#Im ill and I wanted to distract myself and actually use my sketchbook so this happened

[smol-tired-binch-blog]

Koi no Disco Queens

Very quick sketch of Goromi and Yuko out partying because I've got my girls on the brain

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Hey remember when I drew the hydra brothers back in august and mentioned in the description that i would have their parents out soon too? Yeah sorry, they got stuck in art limbo as i was distracted with other things but now I have the hydra dads for you to see! I actually finished this like 2 days ago and I was going to wait with posting them until i finished the hydra mom piece too but I'm going through another *im tired all the time* period so thats not happening any time soon so here is hydra dad by himself or themselves i should say. I only drew their heads because I have mercy for myself and am not subjecting myself on drawing an anthro hydra with 5 heads. I do have bust sketches of them in my sketchbook but I still need to figure out how to fit their 5 necks and heads on one body properly so maybe thats a thing for the far future Anyway lore on these guys uh, Im a lil tired so let me just copy paste some miscelaneous lore I posted in my discord server and ill try to elaborate when i feel less shitty. I'll put it under a readmore so this post wont clog up your feed.

The Lièrna family gang is made up of Greek monsters: centaurs, satyrs, chimeras, minotaurs, griffins, some undercover hellhounds, etc.

Don't have a proper ref for this gang yet as I still need to fill their ranks

They originally lived in and operated from Athens in Greece but had to leave almost everything behind when the police started to catch on to them. They fled to the carribean island of Isla Dracon and settled in Auron City, soon recovering their wealth and businesses and becoming one the top dog gangs there and close to being in control of the city. That is until Thorn showed up a few years after..

The Lièrna family front is a luxury car business (building, selling, repairing) while their criminal business is car towing with a lot of extortion of the poorer part of the city's population where they basically steal cars and any personal belongings left in them from the poor population because they can't pay the fees. They then proceed to either resell these cars in one of their used car dealerships or destroy the cars to use for parts and scrap metal. They also loan out money under preditory rates and own some real estate that they rent out for high prices with bad service. So really their whole business is exploiting people, especially those less fortunate. They revel in this, thinking the poor deserve it for not working hard enough.

As for their relationship with Thorn, they hate Thorn but they act like good friends of his whenever they meet with him or are talking about him with people they don't know/people who like him. They don't want to stir trouble until they have a solid plan on how to overthrown him. Thorn as of now has no idea the hydras hate his guts and are plotting against him in secret together with Morrison and whatever other allies they gain.

Im not sure how old they are. I need to figure out my timeline better for that first. And maybe change how dragons age compared to other species idk But I would say they are between their late 40s and mid 50s

Also pecking order of the brothers from top to bottom is: Don, Alekos, Roland and Boris and at the very bottom is Kashew. Kashew is mute and also rather friendly which makes his brothers and especially Don regard him as a useless nobody. Kashew gets a lot of verbal abuse and sometimes also physical abuse from his brothers :( The only reason they don't physically abuse him as much as they mentally abuse him is because having a beaten up head would be bad for their business and image with the civilians of the city. They also cant get rid of him as that would comprimise their health and ability to fuse back together. Hydras can split up into individual smaller and less powerful dragons but unless all individuals are present, they can't fuse back together. And eventhough hydras in their fused natural state can regenerate their heads effortlessly and have an increased durability for injuries, in their seperate state they will die if decapitated and are also much more defenseless in general. While a fused hydra could take a vicious stabbing/beating and live, a split hydra individual is much more fragile and will easily bleed out and if they die, their siblings are doomed as well. Thus hydras tend to only split up when in the comfort of their home or when they take on a human disguise. It can also occur when there is an extreme disagreement between siblings and one or multiple forcibly split off through sheer willpower, causing them to fall apart into seperate entities. This is not preferable though. Anyway i think thats all the lore i have at the moment, i hope you enjoy the boys. Feel free to ask questions about them

[tinymintywolf]

hey!! i've been looking at your art and it's absolutely gorgeous (i'm even considering buying one of your stickers, even though i'm trying to save money....oops) and i was just wondering, if you wouldn't mind sharing, do you have any tips for an artist still learning?? i'm still trying to both figure out my style and actually learn to draw so anything you can and want to share is great, but it's also totally cool if you'd rather not answer!

well thank you!! id love to help out if i can! i covered a bit of advice on practicing anatomy in this post, and theres a bit more under my #tutorial tag :o

but there are many other artists out there who have already said stuff much better than i could, so ill direct you to another post below-- i really recommend practicing these concepts!!

10 things for beginning artists to learn

and i will also add a few tips of my own:

draw as often as possible. i mean it, you will become much more comfortable with drawing if you make it a daily habit. if you’re intimidated using a sketchbook (i always get anxiety that ill ���ruin” a nice sketchbook with a bad drawing), use printer paper instead. that way there’s less pressure and you can throw it out if you really dont like it.

if you can, get yourself a pinterest! i use mine to organize all my references and inspirations into different categories and its a great place to browse when im running low on ideas (especially bc it doesnt have as many of the same distractions as other social media!)

there is no such thing as a perfect artist, no matter how skilled they are. im still learning, and i have to remind myself that the artists i look up to are still learning too. different people have different strengths, so it’s okay if you’re not good at everything.

dont stress too much about your “style,” focus more on just learning basic drawing techniques and the style part will come naturally, eventually. and its totally okay to try new things, see what you enjoy best, and study other people’s style to identify which elements appeal to you!

hope that helps, best of luck!!