#alt character

[panic-bubble]

i wanted to make him look otherwordly

[choking-on-ice]

Reassurance for Artists that struggle to design characters with tattoos!!!

you're not bad at art, you're not crazy, this shit is UNREASONABLY HARD

don't believe me?

I've been doing art for nearly a decade, mostly character design and portraits, and I AM A TATTOO ARTIST

this is literally my work ↓↓↓↓

and yet drawing tattoos on characters is like a million times more difficult than tattooing an actual human body

so, yeah if it's something you sturggle with don't sweat, it's a tough thing to nail.

(this is meant to be reassuring, but this is also 1000% a rant bc I'm trying to draw Karlach's tattoos and it's just taking foreveerrrr)

[roseshark]

Commission for the wonderful @/Theycomeatnight.art on Instagram ! Featuring their character Wren! Price: $150

[themostfinalofpams]

Speaking of alt dudes, where 👏are 👏all 👏the 👏alt 👏Indigenous 👏characters!? Literally can only think of Delsin Rowe, but I need more!

[annie-of-my-eye]

I took Nergui back out of his box for a bit of a spin today. I might actually get him to the Azim Steppe soon, I'm on the brink of Stormblood now

[ffxiv-elfore]

My alt, a beautiful Fem. Au'Ra ~

[valentinedivineart]

Here is the speedrun of Marigold! Her design process was a bit of an up and down for me. I struggled with her color palette but I think I am happy with her final edit!

[ishgardian-nights]

FFxivWrite2023 #4 Off the hook

A great golden eye the size of a dinner plate was suddenly lowered to hover next to him. The pupil that narrowed and then widened to focus on him was hard to make out behind the fierce glow within, and it was only through familiarity that he recognized that the eye was studying him. And what he was doing. "I'm fishing," he offered after a moment of silence, gesturing to the makeshift pole in his hands. The long snout attached to the face that eye rested in let out a rumbling, drawn out, kind of sigh before the whole massive head canted slightly to one side much like a dog encountering a new trick. Despite long terrible teeth and a penchant for breathing fire, Bayard was unafraid. "You forgot to bring food?" came the eventual question. It sounded... perplexed. Or as close to perplexed as a dragon could sound. Bayard's brows rose and a slight laugh escaped him. "What? No- is that what-- no.. I just.. Look, it's also..." he seemed to be searching for a word to explain himself and the dragon curled up on the bank beside him craned his neck slightly to regard him more curiously. Finally the thoroughly out of armor dragoon sighed. "It's relaxing. My brother and I used to fish when we were younger and.." He trailed off, perhaps not sure how to continue that explanation or maybe not willing. Syn Ahl watched his rider a moment longer, after the elezen had lapsed into thoughtful silence. Then he shook his head, red tines along his neck clinking as they swung and clanked into one another. "It recalls pleasant memories," he finally stated, showing an understanding of what Bayard had meant. He could feel the knight's tension ease beside him. "Flying feels that way for me."

"Oh?" Bayard glanced up and grinned. "I'm sure I'll feel the same after a few more years of you not dropping me from the sky." "I would not." "It's a jest Preux, I jest. You know I--" Syn Ahl's head turned back to the dragoon and his fishing with an exhale of startled smoke, only to find Bayard jerking at his line and rapidly pulling it in. What came flopping onto the bank however was not the fat fish dinner he'd perhaps hoped, for Bayard let out a grunt of disapproval and grabbed up the tiny fish in one hand, setting about getting it off the hook. "Your fishing seems inefficient," Syn Ahl observed.

"It isn't about the fish." Came the befuddling reply.

The dragon's gaze did not lose it's uncanny neutrality as he watched Bayard loose the small fish from the hook and toss it back, nor when the knight fitted another worm to the hook and tossed the line back into the water and settled somewhat grumpily back into his lean against his pack and equipment on the bank. Then his head turned to look out over the landscape around them, mountains and valleys untamed that stretched on for malms. The heart at which sat their home. Where Landlords and Skylords dwelt and life was good. They would go back in a sennight, when this watch was finished, and another rider and dragon would take their place. Until the circle came back to them. But for now, he would watch his friend fish. And then, when he had given up, he would hunt them both some larger prey. Perhaps one of the goats from off the cliffs...

bayard belongs to @houserosaire

[tarttsweetshriek]

(My alt character Jezebele. Forsaken Warlock. Received this during a Dance of the Dead rp event. It used to be a survival event back in the day, but with phasing/sharding in the game, it’s a celebration of all things Forsaken. I forgot the artist that did this, sadly).

She was a priest of the Light when she was alive. Originally from Stormwind. She went to Stratholme to help heal the sick. (Before Arthas came). Eventually she got sick herself and died. When she was raised, she was blind and the Light had abandoned her. She now works as an apothecary.

[saszor]

Overview of some topics when it comes to drawing characters who are burn survivors.

DISCLAIMER. Please keep in mind that this is an introductory overview for drawing some burn scars and has a lot of generalizations in it, so not every “X is Z” statement will be true for Actual People. I'm calling this introductory because I hope to get people to actually do their own research before drawing disabled & visibly different characters rather than just making stuff up. Think of it as a starting point and take it with a grain of salt (especially if you have a very different art style from mine).

Talking about research and learning... don't make your burn survivor characters evil. Burn survivors are normal people and don't deserve to be constantly portrayed in such a way.

Consider supporting me on ko-fi if you find this to be helpful.

edit: apparently tum "queerest place on the internet" blr hates disabled people so much that this post got automatically filtered. cool!

second way more important edit: How are people seeing this post where I specifically talk about burn survivors being normal, real people, and still tag this as "TW body horror"? Not a single one of these drawings or pictures is a fresh injury. All of them are healed. How the hell would you feel if someone tagged a photo of you as "trigger warning: gore"?

Disabled people are not your fucking body horror. Grow up.

[annabelle--cane]

her pronouns are HE/HIM

[cowsabungus]

Make pride accessible for everyone!!!!

I made a post about this last year and the year before, and thought if I did it this way it gives people and orgs something to work towards. Often people forget that disabled people aren't just wheelchair users, and even those who are, need more than just that ramp!

My first ever pride, not only as a wheelchair but my first ever EVER pride, I went in expecting to feel at home.

Obviously I wasn't, I'm disabled, so why should I?

Instead there was just a ridiculous amount of uneven flooring, a steep ramp to the disabled toilet, no sanitary towel bin in the disabled toilet (???) no allowances to be let out of the festival to fetch things from my car, no where quiet and organisers who seemed genuinely surprised to see a wheelchair user!

My next pride, three years later, I was a seller, and while they had sorted their toilet problem (still no sanitary towel bin???), the hill to get in wouod have been genuinely impossible for me to get to if I hadn't been driving to get my stall in anyway, even with someone pushing me, no quiet areas, plenty of kerbs for me to get stuck at and again, genuine surprise.

Why is it so surprising to consider disabled people might be at pride? Not only do queer disabled people exist, but parents and family of queer kids and people, vendors and even entertainers!

Making pride accessible is crucial!

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[prinnay]

Winter Muse

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The squad of all time has arrived on scene.

[ffxiv-elfore]

I have been practising making poses and I think I'm getting the hang of it. It's my old Au Ra and my current bun. :3

[valentinedivineart]

New OC Intro Thursday! Marigold! I have been working on her for a few weeks now and I adore her so much!