Cover Your Ears - APR04/2023
Soooo I haven't drawn Alliya in a couple of years, and I might've got a liiittle too excited at the idea of drawing her again. I wanna get into doing backgrounds more, but making a Galarian Stadium was probably a bit too much to take on at once, that said it DOES look awesome, and as much trouble as the crowds gave me I did like sprinkling in a few character cameos, brings me back to Kirby Super Star how there were just random Mario characters in the audience.
But obviously the main focus here is the main bitch herself, and I'm really proud of how the team turned out. Alliya's new outfit is supposed to be like her "sporty" uniform, the one she wears for gym challenge stuff and whatnot, I love her flowy coat, massive boots, and fluffy neckpiece too much to scrap it. But this uniform is pretty awesome too, I wanted to keep a sort of punk-ish feel, like she's less of a sports celeb like Leon and more of a rock star. I in particular love her long scarf that's glittery on one side and metallic on the other, and the boots, which my friend Anima helped me design.
I had a lot of fun doing the backlighting, it was fun to work with, and the main reason she has the Lysandre shades that I wore with her in-game a few times. Scutum, her Indeedee, wasn't originally gonna be there, but I had too much fun doing the shading, and I thought it'd be hilarious if he was just standing there stoically covering his ears while everyone else is hyped out of their mind. Also, he if you're wondering why he has a bandaid, it's because in Galar trainers usually dynamax their last Pokemon, so he's already been in a bit of a scrap.
And then there's Diadem, and I loved working with the Dynamax effects, especially the sky. It's not one-to-one with any depictions of it, so I mixed a bit of the games', anime's, and manga's depictions of them. In fact, I had fun with all the lighting effects, since I usually do solid colors and shading with flat lines, and I had a lot of fun messing with things like Diadem's outline.
Alliya (picrew used)Gardener, Cryptozoologist, Conspiracy Theorist, Alien Hunter, and all around cutie
Alyren (picrew used)Master Restoration Mage, Ex-Psijic, Effectively Immortal (through her masterful restoration magic (and some stolen Psijic knowledge)), and your local trans lesbian
Corvo (picrew used)My first real OC, i made her as a HUGE coping mechanism while i was going through some really tough shit. she’s got the most tragic of tragic backstories and has also been through a lot of trauma but!!!! as i’ve gotten into a better place so has she!!!!! she’s now a happily married lesbian who studies entomology in her spare time and works at the local animal shelter and library
E-K (picrew used)Homeless Wandered, Friends with Everyone, genuinely one of the nicest people you’ll ever meet, kinda a himbo. He’s Fish’s dad
Fish (picrew used)Feral Goblin Baby Supreme. jus a littel creachur
Junnaya (picrew used)Immortal Dark-Brotherhood Assassin. Cicero is the only motherfucker in the Skyrim sanctuary that she has any respect for. has a love-hate relationship with the Night Mother (it’s complicated). she’s actually a khajiit but.......... i haven’t made her in many furry picrews yet sdhfksdjahgfshglhdk
Ketiit (picrew used)another khajiit OC, Ketiit used to be a child-slave on a small remote island in Summerset, along with @69420coolman‘s OC Har-Kanain (an argonian). the two escaped when they were teens (Ket 14, Har 16) and Junnaya found them and took them in. Ketiit has a lot of pent up anger from her years of being mistreated, and is using adventuring to help her get through it. she’s also a werewolf, and a member of the Companions, and is a pretty damn good alchemist. she killed her bitch-ass master and freed all the other slaves there. She and Har have a really complicated backstory involving Hircine and reincarnation and ancient khajiit and argonians fighting the invading imperials, but i won’t get into it right now skjghksdfhgk
Llelewyn (picrew used)another of my first real OCs!!! along with Corvo, they were made around the same time and both helped me deal with different stuff. Llel is also Corvo’s wife now!!!!!! the two both went through HELL cause of me so i figured i might as well give them a happy ending UwU
Magpie (picrew used)Corvo’s older sister, Magpie is a punk-rock rebel girl who doesn’t take shit from anyone. she’s in a rock band that’s just one big happy poly relationship. they have a cat named Titan, he’s a deaf maine-coon they rescued and sometimes he’ll just wander on stage during gigs. all of her bands songs are either: - fuck the government- there can be no ethical consumption under capitalism- yeah i’m queer you wanna fuckin fight about it- i’m gonna scream my emotions out in the car at 3am while doing 90 down the highway
Marren (picrew used)grumpy hacker who’s always tired because they stayed up for 3 days straight trying to get a program to work. built a robot with a self-aware A.I when they were 8 because they couldn’t make any friends. is dating Alliya and cannot believe she puts up with their bullshit (and is constantly questioning whether Alliya is just dating them out of pity because they had a p difficult childhood (dw, Alliya genuinely loves them, and they love her)). they probably watch Rick and Morty
Nova (picrew used)ghosty boyyy!!!! he can see ghosts and talk to them! he’s trans and gay and has lesbian mums! he’s Corvo’s cousin and cares for her deeply. his bf (E-K) is the love of his life and he wishes they got to spend more time together (dw, they get married one day ;3)
Oberonn (picrew used)the middle child in between Corvo and Magpie. he’s a college drop-out who runs an illegal chemist/apothecary out of his garage where he sells people medication that they need but can’t afford to get elsewhere (anti-depressant, adhd meds, etc). there’s a 90% chance at any given time that he hasn’t left the house in a week and hasn’t slept that entire time. insomniac “““doctor””” who just. needs to learn some self-care. please. go take a shower.
r0bb1e (picrew used)Marren’s robot friend! he’s an asshole. but really, he’s very much like Marren (also an asshole (kinda, they tend to push people away so they can’t get hurt)). will download your favourite show and spoil the ending. had to spend a month as a roomba once when his body broke and Marren had to fix it.
Raven (picrew 1 - picrew 2)is she alive, living with witches and also amnesia? is she dead, haunting her twin sister? who knows! it all depends on the AU baby!!! Corvo’s twin sister who may or may not be dead. schroedinger’s Raven
Urndresi (picrew used)Dark elf mercenary. can and will steal your girl. dating Junnaya. ex-communicated herself from House Telvanni because she can’t fucking stand them, the slavery, the manipulation tactics, the magic (she sucks at magic and is petty about it), the “we’re better than you” attitude. goes around freeing slaves (mostly those owned by Telvanni) in her free team. is immortal, but is a lot less angsty about it than Junnaya (just kidding haha she’s actually internalising enough emotions to kill a dragon)
“Alliya’s Pokemon Team” ~ FEB12/2021
“Diadem the Toxtricity” ~ MAY 13/2020
“Scutum the Indeedee” ~ MAY18/2020
“Champion Alliya” ~ NOV13/2020
“Lamellar the Spiritomb” ~ NOV15/2020
“Cataphract the Grimmsnarl” ~ NOV25/2020
“Culverin the Rhyperior” ~ JAN26/2021
“Morgenstern the Dragalge” ~ FEB02/2021
I’ve spent a long time on these clowns. This is Alliya, my trainer oc from Pokémon Sword/Shield, and her team of six Pokémon. Between Indeedee, Toxtricity, Spiritomb, Grimmsnarl, Rhyperior, and Dragalge, this group of seven took me quite some time, and I’m super proud of all of them.
Your name is ALLIYA GARTET and you are 8 SWEEPS OLD. You are also a BLUE BLOOD, but despite your BLOOD COLOUR, you still have PSIIONIC POWERS (involving portals). lots of people think you’re just wearing CONTANT LENSES to try and be cool. you do not like these people. you are the WITCH OF VOID and your land is LOMAE, The Land of Mist and Eldritch.
Your lusus is a GREAT CTHULU LIKE CREATURE who lives in the oceans that rise against the walls of your LIGHTHOUSE HIVE. you love your lusus. he loves you. everything is great.
Apart from just having an ELDRITCH PARENT BEAST, you also have a great interest in OTHER OCCULT THINGS, such as CRYPTIDS (especially MOTHMAN), ghosts, spirits, THE ANCIENT BEINGS THAT CREATED AND WILL DESTROY THE WORLD, demons, CONSPIRACY THEORIES, and other such things. you also really like FAIRYTALES and OLD STORIES ABOUT OLD ALTERNIA.
You spend a lot of time hanging out with your MATESPRITE, MARREN, and trying to convince them to EAT SOMETHING HEALTHY or FIX THEIR SLEEPING SCHEDULE. They’re a mess, but they’re your mess.
your handle is EldritchFairytale, and you 73nd 70 83 qu173 4n4ly71c4l w17h h0w y0u sp34k.
bonus sprite by the wonderful @the-real-slim-strider
