[Image 1 ID: Flynn and Repede from Tales of Vesperia drawn over an IRL photo, which is captioned “My husband and dog share a birthday week.” Flynn, looking exasperated but somewhat amused, sits holding puppy Repede like a cat. Repede pants happily. In front of them on a table is a cake, decorated with an image of Repede and text saying “HAPPY BIRTHDAY REPEDE (and Flynn)”]
[Image 2 ID: Yuri and Repede drawn over an IRL photo. Yuri is in a kitchen, evidently in the process of cooking, although his hand is cut off at the edge of the image. He is wearing a pink cardigan and a dark shirt. Tucked inside the cardigan is puppy Repede, his tiny face just visible to the viewer. Yuri’s face is not visible.]
[Image 3 ID: A one-panel comic with white figures on a purple background, with stark purple shading. Yuri sits half-upright in bed, with Flynn cuddled up next to him with his face in Yuri’s shoulder. Yuri looks crabby, and Flynn is also disgruntled. In front of them, seen from behind, Repede and his (fan OC) puppy sit, looking attentive. Yuri is “speaking” a text post by tumblr user crow--teeth, which reads, “no fucking awoo. no awoo right now. its late. its not awoo time. its sleeping time. go the fuck to bed.”]
FINALLY DONE. Got the hankering to do some sprites, so naturally I went way way overboard with it.
[ID: A series of sprites of characters from Tales of Vesperia, The Dragon Prince, Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler, Death Note, Tales of Symphonia, Tiger & Bunny, Cowboy Bebop, and Final Fantasy 7./ID]
Still fooling around with this nonsense. It's amazing how I went from 'this is the hardest shit ever' to 'well fuck now I'm addicted' in less than five hours, but here we are.
[ID: Pixel drawings of various characters from Tales of Vesperia, The Dragon Prince, and Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler. The drawings are very small. /ID]
Final sketch of the day, Repede from Tales of Vesperia for a cyberpunk AU I'm in the planning stages of.
[ID: A color sketch of Repede from Tales of Vesperia, altered for appearance in a cyberpunk alternate universe fic. His eyes are glowing blue, there's a circular plate with a blue stone in it attached to his jaw, and his legs have been replaced with mechanical prosthetics. /ID]
Some short character profiles I did for the cyberpunk Vesperia AU I'm outlining right now:
Patty: An experimental mech pilot who escaped from the science district with her mech. With no memory of the time before the experiments inflicted on her, she uses her wits and her machine to survive in the harsh landscape outside the dome. Occasionally she experiences thoughts and memories that don't seem to be her own...
Damuron/Schwann/Raven: A system created by the trauma of being brought back from the dead after the Great War. Schwann tends to be in front while they're in Imperial Megacity, and Raven while they're in Dahngrest; Damuron rarely comes out at all. They have a lot of responsibilities in either town, but now and again they either manage to relax or someone makes them - usually that someone is either Yeager or Whitehorse.
Yuri Lowell: An adrenaline junkie who rides his bike for kicks and to drive the dragoons crazy. He was once part of that institution and got some decent implants out of the deal, but he left when he realized they weren't going to let him do jack for the undercity. He gets by doing odd delivery jobs and selling vaporthorn. He feels stifled living where he does, but he also doesn't feel like he can leave.
Rita: An orphaned ward of the state, Rita works as an independent government researcher in the science district. Her primary interests are nanobots and aer, with a side interest in the field of cybernetics. In her very sparse downtime, she either relaxes in cyberspace or reads one of the hardcopy books she keeps in her quarters.
Estellise: An experimental AI housed in the security wing of the dragoons' district, Estellise knows little of the outside world other than the sparse digital library she has access to. Her only real social contacts are in cyberspace and with the scientists who run experiments on her. She has an advanced android body she can upload herself, but she's rarely allowed to.
Repede: Repede is a cyberdog with enhanced reflexes, senses, intelligence, and fighting ability. He's bonded with Yuri, who stole him when he left the dragoons. Repede is picky about people, but is more disdainful than usual about both Estelle and Yeager.
Judith: Judith travels widely with her friend ba'ul, when she can. She maintains ties to the hidden city of Myorzo, where she grew up, but she rarely visits so as not to draw the attention of the Empire to it. Inside the megacities, she has to rely on more mundane transport; if Ba'ul is captured, it means a fate worse than death for him. She knows Duke, and occasionally helps him out.
Karol: 'Adopted' in turn by a number of street gangs in Dahngrest, Karol has a variety of skills, including some less-than-legal talents such as hacking and lockpicking. His cowardice has gotten him shunned by most of the gangs he's been in, until he's come to not expect anything better for himself other than to simply survive.
Flynn: Flynn stayed with the dragoons where Yuri chose to leave, though he still maintains his ties in the undercity, where they grew up together. When the story begins, one of his duties is inspecting power facilities around the megacity.
Yeager: Yeager's the owner and operator of Leviathan's Claw, a corporation devoted mostly to operating pleasure clubs and smuggling drugs in various cities, although he has a number of mercenaries and assassins at his disposal. A survivor of the Great War, Yeager is under Alexei's hold - although the yoke is beginning to chafe. He lives vicariously through his beloved daughters, and gets together with Raven, when they happen to be in Dahngrest.
Duke: Duke is one of the vanishingly few humans that know the location of the last group of free Entelexeia. He is almost fanatically devoted to the cause of freeing the Entelexeia the Empire has captive in their power plants, but secretly only wishes to see his dear friend Elucifur again.
