The tweaked front cover for my OC Mixtape. Featuring my interpretation of Selph, shrouded in shadows, dividing her face in two. One half in the light reveals her with an unreadable expression. The other half is in complete darkness, her eye defiantly glowing. I love vinyl covers that don't have the album title on the cover, and just let the art speak for itself.

✨🤍 Selph | The Tragedic Score of the Shattered Spectre 🤍✨
~ SPECIAL EDITION ~
An OC Mixtape coming to record stores Noctober 32nd..
#NiGHTSintodreams #Selph #OC #OCmixtape

🔗BELOW...

The domino effect meme. The smallest domino is labelled "Going through me Nightcore phase again." The biggest domino is labelled "Finding the literal perfect song for Selph." Selph herself is stood behind the largest domino.

It's "Shatter Me" by Lindsey Stirling btw
#NiGHTSintodreams #Selph

My interpretation of Selph from NiGHTS into dreams. Her current design has a red half-heart for lips.

My interpretation of Selph from NiGHTS into dreams. I'm tweaking her design right now and the black lips feel like they mesh better.

SO quick question. Do you prefer my Selph design with red lips or black lips?
#NiGHTSintodreams #Selph

Every copy of Selph is personalised
(she's just glad she finally has someone to talk to)
#NiGHTSintodreams #Selph

Inspired by Peter Birkhäuser's "The Observer". A fan version of Selph (the deleted boss from NiGHTS into Dreams) is in the darkness. They stare and observe. Selph's form is dark with faint highlights around, showing his shape. Gold eyes with night indigo sclera colors stand out.

The Selph

I discovered my new favorite artist, Peter Birkhäuser. His painting titled "The Observer" inspired this piece of fan art of my version of Selph.

#nightsintodreams #selph

The front cover. Featuring my interpretation of Selph, shrouded in shadows, dividing her face in two. One half in the light reveals her with an unreadable expression. The other half is in complete darkness, her eye defiantly glowing. I love vinyl covers that don't have the album title on the cover, and just let the art speak for itself.

The back cover. The title at the top reads "Selph | The Tragedic Score of the Shattered Spectre" On the left is the hypothetical A-side and on the right is the hypothetical B-side. The A-side features "Turn Left" by Murray Gold, "Everybody Scream" by Florence and the Machine" and "Returnal" from Sandi. The B-side features "The Shifting Mound: Movement II (Live) by Brandon Boone, "Know Thyself!" by Naofumi Hataya and "Know Thyself! (Thirsty night club Dub)" remixed by Go Katsuura & Toshinori Miura.

And just for fun, here's the cover on a blank vinyl record sleeve.

✨🤍 Selph | The Tragedic Score of the Shattered Spectre 🤍✨
An OC Mixtape by yours truly, coming to record stores Noctober 32nd..
#NiGHTSintodreams #Selph #OC #OCmixtape

🔗BELOW...

My interpretation of Selph (the infamous cut character from NiGHTS into dreams) doing a theatrical "Ta-da" type pose, along with her spattered cape and four arms.

oooooh just finished draft one of chapter one. I've had this one on the ol' backburner for ages.

No spoilers buuuut...I think it's about time I properly introduce you to *HER*

#NiGHTSintodreams #wip #fanfic #Selph

Profile shot of Selph. Really proud of this one. The sketch unintentionally made it look like sge has two rows of teeth instead of one, but ah well.

Selph doing a theatrical "Ta-da" type pose, along with her spattered cape and four arms. Also really proud of this one

Small sketch of Selph being a lil sneaky gremlin

Selph looking rather exhausted, along with a caption that reads "has the upper body strength of a scarecrow." Thats canon btw

Got Selph on the brain again. So here's several Selph scribbles from work #NiGHTSintoDreams #Selph

NiGHTS, Reala and their older sister Selph having a laugh like always. Selph has been around a lot longer than they have, so she likes to tell them lots of stories about what the world used to be like. She's far taller and larger than both of them. Her cowl is a shade of pale/midnight blue. She's quite the thespian, thus she always wears a cape and an extravagant, colourful outfit. Both NiGHTS and Reala love her dearly. And she loves them to. She could talk to them for hours about anything. She could talk to them. She wants to talk to them. She wants to meet them so badl-

But it was all a dream. This is life. This is all life has ever been for Selph. Discarded before life ever even began. All she can do is watch the Dream Dimension from afar. She loves NiGHTS and Reala. Their the most entertaining thing in the past thousand years. She would love to meet them one day. She would like to return one day. That day will come. Eventually. And when it does; she'll exterminate Wizeman forever.

(<-) Without trauma...with trauma (->)
#NiGHTSintoDreams #NiGHTSJourneyofDreams #NiD #NiGHTS #Reala #Selph

So you want to know my thoughts on NiGHTS, do you..?

✨💜My LONG interpretation of the NiGHTS timeline💜✨
Complete with illustrations! (1/28)
#NiGHTSintoDreams #NiGHTSJourneyofDreams #NiGHTS #Reala #Wizeman #Selph #fanart

At the end of everything, three fools talk seriously. Justice is demanded. A cycle can be broken. A deal is proposed. But who dares to shake the hand of original sin?

"We three are fools to the end. All of us locked in stalemate. So allow me to propose an idea..."
#NiGHTSintoDreams #NiGHTSJourneyofDreams #NiD #NiGHTS #Reala #Selph

Selph's vague backstory, as told by Selph... "The first Nightmaren. The first-born child of Wizeman. Existence was but a fleeting moment for me. Before the judgement of a God was dealt. To him, I was an abomination, an error, a mistake to be swept away. Out of sight, out of mind. Fool. He did not yet understand his Godhood. He thought me dead. Not dead. Banished. To this void, the prison, this hopeless pit. I should have faded away. But my desire to live burnt bright. And my hatred for him burnt brighter. Hatred kept me alive. From this fragile world, all I could do was watch his kingdom rise. He made more like me. He made more jesters. But these he did not kill. Hypocrite. So I sit. And I watch. And I hate. And I wait. Wait for the schism, the break, the crack for me to crawl back in. Lo and behold. His children fight. The traitor and the puppet. They are the key. This I can use."

Since time immemorial...
#NiGHTSintoDreams #NiGHTSJourneyofDreams #NiD #NiGHTS #Reala #Selph

At long last...I reveal unto you my design/interpretation of the enigmatic Selph character from NiGHTS into Dreams... Like NiGHTS and Reala, Selph is also a jester of sorts. But where NiGHTS is purple and Reala is red, Selph is midnight blue. NiGHTS' cowl flow behind them, emphasising their free nature of flying through the wind. Reala's do to, but are more angular and thicker. Jackle's point upwards, illustrating how he's kind of like the other two, but not quite. Selph's protrude off her mask to form horns. She dons a white Pierrot mask with a red crystal atop her head. Her torso consists of a red scarf, along with red circus epaulettes (shoulder pads). You may have noticed that she doesn't have any legs. That's because she floats everywhere. You may have also noticed that she has four arms. Turns out Wizeman's original design was influenced by Hindu/Buddhist Gods with that same feature, so I thought I'd gift that to Selph. This isn't really her final form. This is more of a husk, an echo; a half remembered form that she's stuck with for the time being. We can touch more on the lore later. I've got plans. I've got a whole backstory written. I may have gone far in a few places. But I'm really proud of my Selph. I mean that literally; my version of Selph. Not as in "I'm proud of myself and I'm making a pun". I'll shut up now. I hope you like her. Also yes, my interpretation of Selph uses she/her pronouns. Frankly, there aren't enough female characters in NiGHTS. Plus, this way the jester Nightmaren cover all bases. NiGHTS is fluid, Reala/Jackle are male (to me) and Selph is female. More coming soon...

Good things comes to those who wait. And she's waited centuries...
#NiGHTSintoDreams #NiGHTSJourneyofDreams #NiD #NiGHTS #Reala #Selph

Many things burn bright...

Y'know what. I think it's time. I think it's finally time. I wanna show you lot my design/interpretation of Selph.
#NiGHTSintoDreams #NiD #Selph

The same image of Selph from before. Except now she says "I have nothing to say to you, Father"

Nothing.

Something. Two white eyes peering out of the darkness. There is a mischievous menace to them.

The same image as before. Except now there is more text from Selph. All she says is "Not yet, anyway".

Happy Father's Day, Wizeman (3 / 3)
#NiGHTSintoDreams #NiGHTSJourneyofDreams #NiGHTS #Reala #Jackle #Wizeman #Selph #fanart

Reala says "i-it's a mug that says 'World's Best Dad', Master Wizeman" He looks nervous and aprehensive. He's not used to doing things like this.

Jackle says "You're my Dad? A-huh, sure pal. Pretty sure I'd remember that. Hold up. If you are my Dad, who's my Mum? No, I didn't get you anything-" Bro forgot it was Father's Day. And that he has a Dad.

NiGHTS gets straight to the point. They say "Fuck you" to Wizeman.

Selph. Obscured and glitched by black bars. She says nothing.

Happy Father's Day, Wizeman (2 / 3)
#NiGHTSintoDreams #NiGHTSJourneyofDreams #NiGHTS #Reala #Jackle #Wizeman #Selph #fanart

Wizeman the Wicked, the man in the running for world's shittiest dad, is framed in a father's day card. An obnoxious blue star frame surrounds him, with "Happy Father's Day!!" text above him. He looks considerably annoyed and furious.

Happy Father's Day, Wizeman (1 / 3)
#NiGHTSintoDreams #NiGHTSJourneyofDreams #NiGHTS #Reala #Jackle #Wizeman #Selph #fanart

The first piece I did of the enigmatic Selph character that got cut from NiGHTS into Dreams.

The second piece I did for Selph. Still proud of this one, though I want to make Selph less creepy.

What if I just...revealed what my version of Selph looks like? #nightsintodreams #selph

I wanted to keep her design a secret to build up mystery, but now I just want to show it off. Or is it better keeping it a secret?

Awesome depiction of these two. Wish they could have met in game. I guess only in dreams.✨🌙

#NiGHTS #nightsintodreams #commissionwork #fanart #Selph

"Won't you shake a poor sinner's hand?" A closer (but only slightly) look at my interpretation and design for the enigmatic Selph character. Thought I'd try something different and draw white on black, as well as trying to use negative space. I do worry that my version of Selph is bordering on being really edgy and tryhard (especially in this picture) so I might try to make them more mischievous in the future. I also haven't settled on pronouns for my version of Selph yet. TO ME AT LEAST; Reala identifies as Male and NiGHTS is fluid/non-binary. So a part of me wants to lock in that this version of Selph is female, but I'm not 100% sure. If you read this, tell me what you think :)

"Won't you shake a poor sinner's hand?"
#NiGHTSintodreams #NiGHTSJourneyofDreams #NiGHTS #Selph
(Psst, extra lore in the Alt text)

"Be careful when you talk to yourselph. You never know what might be listening..." Remember that quick sketch picture from yesterday? Of Reala and NiGHTS facing each other? PSYCHE! That was in reality a cunning ruse. It was actually part 1 of a 2-part drawing. That drawing is now glitchy and corrupted, with a mysterious someone appearing behind both NiGHTS and Reala. Who could it be? Well. The one thing you can never outrun; your Selph. Oh yeah, a certain someone took a crack at designing the enigmatic Selph. And I think its waay more fun to tease what they look like and how they work (at least in my headcanon) Psst. Mess around with saturation and brightness if you want ;)

Be careful when you talk to yő̸̪ur̷͎̖̐̏̚s̴̎͜ë̷̼l̶̥̉p̷̘͝h̶̺̉. You never know what might be listening...
#NiGHTSintodreams #NiGHTSjourneyofdreams #NiGHTS #Reala #Selph

Sketch done of a undead grey-haired elf dressed in links outfit from tears of the kingdom.

[ Selph Link ]

After drawing Raijinto in Ganonndorf's outfit, I thought it would be fun to have my other characters fill the other triforce wielders. So, Selph fills the role of the amensiac and short warrior Link!

#jayconian's-art #dnd #selph #zelda

A black and white digital sketch done of a elf. The character had large bat-like ears, and a white bang covering the left side of their face that's covered in scars. They give a pained looking smile to someone offscreen.

[ Selph Smiling ]

For a good portion of the adventure, Selph lacked both memories and emotions leaving their face in a perpetual scowl. After being charmed once to be happy, everyone agreed that them smiling was more unnerving. Made 2023.

#jayconian's-art #oc #selph #dnd

A sketch done of an anthropomorphic white dragon holding two glowing red swords. They wear tattered and weathered armor and clothes. Their scales and wings have red scales that resemble scars.

[ Dragonborn Selph ]

In my friend group, my characters are usually dragon themed in some manner, and Selph was a purposeful departure from that. For fun though, a what-if of them as a dragonborn made 2023.

Old habits die hard.

#jayconian's-art #dnd #oc #selph #dragonborn

A digital sketch of an elf dressed in ragged armor and clothes, holding two glowing red swords at their sides. Their cape and hair blow ominously in the wind.

[ Menacing Selph ]

Made 2023, a sketch of Selph in their original outfit. My characters in DND tend to be generally lawful good and compassionate, so my goal with Selph was to make them go against my character type and make the edgiest character possible.

#art #jayconian's-art #oc #selph #dnd

My interpretation of the unused boss character from nights into dreams. A shape-shifting dream character that would challenge the star of the classic sega game.

My interpretation of the unused boss character from nights into dreams. I think he would turn into a boy or girl depending on which main character was being played as. Here is selph wearing the blue and green colors of Elliot Edwards.

My interpretation of the unused boss character from nights into dreams. I think he would turn into a boy or girl depending on which main character was being played as. Here is selph wearing the orange and pink colors of Claris Sinclair.

I always wondered what a battle with Selph would be like in NiGHTS into dreams... I’ve no doubt it was the template for Chaos in Sonic Adventure. What do you think? #nightsintodreams #sega #sonicteam #selph #fanart @naotoohshima.bsky.social

Old Selph art I never finished, depicting their fancy new armor.
#art #jayconian's-art #dnd #selph

Various goofy sketches of my DND character Selph. The most important things to know about them is that they're a hater and has cheated death countless times purely because of spite. Despite their attitude they occasionally have bouts of existential dread.

#jayconian's-art #dnd #selph #oc #art

A drawing of an elf holding two swords in a elegant pose, with a cape flowing behind them. They, along with the background, are in the colors of the asexual pride flag.

[ Selph, The Ace Undead ]

"I'm not broken nor missing something. I'm already whole, complete by myself."

Made for ace week 2023, of my agender aro-ace undead elf. For someone who's themes are about duality and identity, they're quite happy by themselves.

#art #jayconian's-art #oc #dnd #selph

A sketch of an Elf dual wielding swords in a dynamic pose, with a flowing Cape behind them.

[ Blade Dance ]

"With Selph's unconventional use of dual wielding swords, and powers of summoning ghostly echoes, they are a whirlwind of swords attacking from every direction."

Made 2022, of my DND character Selph. They need two swords to express their edginess.

#art #dnd #jayconian's-art #selph