#KC-Design

[gdcathychen]

my new design in redbubble

[tagetto]

he stinks of diesel fumes, solder flux & cigarette smoke which has caked itself over the years into the fan blades of a used prebuilt msi gaming PC bought from ebay dot com core 2 duo high performance rtx 2.5 tdi 1.6 litre engine top speed of 48.3mph.

[bite-the-bloody-hand]

Knight Commander Zell

--Detail shots and Ephemera under the cut!--

It's taken two weeks, but he's D O N E!!!!

This was a huge challenge, and I'm so happy with it. I've wanted to do a custom portrait for a while, but my skills weren't quite caught up to my ambition. UNTIL NOW.

My goal was to reflect his multicultural heritage and well-traveled life while still keeping it close enough to the aesthetic of the in-game portraits. He was born and mostly raised in Hongli (sorta-kinda Mongolia) until moving to Ustalav (I like to make it sorta-kinda Czechia). In the background there's an Ovoo - a border marker normally found throughout Mongolia, Tibet, and surrounding areas. The mountains themselves are a little bit Altai, a little bit Orlicke.

His jewelry consists of hammered silver, turquoise, coral, carnelian, jade, and a little bit of amber, from a friend. The jewelry designs and embroidery I designed to try and pull from both backgrounds - thankfully both Czech and Mongolian artisans love tiny beads and horse-shaped things. The pouch is where he keeps his spindle; he keeps the spinning fleece tucked into his outer robe :3 He spins from the fold, btw, for those in the know:

Speaking of fleece, I love how the fleece on his robe came out:

Look at that. COZY.

As for Zell himself, decided one of his Dhampir tells would be ridges on the inside of his ears, like a fruit bat:

It pleases me greatly.

I decided to go with a wry expression because, well, I know what I'm about. I know that in my head, Sosiel is painting this portrait of his friend while Daeran is standing over his shoulder, making loud and goofy commentary about his future husband, who is down bad but trying so hard to keep a straight face for this portrait.

Anyway, it's time I take a little break before going in and adding the endgame, full Azata details (because of COURSE I'm doing a full Azata version.) and then I can rest up before... Perhaps... offering portraits of this type for commission.

[virsancte]

hands you biblically accurate bald yves

[rodentbloodart]

a couple of familiar faces :)

[kittycolours]

Some various Nana concept arts that I made have so far! Rewriting and redesigning her has been very fun and I love designing her to look like she is living up to her original name and She’s Japanese/Filipina in my rewrite!

[h-didanart]

saw the SAMS thumbnail

saw the LAES thumbnail

got a song stuck in my head

brain immediately started braining

My hand slipped

[a-scary-lack-of-common-sense]

Had to shuffle this guy's design around a lot to fit the narrative, but I still haven't fully figured it out... which one do you guys prefer bc I'm genuinely stumped?

+ 2 bonus practice doodles back when I was still unfamiliar with how to draw Turbo

[zankydraws]

I tried to draw something that would look like it was made out of paper and I don't know if I succeeded but I'm happy with the result anyways xD

[filmfactors]

Since I'm on the topic, something I think about Turbo is that the nervous giggles he does when stressed/upset, etc isn't faked- I really like to believe he's always had that or adapted it during those years alone.

Or at least it wasn't as intense as a full body reaction, if he's always done that. [gestures at that one King Candy storyboard.]

[simpingforcys]

I normally don’t buy fantasy pins but 👀

[0-kbelle-0]

Two more down, the rest of the cast to go >: )

[small-spark-of-light]

i love this little creecher so much you would not understand

[o-i-w-u]

Can we see your design of Killcode?

not a ref or full body cus' I'm tired but here ya go! :))))))

[kittycolours]

finally finished my design for Nana! I really wanted to lean into the territory of her being an actual person inspired by Japan rather than a stereotype while still being very cute and I think I succeeded! She is inspired by traditional Japanese clothing and pre-colonial Phillipines clothing bc my hc for Nana is that she is the Japanese/Pinoy!

[crittirclothing]

Commission for local KC ceramicist Jeff McHenry @studio_artist_underground on instagram. Incredibly happy to have had the opportunity to clothe one of his bust sculptures!