#skylanders redesigns

[cherrisgoldenworld]

A Cobra Cadabra design for the Skylanders art collab.

Snakes are fun to pose, effects are fun to make, and the serpentine snake charmer needed some love.

[skygirl999]

☁️Skylanders Redesigns - SSA Air☁️

Just one more element to go! :D

[cherrisgoldenworld]

Spitfire! When I was first considering his design I wasn't really sure what to do with it. His design didn't really need any tweaking. What I really wanted to mess with was the vehicle.

As you can see in the ref, the Hot Streak got a bit of a makeover. Why? Because I decided that Spitfire's love for speed wouldn't be satiated by just having a fast car, he needed to be the car. So I made a few modifications. The design still needs work, but the concept will remain the same

Some notes -

Spitfire is what I call a Fuel Spirit. These immortal creatures are born when a dragon's magic lives on after the body dies. The fuel spirit is not the same person as the dragon however and the phenomenon is extraordinarily rare (like one in a million chance). As they have no caretakers they often have to learn everything on their own. This also means Spitfire had to name himself.

Spitfire was born so hot he charred the bones of his own body. He uses scrap metal he finds to reinforce the brittle ones, though he needs to replace them often as his flames melt even the metal away.

He is not a Skylander, technically the Superchargers (both the team and most of the vehicles) don't exist yet. Instead he currently works as an independent bounty hunter based out of Ambrosius Vale.

He still loves going fast, he uses the bounties as speed tests. Unfortunately, trying to drive a vehicle is out of the question due to the uh... melting everything issue.

The Hot Streak (which doesn't exist yet) was specially designed to recycle excess heat into energy for the riftgear engine. Magically engraved runes protect the vehicle from Spitfire's flames.

[cherrisgoldenworld]

Aaaaaand here's another random redesign. This time for Chopscotch, whom I decided to turn into an undead Gremlin. She's a lot more intense than her game counterpart.

She's also more of a villain, that part's different too. She's not a good person and is a complete anarchist. Junker Queen from Overwatch is a good comparison personality-wise.

She's a blast to draw. Turning her into a small, buff, undead Gremlin turned out pretty interesting design-wise.

Here's the highlights:

No connection to the Skylanders. She's the leader (kinda) of one of the 10 Crowns of the Underworld. A region known as the Neon Stacks.

She was inspired by Wolfgang into revolting against the previous leader, killing them. Now she wears their skull.

She hates the entirety of the Brightlands, including everyone in them, and has been trying to rally the other Crowns to invade.

Her closest allies are The Crooked Shepherd (Funny Bone) and The Dreaded General (OC).

Her axe works by Norse mythology Mjolnir rules. She can only wield it when she has her gauntlets on and it'll automatically return to her when thrown.

If you couldn't tell, she's not very good at making friends. She's plenty good at making enemies though!

It is only now as I'm writing this that I realize I forgot about her rhyming schtick. Oh well, maybe she likes poetry?

[cherrisgoldenworld]

I'm working my way through the dragon designs, I wanted each of them to look and feel entirely unique through body plan, abilities, and personality. Spyro is the most recent one I drew, and he gave me quite the bit of trouble. I did find a design I felt suited him though.

So here we have the great purple dragon in all his shining armor!

Important notes:

After the death of Eon at the hands of Kaos and his artificial god, the Hydra, Spyro was thrust into a leadership role he was not at all prepared for.

Spent the first three years of the war trying to gather the surviving remnants of the Skylanders into something that could even attempt to fight back (Spyro's Adventure.)

In that time, Spyro's abilities have evolved, he's now capable of recycling surrounding energies and attacks into the original draconic elements.

Most of Spyro's relationships have become strained under the weight of his new responsibilities.

Sees Cynder and Alexander (Chop Chop) as advisors and Niago (Whirlwind) as a daughter (I'll explain why when I get to her design.)

Cynder teases him for his "baby face" and being so short despite his age (he's 30 and Cynder's twice his size at 28.) He doesn't react to it that often anymore.

He's become irritable and tired, losing most of the spark he used to have.

Neglects his health unless forced to take care of himself.

Honestly, Spyro's design was one I was dreading to make, but it came out much better than I'd feared.

I have traumatized this poor guy. Sorry, not sorry.

[cherrisgoldenworld]

My Tae Kwon Crow design for the Skylanders Anniversary Collab

I need to get better at drawing birds.

[cherrisgoldenworld]

Might as well post this too.

Weeping Willow is my rewrite/redesign of Hex from Skylanders

I don't actually have much of a backstory for her yet. I don't even know if Skull (I think that's his name) is canon in my continuity.

But here's what I do have. Note that this all may be subject to change.

Willow is currently one of the few characters in my AU that are actually part of the Skylanders. I know. What a bombshell!

Despite being an elf, her lifespan has been drastically reduced because of her use of Fleshcraft. She's sprouting greys and she's not even two centuries old!

She's close friends with Lady Cynder and Riley Rosu (Roller Brawl)

She's a healer above all else, its what she uses her Fleshcraft for. If she can save someone, she will. No matter what happens to her (Riley teases her about her 'martyr complex,' but it's more out of concern than anything humorous.)

She's frailer than a sunbaked twig fighting against a truck. She shouldn't be left on her own.

She's always tired.

That's it for now, if you have any story suggestions I'm all ears.

[cherrisgoldenworld]

Today's design is of Mesmeralda, who I wanted to give more importance to in my au. Trust me when I say that I like her game design, but when trying to figure her out I found most of my concepts pretty bland. So I decided to make a few changes to the layout of her body to make her look more spider-like.

So here's my tiny mafia spider granny -

Mimsy Pauper, better known as the Toymaker. The greatest crime lord in all of Skylands.

On top of that, she rules the 2nd Crown, known as Wonderland. A small but powerful nation infamous for their intelligence network. A spiderweb of informants and spies planted in every corner of the world. Perfect for a mob boss, right.

She took the crown after her wife's death, slaying the nation's council of elders to do so. She felt like they weren't doing enough with the knowledge they had, and decided to take that responsibility upon herself.

She's got a lot of people in her pocket. Many that we know are included in that list.

She views the Skylanders like she views most people. Another string in her web to pluck and weave as she pleases.

She's Tiger Lily's (Stealth Elf) "grandma", as in she sees her like a granddaughter, sending trinkets to her Little Lily every once in a while. Tiger Lily finds it hard to believe her sweet little Granny Mimsy leads the most infamous crime syndicate in recent history.

Oh, she's also only about a foot tall.