#dearesthunterau

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Monster Boy Rot

Something not just fandom related today! I've been kind of in this weird brain triangle of the monster boys, and I wanted to draw the progression of the human to monster. Not a full on transformation sequence yet, but one day.

This one is gonna include my main character, Ed, from my story Parallels! Yeah a bit of spoilers but heck we're far from a proper reveal of it yet to make sense. But then ofc Jim because I love his troll form a lot.

*Forgot to add i gave Jim a cute lil knick in his ear that kind of looks like Daylight, and im kind of obsessed with that X3

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Happy Holidays!

Wanted to draw something wintery- so why not hop on the Floomf Jim train?

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DearestHunter (More Trolls)

yes we got more because i got used to his facial structure and monster ideas are so much fun! XD SO HERE'S WHAT WE GOT FELLAS: TrollJim still does occur after Wizards (though Wizards will take a wildly different route than canon as.... there's a lot of fixes i think need to be made... idk what but there is. And as such RotT will be fixed as well.) However he's a lot more like himself, just with the instinct of a feral dog and troll sprinkled in, topped with the existential panic of: "I can't fit in doors and why do spoons smell so good?". He does still get to wield the Excalibur amulet though. Because everyone imagine with me how cool that would look~

I imagine he's a snacker, and tends to store and hide his food for later. He's just often paranoid and walks around on all fours to feel smaller and closer to his friends. mm yeah, idk i think he's silly.

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DearestHunter (size difference)

Whaaaa them art? at last? more likely than you think! I had this sketch for a bit and i've been dying to finish it. I gave Jim something akin to Draal's pants, and kind of gave Dee some more simplified snake designs.

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The small gremlin (who's definitely not a goddess) is back! So, do you have designs of the Arcane Order (if they are in your AU) and if they are, what do they look like now?

So I was thinking about this like hmm what WOULD the arcane order be like? Since DearestHunter with Big Troll Jim, takes place during the Reset with TobyHunter, Jim is older (probably around 16-17). I like their idea of trying to restart the world, but how they did it in RotT doesn't really hit as it should've. So yes they're trying to restart it, but they want to dictate what magic gets through and which ones don't. So they probably not only have to get their giant robot thingies (idk i haven't seen the movie in a hot sec) but also a spell, but also The Hunter and the time stone within the amulet.. But also I wanted to sort of age up my arcane order, and give them minor changes regarding designs. Especially Bellroc's? since ngl i was disappointed when their mask came off. So their face is on the chest, it's just a Headless horseman situation, where they get a new skull every few centuries. This year's model is some sort of bird-dragon! Skrael I really didn't know what to do except make him a lil more plus sized. Just because I liked his face shape being rounder while the rest of him was sharp. And gave him icicles. Narr's is just pushing the faun aspects more in her ears. Here's a very rough sketch of them!

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DearestHunter (Doodles)

Wanted to do more with his adorable lil ears and body language (i imagine him very dog like) + kind of mess with the idea that he still has access to his armor and his duties. Plus some glimpses of Blinkey in this AU! I also think Blinkey would be like a girl-dad to Dee, their love of books would make them able to nerd out so much.

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DearestHunter (Troll Jim)

Okay im not gonna lie, most of my brain cell surrounding Jim and Dearest is revolved around Big Troll Jim. Yeah the one after the shard gets shoved into him fully (which... i don't entirely understand that? like?? what... did that shard have that did that? idk this is something I may end up changing) Anyways, I love the concepts of him like that, and actually it's the concept art of Jim's big trollform that really pushed me to make this lil ship. I wanted to draw him less bulky and more like himself? he's just a string bean with muscles! But yeah, lots of cute monster romance ship stuff with him and Dee, and as characters they both get really out of their shell and confident... Though you'll still see them refusing to tell someone that they asked for no pickles...

+some blinkey and Arrrgh to sort of show that good comparison of troll and halftroll (no matter how big he got XD) plus... i just like drawing monsters... it's a lil guilty pleasure of mine X3

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DearestHunter (Dee's Snakes)

I knowwww you guys desire the snakeyssss. I've actually had this ready for a bit but have been rotting more on Jim lately.

So in her original ref i drew for her, I drew 6 snakes, but because that's a lot I usually draw 3! Their names are War, Roe and Pie and each are named after the type of books Dee likes to read (and as such, they also love those books) War is into sci-fi and war biographies, Roe is into romantasy (the non-smutty kind, this is a sfw/fluff story) and Pie is into comic books (actually they really like children picture books too).

All the snakes have minds of their own, but will reflect Dee's emotions as well. So when Jim is around they all get very heart-eyed and cuddly with him.

But also been thinking about Dee's armor and weaponry, I think she holds like dual blades? (I've also been messing with Hero's Forge so its been a great place to concept armor)