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Happy 3rd anniversary, Tales of Luminaria💚

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i started baldur's gate 3

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Fashionably late, here's the Tales of Luminaria cast ready for a masquerade ball for this year's Luminaria Party's Sunrise Event!!

Thank you to @viqury for helping me with the lineart and tightening up some of the designs!! Literally wouldn't have happened without you ur a lifesaver 💙💙💙

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"Laplace, let's hold a moment."

a doodle

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I made an English cover of Mesmerizer with Teto and Asterian!

It hit 1.4k views in the first 24 hours. I think that's neat. :)

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Since y'all are sleeping on my Tetovage masterpost, I'm going to post them all individually with extra tidbits of info and there's nothing you can do about it!!

Last, but not least, Eighteenth is Fairy!

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Ah, Fairy! Another screaming about 'what pokemon do i choose' and constantly changing it. When I realized Fairy was going to be last, I decided to give her some Legendaries/Mythicals. Magearna had already been a contender from the jump, going back and forth between Fairy and Steel as a choice. Zacian I'd brought up once or twice, but I initially showed reluctance because, if I brought it in, I wanted to bring in Zamazenta, too.

I got over that eventually. Zacian was literally a last minute choice, in the end. I do not regret it. Once again, thank you MMD Pokemon riggers for my life I would not have been able to figure out the dog's damn shapes without you.

For the character designs, I knew what I wanted to start. I wanted a devil & angel motif. The devil/imp theme I had figured out immediately. I could envision it perfectly. The angel one... not so much.

I thought I had it figured out when I thought of Princess Peach and her in Sunshine. I could envision it clearly. Almost like a magical girl, but not quite. Big flowy ribbons in the back, tiny little angel wings, pastel colours, and this sparkly, translucent skirt & sleeves underneath the main dress

I hated it. It didn't turn out how I wanted at all. I didn't do the concepts in order, so I said I'd come back to it later and see if I changed my mind.

Later came, and I had not changed my mind. I still hated it. To google I went, looking up cute fashion ideas when I saw an outfit that hit me like a truck and gave me the immediate inspiration for the final design, which turned out perfectly. I still got to keep the Sunshine Peach inspiration under the jacket.

I would post the inspiration photo here but I can't find it anymore. It was mostly the jacket that inspired me lol. It had big ol pockets that made me think "you could fit a plushie in there--WAIT A MINUTE"

Now, Fairy was optionally going to be the final image. There was one I wanted to draw afterwards, but it was always a maybe, and that was to make something for the Stellar Type, introduced in Scarlet/Violet!

I got the concept art down, but by the time I'd finished lining and colouring all of the other pictures, I was extremely drained, burned out, sick, and absolutely dying of pain. Damn you chronic pain for making my hobby hurt.

Instead of making a new post, here's the concepts, and the sketch for the final illustration for the Stellar type!

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Since y'all are sleeping on my Tetovage masterpost, I'm going to post them all individually with extra tidbits of info and there's nothing you can do about it!!

Seventeenth is Steel!

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Ah, steel! I knew I wanted Tinkaton for SURE, whether it was Fairy or Steel, I didn't know. As you can see, she ended up in Steel. The second 'mon I kept changing my mind over a lot. I really loved Mawile, but also Magearna, but ooh what about Gholdengo I could use that here, but also -- etcetc.

When I was sketching out the sketch for the final illustration, I felt I needed something to like... better match Utau's design. The better match ended up being Perrserker! Sorry, Mawile. You were very close and ilu tho

For the character designs themselves... I thought of a lil knight right away. Simple and easy. They already did it with... that one Elite 4 dude, I forgot his name, but, whatever! When I thought of the helmet and it having steel drills in place of her pigtails though I laughed and had to do it.

SV's design was actually considered for Fairy!! I drew it as just a standard lolita dress to begin with and wanted her to be more of depressed fairy type kinda thing until I was like "yknow... this might fit steel better actually". Gave the dress a metal frame with spikes and there ya go. I feel the execution in the final illustration is a bit lacking, but I've never been good a giant, poofy dresses like that. I did my best!

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Since y'all are sleeping on my Tetovage masterpost, I'm going to post them all individually with extra tidbits of info and there's nothing you can do about it!!

Sixteenth is Dragon!

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THE POKEMON CHOICES *SCREAMS*

When I had only one Teto in mind, I was SO ready to use Miraidon, like absolutely 100% on board the Miraidon train. I was SO certain they wouldn't use Miraidon for Miku... And then they did. And I was upset.

I went back and forth between a million choices, and a lot of them I couldn't pick still because Project Voltage already did. I was struggling. When I decided to draw two Tetos, I just said FUCK IT, I'll break my no repeating any Project Voltage choices rule and do Koraidon and Miraidon because it's perfect

Anyway Koraidon and Miraidon got changed literally last minute because I could NOT draw those fuckers. They were too shaped for my brain--Koraidon especially. It just looked so bad. Anyway I like the apple guys they're funny and work just as well.

For the character designs I uuhhh. I went full anime. That's about it. I want more dragon trainers to have claws. Imagine Hassel with claws please. Absolutely perfect.

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Fifteenth is Dark!

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The Pokemon choices! These were once again a selection I struggled with a lot. I'm too lazy to throw out all the Pokemon I'd considered. I changed them again last minute because I'd had Incineroar and Meowscarada, but wanted to cull my overabundance of Gen 9 mons (best Gen don't @ me).

I do like the choices in the end! Fun fact, the canvas for the final illustration was going to be much smaller when I first started it. These were the only 4 to actually fit in the box without issue, which is another reason why I liked the choices.

Don't have much to say for the character designs ngl! They were pretty immediate ideas and I really like how they turned out.

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Since y'all are sleeping on my Tetovage masterpost, I'm going to post them all individually with extra tidbits of info and there's nothing you can do about it!!

Fourteenth is Ghost!

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I initially had Shedinja as the Ghost Pokemon for the longest time! When I realized I was going to draw 2 Tetos, it still stayed for one of them, while Mimikyu was chosen for the second. Eventually, Shedinja was removed for Gholdengo, who I thought was more of a "gimmick" Pokemon comparatively. Then, I changed Gholdengo to Gimmighoul when SV's design was finalized.

For the characters themselves, I had an idea for Utau in mind immediately. Big giant chains. Very big loose clothes. I thought it might be a little too much though and was thinking how I could change it until I got the vibe I wanted. I stumbled across some Halloween sketches of another OC of mine with her as a creepy doll and was like "THAT'S THE ONE". Got to keep my big poofy sleeves! That's what I wanted the most!

For SV, it took a little bit of time before I got an image of a horror movie that didn't exist with a widower at a funeral with glowing red eyes under her veil. With the design in mind, I changed Gholdengo into Gimmighoul so it was like that was what she received from the will or whatever.

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Thirteenth is Rock!

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Ah, the Pokemon choices! Diancie had always been my first pick when I was only going to do one, and then I added Minior, and I don't think they ever changed. Easy! Except I really wanted to use Aurorus and I'm so made Miku stole her from me I love that Fossilmon u don't understand aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

For the character designs, I knew I wanted Utau to be an astronaut with a jetpack like right away. I wanted to keep it simple and readable, and I knew I didn't want a giant space helmet. Then I remembered Steven Universe and as like "YEAAAAH THAT"S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT" with the inspiration as it hit lmao

SV also started with Steven Universe inspired roots. It still exists in the hair, but the initial concept kinda... didn't work out. I'm still not the biggest fan of how the design turned out myself, but I don't hate it or anything! She reminds me of someone in a Saloon in a Spaghetti Western for some reason?? Am I the only one?? Am I crazy?

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Since y'all are sleeping on my Tetovage masterpost, I'm going to post them all individually with extra tidbits of info and there's nothing you can do about it!!

Twelfth is Bug!

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For the Pokemon, when I only had one choice, I picked Beedrill because... Drill. I wasn't very excited to do it though. When I decided to do two Tetos, I removed Beedrill and just tried picking what I thought would be fun, and then I thought of the past/future theme, so I went with Slither Wing and Volcarona.

They were the choices for the longest time, until I wanted to cull back some Gen 9 choices to make things... a little more fair. Some Gens still got less rep but whatever. I had Shedinja on my list for a long time so that ended up being the replacement for Slither Wing. The replacement for Volcarona I kept hesitating on. Eventually, I picked Vespiquen, because I otherwise had NO Gen 4 representation.

I really wanted to pick Masquerain, it's one of my favourite Bug Pokemon, but I like Vespiquen, too! You can see a lil Masquerain in the book SV's reading as a lil easter egg, I guess. :)

For the character designs... oh boy I struggled, man. I initially just threw down... whatever I thought of. I was doing something completely unrelated when I suddenly had a thought out of nowhere about a Teto with a hood on her head and giant orb eyes staring at you while she plays video games. Giving some more thought to it, I based her a little big more off of Penny from Scarlet/Violet and gave her a Pokemon bag. Venonat was the best choice cuz it's just a fluffy lil guy!

For SV, I struggled a lot with it. I wanted to give her a silhouette that made it look like she had a lot of arms, hence why I wanted 4 drills of hair. I toned it down a little bit and tried to just make it more of a... casual dress. In the end, the shawl/sweater/I don't know what it'd be called was to emulate a shell/wings. That was the best I could think of tbh.

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Since y'all are sleeping on my Tetovage masterpost, I'm going to post them all individually with extra tidbits of info and there's nothing you can do about it!!

Eleventh is Psychic!

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Psychic!! For the Pokemon, I initially wanted to have Chimecho! Lil friend!! But, when I decided to do two Tetos, that changed pretty fast. I kept changing my mind on SVs Pokemon until I ended up on Cosmog. I'd already had the idea in mind before I drew it out. I didn't want the Pokemon I picked to influence the designs (that includes Fire, that was just perfect tho tbh)

For the designs themselves, I was going off of my disappointment from the actual Psychic design for Miku in Project Voltage. Not that it's a bad design, it's cute, but it doesn't... look like a Psychic type to me, imo. Even now when I think of it, I think it's the Normal design.

But, yeah! For both Tetos, the ideas were almost immediate. Magician & S P A C E.

Magician for Utau because why not. The skirt+tights were removed for pants for a better silhouette. The tophat was removed because I didn't want it to read like Utau was SV, since SV has an accessory on the left side of her head/hair at all times.

I just finished Pokemon X for the first time late last year, despite having the game for over a decade, and I was absolutely enamoured by Olympia's cape and Gym design. Very pretty. I love space. While drawing, I thought the design felt a little empty, and I was thinking about Persona 3 and angry about Reload and excluding Kotone (the female MC from P3P), so I added in the Tarot Card number she had as her pin in her hair. I thought it was XXI when I did the phone doodle, but corrected it in the final, as you can see lmfao.

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Tenth is Flying!

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I knew I wanted Salamence as the Flying type because Bagon starts off as a flightless lil guy that dreams of flying, and then it DOES, and Teto dreamed of becoming a diva, and then she DID. Tis perfect.

Jumpluff was literally picked at the very last minute while sketched the poses. It was going to be Crobat for so long, but, despite being simple, I could not get those shapes working out so I just looked through Flying types, saw Jumpluff, and was like "yes. I like that".

For Salamence I had to trace over the shapes of official art to figure it out. It's very particular lmao.

For the characters... I can't remember if I struggled with the ideas, or if I knew what I wanted right away. I could not tell you. It's a blur. Either way I'm sad I forgot Utau's pin in the final image, but I was sick while rushing to get them done, it's fine.

I wanted SVs outfit to look a lil more like Britney Spears' from the Toxic PV until I rewatched it. I completely forgot what that outfit looked like omg. Also why was she just fucking dancing practically naked in a white void. Thanks 2000s.

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Ninth is Ground!

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For the Pokemon, I initially picked Excadrill because... Drill. I'm not a big fan of the Pokemon, but... Drill. There really weren't a lot of Ground Pokemon that I liked. I really wanted to have Flygon, but Miku already took it and I didn't want any repeats.

I kept going back and forth between a lot of Pokemon like Gliscor, Garchomp, etcetc... and then it hit me. Quagsire and Clodsire. Duh.

For the characters themselves, I struggled. Looking at the official characters didn't give me much inspiration. I ended up with cowgirl initially because of Clay's big ol hat but I wasn't feeling it. Then, I thought of farmer and was very excited. I was also reminded of Joan and Daisy Mae from Animal Crossing and was like "YESS".

Unfortunately, I had to get rid of the giant basket of veggies on her back, it just completely ruined the silhouette. I replaced it with a little drawstring bag instead. I was going to add a little design to the bag but never thought of one, but the plain works just fine.

For SV, literally all I could think of was "biker". I wasn't really feeling it to begin with at all and decided to come back to it later. When I came back to it later, I decided to draw that over-the-shoulder shot to figure out how the logo would work on the back by tracing over a picture of Groudon. Anyway, that over-the-shoulder shot cemented the design for me and it ended up being one of my favourites.

I axed the Groudon design because even tracing it on my phone was absolute hell. Groudon is shapes I do not like. So I looked at all the Ground Pokemon again and was like "what is simple and will not kill me".

I picked Trapinch in place of me not being able to use Flygon, and Phanpy because tiny cute lil elephant. Yaaay :D

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Eighth is Poison!

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For the Pokemon, Garbodor was picked almost immediately. When I decided to draw 2 Tetos, the second poison choice was Glimmora. It stayed Glimmora for SO long until I tried to cull some of the Gen 9 'mons out because they had the most out of any Generation.

I was very sad to get rid of Glimmora. The next choice was Naganadel, but I could not figure out how the fuck that thing worked. It was such simple shapes, but my brain could not wrap around it, even after tracing over it to figure it out.

Gengar was chosen literally at the last minute after I sketched out some SV poses for the final illustration. In all of the poses, I gave her a giant grin. Gengar had a giant grin. Good enough for me!

For the character designs itself, Utau's was immediate. I knew I wanted SV to be a scientist in some capacity, and I scrolled through a lot of scientist character designs until I got enough inspiration for my own! She has brightly saturated orbs in her hair and on her jacket because I remembered that a lot of poisonous/venomous animals will have bright spots to warn you that they're toxic. Or. Whatever. I don't know science, I almost failed.