Some sketches with Jill, fellow stage(?) magician(?).
Originally my Ulrich fanart ideas all revolved around Jill, but for some reason I really found myself struggling. Then, when I had a breakthrough, I ended up getting pretty carried away (no complaints!). The idea I had was to bundle all the Ulrich-Jill-Marjoram art together, but it didn't quite work when the last piece got so elaborate, so I'm making this one.
Jill Tradesmith (stage magician and actual magician) would absolutely be a huge fan of Ulrich Weiss's. Ulrich might be slightly burned on huge fans.
The second pic is Jill at Marjoram's atelier, struggling to do something Revolutionary with her mainstay Classic Stage Magician costuming. Ulrich might help.
On pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/136176526
Showman who appreciates fashion and fashion designer 👌
Good golly did I end up stretching my creative muscles here. I can't remember the last time I tried to really work with light and shadow half as much, for one! Overall I'm very happy with it - partly out of the result and partly out of how much I learned in the process!
(Ulrich Weiss is from Kidd Commander.
Marjoram is my character.)
Artist rambling under the cut:
It is truly, amazingly difficult to design a character more fashionable than yourself. I definitely need to work on that! Marjoram has the capacity for more avant-garde looks, for sure.
I'm not entirely sure how Ulrich ended up in a gold suit (bronze silk was the original intent and it spiraled lmao), but it does have Moist Von Lipwig vibes that work for him. Naturally the cape has 1 billion hidden pockets.
One day I will learn my lesson about trying to assess shading on my tablet while sitting under the harsh fluorescent lights at my workplace. Also I'm not always the best at grasping canvas sizes so sometimes I get surprised when I send it to my pc for cleanup and posting lmao.
Marjoram's gender is "wouldn't you like to know, weather boy" and xer pronouns are "sure, probably". The ballet heels are to establish dominance. E can sedately glide along in a skintight pencil skirt and ballet heels at a speed most people have to jog to keep up with - Ulrich would be one of the clients who e'd respect enough to maintain an easier pace for.
Marjoram should probably look older than this but ah well. Overall it came out super well, especially considering I haven't drawn them in 1 Billion Years. Usually fae's kind of sober and stoic in my head so the exuberance here is unexpected, but I kind of like it.
Originally Marjoram had more of a swoopy beehive hairdo but I couldn't quite nail it and the buns look honestly worked with the overall fit more than anticipated. I was partly inspired by that post about how a bunch of anime and Sailor Moon in particular tend to be inspired by haute couture.
I considered the quill pen, asked myself if that was really necessary, and then remembered I'd just spent the last 5 minutes struggling to draft those heels.
One of the things I learned in the process was I need to get more familiar with the tools available in IbisPaint and whatever. There were times I'm certain I did things in a much harder way than was necessary, but I wasn't really sure how to get around it. It's definitely something to think about.
Lastly, if anyone has interest in the process, I did save a speedpaint video off of IP! Let me know.
On Pillowfort: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/6744201
On Pixiv: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/136176526
(also for the Agatha fanart, since Pixiv wouldn't let me edit that post, link here: https://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/136176738 )
I like the horsie game normal amounts, here's Peachblossom and Hoshi from Protector of the Small as horsegirls.
I ran out of steam (actually meant to post this last week) so like, feel free to expand if you like. I had fun but I admit I'm not much of a costume designer lol. I meant to put a peach blossom design on PB's shirt, courtesy of Sakura Bakushin O having a sakura blossom shirt in her casual wear.
Some ideas under the cut:
Kel (a Trainer) meets Peachblossom in the infirmary by chance, while Peachblossom is in the middle of ripping up her training contract after that Trainer pushed her to the point of injury. She has a lot of trust issues and isn't easy to win over, but Kel's steady sincerity slowly chips away at her defenses.
Hoshi is Peachblossom's roommate, best (and for a time only) friend, and one of the only people Peachblossom truly trusts. Hoshi pushes her friend to give rookie Trainer Kel a chance, leading to the beginning of their partnership.
Design details:
I don't know why Peachblossom's costume borrows from Taiki Shuttle's, but it felt fitting. It echoes her general tough attitude and how difficult it is to make it through her defenses.
Hoshi's star motif on the boots is intended to be attached to the spiral of stars going up her stockings. I'm not really sure how that would function in reality, but then again a lot of the canon racer costumes are... dubious.
Peachblossom's ear decor (right ear) is a loosely woven ring of leather thongs. Hoshi's decor (left ear) is a metal band of alternating 4- and 5-point stars.
It didn't make it into the color flats but PB is supposed to have incredible vivid, blood-red lipstick. Her teeth are also pointy like Air Shakur and probably other Umas I haven't seen yet.
Umamusume seems to be a largely Everyone Plays Niceys World but I ended up putting a chip in Peachblossom's left ear (which, come to think of it, also obliquely references that the book Peachblossom is a gelding lol). The red lipstick both references book!Peachblossom's hardened mouth woes from bad riders, and is a vivid blood red to look intimidating. Book!Peachblossom is a biter, after all!
I don't know a lot about horse grooming but that sort of bun tie-up you see on manes and tales (looks like knobs for the mane, apparently) sometimes felt fitting. PB lets nothing get in her way, and her hair and tail being tied up suits that drive.
Hoshi styles PB's hair and is in fact the only person allowed to do so. That's why PB's bangs are rather cute and probably the source of her barrettes.
PB's ult boosts her passing power and speed the first time someone overtakes her, while Hoshi's ult begins restoring stamina over time when she's in the middle of the pack midway through the race.
I can't decide if PB would be a front runner or a Late/End type. That explosive burst of power after holding back suits book!Peachblossom a lot. Hoshi is probably a Pace-Late type who's best at sprints and miles?
"It'll just be a quick sketch!" I said, you know, like a liar,
I literally haven't drawn Ivy in over a decade and I think I have colored her never, so this was interesting!
Agatha is from Kidd Commander, highly recommended webcomic if you wished One Piece involved more starkids punching god in the face and suplexing evil spiders.
Ivy the defense golem/construct is an old OC of mine. I thought she and Agatha might get along :3
This post by Yugo Limbo ( @yugsly ) reminded me of my girl Sickle, who operates on Roger Rabbit Rules. I gave drawing her to fit into GGG a shot and it came out pretty well!
This is actually my first time drawing Gazzy so expect her design to fluctuate a bit!
A lot of the time when I make a blind character I tend to consciously or unconsciously crib from Toph Bei Fong or Terezi Pyrope or both. Usually as the characters develop they tend to gain and lose traits and become less like those two, but Gazzy is very firm about remaining a wrestler and I am powerless to stop her.
Gaz is a small-name professional wrestler. She currently plays heel and loves it, but may become a face. She's quite skilled at grappling.
Not quite as much of a gremlin as Toph or Terezi, but she doesn't mind raising hell from time to time.
Gazzy's cane is a classic white cane. Sources vary on whether it's supposed to have a red stripe or stripes, and region and time period seem to be part of that. Gazzy has no light perception and her cane has one red stripe. I think that's correct but please drop me a line if not!
She also has a WWE sticker and a sparkling heart emoji sticker applied to the cane.
Gazzabellisima was born with impaired vision and then an incident when she was a child left her with no light detection. Originally she was actually made as a Fallout: New Vegas OC and got poison spat in her eyes by a mutated snake (she learned a valuable lesson about not chasing animals into their dens or sticking her arm into random holes, unfortunately); unclear how much of that will translate if I bring her into more of a real world setting.
Currently the only OCs I have her interact with much are Ray and Dazka, but she should definitely befriend Linh too.
Likes: Pro Wrestling, arm wrestling, short nature walks with friends, soap operas, donut holes, letter jackets (I would have drawn her in one but the guns refused to be stowed).
Dislikes: Hot dogs, period dramas, long-hair cats (allergies act up), yoga (Linh is trying to warm her up to it).
Happy Mobility Device Monday to all who celebrate (just me... for now). Of course due to work reasons I couldn't actually upload this Monday so it's Mobility Device Monday Tuesday.
Character: Ray
Canon / Noncanon: Noncanon
Ray doesn't currently use mobility aids, but given the joint issues he has from both PTSD effects and physical trauma, he probably should. I gave him a knee brace here (the spikes are just hard rubber) but he might need something different depending on how it would actually shake out.
I've done some research for this project but there's always more to learn! Ray's cane was kind of the start of things and I had a pretty solid concept from the beginning. He has a pretty classic punk aesthetic, so a classic cane was more his style.
The text was harder - I wanted to shoot for more of a graffiti style but it's been a minute since I tried to make stylized text! The blue lightning is more his style (and I have at least one other character who will very much be about the flame decals) but it was worth trying. I definitely want to refine that a bit more in pretty much every respect.
Ray's cane is one-footed, single-point, with a solid build and t-shaped handle. He's added the text "this machine kills fascists" down the length of it.
Ray has a lot of hangups about how he's perceived and using a cane would be something he'd resist at first, partly because he's awful at anything self-care adjacent and partly because he's afraid of appearing weak in any way. I think he'd warm up to the walloping possibilities quite fast, though!
Bonus:
Speaking of noncanon medical aids, sometimes I play around with the idea of Ray with a service dog, Gil (short for Gilgamesh). Ray's PTSD and short temper can make him easily agitated or have flashbacks at inopportune times, so Gil might be trained for grounding (ie. leaning against Ray's leg or placing a paw on his foot and providing a physical presence to help Ray come back to reality).
In the sketch above, he's blocking - placing his body between Ray and a stressor (loud drunks in this case). Ray gets extremely uncomfortable around drunk strangers, but is also aware that his usual belligerence isn't a reasonable response to people having a good time completely unrelated to him. The presence of a warm body between them and having something to hold onto could help him come down from that instinctive response.
I think Gilgamesh would be a black Doberman - leggy, a little unorthodox, and not as scary as reputed, he's perfect for Ray. Dobermans aren't common service dogs but apparently they're working dogs with a lot of traits that make them good service dogs, including the short hair making them more hygenic (Ray works at a tattoo shop so that's important!).
Happy Mobility Device Monday to all who celebrate (just me... for now). Of course due to work reasons I couldn't actually upload this Monday so it's Mobility Device Monday Tuesday.
Character: Ray
Canon / Noncanon: Noncanon
Ray doesn't currently use mobility aids, but given the joint issues he has from both PTSD effects and physical trauma, he probably should. I gave him a knee brace here (the spikes are just hard rubber) but he might need something different depending on how it would actually shake out.
I've done some research for this project but there's always more to learn! Ray's cane was kind of the start of things and I had a pretty solid concept from the beginning. He has a pretty classic punk aesthetic, so a classic cane was more his style.
The text was harder - I wanted to shoot for more of a graffiti style but it's been a minute since I tried to make stylized text! The blue lightning is more his style (and I have at least one other character who will very much be about the flame decals) but it was worth trying. I definitely want to refine that a bit more in pretty much every respect.
Ray's cane is one-footed, single-point, with a solid build and t-shaped handle. He's added the text "this machine kills fascists" down the length of it.
Ray has a lot of hangups about how he's perceived and using a cane would be something he'd resist at first, partly because he's awful at anything self-care adjacent and partly because he's afraid of appearing weak in any way. I think he'd warm up to the walloping possibilities quite fast, though!
Bonus:
Speaking of noncanon medical aids, sometimes I play around with the idea of Ray with a service dog, Gil (short for Gilgamesh). Ray's PTSD and short temper can make him easily agitated or have flashbacks at inopportune times, so Gil might be trained for grounding (ie. leaning against Ray's leg or placing a paw on his foot and providing a physical presence to help Ray come back to reality).
In the sketch above, he's blocking - placing his body between Ray and a stressor (loud drunks in this case). Ray gets extremely uncomfortable around drunk strangers, but is also aware that his usual belligerence isn't a reasonable response to people having a good time completely unrelated to him. The presence of a warm body between them and having something to hold onto could help him come down from that instinctive response.
I think Gilgamesh would be a black Doberman - leggy, a little unorthodox, and not as scary as reputed, he's perfect for Ray. Dobermans aren't common service dogs but apparently they're working dogs with a lot of traits that make them good service dogs, including the short hair making them more hygenic (Ray works at a tattoo shop so that's important!).
I think that Monk just needed to go to bed, no clue what was going on in their head. Very sorry to the one teammate who got roasted in that beam attack :(
(Ooh you want to make a Mob Sandwich so bad, you want to correctly place the flimsy characters out of harm's way while the tank soaks hits soooooooo bad,)
Some OC sketches and memes! Descriptions in the alt text.
The colored sketch was supposed to be part of several sketches and have a line about livestock guardians but it kind of took on a life of its own, ah well.
Hate AI "art"? Don't want your hard work to get datascraped? I feel you. Tools like Nightshade and Glaze are cool and have appeal, but involve downloading some stuff and in some cases require pretty hefty hardware, so I felt like providing a helper myself.
What this is: a series of frames on a 3:4 aspect ratio with anti-AI messages. The second pair of frames is full of copyrighted characters and such. All of these images are free to use and to edit.
Who can use these: Anyone! I hope they prove helpful. NOTE: The second pair is deliberately intended to either invoke or at lease evoke copyright litigation panic. If you use this for your own profitable works and get sued as a result, I am not responsible and cannot help you.
Can these be edited: Absolutely! Different font, new copyrighted characters, resizing, etc. are all an option you're welcome to apply. I would recommend adding an extra measure here and there - maybe a line of 1% opacity pixels across the actual image? Adjusting the frame itself also should make it harder for scrapers to avoid it entirely. The first pair of frames also has a line in the lower right for you to sign or put a watermark if you so choose.
Can you make one that has/is...? I might make more of these, but no promises. This was a spite-fueled late-night project. If you would like to make your own frames, please go ahead!
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