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A proof of concept I did for a rhythm-fighting game in late 2020, I still like the art for it so I’d thought I’d share it!

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Love the new Iron Fist.

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I finally get to show this one off! This art is nearly three years old now.

My players encountered it again last session and nearly got TPK’d!

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Who’s that Fakemon?

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It’s Umicorn! These Fakemon are based on a creature from Thai folklore called the Maninmangkorn, a sea-dragon-horse.

Few sights are as beautiful as an Umicorn galloping across a still lake, though they are so rarely seen nowadays causing them to fade into legend.

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I had the honor of contributing Malice and Myrrh for @FEtabletop! Always looking for an excuse to draw more Fire Emblem.

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Happy Lunar New Year!

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If I was adventuring through my Fakemon region, this would be my team! If you’ve been following for awhile, who’d be on yours?

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Seedling, the Wayward Pilgrim.

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Nostalgia :)

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Ok minor detail but ...

So I noticed in A:TLA, and it’s carried over in LoK, that Airbenders always seem to have an advantage in a fight. And at first, it felt like plot armour, particularly in A:TLA.

But when Aang fought Bumi, he lost most of that advantage. And I realised that this wasn’t just plot armour. Someone had sat and worked it out: nobody has had to fight Airbenders for generations. 

None of the other nations have had to train to face them, or practised sparring with them, or anything. Apart from Bumi, no bender in the show has ever even met an airbender before Aang comes along. And in LoK, for the most part people still haven’t. We never see fights between those who have (for e.g. we never see Tenzin and Lin fight); when Korra and Tenzin use airbending, its a unique fighting style that people aren’t trained to manage.

It’s a really small detail, and it fundamentally works to give the heroes an advantage (and make up for Aang’s young age and lack of combat experience), but I love how it’s an advantage in combat for completely logical reasons.

The detail in these shows is amazing. 

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what the fuck

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No, no it isn’t.

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here comes bill with a steel chair

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It's Gnomad! This line is based on spirit houses in Thailand. I saw so many on my last trip and was inspired to based a Fakemon on them.

A spirit who was pushed out of their home, Gnomad wanders cities in search of a suitable place to settle down.