MEZZY-1

He/Him, 23 years // I do art and art critique. Practicando mis artes cada dia

[deadlock-content]

Deadlock and Veto

I made this before he was released I think, so I didn’t have many references to go off of.

I was really hopeful that he would be more of an interesting character but he’s sort of a nothingburger as of now.

A couple of ideas I had were that he might be the character to act as a bridge between Gekko and Deadlock since he clearly would have some kind of understanding of what Deadlock is going through (though maybe this is more of my hcs than canon) but also the connection with radivores that Gekko would want to understand, so he could befriend them both and bring them together. Another idea was a direct foil of Deadlock (especially with their codenames being kind of interesting in relation to each other).

However, neither of these ideas were explored and instead he just has a voice line digging at her because WOW we really needed another character in the Deadlock hate club.

Kind of a rant post but I could go on and on forever.

Some of Deadlock’s details are messed up because I flipped the drawing near the end and forgot to fix it.

[mezzy-1]

Yeah you explored the characters better than Riot did

[vio1ent1y]

some doodles and the new tomodachi life game demo i made with chamber and me ig .DO NOT ASK ME WHAT ANY OF THOSE THINGS MEAN, I DO NOT WANT TO EXPLAIN WHY "JORKING IT" WAS NAMED LIKE THAT IN TURKISH

[mezzy-1]

explain it

[floofidumpii]

i cant believe the thing thats going to save alpha sage from being pickled is a zedd song

[mezzy-1]

she can hear it through the jar

[dippedinhoneyyyyy]

trying to imagine what Miks hair would look like without the hoodie.... what do we think gang

[mezzy-1]

Oh hey the design is better now Riot should use this instead

[evixgrid]

TW: self harm

Dark as night, sweet as sin

I’ll steal you away today

Bloody in the corners, laughter in the corners

Monsters on ribs we keep pinned

Thin as ice, greedy as fear

If we could, we’d burn you at the stake

You’re a red garden, a worm-eaten jack

Body present — soul disappeared

[darthladyofillusions]

This is so ethereal 🥹✨

[mezzy-1]

Love the chiaroscuro in this and the soft rim lighting

[evixgrid]

[darthladyofillusions]

Oh poor Omen… Just turn around 😂

[mezzy-1]

LET THEM CUDDLE

[darthladyofillusions]

New email revealing Fade went to vocational school explains so much about the way she talks and also gives an idea about how she might be like as a student.

But explaining the why requires knowing about the turkish education system and I dont think anybody wants to hear about it.

[darthladyofillusions]

Since people did want to read about me yap for several paragraphs here it is

Disclaimer: I wrote this based on the idea Fade went to Vocational HIGHSCHOOL. She may have went to Vocational school at the university level or done both. The Turkish translation of the email she sent Brimstone didn’t clarify. I also do not know anyone that went to a vocational highschool.

In the Turkish education system, 8th graders take a test currently known as LGS (Lise Giriş Sınavı/Highschool Entrance Exam). The exams name and how it is administered is changed every so often but there was always some type of exam. Once LGS results are announced, students (by which I mean their parents) can look at which percentage their precious child placed in so that they can brag about it to everyone they know. And place them in the appropriate school. The smaller your percentage, the better.

Since it has been almost a decade since I was an 8th grader and went through this hell, I checked the 2025 list of highschools and made graphs of all highschool types. And let me tell you it is rough. There are 5 types of schools on the list: Anadolu/Anatolian, Fen/Science, Sosyal Bilimler/Social Sciences, İmam Hatip/Religious. All these schools are public. Private schools and a good chunk of public schools aren’t on this list, the public schools not on the list do not have any specialty like the ones in the list (at least that I know of).

Here is the thing: vocational schools have at least one school in every percentage range in the cities of İstanbul and Bursa (a city some people theorize Fade may be from). To get a more accurate view, I made graphs of every school on the list. Anadolu and Fen schools do not have any school lower than 20% (they each have one but it doesnt matter). Sosyal bilimler as a category only has 6 schools, the lowest rated being in the 20%-30% range. So if Fade didn’t go to any of these schools, she must have scored at least in the lower part of the 20%-30% range.

This still left me with Religious schools still on the list, public schools outside the list and private schools. Most religious schools also were in the 0-30% range, with dwindling numbers for every other bracket I had. Vocational schools, on the other hand picked up in numbers. From a numbers point it makes sense to send Fade to a vocational school but there were still options outside of it.

These actually tell us a lot about Fade and her family. Rich families send their kids to private schools even if their child isn’t the brightest tool in the box. Since she didn’t go to one we can say Fade’s parents didn’t have the money. On the other hand Fade didn’t just go to a normal highschool which tells us that her parents most likely thought it was better for her to learn a trade than spend her highschool career preparing for uni. She may have botched her test and wasn’t a good enough student to make her parents believe she was making it to uni. They may also be poor but what would I know.

Her going to Vocational highschool also explains why she speak the way she does. While not obvious to an English speaker, Fade does speak in a way more commonly seen in man/boys. It is most obvious in her slang and cadence. I ,at first, thought it was because she was a bounty hunter (which is illegal in Turkey) but going to a vocational school which has a tendency to have 300 boys to 10 girls, and the stereotype of boys in these schools being delinquents (not in a good way) would explain the way she is. Also there is a video on Valorant Turkey YouTube channel to celebrate Fade’s first year and the way she walks there always made me thought that Fade must have never seen a women in her life, nice to finally know it is the vocational school doing that.

If anything didn’t make sense please ask. I am also open to any questions about Fade.

[mezzy-1]

What is the vocabulary/grammar she’s using that you think makes her sound like someone who was in the vocational schools?

[jolllyspaghetti]

[mezzy-1]

There is something absolutely terrifying about Viper in a full sprint

[jolllyspaghetti]

[hvstias]

so what i understood from this is ae! viper and chamber's relationship is still relatively new compared to their counterparts relationship and there's something soo funny about it cause devs just casually dropped a art of em drinking coffee watching the sunset from her apartment and shit and on omega earth viper is tweaking out hallucinations and all it's just so 😭

[mezzy-1]

I was there when they dropped the art, the comments went insane

[hvstias]

ik it's probably because every cinematic is drawn by a different team but i find it so funny that omega earth chamber is all beefed up and alpha earth chamber is just... a twink 😭 true idgafer vs fake idgafer really

[mezzy-1]

Well apparently they switched up a few of the models so…

[floofidumpii]

??????????????????GUYS NEW CINEMATIC WHAT THE FUCK OMG IM CLAWING AT THE WALLS SHAKING IN MY BOOTS

no jk hi this is my oc i just photobashed her into the ep 5:shattered cinematic frfr . was wondering if i still got that dawg in me and im still really curious to see what nuniq would look like in the studio blur style (im taking 3d modeling next term guys maybe i can make her for real for real)

some process stuff below if anyones curious :33

the sims method still isnt patched so i used it again LMAOOO except instead of using an arcane filter like i did 3 years ago i js did the whole thing myself . MADE BYYY MANNNN !!!! (i had to tweak the face a lot bc sims expressions act a little weird w the 3d model 😭😭)

for the background i had to scour the video for a bg without any characters bc i feel like it would be a little awkward putting her w everyone else bc of the composition

HEAVILY referenced other cinematics for texturing and painting . getting the texture as well as the lighting right was tricky but i think i did a well enough job

the rest was just color sliders, adjustment layers, little tweaks and paintovers here and there :33 i actually really like this one a lot better than my old edit (here for comparison)

anyway yeah thats it !!!! hope u guys enjoyed the process and perchance learned smth . would love to see some more fake val screencaps from other oc-ers honestly

you can do ANYTHINGGGGG if ur insane enough. woOoOooOooo

[mezzy-1]

Holy shit the using sims model is actually genius cause the rendering style is kinda similar

[floofidumpii]

i am FINALLY free from finals so i decided to make a little expression sheet (FOR FUN!!! 😲😲😲😱😱😱😱) of nuniq bc she deserves it and also i love exploring and revamping her character . enjoy

old expression sheet bc i love comparing :]

[mezzy-1]

Nice work! A few of those expressions look like they’re from the official one they released for Deadlock

[kotori-mochi]

Can't afford art school?

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

"also apologies for any spelling or grammar errors, I have Dyslexia and it makes my brain go XP when it comes to speech or writing"

[animalphotorefs]

Boosting this in case any of the programs and books suggested are useful.

All the photos on this tumblr ad the animal photo reference site I run is another resource available for artists to use!

As long as you’re not using AI to create your art, you can reference / trace / draw / recombine / make any sort of art you want, with any of the photos, for free.

[reo-speeddragon]

There's also MORPHO, a really good book series on anatomy by Michel Lauricella, with very clear explanations and sketches!

And for pose references, there's @adorkastock who shares a ton of them for free, with different models and props, and her website is amazing <3 you can also buy pose packs from her.

[haysey-draws]

Boosting as these free resources are how i learnt to draw. My GCSE art teacher told me i had no future in art and to stop 'wasting his time' with my imagination, which killed my passion for drawing for close to decade! I have NO art training, only what i have learnt from other artists online.

If i can learn you can too!

[mezzy-1]

Ok nobody freak out but Photoshop and the Adobe Suite is really good. I know its pricey but for what you get its really good for an assortment of things that all work together and its INDUSTRY STANDARD so it's really good to put on an application. Plus about half of the people reading this want to start an art channel and show off so like Adobe After Effects is really good to know for video making. Oh and for godsake please look for figure drawing classes near you if you actually want to be good at art because they will make you better than 90% of the people studying on their own because you'll have people with decades of experience critiquing you. Also no joke on that stuff from MORPHO, that shit is worth its weight in gold. Also if you really want to want to learn anatomy USE SECONDHAND MEDICAL TEXTBOOKS WHEN UR CONFUSED ABOUT THE BODY.

[deadlocks-no-nic-vape-bar]

Valorant OC: Cazador sheet

Tried to imitate the Valorant art style (again), gave up, and did whatever I wanted using the Val art as reference lmao.

Extremely paraphrased summary of his character:

Sebastian was a bookkeeper for the Kingdom Corp in Sydney, Australia, when he overheard a conversation he wasn't supposed to. They attempted to kill him, shot him in the head and then dumped and left for dead in the bush land. He was soon discovered by a young Skye, who helped him survive. He got his cybernetic arm and spine to replace the parts he lost, or where he was critically injured. After this, his Radiance manifested itself, and Sebastian discovered that he could manipulate his blood whenever he got a cut or whatnot.

He joins the Protocol to try and hunt the man who left him for dead, with him not really giving a damn about anything the Protocol does or stands for. His recruitment is, on his end, a desperate last ditch effort for him to try and get revenge on the Kingdom employee who ruined his life.

I can't reveal much more because I'm experimenting with plot points right now, but his backstory is pretty much set.

[mezzy-1]

the rim light you put on him is perfect and the color blocking is Valorant to its core

[evixgrid]

Today is my bd btw :D

[darthladyofillusions]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎁🎂🎉🎊🎈

[mezzy-1]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉🎂🎁🎊🎈!!!!!!!!!!

[doctor-octiddius]

i love fandoms where one side of it is toxic dudebros and the other just wants to see two guys fuck

[mezzy-1]

Surprisingly not a lot of asshole dudebros, it’s quite nice here. Now back to drawing Titus outside of his armor