a page of pen sketches of Squig, a snail OC, interacting with a gargant gloom, a large silksong enemy from the abyss. in the first sketch, squig holds up a burger that the gloom looms over and looks at curiously. in the second sketch, squig is riding the gloom as it prances and lifts its back plates; it's also arching its neck back to look at squig who is riding in an awkward position but is smiling. the lower row of sketches is a three-panel comic. in the first, Squig asks the Gloom to sit and praises it when it does. Then they ask if it can speak. In the second panel, the gloom pulls its head back and up while its neck swells. Squig is alarmed and holds their staff in a somewhat defensive position. In the final panel, the gloom violently ejects liquid void out of its eyes onto the ground. Squig leaps away from the splatter and shakily tells it good job.

While exploring the abyss, Squig makes a friend. :)
[ #flameshadowart #silksong | gargant gloom; OC: Squig ]

some pen sketches of pilgrim hornfly, an enemy in silksong. it's a small bipedal bug with one large horn and one small horn on the head, plus wings and little legs

11 - Pilgrim Hornfly
[ #flameshadowart #silksong ]

Dave 2010 vs 2026

Initial concept sketches and sketches I just drew tonight. This is one of those character designs that I prefer to preserve rather than iterate upon outside of small changes.
Dave delights me :)
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a page of pen sketches of silksong enemies. gargant gloom, clover dancers, and ministers. one of the gargant glooms is drawn in an angular style fit into a rectangular frame; there are also a couple gloomsacs coming out of holes in its back. the other gloom is climbing and looking over its back. there are some rough sketches of the green prince and then a thumbnail of a scene where the green prince kneels before the ghost of his lover, holding his claws. there are also some silly sketches of ministers where i was playing around with shapes of the bodies a bit

some sketches of tarmites and ministers, two silksong enemies. three tarmites are drawn - one in a neutral pose, one flying directly at the viewer with a glob of firey tar about to come out of its mouth, and another of a tarmite flopped on the floor out of tar. two ministers are drawn - one is drawn in an angular style, fitting into a rectangular frame; the other looks out a window in the high halls

[ #flameshadowart #silksong | gargant gloom, gloomsac, clover dancers, minister, tarmite ]

some pencil sketched thumbnails of moss druid, one of them sitting before their smoking cauldron and another of them watching an aknid flying around with a mossberry in its jaws

some pen sketches of winged pilgrim bellbearers. a neutral pose, a small one standing naked and cold in the snow, one that's yeeting a bell, another that's getting hit in the face by a thrown bell, and one that's drawn with a blocky shape and has their hands on their hips above their bells

two pen sketches of mort, a merchant npc from silksong. in the first sketch, he's sitting, looking confused, and inspecting a rubik's cube. the other sketch is of him wearing the weighted belt and holding a walking stick; he stands on a ledge in far fields and looks upwards nervously

some of my daily silksong sketches. extra scribbles in the reply.
[ #flameshadowart #silksong | moss druid, winged pilgrim bellbearer, mort ]

a sketch of Corey, a bipedal lightning bug, looking a bit flustered and nervous while she wears a less gendered lingerie bunny suit - this one composed of a bunny ear headband, cropped button-up across her chest, suspenders attached to a more modest bottom, black wrist cuffs, a bowtie, stockings that come above her knees, and fishnet on her thighs. she has a cartoony, wobbly smile, blush lines, and is looking to the side.

two sketches of two final bug characters - Gina the ant and Lorlei the roach - wearing bunny onesies (these are fursuit adjacent rather than lingerie). in the first sketch Gina is jumping and the lop ears of her hood flap open. Lorlei walks over carrying a basket of eggs. In the second sketch, both have their hoods back so their antennae stick out like normal. Gina calls, "Lorlei... this suit makes it look like I'm shitting an egg... doesn't it." Lorlei, turned away and looking aside awkwardly, says, "Nooo comment!" But it's true, that's what it looks like, for Gina's abdomen comes out of the suit below the fluffy bunny tail, and because it's wrapped with a zig-zag band, it looks like a large egg.

bonus sketches
[ #flameshadowart | OC: Corey, Gina, Lorlei ]

a drawing of a bipedal, stylized longhorn beetle wearing a masculine lingerie bunny suit - a bunny ear headband, an open tux, floating wrist cuffs, a collar and bowtie, short tight shorts, and calf-length stockings. he looks confident.

a drawing of aesa, a stylized bipedal lace bug, wearing a bunny girl lingerie dress - this includes a bunny ear headband, long black gloves, long black boots with fishnets going up her thighs and abdomen, and the skirts of the dress are layered and somewhat frilly. Aesa slyly lifts the hem of the dress to nearly expose herself.

a sketch of magnolia, a bipedal may beetle, wearing a masculine lingerie onesie and a bowtie while she twirls a bunny ear headband in one hand. she's sitting with her legs casually open, one arm resting on a raised knee. she smugly asks, "What is this outfit I found in your bag~?"

A follow-up sketch of Magnolia, now standing and turned, her elytra open to reveal a fluffy bunny tail attached to the thin strip of fabric going between fluff that resembles butt cheeks. she has a hand on her hip and looks over her shoulder to ask, "Do you want to take it off me?" Besar, standing in the foreground, looks at Magnolia with a dark blush and satisfied espression. He replies, "Not yet..."

happy easter - have some bunnies
[ #flameshadowart #bugfables | OC: Brine, Aesa, Magnolia, Besar ]
(there are a couple sillier sketches in the reply)

a page of pencil sketches, each in its own rectangle. all feature silksong bugs. most are of zango, one is of broodmother, and there's a long flat rectangle that frames a marrowmaw leading its small mawling children along on a walk

a bug a day keeps the plasmium at bay
[ #flameshadowart #silksong | Zango, Zylotol, Marrowmaw + Mawlings, Broodmother ]

"oopsie" meme redraw of an anime girl bonking her head and sticking out her tongue, but it's with mossy fool.

screenshot of a post with a picture. the caption says, "they locked him away for being too powerful." the picture originally shows a tiny dog sitting in a large containment space with a sign taped to the window that says "will bite." Jaundice, a purple coyote-scorpion creature, has been drawn over the dog.

"is for me?" meme redraw of a poorly drawn person sitting cutely while staring at the viewer. the person has been replaced with my dragon sona

sad princess cat meme replaced with spinch, a striped cat-like creature

meme redraws for the lulz
[ #flameshadowart | Mossy Fool, Jaundice, Flamedragon (sona), Spinch ]

a crop of a larger illustration. here, we see a hollow knight oc, Cyra the wasp, walking through the wormways, overgrown with lifeblood vines. she looks warily in the direction of a stronger light blue light source.

finally back to working on this! here's a crop
[ #flameshadowart | OC: Cyra ]

a nearly greyscale painting of a small wasp moth character crossing a vast flat land. a herd of giant stick insects lumber across this land that the moth faces. the nearest giant bug turns its head to look toward the moth. there are a couple dragonfly-like bugs flying with the herd. the sky is cloudy with some gaps of light glowing through. This scene is inspired by an illustration promoting Hollow Knight before its release. It also featured the giant stick insects and flying bugs

Atreus Crossing the Wastes
[ #flameshadowart #hollowknight | OC: Atreus (belongs to Little) ]

a drawing of Melon, a glowworm beetle character. She's dark grey with a pink-grey underside and desaturated pink accents, glasses, and crop top. she's looking up slightly at the viewer, is sticking her tongue out slightly, and has one head behind her head. there is a heart cutout on the chest of her shirt and there are some hearts drawn around her too

a sketch of Vye, a thin cricket character, putting away a book on a library shelf. they have a basket of tablets in their other arm. she has her head cocked as someone off-screen requests her attention.

misc character drawings
[ #flameshadowart | OC: Melon, Vye ]

digital sketch of a centipede-like alien floating in space with stars scattered on the black backdrop. the alien wears a suit. it has a long, segmented body and many short legs each with simplistic hands at the end. the antennae and terminal legs are long and some of the joints are bound by some sort of electric tether instead of physical body or suit. the head has a thin visor going around most of it, and in place of forcipules, the alien has a throttled cannon on each side, attached by electric tethers.

centipede alien
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a redraw of a scene from Niel Cicierega's comic, Ariel Needs Legs. the human characters have been replaced with an anthro wasp and earwig. Panel 1: Wasp with some alarm says, "One hundred legs." Panel 2: Earwig, while lighting his pipe, says, "Ninety-nine vagánias." Panel 3: Silent panel showing the wasp with a surprised yet thoughtful face. His pupils have dilated somewhat. Panel 4: Wasp runs out of the room while Earwig smokes and sinks into this thoughts. Wasp says, "Okay thanks" which is cut off by Earwig saying, "Maybe more." Wasp says again, "Okay thanks Wigsby." Earwig says to himself, "Imagine."

when u... when... centipede
[ #flameshadowart ]

a quickly drawn sketch of vaultkeeper cardinius looking tired and harried while little vaultborns clamber on it or flitter around annoyingly

Chaos in the No-Longer-Whispering Vaults
[ #flameshadowart #silksong | Vaultkeeper Cardinius, Vaultborn ]

digital sketch of an anthro centipede sitting comfortably on the floor with one leg crossed over the other. they're wearing a loose, knitted sweater and plain pants. their tail is long, has a pair of legs on each segment, and curves around to become the foreground. there's a vague ant-like character, much smaller than the centipede, who stands nearby. the centipede says "sup" to the ant

anthro centipede mama wearing a light blue summer dress and carrying a purse on one shoulder. she looks tired as she holds a wailing centipede baby. many other babies crawl around on her back or are clustered under her tail, held by the curl and legs

a simple sketch of an anthro centipede with a long neck and tail. they're posed dynamically as if for a camera. they're wearing star shaped sunglasses and there are some stars drawn around their body for style

a collection of rough sketches of anthro centipedes. the first is a long-bodied taur-adjacent design - there are two pairs human-ish arms while the rest of the limbs are centipede, and the character stands on all of those while holding the front of their body upright. the next is a bust of a centipede hunched over and fiddling with one of their antennae nervously. the next sketch is a fat centipede with a short, thick neck and sturdy torso and limbs. the final sketch is a centipede built similarly to the previous but with breasts; they also have a longer middle finger on the hand they have raised as part of their haughty laugh posture.

anthro centipede sketches from yesterday
[ #flameshadowart | tropical, soil, and stone centipedes were referenced ]

a greyscale sketch of a very big centipede floating in space. it is looking down at a space ship with a centrifugal ring; the ship is implied to be quite large and it is dwarfed by the centipede. the backdrop is black with a sparse scattering of distant stars

an encounter in deep space
[ #flameshadowart #centipede ]

a rough painting of a monstrous mantis-like character who appears to be laughing, potentially evilly. The bug is mostly in shadow and is back-lit. The painting is nearly greyscale with just a faint overlay of pink in the light and teal in the shadows

big fan of this monster :)
[ #flameshadowart | Emperor belongs to @quilbug.bsky.social ]

a digital sketch of two bug fables styled beetle characters, magnolia and besar, sitting together. magnolia, a fluffy june beetle, leans back while talking about something. one leg rests atop besar's lap while the other leg rests atop that knee. besar sits up more straight but still comfortably. he listens to magnolia, though his expression is skeptical.

another sketch of besar and magnolia. this time, besar is incapacitated somehow and has foliage stuck to him. he's draped over magnolia's shoulders and back. magnolia holds onto besar's arms to keep him from slipping while she walks along and looks amused.

thinking about them :)
[ #flameshadowart #bugfables | OC: Magnolia, Besar ]

a lineless character drawing of some bug fables beetle ocs. the main focus are Bink, a small red, pink, and pale beetle who is shouting excitedly, and Magnolia, a large june beetle leaning her elbow on a wall and watching with smug enjoyment. what they're watching is shown via a spike-shaped inset - two beetles wrestling by clashing and grabbing each other.

the same illustration but Magnolia is wearing leaves to cover her face, drape over her shoulders, and as a grass skirt

big men enjoyers spectating some beetle wrestling

[ #flameshadowart #bugfables | OCs: Magnolia, Besar (both mine), Bink (belongs to Dornada) ]

a loose digital painting of a silksong oc in far fields. memori the scorpion crawls along a bridge of vines crossing a field of thorns. a tarmite, memori's companion, flies nearby. in the background is the vacant exoskeleton of a large beast. the color palette has reds and oranges for the tarmite, scorpion, and thorns, and teals and blues for the shadows, the beast shell, and the rest of the background.

Art Trade with @midnight197.bsky.social featuring Memori and her tarmite companion. This was fun; thanks for the trade!

[ #flameshadowart #silksongoc ]

a page of doodles of Charon, my hollow knight oc based off a leaping husk. in a few of the smaller doodles, i drew him small, with big eyes and short, rounded horns. one of the sketches is him when he was a younger miner; he's wearing a bandana around his neck and headlamp on his central horn. the other two larger sketches are busts of him, looking intimidating in one and kinda doing a 'wtf?' face in the other

my guy :)
[ #flameshadowart | OC: Charon ]

pen sketches of three entities from chapter four of poppy playtime. yarnaby sits and looks to the right toward pianosaurus who is loafed and smiling at the viewer. to the right is one of the doctor's bipedal bots slightly chibi-fied and looking kinda cute

have some silly little guys
[ #flameshadowart | #poppyplaytime - yarnaby, pianosaurus, the doctor ]

pen sketches of a dog jumping, a bee on a leaf, a grasshopper from the side, a grasshopper from the front, and a hogfish with its mouth gaping open

three loose pen sketches of a fat woman. in the first, she poses haughtily with a hand on her hip. in the second, she poses cheekily, leaning forward while standing on the blades of her feet. in the third, she's sitting back with an air of lounging

some pen sketches of vernacular structures in various locations. at the top is a cluster of Sumbanese traditional houses with tall, thin peaks in the center of lower, wider roofs. To the right is an indian stepwell, a spiral staircase hewn into rock going down into a pool of water. Below and to the left is a sketch of a fortified granary in southern tunisia. at the bottom of the page is a large bedouin tent in morocco, with the angle showing three human figures relaxing in the shade of the wide entrance flap.

recent sketches based off images already saved to my computer. i gotta get back in the habit of drawing from reference again.
[ #flameshadowart ]

digital sketches, black on a light grey backdrop, of some silksong npcs. creige the bartender stands at his bar in one sketch and sits on a stool in the next. forge daughter sits at her forge; she pesters ballow who waves her off; and the two swap helmets

frey the bellhart shopkeeper, standing neutrally in one sketch and being irritated at the couriers not showing up in the next. grindle looking sad and asking, "Why do you want to crush me? :(" Grishkin sitting and then standing and waving. Another sketch of Grindle wearing a cloak and posing dramatically while shouting "trobbioooooo"

jubilana standing with her backpack of stuff. another jubilana startled and jumping back. mottled skarr sitting and appearing to listen to flick who talks happily about something. flick working on the hornet figurine. another sketch of the mottled skarr, this time from behind while they hold a string of rosaries and look back at the viewer

some sketches of cragglites, little crab-like enemies

a couple weeks ago, I doodled some npcs
bonus cragglites because they're adorable
[ #flameshadowart #silksong ]

a draw-over of a cropped silksong screenshot of hornet standing in front of the corpses of the green prince and cogwork dancer. hornet has been edited out and replaced with Cyra, a blue and grey wasp holding a spear. A thought bubble says, "Is this doomed yaoi"

another edited silksong screenshot, this time hornet replaced with charon, a cloaked beetle with three horns. he's standing in gurr's trophy room. he thinks, "i knew a guy who did shit like this but better"

what if i put one of my bugs in silksong. what if.

[ #flameshadowart | OCs: Cyra, Charon ]

a digital illustration of two characters in a whimsically colored jungle. snoodles, a blue feathered muppet-looking creature perches on a tree branch and eats a mango. he has various other fruits held in a coil of his tail. cloudfeathers, a green parrot-bear-like creature, flies below the branch and squawks at snoodles because of the fruit falling into his flightpath.

Snoodles and Cloudfeathers, secret santa gift for Clawswipe

[ #flameshadowart #FYIJsecretsanta ]

All images are rough digital sketches, white lines on almost-black background with some translucent color in places to show lighting or predominant hues. they all feature two hollow knight ocs, Atreus the wasp moth and Cyra the wasp. 1- the characters are in Far Fields. Atreus stands atop a jumble of rocks from which an upwards gust of wind blasts. His cloak, wings, neck fluff, and antennae are blown upwards. He is enjoying this silliness. Cyra sits on a ledge in the foreground and looks annoyed. She's giving the viewer a side-eye. In the background are strands of rocks and plants, and below is part of the lava field. 2- Atreus and Cyra fly up through the main vertical room of the Memorium. The entrance with its plaque are at the bottom. Cyra is a level above where moss grows along the walls. There's a level where there are red spikes. Then Atreus is up closer to the viewer looking at the voltvyrm barnacle things which are sparking due to his proximity. 3- The characters are in the morgue of the whiteward. Atreus is on the upper level, reacting to a surgeon that just appeared and is flailing its small needles and silk around. on the level below, lit by the glow of an incinerator grate, Cyra leaps back from a mortician 4- in the entrance room of the wisp thicket, atreus and cyra fight against a burning bug and many firey wisps. they're flying above some large bamboo-like spikes 5- atreus and cyra in the wormways after it has been overtaken by lifeblood vines and growths. Atreus looks entranced by a lifeblood cocoon that's forming, and Cyra watches him uneasily. 6- In the room where the craggler is fought in the game, just before entering the wormways, Atreus stops to watch a cute little cragglite scuttle around. Cyra keeps walking, approaching the entrance of the wormways where some lifeblood vines have grown out and up the wall

Little and I are having trouble picking which of these thumbnails to develop into a full illustration.
Which do you like best/think is the strongest/most interesting/etc?
[ #flameshadowart | OCs: Cyra (mine), Atreus (Little's) ]

three drawings of my long-bodied bug, Ensconce, based off the "how does [animal] wear pants?" meme. There are three versions depicted: them wearing pants on their terminal legs which are an undefined distance away from their head; the wearing pants on their second pair of arms, with the pants held up by the belt going around Ensconce's body while the rest of the body continues to the floor and out of the frame; and ensconce wearing the pants like a long tube, with their eyes peeking out of the end of one pants leg, their second pair of arms coming out of the waist, and the continuation of their body going through and out the other pants leg

they're quite flexible and good at wearing clothes
[ #flameshadowart | OC: Ensconce ]

a sketch of me as my dragon sona peacefully working on a jigsaw puzzle. my laptop is nearby and shows "Malevolent Podcast" on it. emitting from the laptop is a jagged dialogue box which reads "*Arthur screaming in agony while [spoilers]*" with "spoilers" written over some blocked out text.

cozy podcasts to solve puzzles to

[ #flameshadowart #malevolent ]