Miscellaneous assortment of designs Top Left: Bear with a bag of flowers and leaves Top Middle: Strange bean-shaped creature with a tail Middle Left: Grinning orb creature with hat and a bag Bottom Left: Lamia-like being lounging Rightmost: Lanky being with a cape covering most of their body and holding a floating gem.
Feeling myself still in a brain fog state so did some shape practice.
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Top left: Kakthur the Fire Florarian, a cactus with a cowboy attire and a smoking index as if it were a smoking gun. Extra drawing reveals that the spikes on his hat at actually a row of them from his head. Top right: Anemona the Wind Florarian, a lady with cloud-like hair and a very layered dress twirling while kicking wind around. Extra drawing shows an alternate hairstyle with pig tails. Bottom left: Marsha the Water Florarian, bog monster with reeds and cattails rising from muddy waters making up her outfit. Swirls of water are levitating around her. Extra drawings show a menacing shadowy figure with glowing eyes and another where it reveals sharp teeth Bottom right: Hewwood the Earth Florarian, a wooden figure with a massive mustache wearing a suit with bowtie sitting on a tree trunk drinking tea, where the kettle is held by a summoned root. Extra drawing shows that he gains a hulking figure while lifting a massive boulder, tearing some of his fancy clothes apart.
Melora, the Sparkpowder Moth Massive bipedal moth-like individual with very sharp features with four arms, two of which stanced up on each side while another holds a sphere and the last lights up a flame.
Locck and Weiss, Machinos Twins Two robotic beings sharing many features. Left: Locck has more angular shoulders and "shorts" while wearing a small scarf around his neck. The back piece of his head curved upward with a sphere at its end. Right: Weiss lacks the shoulders and scarf, instead wearing overralls with a tool belt and her left arm has an extra addon to it. The back piece of her head is shaped like a horizontal cone. Locck's weapon is showcased next to him as being a jet engine powered mallet.
Amalgam Mythos An massive robotic being with visible wiring, some of it loosened, sporting sharp ended fingers and balancing on stilt-like legs. It has no visible facial features, only two diamond-shaped openings adorning its faceplate.
Some sketches I never posted from last year.
Of friends and foes. Of organic and metal.
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Collection of many expressions of my character, Nui Text: Is your character angry or are they... (following words are each one above one square depicting said emotion, from left to right) bitter, frustrated, jealous, serious, disappointed, disturbed, offended, furious, threatened, panicked, possessed, silly, goofy, a bit wacky, purified, traumatized.
Many faces for one so devoid of features
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(Left to right) Dominic, Florentine and Corrine cooking something in a massive cast iron cauldron. Dominic is dropping slices mushrooms and carrots while Florentine is surprised by the dubious additions from Corrine. TEXT: Love is sharing the little moments together.
Alphonze is holding Primrose's hands as their foreheads touch, kneeling in front of each other. Top half is a zoomed in version of their faces, showing a teary Primrose and a gently smiling Alphonze. TEXT: Love is being allowed to be vulnerable.
Mya and Nui holding on to a rope from the contraption they are traveling in, looking at something off frame. TEXT: Love is a friendship bound by curiosity and wonder.
A small depiction of me holding on to a bowl of soup. TEXT: Love is taking care of oneself, just to keep going.
Love comes in many shapes.
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Wide scene in two parts, depicting a bandaged individual holding a lantern, barely illuminating themselves. A hooded figure walks towards them, back to the viewer. Same figure is seen turning around to the viewer, a face with only two eyes with a trailing light. The background features shadowy spiked crags poking out of the smokey atmosphere with a mix of light green and blood red.
Wide scene in two parts, depicting a bandaged individual holding a lantern, barely illuminating themselves. A hooded figure walks towards them, back to the viewer. Same figure is seen turning around to the viewer, a face with only two eyes with a trailing light. The background features shadowy spiked crags poking out of the smokey atmosphere.
The Drifter and the Ferryman
"There he goes, walking away from his sin into the smokey jaws of the Styx.
Lord Hades' murderer."
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Nui running down a hill, waving goodbye to a giant robotic being doing the same, surrounded by clouds. Very early dawn light is breaking as stars are still very visible.
Nui running down a hill, waving goodbye to a giant robotic being doing the same, surrounded by clouds. Very early dawn light is breaking as stars are still very visible. This one is a monochrome/greyscale look.
Partings Are Merely Farewells.
"May we meet again so to share our wanderings, Nui of the Spirits."
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Mock-up screenshot of a HUD depicted current level, experience gained, a stamina and power meter slightly depleted. On the upper portion is a framed gameplay window showing the in-game sprites as well as a portrait of the character being talked to, a blue haired woman with long pointy ears and black scelera behind piercing cyan eyes. She's wearing a simple white garb with faded gold trimmings and accessories of the same material.
Close-up of a menacing face with sharp teeth and bright red eyes shrouded in darkness, only illuminated by natural light on the left and a ominous red light on the right.
Landscape shot featuring a giant tree thru a cloudy sky and a character standing on a cliff looking at it. It is wearing a green scarf with stripes.
Here's the screenies I made while not ever having done pixel art in my life. Please look away, pixel artists... 💦
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Mock-up videogame ad for a PC RPG game. It depicts a figure with goat-like features, its horns forming a trident in the middle of a loop. Its hair extends like a giant tree. It is holding a amber colored egg with markings. It is coming out of a ring where vines and leaves are pouring out of, where a clear sky with clouds can be seen. The main background is of a view of the cosmos with shooting stars. Multiple mock-up screenshots are aligned at the bottom. Text on the upper half: "Carve within chaos lies the last resort against the evergrowing silencing of the stars: Yggdrya, the Realms of Titans. Now bereft of its mighty guardians, will you rise to the occasion and bring back peace in this bastion of Hope?" Logo text: Yggdryad, a story of souls Text on the lower half: "Explore the lands of Yggdryad, meet its many inhabitants and discover its many secrets in this brand new RPG adventure. Gather your strength and fight to defend this sanctuary from the creatures of the void, from the devious imps to the ravenous chimeras! Logos on the lower right corner depict a CD with text over it: "Only for Turbo Tech Engine 89 Powered PCs" with the tagline of "Shift gears to the future!" The other logo is a mock-up company "Zero Soft".
But what if it was a videogame from the late 80s...
Collab piece for suoiresnu's ART FOLK
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Nui sliding down a steep cliff side while carrying Mya who is pointing towards whatever is at the bottom off-screen. The background consists of grassy hillsides with pine trees. Mountains can be seen far off in the distance shrouded in big clouds.
Nui sliding down a steep cliff side while carrying Mya who is pointing towards whatever is at the bottom off-screen. The background consists of grassy hillsides with pine trees. Mountains can be seen far off in the distance shrouded in big clouds. Although this version is in a different visual style and greyscale.
To Look Forward.
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Drawing of 3 characters Top: High Elvenit, based on elves. Has long hair, rounded off pointed ears and a single should pad covered with a shoulder cape. Middle: Rork Warlord, based on orcs. Very sharp featured face with black sclera eyes and a strong jaw. It's wearing very brutish looking shoulder pad and collar over a long coat. Bottom: Goblin Traveler. Soft featured face with a round nose, side burns and very pointy ears. Wearing a simple sleeveless tunic with a neck scarf. He is holding a small bag over his shoulder.
Drawing of 3 characters Top: Haggoblin Matriach. Very old looking goblin looking being with short white hair. A long shawl covered her hunched body where a lot of ornaments can be seen under. Middle: Farlands Feyrie. Small devious looking fairy with 2 pairs of eyes, small wings for ears and small swirling patterns covering her body. Large wings adorn her back and her legs end as pointed nubs. Bottom: Vampire Queen. Elongated featured face with large black eyes and no nose. She has big pointy bat-like ears and her fingers are elongated to take the aspect of a bat wing which transition into a cape like structure. She is hiding behind it with an annoyed look at the Feyrie above her.
Drawing of 4 characters Top: Lionel Guard. Being with lion features with a small mane looking like short fuzzy hair, ending with side burns. It is wearing a tabard over its armor and simple bracers. Top Right: Lunarean Priest. Being with long rabbit features, large eyes and a sigil of a crescent moon on its forehead. It is wearing a cloak over a black shirt that reaches to its neck. Middle: Felinees Sellsword. Being with comical looking cat features. Noseless face with large cat-like eyes and one fanged smile. Only wears large gloves, belt with a large sword sheathed on its side and boots too large for it. It's tail is actually a long braid coming from behind its head. Bottom: Vulpe Chalatan. Being with fox/jackal like features. Very sharp looking eyes, long jaw adorned with tiny rounded glasses. It is wearing a leather jacket with a large open collar and leather gloves. It is holding a tiny phial of potentially dubious contents.
Drawings of 4 creatures Top Left: Phantasm. Similar to a classic cloth ghost in looks but the cloth is torn in multiple areas where eyes can be seen peering through a few of them. Tentacles come out from under the cloth-like skin. Top Right: Mirror Fiend. Creature resembling a humanoid coming out of a mirror. It has long hair and it's face is featureless, dripping tar-like liquid. Its trying to catch the liquified face drip with its hand to no avail. Middle: Boiled Spill. A being made of very thick tar. Its face features are nothing but empty eyes and droopy mouth. Smoke is coming out of holes on its body as its being super hot. Bottom: Swan Song. A very lanky creature with a bird skull look head. It's body has a cage for a thorax, with creepy bat wing like fin. It's arms end in scythe like appendages and its snake tail ends with a similar looking metal bladed hook.
Experimenting on some expansion of species for Soul Stories.
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Comic page done as practice back in 2022 1st frame: A strange warped creature with their facial features twisted, long hair and a halo behind their head. Their attention is turned towards Nui off-screen. Text: (Off-Screen) Nui: You wanted to know why I fight for them." 2nd frame: Headshot of Nui looking serious with sparks starting to build up from the darker stripes of his scarf Text: Nui: I do to protect the brimming life of this world and beyond..." 3rd frame: A groupe of three of Nui's companions having a sing-a-long under a starry sky. A larger lad is holding laughter while playing a guitar while the shortests of the twin siblings sings off-tune while his sister encourages him to keep going. The frame transitions into a close-up of the warped creature's deformed eyes looking intensely at the viewer. Text: (Off-Screen) Nui: ...The lives of friends I've made and everyone else's. It helps me sleep soundly knowing that I won't wake up to a barren empty world. The very same you deem unworthy and eager to destroy!" 4th frame: A very angry Nui has lightning shooting out from his eyes and arching between the stripes of his scarf violently. Some converge to his clenched fist. Text: Nui: "That's why I will stop you... 'cause I'll be damned if you think I'll suffer through that loneliness again!!"
Nui's Resolve (2022)
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Wide shot of Nui releasing immense amounts of power coming from his eyes and scarf stripes in the form of lightning, summoning giant mimicry of his own fists. The surge of power causes the ground around him to shatter.
A Titan's Power Within (2021)
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Vertical wide shot of a napping Nui on a giant branch in the foreground, which is under the shade. The background consists of mountains and floating isles poking out of the cloudline. Some have trees growing on top, the right one has waterfalls that evaporate near the clouds and a distant big one has a giant hole through it.
Napping Above the Clouds (2022)
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Wide shot of Nui mid-jump and Elmwood floating down holding on to a giant dandelion with a backdrop of the great tree Yggdryad about a cloudline, with roots poking out of the clouds and distant mountains.
Yggdryad, Realm of Mother Nature (2023)
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Wide shot composition of my two characters, Nui and Elmwood, standing on a cliff with a massive view of the great tree Yggdryad sticking out of the cloudline. Nui is surveying ahead with excitement while Elmwood points at what interests his small friend while holding an old map. Various roots of the great tree peak out of the clouds, some adorned of smaller trees. The horizon is filled with mountains and floating isles.
Wanderers of Yggdryad 🌳
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2 part composition: Bottom is composed of Nui, small white being with a green scarf with stripes and grey boots, standing with his arms behind his head as well as Mya, a woman with blue skin, long pointy ears and long blue hair. She wears light clothing with golden trims, very light see-through sleeves attached with golden bangles, multi layered waist cloth with a golden belt, poofy pants that close off at the ankles and pointy blue shoes. Top is a chest up shot of Mya leaning forward and smiling. Her hair flows down to her side. Her eyes are of a bright blue with black scelera. Text: "Mya (in Astral Tower Maiden's Clothes) Identity she takes to allow herself to walk among the folks in and outside the Astral Tower. She dreams of one day visit the places beyond the confines of the Astral Tower that she sees in her visions with her own eyes. Same for the ones that Nui mentions in recounting his travels to her, to meet the wonderful people he's met."
Left: Chest up shot of the Oracle in her public wardrobe. A large hood with golden trim is set over her mask depicting a sleeping face with no mouth and a design of an open eye on the forehead. The hood ends with a big golden eye clip decoration that holds curtain like cloth that drapes just under the shoulders and in front of her. An intricate gold choker adorns her neck. Right: A full body look of the Oracle where she is looking into an obsidian orb with a galaxy shown into it. This reveals that her sleeves are quite long, ending in golden fringe tassels. The cloth in front of her robes ends in a tie decorated with a similar golden eye. All the edges of the robes end in a dark tone. The robes are colored of a gradient of purple and powder blue from bottom to top respectively. Text on the left: "Eyrris, Oracle of the Astral Tower." Text on the right: "This crystal ball allows the oracle to view the stars of the cosmos, may they be near the font of origin or the edge of creation. Looking towards the font of origin leads to visions of the past, clear, distinct and unchangeable. To look into the future, one must turn to the edge of creation but it is not guaranteed to hold clear visions as the stars are in their infancy. They can only guide one so far. It is, however, ill advised to look beyond the edge."
Chest up shot of the Oracle without her mask and her hood down, revealing that it is Mya looking slightly distressed. She is holding her mask with her hands under her oversized sleeves. On her forehead is a third eye with a cat-eye like slit for its iris. Text on the right: "The hood has a small pocket dimension that allows to hide her features and long hair when under guise of the oracle." Text on the left: "The Mask is completely solid, forcing her to use a normally hidden third eye to look thru it." Text at the bottom: "It pierces the veil of the soul, allowing her to see someone's past, present and future via their memories. A rather intrusive method she vehemently asks permission before using, as She is not fond of it."
Various expressions shot for Mya layered over one another. From bottom to top: Mya looking sideways, concerned. Mya looking speechless. Mya mimicking the "Eto bleh" meme pose. Mya happily tearing up. Mya holding a big laugh. Mya looking omniously, her third eye open letting out a strange light and her hair flying all around her.
Oracle of the Astral Tower
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