Hello Tumblr!! It's my first post here. Now I have a whole spread with Abel. Did this character contribute anything important to the plot? Not really. Do I like this character? Of course
Rector Cassidy and Rector Kubral will do what they must. They'll soldier on to the end.
I'm currently working on the redesigns for the Golden School staff; normally I would've started with Arkan and Temptel, but believe it or not Cassidy and Kubral were my first redesigns for this project! Yes, they precede even Raf and Sulfus in my sketchbook. I like to start with villains first when designing casts, since they tend to give me more wiggle room to be creative: this way I get to set the bar for the rest of the project, and I can make my heroes just as visually interesting. Here's my usual notes on the process:
The first step was understanding the characters and their motivations. Once I had their personalities and roles established, I could work on their appearance. I decided Kubral would embody brutality, and Cassidy, fear.
The themes stem from their origins: war is forever linked to brutality and fear as both causes and effects, so it makes sense that two generals personify them, since they too are both products and promulgators of war.
Kubral was easy enough to figure out. Heavy-looking square shapes, towering height accentuated by even taller horns, meaty claws that could snap you like a twig... As a whole, Kubral was based on gothic grotesques. I was also particularly inspired by Goliath from Disney's Gargoyles (his wings folding behind him like a cape is peak character design I tell you). All in all I simplified his original design to his most iconic features, with the addition of a forked beard as a symbol of power and authority.
Cassidy's design had to be much more subtle: fear is a thing that creeps on you, it catches you off-guard and overpowers you. My use of lean curves with sudden sharp angles is meant to represent just that. I included an eye motif to evoke an ever-present state of vigilance and paranoia; the eyes are also a callback to prophetic descriptions of angels, since I was very inspired by medieval stained glass at the time. This is the closest thing to a religious reference you'll get from me here!
I established early on in my creative process that, as angels and devils age, they gain new physical traits. Cassidy's carved halo and double pair of wings are a sign of her age and power. In Kubral's case, there's his tail and enlarged horns, wings and claws.
Cassidy's colors are derived from Raf's: blue, gold and white, sans the touch of red. The only "red" in Cassidy's color scheme is her faded ginger hair (no matter how much time passes, the enemy is still in her head). Her gloves and dark blue shirt underneath her white jacket symbolize her veiled intentions, and her shoes, the same shade as her shirt, represent the dark path she threads.
Kubral's hues are all shades of red (except for his hair, same principle as Cassidy's). This includes his eyes; you could say he "sees red" all the time. He's a straightforward character, so he doesn't conceal his old medals, his general rank proudly displayed on his chest. Still, Kubral is not just brawns, his cruelty motivates his more scheming side. He keeps an ace on his sleeve, or more accurately, his pocket: the tip of his tail is always hidden on his right side, so he may strike his enemies on their left with it.
Phew! If you think I overthink my character designs sometimes, you should see my scene notes regarding architecture lol. Still, I'm proud of my process with these two! For now they've only briefly appeared in my rewrite fic, but they'll get their moment to shine soon enough. Their plans will be certainly different from Season 2, so there's that to look forward to!
Drawing in traditional is quite therapeutic for me when I don't feel well and guess what was running in my mind these days? :D
In 2018 I wrote a fic about a possible continuation of the Angel's Friends comic and Hanwi, my angel oc was born with it! I'm actually thinking of reworking on it, but for now I'll just enjoy my brainstorming and doodling process and make some updates about it here :3
Second pic 🗨️
Sulfus: (눈‸눈)
Raf:"Sometimes he really act like a baby angel..."
Raoul: "A baby angel?"
Third pic 🗨️
Malachia: "Sulfus I don't think is the right moment to discuss if it is right or not to talk about the hats in front of an angel"
Raf: "What? Are you talking about hats??"
Reminder that Lore Olympus is definitely not an accurate source of Greek Mythology, or the relationship between King Hades and Queen Persephone, or any of the other gods.
Reminder that this doesn't mean you can't like these things, but you need to have a critical eye with them and not base your knowledge of mythology off of them if you're genuinely interested in deepening your understanding of the subject
Yeah, this very much so! It's still ok to enjoy these things; just don't base your knowledge of actual Greek mythology off of them, since these stories are creative modern interpretations.
Ofc i also thought, ill go first by older sources (like theogony & epics, ofc someone suggested) b4 coming to newer ones, & esp roman ones cs why not... :)))
“A kind reminder to everyone: never comment on the looks or outfit of a royal (or any famous person really) when they are going through an illness. Any illness is very tough on the body & mind, and can make you look rough. It is not anybody's job to look pretty. We're all humans at the end of the day and illnesses like cancer do not discriminate. Please do not make anyone's journey towards healing difficult.” - Submitted by Anonymous
Sometimes I think about those old photographs from the late 1800s of snow drifts taller than a person, right in the heart of major cities, and then I think about how for the last 3 years we haven't had enough snow here to cover the grass.
Whoever said that climate change aint real.. :// he should see a snowless winter în tha place where it use to snow & be cold! & it feels like spring ... so not cool... like yeah I miss the sun & buzz... but wtf, its winter !!! & I hate when s that warm that trees start sprout & then comes a frost & its so f*cked up that I cant >.<
And this also like in spring...
Tff the messy weather...
Im from Western Europe...
Alreary kinda used to snowless winters...
I remember my 1st memory of such a winter, was in february ith & we were out 4 buying our 1st & only washing machine (cant imagine my mom used to wash clothes by hand untill then) & I was like first degree în school or so (primary)... & yeah it was february & no snow... & I remember feeling like so confused... or almost no snow, like it all melted... o.o
Me every winter, or almost every winter, get similar vibes... lol (not funny)
I love praying to Apollo. It’s like I can feel his emotions to whatever I say. Is that crazy that I can feel like all his emotions when praying/meditating?
He's the god that makes me sing... tho ive no voice 4 that... tho id like some practice as for a choir... yep, feeling some Terpischorian vibes ^^ (cant believe that one is actually a word: it means - well, relating to dances, but 4 me is so much more 😅)
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