#emerald's ocs

[emeraldforestocs]

This girl wasn't getting any love at @palfrey-adoption-corral, so I decided to take her home and give her a little makeover. And, well, I've fallen in love ^^;

Please meet Fauna. She'll be joining my other palfrey, Oakley.

And I definitely want to make some more palfreys inspired by deer coats :)

[emeraldforestocs]

Oakley, my good boy

[emeraldforestocs]

Tangle-

Tangle, no-

Tangle the Nekomane: adopted from @familiar-emporium

Oakley the Palfrey: my own OC

(I'd love to open up Oakley's species as adoptable critters. Would anyone be interested in adopting a palfrey?)

[emeraldforestocs]

I've loved seeing all the adoptables springing up on this site lately, and it's got me craving a horse/deer type creature. So I wanted to see if I could design something myself.

I'd kind of like to make more Palfreys and open them up for adoption. Would anyone be interesting in adopting one? Please let me know :)

Please say hello to Oakley the Palfrey.

I love him so much!!

Palfreys are sort of a cross between a horse and a deer (which a bit of extra flair thrown in).

Oakley is a quiet type, keeping mostly to himself. He rarely shows much outward emotion, but it's clear from his intelligent eyes that there's a lot going on in that mind of his at all times.

[emeraldforestocs]

A couple more old OCs I thought it would be fun to update and bring back (and also I've been craving horse characters as of late).

First up is Sapphire.

This mare started out as a 'sona design, before I decided to go in a different direction. I still really liked her though, so she got turned into an OC.

She's the serious, no-nonsense type that never just let's her hair down or goofs off. Very lead mare material.

And this is Liana.

The vines are actually markings on her body, and every year they grow a little bit longer with a few more leafs.

She's a quiet mare, and very much keeps to herself on the outskirts of the herd. She's got a mustang's sense for danger, so she'll be the first to react to a potential threat. As a result, she never seems to 100% let her guard down or relax completely.

[emeraldforestocs]

Little Tangle reminded me of these sweeties I adopted years ago from the Chicken Smoothie forums. So, I thought it would be fun to give them a little update and redraw them with my current skills.

Sadly, I don't remember who originally designed either of them, nor do I have their original adopt art anymore.

First up is Krystal.

She's such a good girl. She's based on a German Shepherd dog, but with 3 tails and an icy blue colour scheme. She thrives on positive reinforcement: tell her she's a good girl, and she'll be your friend for life :)

The second critter is Aloe.

He is a green colourpoint fluttercat with monarch butterfly wings. He's playful and silly, but give him a sun puddle to bask in, and he won't move for the rest of the day.

[emeraldhonour]

Thank you so, so much for the ask about my OC, @redstringraven 💚💚💚 It honestly means so much to me that anyone wants to hear about my OC!

I'll be answering it over here on my TMNT blog, if that's OK.

Aura's theme is Light.

Which is a little ironic, given that she's literally a nocturnal animal that can navigate in the total absence of light. 😅

Starting with her chosen name - one of the definitions of an aura is a light or atmosphere surrounding a person, place or object. Her full name - Aurata - also means "golden", feeding in to the theme of light.

Personality wise, she's very polite and generally easy to get along with. She doesn't really stand out a lot (mutant bat withstanding). But, like the light, others tend to notice her more when she's absent.

She's deeply compassionate (Some might call her a 'bleeding heart'). She's quick to point out that her oversized ears give her super-hearing (aka she's a good listener). She'll do what she can to lighten anyone's load, even if all that means is letting them get their feelings off their chest.

She has a knack for shining a figurative light into even the darkest of scenarios. When all else falls away, she's still gripping on tightly to hope.

She's very light on her feet, even before her mutation. While only a hobby, she loved to dance, and now incorporates what she learnt into helping her to manage flying.

Another link is her passion for photography. In addition to framing, lighting is crucial in photography, and a great photographer can do incredible things with light and shadow. Beyond that, though, the art of simply taking a physical photo is all about exposing the film to light. Without light, you get no photo.

Bonus: Run by Snow Patrol is her theme song. I always think of her when I hear it (and it just so happens to fit her theme, too 😅).

[emeraldforestocs]

More art of my girl, because I’ve missed her.

I experimented with varying line thickness for this one.

I’ve also never been 100% happy with the thick wooden bangles around her wrists on her previous designs, so I had a play with some other options for making her gloves unique. But I liked how the brown balanced her outfit, so I eventually decided to keep it but tone it down into these crossed laces. Not sure if these new gloves will stick around, but they at least feel more fitting with the theme of the rest of her outfit.