#tarrateen

[aeridanus]

Was sorting through older sketchbooks and came across this first page from one of 2018′s books. I didn’t remember drawing this and had a good chuckle :D Man, that’s the only thing I miss about pre-covid times - all the sketching on the commuter trains.

[aeridanus]

Train doodles of the Tarrateen. Slowly building their place in the world. Still doing overtime, so tired. I’m really getting too old for this.

[aeridanus]

Slowly getting back to it. Played with Tarrateen anatomy and some Unland ideas on the first spread and put all Teuthis/”sea creature” heads from the last months onto one sheet. I’m not sure how I’ll work them into a phylogenetic tree... but I’d like to, after their design has progressed farther.

[aeridanus]

We’re currently moving to a new office and the art team (which I am a part of) now has so much space. After seven years in rather crowded conditions, I’m relieved. :) You can take a look at the photographic history of our perfectly coordinated, quiet and quick move here: https://twitter.com/deck13_de?lang=de

I’m rather worn out these days, but I try to draw and research stuff in the evenings in order to get into the swing of things - only five days until departure and seven until the Anatomy Tools course begins. I looked at insects in order to get moving with the Tarrateen family, and I half-dreamed of the insectoid creature below.

[aeridanus]

Two more pages that looked nice enough to share. It’s interesting, I start to write thoughts down and actually experiment with stuff - maybe it was a good decision to work with this sketchbook!

I’m currently detailing the Tarrateen/Ytt ecosystem and it’s coming together rather nicely. As soon as there’s something more presentable, I’ll include babbling with it. :)

[aeridanus]

Another page of Ytt sketches. Getting there!

Sickness made me cancel all weekend plans, but now I had the time to complete the Alolan Pokédex. I circle-traded for all Ultra Beasts because I don’t want to rush through the post-game for these. :/ Regular Pokémon designs are superb in Sun/Moon, but with such good Pokémon, the “deliberate deviation” of Ultra Beasts just doesn’t work like intended. Doesn’t matter, will happily indulge in Shiny Pokémon now. :3~

[aeridanus]

I had this panorama sketchbook lying around for years, afraid to do something with it. Finally started to use it for loose sketches of everything that crosses my mind, and I’d like to stick to the ballpen to avoid “perfection madness”. I thought this page looked rather nice, it shows the “Ytt”, a scrap eater dwelling in the shadows of the Tarrateen.

[aeridanus]

Train sketches of Ytt variations and more ruminating on strider ideas. Life’s too wild of a ride right now, I’m glad that Christmas break is almost here. Gotta wind down from everything, finally.