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Drawin dump of my OC centaur alien things. Im still obsessed with drawing them... the bendy dragon anatomy is just so satisfying. This is genuinely just a completely self indulgent character design made purely for how fun it is for me to draw. Also aliens so the anatomy can be weird and off likeeee who cares

Last pic is an unrelated old orange scifi thing

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self-love/self-hate

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just how it is sometimes

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sorry for never posting I forgot that I exist

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Digitally shaded a couple winged demon critters from my sketchbook

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HIIII I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ESNAUT PRETTY PLEASE???

Esnaut is a representative of a very combative and proud race of aliens. Theyre beautiful and not very bright and their entire culture revolves around fighting and pagentry. They have a very highly regarded class of duelists (Esnaut is one of these) who are sent off from their planet to search for other lifeforms to challenge to duels. The other alien must agree to the duel or it would be seen as uncouth for the aggressor to fight them so these duelists absolutely HOUND other aliens provoking them to get them to agree.

So Esnaut is kind of a nomadic warrior. Personality-wise shes insufferable bc of her esteemed role as a duelist representative.

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A couple traditional sketchbook things (OC)

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it's a shame you can't Cool, Silent, and Mysterious your way to being very close to people. we are unfortunately going to have to embarrass ourselves for this

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What do leery mimics do when they possess you? Just goof off and make mischief because coyotes are tricksters? Or do they like kill you? And can it happen to like dogs or wolves? What happens if a coywolf gets struck? Also are there mime clown apes? K byeeeeee

Thanks for the questions!

They dont kill the people they possess. There really is no other intention behind it other than their own entertainment, curiosity, and yes mischief.

The Leerys mischievousness is a nod to the trickster coyote. I dont see it as something happening with another type of canid anyway, because I like that it being a coyote grounds the creature in the desert of north america. Theres an inspiration throughline of "altered states" in all the mimic designs and the Leerys possession of people is supposed to also be able to be read as a peyote trip.

The mimics series is mainly a character design exercise for me. (atm they dont have plot beyond their backstories)

The inspiration throughlines in all the mimic creature designs are: altered states of consciousness, folklore, human interactions with wild animals/nature (specifically fumbled or negative interactions), and mimes/clowns/harlequins (kinda random but whatever).

The mime part is kinda baked into the "mimic" concept, buuuuut I have wanted to design a species based off of the term "mimetolith".

Mimetoliths are an example of pareidolia, which is a type of apophenia (the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things). Apophenia can be taken to the extreme where it could be listed as a symptom of schizophrenia. To me this fits into my altered states of conciousness inspiration. I also have ideas about rock stacking I wanted to work in...

ooooo u got me thinkin... might work on a new creature design tonight to add to the mimics

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I'm very much enjoying your work, thanks for sharing it.

<3

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Some drawings of my old cryptid OCs.

The headless coyotes are the Leery Mimric, made when a coyote is struck by lightning. They convince humans to wear their masks so they can possess them and pilot their body and cause mischief.

And the other are Clown Apes who are mountain dwelling cryptids with kaleidoscopically patterned faces that can induce hallucinogenic trance states as a predator deterrent (but usually its just hikers).

Art tag for more of these ocs

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A Falin inspired filigree thing

Still scribbling fanart bc it makes my mind go brr.

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Posting the finished winged lion illustration!

I made a video abt the process on this, talking about art style inspirations and example pics. (also my pet turkey)

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First time making a video like this! I talk about a couple of art style inspirations and show example pictures. Artists names are in the description. (turkey at the end)

Ive wanted to do videos like this for a long time and recently found out I dont cringe at recordings of my voice anymore. IM FREEEE

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I actually recorded the video 🫡