Octo Basement

The underground Octoling storefront that sure isn't selling anything

[octobasement]

I was part way through coloring it in the new Splat style but I've decided I haven't nailed that process enough to do it consistently. So I'm just gonna paint this in one of my usual styles and see how that goes~

[octobasement]

Trying to make a more streamlined styling for Splatoon stuff cuz man Side Order works so well I really need to tell more of these stories

[rassicas]

hey you know how Haikara Walker hasn't seen a single sign of an official english localization after all these years?

wouldn't it be crazy if it got fully fan translated and typeset. cover to cover. that sure would be crazy. anyway don't click this google doc link. and be sure to avoid this internet archive link.

....but if you do click those links, be sure to read the credits! I did a lot of translations and editing, but not all of it, and I had no part in the gargantuan task of typesetting and formatting. @mk_squid (insta link) is especially who made this possible, as well as @wassuppeas!

[nintendoteuthis]

Some thoughts on the books, comics, and magazines you can put in your lockers

Disclaimer: This is a mix of reasonable inferences and headcanons.

Comic books

Comedy comic: A comic book featuring the character Monkey Crab (that's who that is. he seems to be quite popular). Aimed at younger readers; has a more light-hearted tone

Romance comic, fangirl comic, love-and-war comic: All romantic manga, probably written by the same author. Don't know what's inside, but I'd wager that the first tells a relatively simple story of a boy and girl falling in love, the second involves a romance developing between a performer and one of her fans, and the third involves a love triangle involving two men on opposite sites of a war. Not the most complex of plots, but Inklings and Octolings eat it up.

Sci-fi comic, sports comic: Pretty much what they say on the tin.

Sharktooth Comix: Basically Weekly Shonen Jump but for the Mollusk Era. Weekly anthologies of comics aimed at a young male demographic. From the covers, we can infer that among the series inside are comic adaptations of Ultra Squid and Octo Kong Country (and another series based on Monkey Crab).

Magazines and journals

Boneless Appetit: A cooking magazine aimed at a younger demographic. They're trying to make cooking fun.

Drip Squad: A fashion magazine. This issue includes a feature on Inkline.

Evolved Science Journal: A scientific journal focused on biology, paleontology, and evolution. The study that made the cover presumably discusses Inkling evolution.

Ink & Splatter: Based on the title, the Roller on the cover, and the Ammo Knights logo, I think this magazine focuses on inksports, especially weapons and strategy. Sponsored by Ammo Knights.

Inkopolis Illustrated: Hey! That's HaikaraWalker! A general culture magazine that covers the styles, sports, and music of Inkopolis. They try to find interesting things about the city to cover. Lots of Inklings and Octolings who moved to Splatsville subscribe to this, so they still feel like they have some connection.

Nostalgia Power Magazine: A retro gaming-focused magazine. Not to say that it doesn't include stuff about older games as well, but retro gaming is its focus. It seems that retro games are very popular among Inklings and Octolings (based on locker stuff, the N-ZAP, and all the stuff in Ancho-V Games).

Rockin' Music Quarterly: A music magazine. Not much to say.

Squidgital Game Guide: Another gaming publication. In order to avoid competition with Nostalgia Power, it probably focuses more on walkthroughs, tips, and trivia about newer games.

Tunnel & Track: For the real train nerds. This magazine is all about public transport.

Other stuff

Fantasy novel: Can't really say much more about this from the cover.

Popular novel: Also a novel. I think that this is, like, a "classic" - the type of thing you'd be forced to read in high school English classes.

Salmon Manners Handbook: Honestly I'm not sure what this is. It seems to be geared towards fish, and it also doesn't seem to have anything to do with Salmonids. Any ideas?

[octobasement]

Part of a commission for a crossover of sorts

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Visit Original Link

Now if only I could get that high wispy-ness out of there...

[octobasement]

I fully expect anyone who doesnt have Splat 3 to have their own micro splatfest in Splat 2 The queue for Salmon Run better be lightning fast today

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Oh shoot HIII @kiimmyko​

[octobasement]

Thanks for looking at the new character art for these two Next up is Fumet, the final character in our trio!

[pcktknife]

splat idol made w the idea of there only being one of instead of standard 2+

[octobasement]

This new version of Splatoon styling is a lot easier on me, and faster to execute Straight up not even doing line art

[octobasement]

The finalized design of Cero.

This tired gremlin of an octoling is very stylish but his personality isn’t as nice. This, however, doesn’t stop our bubbly inkling researcher from camping in his shop and running podcast style interviews with random people.

Maybe he should get her to pay rent...

1st version (i wasnt clear on the physical differences between octolings and inklings yet) 2nd version Annet’s design

[octobasement]

A remake/ finalized design of Annet Her clothes flare out like a jellyfish and her shrimp tail earrings are no longer dark colored. The giant rubber boots on her seem like a weird combo to her floofy dress but hey, being a researcher means trekking through some mud every once in awhile. She’s basically a Sociocultural Anthropologist... or Marinologist?? 1st version 2nd version

Cero’s design

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Slowly coming together

[octobasement]

Incredibly slowly- I really want there to be a slight parallax effect so I’m trying to fill out every layer to the best of my ability

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Layout planning for the Octo Basement set

And more doodles of Annet, whose getting a lot easier to draw... Once I grab another battery for my pen the actual area render will be next

[octobasement]

New ideas for the continuation of Octo Basement-

Sprite animated shorts would be a lot of fun I think, it'd be cool to actually build this world up

[octobasement]

Octo Basement’s very own Cero The gremlin is very fun to draw