Good day! This is the art blog of @sevilai! I am a digital illustrator who's work focuses on fantasy creatures as well as dark or emotional themes. I dabble in many mediums and always have my hands in some kind of project. Also do a LOT of fan art!
Ko-Fi - Instagram - BlueSky
You can peruse the list of tags under the cut to see my art organized by type, medium, personal work, previous or upcoming projects, and more!
Tag List
General Tags
Commission - Any work I've done on commission.
My OCs - Any of my original characters whether or not they're attached to a project. Most of my characters will have their own tags as well. Includes art drawn for me as well as my own.
Others OCs - Characters belonging to other people that aren't a part of a series or IP. Some of these will be common enough to have their own tags.
Dragons - My most common subjects. Also see-
Monsters - Art of any creature that ISN'T a dragon but can't be called an animal either.
Personal Art - Pieces I've made for myself, often depicting my persona.
Fan Art - Self explanatory. All fan art will also be tagged with the series name as well as any possible name used for the characters depicted. Some common ones include:
Hollow Knight
Sonic
Mother 3/Earthbound/Mother
Monster Hunter
Pokemon
Kirby
Art for Me - Gift art I've gotten from other artists that I've shared to this blog!
Archive - Art posted prior to 2023, when I returned to this platform. May or may not show up in any main tags.
Projects
What I define as "projects" are multiple art pieces all created in relation to a specific goal. These can include things such as comics or concept art for games, or even something as simple as an AU I'm playing with. Reblogged gift art of characters involved in these projects can also be found under these tags.
Current Projects
Outshine AU - A Hollow Knight alternate universe based on the idea of vessels being born outside of the void, thus being voidless. This AU follows Hornet and Ghost as they try to defeat the Radiance alone.
Sonic and the Journey Home - A concept for a Sonic storybook game about the Odyssey that, kiiiiiinda turned into a Sonic x Epic the Musical Crossover. Oops!
Upcoming Projects
LotL - Law of the Land; a graphic novel based on a Pathfinder rpg campaign played by some friends and I. More information to come!
Dragon Slayer - TBA
BitN - TBA
LttS - TBA
Completeled Projects
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Zines
Pieces I've made for zines with a link to the full product. Can use the tag zine work to view all of my zine contributions.
HallowHome Zine Vol. 1 - An illustration made for the first edition of HallowHome, a fan zine for the game Hollow Knight focusing on the locales found in game.
HallowHome Zine Vol. 2 - An illustration made for HallowHome Volume 2; a fan zine for the game Hollow Knight focusing on the mundane and daily lives of those who reside within the world of Hollow Knight.
Silksong Zine: What's in it!? - Illustrations made for What's in it!?; A zine made in celebration of Silksong and it's 2025 release.
Art Fight and Monthly Challenges
I participate in monthly art challenges that follow some kind of prompt list. Here are some I've participated in organized by date!
Art Fight 2024
Art Fight 2025
Goretober 2023
Fundraisers
Art made in service to a cause or person in need. I'm planning to do these several times a year for causes I've decided to dedicate my time to. You can find art made in service to fundraisers using the "Fundraiser" tag.
Please do not recommend causes to me; I have limited time for charity work and am very selective about what I spend it on.
Im hosting a 40% off sale on my ko-fi on all commissions. use this link. I need any and all money I can get; if you want a commission from me this is the time! It runs from today to June 30th! THIS IS AN EMERGENCY!!!
Visit frolicinq at Ko-fi for 40% discount off Commissions
How involved were the pale king and white lady in the raising of the vessels? Did they offload all the training to the warriors, or were they personally monitoring every vessel's development?
Pretty involved! The king, at least. And, well, mostly in the beginning.
The retinue handled a lot of the general care, but the king actually spent a lot of time with his children when they were young beyond just training. Though notably, he spent a disproportionate amount of it with his first born over the others, a problem that became worse over time. The queen? Eh, not so much. She never bought that whole "overpowering the Radiance" business and had no interest in becoming attached to offspring she considered marked for death.
... They didn't see eye to eye on the other's choices.
As for combat training, the Five Great Knights were primarily in charge of it, supervised closely by the king. By the end of their adolescence, Worthy themself took over leading the routine. You never know what to expect in battle, so it was ensured that the vessels would face plenty of variety. The Great Five would continue to challenge them in every way possible
As the vessels grew in age and strength, warriors of all kinds were invited to test their mettle against them. There were many bugs eager to claim the bragging rights of besting a higher being. Some even managed to claim those rights.
The king watched over their progress less and less as he trusted Worthy's judgement of theirs and their siblings' abilities. Although, very rarely, he'd step up to gauge their abilities himself.
I'd love to get more into the relationships between the vessels and their parents because there is a LOT to say, but I think that's a bit outside the scope of this ask. We can definitely talk about it later :]
Hey long time no real art! Sorry, I've been pretty busy behind the scenes these past few months. I'll be back in full swing soon (I hope) but in the meantime, I can finally share this one!
My piece for the @echoesoftheark Zine; A zine focused on the Robotnik family's life on the ARK! 🌟 It's been a wonderful experience with some very skillful artists on board, very excited to sit down with it and read the final zine in full now that I got a minute!
Please check out the full thing; it's totally free and comes with some wallpapers and animated discord emotes. You can find where to download it HERE!
If you've seen any of my older posts, you may have already been introduced to this world's version of the Hollow Knight. It's been a minute though, so why don't we get reacquainted with them!
Worthwhile, otherwise known as Worthy, is first born of the vessel army and serves as their commander. Worthy is skilled, confident, and fiercely determined to shape themself and their siblings into perfect warriors.
They're known for being a bit of a stick in the mud(or as their siblings affectionately put it, a hardass), even amongst palace staff. When not barking at other vessels to shape up or dragging them into duels, Worthy can be found... In the training grounds. They'll skip meals, stay up late, forgo any and all down time in service of further honing their fighting prowess. What do such comforts matter when the entire kingdom is at stake?
Most of the vessels would say their relationship with Worthy is, strained. They're cold, distant, aggressive, and not to mention, subject of some very blatant favoritism within the family. Worthy would rather they view them this way than know the truth; That they are horribly, terribly afraid of failing at their singular purpose. Even if it means countless late nights. Even if it means their family hates them for their endless scolding.
They will save their kingdom, and they will save their family.
Wyrm and Root are species with fairly obvious differences. One difference lesser considered is the size of their clutches. Wyrms are quite large predatory animals, often the apex in their territories, so they don't reproduce frequently or in large numbers. A wyrm will typically lay a single egg, maybe two, and put much effort into raising their offspring. Root, however, put quantity over quality. They can produce seeds by the thousands, hoping that a handful of their rather precocial young will make it into adulthood.
The union of these higher beings resulted in several hundred eggs. Some were destined never to hatch. Others were to fall victim to unknowable consequences of their hybridization. Such is the will of nature. All in all, a hundred and seventy or so vessels will survive to see their adult years.
Here we explore life in the White Palace, from the birth of the army of godling soldiers up until the destined confrontation with the Radiance.
This act will be the set up to the AU proper. Though I'll be covering a lot on my own, feel free to ask anything about the setting, the characters, or anything you'd like to know more about!
It could take me anywhere from a couple of days to several weeks to answer your ask, especially I feel the need to draw something for it, so thank you in advance for your patience!
Moving ahead with some stuff for my Hollow Knight AU! If you're interested in Outshine and missed the prior posts about it, I've made a blog dedicated to it. I'll likely reblog a lot of it, but all future posts and content about it will primarily be made there :]
PERFECTLY coinciding with the announcement of Silksong's release date, I've just finished up my work with a lovely zine in anticipation for the game's release!
@silksongzine is a free zine celebrating the game and was an absolute blast of a project to work with! Please check it out everyone's great work, it's totally free and everyone did an amazing job! ✨
Hi everyone!
It has been a minute since we last talked ~ but we are live on ITCH, the zine is a love letter to Silksong and while the game has yet to come out. This of this as the pre-game before it comes out in a few days!
We hope the rest of the community enjoys the booklet! This is a free zine and please as always, support the artists that worked on this project! Download here: https://silksongzine.itch.io/silksong-zine-whats-in-it
No better time to post than in celebration of opening my HK AU blog @emperors-spark!
This was a birthday gift for @frolicinq of his wonderful Prince Oren and how his story plays out through the world of Outshine! I haven't gotten much into the main plot yet, but know that Oren being there significantly changes canon events for the better like, him being there is basically just the good AU lmao
When the Radiance threatens the lives of Hallownest's citizens, their king devises a plan; An army of godling spawn trained to prime form. Vessels of his holy light. They would lead their kingdom to victory over the Old Light and usher in a new era.
If only they knew it would all be in vain.
Welcome to the home of Outshine; A Hollow Knight AU written and illustrated by @sevilai!
This AU follows a young Hornet as she travels with Ghost; a vessel who's lost both their prime form and memory. As they try to survive the brutal reality of a ruined Hallownest, Hornet must make a terrible choice. Her kingdom... Or her family?
Tag List
All posts will be tagged with #outshine au. All characters will be tagged with all possible variations of their name.
#text - Text posts about the lore or the world of the AU
#art - Drawings, sketches, or comics
#reference - References and bios of important characters
#guest character - Characters that aren't part of the official canon that belong to me or a friend, usually vessel OCs redesigned to be part of the AU
#asks - Self explanatory
#fanart - Self explanatory
#outshine+mtae - Crossover with @hk-means-to-an-end. Prince Oren, betrothed to Hallownest's princet, now wanders the ruins with Hornet and Ghost as their guardian
#outshine+faaf - Crossover with @dairyfreenugget 's Fragile as a Flower AU. Flower meets Worthy and they hit it off quite well!
Character References
Story Illustrations/Comics (In AU Chronological order)
Hey all! Finally just committed to making a side blog for my Hollow Knight AU :]
It'll be slow work but I'm trying my best to just start making stuff for it, even if it's not perfect quality. I'll likely still be posting art here and reblogging posts to it, but I'll likely have unique content for it like answering asks or text posts if you want to check it out!
And on talks of Art Fight ! I didn't get to hit everyone I wanted to, so I figured hey, it doesn't NEED to be Art Fight for me to draw people stuff!
The lovely Coriandus for @frolicinq ! She's sick as hell and I love her and I think she should be allowed to kill with her bare hands 👉👈 She's the main character of his @hklegacyau so go check it out if you can!
Hey everyone! In light of being made aware of some awful actions made by the recipient of one of my attacks, I've decided to repost this year's AF attacks without that piece. Sorry to ping you all again, hope you don't mind rebloging this version instead!
Know it's been a minute, kind of been struggling to do a whole lot lately so I know I need to get back to some people, but I still tried to participate in Art Fight to the best of my ability this year. I didn't hit anywhere near as many people as I would've liked but I'm pretty happy with the ones I got out!
