#softseaside art

[softseaside]

I drew a cover for the pool scene comic I made a while ago 💀⚔️ 

[alena-draws]

It's my good friend @softseaside birthday!! *plays a pretty badly sounding birthday tune on my recorder* Here is your special boy Blauauge, a tiefling barbarian, a total cutie <3 (but probably wouldn't really like me hearing that haha)

[panfriedfishstick]

Made a cover page for my dnd journal.

Started playing with my friends @regenblumensonnenbogen, @hrmnnswbrtkrmr, @wonyah and another friend without tumblr in march. And I really love it. (For more art of my party go to @softseaside 👀).

All parts of the drawing reference my character, a human ranger called Ivo Alrikson. In the middle is his name in futhark runes, the foxhead above references his mother 'the fox' and his druidic focus. The waves and the shell show his sailor/viking/northlander ancestry and the tree shows his connection to nature as a hunter. The arrows are pretty self-explanatory. On the left side is a part of the viking style brooch (fibel) he wears and the jewelry he made himself with beads, a shell and finally the feathers of his pet Jorik (some might call him Jörg, especially autocorrect...😅).

I just finished this cover page yesterday and now hope that Ivo will survive because he got petrified at the end of last session (I rolled a nat 1 😭).

[regenblumensonnenbogenartsystuff]

dooooodles and sketches feat. the Gays, Maya carrying Dimple around like a child, just because, cuddling AGAIN - also -> do you ever yeaarnnn? aka the moment my Xanphariel obsession staarted. :D

info about our dnd campaign (and more pretty art) right here ---------------------------------------------------------------> @softseaside

[phrogfone]

k11 questions. tagged by @caroleesea​

1. Post the rules 2. Answer the questions given to you by the tagger 3. Write 11 questions of your own 4. And tag 11 people:

1. list some of your favorite characters and find what they all have in common:

Category 1: fuyuhiko kuzuryuu, hieieieiei, samekichi, and trafalgar law

- assholes at the beginning, and also at the end, but less

- probably good people. maybe. I hope

- very edgy. they also like to wear black. this is not my fault, and is simply a result of their character type and design.

- fucking tsunderes

- can be very loyal to others and their ideals

- not Main Character material

Category 2: midoriya izuku, shigeo kageyama, luffy, hajime hinata, phoenix wright

- main characters

- love their friends

- nice people who sometimes have to deal with peoples’ shit

- inner monologues sometimes, as a result of main-characterness

- relatable 

- always boys? where my girls at?? :(

Category 3: kyouka jirou, jaehee kang, franziska von karma

- smart and technical introverted girls

- could probably kick your ass

- short hair

- probably gay

I wrote way too much but you know those memes about talking about your favorite characters? come over here and sit down. read my essay(s)

2. best summer vacation? 

ballet camp  uh, probably summer camp. like, hanging out with your friends for a week in the mountains? that’s cool. even though I’m kinda too old for that now. throwback to the time when all my friends had free time, too

3. favorite type of weather? 

chilly, but sunny. like the wind is blowing, but it’s not too cold and there’s still light out.

4. do you like boba? (or bubble tea idk what planet you’re from)  

yes it’s goood

5. do you have any pets? if so what are they? 

1 doggo who is a naughty German Shepherd

6. what age or year would you relive? 

maybe 6th or 7th grade, that was fun. I tried to start an anime club

7. on a scale of 1-10 how good are you at stalking people? 

I don’t do it irl but online like probably a 3

8. what’s a food that you would like to try? 

frozen banana. I know I could get up and place a banana in the freezer right now but I don’t feel like it

9. favorite social media site? 

tbh tumblr, because that’s where I get most of my fandom content + art + 40 paragraph long analytical posts + humor content. instagram is a close second though because friends

10. would you rather be followed around by a swarm of mosquitoes all the time or a swarm of bees? 

what the heck, carolyn?  obviously bees??? next

11. cat or dog person?

I’m not answering this because you already know the answer  hint: I have a friend who is one

1. when did you join tumblr? 2. favorite music artists? 3. biggest inspirations? 4. favorite video games? 5. opinion of capitalism? 6. ever had unpasteurized milk? 7. opinion of caterpillars? 8. worst birthday present? 9. the best origami you can make right now, no instructions? 10. closest you’ve been to death? 11. favorite dog breed?

tagging: @softseaside​ @jupiterinretrograde​ @bittersharky​ @dio-brando-did-nothing-wrong @escapingviolence @notcharmed @lupotta8 @thumperdaetime @supremequeenofthenerds @puppetmon @cosmichi

hello cool mutuals and followers who I never speak to!! this is totally optional and do what you want

[softseaside]

After finally introducing Ni'onthe's crew one by one, let me finally formally introduce you to Blauauge (=“blue eye”) who's giving me brainrot for over a year now💙⚓

Blauauge is a tiefling barbarian and the third mate of the Soft Seaside, the ship that Ni'onthe sailed with for two years prior to the main campaign. I created him and the whole crew way back in 2021 when I wrote Ni’onthe’s backstory (more about Ni'onthe's crew here).

I’ve always planned for him to be my back-up character, should she ever die (that hopefully never happens lol). For now, he is a NPC in my mini-campaign called "Stille und Sturm" (which is just my modified self-indulgent version of "Dragons of Stormwreck Isle"). There, the party travels with the Ni'onthe's crew to solve problems on her home island

He seems like an angry, tough guy on the outside who gets irritated very quickly and often fights in taverns, but on the inside, he is a really insecure and overcompensates a lot. He's just a good and soft boy who genuinely cares about his loved ones but has problems showing and receiving affection 👀 (A lot of my fave characters are angry tsundere b*tch boys who are actually super soft and insecure and he is no exception, he is a big tsundere 💙) He is extremely loyal towards his captain and crew and takes his duties very seriously. He and Ni’onthe were really good friends.

(old art from 2021)

Blauauge likes drinking and fishing, he swears a lot and is liked by animals. He hates nobility and rich people. He believes that a good brawl is the best way to get to know a new city and become closer with someone. His choice of weapons are his fists and an anchor.

His name “Blauauge” which translates to “blue eye” is a german pun because he often has a black eye because of all the tavern brawls (black eye also translates into “blue eye” in german). But it's also a reference to his very bright blue eyes.

Sailor tattoos with actual meaning:

dagger with a rose (loyality and willing to fight everything, even something as sweet as a rose

“HOLD FAST” (for a good grip for rigging)

compass rose (always finding your way home)

Other tattoos:

waves

his crew’s slogan and flag

anchor (his character themes are anchors and storms)

I...eeeeeeeeh...like him a total normal amount so stay tuned for LOOOTS of art of him 💙

Old designs, some backstory lore drop and context for his role as NPC under the cut

(I changed his design quite a lot so please keep in mind when I post some of my older art! Also, I still have a lot to learn about drawing trans anatomy so if you see anything depicted wrong in my newer art, please dm me so I can learn!)

Old Design and Concept

As a big ass Fire Emblem Fan, I really liked the idea of a duo of two color-coded ship officers who are the complete opposite of each other, just like the iconic red-green knight-duos in FE.

Since sailors in media often have unique nicknames that are related to them, I also wanted to give them funny names that are very similar to each other to to immediately tell that they belong together. And that's how Blauauge (german for "blue eye") and Rotauge (german for "red eye") came to be!

Rotauge and Blauauge are complete opposites but get along very well…veeeeeery well 👀 Rotauge is a safe space for Blauauge where he can calm down and Rotauge likes Blauauge's company a lot.

Blauauge's design changed quite a bit since 2024 (2021, 2023, early 2024)

I still like the old design a lot, especially I already received so much art for it already and the yellow top scars were kinda iconic LMAO But I always felt like his old design didn’t show off his sailor background enough.

FUN FACT: “Blauauge” is the german term for blue-eyes, a specific kind of fishes with very bright blue eyes! I didn’t know about them when I created him, so after finishing his design, I was REALLY surprised to learn about them and coincidentally used a similar color palette sdlfkjsdlfkj

Backstory

Blauauge was born and raised on the streets of Neverwinter until Captain Sheryl took him to SoftSeaside at the age of 10. Sheryl noticed him because of his striking blue eyes and his defiant nature. When they met, he had a black eye (in german = blue eye) and gave him the nickname "Blauauge" ("blue eye" in german), which he eventually chose as his own when he transitioned. On the ship he learned to read, write and live the life of the sea. Before she took him in, he barely spoke and tried to survive by making a living by participating in underground fights. As a tiefling, he experienced a lot of racism (especially by nobility and rich people) when he was younger and even though, society changed a lot since the scars still remain. He's also feeling very disconnected to his heritage since he didn't have any contact with other tieflings. (because in this household we project our trauma on our OCs ✨)

Blauauge has been sailing on the ship for 16 years since he was 10 years old and with passing years, more people joined the crew permanently. He will never admit it but he loves them all very dearly and would do anything to protect them. Blauauge became the third mate of the ship, a role he holds with a lot of pride and he takes his duties very seriously. (While he was trying to survive on the streets, he really didn't have the headspace to think about gender (lmao) but after being adopted, he finally had a safe space to figure stuff out and his crew was really supportive during his transition for which he is extremely thankful for.)

And then, one day, a optimistic fish-looking goofball called Ni'onthe joined the crew, hehe ✨ In the beginning, he found her pretty annoying but her positive personality was really refreshing and he saw a lot of similarities (blue and yellow, trans, athelete, soft and caring) Since he is four years older than her, Ni'onthe kinda became a little sister for them. He and Ni’onthe were really good friends and was protective other her, taking her out for meals, showing her how to sail and checking on her (she really missed her parents in the beginning).

And even though, they had a lot of fun and a great time, Ni'onthe decided to leave to gain more experience and awaken her Ki. Blauauge was ✨ distraught ✨ by that and he really misses her a lot. This really got him thinking and since then, even though he loves his crew, he craves for adventures and wonders if he isn't missing something if he stays on the ship…But he is also scared to leave his loved ones behind, scared that he will not return or worse…to return and realize that he doesn't belong anymore.

Right now, he is an NPC in the mini-campaign that I'm dming right now (It's a modified self-indulgent OC version of StormWreck Isle, lol).

Quick campaign summary

As for now, during my campaign, while the party is solving the problems on the island, Blauauge does through his own fucking character arc while helping out in the village. Loyalty towards his crew and fear of leaving his home vs. the call for adventures and being very jealous that the party is fighting some monsters LMAO

However, Blauauge is currently being falsely accused of theft and banned from the temple because the party's rogue Nería (played by @/allbutnotthis) broke into the room of the grand master of the Order of Eldath to find a item. However, she got caught by Blauauge before she was able to lock the door. She gatekept, gaslighted, girlbossed her way out of this situation by using his weaknesses (aka his loyalty and softness towards his crew) against him. Blauauge believed her and promised to not snitch on her because she helped to save the ship from sinking earlier in the campaign. However, because Nería is such a good liar and Blauauge is a really bad liar, the grand master believes that Blauauge attempted to steal something and banned him from the temple temporarely until he is proven innocent or proves that he is trustworthy after all.

Let's see how this turns out LMAO

[softseaside]

Edgy black coat + Lumaer = 👌💀🖤 Lumaer (they/them) is @allbutnotthis‘ DnD character and they are the older sibling of my rogue elf Elrru 🙏 They are a cleric of Myrkul and belong to the Death Domain

Outfit is from this reel

[softseaside]

Remember this comic I made a while ago? Well, I made a little cover for it and printed and binded it to sell it at conventions! So I might as well repost the comic :D

A little comic about my rogue elf Elrru and his cleric sibling Lumaer (played by @allbutnotthis)❤️🧦

[softseaside]

I‘ve asked my friends if they have any outfit suggestions for Blauauge and @panfriedfishstick sent me an amazing fit to draw (they specifically told me to leave the shirt out lmao) so I had to draw him in something similar 💙👀 And because I couldn’t decide on the pattern and if rendered or flat colored, have multiple versions 🙊 The urge to create content for my man is endless 😔🙏

Also alternative versions bc I am so normal about him (shark shirt for the moe gap and flat colors because they kinda slapped)

(⚠️ this is older art so it doesn't show the right top scars and his phalloplasty scar is missing)

[softseaside]

Duel ⚔️

Little comic about Lunko (he/they), my beautiful and neurodivergent bard who I adore dearly 💙✨

Context: In the final battle of the “Multi”-One-Shot in which I played Lunko, he didn’t have any spell slots left and used a rapier instead since bards do have proficiency in rapiers. To my surprise, I actually hit pretty well with it and I’d like to imagine that their sister Livan taught them how to wield a rapier while the two of them still lived in their palace in the Feywild ✨🤺

Livan, Lunko's sister, is designed by my friend @regenblumensonnenbogen ✨

[softseaside]

Let me present you Captain Sheryl, the captain of the SoftSeaside, the ship on which Ni'onthe spent 2 years.🍒 🫡

Currently, I’m dming a little campaign for my DnD group where the party solves problems on Ni’onthes home island 🏝️ they are meeting a whole lot of NPCs who are part of Ni’onthes backstory, like her parents, her former classmates and the crew she sailed with 👀 (you can find more about the other crew mates here)

I created the whole crew way back in 2021 and I always mentioned her in the main campaign when playing Ni'onthe, so I am super happy for my friends to finally met them ✨

She is an older human woman who has a chill-but-no-bullshit attitude. She always wears a mischievous smile on her face and has sailed for many, many years now with three other women on the ship.

She likes to pick up people she finds interesting or sees potention and and recruits them into her crew. “Everyone on this team strives for freedom in their own way.” Maybe a freedom that they have yet to discover.”

During Ni'onthe's time at the ship, Sheryl always told her that she has to live freely and occasionally gave her a reality check cecause Ni'onthe was very naive and tend to overestimated herself. Ni'onthe is very grateful for Sheryl showing her "how to live freely" (also she was really gay for her ksdjskdj). Ni'onthe was also asked to join the crew but while Ni'onthe loved the time on the ship she understood that she needs to see gather new experience to awaken her Ki (the main reason why she even sailed with the crew in the first place).

During the main campaign, Ni'onthe heard about a pirate called the "Sheryl the Scarlet One" or the "Blood-Redded Sheryl", a brutal woman who has spilled a lot of blood but has died many years ago. I wonder if she has anything to do with her captain? 👀🤔

Bonus: some old drawings of her from 2021 and 2023

[softseaside]

Drew this for Pride 2024 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️❤️ I finally managed to finish a Pride drawing featuring my OCs/DnD characters and I’m super happy about how it turned out ❤️

Maybe next year, we finally get a Pride drawing with my comic cast when the reboot is hopefully launched already 🫡

Also a little process video in case you are interested hehe

[softseaside]

Anyone knows the book series "The Locked Tomb"? 💀🖤☄️

I read the first book "Gideon the Ninth" a while ago and it is SO GOOD!! I rarely draw fanart but when I was reading this book, I was very inspired so I had to make stickers of the lesbian necromancers in space :^)

Anyways, I highly recommend reading the first book and I'm currently reading the second book👏

(⚠️Please no spoilers for "The locked Tomb" Series!⚠️)

[softseaside]

Blauauge (”blue eye”) but give him different eyes colors depending on his mood 😐🤢😡🥰🤨

Since he has access to the Thaumaturgy cantrip as a tiefling, I liked the idea that he can change his eye colors depending on his mood 👀💙 They only change when feeling very strong emotions and he doesn’t notice the color change 🤔

Blauauge didn’t raise up with other tieflings and therefore feels disconnected to his heritage and doesn’t know how to use his corresponding tiefling traits 🤔 ALSO, he is very bad at regulating his emotions ✨

[softseaside]

POV: You and your party just finished your very first quest and finally arrive at the hub again when you suddenly see the pretty blue tiefling taking a bath in the holy waters during his watch and notices you 👀💦

Little cutscene from one of the sessions from my mini-campaign from a while ago 💙 This started as a little doodle in which I wanted to see how Blauauge looks without pupils like other tieflings but then...it lowkey turned into light study that I decided to clean up ✨ (Can’t really call it a study if I didn’t used any reference lmao)

[softseaside]

During my current mini-campaign, Nería, one of the party members, (played by @allbutnotthis) decided to spontaneously start a heist at the first day of arriving the hub 🫠 Unfortunately for them, the heist didn’t suceed the first time but they wanted to try again so to help them visualize the heist, I made my very first isomatric map! 🗺️👀

It was a lot of fun using this map in the actual session and my players had a blast! Nería DID succeed the heist btw but got caught by Blauauge and gatekept, gaslighted and girlbossed her way with some insanely high Deception rolls and now we have some very dramatic soap opera mystery going on, it’s amazing lmao

I had a lot of fun making this map and DMing gives me so many creative ideas but OH BOY, I can’t wait to be a player again 🙏