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Took a lil break from the comic to take care of some serious business with my work, and get back on my bean bullshit /pos

100% the fault of the animated series on youtube by @rodamrix, recently rediscovered it after several years and my god!! It's come so far, and I love it so much!!! And it made me miss the space beans in a way I haven't in a long time ;u; So I remade my Among Us character, using features directly from my preferred in-game outfit!

Say hi to Cyan-tist (Cyan)!

I'll info-dump on my bean below the cut xD It's really long, you've been warned!

Backstory

Cyan worked in the specimen laboratory at MIRA HQ, occasionally taking trips off-planet for fieldwork and sample collecting. Cyan was very attached to her many pets, and would get engrossed in her work studying her specimens.

Unfortunately, she was caught alone in the specimen lab one day, and the impostor- Orange- who snuck into MIRA via transport vessel, sought to gain a new ally. Orange cornered and converted Cyan into an impostor by infecting her with the parasite, and once she turned, Cyan went into a feral hunger rampage, mindlessly killing and eating all of her pets and specimens in the lab. The grief of losing her beloved companions and all her work snapped her back into control of herself, only for Orange to praise her for the carnage. Outraged, Cyan turned on Orange, killing and eating him, too.

Not wanting to die for killing a seemingly innocent crew mate, Cyan outed herself immediately to her crew, handing over Orange's remains as well as their weapons during the meeting. Because Cyan never killed any actual crew mates, her crew decided to let her stay, on the condition that she be observed at all times via her Glitch Console (the Twitch pet lmao). She uses Glitch to stream her continued work in the lab, and keep in near constant contact with the rest of her team - it's also MIRA's way of keeping tabs on her, since she's on thin ice as a known impostor.

Cyan has a vitriolic hatred of other impostors, and can hardly conceive of another 'friendly' impostor like her existing. Whenever a hostile impostor shows up, all of her team have an alarm button on their tablets to call her, and 'deploy' Cyan to 'fix' the problem. This has regained some trust with her closest friends in her crew, though Cyan prefers to stay isolated in her laboratory with her new pets. She would love to find a cure for her condition, but is resigned to existing as she is, and it can't bring back the pets she lost. Cyan is soft on animals, robots, her fellow crew, and children, and has misused science lab equipment to make treats for young visitors. Don't mess with her work or she'll bite you.

Abilities

Cyan-tist is a Shapeshifter variant Impostor. She cannot turn into everybody she sees- however, she can transform into anything living she has ever eaten. The higher percentage of the creature she consumes, the better the disguise. She can shapeshift clothing from her own body matter. The 'cat hat' she once wore has become a physical part of her, the ears functional for hearing and movement, and the eyespots capable of sight, producing tears, and emoting.

Due to her initial feral rampage in the lab, Cyan can transform into a wide variety of crewmate pets and lab specimens- her favorites being the three forms of her former companions: a Doggy, a Headslug, and a Squig. She often uses these to spy on new arrivals undetected, attempting to sus out foreign impostors from the cohort. Cyan can adapt features to her existing body at any level she wants- for example, she can gain the fur coat of the Doggy, the wings of the Pouka or the Goose, or the tentacles of the Squig without needing to fully shapeshift. The Doggy form in particular has a heightened sense of smell, allowing her to detect if the scent of a foreign impostor is present, though it may not be sufficient to identify the specific individual from a crowd.

Cyan-tist's adaptive shapeshifting is powerful enough that she can gain the unique attributes of other impostors she has eaten. This includes her advanced chromatophores for changing color, which she acquired from Orange, the first impostor she killed and consumed. Very few impostors since Orange have had anything noteworthy to add to her repertoire of skills. Cyan swore to never eat a crew mate.

Completely self-indulgent Rodamrix Animated Series thoughts

Okay I couldn't help it, I wondered about what would happen if Cyan were to be present in the series. !!!SPOILER WARNING IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, DO NOT READ THIS PART!!!

Original series- If she didn't adapt to the sudden climate shift of the impostor takeover, or stood with the crew in any capacity when they began to spread out of control, Cyan-tist is most likely dead. She would not have gotten along with many- if any- of the impostors within MIRA HQ, and actively would have stood against or tried to kill them, making her an enemy. I can't imagine Big Purple let her live if she tried anything. If by some miracle she DID survive, Cyan is most likely operating as a plant within the impostor hideout, smuggling supplies or otherwise tipping off the survivors as to the movements of the horde so crewmates can escape or avoid being discovered.

Alternate series- Cyan-tist is completely unaware of the plot that Crimson and the MIRA HQ heads have for selling off impostors/parasites and dissenters as test subjects. As such, she continues to operate in her specimen lab, on constant watch for new impostors to show up and threaten her crew and friends. The future arrival of Red, Purple, and Pink would set off HUGE alarm bells for her, and she would be on high alert the moment she detects they're impostors. Cyan would HATE Purple as a known killer impostor, be sus of Pink's no-thoughts-head-empty behavior- though she'd discover quickly he could be distracted with snacks- and not trust Red until his own crew vouches for him. Once the Skeld survivors confirm Red is innocent and a fellow 'good' impostor who saved their lives, Cyan would back off, but keep her eye on all of them.

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Is my birthday <3

I'm so close to 30 omg ;o;

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I'M BACK FROM VACATION!

Now to just lay down for the next three days xD

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So I may have gotten a bit distracted while working on the next comic page,,,,

I figured I could develop the Mewtwo I introduced in the beginning of the comic xD He was intended to be a plot device, but I realized he's going to be in the comic a bit longer than I thought, and I wanted to do something fun with him! Say hi to Nightmarch, the Marshadow/Mewtwo!

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So I may have gotten a bit distracted while working on the next comic page,,,,

I figured I could develop the Mewtwo I introduced in the beginning of the comic xD He was intended to be a plot device, but I realized he's going to be in the comic a bit longer than I thought, and I wanted to do something fun with him! Say hi to Nightmarch, the Marshadow/Mewtwo!

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Mod: Hoo boy I procrastinated on this one xD I don't like drawing humans, can you tell?

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@phlurrii Made this gorgeous sketch for me of my boy Tangle! ;o; It looks so good, I'm gonna cryyyyy- thank you so much! I cannot wait to debut him in my comic- I'm ever so slowly creeping closer to that sweet reveal...

Original design was made by @absolutedream-art cx

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Mod: Long distance colored establishing shot DONE! Now I can NEVER do that again ||D I had a full top-down grid and multiple sideways layouts sketched out so I didn't mess up the distribution ghjkmdfsd

Welcome to Hadal Research Outpost!

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A Few Rules;

Try to avoid using face emojis (🥺) and hand emojis (👌) if possible!

Keep them varied if you can (🎸🐇🌸 is better than 🌟⭐✨)!

The post says "monster" because that's what I plan on focusing on (October is around the corner, after all!), expect to see characters along the vibes of vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and zombies!

Feel free to reblog if you like! I made this specifically with my intentions in mind, but if you would like to use it too, feel free!

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Mod: Wait a second, that's not the surface!

Also perspective my beloathed

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Mod: The last of their energy, invested into a desperate bid for help... I mean, I'd be desperate too if I was impaled at the bottom of the ocean and lost all my air ==;

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So I may have gained a new hyperfixation, that is simultaneously an old hyperfixation,, ;=w=

With the upcoming release of RATATAN, the spiritual successor of the beloved Patapon franchise- the kickstarter fully funded in less than an hour!!- I made my own little Ratatans! :D

First is my personal Ratatan- Mystivitan, the Fox Ratatan, wielder of the Harpsicleaver- a big knife that can be used to slice and dice opponents, but also unfolds at the hilt into a harp! Mysti also uses the cleaver to carve up their kills and cook for her Cobun >u< She specializes in hitting hard and fast, but has low overall defense and HP; her attacks have a higher chance of granting rare loot and extra money. Themed after a silver-patterned fox, Mysti wears big puffy sleeves to protect from the weather, and her special skill is to momentarily summon spectral wings for her and her Cobun troops, allowing them to strike airborne enemies!

Second is admittedly me pandering exclusively to myself; I made a Ratatan version of my favorite character from the franchise, Gong the Hawkweye- now Dragongaton, wielder of the scythe Whirlwind! Much like his inspiration, Dragong is a high-defense high-resistance combatant with a focus on stun and knockback. He wears the skull and mandible of a dragon he defeated in combat- mostly to hide the fact that he's a bug lmao. I designed him after a Dragonheaded Caterpillar, to keep with the original Zigoton bug theme! He issues commands with his gong shield and wind chimes, which can also generate tornadoes when rung.

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Mod: I DON'T HAVE TO DRAW KYOGRE ANYMORE! :D I love them but geez it's not the most fun model to render at weird angles. Now I get to draw... Dragalge ||D lots and lots of weird-shaped noodle. Yippee!!

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Mod: Oh gee, turns out murder whale is a mama! :)c Maybe she was hostile for a reason? Ehh orcas in general will choose violence for fun, so that's between her and Arceus.

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My AF attacks for this year! I wanted to do closer to 10, but I think I need to learn to render things in less detail for that, or I'll burn myself out xD

In order, the characters and their respective creators:

Glowstick: Emcar555 Netoki: Xevenryx Elise: ColourlesBird Sachi: Astralneko (@astralnekoart) Dave & STRAND: Squeeblemold1151 (@zygseval) Nite & Offiz: JinxedJay (@jinxedjay) Malakos: Jantics (@janticsantics)

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WOO okay I think I’m done with ArtFight for the year! Cx I did 7 fully rendered pieces- a few with multiple characters!- and I’m not breaking my back to cram in one more on the last day lmao

I will post the completed attacks sometime within the next couple days; Back to Pokémon comic!! :D

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He hasn't debuted in the comic yet, but have a sleeby Tangle! >u<

Mew/Two Sleep Over!!!

I got distracted and drew a sleepy Meg and decided to turn it into an add-your-own group shot. Add your mew or two taking a snooze with Meg and reblog or tag me here!

Let’s have fun with this X3