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More color render attempts! This time on some of my other drones!

So Talaria (SIR), Caduceus, Hestia and Pandora.

More rambles under cut.

Caduceus and Talaria are from the Science wing (Caduceus is Mercury’s drone, one of my main Scientist type folks) and Hestia is Csar’s drone…as for Pandora - she works at a Bar…haha.

She has a ‘tude… I’m channeling some Gaz into her personality lol. Also likes fighting games - she likes to spar with Eros (Hestia’s Beau…hahaha) and it gets pretty intense. Her and Hestia are pretty close.

Caduceus is pretty laid back; he just silently judges their antics on the regular when he isn’t dabbling with sciencey stuff, ha.

Talaria’s name was suggested to me by a friend and apparently it’s the name of Hermes/Mercury’s sandals sooo…perfecto. I gotta keep my themes going…

I’ll have to post the initial sketch with these three later.

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Cleaning up my files and forgot that I had all these wing studies from circa. 2015 so thought, y’know what, I don’t need to hold onto these, so have this as a little gift from me to whomst ever needs some quick wings for their OC’s, AU’s, and Art.

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Feeling pretty crummy; fix that with fluffers. My Babies! 😭

More coloring practice; I really love comic book style cel shading. Gonna see what I can pull off next…I have a Zim I’ve been sitting on for a bit, haha. I guess I have a lot of time now to practice renders!!

But anyway; my main OCs Csar and The General. Technically he is some revamped Spork based on one of my original Alien AUs before I got back into IZ…head of Military Caste!

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The Deplorables get more screen time haha…quick sketch after chittering more about them…names!

I derive a lot of my durp doo naming from mythos because I love it; center Baddie is probably gonna end up being Loki and the taller one is Styx…trying to figure out short stack. Names gotta “come to me”, haha.

I might actually go sideways and name him Krulos after the main bad guy from Dino Riders because he is really Toad looking lol…

Pissy Drones with bad attitudes and a bone to pick. The short one is a “table drone” so he’s really not a happy camper…dat ”ring leader” tho…

Pretty much how I sum this up in my AU HC is there are four main castes/sectors. These guys are drones from the upper class bureaucratic mess so they get poopoo’d on more then the other sectors because the “Senate”, council, stuffy business folks hang out there and they obviously feel entitled to be pompous unempathetic assholes. Red actually leads this sector so it’s perfect and should basically explain itself.

So what do piss pants resentful, frustrated drones do on off time? Project their not happy days onto unsuspecting drones that got it easier, of course. They got the credentials too to back it up, at least with the normies. They wouldn’t try it with the Military or Sciences/Tech Sectors but the Social Sector (basically the predominance of the normal population and largest) is easy pickings. No one asks questions when it comes to the Red Sector, usually, even with Drones.

They really are up to no good and I’m terrible. GG. :D

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Wanted to doodle @0mochi0 ‘s Pimpi because I loved the design and they ended up being a color test dummy too, hahahaha…

I’ve been fiddling with a few different rendering options to go with my inks but haven’t really settled on what I want but this came out better than I had expected so I’ve got more gumption to try!

Fancy fvck. I need to implement more fluffy stuff on some of my OCs outfits, hahahaaaa!

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Was trying out the export feature to tumblr so this random impending doom brought to you by…moi.

I drew this pretty fast and I guess wanted to show how that works in video form so there ya go.

Actually idea inspired by a talk where there wasn’t much in the way of smaller/drones x smaller/drones so uh…

I’m sure they are having a very pleasant conversation about the weather. Probably.

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any and all "fandom drama" that isn't actually interpersonal ideological conflict filtered through the lens of guy from shows is completely unserious if you take even a moment to zoom out. like we are straight up playing with our toys WHAT is there to get mad about.

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I’ve doodled a couple other sketches with Zim; so another to add to the razor tooth muppet bug alien roster.

Was checking some of Mark Brooks’ recent art so got inspired by Comic Book ish stuff.

…also “Momma said Knock you Out” by LL Cool J had some inspiration too, hahahahahaa…!

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Been posting more on Bluesky but! I gotta post more things here too I ‘spose…! I just suck at social media hopping, haha…

Fiddling with colors and inks.

Random Irken and a tentative additional Vortian to add to my every growing collection of “wtf is going on here” character list.

His outfit came out looking more peacock colored unintentionally and I’m here for it. I was thinking of naming him Hastur but he needs to be yellow so, I’m gonna change that up to one of the Vortian Regents…

If you get that reference then you get mad props, hahahaha!

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Will you tell me about cruel gods? Nothing specific about them, just... general things

This question actually made me sit down and think because I really wasn’t sure how to answer it. Thank you for sending it in.

Cruel gods are proud, they demand nothing less than everything within you. When your knees give out and your chest aches from sobbing your prayers through clenched teeth, then they are satisfied. Understanding of the divine comes from agony.

They are silent, always looking on, always watching the roads before you as you choose and choose again, until you no longer can understand which path is easier or which path is kinder. All roads are narrow and dangerous and eventually the stones will stop cutting your feet open.

Cruel gods smile when you fail, because they know that in the blink of an eye you will remember who you are and see the strength in your shoulders rise up. They did not teach you suffering for nothing.

They demand sacrifice of the most dear. Sometimes never to be returned because if it was something that you could live without, then it wasn’t as necessary as you believed. And while the hunger twists your belly and your heart into knots you could never hope to untangle, they are subtly sharpening the blades in your bones. Sometimes the best choice is to cut it loose.

Cruel gods point you to the places to test you, the places where you prove yourself again and again. Cruel gods look on as you pray, because they know that you have taught yourself how to survive and that your prayers are reminders to yourself more than anything else.

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Without context is for the best. My Ambassador pair, Lith and Apollo…Lul.

She sure is upset about something… :3

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Sketch blurb of Red yelling off scene. For the lulz. Want to ink; sketched a million things…only post like one. Har.

Trying to not be as reclusive on here and attempting Bluesky as well … not against Twitter either but eh; it’s pretty bloated as far as I can tell and I use it mostly for philosophical stuff and silicone collecting anyway.

ANYWAY! He is just the worst Tallest in my Grimdark AU but hiiiiiiilarious.

I need more time that isn’t work.

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Tarot card commission for @gingerbreadart1 Cho as the Devil and Meva as the star (reversed)🌟

Process under the cut!

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My newest crafting project~ Made from needle felt and my cat‘s hair, mostly.

Process under the cut!

I got one of these promotional wooden TVs from a local book store, then cut out parts of it. Lots of sanding with my nail file because the store was out of sanding paper(??)

Anno is mostly craft felt cut into shape and recolored with needle felt. The thick parts (like the helmet) are two layers of felt stuffed with wool.

The beaded chain has been a vision of mine for years so it had to be in this.

Pepi tried to eat my project several times. But she was a 10/10 emotional support.

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I have a very strange crazy IZ AU; for now I leave you only to wonder what is happening.

Maybe I’ll post more…tis a mystery!🙃

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I was going bananas over wanting to do a full render of this guy who is now Nimbus from my original Alien story before I got sucked back into IZ town to ruin it with my own vision of darkness and Empires.

From a larger sketch I haven’t posted but can sorta see the durp doo ref to the side. I wanted to show how big the Tallest are in my ‘verse so I’ll put that up later. Featuring my version of General Tallest Spork because reasons.

I need capes and sharp shoulder pads to live. You can’t see his snaggle tooth, but it’s there.