#and I'm sorry for what my scanner did to thanos' eyes; i might edit/fix that later

[localgremlinboy]

starting out the year with some squid game au doodles! :)

after seeing a lot of great content with the bad guy Gi-hun au on twitter by ShangGuanAfun & some au's I read, I really wanted to take a shot at drawing a guard Gi-hun! then I started talking about it w/ a mutual & it evolved into the rest of the cast as guards too (her favorites are thanos & nam-gyu so I had to doodle them first!)

I doodled the Gi-hun quickly, just wanting to sketch out a silly idea for a suit! Rank wise he's above the squares (because he's the frontman's favorite) so he gets a fancy fit. He still played in the S1 games so it's a riff off his games, including an umbrella emblem on the front zipper. Rank wise I was thinking he's an X & sorta bounces around tasks and keeping tabs on the other guards

Thanos and Nam-gyu are triangles (somehow) and have become newfound friends this year due to their similar.. interests. They still dance during mingle, much to the wide eyed horror of the traumatized players

I wanted to keep their designs more inline with the regular guards but w/ a little twist for fun!

I kiiind of have some light lore/ideas if anyone is interested in more