around?? I’m very curious 🤔

He can’t at the daycare but he does know aerial silks

this is an old doodle I did but idk if I posted it on here or not sdfghjk I know I shared it around discord a while back

[liulith]

Some of my favorite Alastor-centric animatics, fan animations and parodies!

Alastor animation (Hell's greatest dad) by zalima

Alastor Hates Birds by Tomotasauce (and all his other parodies like Alastor's Attitude, Alastor's Jokes, Alastor's Jealousy, Alastor's True Love and more)

Alastor is WHAT?! by disGHOSTing

Alastor, it's French! (Alastor & Rosie) by 花末

Alastor Makes Dinner 🎵by v s

Alastor's body count by antie's antics

Alastor's sneeze by Kaledya

Alastor's tail by Trench Man & brojayajorb

Alastor writes a p0rn0 (ft. Angel) by animatedmau

Angel Dust & Alastor switch bodies by pastafantasy, theluckyestclover7 & Lou's dubs

Betty Boop 🎵 by flameghost/YiGui 或鬼鬼

Confrontation by Kaledya

Dad jokes by TB Trash

Fun with Friends by DAZYNITE (Alastor & Husk & Niffty) @dashnroll

Good for You 🎵 (ft. Mimzy, Rosie and Vox) by Kalopaaa

Happy face 🎵by IPine

Hell's tea party 2: Alastor returns by Killbent

Here piggy! (ft. Fat Nuggets) by ICanElf

Husk and Alastor have a battle of wits, drinking, and jazz 🎵 by @theroselens

I'm breaking the window (ft. Lucifer & Charlie) by Kaledya | I'm breaking the window by novahee

I am the man 🎵 (Alastor & Husk & Niffty) by DAZYNITE @dashnroll

Insane (Fan Animatic) 🎵 by Shelly Ryan | INSANE 🎵 by arrow

Is it a cat or a sheep? (Cursed Cat) by zalima

Llamas with hats by danaconunaene (Alastor & Charlie)

Lucifer and Alastor are floormates by @theroselens

Minnie the moocher 🎵 by AnimatedMau

Mixed Messages 🎵 (Alastor & Charlie & Lucifer)

One lost hiker suggests cannibalism Way Too Soon by Mentally Chill

Perception check 🎵 (Alastor & Lucifer) by @diabloku

Radiorose by kokiories

Say my Name 🎵 (Beetlejuice!Alastor & Charlie) by NeelisHD

Smile Like You Mean It animatic 🎵by pochik art

Susan roasts Alastor by @theroselens

TANGLED UP meme 🎵 (Alastor & Husk & Niffty) by DAZYNITE @dashnroll

The Family Friendly Noose Song 🎵 by Daria Cohen

The Hunting Song 🎵 by @bunnieswithknives

The One Thing You Can't Replace (Angel Dust & Alastor) by Sushi Cat333

The Other Side 🎵 (Alastor & Husk) by RokiAnimationa

They're only human 🎵 by Dragajam | They're only human by Kaledya

This piece is called 'anxiety' by zar

Who broke it? by eighthsun

Wings (gif, Alastor & Husk) by Kressent Rhodes

World on Fire 🎵 (demon!Alastor, human!Alastor & his mom) by Luna Art Gallery

You need a whole new wig by zar

You're Short (Lucifer & Alastor) by INUbis

Wrong Number by HanyMuse

Stay tuned for more <3 in the meantime, check out these Vox animatics!

[dragonno1412]

Redraw of an art from 3 years ago

Dialogue from Teen Titans

[dragonno1412]

Some dialogue from the dsmp finale that I enjoy