#jeraptha

[okara-illustrates]

Sooo @zverinca-art and I created an AU where Scorandum found Skippy instead of Joe. We still workin the details BUT we did do some doodles on it >:3 here are mine along with some general art. Someone also gave me the idea to draw Skippy’s avatar in a Vivi outfit. And also just a random Pinterest model I drew XD

[zverinca-art]

I've been chatting with @okaratauri and she said I should post my ExFor art here that's been sitting on my computer for months, without having seen the light of day. I don't really like maintaining an online presence, but since this community is so small (unlike bigger fandoms, where there's really no shortage of artists), I thought I might as well dump them here in case anyone's interested. I'll draw more soon. Probably. No promises.

So, yeah, massive ExFor art dump incoming. Here's my Joe. Love the silly guy. Drawing his hair is both a massive pain in the ass and absolutely worth it.

Chotek, Joe and Adams. Might do more of these eventually.

My Skippy design. Not 100% super canon compliant but this is how I imagined him for a long time. He's due for a redesign. I'm gonna shave his head so thoroughly, it'll have an albedo of 1.

Beer can outfits (he will kill you for this)

A bunch of Skippy sketches.

Jeraptha designs! From left to right: Scorandum, Klasta & Kinsta

Another beetle sketch, with Scorandum (in a floral hawaiian shirt because ofc) and Klasta again

Aaand another one

And this poster I did a few months ago that... yeesh. My painting skills have improved a lot since then xD

And to top it off, one grumpy Skip

That's it for now. Okay, bye.

[okaratauri]

I love exfor too much

I’m so glad dad listed to exfor in the car, Skippy hooked me and I started listening to it on my own. Skippy and the merry band of pirates have progressed me so much in my art abilities and skills. I’ve grown and learned exponentially since the 2022 early 2023 when I first heard and started drawing characters and species from exfor. My ability to draw facial features better, my shading, my expressions and body language, lighting, color theory, proportions, animals, hair styles, depth, clothes etc. without exfor I’d still be stuck way at a skill level insanely below the one I’m at. That’s a huge part of why I think Exfor will stay with me for a long time.

[thecholma]

Deathtrap (Expeditionary Force Mavericks Book 1)

Perkins was interested in how the Jeraptha* operated as infantry. "What was that like?" Cadet "Nert" Dandurf tilted his head and a shudder of horror shook his shoulders. "Colonel Perkins, have you ever seen an assault team team of *extremely* pissed off beetles in action?" ~~~ Deathtrap (Expeditionary Force Mavericks Book 1) End of Chapter 27 --------------------- I almost SNORTED when I read that last line! Craig Alanson's "Expeditionary Force" novels are great fun, and provide an interesting look at interstellar factions where humans are a primitive species without space travel of their own. * Jeraphta are roughly human-sized insects with 6 limbs (hence the "beetle" reference) and are rated "Tier 2" in technology. (Humans would *maybe* be rated "Tier 4" if anyone took them seriously)