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An update to the Galactic Horde collab between Draculadana and myself. Here's one extra shiny and eager Horde General ready to serve. 😂 He has even donned some clawpolish for the occasion. The full piece is still in progress, however we're super excited to post the finished drawing soon-ish.

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why is this kinda--

ship? why was prime stroking the clone's hair like that? and then he was just straight up staring at him?? CUPPING THE CHEEK????

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People of the Galactic Horde (the OGs)

Since I'm working on a Horde Prime origin story, it was inevitable that one day I would have to come up with designs for his species aka the original spacebats. And well, it was a fun challenge!

(click/tap to have a better look!) My first attempt at drawing other bats was with the High Priests of the Four Temples - the most influential and powerful people on the planet, also known as Anillis'/Prime's teachers :)

See that last guy? That's the emperor of the original Galactic Horde! Though after his unexpected early death his wife had to become the new Prime. Gladly, Horde World was not left without a future heir to the throne^^

Fun thing is, I never planned on making designs for Anillis' parents, since they never appear in the actual story + even the twins don't remember what they looked like. But idc making fanparents is fun! (In my vision Horde Prime inherited the death stare from his mother and the sly misleading smile from his father >:} )

(I talk more about the characters and worldbuliding in my fic "Violent Youth". U can find the link in my pinned post)

I also had to design tons, and I mean tons of episodic characters of all ages, genders and backgrounds. Now after all this training I'm ready to fill the backgrounds with bats :3

Some general notes on the people of the Horde under the cut

Every spacebat is born with a white face. Any deviations were rare and considered a type of skin condition

Facial markings slowly appear once baby bats hit puberty. When spacebats' white faces were seen as blank canvases, the facial markings were their life journey drawn on said canvases. The markings were seen as the real window to the soul. Having no marks as an adult was simply outlandish, people of Krytis even had a belief that such bats "had nothing behind their soul" and thus could not be trustworthy

Facial markings (as well as ears) came in many forms. In ancient times one could tell in which of the four original provinces a person was born by simply looking at their faces. Nowadays it became nearly impossible to guess someone's homeland this way (mostly everyone are people of mixed descent), but to those curious this is how bats used to distinguish one another by their markings:

North - straight lines across/all over the face (e.g. the emperor)

South - wavy lines across/all over the face e.g. (the High Priestess of the Southern temple)

West - straight minimalistic lines (e.g. horde clones)

East - wavy minimalistic lines (e.g. the empress)

Hair never held much cultural significance on Krytis, so the styling was only a question of one's personal preference and fashion trends. Some bats (mainly from the south) saw no point in having hair whatsoever - those would choose to go bald or shave parts of the head to better show off their markings

Everyone had one set of eyes. Only local deities were sometimes depicted having 3 and more eyes. And yes, their eyes and teeth do glow in the dark

I wanted to make colorful bats to futher emphasise their whimsical and peaceful nature :) Well, if u think about it many poisonous creatures are colorful too...

I wouldn't be myself if I didn't say anything about local fashion. I don't have my own concepts at hand sadly, just references, but my main inspiration for the fashion of Krytis are late 90s-early 00s futurism and cyber aesthetic. Here and there u will also see smth similar to mall goth or streetwear style, but it's mostly something what young blood were into

Some bats like the royal family and council members would wear more classy and regal clothes but still more or less modern looking. Such choice of attire was espeically important to the empress, who, unlike her late husband, stayed far away from religion and magic and made it the main goal of her campaign to weaken the influence of the religious community and push for scientific and socio-cultural progress

If you have any questions about the people of the Horde/Krytis, feel free to ask! I'm always happy to talk more about this AU!

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UwUs your Entrapdak ❤️

Based on this supercute Sanrio artstyle

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by @to_ommyd (twitter)

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Here's a doodle of Entrapta and Emily I did before going to school!! You fucking BET I'm making this into a fully finished drawing the second I get back home from school!!!

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She just needed 5 minutes alone with She-Ra sword :)

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FUNNY ENOUGH, SHE IS LITERALLY A WAR CRIMINAL XD

I read a few months ago Entrapta had a headcanon of being afrolatina but mine is she's a quechua or aymara girl, from that area, she really looks like an andean indigenous girl

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Entrapdak Positivity Month

Prompt 3: SPOOKY

Just a quick sketch for today <3

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WHY TUMBLR CHAT DONT ACCEPT VIDEOS???

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have a doodle

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Well if that's so theres no way getting around it🤭

BOOP🐾

You didn’t seem to have opted in for the April Fools Booping Fest so here’s a BOOP so you don’t feel left out 🐾

Oh no I didn't!! Unfortunately I missed out, but thanks for thinking of me and booping me!!! It's probably to late to boop back haha❤️😂

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STEAMPUNK ENTRAPTA HI HI HELLO RAHHH‼️‼️

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My favorite bird has got to be the short-tailed pygmy tyrant cause first of all look at it:

But second of all this lil fella is "töpökääpiötypäkkö" in Finnish and that shit is just fun to say

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Awww my heart is melting! They are so adorable💜💜

Entrapdak (&Imp!!) from Patreon

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You didn’t seem to have opted in for the April Fools Booping Fest so here’s a BOOP so you don’t feel left out 🐾

Oh no I didn't!! Unfortunately I missed out, but thanks for thinking of me and booping me!!! It's probably to late to boop back haha❤️😂

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omg hi!! i just wanted to say that i absolutely adore your work and your entrapdak content is pulling me back from the hyperfixation i had 4 years ago lol

Hiii thank you so much!!! And sorry for my probably very delayed answer!! I totally feel you when you say "hyperfixation". 🤭 I'm still stuck with it and enjoy every minute haha. Means there's still a lot I have to get out of my system by drawing more and more Entrapdak:3