vanade's sketchblog

She/her. I draw video game and pop culture fan art. Do NOT reupload my art on tumblr (just reblog). Include link if posting anywhere else.

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Hello and welcome to my sketch blog! This is where I post all my original and fan art of various video game and pop culture series. 

@sparkofthemachine is where I post all my D2 stuff including throwaway skeches and doodles. 

Social media wise I’m no longer using twitter but you can find me on Bluesky and I’m beginning to post on instagram again albeit it’s still my least active platform. 

@hamiltonhour for my indie games, or play my/our games on our Itch.io!

And if you’re feeling supportive of human artists and like what I make, I always appreciate a ko-fi <3

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might make minor tweaks to them once I actually get around to drawing them as non-chibis and making them refsheets one day (lol, lmao even) but they're done!

was going for something else entirely with oz's outfit at first but there were some iconic punk/alt pieces I just *needed* to give to one of the band members (the tight fit ripped jeans, chain wallet, converse chucks and the striped long sleeve shirt) so he ended up with them... sorry my son...

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Randomly a while back I thought, "hey, wouldn't it be fun if Endo had a pop-punk alternative rock band? He'd definitely be the vocalist". and then of course I designed some band-mates for him.

Marrow's name and face/hair came to me so easily but the rest of his design was so painfl to come up with, meanwhile I basically drew Skel on paper once and that was his final design lol. He has an alternative green form that I'm also partial too, so I think he'll just switch between them sometimes nightcrawler-style.

I still need to design a drummer (and maybe draw Endo in this style too just so I can see the full line-up).

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my children

it does happen to be thursday today but that is their literal fireteam name lol

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been a while 💜

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study from ref

gdaaaaaaaaaaaamn are forshortened limbs annoying to draw

can you tell I spent 90% of the time refining the face/hair instead lmao

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FINALLY FREE TIME TO DRAW MY BOY AHHHHHHHHH

anyway, warmups of ceph! I like to think he wears one of those tight underarmour type shirts under the chest armour, so he sometimes walks around the tower/training areas etc without the chest piece

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look idk how I forgot to upload this piece here but I had to rectify the error immediately cause it's been one year and I still think about Gael from Lost in Limbo's demo and I have to go play the extended demo of Lost in Limbo asap and you should too

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"downtime"

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forgot how nice it feels to draw when it's actually a good drawing day

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Vanade you didn’t let me kiss the pumpkin boy :(

I'm deeply sorry anon 😔 but technically Jak would never accept a kiss that soon after meeting you LOL

Just the idea of holding hands would make him fluster 🤣

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After 3 years (and 1 day to the anniversary of the game's original release), I've just released a quality of life update for Halloween Scrooge!

If you're looking for a free, short and cozy amaregame to play featuring Handsome ghosts to flirt with, HalloweenScrooge is just that!

Story:

October 30th: You’ve just moved to Ravenville, and Halloween is the last thing on your mind, even if it seems like your new town is obsessed with it. You decide you’ll skip the festivities this year as you settle into your new home, expecting teenagers to welcome you to the neighbourhood by egging your house and toilet-papering your trees, per Devil’s Night tradition. Instead, you get a visit from 3 handsome Halloween Ghosts, who try to convince you to stop being a scrooge and give the holiday a chance. Will they convince you that it’s worth getting in the Halloween spirit after all? Or will you just spend the entire time trying to flirt with them?

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erm... I got carried away rendering lmao. piedmon style ceph keychain 😆 (that I wish I had irl). bonus comic below the cut.

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I don't think I've ever uploaded these doodles? I caught up on all the allied tribe quests at the beginning of the year and of course latched onto Nhaza'a Jaab immediately LOL. to the extent I even worked him into my WoL's backstory!! I just adore him and he needs more love

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rough ref sheets for myself for my new VN, which has somewhat morphed into a larger project but not in a way that I feel I want to scope-knife. that is, I don't want to cut it down so rather than doing that I'm just putting it on pause until things settle down irl for me (work is hell atm). still, it felt like a waste to squander this burst of creative energy so I'm redirecting it to 3 Seasons' dlc at the moment lol (being careful not to burn out)

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My contributions to the canvas on the last draw together event hosted by @/d2artevents

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I perused your blog once like a month ago and hadn’t checked it again for a while… then last night suddenly I had a dream about Cepheus and Eridanus specifically, like literally down to their armor, where they were screaming at each other (I think it was about Cepheus doing something reckless? It wasn’t specific) and suddenly Eridanus was crying and they had a brother moment where Ceph realized Eridanus cared more than he was letting on…

I led with that strange introduction to ask, Have Eridanus and Cepheus ever had any emotional brother moments aside from the pre-final shape comic you posted? we’d all love to hear the angst if you have any…

Apologies for the delay! I meant to reply to this a couple days ago but work is currently kicking my butt so I haven't had a chance! I didn't wanna just give a 2 sentence answer. I'll put a read more cut here though cause I wrote too much maybe lmao

Firstly, MAN I'm so envious LOL. I wanna dream about them!!1 my dreams be like "you're doing a test in a class you haven't attended all semester". Thanks brain... Re: emotional moments, none that I've committed to paper either in writing or drawing, but there's one specific one which occurs after Witch Queen. iirc we got some of lore drops about the hidden bringing items to Savathun's throne world (I can't remember if it was to the pool of memories or to the relic) and glimpsing a bit about their pasts. Unlike Ceph who has basically accepted his life as a guardian and makes the most out of it/found his own purpose, Eridanus never has, ever since he was risen. I like to think Eridanus was tempted by the chance to get a glimpse of who he & Ceph were before, even though he knew that finding out the truth would make him even more miserable in his present life. And I think they 100% would have had a massive fight over Eridanus' suggestion that they should look into their past. Ceph would consider it meaningless, and that it would hurt both of them for no reason since there's no way to go back. Eridanus would argue that they don't even know who they are and... he just wants to know if he was happy. in that life. And that it would mean something to know that. And that y'know, Ceph has managed to cope but not everyone else fits into this "guardian" mould the traveler expects of them. And realistically, I like to think that'd awaken something in Ceph? like the first time since they were rezzed that he sees something more in his brother than just a hedonistic gambler with no cares in the world. but he tells Eridanus not to tell him anything if he goes through with it. and on that point, I can't decide if Eridanus would? I think it would be lonely to carry the burden of knowledge alone :( ...but y'know, let me make him suffer... let's say he did check LOOOOL (not that I've decided what their roles were before they died). .... wow that looks like way more than 400 words. thanks for reading all that (and the question!!! makes me want to draw a comic for this scenario ahh if only I had the energy) and honestly thank you for taking so much interest in my awoken OCs!! I'm really flattered that anyone is invested in them <3