four pm naps with all my winter blankets. best thing evr. waking up disoriented as hell drenched and feeling super awake? yup. something i will regret? yup. an thats why its so good.
everybody’s demon king of salvation designs need to get freakier -immediately-
anyways, here’s a few very different concepts for the phase three design from the boss fight! i know everybody loves the standard webtoon deign, but the description in the original text is quite vague and i adore the idea of him being nigh unrecognizable and fully monstrous by the end of the fight-
which of these deigns do we like best?
1: jellyfish/eyespots
2: aquatic
3: burnt pages
Voting ended onJan 4
further notes and thoughts below the cut!
so- as i was reading, i was surprised by just how vague the description of the demon king of salvation was, which inspired me to try to take the design in a more conceptual/ bizarre direction! this is all the description we have to go on:
the webtoon design does something relatively minimal with this, it’s pretty and effective, but it’s still pretty *human* and isn’t actually scary or disturbing.
i… wanted to try something different. i had three different concepts i wanted to explore, those being avian/ traditional demon, oceanic/ eldritch, and literary!
based on these three ideas, i started out with this design, in which i tried to keep the shape or impression of the webtoon design, just abstracted to a degree
in all three designs, the idea of a loss of identity and agency was central!
v.1: based on the alien sort of silhouette of a jellyfish, i used the wings, a long split tail, and the eyespots and wing tails of a butterfly! in this design the bleeding red from the central chest is a reference to the damage sustained in the fight already and the sacrificial nature of the form itself- like a pelican feeding its blood to its young- this one is also the most direct development from my first concepts- his coat here is interpreted as white feathery markings!
v.2: this one was definitely my strangest design- based off of the loosest interpretation of the idea of “wings” and “horns”- the hand-like black wings are based on a blue glaucus, the horns on sea slugs, and the white coat on a sea angel- the inclusion of the squid arms here are of course based on kdj’s moniker! the arm extensions and slight transparency to most of the body parts (and how the pale limbs show from within) are supposed to resemble glowing deep sea organisms. both the complete engulfing of the human form in the aquatic bits and the immobilization of the legs in the tentacles are meant to really communicate the fact that kdj isn’t in control of his actions (and is make his silhouette and motions more alien due to the lack of obvious legs)
v.3: this last design plays most with the idea of kdj as being a “reader”- with both the coat and the feather texture on the wings being made up of papers- the tail as well has the shape of a dip pen. the gradient from the paper color to the charcoal black on the coat and wings is meant to look as though the paper is beginning to singe and blacken from flame- one thing that’s notable here (but also appears in v.1) is how the human part of the body is entirely suspended, caught up in the wings even when not in flight- it’s supposed to look strange and uncomfortable, almost like it would glide towards you rather than fly or walk
on a further note- with all three designs i imagine there’s some sort of progression from stages one to three of the 73rd demon king fight- where the first stage in much more simplistic and human but that it gets more damaged and abstracted as the fight wears on. this more “normal” first stage would likely be what i would consider the “dkos” constellation form at any point after this
i know this is just gonna seem like an ad sorry but u can design a character down to the BONE STRUCTURE?! WHAAT. th girl you see in the avatar editor was my first draft and then the girl in the pretty outfits is the one i ended up making and using <33 it’s so cool, im a dual sword dps and ranged umbrella user
unfooooortunately i’m terrible at keeping track of my hp so im in the process of stealing a skill for healing hehe
aaanyway point being it’s a xianxia and i love this so far there’s so much to do(i stole horses! that’s an option?!?)
if anyone wants to friend me my uid is 1042585678 hehee
also also DUDE the outfits are so cool there’s this one outfit i wanted but im broke lmfaoo in any case there are a lot of beggars in wc2 so id avoid that one if i were u
d’you ever read a fanfiction so good you look for more from that fandom that doesn’t exist because it’s fanfiction of a fandom and the fanfiction can’t have its own following
my fav namwoon x jihye tropes and aus i want to write
zombie apocalypse au (no scenarios)
vamp au(whether one or both are vampies are up to you)
immortal au (yes scenarios, like the returned c-rank tank won’t die kinda thing :( leading to jihye seeing namwoon or vice versa taking pity etc)
immortal au (no scenarios)
royalty arranged marriage
legroom by adan diaz
royalty x knight
no scenarios, healthy coping kdj(found family, centered on these 2)
stuck in the airport at 3am
coworkers except enemies to lovers
assassins(in which namwoon is dokja’s little brother)(they’re trying to kill the opposing leader respectively cause they think they’ll find it helpful, they’re not even enemies)
failed soulmates(hurt/no comfort, both love each other but something went wrong, physically hurt whenever they interact though they don’t have marks)
road rage(i think you can guess how ljh and knw would interact here hehe)
everyone in the company ships each other even though they've never met(especially huiwon)
adopting a cat au, they're both kittens competing to be adopted
avians(these are bird-people)
warfare, opposing sides
dragon knw trying to hoard whatever jihye likes(he ends up causing a shortage and she ends up confronting him angrily, he doesn’t get it and just really likes her)
my suggestions for their dynamics;
the angstier the better.
distant until they’re not
namwoon is a helpless idiot when it comes to love
he keeps accidentally annoying her when trying to impress her
Me and my mom are at risk of having our house taken away, so we need to make a payment asap. I'm opening emergency commissions to keep the worst from happening until she can start her next job.
I'll be opening $100 commissions. (Tips are optional but very very appreciated.) These drawings are more open ended; there is no bust/half/fullbody distinction (unless you specify that you want one specifically) - and I can draw multiple characters too. Just let me know what you'd like me to draw, and I'll deliver a drawing that is worth the price you pay!
When it comes to the art medium, I'm known for doing pencil drawings, but I do digital as well. I've been meaning to open digital commissions for a while now, actually. If you have a preference for digital vs pencil, let me know. Otherwise, I'll choose whichever I feel like doing at the time. (For digital drawings, I'll add color!)
Lastly, and most importantly: I have a lot of commissions in queue already, and I work on them all chronologically, so you'll have to be ok with a LONG wait for your drawing to be completed. I'd like to give myself more wiggle room as opposed to less, so I'd say half a year at most. (Those who commission me sooner would be on the lower end of that estimate.) I know it's asking a lot, but I'm in a really tight bind right now, and your help would mean so much.
Here's a few examples of previous commissions:
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Please ask if you have any questions! If you're interested, please send me a dm.
Thank you so much! (Reblogs are very appreciated!)
hey, i know times are tough for everyone. but if any of you can help, please help them out. life’s hard for everyone. but always reach out if you can. thank you for your time <333
REITERATION; i am not the one doing this! its the person i reblogged from :)
dude. i wish i could print things from my brain. like. instead of the shapes and colours i could just.. convey it easier? or like.. idk. ooooh. also all those designs i have in my brain i could just.. draw. i refuse to ai it. but i push out maybe one decent drawing a month assuming i have the patience to sit down and draw without getting stressed out.
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