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Come and fite me.

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I'm in a Soulbound one-shot (2-3 sessions) and I drew my character. Meet Neps, a very murderous Sylvaneth. He became Soulbound because he gets to travel (to kill things, such as the ones that fucked up his forest).

A few of the other players play Age of Sigmar regularly. They haven't clocked that he's a Spite Revenant because he's off-model.

Anyway, at some point when I have a few less irons in the fire, I'd love to get more into AoS. Sylvaneth are not only aesthetically very pleasing to me, but have high maneuverability which is my favorite in strategy and/or fighting games.

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This meme from Laproxie on Twitter looked like fun (and it was), so I gave it a whirl. I might have gone a little overboard. :)

Ocha did not get additional supernatural abilities from the possession - she can just do all of that. The only thing she got from the possession was malicious intent.

I realized two things from this meme: A) Ocha's deepest fear is being controlled against her will to hurt or kill people. B) Ghostly possession would be 100% possible in my setting because souls sometimes linger in the world of the living. It'd be a shame if I did anything with that in canon.

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More stuff for Ocha's VGen page.

I wanted to give her a nice character portrait in front of all the static refs.

Soon I might be getting comms through VGen... as soon as I have disposable income again haha.

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A quick icon I did for Ocha's VGen page.

I have a separate character concept to put all the spicy stuff under. :)

So far it's not her naked and up to things, just naked.

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So I've been drawing again.

I've also been doomscrolling a bit, I should probably stop that.

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Because I can, we're doing progress videos from ArtFight this year.

This is @micahseacoleart's Nameless being creepy in the shadows. If you want to check out the still image:

I did this one mostly on one layer until I got to the background and painted with the eraser and brush tool with only one color.

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I'm doing ArtFight again this year. And look! I even did a card this time!

Maybe one day my persona will have a ref...

Come and get me.

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Here are the rest of the NPCs I designed and drew for Ocha's backstory/family.

I drew all the NPCs that are relevant to Ocha to scale because I’m a little bit extra.  Here are the two most important (living) NPCs and also the two biggest.

Bonus cute sketch I did a while ago of a much younger Ocha and her proxy grandpa.  Also the individual refs, Ocha (who was still going by Shalia when she looked like that) got a fancier one on account of her being the player character.

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I'm on there.

I like it a lot! There's customization but there's also a robust, standardized system for tagging potentially triggering/harmful content.

You can also post more than just still images. I've uploaded some music myself, but I've also seen videos, gifs, and other formats.

btw it wont be the first or last time i say it but sheezy.art is cool.

if youre an artist and youve been looking for somewhere to actually make friends/form an art community rather than just sadly refreshing your feed for likes/rbs i would recommend sheezy.art!

it's in beta rn and theres a timer that lets 10 people register every few hours, but theres also a kofi you can support thatll just let you register right away

the website's staff and multiple friends were the ones who brought the site to my attention (thank you lemmy), and every who ive met/talked to there has been super active and sweet ^_^ ik social media can be kind of daunting if you do art for fun so now its my turn to push you guys towards the site

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Surprise! I Make Music, Too:

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Another collection of college pieces, but this time in colorvision.

Media used include: colored pencil, PaintTool SAI, acrylic, chalk pastel, and marker

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A collection of black and white technical drawings from college classes. The assignments in order were: Hand study (charcoal), abstraction from a magazine with a grid (pencil), still life (pencil), linear perspective (pencil), landscape (ink wash), and pointillism (pen and ink).

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A piece from a while ago where I colored a black and white base image. I still like the black and white better, but such is life.

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He's always been a blue jay.

Made a new boi for a new game!

This is Chishu, he’s not super smart, but boy has he had enough experiences to know not to do certain things.

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I'm gonna answer these as if it's later in Ocha's story and she's already making googly eyes at her human love interest because that's fun for me (Iris still being designed). >:3c

Answers under the cut! (I can type a lot of words.)

(No, really.)

2. How loosely or strictly do they use the word ‘friend’?

Ocha was very lonely growing up. She had a very strange relationship (and power dynamic) with the people around her who were not related to her, and thus was isolated. Ocha uses the word "friend" almost exclusively for animals, or people of a species other than her own.

(TL;DR: extra strict)

15. What’s the most obvious difference between their behavior at home around her family, at work in public (no family), at school training, with friends, and when they’re alone?

Changed a few of the places because the worldbuilding context didn't quite fit. I am not actually sure if there is a formal education system in her home, and Ocha fled before she could properly take her place at her "job."

Around Family

Ocha almost completely shuts down around her remaining family. It's almost scary how much she'll go from her normal self to totally blank. And by "family" I mean specifically her grandmother/the whole unit. She would react to her father with cold anger/distance. The only living family member she has a positive relationship with is Gramps, a man that isn't related to her by blood or by marriage - he's a trusted family friend and Ocha's rock.

(TL;DR: mostly flat affect)

Training

Ocha HATES the combat training her grandma is so fond of. It's one of the few times she'd get frustrated enough to be openly angry at her grandmother, or openly angry in general. The same goes for all of her training, with varying levels of frustration.

(TL;DR: uncharacteristically whiny)

In Public (without family)

In her new community (in public), Ocha is friendly and diligent in helping take care of the community. She's still got walls up, but much less than with her family. She's mostly just reveling in being a normal person.

(TL;DR: friendly and willing to help, but oddly distant)

Around Friends

Ocha's animal friends get a very unguarded version of her, but the friendship is far less complex with them. Her friendships with people are rarer, but they do happen. Ultimately, Ocha is friendlier with friends, but still oddly distant.

(TL;DR: has mile high walls that go down to building-high walls with friends)

Alone

Beware, when Ocha is alone is when she does the most reckless stuff. When she learned a school of magic by herself, when normally it would take careful supervision in an apprenticeship to start practicing, she was alone. If she feels trapped or bored, she WILL be a problem. Otherwise, she enjoys the peace and quiet. She also tends to talk to herself when she thinks she's alone.

(TL;DR: up to no good when unhappy)

33. How do they greet someone they dislike / hate?

If Ocha dislikes a person, she'll be very stiff or formal with them, but still not unkind. Unless the person is a member of her immediate family. If it's a family member, Ocha is not above saying some really fucked up things out of anger.

There are very few people Ocha truly hates. Perhaps even only one. The supreme ruler of The Conclave has a lot to answer for, after all. For them, Ocha would react with smoldering anger under a thin veil of niceties.

(TL;DR: veiled animosity and avoidance)

34. How do they greet someone they like / love?

If Ocha likes a person, she makes a special effort to greet them. Ocha is a very touchy person, so hugs, holding hands, and shoulder pats are fairly normal for greetings.

Her biggest tell if she's got a crush on someone that she's obviously friendly with is that she'll be a bit more restrained with touching.

(TL;DR: she's a hugger)

48. Who would they say ‘yes’ to if invited to do something they abhorred / strongly didn’t want to do?

Children. Ocha would without question do something she absolutely hated if a child really wanted to do the thing with her (within reason).

After she starts developing feelings for Iris, Ocha would without question (and without saying anything about her own preferences) say yes if Iris asked her to do something she actually hated doing.

Ocha will also do quite a few things she doesn't like if she thinks it will truly help someone else.

(TL;DR: good with kids, and a bit self sacrificial)

57. What’s a simple daily activity / motion that they mess up often?

Despite Ocha's father being a tailor, Ocha's stitches are absolutely abysmal. It wasn't for lack of trying, he tried to teach her. At the very least, Ocha can repair something and it will stay repaired, even if the repair is a bit of an eyesore. It's a bit important when you live with people that don't necessarily wear clothes the same way as you, but you don't feel comfortable walking around nude.

(TL;DR: seamwork doesn't run in the family)

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Surprise! Chishu is not based on a magpie.

So leaf armor is super fun, and it let me use my all-time favorite tree as inspiration. One day, I will plant one on property I own.

Anyway, this is my boy Chishu! He's a druid I'm playing in Pathfinder 1e. We're currently level 5, so I've been having fun doing wild shape shenanigans.

PF1e is very crunchy, but I am having fun.