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Commission art for Centavra VK

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I'm slowly continuing to draw folder icons for my characters' art folders. The project is already about halfway finished, but I'm considering redrawing some of the older icons since they no longer match the overall style.

As a matter of fact, one of them has already been redrawn.

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And here is my small long-term project consisting of four pages.

I would be very grateful for feedback, as I’m extremely interested in hearing your thoughts about the art style and the characters.

A little about the characters:

👁‍🗨 Araneus. A minor aristocrat and a failure, exiled from Pantala for murdering the servant of an important noble. 👁‍🗨 Scolia. An aristocrat from the upper circles who was supposed to inherit her parents’ work in the future, and has been helping them with it until now. 👁‍🗨 Piranha. A hybrid who fled from her family nest after killing her sister.

And yes, HiveWings are actually quite racist. They really are more technologically advanced and tend to think more about culture and humanity, which makes them rather arrogant toward the inhabitants of Pyrrhia. Even their SilkWing servants are, in their opinion, better than the savages of Pyrrhia. But considering the Pyrrhians’ significant numerical advantage, their larger size, and their ferocity, they are not the kind of people you’d want to openly conflict with. Because of this, the Pantalan dragons remain fairly polite around them and allow themselves racist remarks only within their own circles.

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A few commissioned icons because people suddenly seemed to like this style. I think I won’t take any more commissions in it for now, unless it’s an absolute last resort, because I’m planning to save it for icons of all my own characters and for Art Fight attacks. I wouldn’t want to burn out on it too soon

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Artwork for Secret Santa — I’m not sure what to say about this one, except that I think I’m starting to understand how to beautifully combine background and character.

I hope to create more full illustrations with backgrounds this year.

For Laweema VK

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Translate: "You shameless girl!"

When you’ve spent the whole night out with a boyfriend and your mom isn’t exactly happy about it

Commission art for Centavra VK

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The Throne Hall of the Sandy Kingdom — only females are allowed to enter its walls.

The Hierarchy of the Sand Palace

As mentioned earlier, the dragons inside the palace follow a strict hierarchy, and in this post we’ll take a closer look at it.

The inhabitants of the palace are arranged in the following order:

The Royal Family

The Aristocracy

The Royal Guard

Soldiers

Wardens, Servants, Cooks — all on the same level

Today we will learn about the first two groups.

Before we begin, I’d like to note that while I tried to follow real noble terminology, some titles were intentionally altered to better suit the setting.

At the top of the hierarchy, of course, is the royal family — the queen and her closest relatives:

Queen — the head of the kingdom

Crown Princess — the queen’s daughter and one of the heirs to the throne

Princess — the daughter of the Crown Princess

Prince — the son of the queen

Royal Consort — the husband of the queen/princesses

Lord — the son of princes/princesses

Lady — the daughter of princes/princesses

The grandchildren and great-grandchildren of princesses are also considered Lords and Ladies, although the more distantly they are related to the queen, the less significant they are to her and the aristocracy. Such children typically play no major role, except through marriages with the aristocracy, which help strengthen trust between noble houses and the royal family. And this works both ways — the royal family also takes husbands and wives from among aristocratic children.

Now let’s move on to the aristocracy:

Duchess — the highest nobility, closest vassals of the royal family; often responsible for educating royal offspring and acting as advisors to the queen

Marchioness — often serves as the head of the royal guard

Countess — middle high nobility; they govern regions, collect taxes, build houses and roads

Viscountess — maintain order, conduct legal affairs, and act as intermediaries between the queen and the people

Baroness — lower landed nobility; owners of small lands and fortresses, oversee trade

Lady of the Land — hereditary owners of small land parcels; they govern villages and small craft towns and serve as a bridge between common folk and the higher nobility

The aristocracy is a small exception to the rule of the palace’s closed life, as they are often scattered across the kingdom and manage its lands. Still, there is a separate floor for them in the palace where they can stay overnight if a major gathering or celebration is planned.

The exception to this exception is the Duchess, who lives at the palace and often oversees many routine yet important processes that keep it functioning.

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