Hi sorry Ive been meaning to post these episodically, but yknow I dont use Tumblr 😭
Part 1 (Sharkilz, SourSplash, Naparizel, Rejoicin, Dol9hin)
Watch Ocean SMP here
yap about the designs below!
All designs are some sort of aquatic/semi-aquatic creature (my definition of "aquatic" is pretty broad)
EPISODE 2 designs: TheSorta, DanyRPG, Loppezz, Swizu
TheSorta - He's a penguin! Don't think I have a specific reason why, but I did doodle him before prior to this episode (see below). I remember being surprised at him being a reoccurring character (THE first one), not that he really stayed for fight but y'knoww... The blue starfish on his head just kinda resemble the blue crown thing on his mc skin, and Sorta, in general, has one eye.
DanyRPG - I made him a horseshoe crab because those things are kinda freaking old, and Dany talks about how he's been on the server for a long time. The "tail" you see is actually attached to his head! His head is the horseshoe crab I guess. The heterochromia comes from my normal design of him, which gets the orange from his oldddddd skin. Also, you probably can't tell, but actually an amputee with a wooden leg.
Loppezz - A while ago, I asked in Loppezz's discord what animal she would be instead of a cat, and she said an orca or a bat! I asked this question for fun, but hearing this answer, I was like "Wait, Loppezz lowkey appeared in a random B-roll shot in Ocean SMP (ep1), so making her an orca whenever I get around to drawing her would be perfect". And turns out, she ended up in the next episode so LOL. Plus, she lives in the freaking cold (go figure), and orcas are also just found in cold oceans too. It's so perfect. The light blue hair and ribbons kinda just resemble the antennas and wings on her normal design! The outfit is the skin she wore in episode 2, and the trident she's holding is the Lost Trident of course. Her crown matches the gold on the trident yay
Swizu - My normal Swizu design is a cockatiel with large, green feathers on the top of his head that make him look like a pineapple. I think I chose for o!Swizu to be a narwhal because the horn would kind of resemble those giant feathers. Anyway, Swizu has genuinely gone through like 5 different designs 😭 So literally, the design above and below are both currently inaccurate LMAO. The current design is more similar to the design above (because the one below was a doodle from after ep1), it's just that his headband now is a very long seaweed wrapped around his forehead. He's holding Sharkilz's freaking trident because that's kind of what he did. I got scared that that trident in particular was gonna be like. A nightmare blunt rotation where whoever takes it next becomes corrupt asf...
EPISODE 3 DESIGNS: MasterThorne, MasterLeia
MasterThorne - I don't think I need to elaborate on how the salmon is a salmon. I never draw old people or bald people.
MasterLeia - I just thought it'd be cool to add a water fowl somewhere. Her skin kinda just gives swan vibes imo.
EPISODE 4 DESIGNS: ItzMat5, ThatJacky, Archer_Avery, AvaTheBrave
ItzMat5 - I had Mat listed as a seal since episode 1 (because he was there), and it's kinda crazy how I decide to sketch up a design for him literally a few weeks before episode 4 released LOL. I'm just a freaking genius idk. Anyways, there isn't a particular reason why he's a seal. Just feels like it, and I wanted a seal. He wears an orange/yellow coral necklace, which resembles the golden chain on his normal skin. His pupils are able to change to any shape(s) too! That's just apart of my normal design for him tho. The toes on his feet look really long because technically for seals, their hind legs ARE their tail. So yeah Mat has 2 tails for the fun of it technically. Maybe let's not think about logistics too deeply ok...
ThatJacky - Below, you can see I doodle him before in that same doodle sheet from after episode 1 lololol. I made his shirt thing a bit darker though. Gave him a friendly look because he would never ever betray of course! The pink little antennas and fins and stuff are just the.. jellyfish antennas? Strings? What do you even call them idk. But I was kinda thinking about the Pokemon Espeon while fully designing him. He has tiny feet.. so graceful.
Archer_Avery - I went through so many species ideas for him with my friends omg LOL. Eventually decided on a toad because I needed more amphibians. Plus, his skin kinda looks like a tree, and toads kinda got that... natural(?) look to them. Their camouflage or whatever. I hope you like the poorly-drawn chainmail 😭 He's nothing without it. Also, he has earrings for some reason despite not having ears for them to hang on.
AvaTheBrave - I decided to make her a shark because my Sharkilz design isn't even a shark, so I just needed a shark. She's specifically a dogfish, suggested by oomf GloomyGargoyle2 on twitter! It was a complete accident that she's a DOGfish and Sharkilz is a CATfish... What does this mean for SourSplash then...... She's decorated in diamond shards, which are also found on the trident! That a certain someone takes... BUT ANYWAY!
So that's basically it for the designs for the relevant Ocean SMP characters from ep2-4. So excitedly scared for the next episode... Episode 4 has done irreversible damage to me. Im moping.
Below, the first image is my Ocean SMP sona yay! I was in episode 3 and 4 :D I guess I'm a student at the Warrior Academy for whatever reason, and then got sent to purgatory (the Loop). But that design is also just a showcase of the general/typical outfit worn by an attending student! The red ribbon and orange gem/badge can also be found on my designs for Thorne and Leia. (oh, I'm a sea slug btw. my sona was already one anyway).
Second image is that doodle page I've been talking about that I made after episode 1. Can't believe the designs I made for the "random" cc characters became relevant... wow
Anyways Im still so scared for Ocean SMP. I'm scared. Im scared IM SCAREDDDD
I talk about Ocean SMP a LOT more on my twitter alt @/smpciv so yknow. Check that out maybe idk... anyways bye. Ims cared
