#cutie codex

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I’m so proud of her!

Look at this Orc!

Did you know the 5e Monster Manual has a grey orc as the base illustration?

I like it!

Way better than the orange goblin.

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Something that seemed to make a lot of sense to use for Oozes at first was a black pudding engulfing a woman.

The official art actually is very reminiscent of that style of latex fetish art. But I really wanted this series to be about sexualizng the monster, and that came across too much like sexualized the victim.

I dunno how much of a problem that actually is, but it felt wrong somehow.

So anyway, here’s a gelatinous cube with boobs!

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I accentuated very little with this one. The default shield guardian design is surprisingly kind of feminine.

That said even this version is rather androgynous. Once again, there’s only so much you can do with a suit of armour.

I like shield guardians as a feature of the world. Is there a canonical way of making one as a wizard? It’s always weird when you see monsters that a wizard made, but no rules for how a PC can do so as well.

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I know basically nothing about Nothics, but the art of them in the 5e Monster Manual is adorable.

I actually made them less cute.

She’s so happy!

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After all these monsters enslaved and influenced by Mind Flayers we’re finally here.

I think I could have done a lot more with this. I really only did a thing with her eyes.

I think it reads, but I’m sure there has to be some seriously sexy mind flayer art out there.

But when you don’t just stick them in a skimpy costume this is about all I can do.

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I may have over shaded her face. Just looks like she has soot smudge under her eyes.

Svirfneblin are kind of fun. I mean, design-wise they’re just gnomes, but I enjoy their history.

I think of them as the base for gnomes, so really every other type of gnome is “just another gnome” not these little guys.

I dunno why I gave her glasses. The Monster Manual actually got into gender dynamics and said that women are usually leaders and do logistics and stuff.

For some reason that turned her into a librarian in my mind?

I dunno.

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Chimeras are made up of such an odd choice of creatures. Why is there a goat? Seriously.

This one was fun. Lioness and sexy dragon, then out of nowhere, terrified goat just stitched on and not wanting to be involved.

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Oh, what did I do? Man, Bulettes have really confusing anatomy.