#karu art

[happyfunballxd]

Working on a my first legit print for IndyPop Con in April.

[xkaru-karux]

i did it, i did the thing

the wither rose alliance band au is real and it’s here

they’re called the wither roses

fwhip is the frontman, singer and guitarist, gem is the lead guitarist, pearl is the bassist and sausage is the drummer

scott is their stressed out manager and katherine is their makeup artist

the cod allience is their rival band (idk what to do for a name)

[filurig]

a new little spingle... info about him under the cut

a disciple of glaris in sartrill's priesthood, despite his holy position - isn't too enthusiastic about it. truthfully, he was forced into his current study by his parents as he was born as a "curlwing". "curlwings" in sartrillan culture are considered the closest to "true" children of glaris, having been born with her "blessing" of flightlessness and therefore are believed to be more strongly attuned to her, so the natural course for any young curlwing is to enter priesthood training at an early age. despite that, however, karu never excelled in his priestly studies - not that he was necessarily bad or couldn't carry out the duties he were assigned, but his superiors keep worrying that he doesn't put enough heart in it, so he has never really risen considerably in the ranks of the priesthood.

somewhat lethargic, karu accepted his "fate" - while he has faith, he also longs for being able to have his own life as life in the priesthood is relatively restricted to the holy grounds and the districts in sartill closest to it. there is a small, adventurous spirit inside of him that wishes to see more of the world, having never left sartrill in his entire life, but at this point he's sort of given up on it. he is somewhat ruled over by his fear of sticking out and not conforming and betraying the expectations of the priesthood, his family and Glaris herself.

karu can come off as quite cold and tired as he feels sort of detached from the people and circumstances around him. when brought out of his shell, however, he brightens up considerably - but can be a bit cynical still. he isn't actually as serious as he comes across as, and actually enjoys being around people who don't take things too seriously either. he tries to self-correct though and therefore that part of him is rarely seen by anyone. because of his alienation from other harpies, partly due to his upbringing and role, he's a bit socially inept, but has learned to deal with that by hiding behind his stoic and unconcerned facade. a bit of a double edged sword because it only reinforces the idea people have of him around him as this "serious, no-fun wholly dedicated priest disciple who doesn't want to mingle with the commoners"

while he wishes he had more freedom to do stuff, karu does enjoy some parts of his priestly duties - most especially the craftsmanship he gets to engage in. sartrillan priests will actually be responsible for most of the settlement's craftsmanship especially ones concerning fabric and clothing, but also other crafts (former are just the biggest categories)

flightlessness is relevant in some satrtillan mythology and in the biggest story (the one involving glaris) is a noteworthy sacrifice some crakam made to grant them the ability to hide from humans using illusory magic. that ofc creates a sort of weird relationship with crakam society and crakam born with flightless conditions. in sartrill its especially pronounced as glaris is the settlement's "patron deity" and while care is taken to accomodate to the flightless, there is also a social schism between them and other crakam bcs of their connotations and also the fact that most flightless crakam are "strongly encouraged" and often forced to live in the priesthood.

craftsmanship is strongly associated with holiness/the priesthood in sartrill because the body alterations flighted harpies undergo to render themselves flightless permanently actually increases arm flexibility a little, and historically being unable to fly it was a natural direction for many priests to head in to contribute to the community which might be why it became such a strong practice

there are several different conditions that can make a harpy not be flighted - curlfeather is one of them. any condition which does such is treated similarly - it doesn't really matter which, but curlfeather is probably the most common/well known one.

[raynui]

Dog tries spicy food

[thetrashyflower]

lonely wolf yokai

[dr2-hell]

tormented @karugoround into collabing w me <3

[belzenefff]

Garu! Karu! It’s springtime! And what’s better than a sleepy guy in a field of flowers?? I don’t know… but he’s a cutie so…… 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼

[oexkaru]

Attack on Cozen!

[hypesline]

Someone called them a slur and Aren was too happy to beat them up 🌸

[swirlysketch]

Gawu 🐶

[larkscern]

doodles + wips for two very different fandoms

(1st is figuring out hoffstrahm / 2nd was a college doodle of hoffman / 3rd is marru / 4th is YHS cookie run au remake Wip)

[happyfunballxd]

Cuz if you make jokes, nothing can hurt you 9u9

Bottom pic is a reference to my game being weird as hell.

[xkaru-karux]

introducing…

The Sirens

we got Lizzie as the vocalist, because of course, Jimmy as guitarist and frontman, Pix as the bassist, and Joel as the drummer, obviously

fun things about them:

jimmy was the one who came up with the idea of the band and originally wanted to name them codvengers (lizzie refused)

they’re known to be go friends of oli (who is a famous solo artist in this au), and frequently work with him

pix is pearl’s older brother, he was also her bass mentor when she first started out

the sirens came after the wither roses, jimmy claims he had the idea to make a band before fwhip (this is false)

seepekay is the manager, bless his poor soul

[karu-ck]

Surprise! Yes, sometimes I leave Astarion at the camp, I wish I can bring everyone all the time, but someone has to take care of Scratch on the camp 😌 --- Yes, my Tav has poor Insight, she's just a durk fighter doing her best to make everyone happy c:

--- edit next day: I realice I write durk instead of durge or dark urge 😑

[raynui]

Don't compare yourself, Karu.

[mouseyippie]

☆ Karu-woof! ☆ ～('▽^人)

and Garu-puppy ofc!!!