#kopelli

[renagaderex]

“It is a big world out there. Plants, animals, people- I want to see it all!”

And here’s the baby boi of the group 🥰 Kopelli.

He is one of the youngest members of the group and is the most inquisitive due to his situation prior to meeting Vincent. Once he got out in the world and grew more confident, he began living life the best he can.

In all honesty I could have played more with his outfit- and likely will soon. But Kopelli isn’t much for wardrobes 😆 he prefers things simple- though…. That vest(which again now that I look at it is more than likely to change. Omg-) he wears was given to him as a gift and so he happily wears it.

Making him have more catlike features was definitely a plus(thanks biffer!)- and one thing I’m working on is the fact that he actually has a short layer of fur on his body, and has patterns to go with it (mostly on his back). He has baby spots.

Kopelli character and art is a © renagaderexrider

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[sombersunshine]

You Can See Them If You Try

His family had always known the spirits. 

That was what his grandmother had told him. The spirits had helped guide them through hardship, through their encounters with the Dominion, through the constant running. They were there to soften a nasty blow, to give them strength when they needed it, to guide them through life. 

His grandmother had been taught to see them by her mother, who had been shown the spirits by her parents in turn.

"You will see them too if you look hard enough," his grandmother told him. It was one of his earliest memories, and he took it to heart. He looked as hard as he could.

--

His grandmother saw the spirits often. "There is Toma," she would say, "the spirit of growth. He watches over the children, the animals, the plants. He had prevented many a scraped knee for you, you know, when you were first learning to walk."

Baxter believed her, though he couldn't recall ever seeing Toma. Sometimes he would trip on purpose just to see if Toma would catch him, but it never seemed to work.

--

When he was older, his grandmother made him help her ministrations in the clinic. One day his grandmother pulled him aside, and gestured towards the still form of a young man on a bed. 

"There is Mala, the spirit of passing," she told him, in hushed tones. "There is nothing more we can do for him, and so Mala wipes his heated brow and eases his aching muscles. She will carry him off gently into the dawn."

Baxter thought maybe he could see something, if he squinted hard enough, but soon the blur of tears obscured whatever might have been there. 

--

He had asked her once if other people saw the spirits. 

"No, no," she had told him. "If you do not believe and in the spirits, you cannot see them. But they are still there, guiding everyone. They ask for nothing in return."

At night, when his grandmother soothed him off to sleep, she would tell him stories from long past. Stories of how the spirits had helped her own mother, through hardship and good times. 

"People would say she was crazy. But we know the truth, little Baxter. Some people will never be open to the spirits, and that is okay," she whispered. "Keep quiet about them, and do your best to help others so they may see some kindness as we do."

Baxter had nodded, and promised that he would.

He never told her he couldn't see them either. 

--

Baxter often wondered if he just wasn't believing hard enough. He had never had any reason to doubt what his grandmother had told him; things really did seem to go well for the two of them even when it shouldn't.  

Sometimes they even seemed to be helping him-- he once flipped a coin eighteen times and it landed on the side he predicted every time. (When he got over the shock, and tried to show someone, it didn't work anymore.)

But that was the problem with the spirits: so often they could be chalked up to coincidence, or hidden strength they had always possessed. Who was to say that Mala really made a dying man feel better? Who was to say that Awato, spirit of the hearth, really did find their lost things, and that they hadn't just remembered where they'd left them?

He had been tinkering with bots ever since he was a little boy, and his grandmother would often look over his work approvingly, and tell him that Kopelli, the spirit of crafting, was working hard through him. 

He didn't think that was true, but his bots nearly always came out exactly the way he had envisioned.

--

They both grew older. After his grandmother retired from the clinic work, she began to see the spirits more often. She said they were strengthening her, helping her old bones to do young things. She would talk about the spirits openly now, and others pulled away, frightened by her ravings; she didn't seem to care.

But despite the help of the spirits, she grew frailer. Baxter put his robotics work aside for a time to look after her, to make food and clean the house and give her her medicine. 

And one night, when he helped her into bed, she looked past his shoulder and told him that Mala was there. 

"It's not Mala, grandmother," he told her. "You're not sick."

But for a horrifying moment, he thought he could see her. A woman clad in white, her long dark hair bleeding into the shadows in the room.

His grandmother passed away in her sleep.

--

Baxter threw himself back into his work. He started a shop on Nexus, and then partnered with Toller to make realistic androids. Toller would marvel over his work, telling him that they were the most lifelike things she had ever seen. 

"Kopelli''s watching over me," he would try to joke, but it didn't feel like a joke.

He worked very, very hard, and he never saw the spirits again.

[i-usually-had-a-name-here]

“Gotta look cute for the ladies”

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@lick.co

#Kopelli #Kopelli🐶 #labrador #puppy #blacklab #dogstagram #labradorsofinstagram #labradors #dogoftheday #instagram #labradorable #labradorpuppy #blacklabrador

[nessabirdie]

Asstoria by Kopelli http://bit.ly/33qAEB1

[compromisedlezlove]

#no filter #doughnuts #winchells #yummy #amigos #kingsclassic #kopelli

[stableheed]

Kopelli & Mic Phelps 'On the Rocks' [Official]

[illingsworth]

use this if you for some reason hate the wonderful bandcamp service:soundcloud.com/illingsworth/rufiojones-e_fav-kopelli313-stryfed-ignoranceinc-seanuppercut-doc_waffles-nolantheninja  THANK YOU: RUFIO JONES, E-FAV, KOPELLI, STRYFE, JAY THE GRATE, SEAN UPPERCUT, DOC WAFFLES, AND NOLAN THE NINJA.  i wanted to put a bunch of rappers i knew onto one song. i had a beat and no topic. i had no idea how it would turn out. just wanted to have some fun and make a song.  i alerted all the potential players and everybody was pretty eager to get down.  the only stipulation i gave to the emcees was to base the beginning of their rhymes on the previous rapper's ending.  because there was so many people, it was slightly difficult to get everybody in at the same time BUT, the majority of the recording was done over a few days. nobody rewrote anything but a couple of us (one of them being me) re-recorded our verses to clean up the delivery.  other than that, everybody pretty much knocked out the writing and recording very quickly.  rufio jones set it off. he later apologized (for no reason). ask either one of us why if you're curious.  this counts as the first collaboration between myself and doc waffles, e-fav, and nolan the ninja.  you can have this track for no money. go check out everyone involved. here's some links:  E-Fav of Clear Soul Forces: forceswithyou.com  Kopelli of Cold Men Young:coldmenyoung.bandcamp.com/album/gentleman-jack  Stryfe: stryfe.bandcamp.com/album/rare-form-vol-1  Doc Waffles: docwaffles.bandcamp.com  Nolan The Ninja: nolantheninja.bandcamp.com  Jay The Grate: illingsworks.bandcamp.com/album/path-to-grateness  Sean Uppercut: detroitCYDI.bandcamp.com  Rufio Jones: rufiojones.bandcamp.com  Twitters:  twitter.com/e_fav  twitter.com/kopelli313  twitter.com/doc_waffles  twitter.com/NolanTheNinja  twitter.com/ignoranceinc (jay the grate)  twitter.com/rufiojones  twitter.com/seanuppercut  twitter.com/stryfeD

credits

released 26 July 2014  illingsworth made the beat. the rappers made their own lyrics. they rap in this order: rufio jones, e-fav, kopelli, stryfe, jay the grate, sean uppercut, illingsworth, doc waffles, nolan the ninja

[bleedlyricsandcouture]

KOPELLI OF COLD MEN YOUNG \\ GENTLEMEN JACK

This review has been a long time coming, Cold Men Young has been one of a few collectives keeping the Underground true Hip-Hop scene in Detroit, MI alive and to the standards of true hip-hop heads, (not hipsters). 

Kopelli's conquered the grown & sexy of underground hip-hop and instilled it in his latest solo project Gentlemen Jack.  

Gentleman Jack is promotes celebrating life despite the ups and downs while preserving the gentlemen. Cuts like Dean Martin chant "I've been sipping, drinking, smoking.. simply sip sophisticated.. You can't keep me down when I'm up in my zone!"

Other cuts like Salty speak on the fact that Kopelli is still only human, and a man at that. Therefore he should probably wish his old love well, yet he's salty because he'd rather have her, realizing his loss. Still he understands, life must go on, even after love.

Salud concludes the project seamlessly. Its a culmination of all the themes heard on the project yet isn't redundant. 

Look out for more from Kopelli & Cold Men Young

STANDOUTS: VanHunt, Dean Martin, She Hate Me, production from The Olympics, Features from most of Cold Men Young, smooth Vocals. 

Soundcloud | Twitter | Cold Men Young

[renagaderex]

*Dont be afraid…. I only bite a little~.*

To no one’s surprise: this one came about very fast behind my boy, Kopelli.

My sweet reptilian girl, Fafnir. She’s underwent the fewest changes of my characters, but recently I’ve added a bit more to her patterns and mottling.

Honestly- the more I did these the more I learned that I really do need to play around with my characters a lot more to produce better acquaintance with facial expressions. And I may open a Q&A for them- tell me what you guys think. Thanks for viewing ❤️

Fafnir character and art is a © renagaderexrider

do not repost without permission

[shizukasmack]

Kopelli's debut solo album Gentleman Jack is officially out! Trumped with production from The Olympicks, Doc Illingsworth, and Jay Norm with features for fellow CMY gents Mic Write and Mic Phelps along wth Mister it's really a "pervy sage" magnum opus brought to life. You can now stream or cop it for yourself.

Cover artwork done by yours truly with art direction for Kendre' Daniels.

[eddielogix]

New project from Mic Write (of Cold Men Young) called Morris Code available now for download at a name your price rate. The six track suite (first in a series) features guest appearances from Doss the Artist, Kopelli, and Mic Phelps as well as production from Jay Norm, Koda, and myself. I produced the intro track as well as recorded, mixed, & mastered the entire project. Enjoy!

#CoOwnaz

[surfstagram-blog]

[stableheed]

Kopelli & Mic Phelps 'On the Rocks' [Official]

[renagaderex]

“I gotta hand it to em- those two are as slippery as a dodee bird in a thorn hedge.”- Renagade in regards to Vincent and Kopelli.

I decided to try getting to know my characters a bit better, especially since Rena had gone through a redesign- and it kinda turned into a small series of character studies.

despite being the shared oldest of my characters, Renagade for the longest time didn’t have a solid backstory. So much so she felt stunted to me from her personality to her design.

My biffer and I would occasionally joke during convo and RP about her being a cowgirl (her wearing a hat and riding an animal companion). But i always viewed it as a joke. It wasn’t until a mutual on Insta made the same joke and fsr it finally clicked that- maybe it should be more than a joke.

And to my great surprise, everything just CLICKED. Everything I needed to know about her suddenly was clear as day. So joke turned canon- this is Renagade “the Rex Rider”.

So here we have what I think I’m ready to call a finalized design. Though the hat may have a few altered details down the line- as one I’m not great at drawing this kind of hat, and two: kind of a bit sad to say goodby to her old hat :(

Renagade the Rex Rider and art is a © RenagadeRexRider

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[illingsworth]

<a href="http://illingsworks.bandcamp.com/album/randompossecut-rufio-jones-e-fav-kopelli-stryfe-jay-the-grate-sean-uppercut-illingsworth-doc-waffles-nolan-the-ninja" data-mce-href="http://illingsworks.bandcamp.com/album/randompossecut-rufio-jones-e-fav-kopelli-stryfe-jay-the-grate-sean-uppercut-illingsworth-doc-waffles-nolan-the-ninja">randompossecut = rufio jones + e-fav + kopelli + stryfe + jay the grate + sean uppercut + illingsworth + doc waffles + nolan the ninja by ILLingsworth</a>

THIS TRACK IS CALLED "RANDOM POSSE CUT"

THANK YOU: RUFIO JONES, E-FAV, KOPELLI, STRYFE, JAY THE GRATE, SEAN UPPERCUT, DOC WAFFLES, AND NOLAN THE NINJA.  i wanted to put a bunch of rappers i knew onto one song. i had a beat and no topic. i had no idea how it would turn out. just wanted to have some fun and make a song.

i alerted all the potential players and everybody was pretty eager to get down.

the only stipulation i gave to the emcees was to base the beginning of their rhymes on the previous rapper's ending.

because there was so many people, it was slightly difficult to get everybody in at the same time BUT, the majority of the recording was done over a few days. nobody rewrote anything but a couple of us (one of them being me) re-recorded our verses to clean up the delivery.

other than that, everybody pretty much knocked out the writing and recording very quickly.

rufio jones set it off. he later apologized (for no reason). ask either one of us why if you're curious.

this counts as the first collaboration between myself and doc waffles, e-fav, and nolan the ninja.

you can have this track for no money. go check out everyone involved. here's some links:  E-Fav of Clear Soul Forces: http://forceswithyou.com  Kopelli of Cold Men Young: coldmenyoung.bandcamp.com/album/gentleman-jack  Stryfe: stryfe.bandcamp.com/album/rare-form-vol-1  Doc Waffles: http://docwaffles.bandcamp.com  Nolan The Ninja: http://nolantheninja.bandcamp.com  Jay The Grate: illingsworks.bandcamp.com/album/path-to-grateness  Sean Uppercut: http://detroitCYDI.bandcamp.com  Rufio Jones: http://rufiojones.bandcamp.com

Twitters:  twitter.com/e_fav  twitter.com/kopelli313  twitter.com/doc_waffles  twitter.com/NolanTheNinja  twitter.com/ignoranceinc (jay the grate)  twitter.com/rufiojones  twitter.com/seanuppercut  twitter.com/stryfeD credits released 26 July 2014

[illingsworth]

more people need to hear this TWELVE MAN RAP SONG WTF WERE WE THINKING

WITH COLD MEN YOUNG + CLEAR SOUL FORCES + STRYFE

Listen/purchase: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ft. Detroit CYDI, Stryfe, Cold Men Young, Clear Soul Forces by Rufio Jones