happy nye day!!!!! last time i posted something i said it would be skulduggery's cats, and yet i ended up drawing MORE nye then cat. this is because i realised that people were calling new year eve 'nye' and... i couldnt miss this opportunity. i wanted potato and soup to LOOK like a potato and some soup, and i wanted them to be distinct breeds, so Soup is a sleek oriental shorthair ginger and potato is a lighter brown british short hair. their colouring is off in multiple different drawings, but i hope you can at least tell who is who 💀
i LOVE LOVE LOVE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY so ive started a project were im looking into the genetic makeup of crenga (habitat, diet, adaptations etc) its going to be in a google doc, so i will need to draw diagrams and things- but i wouldnt expect a big bunch of drawings like today. what im saying is this might take a minute, and i wouldnt expect more drawings from me until the end of january at least. fun fact though!! for snakes to eat large things, they dont unhook their jaws. their jaw bone is split at the middle, and their cheek bones are really high up on their face so they can open their mouths wider for larger food. without spoiling too much, Crenga have to ability to do this in the later books, which means their jaws must be split at the middle (as seen in the skull drawing i did for nye) static art and nic stylus actually added this to their design of nye in the comic they made for halloween! heres the comic page that shows it best on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/skulduggerypleasant/comments/1obf5mu/the_hounds_of_roarhaven_page_719/ and here's the page on tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/nicstylus/797911066761887744/the-hounds-of-roarhaven-page-6-19 although, the skin on the chin would still be connected, with the jaw being the only thing split. despite this its a really interesting design!! speaking of design, technically baby nye to pre middle age nye, shouldnt have clothes (unless nye was raised from birth by humans that put it in clothes) but i didnt really feel like drawing a bunch of naked crenga, so i just gave it the clothes i designed for adult nye here: https://www.tumblr.com/sunnygarbagedump/803608278891397120/if-youve-not-done-it-before-dr-or-professor i reference this every 5 minutes, but in later books, val sees nye with its cap off, commenting that it has scabs, boils and wisps of hair all over its scalp. Which is why i gave baby nye some hair. the pictures of nye are ordered from youngest to oldest, just keep in mind that crenga shrink and pale as they get old
i hate the teenage one, but honestly no one looks good as a teenager
this last one is supposed to be nye's skull, if that makes sense? and then theres just nye in its hammock australia and new zealand have new years first, so even thought its the 31st for me, it might not be for you guys. either way, i hope 2025 was nice to you, and i hope 2026 is even nicer!! every comment you guys give me makes me want to draw more, and even if you dont like my drawings it makes me feel great when you show support in some way, and it means a lot to me. have a nice new years guys!!!
