nebulousbren

Digital artist/illustrator | She/They | Head so far in the clouds I'm practically in space. | Commissions: OPEN

[nebulousbren]

Commissions are open!

Remaining open indefinitely while I continue looking for work. If you've supported me before, don't forget to add your discount code if/when you buy a commission!

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Bren's Commissions

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[angrybbuing]

The baby girl is here ahhHHH

Here's a orufrey doodle to celebrate Olruggio's anime debut ✨️

[kitattack]

drew this one a few weeks ago ✌️ i wanted to try and draw dunamancy

[vimesy-art]

[mintaii]

qifrey...................

[nebulousbren]

Another character from the same story as Richter, Leon is also a half-vampire and ~300 years old. He was enslaved to the same pureblood vampire family as Richter 200 years ago, but unlike Richter, Leon was freed by someone in that family. In the modern era he runs his own vampire-friendly bar in LA, where he first met the story's main character.

Leon is easy going, well-organized and methodical, tho rather guarded. He always does his best to make sure those around him stay safe, especially those most vulnerable. He's also a very good cook and extremely tech savvy (unusual for a vampire his age).

This is how he looked when I did that ask meme (almost a year ago!!)

I was still pulling from his original design from back in '09 but I started to feel like '09 is where the look needed to stay ^^; Took a bit to figure out exactly what I wanted for him, too. At first I tried a more punk style but because he's actually quite wealthy it felt antithetical to go full punk, so I tried something I think is more along the line of fashionable goth haha

[simzart]

[bread-box-ing]

I love how cute they are

[electromagnetic-moss]

my favourite part of last night's everything is content

[hollyevolving]

It's never not time for the Percy voice.

[ghostofartemis]

local playwright and museum curator spotted together deep in conversation at a party, to no one's surprise (they enter their own little bubble)

[mortuary9]

what if shadowgast atla au

[avatarkasia-art]

the legend says that he's still waiting for a glass of wine

[kingcael]

long may I reign

[ekkka70]

[shnehollander]

nothig has hit like this since leith ross' we'll never have sex

[inthefallofasparrow]

The Hand – Annabelle Dinda

Every time a guy writes a song, he's a cowboy, a sailor Playing with the world in his palm like the first pioneer. Every time he opens his mouth, it's a loud movie trailer Clipping every image and sound he thinks proves he was here. A hand, a spike, a physical fight, A flash of light, a curtain, A toll, a tithe, the passage of time, A height, a dive, a burden, A girl, a night, a typical type, A siren in the water, A scroll, a nod, a message from God, A son, a Holy Father. Every time a guy writes a song, he's a sailor, a cowboy Holding out the world in his palm like he made it himself. Every time I open my mouth, I think, "Wow, what a loud noise!" Still on the soapbox, just hoping I seem underwhelmed. The hand, the pen, the writing again, The Wind around the Willow, The felt, the ice, the passage of time, The melting down the window, The ‘now’, the ‘then’, the thinking of "when", The bottle in the ocean, The strike, the pause, the message from - God forbid she shows emotion. This isn't rage, it's worth a mention. This is a fake internal tension. Sometimes, I spread out one opinion And stand on its back to gauge attention. This isn't rage, it's too specific. I like to hate symbolic limits. This is no statement, I'm complicit. This is a dream, GOD put me in it. A hand, a spike, a physical fight, The Wind around the Willow, A toll, a tithe, the passage of time, The melting down the window, The now, the then, the thinking of "when", The siren in the water, The strike, the pause, a message from God. Does that make me His daughter? A hand, a shove, a valley, a jump, A score under the wire, Just sweep me up, just sweep me up And take me somewhere higher, Just sweep me up, just sweep me up And take me somewhere higher, Just sweep me up, just sweep me up And take me somewhere higher.

[teaboot]

Holy shit this song hits like a fucking truck

I feel like I just had a religious experience

[nebulousbren]

Pandorus Lore Dump

Call this part 1 cuz it's too much to talk about everything in one go without it turning into a novel @_@

Pandorus is a revival of a story I came up with somewhere around late high school/early college about a vampire prince whose soul is revived in a human host. The story/characters have changed a lot over the years, but the core premise is still the same.

I think the idea to revisit the story came about while I was playing FFXV for the first time, combined with BG3 reigniting my love of vampires. I played around with the old character designs in my current style and started to reimagine the story, including how vampires work.

The basic hierarchy of vampires when it comes to power is vampire spawn (sometimes called former humans) at the bottom, half-vampires/dhampir in the middle, and purebloods at the top. Spawn are created traditionally, by having their blood drained by a pureblood vampire and transforming upon death. This places them under control of the vampire that turned them, but if they drink from that vampire then they will become fully fledged vampires themselves and free from control. Of course, this rarely happens.

Dhampir are half-vampires, born from one vampire and one human parent. They have more power than spawn, but less than purebloods, which is made up for by having none of the same weaknesses as either, such as sunlight and silver. However, being half human means dhampir were treated much the same as spawn in the past, usually enslaved to pureblood families using a mark tattooed on their necks known as a mark of subjugation.

Purebloods make up much of the ruling class of vampires, though none moreso than the demonic bloodlines, those whose families come from the original six vampires. In the modern era, purebloods are becoming rarer thanks to the efforts of the Vampire Hunters Association, whose policy is to kill purebloods with little to no exceptions.

Speaking of which, it's important to mention that vampires are common knowledge in this world. By the modern era most of them are either former humans or dhampir, but it's pretty well known that they practically took over Eastern Europe before the rise of the VHA. For the most part, though, world history remains pretty much the same as how we know it irl, except vampires are a thing.

The last thing I'll bring up here is that vampire hunters have a similar role as police in modern society, except they only deal with cases relating to vampires. They are sworn to bring no harm to humans and work towards freeing enslaved spawn and dhampir from any covens they find. In fact, their ranks are largely made up of freed vampires, which plays no small part in their success. However, as with all bodies of authority the VHA has its fair share of corruption and exploitation.

So that's the basic lore! There's more to delve into about the demonic bloodlines but this is already too long so I'll write up a part 2 sometime soon. Thanks for reading!

[godsplatter]

MAGIC DADS!!!!!!!!!!MAGIC DADS