#I was playing around a bit with brushes

[fruity-arts]

What do you mean dress up??? The extremely cute and flawless fairy princess guardian of your dreams is here!!!!

#AAAAAAAAAAAAAA lilia vanrouge. #lilia dressing up as a princess so little silver can dress up as a knight to save him from the dragon (malleus) is real to me also #but I just needed to draw peepaw being a silly princess #had fun rendering this :] #I was playing around a bit with brushes #he gets a crown AND a bow because I said so #twisted wonderland #twst #twst fanart #diasomnia #lilia vanrouge #twisted wonderland fanart #disney twisted wonderland #also kinda random but I loveeee Lilia’s room #I want to look through all his souvenirs and trinkets #twst art

[styllwaters]

KNIGHT DEITIES

It's been a hot minute since I posted Vivere 44 art. Been intensely busy with school for the past few months but now that I've graduated I've got a lot of time to kill! Since the Knights post surpassed 1k notes I figured I may as well elaborate on them more. I'm so blown away by how much love they're getting already! Thank you all <3

I'm gonna talk a bit about Mountain and Plains Knight religions, mythology and a snippet of evolutionary history. I will cover Polar Knight religions in another post. The focus is on two gods in particular, Uwet-Jana and Kiraiarik.

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Uwet-Jana is the demigod of good health, vitality, and inner balance. In some regions they are also the god of fertility. The name of their Host is Uwetsil, and their Helmet is Serrjana. Mainly worshiped by Mountain cultures, Uwet-Jana takes the form of a Knight whose Host and Helmet are physically merged into a singular being.

Kiraiarik [pronounced ki-rai-ah-rik] is the personification of the host-helmet symbiotic relationship. They are the god of symbiosis, rebirth, and love. Kiraiarik was the name given to two immortal partners, a Host and a Helmet, who began as a singular being born to the sea in Ettera’s prehistoric era. Ettera decided to make them Two, one half (the Helmet) ruling over the sea and the other (the Host) having domain over the land. The story goes that in every form they take, they try to find each other - for their body remembers being One.

Both gods have lots of lore to their name. Further information below!

UWET-JANA

Uwet-Jana's Host body has long spines and red stripes like a Pike, and long fingerlike paws like a Helmet's manipulators. The Helmet section sports two long horns and elegant facial markings. Uwet-Jana has an iridescent sheen on their golden fur, catching the rays of the sun in a shimmering glow.

The story of Uwet-Jana is as follows: Both Uwetsil and Serrjana were born as runts, in a dark time when sickly Knights were seen as curses and not worth caring for. Their Order, believing them to be bad omens, cast them out to wander the tundra alone. They believed that the natural forces of Ettera (the Knight’s homeplanet) would quickly end them. However, Ettera took pity on the castaway, sending them three blessings. The first gift was a bone with marrow inside that ensured one is never hungry or thirsty again. Then, Ettera sent a warm, sweet wind into Uwet-Jana’s lungs which warded off all sickness and disease. Finally, a sun shower fell, the rains cleansing them and blessing them with a coat made of ivory and gold.

Transformed into a demigod with a hybrid body, Uwet-Jana was offered a place among the deities in the sky - but they refused, preferring to stay on the ground to share their gift with the mortals. Unbeknownst to them, their Order who had exiled them was struck by three curses from the Gods to mirror Uwet-Jana’s blessings: all the rivers in the area dried up and all their hunts were unsuccessful, leaving them with no food or water. Infections and diseases picked them off one by one, and a great storm ravaged the land, destroying their home and all remaining survivors. Uwet-Jana now blesses Knight Orders who take care of their sick and ailing members, and ignores those who don’t, leaving them to the wrath of the Gods.

Although they are nomadic and always on the move, many Mountain Orders will refuse to leave any sick members behind. They may also keep ivory statues of Uwet-Jana in their bags as a token of good fortune. Sometimes these statues are filled with bone marrow, or have holes which make a whistling sound as wind passes through it as a reference to Ettera’s gifts. Occasionally Pike Helmets are born with an extra long ‘horn’ spike, and are considered a child/reincarnation of Uwet-Jana. Additionally, whenever it rains while the sun is still shining, it is seen as a blessing from the demigod.

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KIRAIARIK

Kiraiarik's Host is depicted as a small creature with a striped pelt to mirror its ancestral form, and the Helmet as an aquatic beast with long, trailing red fins. It is frequently shown twisting around the Host, sharing its blood. Kiraiarik is also often simplified as two disembodied eyes looking at each other. (And yes, the artstyle is a nod to medieval depictions of heraldic beasts!)

To understand Kiraiarik, one must be aware of how much Plains religions are intrinsically tied to concepts of evolution and paleontology.

Digression on the origins of Etteran symbiosis: 

Large stretches of Plains Knight deserts and scrublands were once submerged beneath the sea. As a result, there are countless fossil hotspots which have been unearthed over the centuries. These high concentrations of fossilised remains have lead to Plains cultures basing their religions around said discoveries. Although many features have been warped, the general timelines are strikingly similar.

For instance, a mass extinction event occurred on Ettera millions of years ago, caused by a series of catastrophic volcanic eruptions on a worldwide scale. This event is known in Plains culture as The Remaking, traditionally interpreted as the planet shedding its skin. Many species were decimated, but some groups survived; these happened to be phyla who possessed an exposed ‘Interfacer’ organ, a precursor to the specialised Integrator organ which connects the Host’s brain to the Helmet’s. Before The Remaking, there was no prior record of the deep symbiotic connection which Knights possess (scientifically deemed ‘Hyperadvanced Mutualism’). The Interfacer organ was used in the phyla for species to communicate simple stretches of data to each other, such as health and reproductive status. After the extinction, populations of these species were dwindling. To ensure their survival, an odd phenomenon occurred in which many individuals began to interface with different species who possessed the same organ - strangely enough, some were able to successfully exchange information. These individuals survived and passed on the practice to their offspring, eventually culminating in what would be discovered as a very primitive form of mutualism. Host and Helmet ancestors (pictured above) were some of the first species to achieve this.

As the planet recovered and populations increased, the relationship continued to solidify and become more complex, with symbiotic species sharing memories, emotions and complex thought. In modern times there is now an entire class of organisms on Ettera which possess an Integrator organ for Advanced Mutualism, including Knights.

Kiraiarik is said to be a manifestation of this relationship. After The Remaking, their two halves finally managed to find each other again, eternally locked in a joyous dance of love. (Side note: the love in question is not platonic nor romantic, but a deeper kind which is indescribable and not easily understood. Due to their intricate nervous systems, Knights have a higher degree of emotional intelligence and can experience sensations we would consider alien). When a Plains Knight is experiencing inner turmoil, they will often pray to Kiraiarik to restore a healthy connection. The god’s blessing is also called upon when an infant Host and Helmet first Assimilate.

Note: Many Plains ‘saints’ and deities have palindromic names which can be read both forwards and backwards, an indicator of holiness. Fun fact, the word Kiraiariku means “Your heart and mine are very old friends.”

Thank you for reading! More Knight content coming soon ;)

#come get yo foood #vivere 44 #my art #knights #speculative biology #spec bio #speculative evolution #sophonts #spec evo #xenobiology #art #illustration #worldbuilding #artists on tumblr #good god I have been working on this for over a month. #also been playing around with a fun new brush #a bit painterly and experimental

[medicalunprofessional]

#psychonauts #boyd cooper #the milkman #nightmaretheater #you see i dont have a name for this because it was kind of an in the moment occurance #i was playing around with some brushes and it..kinda just happened #flashbanging my poor followers used to my dark ass art sorry #turn your brightness up? *LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER* #but seriously.The milkman is so fucking interedting to me #my favourite sleeper agent brain demon 💞💞💞💞 #i will always be depicting him as an angel.Its important i think?You get me?????Thanks #mostly did the rendering on one layer :) #time on canvas: 3 hours 30 seconds #Update:Yes his hand looks a bit weird.Because i drew the wrong hand.Its okay…Its okay….I uehr I MEAN IT WAS TOTALLY INTENTIONLA🏃🏃🏃🏃

[abdocado]

Sanj

#It's a bit different t from my usual stuff #Hope you still enjoy it! #I got new brushes #Playing around with the textures has been alot of fun #one piece #opfanart #sanji (one piece)

[corpsoir]

the ketchup exploded

#guy who is always somehow covered in blood and refuses to tell you why #hey guys i can still make art apparently #of course immediately returning to drawing my pink man #ive had an art block for like 2 months but its starting to loosen a bit #trying to play around with my style and brushes more bc that usually gets me out of big art blocks like this one #calamari pavone #jjba oc #corps.oc #corps.art #cw blood #almost forgot how i fucking tag things ok.

[oktoramaa]

atrox because i cant physically draw anyone else here you are atrox nation

@creaturefeaster // @chickenstab

#art block is a bitch. seriously #but at least i got him out of it #also this is the first time i’ve colored with a new brush #so i need some feedback on that #i was playing around a bit the colors and i might have … #fucked it up just a little bit #but oh well!! #hes so preeeetttyyyyy…. <33 #atrox #colorquest

[amatres]

What was I made for?

#ama doodles #dawn (oc) #amas ocs #i just had a bit of fun with some blood splatter brushes lol #this was my way of indulging myself with a character i wont get around to playing for a while #also just for some lore only in my head this is after a dark urge character kills *redacted*

[sysig]

Shove off, nerd (Patreon)

#My art #Wander Over Yonder #Sylvia #Another little warmup :) Lots of 'em this time around! #My focus was a little more all over the place - it was fun to have a lot of little things to work on tho :) #I was mostly interested in shapes for this one Sylvia basically wrapped back in on herself #Very curvy-curly-q hehe #She's quite pretty honestly :D She's very rough and tumble and round but genuinely she's cute and pretty! #Cute's no difficulty lol - Wander's cute and Peepers is cute - and Peepers is also pretty! #But they're all cute and pretty in their own ways haha #Her simple palette is another one of my favourites ♪ A small handful of colours while still having cool details ah! #I probably overdid it with the tuft on her tail a bit but honestly I'm still not completely sure how to draw that and her comb :P #Having another excuse to use my scales brush was fun haha ♪ I think it adds a nice highlight :D #And her simple shading was fun too! Purple undertone while playing a lot with light bounce hehe #Very enjoyable :)

[transfemgeorgecostanza]

the way i live my life makes it hard to achieve anything, which perhaps implies that i should change the way i live but it's difficult bc i really have a strict schedule

#wake up - usually around/before 8am #brush teeth make tea have first cup then gay little workout #then watch a film or tv series depending on whether i have to leave the flat before noon. today i dont #film is over around 11/12 #do dishes #make lunch/breakfast #play a bit piano #go for a walk #lego time or cleaning time depending on state of flat #then its like 6pm #which means its movie time again #watch movie #go to bed #read a bit #listen to cabin pressure (i always listen to cabin pressure in december. 26+1 episodes with the last two being christmas related so its lik #an advent calendar for me #like where would there be time to like #i dont know #see i dont even know what to change #(obviously this is for days where i dont want to do anything social and dont have to work)

[squiggl3]

Accidentally made a really wacky pen that simulates 3d, here’s a download for it (and all my other brushes) for Clip Studio!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wnSglpc7e29JMoUhLi1SKDQOp64huS2i?usp=share_link

#spent quite a bit of time trying to make it customization friendly to people who arent so familiar to editing clip brushes #i added a way to try to get rid of the end of the tube. if you want to use scatter mode and have everything at full opacity: #turn off the ''ending'' option #clip studio brushes #my brushes #is it ugly? yes #is it fun to play around with? also yes

[lovely-dead-children]

#styles changed quite a bit #and i have more access to brushes etc. #might want to play around with drama #but simplistic might be better? #or a mix depending on the weight of the ask #etc #lotf #lotf simon #lotf piggy #lotf mulberry #hiraeth

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

im replaying lil bits of shb instead of progressing the msq bc i love it and man the really REALLY awkward little walk urianger has to do to when you enter rak'tika, to get y'shtola to twig what's going on with you without saying anything TOO revealing, is so fun to me.

you can see the moment where it clicks for her, too. in the moment you assume she's just surprised you're still doing hero bullshit but that was not an "it cannot be" of surprise or admiration. bc going back to that cutscene with context, she literally already couldn't tell you were a person until you spoke. and then urianger was so brazenly like "yeah we're here to throw more lightwardens at them. you'll help, right?" there was no way that she wasn't immediately running the numbers on how you looked already and not even halfway done with your ostensible mission, and going hmm, nope, don't like that. don't like that at all. don't know what the fuck urianger is thinking but i am absolutely not a fan.

#the nemesis speaks #ffxiv spoilers #swift plays ff14 #she already tapped out of the exarch's bs so fast do you think she was like HMM maybe i should have stuck around #and then i could have stopped whatever the fuck this is that you're doing #and then she was right what a hollow fucking win. yeah you were right to raise concerns he shouldn't have brushed them off! UH OH #and post zodiark fight if you decide to talk to her she reveals that shb progression was like. physically horrific for her to look at #i think it's post zodiark anyway. bc she's worried abt you being in proximity to a bunch of really strong aether again #which is great i love that what a perspective. to everyone else you're like. mostly fine? a bit tired maybe. even towards amaurot #until the moments where you're very suddenly Not. but to y'shtola and her alone you are actively bleeding out whenever she looks at you. #something nobody else can see except MAYBE ryne. and it is constantly haunting her. #LIKE I SAID i like shb a lot for. obvious reasons

[trixibebe]

oc stuff - Kori (beta outfit)

#posting some drafts #back when i was in the “making up scenarios” phase of writing lylmm i visualized the reader in this outfit... #and then i played yakuza 5 and saw that its pretty much like harukas outfit #so eventually when i decided to make kori a thing i had to choose something else #fuck it im making an oc tag: kornélia #yakuza oc #rgg oc #myart #i tried around with a different brush for this one and messed around a bit

[ashmcgivern]

Zeal has wings now

#dungeons and dragons #tiefling #dnd #art #wings #asharts #zeal #aiben #hes got THE ZOOMIES #hes VERY EXCITED about having full wings now #even if hes a bit conflicted about how they started #but hes having a great time flying around #he even got to fly with Xan a bit in the dreamscape #which I think they both needed a bit of father son play #anyway wing anatomy is wrong I need to brush up again #it was v late last night and I just reach a point where I cant be bothered to care anymore

[thethingything]

a painting based on a little moment I remembered from last summer

#our art #🍬 post #eyestrain #<- for the high contrast bits #this took less than an hour which is an impressively short time for us #I really like it though. it's not quite our usual style but it was really fun to play around with different brushes and experiment a bit #to be honest being able to do things in different styles is both really fun and really useful

[terrified-spider]

He really left you on the sidewalk, didn't He? Shame they couldn't help much. At least you were warm for a little while; that's got to be something, right?

Shoutout to that moth my classmates and I found in elementary school on the wet sidewalk outside the door. Being picked up and taken into the loud room probably sucked, but at least you were warm for a few hours before school ended. Sure we had to let you go in the end, but I still hope your death didn't hurt too much.

#tag time oof #uuuhhhhh #death mention under the cut #moth #sheep moth #moth art #insect art #bug art #digital art #insect #this looks best on dark mode tbh #something to keep in mind for when I put it on Redbubble #also playing around more with the brushes I'm using with the tarot deck #its a pain to color but the end result is nice (: #click on it for better quality- those lines look a bit pixelated otherwise. #described art