#uongo

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I think it’s hilarious that when I started playing Lioden, I was like “>:( >:( >:( !! That’s not realistic! Lions don’t look like that! Spots??? On my lions?? No thank you sir, lions only have spots when they’re cubs! And they certainly don’t have black or red fur!! Ugh these ~unrealistic~ fantasy lions!” and now I’m like “💖💖💖 These are my beautiful kings. This one is red with white spots and this one is blue with black spots. :) :) :) They’re my beautiful perfect babies 💖. One wears flowers because he’s a very good boi and the other wears a sparkly black cape because he’s a dramatic bitch. Also they’re both bi and in love.” Honestly probably the best turnaround I could ask for

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Aggh I hope we know what the Frostbitten marks are soon! I have the GB now to fix up my heir, but I’m holding off on a couple marks because I want to know if some Frostbitten marks would look better. It’s really kind of tortuous because that’s the only thing I’m waiting on now! I’m thinking the color might be a good substitute for the Steele Undertone and Blue Dapple, but also if they have like a Speckle-type marking that would look great on her too! I’ve got so many Tier 1 marks on this design that I’d really love it if Frostbitten would look good so I can have some higher tier marks!

[shadedfantasy]

A WIP of some boys!

This is taking me a while because it’s so detailed. I got bored of doing the decor so now I’ve finished the bases and I’m moving on to the markings! Then it’s finishing the decor and doing the actual background. Keep an eye out for the finished product in the next couple days!

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I really love white lion pelts

I’ve been doing my first playthrough on evil karma with Uongo, and I had really been missing the toy bundles that you get when you have good karma. But man I love those white lion pelts! Forget the decor, I love that they have 20 uses for nesting and I can get 3.3 nesting materials out of them! Just imagining the look on my lionesses’ faces when they ask me for nesting materials and I bring them the skin of my enemy. The good lionesses being absolutely horrified and the evil ones being all “Ah, for once you actually did good! It’s just what my little prince deserves - it’ll teach them just how far below us our enemies belong!”

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WIP 2 of these boys!

It’s been taking me longer than I expected to get it done (bc I’ve been having job interviews!!!!) but the markings are going well! I’m so pleased with Uongo’s Cloudburst Mist! I downloaded a whole bunch of new brushes and texture packs to get the cloudy effect and then ended up only using two and one was a default texture lmao. Right now I’m getting ready to do his Blue Dapple and I have absolutely no idea where to begin lmao. The image file looks like Xylax did a solid marking and then erased patches of it, so I’m going to try that. Here’s hoping it goes well! If anyone has any tips I would 110% love to hear them!!

[shadedfantasy]

I hated every last second of lining his gem bodywear but it’s all worth it because the metallics are so much fun to color and are turning out SO WELL I’m so proud and so in love

[shadedfantasy]

So I’ve been working on a portrait of my king, and I’ve been doing the lineart of his Anubis gem Bodywear. And I can tell you that I have no idea how Uongo gets this stuff on, how it stays on, and how he gets it off, and I don’t think that the artist who designed it has any clue either

Look at that stuff. It’s so intricate. How does he get it in his mane? How does he keep it from tangling? Does he sleep in it? Are there clasps, or does he struggle to pull it over his paws with his teeth?

...Does he wake up early in the morning so that his lionesses don’t see him rolling on his back, swearing and struggling to pull all those bracelets over one of his back paws?

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I have a question for the lioden lore community

What do you guys normally lore your lab-frogged kings as?

Right now I’ve got a rough idea that Uongo’s successor is going to be posed as a Snarky Female. And I’m thinking that she identifies as a woman. But I haven’t decided if she’s intersex, or a trans gal, or a cis gal. These all affect lore in different ways - the first two she could still have biological cubs with the lionesses, which I like, but the last would mean that, lore-wise, all of the cubs are from ~wandering males~✨which I don’t like. But I also personally think it’s creepy to decide that a character is trans solely for the purpose of having babies. A character should be trans because that’s who they are, not because you want babies. I feel that it others trans people? Maybe fetishizes them? It just skeeves me out. But I’m also not trans, so maybe trans people feel differently. And I’ve definitely got some good lore in my head for her being trans and the lionesses helping her shave her mane off everyday (the bonding! So cute! The defiance in her eyes! The lionesses telling her how this shows off her graceful neck! Ahhh) If she was a cis gal, I could also say that all of the cubs are fathered by her sub-male brother I guess. I kinda like that, I love close sibling relationships. But I also love the trans/intersex lore in my head.

I guess I kinda wanna see what everyone else does? And definitely get feedback from trans players