#melody basri

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The Tranglamites did OC kiss week and I forgot to say a damn thing about it, how Could I -

I really meant to do more but if I don’t post this I never will. Maybe I’ll add to it -

Victim tagging- @tigeri102 @limepigeon @grellskendyr @the-cooler-sidestep @crownleys

And I have. Forgot Ka’s tumblr.

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(image desc in alt text) mel for @swordsandspectacles!

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Your question was regrettably delayed, but here it is now:

What villain careers did Melody AND Aura AND Matty pick? What motivated them to choose those paths? Did they ever consider a different villainous career?

We aren’t going to look at how long ago this was sent.

I think? And this is hazy, but I think Mel was like. A general anarchy villain???? I think if (when) I play her again there will be a different path for her.

NO IM WRONG I played her as “hero hunter (prepare them)” and it didn’t suit her at ALL. she’s just not built for this.

The only thing I’ll never consider for Mel is Mob Boss. Because that would fix her tbfh. And we can’t be having that.

Matty! Matty however was a mob boss. I liked the dynamic, there was begrudging affection there and I’m a terrible sucker for such things. I selected that pretty early. Canonically, I think it’s Mattyboy’s way of throwing himself a bone, allowing himself a step away from that chronic loneliness. And also, it’s good to have backup. I think he’d have considered thievery, but. This is where we are

Aura, tho I never finished her retri run, was a hero hunter out for blood. She’s my impulsive idiot good-time girl and damn the consequences. I don’t think it was like, a major goal of hers to go out and kill particularly but? Uh. That’s where we got to in pursuit of revenge and in her chronic not knowing where to stop.

She would also have made a great thief tbh. Honestly it would’ve been healthier for her if she went that route.

But who am I to deny women’s wrongs

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Drawing this and just… picturing Anathema FRANTICLY shushing everybody, while also going “oh my fucking god you guys look at these two”

Julia’s going to have the WORST crick in her neck

Mum says I can ramble AS MUCH AS I WANT in the readmore. You’re trapped here with ME.

And ooh look we have progress shots and the original reference that’s fairly sexy

My toxic trait is putting so much texture into lines only to blur/chromatic abberation/add noise until it’s all just a soft fuzz.

Pouring one out for the lineart of Julia’s hair tho. Loosing that’s a tragedy.

Drawing this didn’t take much brain power, it was mostly ‘see ref, become obsessed, work on this between comms’

It became a FIGHT once I got to colour/shading/light though. I wanted some streetlight-y look but also not quite that and?? Spent well north of an hour and a half (about half the total work time) pushing and pulling. The bright blue/orange/red is of course what saved it in the end. This was as far as I intended to take it but I’m glad I put the extra time in.

Also as I’m sure is blindingly obvious— playing with the idea of sidestep Mel not bleaching her hair. You have no idea how much blonde Mel ruins the composition it’s so bad

She looks like a diFFERENT PERSON—

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You’re just a pale shadow of yourself.

Or someone overshadowed by by your new self, anyhow.

I got! Some funky risograph brushes from Retrosupply. Turns out the procreate version is a bit easier on the brain than the clip version (yay) so I’ve immediately begun fussing around with these…

Having fun with textures and negative space today! If im 110% honest I think I could have (should have) gone further, really shrank Mel down in pose and space on the page to totally envelop her in Entropy’s cloak. Buuut I didn’t.

Fun trivia; Mel usually wears heels, so Entropy being taller is just an affectation for the vibes.

Also. Speedpaint.

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Entropy’s no. 1 Rule, the glowy bits on the suit look better in daylight if you’re backlit then if you’re not.

1 hour-ish cool-down doodle - uh- inspiration. Struck.

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Style experiment got a little away from me

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I don’t know how tumblr is going to treat my pixel art and I’m afraid!

Hey there Entropy you’re looking MIGHTY crunchy and low res tonight!