A little gift for @cigarettesandinevitablebetrayal who did the equivalent of letting off a small explosion in the group chat with some first escape vs bad end parallels.
And the visuals it inspired were like! Really fucking good!!! So. Started scribbling.
[ID: A colored and shaded digital drawing of a tigerlike tabaxi, reaching toward the viewer. She is wearing glasses and a tiger's eye necklace, and she has several books on her person. The background is a conspiracy board of assorted torn papers with writing and mechanical diagrams on it, and the tabaxi is backed by a glowing white halo. End ID]
@poisonghoulart's Wonder for the 2023 Potluck Secret Satan :) She was such a treat to draw, such a nice design
I think we really need to see more of Venti's wispy wings from his story quest and also consider: black hole halo
Honestly, it was supposed to be something simple and a quick render but then I ended up here. Once again, I started recording for a quick drawing and ended up over rendering to the point that my program crashes constantly
I was surprised and heartbroken when I saw Solar’s death, It was bittersweet he thanked Sun and Moon before he started to fade away. He was one of my favorite characters and I hope he comes back soon.
[ID: Digital painting of a stained glass window depicting Raphaniel Charlock from Dimension 20: The Ravening War, an old man with a radish head with one hand raised in the hand of benediction and the other holding his rake. He has a halo, and in the panels around him are various fruits and vegetables, as well as light bulbs. In the borders of the painting, moss and mushrooms are growing over the glass, and the bottom of the window is shattered, with its metal framing twisted. END ID]
THE FOOL - commonly meaning new beginnings and foolish actions both; the perfect card to represent the reckless and foolish iterator that started it all.
[link to speedpaint here]
[design notes under the cut]
this card is very pre-game -- pebbles had just recieved the Golden Pearl (<- this will be a recurring object) and started pulling more water than he needed. the fool himself is the main feature, reaching for the metaphorical cliff (the pearl) (a cliff to fall from like in the original fool card) as the consequences start to flicker into being under his feet, the sheer possibility writhing into reality as he barrels on without care to the consequences he will bring down to both himself and his sister. the start of it all, and the start of the end.
other design notes include:
-the rot (this is the first time i've drawn it and i am very proud of it) (also proud at how it almost looks like a hologram, not quite real just yet) the fact that pebbles' arm comes from the same direction as the rot (the consequences. the cliff.)
-the gold pearl shining like a star (i swear the original fool card was looking at a star but i guess it's not? something something the brilliance and beauty of the star blinds the fool to the consequences and danger)
-the halo (if you look at the speedpaint i will upload (have uploaded?) you'll see that i wrote fool in morse over and over) (also the halo is meant to be split into five parts with the circles being the marker for where its split. cause yknow. five pebbles.)
-and the outfit design (my own headcanon, its inspired by traditional filipino dress. in specific the top is a barong tagalog and the skirt was inspired by something i saw in the fabric part of the ayala museum. the sash was one, so there'd be something that trails cause that always looks nice in illustrations and two, to tie pebbles to moon (moon is wearing a filipiniana pre-collapse and those sometimes have sashes))
[ID: a cartoony digital drawing of two strange creatures. one is a large, yellow, six-legged catlike creature, and the other is a purple anthro wolf. the former has a long neck, body, and tail, with sunshine-shaped fur on its cheeks, chest, and tail tip. on the ends of its ears it has stars. on its ears is an orange gradient, and on its tail is a green gradient. its eyes are green, and it has a wide grin with straight teeth. by its head there are silhouettes of devil horns, as well as silhouette devil wings near its shoulders. they have a red neon glow to them. the creature is curled around the purple wolf and looking at him. the wolf has boxy ears and tail, and triangular cheek fur. he has a white mask on his face and simple eyes reminiscent of old cartoons. he also has earrings floating beside his ears. by his shoulders are silhouettes of angel wings, and behind his head there is a halo silhouette. they all have a neon glow, with the wings glowing white and the halo glowing gold. the wolf is posed as if floating, and is looking back over his shoulder at the face of the larger yellow creature. the background is black with a slight red glow from above. /end ID]
got the inspo for this and did a sketch when I was doing cringetober, but went with other characters at the time. came back to this and finished it tho, and recorded it as a speedpaint! you can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUnEm55sYT8
✨🟩Master Cheif and The Weapon from Halo Infinite 💙✨
One of my last artworks for 2023. After I got done with college for this quarter I got a chance to see how the Halo Infinite community has been revived and I’ve had a lot of fun playing its custom games, and firefight modes. I’ve also been rereading some books as well. plus I feel like it’s been a long long time since I last drew master chief and his AI companion and I figured it was time to put my new tablet to the test. ☺️
Now, if you excuse me, I’m off to go finish the fight sings Halo theme
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A bit of trivia about this piece, the words on Gabriel’s halo 起死回生 (Kishi Kaisei) means “to wake from death and return to life”
The flowers around the both of them have the following meanings baptisia (safety) calla lily (rebirth) lily of the valley (tears, pain, loss) dandelion (healing)
[ID: A colored and shaded digital drawing of a brown-skinned aasimar standing over a kneeling white-haired genasi. The aasimar has black eyes with white irises, black hair in a shaggy side-shave, and a red, splotchy birthmark across half their face. They are wearing a floor-length cloak of raven feathers and a raven perches on their shoulder. The genasi has long, wavy white hair and wears intricately detailed armor, holding their rapier in one hand. Their face is not visible. The two people are standing in a stone-walled room, and a circular stained glass window halos the aasimar and illuminates the scene with soft light. The second image shows the uncolored lineart, which is very detailed and textured. End ID]
Some upcoming npcs! An angel and their worshipper, a master and their dog, a soldier and their blade. This series of posts, essentially.