FireLadyofInk's art blog, rare posts, please talk to me though. I'm working on improving my art capabilities, I use ibisPaint on my phone and otherwise draw on paper.
I'm Flame! You've found my art blog! I have a lot of different projects I work on, and this is where you'll find a majority of my art for them outside of the themed blogs! Please don't expect me to be too active, I tend to dump a bunch of art at a time and disappear for weeks or even months before returning! It's a bad habit, I'm trying to work on that now. Especially with how I've been improving my art overall lately.
You can find my Shadows Beyond Divinity blog/content here!
My Vanyalíverse blog, Ask Andlátkyn!
And my totally not forgotten AU, Dinotale!
You can check out my main blog's pinned post for a list of other projects I tend to work on if you're interested in anything specific! You can also ask me things if you want! That's about it, see ya!
I keep thinking that @pastelaspirations 's PerseveranceInk would get along with Awakened Ink quite well! They have a surprising amount in common! They're both tiny boys, dealing with changes they can't handle because of circumstances outside of their control- and both their Broomie's talk in their minds! However, Awakened Ink's Broomie is an extension of the sculk hivemind consciousness that's partly blended into his own brain.
But they're both shy babies, even if piglin Ink masks it 80% of the time by being silly! Just silly guys, both of them. They'd totally be self conscious nervous wrecks but besties together. 🧡
(Preemptive hi Pastel, I'm drawing your boy again. 👋)
Shadows Beyond Divinity, or as I like to call it, Eldritchmare AU. You could also call it NightVael but that has potential for summoning a very different fandom..
Anyway!
This will happen much further down the line than what is currently written, and is already my banner because goddayum am I proud of it.
As it is the current point in the timeline he's still a very young boy going through trauma and developing powers. Like his nearly trademark shapeshifting.
He currently really likes being a winged wolf the size of a lion. Or the size of a hippo when facing humans.
Or the size of an entire fucking African bush elephant when pissed off.
But he's also still a Noot, and even more: he is very, very dramatic. Absolute drama queen. A theater kid in the 12th century, that's what he gets from reading all those books as a child.
Unfortunately as something wholly unkillable that means he's a violent theater kid when pissed off.
And unfortunately for one king somewhere in Scotland before it even consolidated into Scotland, he is a very murderous drama queen.
Which is its own trauma on his psyche. He's still mentally quite close to his pre Apple Incident self, trying to rationalize his own actions as he steadily becomes more like the Corrupt we know and love. In the end he's going to become far more eldritch than even that, hence the name.
He is a living tragedy, he is beyond gods, he is something else entirely and that doesn't exactly come with a manual.
(I drew only him and not any others bc I'm used to drawing furies lololol (AND THE SAND WRAITH I LOVE THE SAND WRAITH)) (oh wait I COULD DRAW NIGHT AND DREAM WAIT) (idk if I will just yet but I will edventually)
I've actually never drawn a pig or anything like one (like what awakened ink is) so YAY!!
aALSO YESYYEYSYSES I LOVE DAISY HE DESERVES TO BE OM THE SAME I LOVE ALL OF THOSE GUYS
For anyone with any triggers or sensitivities, this post is about religion. A fully made up polytheistic religion, but a religion nonetheless!
That said, I've literally gone so far as to give the piglins of the society Cross is building a belief system. It's funny because he has no idea it even exists and they revere him and Epic as demigods.
Anyway, second warning! One of these gods is of fertility and motherhood, she visually depicts these traits. She is naked. She has le tatas. Keep that in mind. This is purely a form of artistic nudity, and honestly I did my best to draw an angle where less of that is even visible, because believe it or not, I'm ace! Incredibly ace! Astonishingly ace, even.
I find this stuff fascinating from a historical perspective, how early religion might've started and all that. I've injected that fascination into Awakened via developing piglin culture. So.
This is another warning.
That said, the pantheon is quite neat. Ties things together nicely, even if the canonical history of the story is entirely different from this lore. No, the religion is just how the piglins decided to explain things when Cross ran out of answers to give them. The natural conclusion for them was deities.
The very first of all their gods is of death, a jealous and vengeful god that is also full of guilt, Desdemon. Somehow, their depiction of this ancient god has an uncanny resemblance to Ancient Withers. They logically should have no memory whatsoever of those things, yet here he is, made of soul sand, black bones, a real cloud of steam instead of something darker, and spidery legs that might actually be something closer to the serpentine ribs those Withers had.
There are still details absent from the reality of the Withers, but yes, it's rather uncanny.
But that's just the first. The second is the one I warned you about, the AllMother, Sowbearer, Netheria, her Royal Nakedness.
She's literally a pig/hog taur. With what's supposed to be crimson bark skin, but I haven't fully figured out how to draw that crap. Regrettably. And yes, she has a tusk ring even though that's not possible. She's not real, she's a holy figure. As ironic as it is, piglins are largely matriarchal despite being led by Cross and Epic, both dudes. Netheria is a reflection of that, being the queen of the gods.
In all honesty, she and Desdemon are actually closer to primordials in their lore, and as things develop the immediate children between them will take on roles closer to titans than gods. The "real gods" will actually be based on real people they see as beyond mortals, but that's a conversation for another day.
But the two deities had three children: a son, the middle child, and a daughter. And yes, I just say middle child because that god is in fact genderfluid. The pronouns/gender changes depending on what aspect of them you're talking about, and if it's the god as a whole you just use they/them.
Anyway, the first son was Auroric, the bringer of gold, glowstone and basalt as well as the creator of striders. He is both a warrior and agricultural god, he who waters fields with the blood of his enemies, but is gentle as the softest silk to those that are his. He has two forms, the upright and armored warrior, and the quadrupedal and gentle hog. A bit of a twist, as you'd rather think the giant hog would be for battle but no.
He also has strider silk hairs made out of golden light because he's just cool like that.
Ghastail is the most enigmatic of the gods, being feminine when referred to for the gifts of untold strength, justice and wisdom. She is the bringer of obsidian, blackstone and netherite, with the purple fluid they call obi tears literally their blood and tears. He gifted great, towering labyrinths to cage the dark skeletal warriors as the blazes kept them in check, and is still male when referring to this architect and scholarly side. Ghastail is wise with a silent strength.
They take the traits of the most enigmatic mobs of the Nether, the ghasts and the endermen. Thus, they have a bunch of ghast tentacles as tails, hence the name.
But Magmifye is the youngest and also my favorite. She is everything fiery and passion. She is lava itself, needing a chestplate of netherite to hold a shape and royal striders to emerge onto land. She is the creator of magma cubes and blazes, having aspects of the mobs herself. She is beloved because she is of the heart, the goddess of smithing, cooking, and art. Passion incarnate, the one who gifted spice. Funnily enough, she's analogous to a lot of mythology of the sea, and has aspects in common with mythological Loki.
Sometimes she has arms encased in netherite, and sometimes she just has floating hands made of lava like the molten rods.
And spoilers! Benign and major ones alike! The simpler, less important spoilers shall be first, but I'll still hide it all in the read-more!
This is your first warning.
So! Starting off, I did in fact design the Nether dragons. All dragon types are unique and distinct from each other, all products of their own dimensions. Not to mention the variety the individuals of each race can come in. Even the ender dragons are more colorful as a species overall than the one individual you see in canon.
For example, this right here is a lady. You can tell because she has a nasal horn instead of a chin spike, and her horns curl below her ears, not above. Another fun detail is in this lore, Netherborn creatures typically have 6 limbs with 6 digits each, making it rather complex! However it also allows for unique combinations such as the hands on the wings that Nether dragons have. Another fun fact! That crocodilian tail? It's actually two flat tails held together that split apart with a membrane between them for flight. The rest of the time they serve their purpose for swimming in lava.
And now for another spoiler! This one involves piglins!
It has been mentioned in passing that Cross generally has plans to bring a few 'lins to the Overworld and see how things go, even if there's.. been a wrench thrown into those plans. It's still going to happen! And of course, over time in the Overworld, piglins immune to zombification develop fur!
As such, there are half a dozen different piglins that for reasons become known as the Acolytes to the rest.
The first of them is Rubble. He's just a silly guy. Has excellent style with jewelry before he had to put on warm clothes, but he's still managing!
The next is Ember, who's actually his aunt!
And her bestie, Flare! Who is just.. well. You see.
Gorgeous.
But Flare has a cousin who's possibly one of the largest piglins ever yet still a gentle giant! Lovable lad, despite being named Dagger. He has a fondness for weaving, and also becomes one of the fluffiest of the piglins.
Being so shy and large, he is actually very close friends to the otherwise unapproachable and intimidating Goldeneye, who is literally just as much of an introvert as he is except he's a tall as fuck twink of a piglin. He also has a remarkably long tail for some reason. His eyes are piercing yellow, hence his name. (I failed to draw it properly, which I'm still malding about.)
He also has an older sister who's ironically on the short side for a piglin, so she's mistaken for the younger one all the time. Ash doesn't mind, though!
In case you haven't noticed, I'm still figuring out how to accurately draw different kinds of piglins, hoof shoes, and jewelry. I promise I will get there.
And now for some side characters! Like good ol' Blooky! Look at the sad boi.
It's kind of funny because he's closer to a happy ghast except he's even sadder.
Grilby just looks awesome though.
And now, some extra tidbits that are slightly older! Like Epic in his new fit! I drew this much earlier and hadn't fully worked out his final coloration with fur. He's mostly colored like a regular hoglin without fur in this one.
This one for Dream is also older! Hasn't even occurred in the fic yet, not to mention I might even redesign it again. Still, it's worth sharing!
And I can't forget these cuties, Muffet and her Cupcake.
The pretty boy. And yes, he has mini wings now. He's also slightly smaller than an ender dragon, though not by much.
Speaking of which, at this point everyone knows that's what Nightmare is at this point. What you don't know is that canonically the dragon is a girl named Jean. Nightmare is not a girl. I've decided that ALL dragons have sexual dimorphism. As a male ender dragon, he wasn't even black.
He was silver.
And of course, whether or not it wants to, when the sculk infects something, it drastically alters its biology.
He's actually even bigger than before.
As you've probably noticed, Ink is still undergoing this process of changing. In many ways it's even more drastic in his case.
He'll end up a dragon himself at some point.
For now, hang on while I set up to post the Ancient Created! AKA Life and Reaper.
I'mmm baaaack! And this time I have drawings of a HTTYD AU! Specifically a weird blend of Momma CQ/regular UTAU stuff!
I'm mostly returning because I realized you used to be a HTTYD fan of sorts, lol! (I have no idea if you were a fan of the book series over the movies, so please bear with me!)
But anyway, dragons! Like this Ink who's a special night fury!
(Can you tell that I've improved even more since before? XD)
And even better, a very weird night/light fury hybrid Nightmare! He's also super old, which can explain.. some of his weirdness. Not the head tentacles, those are just him being a special boy.
And the gang! Oh, the gang, they're all so lovely!
Take a look at this deadly nadder Killer!
And Cross as a wooly howl! (I decided their "fur scales" are just feathers. He's feathered. Look at him.)
And Dust, a skrill! Because it just works, man.
And one of my favorites, Horror the chunky crimson goregutter. He's adorable.
And just because I can, here's Clawfell, this AU's Red! He's the classic monstrous nightmare.
And because I've drawn them, Core! Yes, Core!Frisk! I made them a really fun (but blind) silver phantom/sentinel, which I just love calling silver sentinels!
What's more, is an often forgotten character known as Asy! He's a stormcutter with some odd traits, lol. (Namely the wing hands.)
Hope you enjoy whenever you get to this, lol!
Absolutely FERAL RAHHHHHHH OMGGGGG LOOK AT THEM ALL WTFFFFF
Omgggg they’re all so pretty idk what to say or how to voice my thoughts I just fhvftjffj I love them all so MUCH
Just. In love with Killer and Ink’s designs especially, and the fact Nightmare is so like. Water based as a nightlight fury??? Like hello I’m dying wtf?? And I’m a huge stupid fan of the monstrous nightmare so Fell is AMAZING.
THEYRE ALL AMAZING DAMMIT CHISFBSKFBJS
I am a fan of both the movies and the books!! Though admittedly I know a bit more about the movies just cuz it’s been a while since I read the book hahah. But they hold a special place in my heart since drawing those dragons is where I got my absolute obsession LOVE of them in the first place. So seriously this is melting my heart thank you so much for sharing 😭😭😭
Finished this lovely piece a bit ago, I just haven't been on my computer in a bit sobbing---
Thank you @warriorstale001 so much for the commission!! Had a blast drawing these two together! Warrior is such a cute OC, I was so excited to make her dragon design! <3
Totally random but I thought I'd share this! I've actually made my own AU with the Apple Twins being dragons! Hilariously it's a silly little crossover with Minecraft, where everyone is a different mob!
Anyway Nightmare is obviously an ender dragon but I kind of ran away with things and made up an entirely new Overworld dragon for Dream! (Also for the sake of more dragons there's a Nether variant as well.)
And even better: Ink is something infected by sculk turning INTO a dragon! (Slowly.)
Also Error and his brothers are withers (slightly different from the norm) because Yes.
I just thought you'd like to see my not quite but also yes dragon balance AU!
(You don't have to answer if you don't want to, just thought it'd be fun to share!)
Hi yes I love minecraft again rn, watching a bunch more videos in the background while drawing and the such, so you caught me at such a good time bro, my interest is PEAKED.
The idea of all the realms having a dragon boss is absolutely killer I am shaking you so much right now.
Dream looks absolutely majestic, and the idea of Ink turning into a skulk based dragon I am in LOVE. Those wings are to DIE FOR. A skulk based dragon just in general is cool af ngfl. And the way I immediately knew Nightmare was the Ender dragon of this scenario LMFAO. Are the boys Endermen??? Or at least one of them?? Though I could also see them as zombies too.
(Coming back after finishing this to hit my dumbass for forgetting there’s LITERALLY skeletons IN minecraft. And wither skellies too fhwifbjw)
Error makes a perfect wither btw. And when you say all of them are withers, do. Do you mean separate entities. Three different withers. Or are they each a head of one wither. Cuz I am DYING at the idea of Error, Geno, and Fresh being a three headed being constantly arguing with each other SOBBING.
Also hydra opportunity, just saying—
ANYWAY yes I love this thank you very much. This is a very fun AU and I’m giggling to myself imagining the possibilities.
(Except Blue, my boy is still a regular skeleton except certain attributes that are basically plot armor LOL!)
Also yes one of them is an enderman, and it's Dust! My version of endermen are particularly funky, especially given the lore of this AU!
Dust in particular is actually paler than a regular enderman. 🧡
Also Error and his brothers are in a hilarious situation that I solved using logic based on the bedrock wither!
That version can summon wither skeletons as minions, so basically yes they were originally the other skulls before basically forming their own bodies!
Also in this AU Cross is a piglin brute with his hoglin bestie, Epic!
(Ink is originally a piglin that zombified due to being in the Overworld and got infected with sculk- he's turning into a dragon literally for balance reasons like yours did, lol!)
And just because I can, here's more of the beautiful bois! Killer is a creeper that can't die!
Horror is a particularly decayed zombie with a weird thing with redstone.
And as mentioned, Cross is a piglin brute that due to farming gold carrots and apples can't zombify and instead grew fur in the Overworld! (He's purple because both he and Epic have an addiction to sucking on crying obsidian. XD)
And of course, Epic is a larger than usual hoglin that's also ridiculously buff! Basically he has that super buff gene naturally. Him and Cross are totally inseparable.
There's also Sci the friendly vex! (He's more of a mad scientist in this AU.) He's also still vex size, so he's TINY!
(Also I see your tags and Steve and Alex will eventually be involved. I'll not spoil how, though!)
