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Sketch of Kraw asleep in his captain’s den (Jago calls it the ‘squash pit’). His bed is literally like a small in-ground pool lined with blankets and pillows and a makeshift mattress nest; he’s had to be very innovative to make his boat accommodating for him. I didn’t draw enough of his trinkets and clutter but he enjoys hanging things and the look of paper lanterns. Ellie and her kids make them for him.

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Not sure if anyone remembers Nimbus, but I changed him a bit ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ you know the drill. Been thinkin on him.

He’s a ‘sooty’ variation of a Kymagryph; a bit of a smaller breed from a far more southern region. The former owner of the Asheweaver estate had bought him from poachers as a kit.

Nimbus is the first and only known Kymagryph raised in captivity. There was an attempt to make him accustomed to being ridden or even a glorified messenger pigeon. This was kind of backburnered for a time and since then the former Dr. Asheweaver had met his fate. Sylvaine along with her team have elected to taking care of Nimbus.

Since he’d spent too long poorly raised in captivity Sylvaine found that he couldn’t properly integrate himself into any of the Kymagryph flocks further up north of the island. They were far bigger and the males were particularly aggressive towards Nimbus, hence the nasty scars on his head. He didn’t seem interested in leaving Tattered Wing either though, making his own nest in the fjords, staying close to the estate. He still takes long flights however, retuning after a few months and sometimes bringing ‘gifts’.

He holds some form of deep respect for Sylvaine, which makes her wonder if he has imprinted on her in some way. He minds her above anyone else. Some of the people of Marrowtide like to say that Nimbus is ‘the eyes of the harpy woman that lives on Tattered Wing’, believing that Sylvaine possesses Nimbus’s body on his flights. She finds this amusing if anything.

Drew Sylvaine for size reference. I guess he’d be measure in heads like a horse.

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I love unai so much he's always been one of my favorites from you.

When it comes to him I just wanna

That gif made me snort what is that kid even doing

I’m glad he’s a favorite, all my training has prepared me for this. I saw his old art pop up in my notes and I thought this guy needs some texture and plants STAT

Strangely enough rewatching The Green Knight for the fourth time gave me inspiration as well.

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Here’s new, fluffed up Unai

A gentle nature deity but with a dark purpose. Shepards, cattlemen and farmers bring him their ‘cursed’ livestock to serve as purgatorial vessels in his flock. He’s a god of the wilds, pasture, fetal monstrosities and wanderers. He might be a bit of a psychopomp too idk yet. I feel like he’d be most similar to Pan.

I’m essentially making another headworld for him now since he’s not in Hallowed Carrion, so more to come 🌿

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Startin the year off with a redraw of a certain somebody (wip)

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I feel like I need to post proof that I’m not just bluffing, like I actually have written stuff ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و

Revise revise revising

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Here’s a doodle of youngster Titus attempting a death roll to welcome in the new year.

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Got lost in the sauce of your lore lol

Man I get lost in there too

Tempted to just post a bunch of raw unfiltered google docs of updated exposition at this point

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The ire of the crimson spire!!!

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The ire of the crimson spire!!!

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Uhhh enjoy me as a crusty little aye aye trying to decide if I wanna replay resident evil 7 (to actually feel fear(the fun kind)) or 3 (for Nemesis)

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Poppin open a can of them doughboy biscuits!

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Serkan traversing the Padmaterra tundra.

Kind of iffy on what the ‘Boreal Crown’ would look like but here’s an idea. Just some ominous spiney mountains everyone knows to stay away from.

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Happy shitscram.

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Wanted to post before I ‘fixed’ it, I love how this sketch looks like Serkan is just posing with the guy.

Mercenary infantry scurrying around in the snow and he just grabs one. Like a mole.

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I’ll be busy till this stupid holiday season is over but I needed to jot down Serkan’s new anatomy features

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Wanted to draw some Ari after seeing her pop up in my notes again and I realized I haven’t shared anything of her updated backstory either sooo

Ari grew up in the Myce equivalent of a sort of religious gated community/ parish under the Ladder’s Jurisdiction. Her father owned a small cattle ranch and she worked on it with him and her brother. Although she’s gained a lot of skills and strength growing up on the farm, there were a lot of restrictions for her. She was forced to grind down her horns all the time, hiding them within her hair.

The parish she grew up in was a series of small isles, connected by canals. The sea walls prevented anything from getting in or out without close inspection from the Necrocorps sentries stationed around the canal gates. From the top of the revetments, Ari could see the Drifting Lights on the horizon; the floating metropolis of the Ladder and where most of their revenue came from selling fungal fibers and leatherwork.

However, Ari found that one of the barriers around the southern beaches of the ranch was faulty during a storm. With growing unrest from the cattle, something had been let inside.

I really need to design animals for husbandry 😅 need some good ungulates.

Also here’s some of her all snazzed up. I like both versions but I feel like the right one is more her personal style if she was going to a show with Heidi or something. With boots like that though she’d end up being like 6’9” lol

Anyway working with Sylvaine has sort of challenged her a bit but opened a lot of veterinary avenues for her. She finds it disturbing but shows interest in what she calls ‘flesh anatomy’ although it’s intensely messier to her compared to fungal anatomy (imagine a doctor that’s uncomfortable with blood). Sylvaine would argue that they’re virtually the same. She also lets Ari raise some animals and plants on the estate because she still enjoys her farm work. It’s mostly for food supplies, or food for Nimbus. She even continues doing fiber-crafts as a hobby. She’s currently working on giant sweaters for Kraw and Durja.

She also has intense thalassophobia, but Kraw and Heidi working with her on it.