#This of course means that Micah will take any chance he gets to compliment Zulius...

[stars-self-ships]

Well, that post I made last weekend regarding my thoughts on the first few episodes of Centaurworld really got quite a bit of attention, didn't it? Well, I'm pleased to report that on the Sunday of that weekend, I ended up watching the remaining five episodes of the series in one sitting, and... WOW.

As it turns out, as of writing that gush post, I REALLY hadn't seen anything yet. Not only did the lore start to really pick up after the halfway point, but I learned that episode six has one of my favorite songs, 'The Butt of the Joke', and episode seven is officially my favorite of the ten because it has such a big focus on Zulius!

Though, more on that later, because now that I've finished Centaurworld, I could finally start thinking about what a potential Centaurworld S/I would look like, and with a whole lot of attention to detail...

I've designed myself my very own Centaurworld self-insert!

(Stand-alone artwork and an overview of him are under the cut!)

When I knew that I eventually wanted to draw out a self-insert for Centaurworld, there was one thing that I wanted to keep in mind for when I got around to designing him— I hoped to make the end result look as close to the show's visual style as possible.

By that I mean I wanted his design to look like it could actually be plausible in Centaurworld, like you could stick him in the background of a shot and he wouldn't look too out of place. Of course, this meant that I had to try my hand at drawing in Centaurworld's artstyle, though thankfully that was less of a challenge and more of a fun exercise!

I mention in the post that I linked earlier that I was anticipating on my Centaurworld sona being modeled after some variety of fauna— luckily, deertaurs do show up for a brief moment in episode five, so I used that as a major reference all the while attempting to match the lineart and coloring style the show uses.

I think what I'm proud of the most is not the fact that I'm finally learning how to draw taur halves (Horse is going to make for a PERFECT reference for when I draw Miles again), but how the shading turned out. I very rarely shade my art because, in all honesty, I don't quite know how to, though the way I shaded the torso and the blush on his face makes him look like he's legitimately from Centaurworld!

And I couldn't just draw him without a background to go along with the standalone art.

While it doesn't match up 1:1 with the depth and beauty a lot of Centaurworld's background art has, this still is easily one of the best backgrounds that I've ever drawn, even with the fact that it wouldn't have been possible without numerous references I used from the first episode.

I noticed that there's quite a focus on gradients in certain aspects of the background art of the show, so I took that observation and ran with it, creating this Centaurworld-styled background in the span of a single evening. It was quite fun to draw and it looks spectacular with the art of my S/I paired with it!

With art specifics out of the way, I can now take a moment to talk about this particular self-insert— his name is Micah (I initially wanted to put a 'Centaurworld spin' on my name, like how 'Gebbrey' is derived from 'Jeffery', though I figured my name by itself sounds unique in its own way) and he is a droll yet reclusive deertaur. Due to his sheepish nature, Micah tends to prefer seclusion, and is more often than not seen in a large, deep blue sweater (Not pictured... yet) that covers up his top half completely, of which he is self-conscious over.

Perhaps his most unique magic spell is his ability to effortlessly replicate another being's voice, a talent he first learned he had when his voice one day shifted into that of a more feminine tone mid-sentence, making for an embarassing revelation. With enough practice, he was able to maintain when he could use the power at will, and can easily pick up on somebody else's voice and vocal mannerisms by just listening to them for a minute or two.

Micah is also extremely smitten with a certain zebrataur... Zulius. While he hasn't yet mustered up the courage to interact with him directly, he almost always dotes over him from afar. As a result of this, Zulius' voice is one of Micah's most accurate vocal replications, a power he uses to sometimes talk to himself in the zebrataur's voice... perhaps one day he will be brave enough to talk to Zulius.

All in all, I'm super proud of how this all turned out, and was just so excited to show it to those in the Centaurworld community here on tumblr!

#Self-Insert #Self-Insert Art #S/I #S/I x F/O #Self-Ship Community #Centaurworld #Centaurworld OC #I don't always go overboard when drawing something... but when I do #Boy howdy do I #It's a good thing that Centaurworld's artstyle is pretty simple to get a grasp of. #Otherwise there would have been no way that this would have turned out as well as it did #With that said you can bet that I ABSOLUTELY ship him and Zulius. #A lot of their relationship dynamic would be Zulius trying to get him to be proud of how he looks #Micah is in no way as self-aggrandizing as Zulius is so he very much appreciates the reassurance #This of course means that Micah will take any chance he gets to compliment Zulius... #... which then leads to Zulius complimenting himself... #... and then it's a no-holds battle of who can compliment Zulius better. #It's all in good fun though! #Also! If he were to have a musical number... it'd be a fast-paced big band/swing song #Seeing as that IS one of my favorite musical genres