This Is Darkesq

Brand new acc! I like to draw characters and my OC’s! This is a collection of my sketches and drawings. Commissions open, but please do NOT DM me for commissions, please fill in my commission form instead! https://darkesqart.carrd.co/# . I will not respond to commission requests unless you fill in a form request.

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More Aquilo! Yep, I definitely hope nothing bad happens to him… wait, what’s up with his hand? 👀

Funnily enough, I actually took an archery class before doing these poses! Only because models online don’t use strung bows that allow tension, so I wanted to see how it felt while pulling back on an arrow and get into Aquilo’s headspace. It was a ton of fun! I’d love to go back and do more archery someday. I give all the flowers to archers cause WOW, there is a serious amount of skill and training that goes into it, and I simply grazed the tip of the iceberg!

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taking atchery lesson for your oc understanding is tough!! i think i should also try shooting for my animation series

and also, i like aquilo

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Why thank you! It wasn’t fully necessary, but Im crazy enough to do so lol. I thought it would help me out better since I had an archery place nearby to understand the poses better, it’s also fun to try something new too! And I’m glad you like him!!

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… ok something isn’t right with Aquilo 👀

Introducing Aquilo’s dark form! After being possessed by a dark spirit, he’s forced to find a way to rid of it, or risks it taking over his body entirely! 😱

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More Aquilo! Yep, I definitely hope nothing bad happens to him… wait, what’s up with his hand? 👀

Funnily enough, I actually took an archery class before doing these poses! Only because models online don’t use strung bows that allow tension, so I wanted to see how it felt while pulling back on an arrow and get into Aquilo’s headspace. It was a ton of fun! I’d love to go back and do more archery someday. I give all the flowers to archers cause WOW, there is a serious amount of skill and training that goes into it, and I simply grazed the tip of the iceberg!

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I want to introduce someone very special to you guys! This is Aquilo, my main character in a personal project I’m working on called Dark Ice! It’s still in the works but I managed to make lots of fun art of my sweet boy.

He’s an anxious lad, but he’s very talented in archery! I hope nothing bad happens to him 👀

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I’ve been experimenting more on shorter, 4 panelled comics nowadays as I’ve noticed I tend to go overboard on the panels. So I wanted to see how they come across as shorter pages. I included the full pages below here! Tell me what you think!

Just a funny banter between Kid Luna and his weird teacher, Anthony.

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Sometimes I like to make comics now and again! Usually surrounding Luna’s childhood and parents.

I’m pretty sure Luna can say more than just ‘Mama’, but maybe he prefers not to lol

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Hey everyone! I wanted to say hi to all my new followers and a big thank you to everyone who have been liking and reblogging my stuff! I wanted to know if anyone has any questions, asks, suggestions or the likes about my OC’s, DND characters or even small tidbits about me! I’m a big fan of sharing lore and cool things about my characters or helping with art stuff so feel free to ask away!

(I am working behind the scenes on lots of stuff, but not much to show atm!)

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Another piece I made for Mother’s Day, but I was pretty busy so I finished this later on in the day with whatever time I had left. It’s La Luna and his younger sister Elvana (or Ellie) with their mama, Freya! (Ellie is a human btw! Their father, Akira, is human. Which also makes Luna half human!)

I’ve had this image in my head for quite a long time now! I’m glad to finally put it down. I love the results so much!!

I used the Bruny pencil in Procreate btw. It’s by far my most favourite pencil cause it recreated traditional work so well. I recommend it!

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Let’s see into the future, with Mama! <(👁️)<

Happy Mother’s Day! Celebrating a mama Xatu and her little Natu’s ❤️

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A short while back I had to close my commissions due to a scare, and had to keep both yours and my own safety in mind. With things resolved, I’m happy to announce my commissions are open again!

If you got a character idea swimming around in your head but don’t know where to start, I can help you design them! I can draw your OC’s, DND, TTRPG characters as well as tokens, illustrations, props, reference sheets and more! I’m also offering Pokémon art options as well! If you are interested, please do check out my CARRD website (linked below and in my bio) where you can find a Google form to fill out or make a KoFi order! Im opening 5 slots for now to see how things go, but I’m super excited to be able to work with you! ✨

https://darkesq.carrd.co

5/5 slots open! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕

🚨 Please note, I DO NOT accept DM’s, posts or asks asking for commission requests. I will ignore these posts and only accept ones done through my Google Forms or KoFi orders. This is just to ensure safety and make requests official. However, if you have a questions regarding a commission (eg: can you draw familiars?) I’ll gladly answer. Please only use the links here or in my bio for commissions, nowhere else.🚨

(I also have the right to reject any commission requests even if made through the Forms and KoFi).

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I have a weird love/ hate relationship with Cryogonal. I remember when Black and White first came out, I was awestruck with Cryogonal’s design. It was so creepy but so cool that I had to get one in my game! Unfortunately, the ONLY location where Cryogonal was located had a 1% chance of encountering them.

It took me like 30-45 minutes to find them 😂😭

Ik they increased the encounter rate in B2W2 but kid me didn’t want to go through that hassle again. But you couldn’t imagine my disappointment/anger when Cryogonal just became a regular spawn in the more modern games like the Sword and Sheild DLC smh.

Anyways, wanted to draw the little bugger. At first, I wanted to draw as much poses as possible!… then I realized how annoying it is to draw them 😂 they can be pretty funny to push the personality around though!

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The many life phases of La Luna (and his weird mentor, Anthony, who took the pictures!)

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Accelgor my beloved 😍

Ok, Accelgor’s personality was much easier to push than Excavalier! At first it seemed daunting cause its poses are usually always… neutral? But the more I sketched, the more I began to see a silly side to them. As a kid, I found myself leaning more towards Accelgor than Excavalier (I think they were easier to draw, so I liked them a lot lol) I also think I had access to them in my game edition too.

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‘Breaking’ or pushing a characters personality out of their comfort zone interested me suddenly when Luna, who is considered to be well spoken, kind, and a bit awkward was momentarily ‘posessed’ by an evil snake in his campaign. It was really fun getting to switch character into a more sinister and creepy tone while Luna was under possession before his teammates wrangled the snake off of him. I drew this a day after the session to touch upon a ‘sinister smile’ he gave before being ordered to attack his friends.

It’s actually kinda hard to break a character drawing wise, cause you already got a sense of what their personality is. So switching to something completely opposite of their character is almost jarring, but fun of you know what direction to steer them in.

If you are attempting to break character, this sudden switch in personality should make sense to the character and the plot surrounding it. If they are being influenced by a spell, a possession or a mental break, it should be at least relevant to the story as well as the drawbacks or aftermath of the switch (if they can remember it). Luna was horrified after for attacking his friends, and it took awhile for him to recover from that. Though, all scenarios are different, just try your best to make the switch relevant to the character’s story!

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We take a small break from your daily Oc and character posts to present…. Wait, another Pokémon???

Yes! It’s Excavalier! As someone who grew up on Gen 4, I was admittedly quite stubborn on wanting to like Gen 5 when it came out. But I still remember being blown away by the Unova Pokémon designs as a kid, especially the bug types! But I remember exclusively drawing Excavalier and Accelgor in my notebooks in school, even gifting a drawing of them to my teacher lol. I still remember being upset not being able to have both Pokémon in my game cause I didn’t have another DS or both titles to trade/evolve them! Haha. It was a little hard ‘breaking’ the personality of Excavalier due to the many moving parts in its design, but at the end I focused more on the rendering to test the waters of painting metal again.

Btw, I’m super happy a lot of people really loved Natu and Xatu’s drawings! It tickles me that an obscure Pokémon suddenly gained interest! I couldn’t be happier my drawings somehow moved people this way, even if I drew them for the silly fun of it lol. Thanks for enjoying my work! Drawing these really obscure Pokémon I liked, even as a kid, almost feels like I’m visiting an old friend again. I don’t know why they stuck with me a a kid, but perhaps it’s true that every Pokémon can be someone’s favourite!

(Oh hey! I also do comissions on Pokémon as well! You can check out the link in my bio for my commissions website where you can request a commission via Google Forms or KoFi order! I do not accept commission requests via DM’s, posts or asks due to a high rise of scams around Tumblr. The forms and Ko Fi just makes it more official and safer for us!)

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Hi! I just discovered your acount. I really dig Hugo and Poky! Will you do more art of them?

Hi!! Oh gosh, so sorry no for not seeing this sooner! Yes absolutely!! They mean a ton to me and the story they are in, I usually draw Hugo for fun on occasion in my own sketches but I’ll keep in mind to draw them a little more! Thanks for asking!

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Part 2 of La Luna’s outfit reference sheet! This time it is an outfit for a snowy environment. We had an entire arc based off a frosty island, so Luna needed a proper outfit for the time. It’s surprisingly complex but flows beautifully in the wind, great for any wizard casting spells. Also some sketches!