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do you have a reference design for your slugiterators?

Hi!

Indeed i have!

I actually went trough more ideas for suns slugcat design before settling on this one, here are some others too, if youre interested:

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Journey Fun!

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This idea/moment has been stuck in my head since i learned of the slugiterator au

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Satic design sheet! Its the first time i do something like this and i dont imagine it lasting long (i like to tweak his design often), but it was fun very fun to compile facts about them.

Satic is one of my oldest OC! I made them, originally, in the idea of the softest™ possible version of me (such that many of their adhd traits are actually autism, wich i didnt knew at the time, and sure came as a surprise), but eventually he started acumulating more personality and storyparts

I have a little arc imagined for them, but thats for another post

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This is all old drawings and inbetweens of a story me and my friend where making with our OCs, Cinder and Mekare:

They would begrungely work toguether in the begining, none trusting the other with the map piece. The map to what?

So, both mekare and cinder have spent their lives alienated and discriminated against. But theres a hope, a legend passed trough word of mouth: a magical city, a reunion point, with such a diverse population they would fit rit in.

The map to there is shreded in four pieces, and they had to pool their money to buy the first

Still the journey there is long, and maybe the real magic is the friends we make along the way

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Some concepts scribbles

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Mekare! Xir final design!

This is when xie is rather healthy, all things considered.

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A changeling drone and some pestering nymphs

Clean version under the cut:

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Some late drawings of mekare

If anyone guesses the music theyre singin they get a prize lol

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Ive tried new ideas to refine my changeling designs, to make them even more bug-like while still mantaining a horse silluete

I think i like it best with both thorax and abdomen making the "torso", like idea 1 and 4. The face A and D both compell me equally tho.

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Memorable derp moments of my portal 2 playthrough

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omgggggg

So many things to consider on this episode! okay okay lets go:

(Spoilers for. Pretty much all of it!)

0:00 okay so this was before stickpage and newsground

they are having a blast (hehe) destroying stuff! just lasering and flying and trowing fire with wild abandon! you can see they both are excited to do it and genuinly enjoying it

Then. the moment the block enters Chosen's inventory. It gives them pause. (inventory? new thing? where did this came from? ah block. block? you can do things with it!)

^ theyre very subdued about it, but curiosity has definitly taken hold. And satisfaction or something similar follows, cause they go picking up more blocks to continue building. This is something new, and they are liking it

Interesting to see them only build that microhut with coblestone, despite having both wood and dirt too. They dont imediatly go try other blocks, theyre content with this one - maybe saving the others for a new experience next. (does that make sense? i got the feeling they are willing to use the blocks at that moment, theyre not aprehensive or anything, but they dont because theyre content just. placing one coble in front of the other. baby steps?)

1:17 they finish the microhut, and boy are they expressive. hand on hips with satisfaction.

Also: They build something!! for the first time, they created something! (this is their first experience of doing, of making a thing/creating a change in a world that is not done with violence. This is their first time interacting with a enviroment withouy destroying something of it!! This is the first time they have a non-negative impact in a enviroment, that the change they bring upon it is not something that Takes from it, but that Gives!! <- am i digging too deep? most certaintly. But my shovel is sharp)

1:20 Dark comes to him, and Chosen waves hello and imediatly tries to engage Dark in the block/contructing things too. And then points at their microhut! showing it off!

Dark analises it, (thoroughly. hes taking chosen's entusiasm seriously) - but she misentreprets what chosen was showing her. She thinks this is a new thing Chosen made so they could destroy it, that destroying (it) was the goal, and not just the build itself. (very one-track mind, even when obvious, they dont realize Chosen doesnt want to destroy it. They cant conceptualize that Chosen could be showing (wanting) something diferent)

1:29 Even when Chosen leaps in front of the microhut, covering all they can of it (protecting all they can of it) Dark is confused about this reaction. Chosen once again mentions the microhut (glancing at it), dark mentions the ball of fire hes holding up. (once again misenterpreting what chosen is saying). "i am ready and waiting, is that it? its definitly big enough, let me at it!"

1:31 i cant entirely understand Chosen's little movement, (he lowers, looks at the microhut again,) but they get out of the way and explicity let Dark destroy it. "go at it"

^ i think theyre analysing wich was more worth. They deflated a little - Dark wasnt understanding (or. or dark understood, but still wants to destroy it, she likes destroying. (this isnt what dark is thinking (he greatly values what chosen wants) hes just. one-tracked on destruction. (wich well see later on the video) and thinks Chosen is too)) - Dark was ready and waiting and wanted to destroy the microhut.

And for all that Chosen liked building the microhut, likes having it standing, they still let Dark blow it up. Obviously, that Dark wants to is more important than the microhut remaining.

1:39 Still, Chosen liked building it. After Dark leaves, Chosen contemplates - staying there and continue, or go after Dark and keep rampaging toguether. They think. They chose to try building again

1:45 Dark almost imedialty notices (is wondering?) Chosen isnt flying, up with her too, he looks back at them- and crashes against a floating island

^ given that Dark just spent a while destroying alone while Chosen pondered their newly inventory and build the microhut, it gave me pause that after so little time he was already expecting them to follow - its possible that 1. after a offer of mutual destruction, they always afterwards fly off togheter to continue 2. Dark thought that Chosen was destroying someting while he was too, separatly (like they do on the flashbacks) and the fact they arent rn is what makes her look back to see what they are doing (wich rn is 0, they are standstill thinking lol.)

^ its not too perplexing tho (,they look in front to continue flying away shortly after, after noticing Chosen isnt coming). Just a bit diferent. they wonder for a bit, but dont worry, dont think deeply on why

2:03 and now! Dark is in the nether! down in the lava (and neat seeing it not hurt him). she just agroed the zombie piglings, and with the ghasts shes now in a enviroment of fire and darkness, (interestingly, she takes a moment to take it in (almost mesmerized? - his sholders relax, arms lowering from their position of having burst out of the lava)) and dang it, that fireblast the ghast sent him makes him notice - the many foes, much much weaker than her. She laughs, mockingly.

what follows is her having the time of her life fighting them.

2:36 (another moment that gave me pause) diping his hand in the lava while flying, like hes playing with the enviroment? what does this mean? a brief moment of reflection, a what could have been? A showcase (expecialy with the paralel with Chosen and water later) that the nether is the sorta place where he feels most satisfied/belonged to? (fire and harm and danger)

Or maybe is he simply afirming the lava doesnt hurt? or maybe is he simply relating to the firey enviroment?

2:43 meanwhile, Chosen is building a proper house! they have played around with the other blocks, and are silently satisfied with the result of the house. (they are less entusiastic than when they build the microhut, the first time. still equaly satisfied i think - but more muted. mm. i wonder.)

2:51 ofc, Chosen is still a flighty weapon of mass destruction we mustnt forget that.

^interestingly, though, what this showcases about Chosen and Dark, both interupted by a foe (creeper vs ghast). 1. Chosen did not heard the mob behind them and was frightened and reacted quickly to it. Dark, unlike chosen, sensed/heard beforehand the attack and simply calmly dodged 2. Chosen instinctualy lasers the creeper death, Dark doesnt attack imediatly, analysed the foe 3. Chosen remains wary and prepared to react, stock still. Dark laughts, at ease, and attacks back vicioulsy 4. Chosen resume the activetys before the interruption. Dark uses the blast as an very good reason to attack everything back with gusto, no longuer apreciating the nether ambiance

2:58 Chosens adorable reaction to the chicken, in contrast with their nonchalange at killing the cows and sheep before: he falls down, to either see where the chicken is going, or to catch it so it doesnt get hurt (depends on how moral you interpret them to be at this point in time) gets surprised by the hurt sound (not by taking damage) and distracted looking around for its source, that when the chicken falls to the ground unharmed they kinda look disapointed " i needn't bother"

3:10 ahh, the paralel to Dark's lava. (heres where i also noticed the amount of paralels in this video, a great way to show much characterization in so little time - by contrast)

They're flying in the oposite directions as Dark (a metaphor we can all catch im sure) and, when they dip their hand in the water, coblestone forms.

Inerent creation, when interating with the enviroment, benign.

3:14 pac-man mouth!! and for sure the fisrt time theyve eaten since the beguining of their rampage. They like it. its a simple, apreciated comfort. Calm, and not an offensive experience (unlike before, letters as nurishment and amunition)

3:29 they breathe

3:33, they tremble, just the tiniest bit. (overcome with emotions?? why did you tremble, minutly, in place, like that?)

3:38 and they sigh, sit back, relax completly. watching the sun set, this is he first time they've felt peace and contentment like this

(And it did not escape my notice that chosen only plays with and explores the world when alone, when dark isnt there with them)

3:42 (once again lol) they only notice the sword when it sunks past them, but its only Dark, and making the conection dark-sword trowned is easy, if perplexing after this day.

what follows is series of looking-at-dark-looking-at-sword-looking-at-dark, as if Chosen cant belive dark didnt also relax and change, perplexed, yes, about why and where did Dark get all this swords hes holding, but also that after this day, Dark is asking them to come continue the rampage, is asking them to leave this wonderfull world, Wants to leave this wonderful world.

3:54 They follow, obviously. That Dark want to is more important than remaining on this world.

4:00 but the seed has been planted. they've explored, and build, and Relaxed. they have realized that they like peace, and calm, too. More, even.

They've realized that peace is a Option for them, too.

So, this marks the turning point for Chosen: they no longuer feel such joy in destruction, now that theyve realized they enjoy peace, more. And following this, with the haze of destruction no longuer blinding them, they will realize that they dont like hurting other beings, other sticks.

Something Dark never gets to think of, cause caring about other beings lives means stoping destroing, stoping fighting, and he very much enjoys those. She has ever only known that, and, now, we see she has never taken any reason to try not to.

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The other side of the coin of this comic

Of course, this is a verrry simplified/small sample of the influence aromanticism and asexuality has in my life, but i wanted to showcase what it means for my relationships with the people in my life

I have rather suporting friends and family, and that means interactions like this, where my aromanticism is entirely acepted or used as an asset(/pos).

Being aroace brings me a lot of good moments

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A comic i did in pride month but that i didnt want to post without its sister

Im getting rather tired of people thinking my aromanticism will disapear if they try hard enough, and im getting tired of long discussions about the merits of love every time i speak against it

The woes of the love-repulsed

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Eeping toguether

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How do i join artfight?

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New Oc!

I dont have a name for her yet, but she is resourceful, excitable, stubborn/tenacious, and impacient.

The only oldest in a big (big) family who has a modicule of care for the youngest generation, officially they have given themself the job of hopping through dimentions in search for a place to better raise her siblings, as their homedimention contains a big amount of deitys and is in the brink of collapse.

Inofficialy, they often get too fascinated by the fauna and ambience of a place in amigst their searching, and get distracted studying and documenting it. They feel horrible for it after, keenly aware of the looming time limit of her mission.