Oooo could I ask for a demiromantic Crookedstar, pansexual demisexual Hawkwing, demiromantic sun lesbian Blue Whisker, or a moon lesbian demigirl Shivering Rose? I’m fine with either of those, you don’t need to do them all!
Finally did concepts for the whole of Links local group! (Valiant Local Group) Not just head shots XD
Too bad we hardly see from em but I'll give a brief description to what happens. (Valiant Local Group Spoilers Bellow <3)
Pollen- The youngest Iterator in the local group, possibly one of the youngest iterators in general, was built last minute just as the topic of mass ascension was coming along. Therefore she's more curious and not under the conditioning of traditions and customs. The flake on her puppet is a symptom of something~
Watching Skies- Had asked one too many questions and tried researching about how to break the self destruction taboo and get rid of things that bind them as a whole, this information was first explored by Roses who wasn't around at the time. They got dealt with.
Sunken Thaw- Close connection to Burried Spirals and shared similar views with the local group- well what is remaining of it. Researched karma symbols on the side and was very very spoiled by her ancients
Burried Spirals- The "big brother" even though Link is older, his ancients had a lot of festivals and very cultured in which the whole starving oneself and bitter tea, same with most of the other iterator colonies in the local group. One of two who can harass Link and get away with it. However unlike Link he doesn't mind if his ancients blur the lines between breaking taboos and not, as they're solving the problem to ascend them anyways without needing to starve oneself.
Shiver and Fall- One who asked too many questions, wanted to explore other things than the great problem. He tried to research about the iterator output of water vapor and how to decrease it so the ancients didn't have to live on top of them. Similar outcome to Watching Skies
Roses Upon Seas- She was Watching Skies inspiration who had similar ideas to them. Roses was dealt with prior to Skies and so they never got to meet, but Roses laid the path for Skies to follow which gave them the same fate.
Expanded Uniform Poem- The other iterator who Link tolerates, she is control of assisting new iterators in the local group and establishing traditions and cultures upon them and what is expected. Usually the iterators of the local group would go to her if they were wanting to speak to Link and she would pass it on. Tried mentoring Pollen to prevent what happened to everyone else to happen to her. Didn't work though.
just to get the lyrics out of my head b/c i won't have to work on a full arrangement for a while...
anarchy rainbow ft. GUMI, ROSE & ASTERIAN 🌈
while ebb & flow was my masterpiece for 12-year-olds and/or lesbians i know i want to try a deep cut song b/c there's this fun tension between tradition & modernity that's compelling to me as a writing challenge... what is the lyrical tone & narrative of a song that is both a traditional festival folk song and the summer block party banger? much to consider.
Splatoon OCs!! (Plus Rosie and Bowser cause I am cringe but I am free bdbcjsvbdbc)
I only have Neo 3 and 8 as OCs cause I specifically made them to wear the Teddy Band and Golden Toothpick respectively. My Inklingsona wears the Skull Bandanna (plus it’s my favorite in-game headgear so I never change it), but since I worked so hard for the Teddy Band and Golden Toothpick I felt like I needed someone to wear them for me hdncjsdnc
So yeah, that’s their sole purpose for existing and the reason I don’t have an Agent 4, yknow since they never got a super hard to get item from Splat 2 hero mode. I don’t have an og Agent 3 cause I never played Splat 1 so og 3 feels like an already established character to me, rather than one I can make into an OC, if that makes sense?
Notes below cut :3
Gem (Neo 3)
Jewel Squid (Histioteuthis reversa)
19
she/her
5 words to describe her: competitive, show-off, loud-mouth, loyal, try-hard
mains Tri-Stringer exclusively
Signature Color: HeroSoda from Splat 3 hero mode
Natural Color: Red
Extra: The jewel squid is a member of the cockeyed squids, a group of squids so named because the left eye grows to be about twice the size of the right eye. I wanted to show that in Gem’s design by making the left side of her mask bigger than the right side.
Nelly (Agent 8)
Deep Sea Octopus (Graneledone boreopacifica)
21 (as of Splat 3)
she/they/it
5 words to describe her: curious, soft-spoken, shy, excitable, logical
a bit like Marina, but less confident; Marina is her role model
mains Octoshot and occasionally Octobrush
Signature Color: Purple from Octo Expansion
Natural Color: Also Purple
Extra: The deep sea octopus has many warty things on its body, which is why Nelly’s tentacles are so bumpy looking. Also, her eyes are very round compared to the usual Octoling eyes because the deep sea octopus is described as googly-eyed.
No personality traits for Rosie and Bowser cause they’re literally just Rosie and Bowser as Octolings lmao but here’s their notes as well
Rosalina
Big-finned Jellyhead (Cirroteuthis muelleri)
mains Luna Blaster, as well as REEF-LUX 450 and Inkbrush
Signature Color: Turquoise from Splat 3 online modes
Natural Color: pale purplish/brown? Somewhat pearlescent? Idk just look at the pic lol
Extra: Note that she has webbed hands and much longer earfins than a typical Octoling. I know webbed hands would serve no purpose on Octolings since they can’t swim, but I wanted to show the octopus’s webs on her somehow.
Bowser
Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
mains Heavy Splatling Deco, as well as Hydra Splatling and Clash Blaster
Signature Color: Red from Splat 3 online modes
Natural Color: Also Red
Extra: Note the wavy things on his tentacles, which represent the folds present on the octopus.
Also, for fun, my signature color is Soda from Splat 2 hero mode! I’ve always just called it seafoam green, but when I realized the colors in the games actually had names, I finally got to pick which one I actually meant!