my art goes here now

luring you here with fanart

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outlier

can you tell im mildly obsessed with samudra?

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the wizzler herself

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face practice ft. some of my major ocs for a storyline

hesper -> eospher, persica -> pichi, ryokura -> oryoku

i havent been posting much art lately, much less fanart, but i promise im still cooking

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some dress concepts for samudra

she mostly prefers more sleek, narrow clothing, w/ the exception of the giant sweater she got from her mother

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I have changed names for her. Jharana didn't feel right for me, so I'm going for Samudra instead. Why is she underwater? Perhaps she just likes it there

#jharana -> #samudra

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ruby my bby girl

top: i headcanon some subtle differences btw her and summer. overall ruby has darker hair, lighter skin, and more asian features than summer. both have very rosy cheeks and noses

bottom: my take on an older ruby design. it mostly takes after her mistral and atlas designs, but w/ some unique elements, like the skirt, spiked rings, red gloves, and thorn chains. i wanted a more androgynous blend of traits, w/ a balance of both femme and masc, overall leaning towards a punkish aesthetic. i also wanted some more reds, whites, and grays in her color palette

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anatomy practice w/ the bees

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Introducing Roz and Viola! Roz is the oldest kid of Blake and Yang, Viola is the only child of Ren and Nora. Both are around the same age (Viola is older), and have vastly different but complimentary personalities.

Roz's ears are based on Maine Coons, and she has more of a cosmic + fire motif going on. She's brash and a showoff, but also kind, smart, and dependable. Viola is based more on plants, like the common violet, and water. She looks calm, but hides a nasty temper and a bloodthirsty streak.

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some doodles of a bunch of personifications. i can draw them normally i swear

clockwise from top left: netherlands, romania, trinidad and tobago, philippines, bangladesh, mexico, japan, uk, usa, vietnam, nigeria, belgium

these guys are semi-immortal shapeshifting creatures who can assume human form, but their "default" appearances tend to be more... colorful. it's ill advised to be alone in the same room as any of them

also, i left notes on their general appearance

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yeah, i still think nation people are funny as a concept

this is old as hell, but i kept forgetting to post

anyway, have a philippines, she blows up entire cities for new years

- she's wearing a baro't saya + bakya slippers in the center image

- the karaoke thing refers to a real phenomenon where singing "my way" leads to violent incidents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_killings

- apparently setting off as many (illegal) fireworks as you can get is a new years tradition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKbTn_J7zoE

- the eye thing is based off of a flag custom where the flag is upside down in wartime

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tbh i like imagining some of my ocs as cats

cadme: american shorthair

jharana: bengal/cashmere

etarid: persian

starburst: maine coon

lal: toyger

ryokura: abyssinian/somali

persica: siberian

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some concept sketches of another character, zmara [REDACTED]. they're a civilian who mostly hangs out w/ etarid and jharana

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floating memory

bonus video

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this is an old image of starburst. i've almost forgotten to post it. eh, heres the first post of the new year

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poppy of mars

etarid's dress is based on some traditional lebanese clothing that i used as a reference, but the jewelry is her own stuff

+bonus timelapse video

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shading practice ft. persica sheller. also doubles as semirealism practice. the biggest challenges were shading fabric folds + not making the skin look dull

i tried putting all the flat colors on one layer and shading the whole thing on another for this one, i usually separate the hair, clothes, etc.

+bonus timelapse vid

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doodle dump 1

TL: VyX & one of her parrots, Pandan the mooncheek GCC. She has a whole flock of Green Cheek Conures and Indian Ringnecks, and they're all named after plant flavors

TC: concept sketch of the team car, Millicent. It fits up to 11 people, its engine can double as a grill, and has a ton of kinetic and ablative arms. Each team gets only one car at a time, only getting replacements if it's destroyed/lost/damaged beyond repair

TR: the 3 "main" parrots VyX brings with her. Pandan is a certified hater, Ube is both smart and murderous, and Taro has no thoughts ever in his life. One perk of working for a STRIKE team (she's not part of the unit) is that members and their main support are allowed to bring pets provided that their daily calorie intake is below a certain level

ML: comparison of a normal STRIKE team uniform. I read Bret Devereaux's blog post on armor for inspiration and went for something that approximates a late medieval knight's plate armor- fitting, given what STRIKE teams are supposed to do. They're gendered, which sets them apart from the setting's military uniforms (I'm still not sure if they should be military or something else) which are unisex. However, there's a more armored version that's also unisex. Both rigid and nonrigid parts are mostly made from carbon nanotubes + fabric + metal + insulators on the inner layers

C: a lineup of the 2 STRIKE teams + support the story will follow initially. Each team has a leader, medic, 3 fighters, and a communications guy. They used to be bigger, w/ 3 medics, 2 comms guys, & 4 fighters, but recent budget troubles from the government has cut down unit sizes from 10 to 6. There are 20 total STRIKE teams (30 pre-downsizing), each named after a Greek letter (they used to be numbered). The support members are not part of a STRIKE team and are only there to provide backup for particularly dangerous/difficult missions.

MR: Etarid's cat Za'atar. I've heavily revamped his appearance; he's now a Ragdoll/Cashmere mix bred by accident from her family's cats. Etarid is from a wealthy family who owns a whole army of pedigree cats, but Za'atar is the only cat that she personally owns. He's very dumb and placid, but a very sweet boy.

BL: possible helmet design I don't really like this version

BC: medics get their own version of the normal uniform + Qiuji showing off the back side of the normal uniform

BR: a doodle of the uniforms w/o the torso armor. Basically, armor > jacket > shirt/dress