laurance being a shameless eavesdropper is so funny to me. any time aphmau looks in someone's direction he will be hearing about it. literally interrupts her conversations to lore dump. "a good guard sleeps with one eye open" no actually i think u just like gossip
Finally got to making a map for Ru'aun! I didn't change too much, but I ended up added stuff to it.
Right Picture: Without Roads
Left Picture With Roads
Some Fun Facts:
You've heard of "All roads lead to Rome" now it's All roads lead to O'Kasis. Before the Tyrant King was taken out, he built connecting roads across Ru'aun. Most of these roads are used in the present time. Though some roads have been abandoned and overgrown. This is more prevalent in the eastern side, since the popular mode of transportation is by boat.
A part of why Scaleswind came to power was due to a man-made moat that connected the river to the southern ocean. This gave them massive power over trade.
Remember that random settlement that Aphmau found the exorcist (monk?) at? I have incorporated them more into the worldbuild, and they are now called "Nowhere Towns". They're basically small settlements where travelers can go to rest. [These are indicated by the emerald dots on the map]
screw it, have some genderswapped Garroth.. Garrnet oh how i think about her.. (+ your irregularly scheduled yammering under the cut)
i like Garrnet a LOT!!! she is very fun for me to draw hehee.. and this isnt the first time ive drawn her. hehr. youll see why eventually, do not fret.. i love drawing Garroth with curls, so of course i love drawing Garrnet. with BIGGER, LONGER CURLS!!! BECAUSE YES!!!!!! LET HER BE PRETTY AND WILD AND FUZZY AND FREE GRAH!!!
i already like the face shape i gave Garf, so all i had to do was translate those features into something more femme, while still keeping it all very masculine. to sum up a lot of design decisions i made; i think being conventionally unconventional makes some characters i draw more interesting. i need to lean into it more methinks..
some of the design changes between my Garrnet and Garroth will be pretty obvious at first glance. like for instance, Garrnet has a LOT. of GORGEOUS CURLY hair. and Garf has short but still poofy and frizzy hair. Garrnet's eyebrows are still cute and big, but hers have less volume in comparison to Garroth. i just thought it would be a neat way to further differentiate the two!! they both have the same nose shape because i think the bumpy nose is beautiful and no one can take that from me... Garrnet's jaw is also more defined than Garroth's!! this is because she's a lot more muscular in comparison to my interpretation of Garf!! i imagine he gained muscle and fat due to his circumstances, meanwhile Garrnet put more pressure on herself to be physically strong and to avoid a lot of wealthy feminine traits, (if you were a plump woman from ((im pretty sure)) before the 16-1400's, it was a sign of status and how well fed you were. it was a way to flaunt ones wealth in some cities).
Garroth's nose-scar has gotten longer in some of my recent artworks, and starts from the top of his left eyebrow and goes down and along the right side of his nose. in comparison, Garrnet's nose-scar starts under her right eye and slashes up right below her left eye. this is because i imagine they got their scars in entirely differeny ways. Garroth got his accidentally at guard training (Garte refused to lay a hand on him), and Garrnet recieved hers from her mother (genderswapped Garte 🦈), possibly with a jockey whip or some sort of leather strap. while she as the first daughter certainly wasnt expendable by any means, i think "Garte" injuring Garrnet out of frustration after she discovered Vylad/Vanessa's whole existence. oh that conflict and drama would be spicy actually.. fic ideas fic ideas.. ahem, anywizzle, i found this interesting to mention because the circumstances and symbolism behind both Garroth's and Garrnet's scars mean so much to how i would portray both of their characters in any potential MCD related sense. Garroth's is tied to him breaking away from his family and what that means for him as the heir to a lordship and as a runaway. meanwhile Garrnet's is tied to her family turning on her and how she moves forward with her identity because of her experiences. sure hope that detail doesnt make anyone else think too deeply about this... its already too late for me..
im still learning quite a few things about drawing armour!! i didnt want to do anything too posh nor complicated for Garrnet though, so the design overall is very simplified. ive realised over time that i actually enjoy having cartoonishly simple detail. a side affect of me not learning how to colour until a few years ago lol.. i also need to look up the right era and nations for some of my current and future armour designs too. while i personally have no idea the name of the helmet type i have inferred she wears, the neckpiece she has is designed to connect to her helmet. which means Garrnet gets to wear a very long and pointy-nosed helm hehe
overall. i love Garrnet. i love genderswapping characters and Thinking about how that changes and affects them in a similar story and setting... cultural context and everything about it.. ough so delicious.. do not fret my lovelies, you will be getting some genderbent Aphmau and Laurance too.. Adrien and Lauran will become very real.. AND!!! YOU'LL GET YAPPING ABOUT THEM TOO HOPEFULLY VERY LIKELY!! MUAHAHAHA!!
ive missed making posts about my art.. i need to Get my arse into gear and make some more posts too.. too many drafts in my backlog that i keep putting off..
for those lovely oomfies who have been wondering "where did kraycee's irregular but potentially beloved art posts go??" the answer is... i got sick 😢 lost a lotta motivation due to being sick + losing a lotta time for art. i have still Drawn Stuff do not fret.. just havent found the time to post/i have been very anxious about posting.. just regular boring stuff like that. my laptop is also Fucked Up atm and is not working as promised, nor according to plan.. so a lotta stuff has been paused for me because of said issues. (cant even complete my schoolwork ahahahahahahhahhahahahaaha..) we are getting there!!!! it is taking a While though.. mental health issues and illness do not go hand in hand sigh..
What would modern mystreet ship names be...... do you guys know what I'm talking about
STOP I feel like I've made this same post like three times 😭😭 but like I'm thinking for example funnybunny for jax x pomni like what would something like aarmau be....
All I can think of is fireflirt for travlyn (like firefist?) ?? Zanechan.... Emokitty or something like that idk honestly just shoot me in the head atp
the masses need to leap on this it would genuinely be incredible
fireflirt and emokitty are already so damn perfect ohmigosh 🥹 wait lemme cook too.. hear me out gang please..
laurmau = divineshadow (cause aph literally irene n laur is a SK), garmau = devinedevotion (they cared about eachother so much garr was in aphs dreams. thats like crazy awesome), garrancemau = divinelovers (they literally are powerthrouple), garrance = shadowshield (theyre both weapons and protectors)
some extra ships.. hrmm..
BLAZEMAU friendlyfire or destinyflame. THEYRE MY OTP I CANT HEELP IT.. friendlyfire because they have that platonic passion that makes me love them so, and destinyflame because theyre fated apart but theyre so beautiful together.. sniffle..
aarmau would be higherjudgement.. wait.. blindjudges.. might need some workshopping.. but i personally like blindjudges
turn katemau into holyfire. i dont think i need further explain this.
zanemau twisteddevotion or cozypunk. its either mcd and freakkay or myst and cutesy and i like them both..
dantechan/dana.. kittyknight.. maybe kittykisser perchance. oo n maybe for dancole, fistkiss?? might need workshopping too..
aarchan... maybe ribbonripper? cause yk aaron lowkey a killer in every universe and nana is the sweetest creature ever 🥺 wait. cookiecutter. Cookie. Cutter. HEAR ME OU--
katemauchan homebakedgoods. must i elaborate? aphmau is home nana is baked and katelyn got the goods. eh? eeh? ill see myself out..
hrrmg i cant think of any more atm.. everyone needs to jump on this STAT!!!! it would be so awesome.. it would be so cool.. ( @berrytbh oooo you wanna make a ryune one wooo make the wolf pup ones wooo oooooo...)
OHH I LOVE ALL OF THESE YESS!! I love the idea of modern ship names on these fellas heueue…ty for the tag kray I’d LOVE to give some more ideas this looks incredible
hopefully I’m doing these right oh goodness
like kray said starting with ryune you know me too well…I’ve actually thought of a few before for them! Ryune = daisyparty, summerparty, oooor partysocial! Party for Rylan duh that’s like his thing…as for June; daisy bc I believe she’s stated it’s her favorite flower, or summer bc that’s the month of her name, or social bc yk. She’s one of the most social ones in the minigames. I can never decide on one. love them🥹
As for the wolf pups/pack, AUGH their name is so perfect and I’m rlly bad at these uhh goodness…for the wolf pack it would be pawparty, for the pup trio specifically it would be pupseason?? (bc Dottie’s blue hair kinda reminds me of winter or summer…Daniel’s green hair is like spring…Rylan’s is like autumn….and it fits the vibe of their personalities too…and we see them in different seasons outside of pdh…ITS A STRETCH but do you get what I’m saying…I’ll see myself out)
As for some other ones hmm… I have a friend who loves blottie and she thought of blueflame, works platonically and romantically!!
Maria & Blaze duo = firestarter, starter for Maria bc she usually instigates every fight she’s in, and fire for blaze cus. yk. He’s Blaze. Could also see rapidfire working for them too. To me this is a platonic pairing heuue
Aphmau & Daniel duo = gaurdianangel cus they protect each other and care abt each other so much but also bc yk. Aph angel Irene thingy. ouh it hurts me my favorite siblings pairing ever dude THEY MEAN SO MUCH TO ME
rapid fire ones from the top of my head:
Lukalyn = spicycoffee ??
Nanalyn = sugarspice (yk…sugar n spice everything nice something like that)
Katecinda = firepotion maybe… ALSO thought of chilichilly (cus yk. Lucinda is chill and Katelyn is more like angry sometimes like chilli. and its each other’s colors…maybe…)
Melcinda = businessstaff (yk like a witch staff. Business for Melissa is self explanatory) or witchbusiness…businessgals?
Teovy = bookbloom maybe
Laurgene = thornedshadows
keori & hunter (forgot their ship name SORRY) = Trackpals perhaps…
Uhohh that’s all I can think of atm I’m not too creative with these🥹 TY FOR THE INVITATION TO HELP KRAY THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN HEUUE‼️ I loveee this idea and all the ones you two have said heueue…more of y’all should add to this this is incredible
