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Hey guys /o/ I'm TeniCola, and this is my general art blog~! Thanks for visiting, and hope you enjoy the art! ♥ bluesky / characters / spotify / carrd Creator of DEITIES Project [ Support Me on KO-FI! ]

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Hahaha I just keep shadow-dropping project stuff on ya’ll this week don’t I 😅

Firstly!! If you missed the massive illustration I shared on NYD to mark DEITIES Project’s 10th anniversary on tumblr, feel free to check that out! 

Secondly, while that was my main illustration to end 2025, I still completed other lighter content on the side – for the website’s growing Askbox Archive, and for revisiting artwork both old and new. Not enough for separate tumblrs posts, but just enough for a belated end-of-year “odds and ends” post with DEITIES-related stuff. More details under the cut /o/

DEITIES Website: deitiesofduat.com

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Jusssssst in time for the New Year 😎✨ 

Hey everyone, it’s been quite a while! Dropping by to check in and share this massive illustration I’ve worked on all month, which I’ve dubbed the “DEITIES Royal Family Redux.” The piece is both a “redraw” and spiritual successor of an older piece (Dysfunctional Royal Family), and something special to mark the 10-Year Anniversary of DEITIES Project’s launch on Tumblr!

No, truly, the original [admittedly outdated] announcement post can be found here \o/!! Gosh it’s been that long already ya’ll…

There’s a lot I’d like to say about the entire process for this illustration, and about my general reflections on the project’s development and current scope, which I’ll save for a proper blog post update after taking a breather this holiday 🫠 In the meantime, I appreciate everyone in my audience who’s been part of the journey – whether you’ve been here since the beginning, or found DEITIES project more recently. Thank you all so much for your interest, patience, and overall support, and let’s make 2026 a grand year to come!

DEITIES Website: deitiesofduat.com [or deitiesproject.com]

Character Profiles: Set / Horus / Anubis / Osiris / Isis / Nephthys

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UPDATE: OC Designs — Hollow Knight AU Edition

Hi everyone! I finally sat down to complete an update for my recent mini-project: Designing my OCs as they would appear in the game series Hollow Knight and Silksong!

This game’s world (and some nudging from my friends) endeared me into creating Hollow Knight AU Designs for several of my own characters, and also into take a deep-dive with researching different types of bugs as inspiration. 

Rather than keeping to a truncated photoset post for this piece, I’ll redirect you all to the above website update for the full line-up of these character designs -- along with their individual comparisons and commentary. 

With that said, I drew two versions of my OCs as buggies -- winged and clothed -- so I’ll share them below for posterity:

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Continuation of my Artfight 2025 run, with the last 8 attacks (9-16)

Everyone’s characters are labelled in the watermarks, captions, and tags, but they can also be viewed in more detail thru my Artfight profile and my Bluesky thread.

[ PART 1 ] ➝  PART 2 (Here)

Artfight Profile >> https://artfight.net/~TeniCola

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Still playing catch-up with my art from last year, a bulk of which included my Artfight 2025 run! I was a part of Team Crystals and managed to complete 16 attacks \o/

Here’s the first of two parts featuring 8 attacks. Everyone’s characters are labelled in the watermarks, captions, and tags, but they can also be viewed in more detail thru my Artfight profile and my Bluesky thread.

PART 1 (Here) ➝  [ PART 2 ]

Artfight Profile >> https://artfight.net/~TeniCola

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For clarity, only the first art of Sterling in her Mega-Mawile form is new from the past year. This was mainly a test to practice a simpler style for Artfight 2025, but also as an updated ref for her mega-evolution design (I was asked about it once, but her prior Mega artwork was highly outdated, and I wanted to address that if it came up again... 🫠)

As for the second piece, this Kudzu x Sterling art is much older, but I still like it. I decided to refresh the colors from the original version for both of their profiles, and decided to reshare it again \o/

Sterling -- colacanvas.com/sterling

Kudzu -- colacanvas.com/kudzu

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Some stuff I shared publicly on Ko-fi but never shared on Bluesky or elsewhere, as I wasn’t sure if I planned to create more. I was revisiting some ancient OCs from an ancient headworld (and slightly less-ancient PKMN OCTs) and converting them to Genshin. In brief:

Teshi (Inazuma + Electro Claymore) would make 5/7 of my main units, this is how he would appear in his human disguise and his true bake-danuki form.

Faraa (Natlan + Dendro Catalyst) would make 6/7 of my main units, this is how she'd appear as... whatever they even call animal-eared characters in Teyvat at this point. Based on a springbok!

Makena (Snezhnaya + Cryo Bow) would make 7/7 of my main units (all seven elements + 5 weapons, finally!!). This is how she would appear as... idek, I suppose the lore would suggest she has fae in her, but it’s always nebulous for characters with pointed ears in Teyvat.

Additional, these three “complete the [remaining] elements” of my roster. They’re on the back burner until my friends and I plot anything further, but hopefully I can make full profiles for them later.

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The last major reference I needed for Artfight 2025, and an reintroduction to my Genshin OC, Dakarai.

Since Natlan finally gave us more than crumbs since two year ago, I made an attempt with this lizard grump's outfit. I also updated his eyes and horns on his original color test, and made a doodle for how he’d look gameplay wise (he’d be a melee catalyst, for clarity).

(The sheer amount of NPCs I had to study from The Children of Echoes, though 🫠 he's even a blacksmith much like Xilonen too, but of weapons and tools, not Ancient Names.)

Dakarai -- colacanvas.com/dakarai

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Here's some more character references during my Artfight 2025 prep! I designed these lemur siblings last year, but finally gave them polished references for the event.

Rachel -- colacanvas.com/rachel

Chester -- colacanvas.com/chester

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Part 2 of that OC giftart -- featuring my hopeless lemur boi shooting his shot with the pretty echidna (and the bartender bat playing his role as moral support)

Chet and Rosco are mine, while Neon belongs to oiichyo @ bsky 

Part 1 || Part 2 [Here]

Chester (“Chet”) -- colacanvas.com/chester

Roscuro (”Rosco”) -- colacanvas.com/roscuro

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Part 1 of some giftart for some friends' OCs!! I was trying to practice the way I handle sanic-style while borrowing their lovely ladies \o/ 

Neon belongs to oiichyo @ bsky and Soleil belongs to littlescorpio @bsky​!

Part 1 [Here] || Part 2

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Another OC reference completed in 2025, this time for Bridgett! The second artwork I’ve shared before, but I decided to do a more dynamic pose for the first reference to make some of her details more clear, esp. her ears for her moonrabbit design.

For another fun fact -- evidently I originally published her reference on Bsky on Lopunny day (4/28) without even knowing lmaooo ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

Bridgett -- https://colacanvas.com/bridgett

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A double dose of characters references that I drew last April, to have something presentable in time for Artfight 2025 (and for their profiles).

My demon retainer and half-angel guard, Sytri and Dantalion \o/ I introduced Dante some time ago, along with their dynamic together here!

Including a little bonus that I spruced up from Sytri's previous reference, and older art of Dante for comparison. In short, Dante's not the only one with a "multiple eyes" gimmick; Sytri did it first.

Sytri -- colacanvas.com/portfolio/sytri

Dantalion -- colacanvas.com/dantalion

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A quick mini-trade with stskorpiiia.bsky.social of her gorgeous angel character, Raphael. You can see her [INCREDIBLE] half of the trade of Sytri here \o/

Consider give her profile and gallery a look, her art style is incredible! And another big thanks for indulging me!

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A veryyyy niche 'relationship dynamic' thing that occasionally happens between my and my friends' cast of characters (and where my OC and I still haven't quite recovered--).

Sometimes the roles reverse and I get to write my character delivering the threat, but being on the receiving end hits different 🫠 /////////

Bluesky Version (Post) Bluesky / Ko-Fi / Carrd Profile

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[Part 4 of 4] Earlier in February, I made a Bluesky thread of artwork and playlists that originally stemmed from the popular “1 Like = 1 OTP” meme. I finally had to call it at 32 OC Pairings, but had a lot of fun!

Here’s the fourth and final set of the additional artwork I drew for some OTPs that needed them, tho these are in more varied styles compared to the digital sketches from before.

ValorCharity (again -- Valor x Charity)

SetYoko (Set x Yoko)

NigelLiam (also, again -- Nigellus x Liam)

OC Parings Thread Recap (Blog Post) Bluesky / Ko-Fi / Carrd Profile

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[Part 3 of 4] Earlier in February, I made a Bluesky thread of artwork and playlists that originally stemmed from the popular “1 Like = 1 OTP” meme. I finally had to call it at 32 OC Pairings, but had a lot of fun!

Here’s the third set of the additional artwork I drew for some OTPs that needed them, with this one featuring more Pokemon pairings!

ValorCharity (Gallade Valor x Gardevoir Charity)

VictorDiana (Houndoom Victor / Liepard Diana)

Korridge (again -- Lycanroc Koren x Lopunny Bridgett)

MorgueCrys (Mismagius Morgue + Froslass Crystal)

OC Parings Thread Recap (Blog Post) Bluesky / Ko-Fi / Carrd Profile