#mortemswap

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A little something for a friendly competitor.

Grey gives you a respectful nod!

@traveling-papyrus <3

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Sorry I’m a lil late with this one but GG!! rooting for you peer 👁️👁️

*Grey ruffles their hair.

@sinner-shark

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My babaaaayyyyy

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Hey yall… i did arts…. I turned grey into the alien species my boyfriend made 🫶🫶

Eat up heathens, there’s his actual ref sheet coming up soon

(The man with grey doing pottery and blue alien are the same guy, his name is Dewey and he’s my boyfriends creation 🫶‼️)

ALSO THE SKELETON AND THE YELLOW ALIEN ARE THE SAME DUDE IN DIFFERENT AU’s WE THOUGHT OF I SWEAR

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Yall ever seen a punk skeleton? No? Well I gotta change that

Smacks this in your face

Ever seen a punk skeleton with a duck on his head? Well look no further🚬😏

Yes I know the ref sheet is still a WIP but shush let meeeeeee be lazy

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LORE ON MY BOY GREY

Okay I’ve determined that grey, before he fell underground (a whole other section of his story 👁️) was a Métis child with a father from the meskwaki tribe

“The Meskwaki people, also known as the Fox Indians or simply the Fox, are an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe historically located in the Great Lakes region and along the St. Lawrence River”

I wanted grey to have a piece of jewelry from his roots before he was turned into a monster and I found that the meskwaki tribe wore a lot of bear claws with otter pelts as a symbol of strength and to honour the bear, “Bears are deeply revered in Meskwaki culture, representing strength, power, and a link to the earth”

The beadwork also has symbolism

Red: strength, courage, bravery, love, life

Green: healing and endurance

White: purity, peace and spirituality

I’m still doing some research on it, trying to get it as accurate as possible 🤔 so some details may change or shift as I learn more

Usually the meskwaki have these very thick bear claw necklaces from what I’ve seen through my searches but I wanted grey to have a light necklace, more personalized and made by his father

If you have any questions or information about this that you know more about than me, don’t be afraid to send an ask 🫶!!!

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Grey having a rough time….

Sketch I decided to do and I’m kinda happy with it, although there is a lot going on and I’m struggling to figure out a way to make it less overwhelming but still have all the elements I wanna add🤔

I’m learning! Slowly but surely

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*with a heavy heart, they stare on at the CORE.

*one of theirs gone, a life cut short.

*the eldest lets his ashes blow from his fingers.

*the middle child is left to wonder, guilt is left and lingers.

*there’s no turning back now, an evil woman ridden.

*at the cost of the youngest, they will no longer stay hidden.

*are they now truly free?

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A little lore drop on my AU Mortemswap 😁🫶

It’s a sketch I don’t believe I’ll ever be finishing so I decided to just post it anyways 😭🙏

Close ups ⬇️