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I see your “Draw a Character/OC” and as such, I give you Gilli

Will this turn into a series of crop top shots of the main seven? Hell if I know. Have I already picked said tops? Yes

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Time for another series! I’ve been loving working on this one, it’s very different from my usual work and has been a fun challenge! I allowed myself one texture per portrait, and no shading. Trying to capture their attitudes and personality from BEHIND was a treat in and of itself.

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Two old gays talking shit about the new guy after the meeting

I love these two disasters…

Just needed something light and fun between bangs, which will be posted on my main (@olives-and-lilies), so I busted out the boys being petty.

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Two old gays talking shit about the new guy after the meeting

I love these two disasters…

Just needed something light and fun between bangs, which will be posted on my main (@olives-and-lilies), so I busted out the boys being petty.

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I was gonna do a whole series, but that didn’t happen due to some drama coming up irl. So here, have a single Valentine for late Valentines’ Day

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characters whose philosophy is “if i cannot be wanted, i will be needed and if i cannot be needed, let me be used until there’s nothing left of me.” thank you for everyone’s attention. falls off stage and dies

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So I’ve been playing with modern AU ideas again…

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Me: Says I’ll share how Max and Damari met literally MONTHS ago

Also Me: Forgets until I’m flipping through my own blog

I’m so sorry. Here you go. Little gorey, I’ll tag it as such.

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“I literally stabbed you through the chest!” Maxton growled, rounding on his partner.

“We were kids!’ The man laughed, “Gods, I wasn’t even Odell’s age yet when we met, and you were even younger.”

“I grew up in a cult that truly thought we were the first of Life’s blessed mages on this land, and that unfortunately meant that they taught us to hunt those that ended lives, for whatever reason,” he paused, “like the Wolven.”

“Wasn’t your fault.” Damari hummed.

“Through. The. Chest. Damari.”

“It takes more than some light stabbing to kill a wolf like me.” He winked and Maxton groaned, hiding behind his hands. “Besides, it only took a moon or so for you to realize how wrong you were.”

“I was far more dangerous than you to the lives of those around me. That cult had such awful teachings…” he sighed and tugged on his moustache.

Damari ran his hand over his mates back, “Still not your burden, love. Some folk just use whatever excuse they can to hate others. If it wasn’t because they thought my kind were rabid murderers, they they would have gone after someone else’s kin. Accused the merfolk of drowning boats, or the fairlings for the caravans that get lost in the woods.”

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Damari is a “Natural” Wolven, born able to slip between forms ever since he was young. Wolven are either born or bitten, the bites are exceedingly rare, as you have to be bitten by a hound of some variety (Grim, Shuck, Hellhound, etc), not another Wolven. This is how CJ becomes a Wolven, btw.

Maxton, on the other hand, was raised in a cult to believe they were the first generation of the Life blessed (one of the four gods that DONT give blessings because their existence is so intwined with the act of living) and are raised to hunt down and kill those that are “inherently” evil/deadly/a bane on the creations of Life. Essentially they’re hella racist against anyone predator coded, such as wolves, big cats, and essentially hybrids of any predator creature.

Damari thought that Max was stalking him cause he was cute, NOT to stab him in the chest and try to prove himself to his cult.

They end up head over heels in love, and are a sappy old married couple with cute pet names that chase each other through the halls like teenagers sneaking around. They’re disgustingly sappy and romantic and it’s really cliche.

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Do I know why I drew Odell as some sort of circus ringleader? No. Do I regret my choice? Not at all.

This was fun, pushing perspective without reference to lean on was fun. I was jamming out to Chunky by Trampsta, which has a bunch of old dance footage, and the idea wormed its way into my brain and I haven’t been able to shake it, so here. Y’all get a treat too. Still working on drawing big bellies, we’ll get there.

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Continuing the theme of cutting back the time without sacrificing quality, I present just shading with minimal color! I also really wanted to play with Gilli and Odell, with how tiny Gilli is compared to their lover, with how delicately Odell handles them. Gilli is a treasure, but also such a chaotic little fucking gremlin. Odell is weak, and I love that for him.

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Working with expressions, playing with a touch starved Rodina.

I like to think this is immediately after she cuts all of her hair off.

I imagine that hair is status, long hair with complex braids show who you are and all you’ve accomplished. After promising to take Priya away from the island, to go south to the mainland and let her live free of the laws of the North, she cuts all her hair and braids off. A sign of disgrace, of banishment, the ultimate disownment of being stripped of all her life’s accomplishments.

And she does it to herself, for Priya, the night they run away.

I don’t think she’s told Priya yet, how deeply she cares, but how can she not know when Rodina looks at her so sweetly like that?

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Still on my shit with Gilli, only this time it’s early in their capture. The House of Kael captures Gillidu on the edge of the forest, a mage raised by the Fairlings, assuming they can make them fight for the House against the forest. Little did their captors know, Gilli doesn’t break that easily. With an uncanny skill at trapping you in your words, Gilli works their way out of the worst of their new situation, and into another.

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Kinda obsessed with Gilli lately… Not sure why. I’ve also been neglecting to share with you, sorry.

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Continuing the theme of cutting back the time without sacrificing quality, I present just shading with minimal color! I also really wanted to play with Gilli and Odell, with how tiny Gilli is compared to their lover, with how delicately Odell handles them. Gilli is a treasure, but also such a chaotic little fucking gremlin. Odell is weak, and I love that for him.

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I did some more Maxton and Damari, with the Sun and Moon motif kinda hinted at. I think I’ll share their first meeting soon? It was… violent. While Damari grew up a well adjusted young wolf, Maxton is a cult baby that had to be re-educated. But now they are hopelessly and childishly in love and rule a whole kingdom together. When they started they worked opposite shifts, trying to massively overhaul all the things they hated about the Kingdom’s previous Heads of House.

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Time for another series! I’ve been loving working on this one, it’s very different from my usual work and has been a fun challenge! I allowed myself one texture per portrait, and no shading. Trying to capture their attitudes and personality from BEHIND was a treat in and of itself.

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“I’m up. Sorry Barne, didn’t mean to wake you.”

Poor boy has a nightmare, the house sprite is concerned.

Speaking of opening, let’s have a line share session! What is the first line of dialogue from your main character? Share it here!