#aces low

[shepspencil]

Aces Low / May 2023

@solfeggioninja commissioned me to draw my own character for a TTRPG campaign.

Behold. Haunted robot gunslinger.

[court-of-fools]

Happy April 1st!!

Can you believe it's been a whole year since the demo was first released?

Even if development has slowed down a little bit, I'm really happy people like the project so far, and hope you'll stick around as time goes on and see where things go.

To celebrate, a bunch of people in the discord server joined together to make a little collab pic of the main cast!

Credits below the cut~

Greg, Caramilla, Blacktooth - @asimplechaos

Jacques, Pragma - @zyhod

Inky, Aces High, Aces Low - @sulky-seli

Masque, Umi, Green Bean - @abraca-mari

Leau - bovinelimbs

Vega, Yona - @nellas-art

Francois, Barisol, Bruna - @feralunar

Viidra - @feyvagabond

[asimplechaos]

Alrighty, I’ve gotten to a good stage of planning for Court of Fools, so I’m comfortable enough to do full ref sheets for the main cast (which has been whittled down from 50 to 17, but I still have plans for the others).

I’ll post them here in small batches as I do them, but my patreon will have access to full bios + doodle/concept sheets, albeit at a slower pace. 

If you wanna hear my ramblings for CoF, consider supporting my patreon! Only $3 a month gets you access to everything I put up there.

[gendryw4ters-blog]

@aces-low OKAY thats fair i suppose this wasn't actually my fault this time around so if he could kindly come and cave my laptop in instead that would be muchly appreciated ahah <3

[court-of-fools]

I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO POST THESE but another set of doodles as prompted by the discord server members!! This time around it was Pokemon! 

 I had a lot of fun deciding who would be what species :3c

[court-of-fools]

Casual clothes time!

Some of the characters are cases of “yeah I totally dress like this normally” (Pragma, Bruna, Barisol, Viidra), while others I’ve already designed/drawn their casual attire (Jacques, Inky, Leau), and Greg is Greg, so! That meant everyone else needed something!

Ramblings about each character’s style below the cut!

Caramilla’s hair is actually dyed! One of the unique things about Cumuluns is that even if the hair is dyed, the rainbow streaks will persist through the color! So her natural color is actually a dark grey. It takes a while for her dyed color to fade, but she typically lets her hair down and has a darker/more modest wardrobe when not on the job. She takes the opportunity to have fun with her work clothes!

Masque is all about the black and gold aesthetic, and though anxious, does his best to put style first, so a lot of his clothes have fancy trim or accents, and he makes sure to choose accessories that draw the eye, such as an ascot or bag!

Green Bean, being adopted by Eucidyes, has a wide array of cute dresses and other outfits--Some were even hand-me-downs from Mize. She is an Ifrid, and does indeed have wings, but they’re still growing in, so they’re usually tucked out of sight. Her horns are also much smaller than her little accessories in her jester outfit make them seem.

Umi’s idea of informal is a bit more detailed/frilly than most people’s, especially considering she’s not part of any important family. She doesn’t have many fancy clothes, but most of them are in shades of blue or purple, unlike her bright orange work attire.

Yona, meanwhile, looks like you could mistake her clothes for alternate pajamas. And honestly, she’d probably use them as such anyway. She’s all about comfort above all else, so even if it’s a bit too informal for going out in public, she’s not particularly fussed about it.

The Aces are probably pretty jarring, huh? Such simple clothes in comparison to their jester outfits! And green and purple as opposed to orange and blue? Wowie-wow! And let’s not forget the reveal that Aces High does indeed have hair under their hat! They like solid colors, and High tends to keep to greens while Low likes purples.

Francois doesn’t like to draw much attention, so he’s pretty basic in his clothes: Dull colors, subdued patterns and trims, nothing that makes him stand out too much. He also wears skirts since those accommodate for digitigrade-shaped legs more than pants.

Finally, Vega can’t seem to break out of old habits too much. He comes from a desert region where clothes were nice and loose to promote airflow, and more emphasis was put on the designs the clothes had since you couldn’t get wild with materials or layers. The cooler climate of Gigglox makes this not exactly necessary, but he still thinks they look nice, so!

[court-of-fools]

To celebrate the demo, me and a bunch of peeps in the official server did a live reading!! Here are some doodles I did to use as intermission screens while we took breaks!

[court-of-fools]

And here are the last pride icons!!!