#he looks so creaturey

[retroautomaton]

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[prisma-palace]

Mind sharing your HMSW designs with the class?/nf

HELLO!!! apologizes for the late reply i forget to check my inbox ^^ i've actually been intending to make reference sheets for em... buuuut i havent gotten around to that yet. so. heres what i got as of now!

(i'll make a big post digging more into specific details and design choices and headcanons Eventually cause i do have a lot to say. but that'll probably be included in the ref sheets when i finally make them. Unless someone asks me about specific details. Wink Wink Nudge Nudge)

mind

spider motifs!!! he has little fangs and an extra set of arms (that i keep forgetting to draw him with Oopsies). the spiderness was Unintentional at first but then i decided to just go with it and lean into it more cause i liked that idea. ill probably eventually redesign him to make him look Even More spidery but that day is not today sorry

his lower set of arms can extend/retract as he chooses. he likes to annoy heart with this. he also installed said arms himself one loop. it confused the Fuck out of heart & soul

HMS are all the same height so he wears heels to be taller cause of his Ruler-Of-Everything complex. and also i just like drawing characters with cunty ass heels

the broken side of his face is a result of the juno incident! his teeth are exposed and the big ol light on that side is his broken eyelight. its supposed to vaguely resemble a sun

also his teeth are blue. yeah

OH YEAH he also has a plug tail. it was a more recent addition so it isnt in these drawings but he does have it

heart

last two are a little old. but they show off his design so it doesnt matter

face feathers!!!!!! makes him look more creaturey :-)

the way his hair parts is supposed to be shaped like a heart

he does have a teeny feather tail but its usually covered up by clothing

his wings are purposefully messy looking, he does NAWT take care of himself. sigh. he cant really fly with them because theyre not strong enough to carry him, but he can hover/glide for short periods of time

hes SOME kind of amalgamation creature. mooostly bird, but nobody really knows exactly what he is. not even himself!

he has claws and sharp teeths hehe

he can Technically see but its VERRYYY blurry, he can only rlly see vague blobs of color. hes also super light sensitive so he wears the blindfold more out convenience than anything else ^^

hes a trans guy cuz im a trans guy and i said so Thank You

soul

right. so the problem with my soul design is that i've been meaning to redesign him for, like, a long time. However i havent actually properly fully drawn my new design for him yet! so instead enjoy what i Could find, put in order of newest to most outdated :-)

devil motifs however theyre not really fully intentional it just kinda Happened. hes not really anything specific to me, just an Unidentified Thing

neck scar. No further comment!

he has two rings on his horns, blue for mind and purple for heart

his middle horn is broken off .. :-)

claws but only on the shadowy side

if he gets particularly stressed or angry his shadow side starts to lose form and get all static-y

star shaped rip on his jeans!

also he has a star patch on his sleeve, as to match with heart and mind, who have a moon and sun patch on their knee and coat pocket respectively!

^^^ the yellow background on his patch is intentional

the eye on his shadow side is always closed. if its open thats how you KNOW you Fucked Up

whole

my whole design also has a problem but its kinda different. and its that. i dont. really. draw him often? what i Do have of him is either Old or not colored. so like. have what i do have i guess ^^

hes literally Just Some Regular Guy

his hair is a combo of HMS's: length/half-circle shape from heart, bangs from mind, ponytail + side thingies from soul

they arent rlly shown in these but he has two bracelets! one is red, purple, n blue and the other is tally hall colors

i kinda gravitate towards his name being CJ. a while ago i saw someone somewhere call him first name "Cash" last name "Something-That-Starts-With-J-I-Cant-Remember" hence the nickname CJ and its stuck with me. but also i havent thought about it all that much so Who Knows

theres a difference between him and "whole". whole is more of a Concept while hes the actual Person

on the rare occasions he manifests in headspace, HMS only see him as a shadowy figure. the closer they get to concord, the more of him gets revealed!

also. you didnt ask for her. but i wanna show her off anyway

love interest

i need to draw her properly sometime soon......

i like to think that her name is stella. as a miracle musical reference. heheh

idk shes very subject to change ill probably fuck around with her color palette sometime soon

i dont have like anything to say about her sorry. i like her. shes fun to draw

[skyward-floored]

On a list of most likely to be part dragon to least likely to be part dragon, where would you put each link in the chain?

Well I'm probably biased BUT

Warriors is at the top, since he interacts very regularly with a dragon(knight) and I really do just think they look similar. they do. They also act somewhat as narrative foils (both are prideful, Volga continues down the path, Link turns back due to his friends, blah blah) so I just. yeah. I'm convinced Volga is legitimately his dad.

Sky is probably right around there with him, just because he interacts with his dragons the most extensively, and they all seem pretty fond of him (...in their own ways lol. lookin at you Faron). I'd make him related to the thunder dragon personally, though that would probably lead to some very strange paradoxes in regards to how Sky exists lol

Wind I think is next, since he's got the next-friendliest dragon who he interacts with a fair amount. I don't have much reasoning apart from that (though Valoo does burn down the fort of the guy who nearly killed him multiple times, so there is that), but it would be plausible at least.

Wild is next I guess, since he's got dragons that aren't enemies. He even helps Naydra a whole bunch at that one part, who's to say he couldn't (somehow??) be related to her? Mom? Naydra mom?? I'm writing that down actually that could be really interesting–

For everyone else I'd say it's probably about the same amount of likelihood (which is to say, slim). You could maybe make a case for Time being related somehow if you factor in the manga thing with Volvagia, but that's about it. Same with Twilight, you could borrow the manga thing with Argorok, though I would edit some of that a bit personally.

Legend's dragons are all bosses as far as I know (though gemesaur king-related Legend would be COOL), which is actually a little surprising. Maybe you could contrive something with that dancing dragon dungeon though. Maybe.

Four just has Gleerok, a fiery dragon boss. Again, you could borrow from the manga and have it be a corrupted dragon, but it seems more creaturey to me so that might get weird.

Least likely is Hyrule I think. He's got like three dragons and all are bosses. though I guess you could make an argument for him having the same colored eyes as Aquamentus and Gleeok's scales. That's pretty much it tho.

[silvesi]

So, context wise, I've always figured Feds looks more creaturey over time due to his vampirism/mordrem/nmc... issues but never decided how, so I had to rectify that real quick. ⬇️

Unfortunately, now I have the question, mostly due to the extra joint he has gained on his legs:

I think I've already decided but. u know.

[tyognat]

In the Grinch, the who's all live on different flowers, but other whos from different flowers cannot always live on different flowers. In the live action, the children who's float down from the sky to be with their parents. I concur that if a flower is picked, the who children currently floating to that flower either die horrible deaths alone with no one to love them, or manage to land on another flower. Enter the Grinch. He came from a picked flower, landing on the land currently occupied by the beings we know as who's. Being unable too properly live on this flower, he becomes sickly, leading to his skin and fur turning green and his heart shrinking. The other whos treat him as an outcast for this leading to him running away. He hated Christmas because it represents the love he was never shown as a child. This is what happens when you watch the Grinch late at night with your siblings. (Our thought process)Also, why do the who's have antennae, not all of them, but some of them, the children look obviously different, so you can tell some of the.adults.are just small, not children. Why do the who's faves look like that, they're so.... Creaturey.. but the Grinch has a similar face shape to them, he could he one of them! Or, had been one of them? Are there different who's on different flowers? May the Grinch is sick, he is a bit green. Do the who's from other flowers know each other? Can they get to each other? Maybe the Grinch is from one of those flowers..don't the children float from the sky though in the live action one? Maybe he got kidnapped? Why is Cindy lou who important? Why was she the only one to see the Grinch, the only one who could convince him otherwise, why wasn't she asleep? Does she sympathize with the Grinch? How does she know the Grinch? He's pretty obviously not Santa, so she probably knows it's him and is just humoring him. .....also why do their faces look like radishes?

Stay tuned for my thoughts on charlie brown and why you never see their parents/ adults, / why the adults sound like that .

My entire family will not be able to see the Grinch the same why again, and I hope now so won't you.

[the-fuck-was-i-thinking-when-i]

so i feel like actually posting some of the art i've done. the mission i've been on recently is to make a tiny teddy bear pattern. so there has been some trial and error and i have not yet succeeded but i'm getting closer.

so this is the first attempt:

as you can see he's a bit of a failure

don't worry, his arms look even worse in real life

second draft wasn't much better

i keep fucking up the arms. clearly.

it has been pointed out to me that making them larger might be way easier and give them a chance of turning out better but i refuse to take that advice.

a new pattern turned out a little better but it also ended up being a rabbit:

a different pattern also failed but in a pretty spectacular way

presenting my beautiful son, Dubious Creature

he looked real fucked up and almost like Tom Nook so i painted him. wish i had thought to take a picture before painting bc he looked even creaturey-er.

i'll get some better pictures later but i just wanted to share

[soullesscoyote]

It cannot be expressed how much i struggled on the hair but also I think even if he doesnt realize it John dies a little inside when hes not matching with arthur in some form more under the cut!!!!

Okay so i loosely based him off a african wild cat bc they look the same as domestic cats just a bit lankier, but of course took creative liberties on his right ear he had discoloration matching arthurs torn ear but i wanted the line on his left to be loosely from that of part of a treble clef to be opposite of arthurs he has a piercing the same color as the light that used to be behind him when john mentions a painting of a lady with long dark hair he sounded really fond of it in a way i took as "he would like having long dark hair" Arthurs eyes!! theyre back with john! bc he had psuedo moth wings covering where his eyes used to be, theyre now markings. rings matching where arthurs fingers were colored according to piano keys i think the vest and trench coat + long hair recreate a loose cloak (i feel like itd feel a bit similar to be that covered more so)

again he matches some colors with arthur, i am inclined to think he doesnt realize hes doing it until someone points it out and thats probably when he would pick up the rings, kinda embracing it. oh yeah shoes art the same color of his shadow thing at the bottom of his more creaturey design!

meowlevolent (this will happen again) shading is for another kind Okay Arthur and John design notes Here Oscar and Noel under the cut!!!

Oscar: - in my head he gives off grey blue vibes so likely a kind of russian blue cat - i thought some spots might be a good place to get a bit silly, so I took his heart nose and made it loosely around the idea of a sacred heart - the other spots 4 on the left and 3 on the right were grabbed from the star tarot since i wanted something to base the spots off of - fleur-de-lis chin fur - slightly diamond shaped eyes to give a slightly more nervous look to him - oscars voice in my head sounds a bit like someone who might have a beard? fluff be upon ye - spots around the eyes to also be tear esque considering oscars whole thing appearing to drink away things that haunt him Noel: - siamese cats are very smart and social so i thought it was a good breed to work off of. - Considering Noel is mentioned as wearing a trenchcoat i think he was the most fitting to have a typical detective look. I also wanted to give him suspenders but since the trench coat obscured it i settled for that kind that goes around the chest - tbh i think out of everyone noel having a more plain design is very fitting for a guy who takes on a new identity - judgement tarot has an angel but main thing from that i tried to integrate was feathery cheeks and loosely wing shapes in the ears - similar with the outfit i think a more plain design would fit for a guy whos supposed to appear somewhat normal - in my head underneath his clothes bc siamese are color points his fur has dark splotches that would mark where he got injuries in the dreamlands - i really wanted to give the feel of kind and understanding eyes because the whole scene of him talking to john and the way arthur tells him right away about john just reminds me of when ppl are more inclined to tell you stuff if you appear understanding

[limerental]

my thots about twn eskel are:

the scar is nice and yeah it's book accurate in shape. I would have loved a half your face gone horrific scar but intense facial scarring would have been hellish for the actor. have we learned nothing from anyas prosthetics in s1?

his look overall is nice... manbun... kinda weaselly, greasy... just nice to look at. literally not a twink

thue really does not look that different from basil idk they are both just blond european dudes to me what is the difference

those .2 seconds of one line of dialogue say nothing about his overall personality and in the books he does initially come off as intimidating to ciri

that .2 seconds of geralt hugging Lambert say nothing about his relationship with eskel PLUS he also hugs coen are we just forgetting coen don't tell me we are ignoring coen

the eskel that exists in fanon does not exist in the books or even in the games. I do like him big and soft and ugly but he is a fandom collective imagining. he could never be recreated in any sense that would make anyone happy because he doesn't exist.

I keep collecting greasy creaturey men babes help its so slippery

[miqojak]

Burn

(( Mostly in reference to angst with a former 'flame' - though there’s also mentions of one @ketsuchikotetsu​ as well! ))

My fingers shook, at first. 

My sketchbook is as close to ‘holy’ as I think I get - my art is...passion. The incomprehensible given form given beauty - given life that it, perhaps ironically, lacks in the flesh. Pages upon pages stare back at me...their multitudinous expressions reflected back from my own mind’s eye - the nuance of a smile’s tilt, or the crease in a frown...the furrow of a brow, the tilt of an ear, a dusting of freckles, or the fall of hair just so. 

I started slow - one page at a time, tearing slowly and gently. I can’t...hold onto them anymore, their expressions I archived so intently. I can’t look back, or I will drown. One by one I pick up speed, thrusting the pages into the hungry flames at my side, as a snarl builds in my chest...though now and then a few pages are snatched up by the equally greedy wind...and are taken out to sea for their demise.

Fitting, really. 

My hands still shake, but I get into the flow, and I just keep moving - one page after another tears away from the thing’s spine, and my sketchbook - like my life - lies tattered...gutted - shreds of it strewn about, or drifting away as cinders on a sea breeze.

One of them lingers in it’s tattered pages...the one who always lingers. He was the first one to grace the pages of this sketchbook - fitting that he’d be the one left when the rest burned. And there will come another artbook. A new one. A fresh one, now. No more memories of those to whom I always came second, while I bent over backwards...while I defended them, as they were both already moving on.

I knew. I expected it. I don’t get to wallow in self-pity. But I can’t escape the inevitable emotional process - nor the ways in which I began to fear the Smuggler - the Pawn - near the end that still haunt me, now; I can’t just...forget the Wolf’s hands as the gentle, healing ones in the aftermath...and the smuggler’s as the ones that snapped me, broke me, and bent me out of place...all while murmuring dulcet whispers.

Like a toy. A plaything that he thinks he’s broken, so he’s thrown me away.

It’s bad enough, staying in my apartment...where I never know if I’ll actually be safe, without setting up magical safety measures I lack the expertise to devise or enable. Nor am I confident that I’d be in the right mind to defend myself, if he showed up. The mind turns on itself in paranoia, though I’ve made the mistake of underestimating him once already - much to my current chagrin. I’ll take no more chances with this particular obsessive, possessive madman. Perhaps his interest is solely focused on his new prey. And perhaps I’d make a better dragon, in his mind, if I were a caged one - a better ‘goddess’ if I stayed in a ‘temple’. And maybe he’ll just pretend nothing happened, and try to gloss over it - as usual. But it doesn’t pay to avoid thinking of the worst...because that’s when it happens.

So I stay on the move between inns, but I still don’t rest well. I don’t eat much.

I think about somnus constantly.

It’d be a lot easier if I could...just have a smoke, now and then. Unlike that predatory prick, however, I refuse to have someone tamper with my mind to make me put down my problematic behavior. That’s his problem - taking the first easy option that presents itself - literally, apparently. It’ll all come back to bite him in the ass one day, though. Tortoise and the hare, and all - every kit knows that story from the fireside.

I’ll power through somehow; I don’t need the drugs...I just...need a little help to get through the next couple weeks. I need somewhere I feel safe enough to actually sleep through the night, and...I think that requires the request of a favor I don’t really have the right to ask...but since when has that ever stopped me from trying?

I think it amuses the Wolf, honestly, when I have no option but to ask. Perhaps it will amuse this time, as well. I am trying to make up for...disappointing him? Supposing that was real, at any rate. I can’t trust anything. But at least it’s a goal to work towards, that ‘request’ of his; gives me something to chew on when I can’t sleep.

‘Sleepless and alone,’ we mocked, tongue in cheek - I, turning bitterly from the truth. You don’t just admit to having violent nightmares. Especially about the person he told you not to get involved with, anyways.

In the meantime, I take what solace I can in watching the Pawn’s face burn - over, and over, and over again. I think about the things I would have done for him. I think about the humiliating things I’ve already suffered for him. A part of me celebrates, yes, that I am free of the crushing weight of his ignorance, sloth, and gluttony - of the oppressive burden of doing everything for him, while he cried about the injustice of higher expectations. I think about how I could have been trapped with that, and yet he’s the one who tore it all apart in the end; it troubles me. Perhaps he just is that fucking stupid? Perhaps he’ll come back with violence in mind, or some obsession he’ll disguise as ‘guilt’...and yet...some small, traitorous part of me still mourns. 

I’m no stranger to obsession...or possessiveness. I’m just better at controlling it. 

Usually.

What we could have been, if he’d just worked with me. What he’s capable of...if he’d just been honest about it from the start, instead of playing a role - instead of living a lie that impressed no one! But then...that’s that dying little spark’s problem, isn’t it? It loved his potential - what he might have been. What could be, but never will. I might have well and truly admired him - loved him without coercion - if he’d just been what he really is, under the grinning veneer: the creatureI saw when I first met him, and took that ill-fated gamble.

I suppose...I drag it out of them purposefully, their shadow-selves - the monster, the dark impulse...I demand the honesty and barbarity of it - so how can I really complain, when I’m bloodied by as much? Perhaps he’ll even grow into his own, at last, now. Perhaps I won’t gain from it, but the ripples are made...the stone is cast. I need not bloody this star by my own hand, to sow the seeds of chaos.

I made what I wanted, didn’t I?

I molded this monster. 

I spurred him on.

I watch him go up in flames, anyways - let it all burn.

[symeraid-s]

2022 Retrospective: Dance Performance of the Year

E’LAST – Creature

I love how subtle this choreo is in parts. It really is like a creature stalking you, that then pounces and roars at you. I like to believe that is the intent at least. It’s also really gorgeous and the bridge is probably my favourite choreo moment in 2022. Choi In also really delivers with this choreo.

KEY – BOUND

It’s very rare for me to see a choreo and want to learn it. But this is it. I really want to learn this choreo. But I also believe that it would look half as cool as Key. He really was born to do this choreo. For other people, it would look like a lot of waving their arms around with little coordination, but he makes it look so effortlessly easy. So, basically, this is his MOVE. The choreo is also really satisfying on the beat drop. Did I also mention that there is voguing? Because it’s amazing.

Jackson Wang – BLOW

I don’t actually know if I like this choreo, or if I like the music video. The way the video is constantly moving with the choreo is definitely satisfying. I also love how controlled it looks, despite being complete and utter chaos.

Kang Daniel feat. Jessi – Don’t Tell

I’m a sucker for classical dances, so when I noticed that this choreo uses Salsa steps, I was instantly hooked. It’s a style that looks great on him and I would love to see him explore it more in the future.