#drowsecretsatan2018

[leidensygdom]

My actual Secret Satan to @misterartist !! Featuring both of his characters, Karath’ractus in the right and Rylde in the left! This piece took over 15h since the background required doing a previous 3D model, over which I re-drew everything. I think it was worth it in the end though!

I wanted to do a big pic for them since I love the characters and MisterArtist has always been a great friend. It also served to challenge myself!

[nakaronii]

Merry Crispmas @luupetitek!!! Enjoy your secret satan!

[mushroomjeremy]

I finally finished the sercet santa piece for @athaso I was spending most of my time trying to figure out how the background worked before I gave up. Hope this is fine for the wait.

[leidensygdom]

A pic for @athaso of her character, Athaso, as a Surrogate for the drowcember secret satan!! 

(not my actual victim person i’m gifting for)

[leidensygdom]

I want to anounce the Secret Satan - 2018 for @drowcember​ !

This is the second edition of this project. As some may know, last year I organized a Secret Satan based on drow, taking Drowcember as the excuse for it since it’s a month for- Well, guess it, drawing drows! The idea of the project is to draw people’s drow OCs!

It’ll be like last year: I’ll be using one webpage that will randomize the list of participants and send everyone their chosen Secret Santa to the mail, without anybody knowing (including me). (It’s in Spanish, but it’s the one that works better for it. I used it last year and it even allowed me to re-send mails to those that didn’t get it.)

How will I make it?

The inscriptions will be opent until 21 of November. After that the mails will get sent, and I will ask everyone if they got it. I’ll be using this spreadsheet (Similar to last year’s) to keep control of the confirmations on getting the mail. After that, we’ll have time until 25 of December (the day of the “Draw someone else’s drow OC, according to last year’s prompt list for drowcember) to draw the thing. It should be tagged #drowcember, so it counts towards that day’s topic! Also tag it as #drowsecretsatan2018 so I can reblog it, or PM it to me.

How will we know what to draw?

Each paticipant will need to give me a reference pic of their characters and the name of such character through PM. You can also send it to me in Discord (I’m Sygdom #9379).  I will post that link on the spreadsheet, so their Secret Satan can easily access it. I’d recommend giving 2 or 3 options so there’s more of a choice for your Secret Satan to draw. The only exception to this would be if someone only has one drow OC.

What are the requirements?

To have a drow OC and draw! It’s necessary to have a reference picture for their characters and not to give a written description. And the sent drawings should be finished pictures, not sketches! (Fully colored). I’d recommend to keep it at one character per picture, but if someone feels like drawing two (if they have two submitted characters) that would also be ok!

The pictures should be posted on 25 of December, not before. If someone has an issue posting it said day, I’d recomment telling me beforehand and submitting it before. If someone doesn’t do their picture, they will be banned from future Secret Satans. (If someone is left without a picture, I will be their Surrogate Satan, and will make the picture for them instead)

Also, since this was asked: All must be Safe For Work. There is no minimum age, so keep it family friendly please!

What counts as a drow?

To make it as non-exclusive as possible, we’ll have a rather wide definition of what is a drow. That will include D&D drows, Drowtales’ drows, dunmers, nightbornes, duskwights, half drows and anything resembling a drow/based in a drow from original settings. (Aka dark skin + pointy ears, at least. If you have a doubt on if they count as such ask me!)

How do I join?

To join, just send me a Private Message on tumblr or on Discord. Reblogs on this post don’t count to join but are greatly appreciated! You will need to give me your mail (even if it’s a temporal one if you don’t feel comfortable giving your main mail, I will tell you when to check it), and 1, 2 or 3 character references (as a link) + their name to put in the spreadsheet. That’s it!

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Feel free to ask any question if you have doubts through PM, Discord or asks. Don’t be afraid to join, the idea of this event is to have fun and get together the drow community. Last year had a total of 17 participants and it did work quite nicely, and this year it might work even better!!

[leidensygdom]

SECRET SATAN MAILS ARE SENT

Hello! Secret Satan Mails have been sent. This year the webpage I use works a bit different, so let me explain how it works!

You should receive a mail called “(your name), this is your Secret Satan! Read the instructions on the mail” Open it! Then it should look like this:

CLICK ON THE ORANGE BUTTON. Then a webpage will open with a pop up, click on whichever option (it just changes the ads), and the name of your satan should appear in black like this:

(leiden is nobody, this was a fake roll i did with myself to check it works)

There should be the name of your Secret Satan. You can find the references to their characters in the spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MWCQq7QPQbu9eX7Rx_e8CEkWPmhZUSv-urxt35OQ6EU/edit?usp=sharing

Send me a PM if you received the mail (or if you didn’t) and if you understood the instructions. If the mail didn’t work, it can’t be re-sent, don’t worry!! I will be keeping track of everyone that has gotten the mail~

REMEMBER: There’s time until the 25 of December to do the picture. Wait until then to submit the picture! And send it to me or tag it as #drowsecretsatan2018 so I can see it. The picture should be colored!

[leidensygdom]

SECRET SATAN INSCRIPTIONS ARE CLOSED

I will be rolling it within 2h from now max!! I’ll make sure to check everything got the mail after it >:D

[stelera]

Merry Christmas to @miss-genki-art and her awesome drow Lie’lael De’vault, whom I had the pleasure of drawing for this year’s Drow Secret Satan hosted by @leidensygdom <3

Notes, sketches, and link to high-res version below the cut.

I apologize for remaking the post. My blog had apparently been shadow-banned without my realization. No wonder it wasn’t showing up anywhere and people were unable to tag me. Very strange, but it’s fixed now.

More about the art itself:

Okay so the above final picture was finished in about 13 hours, it’s about 200ppi at 4000x3500px (if you zoom in real close you can see the freckles), and I did it all with a wireless mouse on my laptop. I also did it in a lineless style, so no two colors are in contact with an area of the same color.

While working on this project too I went through several iterations, about 5 sketches, never quite satisfied with the pose or the style before I decided to use the above version, but I’ll go ahead and share the sketches here, even though most of them are just partials where I got enough into the sketch to realize it wasn’t where I wanted to go with the piece.