#oc: tsg

[paradoxbeta]

what do you think the ancients looked like under their masks?

ANON THANK YOU FOR ASKING I COULD CRY TEARS OF JOY

The short answer: Human-like, but dubiously. Very colorful, ornate, and diverse. Heavy on body modification: piercings, implants, tubes of all sorts, and dramatic face/eye changes are everywhere. It's hard to describe one thing they all are, because they're each so different.

The long answer: (my ocs are here!)

Okay, so, important bare minimums: They can have pretty much any skin tone, and come in all of the patterns and markings you can think of (whether they were born with them or had them added.) The default Ancient eye is exactly like a humans, but people can and often do get changes to their pupils and sclera/eye color. They have "hair" that sort of looks like worm grass. I figure some kinda splatoon inkling type logic applies when taking into mind haircuts and buzzes and all that. They generally have elven, goat-like, or other non-human type ears. Most if not all of them have openings in their bodies for tubes a la cyberpunk, because Ancient fashion gonna Ancient fashion.

Now for the fun/personalized part. Their faces!

Ancients come in a range from the most humanoid to the least. Note that "animaloid" is an EXTREMELY nebulous term and not exclusive to the one shown in the picture. I'm not yet sure how something like this would come about. I like to think this is a result of generations upon generations of extreme genome modification, or "animaloid" Ancients are a subspecies/branch off of whatever the humanoid Ancients are, OR they're the same species, but just have an insane amount of genetic variation. This is an issue for me to figure out another time. Regardless, there is no strict line between what constitutes an animaloid and what constitutes a humanoid. Both are bipedal and have a variable amount of pectorals/arms,* with the primary differences being in the face. There are some Ancients that you can look at and immediately classify as one of the two, but most of them fall somewhere in between, like "humanoid" Ancients with exaggerated facial proportions or "animaloid" Ancients that are just close enough to human looking that it becomes difficult to put a label on it. Trying to classify individual Ancients is often a fruitless endeavor, but having the general spectrum in mind is important.

*Can have 1-2 pairs of each: note that an Ancient with one pair of arms may have 2 pairs of pectorals but an Ancient with 2 pairs of arms cannot have only 1 pectoral set. Ancients with 2 pairs of arms are rare.

As mentioned a million times prior, Ancients are super gung ho about body modification, and things we deem extreme in human society are probably only uncommon or even unremarkable in Ancient society. Obviously, not every Ancient is making themselves into the next Rolf Buchholz. Some are more conservative about changing their body, some are more extreme. But the general idea is that not having ANY sort of change made, be it as minute as an ear piercing or as dramatic as horn implants, is bizarre.

I know there's other possible takes on the Ancients that are much more separated from human aesthetics, and I love those! But I wasn't really concerned about the spec bio-y aspect this time around. I have enough alien aliens in my roster already, so my Ancients are entirely a product of me having fun without much concern for making them super believable. Hopefully they look cool enough for that to be a valid excuse.

And finally, some pictures of my Ancients, because it's hard to get the full scope without examples. Some of these are from wips I hope to post someday, so you might see them again later. Also I'm trying to format them all nice and next to each other so they don't take up so much space, but tumblr is losing its mind right now so if it doesn't format right then whoops.

[spiderziege]

[zenlesszonezero]

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[iizubuzu]

redraw of this post for @theskeletongames !! man i've definitely improved a lot since 2021 :o

more rambling and oc doodles under the cut (bonus rekkie doodle!)

i love seeing chip and red interact its the silliest thing my small brain can think of to draw when im bored

i'm not sure how well they would realistically get along since chip is pretty quiet but...i can still try <//3

i also love rekkie's design!! haven't seen him in a bit but i still love him sm :> <33

[snoofins]

tumblr!! hello!! have some poppets (her new reference + some alternative outfits, because she deserves them, and also a doodle)

[twilasparkle]

[ten-summoners-fails]

sketched my oc from The Seven Gates 'cause I can

[canonkiller]

dress up sketches. I haven't designed his work clothes but I did put him in everyone else's

sorry no alt text because I don't want to describe clothing

[nikidykeachu]

Feeling:HOMOPHOBIC ‼️‼️‼️‼️

Originalllll:333:

[harrarthellix]

@lord-gortrash tagged me so here it is for Lucerm

Animal: Black bull

Color: dark gray, copper

Month: December

Song: O Father, O Satan, O sun - Behemoth

Number: 0

Plant: buddleja morning mist

Smells: smoke n cigars

Gemstone: Red Rhodonite

Season: Winter

Time: Last ray of sunshine

Places: Unkept wooden bed, humid dungeon

Food: Raw meat. Better if it still bleeds. He would eat you

Drink: Blood

Element: Fire

Astrological sing: Sagittarius

Seasoning: Bird's eye chilli

Sky: Starless night

Weather: thunderstorm

Social media: Does not have. Imposible to contact

Magical power: Infernal Fury, ring of fire, mist of the hadar

Weapon: longsword

Artstyle: Mannierism and expresionism

Makeup product: eyeshadow

Candy: chocolate 100%

Long distance travel: will walk everywhere

Fear: Ocean. Specifically, drowning

Mythological creature: Ouroboros

Pice of stationary: paperclip (weapon)

Three emoji: 💀🔥🔱

Celestial body: Dying sun

Bye

[parackalism]

[patentedyikes]

cringetober day 4

[zenlesszonezero]

Join Zenless Zone Zero with Tsukishiro Yanagi, the deputy leader of Hollow Special Operations Section 6! Beneath her ordinary office lady exterior lies a meticulous, emotionally intelligent big sister to the team.

[spiderziege]

im zweifel für ziellosigkeit

[bornsexyesterday]

Erm geometry doodles

[applesaucify]

fallen angel

[sillyartistthegoofy]

OKAY SO BEFORE YOU EVEN SAY: 'but u don't have 300 followers stupid!!!!!!' I HAVE 300 ON MY PINTEREST OKAY 😭😭

just wanted to give yall umm some basic info about me

oHH BTW THATS MY MAIN OC SILLYBALL (usually just called silly!)

my pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/SillyArtistWOW/

okay it's tag time now!

[zooblenation]

slowly posting my oc art inbetween tadc posts.. one day they will gain traction . my nightmare yuri polycule

+ doodles of them