Got the random idea to draw some Cream (or Creamscape in this AU i guess?). Specifically them hiding and resting in a section of the ruins of an au after a harsh battle with Corrupted.
While these are Chalk (I'm still uncertain about having this Cross be named that but I'm leaning towards yes) and Dreamscape from my au, that doesn't necessarily mean Cream in canon in Faunaverse. I haven't quite sorted out the ships (or if there will be any), so this is just like, a side thing for now. You also don't even have to interpret this as ship art since I didn't give them any blush lmao. Also, Dreamscape is NOT supposed to be that small compared to Chalk lol, I didn't mean to make him so little.
I'm sorry for the very bare bones (get it? Cuz they're skeletons? And they have bones? ....ah who am I kidding, that wasn't very humerus at all.......okay I'll stop.) background. It was already a very tedious process drawing the separate bricks (which many of the lines don't even appear to be visible for some reason. They are only 1px thick though.) and I didn't wanna bother trying to add detail. So just imagine the vines and crack and chips and whatnot in the walls.
I finally have proper designs for Chalk and Cross!
Aren't they cool? (I absolutely love how Chalk's Fauna-form came out! I don't think I've ever drawn something with such a cool edginess to it before.)
To learn more about them, check under the cut!
Starting with Chalk. 1st off, I wanna explain why his name is Chalk because he actually has a good reason for the name change and I also don't remember if I've done that yet.(unlike most of the others lol). Chalk is the original "Cross" in Faunaverse. He's the one who experienced the events of Xtale and Underverse in full. Chalk is ALSO what Jakei was originally going to name him I believe. (I saw it in a Cross Sans wiki anyway, and those aren't always accurate) So I figured I'd give the "original" Cross the concept name and give the "new" Cross the current name.
Now, you may have also noticed there's a big style difference between the 2 of them. Chalk has sharper facial features and more defined bones. But then Cross looks rounder, softer and less defined.
Cross did not get to go through the whole X-event thing. His au was destroyed but that's as far as he got. He doesn't have the trauma of being used and manipulated like some dog, so he's a lot nicer and more friendly and not so distrusting of and aggressive towards other people. That's why he looks so much softer.
But Chalk did go through the entirety of the X-event and whatnot (which goes as far as the current Underverse story goes. I won't be trying to make up my own continuation of it because I'm not much of a writer lol) and does have all that trauma. So the edgier, sharper appearance represents his edgier, more trauma-driven personality. He's also a little more mature. He also has those cracks over his eye just cuz I thought it would look cool. I'll figure out where he got them from later. He also won't be receiving any extra clothing items unless they appear in Underverse because while I do have more headcanons shoved onto him compared to others like Blade, Murder, etc. I do still want to be relatively faithful to the design at the least.
For some more details on Cross's design, I gave him that extra purplish gray coloring because while I do love his mostly black and white design, when it's me trying to color him, the lack of color bothers me a little. So therefore I gave him extra color. It also helps to ensure that people can tell the difference between him and Chalk (whose outfit sticks to the regular black and white only.). I am a bit iffy on the purplish grey, I mainly can't decide if it looks better with the scarf being that color or if the jacket being that color works better.
I'm pretty sure I covered their personalities when I made their warrior cat designs, though I may have accidentally retconned a few things? Specifically regarding Cross and what happened with his story. I don't remember what all I wrote in that post so who knows. But I won't talk much about their personalities here because of that. Oh, also, Chalk still has his daggers and Cross still has the hack knife. Xchara also still bothers him from time to time.
Another thing, the reason why there's another Cross is because XGaster wanted to try starting from scratch (while still focusing on the original project) to see if things would turn out better (and if he could consider abandoning the original project for the new one). Unfortunately for him, they didn't. Not only did most events end up happening the same way, but the X-event was also prevented from happening because Nightmare snatched Cross up before Corrupted could.
I think that's about all? So anyways, as always, if you have any questions, the ask box is open! You can ask questions to me or the characters directly! Also, idk if I've specified this, but I won't be making Faunaverse into a whole big comic thing because I don't know how to write comics that well. It'll mostly stick to regular drawings and mini-comics. Maybe animations if I ever actually make the effort to really start practicing with it. Also also, I do have a Swap design in progress too. I have the sketch finished, (made it around the same time that I made the Chalk and Cross sketches) I just have to redraw it digitally and color it.
