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[surachibee]

what if this but its the pits. the pitverselings. the idiots or whatever they're called

#yeah #the pitlings

[surachibee]

“may be a bit of a silly question but which of the F5 designs for Pit were your favorite? There’s a lot of them in divinipedia which I think is neat :) but I’m curious” (this was an ask but it got hit with the mature content beam sorry my bad anon)

YESSSSSS okay okay I’m normal. I am SO normal. *loving smile* uhhh okayyy…I’m so sorry anon you unleashed a monster because now I have an excuse to yap about factor 5 kid icarus concept art

I don’t think any of the designs are outright bad. If you’ve looked at any of the comments from people at the time in reaction to some of these you’d think they were awful. In my opinion though, a lot of them just…don’t look like Pit. I think it goes without saying that Factor 5’s pitch is wayyyy off the mark when it comes to KI’s tone/vibes/aesthetic/(everything). Even before Uprising Kid Icarus had pretty unserious roots. Can you imagine if something like that happened post-uprising. Anyway, even the ones that don’t look like Pit, at least most of them are pretty interesting. 

To finally start talking about a few of them, there were some really cool ideas floating around! I think one of my favorites was the idea of him having cursed markings from his banishment. On others it looks like a tattoo. 

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One idea I’m not the biggest fan of was the ones with longcoats. I mean I wouldn’t put it past this series to have designs with longcoats but I just don’t think they fit Pit at all. I do like the pants at least. 

One of my favorite concepts wasn’t actually the Pit designs themselves, but these shield designs! They’re super interesting! I especially like the one that rotates off the cuff. 

There’s this one idea with his cuff having different elemental effects too which is also really cool. 

Out of all of them I’d say these are my favorite! I love the chain set a lot! I think that was a cool way to incooporate his banishment backstory into the design, like he’s tethered to the Overworld.

I think I’m legally obligated to like this one just because he’s become an inside joke for like, three years at this point with me and my friends. I do not put it lightly this guys ruined me 

[surachibee]

Hi! I have a question.

Which K.I character do you find the most difficult to draw? Whether it's bc its design is complicated, there are no references, or any other reason.

P.s: I love your Pitverse concepts, I wish Nintendo would hire you to make a game about this.

Ooo that’s a hard one

I think all the characters are pretty hard to draw (except maybe Phosphora) to some degree just because they’ve got so many small details. Lady Palutena in particular is a time commitment just because she’s got so much jewelry..but! She does have a lot of 3D models and artwork that you can reference for that. (Which..I wonder if anyone has ever tried to 3D render all of that as separate files and overlay and mesh onto a 2D artwork..that’s a neat prospect to look into..)

Hades is kinda infamous for being hard to draw (from what I’ve heard from other artists) but he’s also really fun, but again, he takes forever. If I had to pick one character, even though I haven’t drawn them yet, I’d say armored Gaol just because there aren’t a ton of artworks and only one 3D model so there’s a good bit of guesswork. But I never know! Sometimes I go into it thinking it’s gonna be awful but I end up liking it. Arlon’s also a decent challenge despite being simpler because he’s got such a unique shape and it’s easy for it to look off. I’m curious what other people thinks the hardest!

also thank you!! Pitverse is fun to draw lol

[surachibee]

Hi, I love your Kiu art. Do you have any tips to draw Pit’s hair? I know it’s star shaped, but I always have trouble drawing it.

Also, where does the gif from your tumblr header comes from?

Oh it’s like I was born for this question

I think I’ve gotten this question before and it’s always something I’ve wanted to make a more in-depth thread on, because Pit’s hair is one of those obscure things that I maybe have a little *too* much knowledge on haha. So I’ll try to explain my thought process the best I can in this thread! 🫡

To start, you’re gonna want some references. Be prepared to stare at Pit’s model a LOT if you really wanna get a good idea of its form. Pulling from in-game cutscenes and screencaps will work just fine. But here’s a super cool secret..you can pull up his model on a 3D program! or you can go to this lovely upload on sketchfab and turn his head however you need. For this example I’ll look at  a 3/4th angle. 

more under cut this thread runs a little long

Alright, let’s start with a Pit! Hi Pit. 

I almost always start with this larger strand in the center. If you can nail this first piece, you can easily refer back to it to get an idea of scale and the locations of the other strands. It’s a great starting point because it’s leads back to the root of the rest of his hair. The front, anyways. The starting point is usually aligned roughly above his right eye! It’s a good rule of thumb, but always refer back to your references! You wanna utilize that sense of depth so his hair and head aren’t flatter than they are.

One of the best pieces of advice I’ve been told when looking at a reference is to check your angles! Sometimes lines are completely different than how you look at them at a glance. Looking at the outline of an object can also help if you’re struggling to get the shape just right! Where was I— oh yeah, bald Pit. 

After the center strand I like to draw this little strand to the right. I usually like to make it smaller than it is for more variety in sizes. Speaking of, try to add a little variety to the strands to spice things up! When looking at the model for reference, it’s super easy to get into the habit of making them all uniform, even diamonds. Which is fine if that’s your style, but for me, I like to mess around with the shapes to make it feel more natural. 

After his little strand I like to move up to a piece above that. This is like your holy trinity, because everything else will usually fall behind these three strands. 

Next! I usually draw this horizontal piece at the same time I do the three above. The root of this strand sits just behind the front-middle and the top-middle strands, but you can also get away with just making it the same “layer” as the first three. Hey it’s starting to look like a starfish! Or a plant! Or weird almonds! 

Next strand! At this point I started to notice his head-to-hair ratio seemed off, so I made his head larger. I like to use the liquify tool to move things around that I notice while drawing. 

Last strand in the front! Past this point I tend to be messier and sorta roughly follow whatever reference I’m using. Depending on what angle I’m drawing him from, whatever piece is the furthest from the camera (So if this were flipped, the orange strand above) I tend to mess around with more to make his silhouette look more appealing. It’s also good to note that the pieces that cover the front of his face are really useful to make whatever angle your drawing him from easier to define because they usually make a line. 

Next! The hair that swoops down the side of his head. I tend to play around with the shape of these a lot but for the sake of this thread I did them closer to the reference. My general rule of thumb is that the piece closer to the camera will cover a little bit of his ear from this angle. Make sure to pay attention to how far out the further piece goes from your reference. 

This is where I focus more on general shapes, because these outer pieces will define his silhouette and really determine if your Pits will look spikier, rounder, etc. Add some curves to the ends to make him curly! Have fun with it! 

Mullet time! I like to add curvature to the piece behind his ear and to the bottom hairs so they don’t look as flat. 

Add some more little hairs as you please and there you go!!

Aaand he’s done! I’ve been drawing his hair for years, so I’m at the point where I can pretty confidently freehand this process, but I still need help now and then with more complicated angles. I can’t state enough how helpful it is to have references!! 

Also to your other question, my banner is from Nintendo’s E3 2011 presentation where they showed off a bunch of cool 3D demonstrations! Here’s a link of a high quality rip. It single-handedly made blades my favorite weapons class 

Rare Original E3 2011 3DS Games Line up Animation - Nintendo Promo Advert/Trailer : Nintendo : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Intern

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[surachibee]

I'm so glad Pandora got that mirror pregnant so Medusa and Palutena could have their second child #amen #giftoflife #lifeissacred

don’t know if I should be proud or disappointed that I caught all of that

[surachibee]

Hey just a little thing but as you can probably see lol, I just basically ran through your blog and omfg!! I'm absolutely in love with your revived Medusa!! 😍 Honestly I had the same idea for a sequel/au and I absolutely love what you drew of this concept!! 😍😍😍

Honestly I just love the idea of while Pit and Palutena are trying to redeem her she's being a bit of an uncooperative grump but seeing them in a more domestic setting slowly starts to melt her icy cold heart and Pit gets another, slightly more sarcastic and sassier, mom who tries to hide how much she loves this kid when he says her snakes are cute and that her scales look really cool. 😭😭😭 (And obviously with some un-divorced Paludusa arc in there, I mean what else can you expect from sticking ex-wives in the same place together? 😂)

(Also sidenote: I'm fucking crying over this drawing SHE LOOKS SO PRETTY!!!! 😭)

Hi!! Thank you I’m flattered!! 😭🙏 I think the idea would be fun to revisit at some point! I’d probably write it a little differently now (it’s been a while) but it wasn’t much more than a basic idea at the time so I think it’d be fun to explore a bit!

[surachibee]

doodle for my strawpage (but tumblr has ask boxes so there’s not really a point but if you wanna look at it anyway lmao)

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[surachibee]

the vague hints ive seen about palutena in factor 5 are interesting to me... do you happen to know if there's any concept art/information about factor 5 palutena outside of her probably being responsible for pit being banished from skyworld?

Sadly…no not really. If I recall correctly she’s not even mentioned anywhere in anything surrounding the development of this project…which..yeah. It didn’t get very far story-wise. I’d wager she would’ve had an important role, though! It would’ve been really cool to see some concept art outside of Pit and a few weapon ideas, if it was made. <shrugs> who knows.

AU wise; knowing smile but also I’ll admit she’s been on the back-burner for a second just because in Pitverse’s context, i’m focused a lot more on the aftermath and moving on and all that pit and palu angst that makes the pit and palutena lover in me hurt PLEASE don’t separate them PLEASE—uhm anyway. I’ll finish up some first design drafts for her and figuring all that out up my imaginary queue if anyone wants to see that lol