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A couple traditional sketchbook things (OC)

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Digitally shaded a couple winged demon critters from my sketchbook

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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 🫡

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Adding my current fav

holy sh shit i just scrolled through a lot of your art and recognized your old url... you were a huuge inspo back in the day (like 10 years ago at this point?). your art still slaps enormously, glad to have found you again. i was wondering if you would share what program/brushes you're using for your digital sketches? the texture looks really nice

Thanks for the kind words!

Yeaaa I used to be very active abt a decade ago especially when homestuck was active. And my old url was savedchicken yep!

I use Procreate now on ipad. Heres some brush stuff with goatfolk

Lysified brushes https://lysified.gumroad.com/l/thescratchypen?layout=profile

I cant find Peppertilt's maker but Ill update if I do...

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In the meantime... sketchdump

Izutsumi battling the flies just like me (this summer is super buggy but its okay I love the bugs)

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Because of the amazing reception on this wip post I'll be putting together a process video about it. It might just be a timelapse, it might include me talking over it if i feel brave.

Hold on im going filigree mode

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I just wanted to say that your artwork is amazing and is a huge inspiration for me. It's awesome scrolling through your previous work and seeing just how much variety is there. Thank you for sharing your awesome work!!!

Sometimes I’ll feel like I shouldnt have my older art online bc it it can feel outdated but actually Im pleased with how it shows my journey.

You are so kind thank you for this message!