#Lord Teknocratus

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Insektober day 3: Backstory!

A young Krabo (not quite a Lord then) pays a visit to Doctor Aedes' laboratory, though he's actually only here to see her assistant, Synapse. He is here for a weekly dose of T, which Synapse gives him since Aedes' vision isn't what it used to be.

Aedes is a tiger mosquito! She was ancient, having been lead scientist for several decades. She trained Synapse and Magus in their youth, and was only succeeded by another lead scientist (Magus) after she passed away. She was friendly and humorous, but often times a little too playful and liked to mess with the other Kruds. She was very meticulous about her work, but a lot of her patients feared she was a quack. If she were still alive she'd tell you it was all nonsense!

Krabo headcanon/overanalysis under the cut???

Regarding Krabo, he has a funky relationship with gender to say the least. Krud society is not outright hostile towards transgender Kruds, nor is there anything explicitly stated in Krud dogma that would cause your average Krud to be dismissive of transgenderism, but Krabo still feels the need to hide this facet of himself in front of his peers, other than Synapse and the doctors. I think whether or not Krabo wants to admit it, Krud society does often punish those who stray from conformity, and he's afraid because to transition would be "non-conformist" of him. He often goes through old documents about himself and forges them to reflect his current self, to keep commoners from finding out his "secret". Synapse and Kurkulie have reminded him time and again that it's not as big a deal as he makes it out to be, but I think Krabo won't feel truly comfortable until he resolves his inner turmoil and self hatred. He's... kind of a mess?

Anyways this isn't like canon to the show or anything its just smth I thought of cuz I couldnt figure out what type of cockroach he was when I watched the show LOL. I thought he could be a dubia cockroach since they don't fly or climb and they're very round. Thing with that is, the males still have prominent wings n the females only have wing stubs. Krabo had stubby wings in Insektors: The Making Of, so that gave me the idea that he might've removed them on purpose!

If you recall my Trans Day of Visibility drawings featuring Insektors characters and OCs, you might remember I drew Krabo on there but I didn't color him in! That's because, unlike Kaboche, he's stealth. He's generally pretty uncomfortable with others knowing he's trans. There is actually 1 other trans insektors character I haven't gone in depth with yet, but... thats for a similar yet different reason. It's difficult! I want to reveal who it is but their identity is so tied to a story arc in my rewrite that I think it'd be a huge spoiler! Wtf do I do there... write the damn rewrite I guess LOL.

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a bunch of slapdash insektors comics I drew! if theyre on the same level, that means they’re 2 parts of the same comic.

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daily drawing. Today’s prompt was ‘scheme’.

it’s pretty simple. I think tomorrow’s drawing will be more complex since I know what I want it to be already. I hope I have the time to work on it.

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I have been waiting the ENTIRE FIRST HALF OF THIS MONTH to post this!! Happy valentines day I guess lol.

As you may know, I don’t really celebrate Valentines day & I don’t think I have done it properly since... oof, maybe since elementary school where they make you give valentines to everyone in your class, lol. But... this blog has a bit of a yearly tradition where I post a bit of ship art every Valentine’s day. This year’s drawing was inspired by a request I got from @dnpanimationstudioclone featuring Krabo and Synapse. I thought it was a cute idea, so I went for it! 

I tried a new shading style on Synapse to make him look shinier. I like the banded look, though it didn’t look as nice when I tried to shade Krabo the same way so he only has one shading color (not counting his eyes). I guess it works out in the end, since Synapse is generally shinier & more brightly colored than Krabo anyways. On a side note, this is probably the best Krabo I’ve drawn so far. I feel like he’s pretty on-model here! I am improving after all...

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epilogue to the whole gun saga lol

of course Kachhua’s first target is Synapse... it’s too easy! he’s one of the 2 most frequently colored Kruds in the whole series after all! (the other one is Lukanus in case anyone was curious)

I’m pretty happy with this piece! it’s very stylish & unlike my usual work, if you ask me. Plus I just rlly like the color splash effect I pulled off here.

Bonus: (what is this, like an eilogue to an epilogue???)