Illustration of two people talking on a stone balcony, one an older woman sitting at a table, the other an older man leaning against the railing with his arms crossed. The woman, my oc Celeon, is elegantly dressed, and swirls a goblet of wine as she laments, “sometimes I wonder what you truly think of me, my old friend.” The man, my oc Alastair, is a scruffy guy with dark purple clothing, including a feathery cape. He looks at Cel in shock at her confession

Celeon has dedicated herself to the country, and, in a quiet moment between royal duties, laments what could’ve been if she pursued her own feelings with Alastair
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Sketches of three women. On the left is Celeon, a short, regal woman dressed in an ornate dress. In the middle is Kali, a tall, scary woman with a demonic right arm. On the right is Alex, a tall (but not as tall as Kali) woman with a long ponytail, wearing a gambeson.

A few ladies of Asabov! I draw too many men 🤣
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Three panel comic of a large, older Bishop talking to a young priest in the hallway of a church. In the first panel, Bishop Rydd speaks, uncaring and not even looking at Dimitri, “be sure to cleanse yourself of that demonic aura from your so-called quest. I could smell you before you even reached the city.” The bottom two panels are Rydd’s face. In the first, he’s looking away, disinterested, a permanent scowl on his face. Dimitri begins to speak, a little quietly, “I don’t understand…” In the next panel, louder, “why you still treat me like dirt.” Rydd is shocked at these words from the usually submissive priest

Three panel comic of a large, older Bishop getting chewed out by a young priest in the hallway of a church. In the first panel, Dimitri jabs a finger into Bishop Rydd’s chest, saying angrily “you can’t push me around anymore.” The second panel shows Dimitri pressing a hand angrily to his own chest, declaring “I’ve found my place in this world,” In the third panel, Rydd is stunned as Dimitri continues, “and it’s saving this fucking city, old man. MY city.”

Continuing the personality swap thought - what if Dimitri stood up his bully of a father figure, Bishop Rydd?
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Hmm .. Quite likely but not sure—I will have to ask everyone else. It does remind me of Robert Anton Wilson in Cosmic Trigger - Volume One, quoting Israel Regardie:

"Some of the Hindu gurus actually believe everybody they see is in Samadhi with them."

Happy 23rd!
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OC Personality Swap! On the left is Alex, a young woman with brown hair. Usually outgoing and bombastic, now she’s quiet and shy, blushing while she plays with her hair On the right is Dimitri, a young man with silver hair. Usually reserved and socially awkward, now he’s aggressively punching his fist into his palm, smirking at the viewer with furrowed brows

Aggressive Dimitri is cursed 🤣
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Screenshot from Procreate showing my oc, Velos, laying in bed, one arm under his head as he stares up at the ceiling, looking bored/tired. Someone's leg across his body, but the rest of them is cut off by the framing. It's nighttime with a beam of light across the bed

Been working on a little Velos animatic to a song I found recently, but everyone in it is naked... if you're okay with nudity and want to check it out, shared it on my spicy account!
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an illustration of two characters - Velos (on the right) and Sirius (on the left) - caught in a clash! Sirius has his sword at the ready, sort of thrusted towards Velos, but his expression is pained and unsure, as if he's torn about this, not wanting to hurt the horned man. Velos, on the other hand, seems eager, a tad crazed even, leaning towards the sword. He's holding the blade as if toying with Sirius and challenging him, almost taunting. His massive wings and tall stature help convey this dominance, as he's taking control of the confrontation. The background is mostly teal, sharp and pointy - taking place in Sobelo, the hellish plane in As Above So Below (belongs to Viper, just like the characters!!). A sharp and bright lightning strike separates the background frame in half, as if showcasing a tear between both Velos and Sirius during this moment.

A Fated Clash!⚔️

Both Velos and Sirius belong to @viperiumprime.com💕

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With a final thrust of her spear, Alex cut off the demon’s cries with a gurgling pierce to its neck. The beast slumped to the ground, skin and muscle already starting to boil away. Alex exhaled, yanking her spear out with one arm, the other hanging limply at her side. Blood trickled down her arm from a wound in her bicep. She stumbled back and looked around for her reluctant fighting companion, the man she’d been sparring with before the demon suddenly attacked the two. He was walking toward her, but kept his eyes on the remains of the demon. His usual aloof, irritable expression was back on his face; funny, during the entire fight, the panicked fear he had plastered on had never changed. Alex couldn’t help but grin devilishly. “More than ya bargained for, guardsman?” She teased, limping towards him. Sirius glanced away from the boiling mess at Alex with a scowl. While the man was excellent in human-on-human combat, he was still not a match for cursed magic beasts. He’d only landed one or two blows on the demon. But at least he was able to draw its attention a few times while Alex moved in for major damage… at the cost of her arm. And more scraps and cuts than he could count. Sirius looked her up and down with disgust, gesturing with a hand, “yeah well, you barely won. Aren’t you supposed to be a master hunter?” Alex sighed, slumping down on a rock as her arm throbbed. “I did win. Ya gotta take a few hits to win the war y’know.” She dug around in the packs on her hips with her good arm, fishing out some spare cloth. Tying it around her bicep was difficult though, and as the cloth slipped for the third time she sighed in frustration. Her fingers felt sluggish and her vision blurred a bit. Maybe the fight had taken more out of her than she thought. Alex closed her eyes for a moment, pressing her fingers to the bridge of her nose.

Sirius stood next to her, cleaning his sword on the hem of his tunic. Alex was no stranger to injuries. In the short time he’d known her, it felt like he’d seen more blood of hers than the Demons. He paused his cleaning at her sigh, and watched her shaky hand pinch the bridge of her nose. Sheathing his sword, he knelt down at her side. He didn’t ask for permission, instead smoothly scooping up the bandage and reached toward her injured arm. At his touch, Alex jerked her arm away from him. “I don’t need your help, guardsman,” she grimaced. “I’ve done this a dozen times.” “I’m sure you have,” Sirius said, deadpan, one eyebrow raised slightly, “you don’t dodge out of the way much in a fight. For a master demon hunter and all.” Alex could only grunt as the cloth was back between her teeth as she tried again to wrap her arm. She hissed as her dirt-covered hand brushed against the open wound. “You’re not going to clean it before bandaging?” Sirius asked, slightly confused. Is this some kind of trick? “Hmpfh.” Sirius sighed and shook his head. He gestured from his temple to her with an open palm, saying exasperatedly, “Ever heard of an infection?” “Purfhgh,” she mumbled dismissively. The cloth slipped again, and Alex glared at Sirius. “You’re distracting me! I know how to take care of myself!” “Could’ve fooled me, master hunter,” he sneered. The mighty hero didn’t know the basics of wound dressing? The skill drilled into him daily with the guardsmen? He could practically bandage a moving horse’s leg with his eyes closed. “Why do you have to be so stubborn? Just let me help you already!” Alex opened her mouth to bite back at him, but a fresh wave of fatigue hit her, and her eyelids fluttered. Dammit, Sirius had riled her up with his remarks, as he always did. The dog had a knack for saying the stupidest stuff to set her off. She was a master hunter, dammit! Just saved his guardsman butt and he’s complaining?!

Water suddenly splashed over her injured arm, and Alex yelped, weariness suddenly gone. Sirius held her elbow like a vice as the blood and dirt washed down her arm. Alex cursed and yelled at him but he ignored her, concentrating on the wound. She tried twisting her arm away, and Sirius noted how easily he held on. Clearly, the woman was exhausted. Finally, she stilled, and resigned herself to his assistance. Sirius dabbed excess water from the wounded area, tapped some medicinal powder he always carried with him onto her arm, and expertly bandaged her bicep in cloth from his own supplies (which looked much cleaner than the spare rag from her pouch). As he tied off the bandage, Sirius gloated “there, Alex, a properly cared for wound. Frankly, it might not even scar. Isn’t that a miracle?” He glanced up at her face. Alex was silent, her head turned away from him. “You’re welcome,” Sirius huffed, standing up with a grunt and patting dirt off his knee. Ungrateful woman. Alex remained seated on the rock, hunched forward slightly, her forearms propped on her knees. She stared at the ground and said so quietly, Sirius barely heard it. “Thank you.” His gaze softened a bit. Maybe the woman’s bravado wasn’t the real Alex, as he assumed. Growing up in the survival-of-the-fittest Demon Hunting Guild, perhaps it was all a front to always appear to be number one - “Well? Aren’t you going to help me stand? Just going to leave me here on my ass, huh?” Alex looked up at him expectantly with a furrowed brow, holding out her good arm and flicking her wrist impatiently. Sirius scowled. Never mind, the stuck up hero.

Last week I wrote a short scene with Alex and Sirius patching up after a fight with a Demon. Its nice to develop character voice like this 🥰 plus, I'm rusty at writing and want to do it again regularly!

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Illustration of my OCs, Alex and Dimitri, hanging out at a long table in a guildhall. Alex leans back against the table, holding a creature’s claw in her hand while explaining something to Dimitri. She is surrounded by furs and bones and bandages on the table. Dimitri contentedly sits at the table, chin resting on his palm with a propped up forearm. A plate of food and a note sit on the table near him. He stares lovingly at Alex while she yaps away Golden light streams through two windows, lighting up half of Dimitri and Alex’s back. Because of the hard light, the rest of the guildhall is dark in shadow

I’m listening

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Reference sheet for Kali, a large muscular Native American woman. She has long black hair with a few streaks of gray in it, braided into two very long tails. Her clothing is gray and maroon, with one armored arm. Her other arm is a blue and red Demonic arm attached roughly at the shoulder.

Kali’s updated ref sheet!

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An armored man cradles a bigger man close to his frame, both of them sitting on the ground next to a bed. Signs of struggle surround them, including claw marks on the bedposts, the sheets torn, a blanket strewn off the edge of the bed, and a cup spilled on the ground. The bigger man cries and clings to the smaller armored man, his tail wrapping around the man's leg. He has two horns, one of them broken in half. Magical scars riddle his body. A harsh beam of light spills across the two, the only light in a dark room

Aaaaand one more Valentines piece!! The sad one :)

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Illustration of two people dancing at an outdoor gathering. One is a tall woman in a simple green tunic, her face flushed from alcohol as she laughs and playfully grabs her partner. He is a shorter man in an elegant blue tunic trimmed with gold, who stares, dumbfounded, at his partner’s forwardness. A subtitle from the woman reads “*hic* dance with me, church boy!” Behind the two are various background people enjoying the party, talking or dancing around a campsite. Poles have strings of small teal banners strung up for the party.

Happy Valentines Day! Alex got a little too into the party, and Dimitri can’t believe how handy she gets while drunk ☺️

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#aasb DAMMIT I KEEP REMEMBERING THE TAG RIGHT AS I HIT POST

Cover for the comic “As Above So Below.” A young priest sits at a transcribing table in a dark scriptorium, a stone room lined with shelves of books. The man nervously looks over his shoulder as a beam of light falls over him. He is wearing a blue tunic and yellow hood with ornate trim, and tall black boots

Page 1 The top panel shows a sweeping view of the city, with a church and a marketplace in front most visible. Rough shapes indicate sprawling roofs as the view goes into the distance, ending on farm fields and later, mountains. A textbox near the top of the panel notes “City of Gothard” The bottom panels shows a young man walking across the marketplace, putting something into the satchel he wears across his shoulder. He is wearing a tunic with ornate trim on the chest and sleeves, and simple black pants with ankle boots. A small cross hangs around his neck

Full Chapter One of the As Above So Below Comic! (1/4)
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Comic page with 3 panels The top comic is a detailed shot of a woman's eyes, lighting flashing out of her right eye. The second panel is her charging up a spear throw, lightning wrapping around her and the spear. The woman wears armor, and has a long ponytail. The third panel is her throwing the spear, it hurtles toward the viewer and breaks out of the frame. the woman smiles as blood flies.

Comic page with 3 panels The first panel is an Akira cover reference, with an armored woman approaching a monster from an overhead view. The monster is a gator-lion-thing, with bands of patterns all along it's body. The middle panel is most of the page, and shows the woman slicing the tongue of another monster, this one with wings. The third panel shows the woman thrusting her spear up into something off screen, blood spraying. She grins viciously

Next 2 pages of As Above So Below! Alex in action!

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Sketched four panel comic with three characters. In the first panel, a woman stands uncomfortably in an elegant dress. She says “how do I look?” A small chibi man looks at her with heart eyes and says “oh wow!” In the second panel, a different man in a striped tunic judgmentally waves his hand at her, saying “no, you clearly look uncomfortable.” The third panel is him again, but saying “ Dimitri, you be the fake noble.” To which someone off screen says “oh, ok!” a little nervously. The fourth panel shows the off screen man absolutely slaying in the same dress, sparkles around him as he says “this better?” Chibis of the woman and the striped tunic man look at him with excitement. The woman claps happily and the tunic man has heart eyes and drools, exclaiming “YES.”

Silly mini sketch comic with the trio 💃

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Illustrated cast of four reference, including character names and heights, for a medieval fantasy world called As Above So Below. One is an armored woman, one is an ornately dressed priest, one is a scruffy guardsman, and one is a half-demonic man

Illustrated cast of four reference, including character names and heights, for a horror story set in 2007 called Left Turn Past the Last Pine Tree. One is a tall ghostly man, one is a small pink-punk man, one is a grungey woman, and one is a tall punk-cowboy man

Updated height lineups for my two worlds with their main characters!

AASB’s is just pulled from their ref sheets, hence the 🧍🏼‍♂️🧍🏼‍♂️🧍🏼‍♂️🧍🏼‍♂️ lol
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An artboard from Adobe Illustrator showing a bunch of wordmark explorations of the phrase "as Above So Below" and "AASB." The fonts range from blackletter to sans serifs to handwritten

Artboard from Adobe Illustrator showing 3 stages pf evolution of a wordmark from default, base font of Amador to the custom wordmark. The default font has a few overlapping shapes and tantalizingly similar lines. The second stage shows kerning/spacing cleaned up, and a few of the letterforms' stems have been altered. The final stage shows custom ligatures, cleaned up letterforms with no tangents, and a cross/double arrow above-below shape has been added, nestled between the words.

Latest wordmark for AASB!
First image is all my sketches, second image is an attempted explanation how I go from default font to something custom
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Illustration of my OCs fighting. Velos, a silver haired man with horns and claws, viciously grabs the spear and arm of Alex, a brown-haired armored woman. She looks at her hyperextended arm in a mixture of shock and anger The two fight in a rocky canyon, and the piece has an orange and blue color scheme

For being the main enemies of my oc world, I’ve never drawn Velos and Alex fighting… oops
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Illustration of two people in a library. One is an ornately dressed priest who excitedly thumbs through a book, and the other is a scruffy armored woman who looks away, disinterested, and scratches her butt.

“- and it goes on in detail about the bishop’s meticulous notes on cultivating pea pods -“

“Dimitri, I could really, truly, not care any less.”
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Made a lil demon emote for funsies!
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Illusyration of two people facing off in a courtyard on a sunny day. One is a woman with a long brown ponytail and green clothing, who grins broadly as she blocks a sai with her pole. The sai-wielder is a man with dark purple hair, wearing a feathery cloak. He smiles too that she blocked his attack

Alex and Alastair training!
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Sketch of a nonbinary character holding up an ornate lantern. They look at it with a crazed grin. Their clothing is tattered and shredded, and their crown has four long, metal spikes, very similar to the lantern. They stand in foggy, bare trunk woods

Sketch-tober day 28! Hemlock and their beloved lantern. Nothing else matters in this world
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Sketch of a man with a great axe standing in front of a kid, shielding her. She has bandages over one eye and she looks scared, looking to the man for protection from something off screen The man wears patchwork clothes with a few repairs, and has triangle tattoos under his eyes

Sketch-tober day 27! Armin and the child he acquired
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Sketch of a man looking down at his held up right arm, an armored prosthetic thing with symbols etched into its wood and metal surface. A charm dangles off the bicep and squawks out “it’s superior to your old arm in every way!”

Sketch-tober day 26! Newest OC, Jaivon, AND his new arm! I’ll write a bit of lore in a comment
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Illustration of three people riding horses through a colorful forest. Dappled sunlight falls across them. The two figures in front laugh and talk about the third man who trails behind him. One of the figures, Dimitri, sits on a white horse and wears a blue tunic with ornate gold trim. The other figure, Alex, is an armored woman, sitting atop a scruffy brown horse. The third figure is Sirius, a tired-looking man in a red-striped tunic and armor, sitting atop a clean horse with its mane braided into a neat, military style.

Illustration of a ghostly man holding a scalpel, staring at the viewer. The Doctor cuts his own finger, red blood dripping down the blade. He has blue skin, a metal jaw, and glowing blue organs. Doc wears a fur-trimmed white coat. The piece has a red and blue color scheme

Illustration of Velos surrounded by Demons. Velos is a silver-haired man with horns and claws, maniacally reaching up towards the viewer with a crazed expression. Behind him is a sea of colorful, patterned, gator-lion-like Demons. Their eyes reflect in the dim light as they all look at their master

Illustration of Nell, a bloodied and bruised man with pink hair, leaning, exhausted, on a wall next to a front door. TY, a shocked man with purple hair and tattoos stands in the doorway, upset at his friend’s appearance. Behind him, within the house, Dylan, a blonde woman, looks at dirty Nell judgmentally

Howdy, I'm Viper, an artist who likes to draw their OCs and play with shapes, expressions, and fake screenshots!

💛 For my medieval fantasy OC world, As Above, So Below, I use #aasb

💛 For my early 2000s horror OC world, The Hunt, I use #hunt

Sketch of two people fighting. One of them is an armored woman thrusting a spear, and the other is a crazed man with horns, claws, and a tail. He has scars and tattered clothes, and grabs the spear with an evil grin

Sketch-tober day 24! I actually haven’t drawn Alex and Velos fighting ever, despite being the hero and villain of the story… oops
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Sketch of two men facing off in a colosseum. One has his back to the viewer and welds a sword, wearing a striped tunic. The other figure paces, watching the swordsman. He has a whip-like sword and a tattered scarf trailing behind him as he walks, and an armored prosthetic arm

Sketch-tober day 20!
Hopping back in time to have Sirius face off against Jaivon (there *is* a colosseum in Gothard!)
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plant more trees, cut less
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