#however i still can't draw black hat

[scooterpengie]

✈️🥳 Happy Birthday Dr Flug!!! 🥳✈️

If you're thinking that Black Hat's gift is uncharacteristically nice of him, I should point out that chocolate isn't a flavour of cake that Flug really likes. Also it's not even a real cake

[dailydoseoffanfics]

*punches my fist through the dirt* GUESS WHO'S BACK FROM THE DEAD ?!??! AND I'M SHARING SELF-AWARE FORSAKEN AU CRUMBS !!!! (like only 1 crumb)

it's just reader's design for my self-aware forsaken au (or [PLAYER] doesn't really matter lol) HOWEVER QUICK DISCLAIMER THAT THIS ISN'T REALLY THE OFFICIAL DESIGN, IT'S JUST HOW I PERSONALLY SEE READER AS IN THIS AU. Reader is supposed to be us after all, so feel free to imagine how you interpret reader as :)

Images + lots, and i mean, LOTS of yapping + concept arts under the cut!

Reader's (or [PLAYER]'s) design!!11 woah!!!!

honestly the only reasons why i created this design for reader is because 1. i can't really imagine reader in a blank state (which is just the average grey skin with only the "y/n" sign slapped on their face) and even if i did it just would look.....out of place. fOR me at least.

2. i just like giving [PLAYER] some style.

General info:

Pretty much this is what you look like from the survivors'/killers' point of view. What i'm trying to say is that this reader and you are the same person, just in like. uh. different fonts. (ihopeyougetwhati'msaying) LIKE, you're still you in the real world and you're still human, but in game, since canonically in my au you're seen as some kind of outwardly force, your form is morphed into this.... humanoid-like person that barely anyone can see.

Since it's stated that the survivors and killers can see your silhouette somewhat, I like to imagine that the only way they can clearly see this form is yours is when they're having dreams about you.

Design Notes:

Originally, [PLAYER] would have a fringe hat, because I thought it looked cool and also to have [PLAYER] get mysterious™ points, but after drawing it out, I realized that "okay this is pretty time-consuming i ain't drawing allat 😭😭" so i just stuck to a veil hat instead. which honestly looks better imo.

1.5. I wanted to make [PLAYER]'s design not too simple to the point it looks bland (for me at least) but not too complicated to the point where there's like 109823912389 details put into it either. It's pretty much why [PLAYER]'s color palette just consists of red, white and shades of black.

2. Also, there were originally gonna be flowers on [PLAYER]'s hat. Specifically red alstroemeria, black iris and red geranium. Red alstroemeria cuz generally they symbolize friendship, love and strength (red in this case meaning passion), alstroemerias are typically used as friendship and romantic flowers and my intention for this au of mine is to be interpreted as romantic but can also be seen as platonic (but let's be real i think it's going toward the romance direction...) so i thought it would be neat to put that flower in

Black iris because generally they symbolize hope, but black in this case symbolizes power and the unknown.

And red geranium cuz generally they symbolize joy and happiness, red in this case symbolizing protection. Also associated with immortality and prosperity (Two Time gonna have a field day with this.....kinda.)

At some time, I thought about replacing these flowers with just a red rose and a sunflower, but I decided to just not add any flowers and just stick to like. a bow.

3. Generally, all these 3 colors, black, red and white symbolize power in a way (black to make [PLAYER] look mysterious, red to symbolize...power, and white can be associated with good, so I chose that color.)

3.5. These colors would make like a really stereotypical villain that's all evil and stuff (think of like those villains that only has red eyes with their entire body just being a solid black color), so i chose these colors because at first glance, [PLAYER] DOES look intimidating, but when you get to know [PLAYER] they're actually just a really chill guy. (don't judge a book by its cover!!!)

4. I gave [PLAYER] a void-like look to emphasize their "outwordly" form. I just thought it would be neat.

5. I made their outfit resemble [PLAYER]'s personality in a sense. They're wearing a suit which symbolizes power and control, but I gave [PLAYER] poofy sleeves to highlight [PLAYER]'s goofiness and overall carefreeness. Also gave [PLAYER] these long flowy ribbons to like uhhh....highlight [PLAYER]'s charisma in a way.

Annnnd concept art time!

Annnnd the flat colors if you guys want!

[ofoceansandtombsanew]

if gods exist, they made you perfect

cw. fem!reader, childhood friend au, ace novel spoilers (1st novel), pre-relationship, mutual pining, hurt/comfort, light mentions of child abuse (garp), brief loss in ace's ability to control his powers, reader receives a minor burn

pairing. portgas d. ace x black!fem!reader

synopsis. not everyone is going to reach for ace's hand but you always will.

notes. a very indulgent idea that has been living rent free in my head since i've had it and now it is your problem. cover comes from frederic edwin church's twilight in the wilderness (1860). blazing red skies and ace simply go hand in hand.

"The Five Elders are gonna have the biggest bitch fit to ever fit," with how Ace blinks up at you in surprise, he must have been really lost in his thoughts. You broaden your smile as you plop down right next to him. "I don't think anyone's ever turned down a Warlord position before. Can't wait to see how your bounty goes up this time."

Ace snorts lightly at your words, lips stretching into half a grin, "yeah, they are not going to like that."

"It definitely doesn't help you kicked that vice admiral's ass, either," you recall the events of your final moments in Sabaody. A definitive mixed bag of.

It was a beautiful country, that much is easy to say. Still it came with more than you were prepared to witness. It's only luck there hadn't happened to be any visiting Celestial Dragons coinciding with your temporary residency. Somehow you have the feeling that things would have surely been messier if their had been.

The stint with Vice Admiral Draw will be messy enough on its own.

"Garp's gonna be so mad when he finds out," Ace shudders at even your mention of his grandfather and you snicker. "What if he comes to Fishman Island for one of his grand lectures?"

"Don't even joke like that," the back of his orange hat thumps against the side of the Spadille with his groan of horror. "I can feel his Fists of Love right now."

You feel the phantom pain yourself. If you're both lucky, the semi-retired marine is busy visiting Luffy on Dawn Island. Maybe it's not that lucky though. It isn't the first time the thought the man is even harsher on Luffy now that Ace has gone ahead and sworn his life to piracy surfaces. It's a thought you push away as quickly as you have it.

Luffy's a strong kid, he's fine.

He has a spirit that is unbreakable.

"That Draw guy deserved to get his ass beat anyway." There is no disagreement to be had with your statement, Ace murmuring something similar. He's a million miles away from where you are, however, miraculously sat on a ship sailing beneath the waves. "Isuka'll be fine," you say suddenly, cursing your inability to ease into the topic gently. "She's strong and she was on our ass since immediately after we got to the Grand Line. She'll be back to chasing us soon enough."

Hopefully.

It isn't something you can say with resolute faith.

The ensign's sense of reality itself had been shattered in its entirety. Being betrayed by the one you believed to be your savior is nothing easy to overcome. You choose to believe a woman as impassioned as the naval officer will. You won't pretend to know where she'll head next.

Perhaps she'll embark on a path that leads her back to the marines. Or maybe she'll become a bounty hunter.

Wherever her journey takes her, you can only hope it is a path with no regrets.

"It would have been weird having a bounty hunter on the ship, anyway," you clumsily attempt to soothe your friend. There is irony in how Ace became your better in terms of comforting those around you when he had been the most argumentative and unfriendly between you. "That sounds like something Luffy would do."

At the sound of Luffy's name, Ace's lips do quirk into something more real. "Yeah, that kid would invite just about anyone on his crew, bounty hunters included."

You chuckle trying to visualize what the young boy's recruitment process will be. Somehow, you doubt his prospective crewmates will have much say in the matter. "Knowing Luffy, they'll probably want to join anyway though. He's convincing like that."

"Yeah," Ace only falls deeper into his thoughts. The silence that follows is even more glum than the depths. Damn it, you curse yourself.

You've never been like Makino, you recall the kind-hearted woman from your youth. She's always been gentle, dove-like in her approach when it came to matters of the heart. Knew exactly the words someone needed to hear and knew exactly how to say it in a way that didn't feel intrusive to the recipient.

That has certainly never been you. If anything, you're more akin to Dadan and her rough expressions of affection.

You hold back a sigh, closing your eyes.

"Alright, I guess this is how we're doing this," you open your eyes at last. Shuffling, you face your friend who makes a sound of surprise at your movement. You aren't a delicate person nor are you someone with the ability to handle matters of the heart with the delicacy it deserves. It's best to handle it clumsily, the only way you know how. "Ace, the stuff with Isuka; that wasn't your fault. And it isn't on you that she didn't want to come with us."

Isuka liked Ace.

It's impossible not to like him.

Even when he was a brat with more anger at the world than he knew what to do with, you liked him. Thought he was the coolest person you'd ever met in your short 10 years of living and wanted him to like you back. You like him even now.

Everyone in the crew joined because they liked Ace the moment they met him. He's darling in how effortless he makes it.

Even a marine as firm in her beliefs as Isuka couldn't let prejudice cloud her judgement when it came to Portgas D. Ace. Begrudging as it may have been, there has always been a mutual admiration for each other in spite of the opposing occupations.

You're like the sun. Equal parts the harsh rays of summer and the gentle beams of early spring. He's whichever the moment calls for. A warmth everyone wants to experience if they're lucky enough to come across it. The gravitational pull of the universe that keeps the planets in the sun's orbit. You're amazing!

"I don't know what the hell that girl needs," rough as the sentence is, your voice is soft. "But whatever it is, she wasn't going to find it with us. That's why she didn't come."

Ace opens his mouth but you don't give him the chance to argue or sweep your concerns away.

"I'm not gonna sit here and lie to your face and say that this won't happen again," it's an ugly truth. One Ace became aware of long before you met him. Regardless, as much as you hate it, you know it'd be unfair to lie to him. "Because it probably will. There's always going to be people who, no matter how hard you reach for them, they aren't going to reach back. And you can't do jack about it.

Hell, sometimes you can't even do jill. But," Ace's brow furrows in time with your words and your heart wrenches. "But," you start once more, the back of your fingers brushing against his wrist. "for every person that won't, there's going to be someone that does." You cup one of Ace's hands in both of yours with all the care one would give glass.

When did these hands get so much bigger than your own?

Still, you lips curl upwards in your nostalgia, the warmth that radiates from him remains the same. You squeeze gently, almost afraid that if you touch him too hard, he'll break.

"And I know for a fact there are a lot of people who are always going to want to hold your hands. Even if the shit does turn into fire," you chuckle at your quick addendum and despite himself, Ace does too. You've always loved hearing him laugh, it's even better when you're the cause. "The crew. Dadan. Magra. Dogra. Luffy," you squeeze again, your thumb carressing the back of his hand. "Me. We love these hands, they're yours."

There's a spark of something in Ace's eyes you can't quite place and it's unexpectedly hard to look him in the eye for some reason. "Heh," you laugh breathlessly. Without meaning to, your grip tightens around his hand. It's warm.

Really warm.

Shit, it's actually getting kinda hot ain't it?

You see the flicker of orange and your and Ace's expressions are well-matched in panic as you realize the source. Sure enough, your hands were engulfed flames.

"Shit-" Ace swears but despite instinct dictating you back away from the flames, you find yourself holding on to staunchly.

"Shit-" you fight against Ace's attempt to pull away from you as the flames die down. "[First]! Let go!"

"No way, what did I just say?!" Oh god this hurts like hell! "I don't care if it's fire, I'm not letting go!"

You hiss through your teeth, reeling yourself in with a breath but the flames are extinguished as quickly as they erupted. "Wasn't exactly expecting to prove my point so fast but," there's another attempt on Ace's part to pull away from you again but you only hold his hand tighter. You can ignore the sting of your hands but you can't ignore the way Ace's eyebrows knit together. You can't ignore how he looks like he wants to cry either. "See," you laugh breathlessly. "I love these hands, there's no way I'm never gonna hold them.

Dark eyes, wide, look between you and your face and you squeeze his hand again. The sting of your palms is prevalent but this pain is fine. Pain is merely proof that you are alive in this moment; and in this moment there is nowhere else you want to be.

There's nothing more that needs to be said between you, you believe. Facing him, you lean against the wood as you hold Ace's hand firmly between your own. With the hand he has available, Ace slides his hat down to hide whatever expression he's making.

You close your eyes with a sigh and pretend you don't hear the sound of hiccuping. You don't feel the way his hand trembles either.

You squeeze Ace's hand and he squeezes back.

Your hands sting something sweet.

[kradogsrats]

so I have like four posts in my drafts with notes and outlines for some kind of arcanum mega-meta but I realized I can just say what I want instead of having to go full academic citations on everyone so:

An arcanum is a connection to a primal source that allows access to its power. Arcana are usually innate, as in magical creatures and elves, but can be learned by humans and (implicitly) elves. (The only elf example we truly have is Aaravos, though... so who knows.) Mages strengthen (or IMO a more accurate word might be "focus") their arcana to access primal rune magic, a system of drawn runes and spoken Draconic words that draw power through the arcanum to produce spell effects.

It's very, very difficult to learn an arcanum—otherwise we'd see elves doing it much more often. Or rather, I think it's very difficult to learn a first arcanum—i.e. the first one you don't have naturally—and after that they get easier, because you know what it feels like to do it. It's also basically impossible to teach an arcanum, since learning one is similar to reaching a state of enlightenment—you can try to tell other people how you did it, but they won't be able to do it the same way. However, you can get a boost:

Now, it may be kind of a moot point as to whether Callum would be able to understand the Sky arcanum without having had the primal stone, because at that point you're changing the scenario so much that it doesn't make sense, anymore. BUT we actually have a similar case:

Villads describes the "sailing sense" of an experienced captain as a connection to the wind and the weather. Could he bridge the gap to Sky magic, if he knew it was possible? Ehhhhhh... but he at least seems to be in a similar-ish place to where Callum is, at that point. That is, a place he has taken a lifetime of sailing to build up to, and that Callum has reached in about a week.

Through using the primal stone, Callum has experienced channeling the power of the Sky primal from nothing, and that channel remains just the tiniest bit open. He still needs to go through his epiphany regarding understanding the Sky, as well as having felt it, but the two aren't unrelated.

(See what I mean about how you can't teach an arcanum? Yeah.)

Callum doesn't need an Ocean primal stone to learn the Ocean arcanum, because he has already figured out the experience of understanding/connecting with one—now he "only" has to do it with a different primal source. It's like... waving your arms around aimlessly in the dark, versus feeling around for something you know is there.

Anyway, here's the point:

This kind of magic is explained to us (courtesy of Tales of Xadia) as an effect of dark magic use—dark magic corruption allows for "parlor-trick" spells like lighting candles without a reagent or incantation. It's implied that primal rune mages are also able to cast similarly small spells without runes.

Not to get too tinfoil-hat about this, but Tales of Xadia specifies that dark mage characters can do these kinds of spells without dice rolls, and that they do not run the risk of gaining Corrupted stress. Now, in terms of the game rules, this is effectively saying "they won't do literal damage to themselves" since stress is the system's equivalent of damage. But.

I do think it is true that significant dark magic corruption allows access to dark magic abilities that are otherwise impossible, but that's not the same. For one thing, none of the instances of this "snap" magic that we see include any markers of dark magic—no purple glow or blackness of the eyes, etc. It may not even be dark magic at all, it's just that only dark mages ever do it.

With the primal stone, Callum is able to experience the channel between himself and a primal source, and later recreate it. Given the relationship between dark magic and "deep" magic, could the act of casting dark magic spells—not the corruption, necessarily, but the experience of magic—open a small connection with deep magic that humans as of yet don't recognize or really know what to do with?

I know other people have done "snap magic is deep magic" before, but now I have said my piece on possibly why and how and maybe this will finally let me fucking rest.

[theshipsong]

basil hawkins' cartomancy continued: "probability"

prompted by convo with @shzdoffy <3, part one here

knowing that this is more work than oda put in, here's what i've worked out as a possible way to use an enormous tarot spread for hawkins' probability readings. to be clear, i think this is total bullshit, moreso than tarot itself. the most any serious tarot reader would do is pose a question, draw a single card, and take that as a "yes," "no," "likely," "unlikely," what have you based on the gist of the card's meaning. however, i need this model for myself as i write the kawkins prequel fic, where we will argue about it

the spread

i like that oda didn't entertain for one second that hawkins would place his cards horizontally. firstly, it doesn't make for nice manga panels and practically requires a flat surface. secondly, hawkins' spreads seem to have at minimum eight cards, which is enormous. more to interpret if you're doing a classic 10-card spread like the celtic cross.

appropriately, i'm using my pip deck, the golden visconti-sforza where the minor arcana resemble playing cards instead of the classic smith illustrations. i don't read reversals and shuffle my cards so they don't happen, but this is not my daily deck, so i'll make it hawkins' and allow reversals (jesus christ we're down bad). what i drew with the question, "what's the probability i will finish my hawkins horoscope post this week?":

i laid this out counter clockwise like a birth chart but you could do this in a line or rows it does not matter

3 of coins, reversed

the hanged man (xii), reversed

judgment (xx), reversed

7 of coins

the devil (xv), reversed

the chariot (vii), reversed

ace of wands, reversed

the emperor (iv), reversed

justice (viii)^, reversed

two of cups

^ the major arcana have different numbering in different traditions. viii is strength in the waite-smith.

method 1: pure arithmetic (meaning-neutral)

draw 10 cards. your starting value is 50% for 1:1 odds.

for the minor arcana, add or subtract from 1-14 as matches their orientation.

for the major arcana, add or subtract from 0-21 as appropriate.

as you can see, none of this really has anything to do with tarot, so you could do something similar with a 52-card playing deck. this gets us the simple arithmetic of

50 - 3 - 12 - 20 + 7 - 15 - 7 - 1 - 4 - 8 + 2 = -11 (????)

-11 percent! (yikes! and probability can't be negative!!)

here's what i don't like about this option: it's simplistic, and most cards have more nuance. they're not black and white, positive or negative (hence why i hate reversals). allowing reversals closes you to the possibilities of roses to thorns, you know?

method 2: with interpretation

i agree with most of the above except for two cards: the devil and the emperor.

3 of coins reversed: upright, this is card about community and collaboration and tbh mutual aid; more of an alliance or coalition than cozy friendship. reversed, it's about a lack of cooperation. so i stand by -3.

the hanged man reversed: I LIKE THE HANGED MAN. i think it's a neutral to positive card. he hangs by his foot, not his neck. he is j chilling, contemplating, he's chosen to be there as an act of sacrifice. in one piece, the hanged man is luffy smiling on the gallows in loguetown, or the g-5 showing a thumbs up as they save tashigi, or any of the times zoro or sanji fall back to defend the rear as the other straw hats run ahead. reversed? that is not my friend. the hanged man reversed is just the doubt and fear that is surely running under the surface of all the aforementioned. can you tell i hate reversals? whatever. still -12.

judgment reversed: judgment is assessment. luffy in udon saying "not enough" or "still not right" when trying to learn ryou. reversed, it's stubbornness and a refusal to learn from your past or take advice, like hawkins ignoring drake's suggestion that he betray kaidou, or law and kid going after emperors despite knowing they needed each other to defeat big mom. i guess i stand by -20 for this too.

seven of coins upright: the classic imagery for the seven of coins is a guy sowing, hard work that will pay off later. +7 stands here too.

the devil reversed: NOW we're getting somewhere. firstly, i think the first thing hawkins would have thought upon seeing kaidou was he looks like the devil. secondly, the devil is one of few major arcana i struggle to see as double-edged. classic booklet interpretations frankly get finger-waggy and ableist by saying the devil signifies addiction, mental instability, violence, what have you, but it's way more about temptation and fear to me, giving in to fear with unhealthy copes and trapping yourself. it's hawkins losing to his animal fear of kaidou and big mom that he can't believe kid and killer don't feel or are able to ignore. reversed? reversed is kid and killer! this is positive! +15!

the chariot reversed: the chariot is about advancing forward despite fear, perhaps in a suicide charge. there's something about contradictions here that feels related to temperance. it's associated with mars, but also cancer, a sign where it's fallen (that i gave hawkins in his birth chart). reversed? man i don't know. i guess it's someone who can't square with those contradictions and just freezes. still a -7.

ace of wands reversed: i want to ignore this integer so bad. aces are my favorite cards, really, as the purest manifestation of their suit/element, but. whatever we'll stick to -1.

the emperor reversed: i don't know how we didn't see this card in the arc where two yonko fall. the emperor is stubborn and conservative and martial, tightly controlling his domain possibly through isolation. does this sound familiar? does this sound like, i don't know, sakoku? reversed, i think it must be the one piece myth of a benevolent, open-minded king, the sort that the straw hats go around restoring to the throne: nefertari cobra, riku, momonosuke. much like with the devil and much like sabo not really giving a fuck about cobra (based), i reject a subtraction. +4.

justice reversed. this is a loaded term in one piece and if justice came up in a reading done for any marine they would start crying. i think. i don't have much to say here though. still -8.

two of cups. a lovely card about balance. still +2.

as you can see, my opinions of the emperor and the devil are colored by my anti-imperialism and anti-monarchism, and my relationship to the concept of "sin" as a lapsed catholic who obviously got into tarot and astrology as a rebellion.

our end result is:

50 - 3 - 12 - 20 + 7 + 15 - 7 - 1 + 4 - 8 + 2 = 27

27 percent?

i'm no math whiz, but i'm sure it's still possible to get a negative value in the second method. here's a third one for shits and gigs:

method 3: that's too many majors

draw 10 cards. your starting value is 50% for 1:1 odds.

for the minor arcana, add or subtract from 1-14 as matches their orientation.

for the major arcana, multiply by 2 if upright; divide by 2 if reversed.

this is also stupid as hell, to be clear, because it means we have to think about PEMDAS. jesus christ. i do not want to try because this spread is 70% majors. no!! and i think this would result in non-integers

a conclusion

this is absolute nonsense and shenanigans and i'm even more pissed that i tried it

[wowie-zowie-art]

Husk Redesign!

(Please do not repost or claim as your own for either.)

(Reblogs over likes please!)

As you all could probably tell from the sneak peek, Husk was the next character I wanted to tackle! (Though I will workshop Lucifer's concept soon.) His design in the original, at least to me, was okay at first glance, but once I began to study it and take notes of it for the rework, I began to realize that this design is pretty much the culmination of every issue I have with the art in this series.

Too much detail, lack of body diversity, a strange and nonconforming shape language, the same black and red and yellow color scheme, this time only aided with a slight bit of white, and most of all, a lack of personality and explicitness of who a character is and what they do in the design.

(Rant under cut, skip to the end if your interested in my design process!)

From what I can gather on this character, Husk is supposed to be an alcoholic, someone who gambles or at the very least used to be a gambler before losing big, and from what I can tell, works as a bartender for the hotel. But, his design doesn't really tell you any of that. He has a top hat looking thing, a bowtie, buttons/marking on his chest, and a pair of suspenders. He looks like a magician, or at the very least, some sort of entertainer for the crowds. You could assume that maybe he specializes in card tricks, based off of all of the aces and clubs and spade imagery he's got going on, but that still is a stretch.

The whole point of character design is that it's supposed to be a method for displaying personality, occupation within the narrative and the character's world, and establishing themes about them or in the work, all within a drawing, model, or concept that should help connect the viewer fairly quickly and make them feel something towards the character.

Things don't have to make immediate sense and not all of the design has to specifically say something thought provoking about a character, but most things should be intentional to some degree, even if it boils down to something as simple as; "This would looks really cool!" You can even further build off of this and make it important or cool to the character as well!

That's probably why for so many people, including myself, that the designs from Hazbin Hotel fall flat or are disappointing. Because they don't really do any of that, and those with unique traits are spread pretty thin, and many of those traits are underutilized or repeated elsewhere. Designs need to convey personality to even the most casual of viewers and even outsiders, but as someone who's never watched the show and has learned everything secondhand, I can't really see any of roles or personalities that the characters are supposed to have in their designs. They just all feel...kinda samey.

But, I don't hate this design, especially knowing the context behind it (A design drawn up/or thought up by the head writer's younger sibling which was then brought on to the show, which is pretty cute honestly.) I just think it could be much better if some more thought was put into it.

I apologize for the rant, but I just wanted to get my thoughts out there. Now on to the ideas that went into my redesign!

For starters, I wanted to remove the reds entirely. Gone, too much of it. The black was still salvageable however, and I decided to make this color scheme much more focused on blues and browns instead, with some pink and orange thrown in too! (I know it looks red in the picture, but I promise you that's pink.)

I also wanted to make his body type evident immediately, he now has a big beer belly and is generally very round and saggy overall! I was attempting for him to look washed up and tired, so I'm happy with how that was accomplished. The vibe I was aiming for was someone's uncle who lives out somewhere in Florida and still smokes a pack of cigarettes everyday despite everyone begging him not to.

I tried to minimize the detail on him as much as possible, seeing as that was a issue I had with his original concept, but I don't know if I succeeded that well on that front. Which is why I included a sperate version without the pattern!

I also bumped up his age! Or at least made it more visible. He is voiced by Keith David, who has a very deep, mature, and older sounding voice, so I made the design fit that!

I imagine in this universe, Husk is some sort of old contact that Alastor has, a former business friend or partner, who he invites over as the first "inhabitant" of the hotel, which isn't really a hotel at all here and is instead more so akin to a rehabilitation center or nursing home dedicated to helping redeem people. He's a former big name in hell, but lost all of his status and physical power when he ended up gambling his wings away.

I forgot to mention on my previous posts, but all of my designs are free domain essentially! You can draw them, animate them, whatever you like! So long as you give me credit for the designs and use them in ways that aren't harassing or harming to others.

And that's about it! Husk was definitely my favorite to draw, and one I had a clear idea for off the bat! I like him quite a lot, though I might go and change his eye color in the future to something else, maybe orange instead of the pink.

Thank you for reading if you made it this far! :)

[herzzgeist]

Draw Me Like One Of Your Grand Line Boys

A/N: My face is AGLOW - should I ramble on the part where he shows . . anatomy? I am . . tempted . . eep - Emi over and out

Art by me @lunar-3scap3 :3

„Darling, could you hold still for a moment?“

„Mhm? Wha- What are you- are you drawing me (Y/n)-ya?“

Sitting by side your Captain on a wooden bench, you partake in the joys of art - sketching everything you see and deem worthy to capture for practice.

Hence, seeing your doctor you love oh so dearly practically striking a pose, which screams for you to be kept in your notebook, your eyes quickly switch between Law and the paper in your hands.

The pencil dances over the white, leaving long strokes and lines of black and dark greyish shades behind. Nervous, the Surgeon utters:

„Did I give you the permission to do just that? I have enough wanted posters hanging around!“

„Oh hush, who said I‘ll be showing this to anyone?“

A mild blush spreads over your cheeks as you smile in fluster to yourself, drawing the good-looking man seated next to you.

Law groans in protest, jaw tensing up to your audacious yet adorable statement. As if contagious, red tint crawls over him as well, awfully irritating the white hatted one. The contrast between him and his accessory becoming much more evident to Trafalgar's mishap, assuming the heat on his face is more than noticable.

„Sweetheart, could you-“

With a hint of sarcasm lingering in his tone, he rolls your pet name off his tongue, teasingly yet lovingly. However, you interrupt him instantaneously, for his unwanted movements displease you without question.

„No! Don‘t move, I‘m almost finished!“

Soft sounds of led fluttering over paper has a somewhat calming effect on Law, given the fact he himself does it for hours on end, working through nights, taking notes to still his hunger for knowledge.

Through the corner of his eye, he watches how concentration marks your expression, tongue slightly sticking out and brows furrowed in complete fixation.

Law can't help but give off a small huff to that display, amused by the desirable woman sketching him with sheer determination.

A gentle touch to his cheek takes him aback, ripping him out of trance, as you trace your digits along his austere jaw line.

„You . . stop that! Are you done?“

„Oh yes.“

„Then why are you fondling me? It's unheard of!“

With your palm resting on his side, you lean in and gift him a small peck onto his now agape in surprise lips.

„Just wanted to check if I drew your handsome features correctly.“

Frozen, Law only musters to grunt at you in annoyance, though you can detect a tinge of mellow in his storm grey eyes. It tickles you everytime how stoic and profound he holds his demeanor, attempting to keep himself together, even before you.

Not dwelling on it too long, you proudly present your sketch.

„What do you think?“

His eyes widen, out of speechlessness he only manages to shake his head.

„Did you have to give my face a blush? I clearly wasn't!“

„Sure, whatever my flustered supernova says.“

You purr at Law sheepishly, opting him to debate about taking an unannounced leave or face you with an ever spreading glow in his try hard serious expression. He goes for the latter with an exasperated sigh:

„I'm not very apt in art, but I think it looks alright . . at least I can recognise that shady figure.“

Enhancing 'shady' with a dash of jest in his voice, a subtle smile enframes his mouth and a cozy feeling overcomes you by that sight. You backtalk with sass in your tone:

„Oi, be nice! It's just a quick sketch.“

Getting off from his seat, he towers before you and lets adoration guide his hand towards your chin, lifting it to meet your gaze:

„Just keep on practising and you'll be a wonderful artist in no time, (Y/n). Come on, lets get going.“

And now it's you who has to fight with the inner coil of heat, abashment written all over you, as you lean into his touch. What a needy woman you are, Law thinks to himself, enjoying how easily he can turn the tables on you. To top it all off, he adds:

„Oh and if you need a refrence for anatomy studies, feel free to ask me, I'll gladly show you how male bodies function.“

That dirty little-

[danielle-dna]

23 - Failure

It is hard when we fail. It is even harder when everyone around us makes us even more aware of it. My entire life I felt like a failure. The biggest instigator for my feelings of inadequacy was my primary school teacher.

For some reason the woman hated my guts. Which was weird, imagine having something seriously against a seven year old girl who is half your size. She insulted my artworks, so I stopped painting and drawing. She said I'm too slow and awkward, so I stopped trying to be faster and better at sprinting. She said I'm too slow at math, because I can't calculate in my head without writing stuff down, so I accepted that I simply suck at math. I accepted the fact that I am a failure.

Until recently. No more whining or feeling sorry for myself. I discovered long time ago that if good things don't come to you, you need to find the good things, no matter how long it takes. That woman may have set me up for failure, but I am one spiteful bitch, so I refuse to to make her vision come true.

This kind of psychological conditioning leaves your social skills seriously underdeveloped but that didn't stop Simon from inviting me over to spend some time with his friends from the military. I was very nervous. At that point I have already turned twenty two, however, they were still at least seven years older than me.

"But, Simon, what will they think about us, especially our age gap?" I was pacing around the lounge, waiting for his friends to show up. "I'll make sure that not a single one of 'em say anything that upsets you, don't you worry love."

The dreaded knock on the door followed.

Enter three very handsome men. I was already familiar with the man with the mohawk, Soap, and I could swear the one with the beard and fishing hat was the same man with the stern look I saw when Simon took me shooting. I have never seen the third man, but he did seem very friendly and even closer to my age.

After a few awkward handshakes I learned that the stern man was in fact the captain of Simons' squad! No wonder he was so stern and focused on his work when I saw him. The younger man was called Kyle, but they all called him Gaz for some reason.

I also learned that they are all on the same team and Gaz is only five years older than me. That alone made me feel like a baby. Even their youngest was older than me. I did my damndest to look older today. Make up, high heels, more mature outfit consisting of a long skirt and black t shirt that covered everything, combined with some simple gold jewelry. I still felt too immature to be in the same room as them.

But then my biggest fear realised became true: they started talking about football.

[wolfdrawer]

OK, have something for Torbek and Twig!! Allow me to ramble and then after all this, time for some drawings!!

Side note: There is still magic in this au, however i made it so it's very selective so yes, Twig is still a brownie, however she's not warlock. I would say more, the classes are not specific. So it's more soft magic system.

Torbek:

•Once a mayor of a town, racked with so much paranoia of the hobgoblins appearing and ruining his reputation, he goes off the deep end, taxing his citizens to the point of bankruptcy, fueling his own needs of drinking away the paranoia, and desperately finding out who he can trust. He went off the deep end, drinking and blacking out, becoming more and more paranoid to the point of accusing innocents of betrayal and sabotage, locking them away and violently (not torture more mad yelling and ramblings) hassling them to why they are betraying this town. One day, the towns people had enough and rioted, breaking into the mayor's office, stealing back their wealth and rescuing their family and friends. Backed into a corner, the mayor fled out of his window, grabbing his booze and going anywhere but his home. A shell of his former self, with only alcohol to comfort him and the hazy memories of where he came from.

•In this, he did have a wife but he scared her so badly, can't stand seeing him in such distress and violence, that she had to leave him and run away, leaving behind only the scarf she made for him. Yes, her name is Clementine and she is a moth lady because of a theory I have for Torbek's life in the regular Witchlight.

•He has no weapons per se and in this, he doesn't have witchlight powers or blood curses so his only defense is his feral growing nails and his alcohol bottles.

•He wears messy typical mayor clothing that is stained and ripped in too many ways. Typical hobo look but more put together. He's just traveling around being a menace...in the nicest way possible.

Twig:

•Bar maid that wishes for more in life while working long hours at the (Tavern Name pending). With her pet pig, they save their money to get out of the town they live in.

•Twig is her same chipper war crime self, but more restricted because she doesn't have many options. I would have to look up Brownie powers and other fae magic to fully explain.

•Pigtunia is no longer a familiar but she is a pet that is loyal and kind of follows Twig around when ready.

•Her weapons of choice are a work in progress because I want her to have some kind of hard hitting weapon, looking up blunt weapons now because Twig with a gun is hilarious, but also Twig just hitting people like their baseballs is also really funny...she can get one gun, as a treat and it'll be brutal.

•Her outfit when the boys first meet her is typical bar maid outfit, like you'd see in a tavern, not those kinds though. Her outfit change when she officially joins the crew, is a red cowboy hat that she sews mushroom spots into, because I want that motif, and the woman cowboy outfit, hard to explain again but the colors are from her dress in Witchlight.

And that's all for now!! Next up is drawings and I want to put in so much detail but at the same time, I don't know how much will actually be described...Please enjoy!!

[hell-yeah-jeboy-everyday]

Holla there, I hope that you have fun exploring this Jevil blog.

I recommend that you read below before you continue.

This is the side blog of @that-one-weird-kid-from-school; if you want to send hate to someone, send it there.

If you don't like eyestrain drawings, then you can just block me so that you don't see my drawings on your feed as I won't give an eyestrain warning every time.

Also, all my drawings are going to be highlighted style drawings, which are quicker and sloppier, so you will see me make obvious mistakes, like going outside the lines, not properly filled in spots and areas that have the wrong colours; and most importantly: every second page will have colour bleed from the previous pages:

Personally, I see this as charming, so I don't plan to fix that by getting a second notebook for the even pages; but if people complain, I might get one.

Also, my post-schedule might not be that consistent, sorry.

Rules for the art requests:

Before you give me a request to draw, please know that there are some limitations:

1: Don't ask for something not involving Jevil; this is a Jevil daily blog; you can ask for different characters accompanying Jevil, but not a character without Jevil; also, see rule 4 for more details about asking for other characters.

2: I do everything on paper, so please don't ask for something that requires digital edits, like Jevil being in a realistic place or holding a funny baby emote etcetera.

3: Don't ask me to draw Jevil in specific colour schemes as I only work with six colour highlighters: pink, orange, yellow, green, cyan and purple; you can, however, ask me to use these colours in a way that I haven't used before.

4: Don't ask for other characters to be with Jevil too often; it might be difficult to interpret them to a polychromatic colour scheme, and, unless that character was originally colourful, they might look horrible with rainbow colours, like Spamton; please, don't ask for Spamton, I hate how he turned out (unless you have a better idea of how he should be coloured)!

I have a handful of characters that I am quite happy with the design and that I don't mind if you guys ask for them; these are: B.I., Seam, Pastel Jevil (he's technically a different character, but since he's a Jevil, you can ask just for him to be in a solo drawing) and Jack by @/clowny-rolls which will look very similar to Pastel Jevil.

5: Don't ask for fully coloured in backgrounds; I have to manually colour that in and it will be annoying, it might not look that even, it will be a waste of ink and it won't fit with that vibe.

6: This is not a "don't do this" rule, but I encourage you guys to send in a Joker card that you want me to redraw as Jevil; if it's coloured, it will be Neon Jevil and if it's black and white, it will be Pastel Jevil; it might take longer to draw it because I have to print it...

7: Don't treat this as an ask blog; you send in drawing requests, not questions to Jevil; if you want to ask him, though, you can go to my other account @/that-one-weird-kid-from-school; I want to start an ask blog of me and Jevil there, but I need to prepare something before I officially open it; but I don't mind asking a few questions early~

8: This is a weird one, but Jevil can't change his appearance too drastically. This Jevil's clothes are a part of his skin, but he can shapeshift his clothes to look like different ones, but he can't change them too much, he still needs to have something around his neck, a cape, his hat, etcetera; I have two examples of what I mean, this old one and this one that you've probably seen here. Basically, don't ask for specific articles of clothing, but you can ask for vibes; also, Jevil can't remove his hat, but he can make it look like hair.

That is all that I have to say for now, but before I go; I see a lot of people that are unaware of a lot of [tumblr] communities, so I will share some Jevil communities.

(I currently have access to the invite link only to communities that I made, so I can only link those)

[tulipe-rose]

Drummer Lucy M. will forever live rent free in my head. She'd be so cool, and pretty I love her. She would start taking lessons from an early age, taking her time until she could play it like second nature. Mark would've taken two weeks of lessons alongside her (shhh ik it won't make sense given the timeline and how they would probably still be in Canada, and a town near the Mississippi but shhh) because he thought it'd make him look cool, but gave up too soon, and went on to be an amazing self proclaimed musician, trying multiple genres because he can't choose one (he's actually has pretty good vocal range, but his ego is infuriating to those close to him. His outfits are usually made for fan service, and Lucy, his twin in everything but blood, makes fun of him 'You look like a hotdog mascot abshshksb'.)

Atsushi would look so good with a saxophone. He'd be under training for a while since his skills are pretty rusty at best, but his potential is there, with Fukuzawa, and Naomi having complete faith in him from the start. He gets his debut a few months later. His signature haircut grows out a little until it looked decent (looks like the one in beast), he usually wore caps, hoods, a hat like tricky's from subway surfers, or maybe have it pulled back with multiple bobby pins. His popularity skyrockets after a few performances, and let me tell you the people love this albino.

The Guild productions™ is an international agency with it's main branch in America, they attempted to recruit Atsushi into their ranks, using underhanded tricks, nearly succeeding for a little over a week before their Japanese branch nearly went bankrupt, courtesy of souheki; they had to give up Atsushi, and Lucy left along with him to work as a barista in the Agency's favorite cafe, rumours about her are spreading like rapid fire, and she tries to act like she couldn't care less (She has had a little bit of a break down when too many people gave her judgemental stares at the grocery store.). Louisa A, the Guild's manager, manages to pull them, and the president, steadily rebuilding their reputation. They'll never go back to their prime days in Japan though.

The Violinists of the show would be Mōri, Dazai (former), Akutagawa (former), and Yōsano.

Akutagawa would've been a very capable violinist in the past, and continued to play despite Dazai's absence in hope of proving himself to him. Chūya, and Gin convinced him to try something different after gaining Dazai's approval (something like what happened during the guild arc), and that's when he found out how well he went with a trombone. Don't question it. He'd look great with one, and by now he's on the fast track to finishing his treatment and getting cured from his lung illness, because he's actually receiving medical attention (courtesy of the black lizard + Higuchi and Chūya, and the fact that it isn't as severe as canon.). I also read somewhere that playing brass instruments helps with the lungs or something.

I can definitely see Kōyō playing either a flute or a harp with the 'Black Port' orchestra, having the Japanese biwa as a side hobby.

Oda's voice would be such heaven on earth to listen to. He was originally a genius in the music industry, having worked with multiple choirs, and collaborating with multiple artists, yet preferring to be a soloist. However, one day, he up and left the entertainment world behind at the age of sixteen without so much as a notice, only to return as a backstage assistant in the 'Black Port' orchestra, not drawing any attention to himself, and refusing to do anything music related if anyone asked. He left that same orchestra after three years due to unknown reasons, though it was rumoured to be related to an agency called 'Mimic', and the maestro (and violinist) of said orchestra. Dazai Osamu, 'The Black Dove of the Port', went off the grid weeks after that. He isn't recognisable at first sight, but people eventually catch on as he debuts with an electric guitarist under one of the country's best agencies two years later. He would mentor the younger recruits from time to time.

Fyodor's Cello should become a fic name if it already isn't.

Kunikida would be an electric guitarist fight me.

Chūya would've be one of the best vocalists in the industry, being an on and off member with the 'Black Port' until he turned 15, officially joining as a snare drum player. He gets assigned to practice with a group that called themselves 'The Flags', they are still alive, happy, and well (I am definitely not escaping reality leave me alone). He was the former drummer, and lead singer with a band of outcast kids during his middle school years because I said so, and he attended lessons with Michizō because redheads solidarity. (Sheep disbanded teen rock band real?!)

Nathaniel might have basic knowledge of how to play an organ because why not??

Kyōka would be a natural pianist, a prodigy in the making, with Kōyō, and Atsushi fighting for the spot of 'biggest fan'. She was recruited by Atsushi despite Kōyō's complete refusal; she came around eventually, and started being more supportive of her growing on her own.

Kenji country music artist Miyazawa got scouted by Fukuzawa after watching him preform beautifully in the middle of a market. Everyone at the performance was smiling uncontrollably, even Fukuzawa being affected. He can play the ukulele, and a normal guitar too.

Yōsano would continue her violin career after quitting lessons with Mōri, but under Fukuzawa's agency. She was proud of her capability, and recognizing it as her own, still flinching slightly at the mention of her former mentor. (He didn't SA her get your mind out the gutter you weirdos, he was just too strict, and his methods weren't conventional, or suitable for eleven years olds)

Naomi is the agency's esteemed manager, and Haruno is Fukuzawa's direct secretary.

Rampo would be an enigma in his own right, one of the best directors that created revolutionary master pieces throughout the 21st century. The agency was founded to support his child acting career, and to serve as a somewhat safe home for him, before he decided to become a director. His reputation is a mix of good and bad, mostly speaking of his random schedules, and sweet tooth, but he couldn't care less. He only starts new projects when he's in the right mood, he's unpredictable like that. He's close friends with one of the Guild's members that specializes in mystery movies, specifically focused on psychological horror; they cause trouble together a lot despite how usually unsociable the latter is.

Jun'nichirō plays on the keyboard, and his audience loves his awkward + cute personality; he's besties with Atsushi, and is always either seen with him, or Kenji. The audience know of him having a sister, but overprotective big brother Juni would never allow her to appear on stage, much less allow the audience to know her name (no incest crap this is a slightly happier life without Abilities)

I could go on but I'm lazy :>

[snootlestheangel]

This isn't going to be COD related, it's an Overwatch rant like thingy so feel free to ignore, I just needed to put this down somewhere to organize my thoughts

So next season is going to have a mythic for a support. At least I'm assuming based on how they've been doing it. There's 3 DPS with mythic skins, 3 tanks now, and only 2 supports. I would assume they're gonna do another support mythic next

Anyways!

I've been dreaming about a Mercy mythic so here's my idea. It has the possibility of being the most customizable mythic skin if they do it right. But also the most ambitious mythic skin.

There will be some image references at the bottom of the post 😊

Nymph Mercy

In other words Water, Earth, Fire, and Air/Sky would be the main designs behind the skin.

The outfit of the skin I'm still not sure on what it could look like. Perhaps just some kind of dress type outfit that you would believe a Nymph would wear should they wear clothing. Like I have a partial image in my head but I can't convey it in words and unfortunately I cannot draw for shit so 🤷🏻‍♀️

The areas of customization would be Weapon (obviously), Wings, Hair, Halo (headpiece), and Color. Every Mercy skin has some variation of her hair and a headpiece of some sort: whether it is a typical Halo or some type of hat/horns/crown.

There would be 4 options of customization behind each area, which would all be based on the different Nymph types. For example, there would be a Water weapon choice that you could elect to pair with the Air Halo and the Earth wings.

I always feel like for mythic skins there's the base theme which inspired the customizations. For example, the Wing option to make them appear like a waterfall would work best for the blue color scheme, however would still look good in green, red, and white.

Just like other mythics, the color scheme selected would affect the weapon/wings/hair/headpiece but not the style. For example, on the Kiriko mythic skin, you can customize the crown and hair. The hair styles and crown styles stay the same based on the color, but the colors of the rope tying up her hair changes.

Weapon

The first choice would be the water weapon. Her caduceus would be made of sea glass and would appear to have water moving through it. The centerpiece would be an orb that resembles water and glows yellow when healing and a bright blue when damage boosting. The color of the sea glass and liquids would change based on color selection. The blue selection would resemble water; then you can have green sea glass and "water"; then red; then white/pearlescent.

Her pistol would appear similarly to the staff, with color affecting the color of her bullets. (She normally fires yellow bullets)

The "earth" weapon would appear to be made of vines and twigs, with flowers! Works best with green color scheme but still looks good with other selections. This is because the base would be a brown color that appears to be a branch. This will not be affected by color, but instead the thin vines wrapped around it and the flowers change color.

"Fire" weapon would be made of stones with a magma like substance visible between the rocks. The stones will go from a dark black in the red color scheme to a light gray in the white scheme, a semi dark gray in both blue and green.

The "air" weapon would be like clouds surrounding a lightning bolt. The clouds are always white but appear to glow with the color of the bolt, which changes based on color scheme. White scheme keeps a yellow bolt, but still fires white bullets (like she's shooting little clouds at you 😊).

Halo/Headpiece

The "water" headpiece is a silver halo that has droplets and water lillies. The droplet colors change based on color scheme.

Earth headpiece is a crown of a brown base with thin vines wrapped around and flowers. Thin vines and flowers change color based on scheme.

Fire headpiece is a stony helmet that has "flames" coming out the sides. The fire/magma changes color based on scheme.

Cloud headpiece is a glowing halo based on color scheme.

Hair

Water hair would be a long, blue black, flowy style that doesn't have any updo of sorts.

Earth hair is a dark brown that is tied back in a fancy braid.

Fire hair is short, choppy, and a very dark red color.

Cloud hair is very light colored hair (blonde, silver, or pearlescent) that is tied in an updo around her head so it appears short and puffy.

Wings

Wings are designed similarly to her weapon.

Water wings appear like a waterfall

Earth wings have a dark base with vines.

Fire wings are stone with flames

Cloud wings are literally just glowing clouds (at this point)

And obviously color schemes are Blue, Green, Red, and White.

Not sure what the special voice lines would be but I honestly don't care. She could have no new special voice lines if this was her mythic and I wouldn't care.

Although now that I have this mental image stuck in my head, I know that no matter how good her actual mythic ends up being, I will still be a little disappointed. Cause this would be a fucking phenomenal, never to be topped, mythic skin

Also gonna go ahead and say if anyone that's good at art that wants to make this a reality, go right ahead. Just tag me/credit me for the inspiration.

Image references for how the customization appears/how it affects hair styles and headpieces as seen in Kiriko's mythic

[inthemiddle0feverywhere]

Okay don't cook me because I used ai because I literally cannot draw and I am too broke rn to pay for a commission.

But I created a Hazbin Hotel oc!

Meet Adeline! Or Adie for short. She's a slightly Appalachian gothic (and if I could draw she would be wearing a wide brimmed black bolero hat) witch that uses dark and black magic and came from Appalachia.

side note: I would have gone fully southern gothic and had her come from the deep south, but I didn't want anyone to think she did voodoo as it is an actual closed religion and not actually evil. I do however come from a long line of women from Germany who practice/ know Germanic witchcraft/ folk magic, and since Germans were some of the main settlers in Appalachia, if I were to write any fics with her I would pull from my own background a little (though I don't do dark magic lol). But I'm still pulling from your stereotypical Halloween spooky witch for her lore because it's a fake character for an animated show with made up characters so we can have fun with it.

As many of the characters resemble animals, she's a bat! And though she doesn't have wings in her sinner form, she can actually turn into a bat. Not actually a vampire but she did drink human bl00d during some of her rituals when she was alive, so I thought a bat would be the perfect animal for her.

She's not an overlord but no one owns her soul either. She's friends with Luci from when she was alive calling on him for favors and offering sacrifices as payment to him.

When she gets to Hell though she becomes besties with Alastor. She stays at the hotel too, though she probably can't be redeemed, she likes the idea and supports Charlie, Alastor and everyone's efforts. This may cause some tension when Charlie's dad does show up and Alastor finds out he and Adeline are also good friends.

Vox only focuses on Alastor but Val and Velvet HATE Adeline and often try to mess with her. They hate that no one's been able to make a deal with her for her soul but overlords do business with her anyway (she sells potions and poison's etc). They don't get far because she's pretty powerful herself.

She's powerful in spells, potion and poison making, necromancy, and can summon dead demons. I know in the show if you die in Hell, then you're dead-dead but a soul is energy and energy cannot be created or destroyed. So I hc that there's an even darker place where dead sinners and demons go. It's just a black, inky, Abyss. Where your soul isn't fully at rest it's a part of the darkness. And she can conjure them from there (again she doesn't own souls she just kinda borrows them when she needs to and then returns them to the Abyss)

During the final battle with heaven she would help by summoning an army of the dead.

Her powers look like black and purple smoke.

Rosie and Adeline are friends too. She's not a cannibal but having drank bl00d when she was alive she is welcome in Cannibal Town and often buys bones from Rosie's emporium for her rituals. (If anyone whose never watched Hazbin Hotel reads this they're gonna be like what the ever loving fucking demented shit is this HAHA)

She can be a healer too

or your worst nightmare.

[cybersixed]

wasn't expecting this to get notes at all and we're at 40 damn ok y'all liked the dudes I guess? thank you 💜

just for that here's some thoughts I had while making them, I didn't go hardcore Overthink Every Detail like I do other character designs but I still had some ideas while making them

First up Hippie Dude (let's call him that)

As you can probably notice Hippie Dude has dark roots on his hair! Idk why but I thought it'd be funny if there was a Dude that wasn't naturally a red head

I also wanted there to be another Dude with long hair bc that fucking slaps hardcore and I also thought it fit the aesthetic

I also thought it'd be sorta funny to have a Postal Dude be a hippie guy, sort of a dichotomy between who he is and what he looks like. Yes he still kills people, he's a Postal Dude after all. Maybe grew up in a hippie doomsday cult like the one in the movie???? idk

Also, steel toed boots are a detail I put 100% on purpose! idk sort of the idea that he should be a Peaceful guy but you look at the boots and you're like? why do you need those? he has those for Kicking People In Their Dicks

Also his sunglasses have a golden frame idk if that's noticeable, just a little detail

Main inspirations for him were P1 Dude and Movie Dude, P1 mostly for the coat and hair while the color scheme resembles more that of Movie Dude's last outfit in the movie... wanted him to have lighter more "cheery and happy" colors

Cowboy Dude

In my head he definitely exists in a different time period y'know.... in actual cowboy times

Darker hair bc... idk I just felt like it fit him

Idk if it's too noticeable but he's got real messy facial hair, doesn't give a damn

Smiley face pin replaced with a horseshoe because well duh that didn't exist back then, Catholicism did however LMAO

He's holding his stupid cowboy hat because I couldn't draw it on his head correctly or without hiding his hair so don't @ me for it

Yes I looked up a ref of a typical cowboy pistol bc I ain't no bitch, forgot to draw a proper holster for it tho just pretend it's there, please?

Yes he's got the spurs yes he's got a whole horse he rides around, probably a whole what's called...caravan? carriage? I don't remember the english word rn but I assume he'd have an equivalent to regular Dude's trailer home bc this bitch does NOT stay in one place

Main inspirations were P1 Dude and P3 Dude, as evident by the use of black and red and other warm tones on the entire design

Punk Dude

I had to, what can I say?

Def spends about an hour spiking his hair everyday

Idk why but I imagined him being younger than the prior 2 Dudes, not a teenager by any means but definitely not in his 30's either

I wanted him to have very immature and childish vibes idk if that's reflected too well

Also wanted him to have 2000's vibes which I hope are there

Cross pin is replaced by an anarchist symbol pin because he is a god hating demon (that's a joke)

Probably gets his piercings infected more than once because he doesn't take proper care of them like the jackass he is

Looked up a ref for a gun for this one as well but I also just kinda winged it a bit 🤷ehhh

Main inspiration was P2 Dude, went as far as sorta replicating his color scheme which to me is sorta more blue-ish than the other dudes as well as doing a direct parallel to his alien t-shirt but... with a skull because duh what else should it be? ... he'd wear a shadow the hedgehog shirt tbh

Japanese Delinquent Dude

I know it's got a genre/style name but I for the life of me can't remember it right now.. is it bancho??? Bancho Dude?????

He mostly exists because I thought it'd be FUCKING HILARIOUS and I was RIGHT and I will NOT listen to anyone saying it isn't

Dude should have a katana as a weapon, I rest my case

Also think that dude with a pompadour is both funny and sick as hell but I am highly biased as I love pompadours a huge amount

His trench coat sorta blended in perfectly for the sort of design a lot of delinquent characters had/have

Just like Punk Dude, Delinquent Dude is younger than the first 2 Dudes I mean it's obvious from the moment his outfit is based on the stylized version of old Japanese school uniforms

Was inspired by the biased things I mentioned before but also by the actual Postal 1 levels where Dude is... in Japan??? for some reason??? And I thought a scenario fully utilizing that for comedic and violent purposes would be entertaining

If he had his own game I think it'd be cool if it was like- a fast paced beat em up with monsters and it needs to be the most bizarre anime bullshit in it possible, I'm talking Godzilla, I'm talking a level where he just gets Isekai'd, I'm talking his girl classmates have purple hair and shit and go kyaaaa and Dude is just standing there like "This fucking sucks, why am I here?" they also call him "Dude-kun" because duh

This Dude isn't Japanese he's just IN Japan for seemingly no reason, maybe he was fucking adopted who knows????????

Main inspiration was P2 dude as well as characters like Mondo from the first Danganronpa game and Yusuke and Kuwabara from Yu Yu Hakusho as well as a bit of JoJo inspiration. Debated drawing the pompadour differently but I ultimately thought it'd look funnier this way

That's it for my rambling at least for now, idk if I'll ever draw them again?????? Didn't really intend to make ocs, I mostly just wanted to mess around and see how malleable Dude's design was if that even makes sense to anyone but myself

If you like them and would wanna see more of them then please let me know, I work best with encouragement 👍

I passed out and before I knew it I made up 4 whole Dudes and I don’t know what to do with them, they’re an invasive species after all

[affableboar-zero]

I'm rethinking my lore for "Remember, Death" so a couple of ideas I had just to write them down:

Solar's a guy now. Still Esme's brother.

Solar's curse is that he copies the features of those he loves, and can intentionally change his features to look like someone he knows for a short period of time.

Esmeralda's curse is that she can manipulate memories.

Mori gets set up with Stormy rather than Aster, as they're both next in line and Empiria reached a deal with Black Rose to have them formally be a recognized part of the Kingdom rather than a colony.

Raven and Aster plot to kill Stormy and Mori so they can both ascend the throne. They secretly let Seraphina and Zephyrus know this so those two can support their ascent to the throne

Solar gains a pair of wings. Instead of being the Red Factor Canary wings of Moriarty, they are Red-Tailed Hawk wings.

Because of this, Solar dresses up as Moriarty while Mori dresses up like Solar and uses Esme's help to make it look like someone shoots Solar. But, Raven had already sent guards to follow the pair and Solar gets shot for real while Moriarty almost gets taken for questioning, until Esmeralda jumps and allows Moriarty to escape.

Taken back, Esme uses her abilities to make Raven and Aster think that Moriarty actually got killed, and ends up escaping thanks to a mysterious helper (Who ends up being Aurora)

Black Rose has a very heavy Gothic Western/Desert feel to it now. In fact, Moriarty always wore a big black cowboy hat that covered his face, so the general public didn't know that Solar was the one who was killed instead of Moriarty.

I like the idea of The Magician that gave everyone the powers of the Apocalypse (and knowingly gave Raven and Asterite Corruption and Betrayal respectively) is actually Ezekiel. It explains a lot of why Zeke would want to bring back Eclypso because the two moons and the release of the Eyes, the Sound, the Speech, and the Touch, along with Action and Being (See No, Hear No, Speak No, Feel No, Do No, Be No Evil). He wants to bring about the Apocalypse because Eclypso gave him the power to release her which is what he's trying to do.

So when the Apocalypse does start, that mean Seraphina can see, Zephyrus can hear, Jazz can speak, Aurora has a physical body, Atlas has his powers unlocked and Moriarty... doesn't really change much but maybe he can hear spirits.

Another thing I wanted to add was having all of the rulers having insane skill sets.

Seraphina draws energy from the chaos in the world. The more chaos, the more power she gets. She can then use this stored energy to do what she wants. The more chaotic a place is, the bigger stuff she can do.

Zephyrus is skilled in almost every weapon. It takes him exactly a day to become fully trained in a weapon.

Aurora, while not having a physical body, can make crops grow faster, or make things decay faster. Her ghost simply walks by and they will either grow or wither. She also has the ability to transmit her thoughts into people's head.

Jazz has the ability to heal any sickness. By simply doing a specific ritual, she can clear somebody so completely of affliction that they might never be sick again.

Moriarty has the ability to raise and control the dead. Necromancy babey. He can also see ghosts

Atlas, once his powers are unlocked, has the ability to rewind or stop time. Only for short periods of time however.

Raven does have a power, but it's not physical. She can convince someone if anything, as long as she's allowed to talk for long enough. This doesn't work on other Horsemen

Asterite makes people feel at ease, like he's good and will be good. You wouldn't notice him holding a knife until he stabs you with it.

Aurora probably died when everyone was young, which is why she doesn't have a physical body. This explains why Moriarty can talk to her and hear Aurora, but also explains why most people can't see her.

[op1umeyes]

being on team 141 and being one of the youngest people in the team HCs [p.02]

𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢. ✦ 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞!!

𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑵𝑰𝑵𝑮𝑺: 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒋𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔, 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 141, 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒎𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈,

𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑬𝑹'𝑺 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑵𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑺: 𝒖𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅

𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫𝑬𝑹'𝑺 𝑪𝑨𝑳𝑳𝑺𝑰𝑮𝑵: 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒑𝒆𝒓

back at it again, its another fatherless rapscallion😭

100% believe you and soap call people bestie if you dont like them

ex: "soap come hither, i have tea on bestie chloe" and he comes barreling down the hall to hear the tea

lmfao speaking of soap

SOAP=WHINY MAN BABY

this man whines when you give him the silent treatment fo sheezy 💯

ghost thinks its really funny when soap watches you with a '☹' face evrry time you ignore him

gaz always knows everything because you know everything so you tell him its hilarious asf

anyways

you and gaz always be talkin about topher fr

(i dont have the of so an edit will do:)

HELLA INSIDE JOKES

price is highkey tired of your humor

"is there anything you need?" price "other than a father/mother? nope. thanks, tho" you *insert gaz laughing from the other room*, distressed price leaved the room, clutching at his sussy goofy wacky little hat

if you are fluent in spanish i strongly believe ghost will be scared of you

as i have been trading my spanish for german, i wont put anything else involving spanish, thanks 😍🙏

screaming judas in tge shower

ghost yelling at you to shut up

soap joining to annoy his babygorl

gaz humming along because lady gaga is goddess

price needing to leave the room

l m f a o

ok so like what if you're really good at card games, savvy?

you and 141 are laying low in a safehouse somewhere

soap finds a deck of cards, and everyone plays and/or watches

anyway you suggest playing manipulation

price immediately agrees, he hasnt played in a while but still thinks he could beat everyonr

ghost joins in, but gaz watches

what if you sat in his lap

no sorry my bad im in love

anyway

the first, like, three rounds everyones drawing like five cards

and price somehow ends up with two cards while everyones drawing cards

hes getting cocky, thinking that he'll go out first because of his amount of cards

HOWEVER

he had an ace

so that was virtually impossible to get rid of lmfao

anyhow,

price had on his poker face, and surprisingly, so did you

no one could tell you were able to get rid of the five cards in your hand only in the eighth round

bada bing bada boom you served the team their ass when you quickly arranged your cards into their appropriate piles

and then you look at everyone's flabberghasted expression

price is 😯🙁ing so hard

not only did price lose, he lost to one of the youngest people on the team

ghost is a sore loser tbh

"fuckin' hell, reaper. the hell you learn to play like that?" ghost "around" you shrug

price thinks about that all the time tbh

LETS TALK ABOUT THE TIME 141 FIRST SAW YOU SMOKING

after a somewhat rough mission, you go MIA

everyones worried; you generally let someone know whenever you go somewhere

but its hour 4 of you being gone and price is worried

you did this when the whole situation with alex went down, so price has limited experience with your MIA bouts

highkey feels bad he can't protect you emotionally :(

it was well below sun down when price found you

poor captain almost had a stroke when you saw you

you were outside sitting cross legged facing the direction which the sun had set, indicating you'd been there for a while

you had a lighter in your hand, lighting up cigarette number unknown

"what are you doing, kid?"

you had heard him coming so you didnt jump or anything you just shrugged

"do you want to talk about it?"

a mocking laugh fell from your lips, spewing out with smoke "nah."

price was at a loss. you had never acted like this before- cold and sharp

he moved to sit by you though </3

soon ghost trailed out, wondering where price was

an inky black mass caught his eye

but as he was making his way over, he saw a cigarette get smushed into the ground and a knew one being pulled from a pack

price didn't smoke cigarettes, he smoked cigars, so who would that be?

but then ghost heard your voice and an exhale and you had the cigarette

ghost: 😯

"hell's goin' on out here?" ghost grumbled, sitting on the other side of u, eyes widening at the amount of boxes at ur side

price answered when you didnt "getting some air"

ghost blinked at the cigarette hanging from your lips. okay

the guys tried to get you to talk but couldn't get anything out of you but a scoff or two

even when ghost offered to let you sleep in his room you said no :(((

after that you gathered your shit and left for the base leaving ghost and price concerned </3

whoa who broke my heart i sure am angsty today 😟💯

you didnt get any sleep that night btw

on another note

MOVIE NIGHTS WITH THE GUYS BUT GAZ INSISTS INSTEAD OF YOU

obviously he goes to you first

"hey y/n" :))) "do you wanna" :)))))) "watch a movie" :))))))))) "with us?" :))))))))))))

i'll be damned if you say no. 😐🔪

so you said yes 😍❤

he smiled so big </33

went to soap next

then pulled up the movie

with everyone ( minus ghost ), price couldn't say no 🙃

ghost pulled up, ffs 🤯

gaz chose either a horror movie or a horror movie

so you watched a horror movie 😁

gaz was probably clinging to you the whole time

so was soap probably

ghost was somewhat interested, but price fell asleep

his goofy snore is so loud bro im not even playing 🤧😭😭

if you have migraines you best believe everyone has midol/typenol for you

never ibuprofen tho bc after a mission if you had a headache, 141 might think you possibly had/have a brain bleed and wouldn't give you ibuprofen bc thats a blood thinner and could start another bleed

you and gaz have playlists for everyone

you both follow each other on EVERYTHING

if you were too poor (like me HDJSNEHDJEUZ) gaz would let you and only you on his netflix acc ❤

im sorry im a gazlvr

will probably edit later tbh

𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞!!

@shadylilac

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