The one post I have been WAITING a long time to bring back- the most recent (and probably final, I have no reason to redesign these enough to where they need a new reference) set of Nextgen references.
i love accidentally posting this on the AU blog instead of my main F^CK
"Yesterday, Kirby made this machine that was supposedly able to bring us to Civis Cosmosis without the help of Elfilin or the Lor Starcutter... He did leave us a way to access the machine and enter the exact coordinates to pick him up, since he's scared that it would fail and cause him to get trapped to wherever he got sent in...
And since he's been missing for a few hours and not coming back, we assumed he got lost, and we managed to enter the place... but apparently we found ourselves in a world familiar to ours, and it looks like Popstar years later after our escapades...
I heard Kirby here became a king from the pedestrians living there, which is weird... but we keep trying to find our Kirby, until we bump into this strange knight. He looks a lot like me, but with a different armor and looking pretty somber and intimidating, and for some reason, I feel a weird gut feeling that he looks the way he is because of something tragic...
...not going to lie, from the looks of it, he seems to have gotten himself in a messy situation before. I have a feeling that this is related to his Kirby somehow and I don't know why.
...is this what I'll probably act like if I didn't stop him during...?!"
Prompts by @paintpanic and @peachsupremeart
Fused list compiled by @desultory-novice (click here for the list!)
Nextgen AU created by @itsquakey
HOLY F^CK FUTURE CONTENT + LORE????? IN A KIRBTOBER ENTRY??? AND A CROSSOVER???? WOW??? WHAT'S GOING ON???
Well, I haven't revealed this yet, but by the time of Season 3 (aka the future version of the kiddos, you can see their design here), Bandana is considering the career choice of being a knight. Well, guess which AU also has Bandana as a knight, and also angsty?
...okay maybe not that angsty but Quakey did have an sorta ongoing comic that seems to rear into that category so uh here's obligatory ad for that one
This was a continuation of sorts to an old art trade I had with him, which I haven't posted - I wanted to save it for the next art trade compendium, where I post all my art trades at once (you can see the first and currently only one here)... and I wanted one more AU creator to trade on with me, so we can form the trilogy of "Tech tests an interdimensional travel gadget, gets lost, and finds himself in other universes where his career goes differently than expected" collection. Issue is... I haven't gotten time or space to figure out who I will trade with. There's so little AU creators that want to do so, I'm afraid... but ONE DAY!
Speaking of... what incident is at the final panel, and why is Bandana so terrified that he will be as somber as Pike Knight here? Well, it was the one time our beloved Kirby finally SNAPS due to something that he discovered. Apparently it got terrible to the point he killed someone, and the team barely could contain his rage... No wonder Bandana's so wary regarding Kirby, huh...?
It has been coded by the team as 'the incident'(TM), and remembering it gives everyone chills... But what incident is it anyway? we'll never know unless I somehow get to that point F^CKS SAKE LEARNER DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR DOO DOO AU
...I guess this is making Bandee reconsidering his potential job career... if this comic's even canon... i doubt it will be anyways since crossovers and stuff. i usually like keeping my stuff crossover-free
more fanart for @itsquakey because im weAK for the kirfluff content shown
arthur calling king fluff papi? is he doing it on purpose? mayhaps, he can be devious as a treat. meanwhile kirby is dying inside and fluff finds the whole situation amusing
@itsquakey’s Next Generation AU is so cool!! I predictably fell in love with Pike Knight. Any universe where Bandana Dee gets tired of being nice and unleashes his power is very nutritious for me. And all the other characters’ designs are awesome too! I love your work!!
Alright maybe this is a biiit late, but here’s Pike Knight and Kirb from @itsquakey’s nextgenerationau! I love the concept for Pike and was wondering how their encounter would go.
Was told Meta Knight's birthday was today and I honestly don't know if that's true but here's a sketchy minicomic because I'm legit fighting for my life in school and have no time to do anything right before I graduate in like a month.
While you're waiting for the introductions, here are all the character concepts for the NEXT GENERATION AU (I actually like the concept art here a lot so I sometimes steal the poses for the intros fyi)!
There's the fellas I've always drawn with new redesigns as well as some new guys! I feel characters like Skirby and the Meta-knights got done dirty by past me and they have a much more important role to play.
I am very happy with these designs, and doubt I will ever change them again, rather I will likely just add onto the roster with more characters like Noir and whatnot. Expect the other intros to happen at some point once I'm in a good enough spot to fully come back.
