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cy-cyborg-draws · 5 days
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This is Pedri, one of the side characters from my comic Voidstar. He's a long-time friend of Wev's, an expert spaceship mechanic and pilot. Originally, he showed up late in the first arc of the story, but in the last batch of rewrites his introduction got pushed back to late in the second arc. Despite taking a bit longer to appear, I am planning for him to play a major roll in the story!
I actually drew him on my first art stream on twitch today! It was pretty fun and I think I am going to keep doing regular streams!
[ID: An illustration of a bipedal, 4 armed, blue alien with a long snout, 4 eyes and 6 rabbit-like ears. There is webbing between the aliens' arms and torso, creating a pair of wing-like appendages. He is wearing loose clothing with an opening over his stomach, showing a pouch on his stomach with a mask hanging around his neck, holding a spanner. /End ID]
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cy-cyborg-draws · 6 days
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I've been wanting to give streaming another go lately, and spent today and yesterday making a PNG-tuber and some new overlays. I'm really happy with how they look!
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With everything up and working now, I'm planning to do my first stream tomorrow at 4:30 Australian Eastern Standard Time for a few hours on Twitch. I'm going to be working on some concept art for my comic, so come by and chat or just hang out if you'd like! If all goes well, I'd like to stream weekly, but we'll see how the first one goes.
[ID 1: An image of Nix, a purple anthropomorphic dragon wearing a blue shirt, sitting slouched on a brown couch in front of a backdrop of a purple-tinted starry sky. They are holding an Ipad in one hand, drawing with the other, and their mouth is open as though they are talking. /End ID 1]
[ID 2: A screenshot of a purple and yellow space-themed stream overlay. The background is a purple gradient sky with tiny yellow stars. In the foreground is a number of boxes, all with borders that are dark purple at the top, and an orange-gold at the bottom. In the top left are boxes that show the current viewer count and what song is playing. Under that is a large box with the "Cy Cyborg, Pronouns Xe/They" written at the bottom, where the main screen of the stream will go. Beside that is a box with the same image as above, but Nix's mouth is closed. Under that is another box that is darker inside the frame for the chat. /End ID 2]
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cy-cyborg-draws · 8 days
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Wev's headphones
In my comic Voidstar, Wev (the character depicted here) is autistic, and I knew from pretty early on that one of the things she was going to struggle with was sound sensitivity (something I struggle with as an autistic person as well). there's a few scenes in the first arc where she is wearing headphones, including in her introduction while she's at work and I realised pretty early on the normal over-ear headphones wouldn't work for her, so I got to work sketching up some alternatives.
Her species has 6 ears, though the ethnicity she belongs to only has two with a big, outer structure, the other 4 are more similar to the ear holes you see on birds. And so it took me a while to figure out something that would work for her. The earbuds for her primary ears needed to be able to stay in place, even when the ear itself is moving around. For the ears that didn't have the big, movable structure, I figured they still might need something to stabilise them, considering they are located on the side of the jaw, and there's not really anything for a normal ear-bud to hang onto, so for those, I went with something that had some kind of reusable adhesive to keep it in place (which would also help to block sound further).
I felt the designs though, when put all together looked a little too... mechanical and didn't really match the vibe I was going for with her character. To be fair though, a lot of disability aids can look like that even irl, but a lot of disabled people decorate them. Wev already has a lot of plant-themed jewellery, so I figured she might have decorated her noise-cancelling earbuds with fake flowers to add some personal flair.
[ID: A page of sketches depicting a set of earbuds for Wev, an alien character. Down the bottom are two sketches of her. She is a red alien with a yellow underbelly. She has a long snout, four eyes (two of which are purple, two are golden), two large, rabbit-like ears and two long antennae. She also has 4 smaller ear holes near the back of her jaw, though they are covered in both sketches. The sketch on the bottom left shows her wearing "earbuds" designed for her species. In her bigger ears, she has a bud lodged in the folds of her ear, attached to a gold ring at the ear's base with purple string. On her two smaller ears are large flat buds that cover her ear openings entirely. They too are tied to the ring with the same purple string. This image is labelled undecorated. To the right is a similar drawing, bud the buds on her smaller ears are covered in pink flowers. This image is labelled decorated. Above these images are very rough sketches showing what each of the earbuds look like in more detail with text to give more information. The sketches labelled "primary ear bud" show the buds hidden in the other sketch by the folds of Wev's ear. It shows the bud is long in shape. arrows point to the tip and a ring about halfway down from a label that reads "silicone to help stabilise the earbud when ears move/keep noise out". A sketch beside it shows that the ring at the base of the ear comes apart, labelled "ring unlocks for easy removal". Next is two sketches of the secondary ear buds for the smaller ears. One shows a close up of the outside of the bud. The bud itself is shaped like half a sphere, and is surrounded by a brim at it's edge. String is tied to the back of the spherical bud, with an arrow pointing to it saying "The buds are wireless, but Wev ties them together in case one falls off." The last sketch shows the underside, showing that under the brim is a speaker. There is an arrow pointing to the brim that says "Silicone rims coated with a mild adhesive keeps the secondary buds in place and blocks sound." /End ID]
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cy-cyborg-draws · 21 days
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More Voidstar Lore: The Tabiri
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The Tabiri are an entirely space-faring group of Kepek, living aboard a group of roaming colony ships collectively called The Tabiren. The Tabiri claim that they were the first Kepek to reach the stars and are responsible for setting the species on course to become the galaxy-spanning empire they are today.
The Tabiri are rather rigid in how they view the world, and are generally not keen on change in really any capacity. Because of this, those who don't conform often end up leaving The Tabiren in adulthood, which was the case for Wev (one of Voidstar's protagonists).
The particular Tabiri Kepek depicted here is Nera, a consistent... presence in Wev's life, no mater how far from the Tabiren she seems to travel.
[ID: An illustration of a large blue alien with four arms though three of them are behind her back, two legs and a long tail. He has a long snout, 4 eyes and two long, rabbit-like ears. She has bright yellow spots and is wearing dark blue clothing consisting of a loose, long-sleeved shirt and vest, long pants and a long skirt-like coat-tails. /End ID]
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cy-cyborg-draws · 22 days
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Low-gravity kiss
I've been wanting to do some cute ship art with these two for AGES but just hadn't gotten around to it until now. Dose it count as ship art if they're my own OC's? probably not but meh, I don't care and I think they're cute lol
Unrelated but this is the first time I've drawn Xari's space legs since my prosthetist helped me redesign them. He follows me on Instagram and I find it incredibly funny that this will be the first artwork he sees with them lmao
[ID: An illustration of Xari and Wev, two alien characters kissing in front of a red, starry sky. Wev is the larger of the two and has red scales with yellow ring-shaped spots. They have four arms, a long snout and two long, two rabbit-like ears, two legs and a long tail. Xari is substantially shorter, is teal in colouration and has the same general body-shape as Wev, with 6 ears instead of two, and two prosthetic legs that end in glowing blue jets. Xari has jumped slightly into the air to reach Wev and kiss them. /End ID]
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cy-cyborg-draws · 26 days
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I've been updating some of the concept art for my comic, Voidstar and realised there was a bunch of art I never uploaded/have altered since it was last posted, so here's some art + lore about the people of the comic's setting
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The Kepek live all over the galaxy, but the Iktan people are fairly unique compared to the other members of their species.
The Ikta diverged from the rest of the Kepek civilisation millennia ago. Their ancestors were part of the fleet that fled the Kepek home world, but their ship was knocked off course and thought lost. In reality, however, they had found a new planet to call their home, a tidally locked planet called Vakib. At first, the Kepek could only survive in the narrow band of twilight, but soon, the resourceful Kepek found ways to venture further out, into other parts of the planet. The Ikta are the descendants of those who ventured out into the planet's frozen dark-side.
Most Kepek are covered in scales, but the Ikta are covered in thick, dark feathers. Notably, they are the only known kepek to have no tails, likely to aid in keeping their bodies warm.
They wear clothing that is always brightly coloured, primarily warm colours like red, orange and pink, and adorned with bright-coloured spots and markings to make them more visible in the snow. Modern Iktan clothing often includes lights to aid with this.
ID: An illustration of a Kepek, a large alien creature with 4 arms and two legs. This Kepek has dark feathers, which are covered entirely except for on it's face, which is long and rabbit-like, with 6 long ears ending in feathery tufts and 4 yellow eyes. It wears layered red clothing decorated with golden stripes and spots, consisting of a cape, a jacket, a long skirt and pants underneath, with dark pinkish-red gloves and shoes. Above the illustration is "The peoples of Voidstar: The Ikta" in blue text. The Kepek is standing next to the silhouette of a human, and in the background is a height chart. The human measures around 2m tall, the Kepek measures at 5.5m. /End ID
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cy-cyborg-draws · 27 days
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I'm officially declairing whoever made clip studio modeller as my nemesis. I just wanted my queer alien's referance models in clip studio paint so i dont have to load up blender every time i want to draw them together, why was that so needlessly hard 😭
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Id: a screenshot showing two 3D alien characters. Both chatacters are bipedal with 4 arms and two legs, 4 eyes, long snouts and long tails. The larger one on the left is red with a yellow underbelly, yellow ring-shaped spots and two long ears. The one on the right is smaller and teal coloured with a pale teal underbelly, bright aqua coloured stripes on their face and 6 ears. They have two white prosthetic legs with small, blade-like feet. /end ID
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cy-cyborg-draws · 1 month
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Posting this here too just so we're clear. Me depicting disabled chatacters in my art is not an invitation to sexualise them/me.
I've been getting some comments lately so it's time to establish a boundary.
If you come onto my writing disability posts (or really any of my posts, including ones on my art account) to make unwelcone sexual comments about me, my disability or the disability im talking about in that post, you're getting blocked. If you leave those comments in my ask box, you're also getting blocked (because yes, even if you're anonymous, you can still be blocked).
I'm not here to shame, you can be into whatever you want to be into, as long as you're engaging with it with consenting and informed adults. I do not consent. End of story. My comment section on a post educating an audience that often includes minors about disability representation is not the place to tell me what you want to do with my stumps, your character's stumps or even your own stumps. Keep it to yourself/between you and the other aforementioned consenting and informed adults.
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cy-cyborg-draws · 2 months
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I realised that despite them being part of the main trio of characters in Voidstar, I didn’t have any artwork for Ravu on their own (at least none depicting them as they appear in most of the comic), so here’s some baby Ravu art!
Ravu is part of a species of dragon-like creatures considered to be gods by many of the galaxy’s people. Ravu’s egg was seemingly abandoned, and found by Xari, whom Ravu almost immediately bonds to upon hatching. But a baby god is bound to draw the attention of others…
[ID: an illustration of baby Ravu, a purple dragon-like creature with two legs, a long serpentine body, six long ears and small star-like spots. They are floating in space, surrounded by small asteroids./End ID]
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The dragons of Sauvias - Pt2: Sun Dragons
Sun dragons are the smallest of all of the sauvian dragons, but despite their small (relative) size, they are the most physically powerful.
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They draw elemental energy from the sun and daylight, granting them a stream of concentrated, magma-like fire as a breath weapon that is strongest during the day, especially around noon. They may share an elemental affinity with the dawn dragons, but their fire burns much hotter and deals much more damage.
Like all Sauvian dragons, they also draw power from their hoard consisting of sapient creatures, however they are much pickier than dawn dragons. Sun dragons favour warriors and fighters. They care little for what methods their hoards employ or what weapons they choose to use, so long as they are honourable and fight using primarily their body's innate strength and dexterity over magic - something the sun dragons strongly dislike, but will tolerate in smaller doses. It's very common to see fighters, barbarians, monks and occasionally champions or even some rangers among their ranks.
Most sun dragons serve King Bexeras and his kingdom, turning their hoards into the kingdom of Drakar's military. Those who don't answer to the king often form fighter's guilds or mercinary companies. There are even a few instances of large bandit operations being run by sun dragons, however this something both dawn and sun dragons collectively see as taboo and is a pretty sure-fire way to end up with a lot more negative attention than it's worth.
From their hoards, sun dragons gain a second breath weapon that functions similarly to the spell "ray of enfeeblement" - draining the target's strength and causing them to gain the "enfeebled" condition. Most sun dragons will only ever use this secondary ability in times of desperate need, as it's use is seen as cowardly. It is thought that sun dragons also gain physical strength from their hoards.
In return, members of the hoards are given the dragon's protection, resistance to fire and if they are especially powerful, a +1 boost to their strength or dexterity score.
[ID: an illustration of a pudgy orange dragons with fiery yellow and orange feathered wings. The dragon's face is short and beaked, and a line of orange feathers run down it's back. The height chart in the background indicates it's about 4m tall, and the human silhouette standing in front comes up to it's shoulder joint. /End ID]
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cy-cyborg-draws · 2 months
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The Dragons of Sauvias - Pt 1 Dawn Dragons
Like most Pathfinder settings, Sauvias is home to many dragons, including a few unique to the region. There are 5 Sauvian dragon species who draw their powers from two places; the sky, and their hoards.
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I really liked Pointy Hat's idea over on youtube, of more social dragons who hoard people instead of treasure. Like his Warden dragons, the Sauvian dragons seek out people to add to their "collections" which in turn, helps them grow in power. Some of the dragons collect people with specific skills and abilities, but some, like the Dawn Dragons, are less picky.
The dawn dragons draw their elemental power from the morning sun, granting them a fire breath weapon that, while not as strong as a usual fire breath weapon, radiates outwards like a wave, damaging more enemies around them. Their elemental powers are strongest at the break of dawn and in the early morning.
It is the dawn dragons - and specifically their current king, Bexeras, that are credited with making sauvias into the land it is today. they were the ones to discover that living beings - and in particular, sapient beings - gave them more power than the precious gems they previously collected. Since dragons were the only sapient beings living permanently the continent at the time (excluding the merfolk who mostly kept to themselves), King Bexeras invited creatures from other regions of the world to come and live, formally founding the kingdom of Drakar, the first of the Sauvian kingdoms.
Most dawn dragons today serve King Bexeras as lords and other similar nobility, with the citizens of their area becoming their hoard. Those who have sworn themselves to Bexeras also share their hoards with him, functionally making the entire kingdom's population his hoard.
Since the only thing connecting most members of a dawn dragon's hoard is the fact they are all sapient creatures, the powers they gain from them can be a bit random, but most dawn dragons gain a secondary ability in the form of a psychic blast that deals an increasing amount of mental damage depending on the hoard's size.
Despite dawn dragons seeing their citizens as members of the hoard, they value the consent of their hoard members and do not draw power from them without permission. When a citizen of a region controlled by a dawn dragon comes of age, they are offered a formal place in the hoard, giving the dragon permission to use them to grow their power. Should they accept, the dragon will grant the individual an increase in power as thanks. This most often comes in the form of resistance to mental damage and, if the dragon is especially powerful, a +1 to one of their mental ability scores (charisma, wisdom or intelligence). They are however, able to refuse the invitation to join the hoard and remain in their home town or city. The dragon itself doesn't mind a few non-members inhabiting the city, even long-term, though others may not look upon that choice so kindly and "encourage" the individual to leave, since the hoard members see joining as contributing to their collective protection.
[ID: An image of a pale orange dragon with wings that fade from yellow to pink with stars along the edge, resembling the sky at sunrise. The background is a tan coloured height chart showing that the dragon stands at about 6m tall at the head and 16m tall with it's wings raised. There is also a small human silhouette in front of the dragon, coming up to it's elbows for scale. /End ID]
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cy-cyborg-draws · 3 months
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The Red Velo Tavern
Another Map for Sauvias! This is the Red Velo Tavern, located in the outer western region of the city of Torebli. It get's it's name from the owner's pet Velociraptor, Rusty who can often be seen hanging around the stage on the ground floor, waiting for patrons to drop their snacks.
The red velo is a middle of the road tavern, cost-wise, however, patrons can sometimes win a free night's stay and meals at the nightly talent shows the tavern hosts. They also offer pet-sitting for when your adventures are a little too dangerous for pets.
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I made a bunch of brushes and drag-and-drop assets so I can make these kinds of maps quicker, even when I don't have my drawing tablet with me (e.g. when I'm traveling or having a flare up and can't sit at my desk for long periods of time). I'm planning to make them public once I figure out how to actually do that, but Clip Studio was being difficult so that might be a while still lol.
[ID: A map showing a top-down view of the inside of a medieval tavern. There is a bar near the front door and two bedrooms near the entrance. Further along is a wide dining area with a number of square tables. On the left side of the dining area is a stage with several bar stools gathered around it./End ID] [ID2: Another map showing the second floor of the tavern. Along the right and bottom sides of the floor are 4 bedrooms and a washroom. A chunk has been cut out of this floor, creating a balcony-like arrangement allowing guests upstairs to see the stage below. It is shown that a rudimentary wooden lift connects the two floors. /End ID2]
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cy-cyborg-draws · 3 months
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I don't usually share my maps for worlbuilding projects, but this is the first time I've made a city map without tools like Inkarnate or other similar tools and I'm really happy with how it turned out. That and it's been a while since I talked about my pathfinder homebrew lol.
Torebli is a city in my homebrew pathfinder setting Sauvias, within the kingdom of Heralia. It is surrounded by rainforest and wetlands (across the lake depicted on the west of this map). While a fairly diverse city, it has the largest population of the semi-aquatic Axoli people and as such, has several residential districts partially submerged in the lake.
Every year during the spring time, Torebli is host to The Festival of Flames (working title lol) - a celebration honouring a hero from the ancient draconic wars in Sauvias's history (I'm keeping it vague because some of the players in the campaign I'm planning to run follow me on here and this festival is connected to the story).
[ID: An illustrated, top down map of a medieval city along a lake shore. The city's wall and several of the buildings extends into the water, and around the city on land is dense forest. In the bottom right is the name of the city, Torebli, and in the top right is a compass rose to indicate that north is towards the top of the image. /End ID]
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cy-cyborg-draws · 3 months
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I've been in a bit of an art funk lately, so I decided to draw this shark as part of the thumbnail for a blog post I'm working on for something a bit different, and I guess I got a bit more into it than I planned. I really like how it turned out, so I figured I'd post him on his own!
[ID: An illustration of a great white shark swimming near the rocky bottom of the ocean, surrounded by a school of smaller silver fish. /End ID]
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cy-cyborg-draws · 5 months
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The people of Sauvias: The Axoli
The Axoli are the axolotl-folk of Heralia, and one of the playable ancestries in Sauvias, my home-brewed pathfinder 2e setting.
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For the most part, they can only be found in small numbers in or around lakes and rivers deep within marshlands and jungles of central sauvias, but some occasionally venture out into the wider world. Those who do often find luck working as healers or serving as clerics due to their innate healing abilities, or as either rangers or druids thanks to their connection with the water and marshlands.
Their towns and cities are built along lakes and rivers, and their houses are often partially submerged in the water, usually with a few rooms under the surface, and a few above.
I've made up an ancestry document for anyone interesting in trying them out in their own games (feedback is welcome)! This is a draft version and it might change a bit once I get a chance to actually play-test properly, but I designed them to play as a cross between the Azreketi, gripli and lizardfolk.
[ID: An lustration of an anthropomorphic, yellow axolotl with pink, fluffy gills a green leather vest and shorts. They are holding a wooden staff with a blue orb on top. In the background is a height chart indicating they are just under 120cm tall. Above is the Sauvias Logo. /End ID]
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Pets in Sauvias: Velociraptors
When you don't have animals like wolves to domesticate into dogs, who becomes man's best friend? Well Velociraptors of course!
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In my pathfinder 2e setting, Sauvias, Velociraptors (or "velos" for short) were domesticated a few thousand years ago to serve as both companions and working animals. They have been bread to aid their people with a number of tasks, from hunting in packs and helping farmers direct their hadrosaurus herds, to pulling devices known as basket-sleds, a type of carrage-like device used by the smaller people of Sauvias to navigate through the dense jungles in the centre of the continent.
Wild velos are typically between 30-40cm tall with sandy brown coats, but through domestication, dozens of different breeds have been created that range in both colour and size, with the biggest reaching a little over 60cm tall.
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And of course, the people of sauvias have found a number of ways to show that their feathery friends are a part of the family. Some choose a classic leather collar or ankle band. Others choose decorative fabrics adorned with their family crests and patterns to tie around their necks like a bandana or waists.
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Others use intricately designed harnesses with the family crest engraved into the clip and decorative beads, and those who live in regions with dangerous aerial threats often put capes with eye-like markings and armour on their pet velos in a hope to deter predators.
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Mechanics
Of course, Velociraptors already exsist in the base Pathfinder 2e game, and the velos of Sauvias use the same stat-blocks as them, with smaller breads of velo using the weak variant stats and larger breeds typically using the elite stat variant. Players can also have a Velo as an animal companion using the existing Dromaeosaur stats.
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[ID 1: An image of a feathered velociraptor with a sandy-brown coat, pale brown underbelly and a darker brown stripe running down it's back. Above it is the Sauvias Logo and in the background is a height chart, showing this velociraptor is about 35cm tall. /End ID 1] [ID 2: 6 images of Velociraptors in the same pose as the original on a brown background. The top left dinosaur is the one from the first image, labelled "wyld", to it's left is a raptor with light brown fur and dark white and brown spots, labelled "Spotted". Below those two are more brightly coloured velociraptors. The one on the left is a rusty red with a yellow stripe starting at it's eyes and running down it's body, all the way to it's tail, labelled "Drakari Red". The one on the right is mossy green in colour with yellow-ish green speckles on it's back labelled "Herali Green". The final row shows two black velociraptors, the one on the left is entirely black, labelled "Night-feather", while the one on the right has white spots on it's snout, around it's eyes and down it's back, labelled "dotted". /end ID 2] [ID 3: An image of two more velociraptors facing one another. The one one the left is black with a leather collar around it's neck and on it's right back leg. On the left is the pale velociraptor with spots, wearing a light-blue bandanna and a large piece of fabric held to the raptor's waist with a leather belt. /end ID 3] [ID 4: two more Velociraptors facing eachother, wearing accessories. The one on the left is the green velociraptor and is wearing a leather harness adorned with gold and turquoise beads. The one on the right is the original brown velociraptor wearing grey, stone-like plated armour over it's neck and a turquoise cape shaped like moth wings with false-eyes on them. /end ID 4]
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I've been taking over on my main account about how I've been doing a lot of world building lately but was never quite sure how to share any of it. I'm thinking of using platforms like Obsidian Publish for my bigger ones like my webcomic's setting eventually, but for the smaller ones like the one I'm working on right now, I'm probably going to just talk about them here since I usually make art to go along with most of the notes! I've installed a theme on this page that lets you see posts under a certain tag, so each world building setting will get its own tag!
Anyway, The project I'm currently working on right now is called Sauvias, a pathfinder 2e setting for a homebrew campaign my partner and I are planning to run.
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Sauvias is a land of dinosaurs and other, much more ancient beasts. Even the people of Sauvias look quite different from those in other parts of the world. While humanoids do inhabit Sauvias too, you're much more likely to encounter one the insectoid Insavan people, the draconic Drakari people, the axolotl-like Axoli, merfolk who have found ways to traverse the land and sea and many, many more (all of whom are playable).
While the creatures and people may look different, one thing Sauvias shares with the more familiar worlds of pathfinder 2e, is that it's always in need of heroes to deal with the rising threats, magical and otherwise.
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I'm eventually going to make a propper map, but I'm using this one while I learn how to actually do that lol
All of the posts I make for this project are going to be under the tags "Sauvias" and "worldbuilding" which (should) both linked on the little sidebar on my page!
[ID 1: A logo on a dark brown background with light tan text and a light tan boarder. On the left is the silhouette of a continent roughly in the shape of a triceratops head, and to it's right is the word "Sauvias". /end ID 1] [ID 2: A map of the same landmass from the logo. This map shows Sauvias's tropical south-west side and arrid north-eastern side, divided by a mountain range running down it's centre. Several of the regions are labelled, and a faint hexagon grid has been overlaied onto the image with a scale in the bottom left corner indicating each hexagon represents about 30km. /end ID]
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