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Agree with all of this, I'm so excited about the new game...but I hope his face doesn't look like the trailers. Now your edit, that's the face I remember and know! Gods your version is so much better, this is my boi, what have they done to his face?!

Ok, so after 84 THOUSAND YEARS...

We're getting a Darksiders 4

I have some notes, and I would love to chat about this with ya'll!!

I'd like to start with the positive aspects first and then move on to my critiques...

POSITIVES

It's actually happening! Like, we're getting the game! It's been 15 years since the first, and it's about time we get a climactic finale.

So, first things first, I love the fact that we're going to get to play all four of them. I did some reading on what to expect on THQ's page, which you can read here. The fact that each horseman is going to have their own style and skill/weapons is awesome! More than I could ever ask for!

The silhouettes of Fury, Strife, and Death look great! And I hope we can see more of them in the future (knowing us fans and our luck, that's probably gonna happing in another 2 years).

Rampage is back! Thank god! Did that poor baby dirty in the 3rd game, so I hope there's gameplay with horseback combat with all of them.

THQ's got big shoes to fill with this game, so I hope they take a lot of time making sure it'll blow us all away.

CRITIQUES

Now, I don't know how long this trailer was in production. I don't know how far along they've gotten. And a lot could change.

So if you don't agree with me on this, that's fine. But please don't be mean about it... This is just my opinion

I will be completely transparent in saying that I didn't like War's character model at all in that trailer (and don't even get me started on Ruin). Art styles change, especially with ongoing games or any media for that matter. I've seen it in Halo. I've seen it in LoZ.

But War is the poster boy for the whole damn series, and I've seen his model go from badass to caveman so fast! I noticed it when Darksiders III came out, and even though he had very little screen time, it was still jarring. Then, in Genesis, Airship Syndicate redeemed his model pretty well. Hopefully, you guys know what I mean.

This is the War I know...

Joe Madureira was a HEAVY contributor to War's design, and his unique style is what made War so recognizable.

When the trailer dropped, I was so excited, as Darksiders was a huge inspiration for me as an artist. So, when I saw War's design, I must admit, my face scrunched in judgment...because...

This doesn't look like War to me.

Now I'm not going to tell professional artists to do their job or say that this is the worst thing I've ever seen. But this isn't War.

The proportions of his face are difficult to look at in a positive light. After a lot of study, I realized that his nose and mouth had been raised higher on his face. On top of that, his cheekbones also had been raised, which makes his ever-so-strong jaw look almost hollow. The forehead was also angled in a way that makes his eyes weak and his brow not as determined as seen prior.

Another pet peeve I have, even though it's minor, is that his facial scars are wrong/not even present. At least, in the first game, we can clearly see he has a scar on his upper left lip, while there are smaller ones littering his chin, indicating his fighting spirit.

MY ATTEMPT/ CONCLUSION

I wanted to test this theory and adjust his face in a way that resembled his reference material provided by Joe Mad and his video game counterpart. (My altered version)

I'm no professional, and I'm not saying I'm better than anyone. Hell, I'm not even saying that this looks better than the trailer, but I hope that by sharing this, if you were feeling like something was off with his design, then you're not alone.

There is no release date for Darksiders 4, and I think that's great. The devs have all the time in the world to make this game amazing.

But please...

Bring my boi back.

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Happy New year! Thank you guys for sticking around this long and apologies for the silence! Hope to show what I have been working on soon, but here is a pic of my current ita display, The Horsemen of course come with me everywhere! Heres to 2025 being a better year than the last!

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Man I wish international shipping was cheaper so that the whole set would be more readily available, but I will admit Death I had the most fun designing the pin for! Thank you thank you for the support, it may seem small to some but for me it means so much to see one of the pins with a fellow nerd! My hopes with you that he will continue to weather through the rainy days, highly recommend checking out pin locking backs, (I had to do that with my bag for the pins too!). Giveaway may be over, but mayhaps will have another in the future depending on follower count😉

Darksiders Update!

Had a couple things going on such as my sister's wedding and other life changes, but just coming on and letting you guys know I'm alive and kicking...and finally got myself the abomination vault to officially read! IT WAS SO GOOD! Def solidifies my love for Darksiders, and especially after getting that teaser I am stoked to see what new stuff I can create. In the meantime, made a great display for the Horsemen pins and some pics with the book itself (photo quality is crappy, forgive)

Also have plenty of the Horsemen pins still available on my Ko-fi, feel free to check that out, the more I sell the more stuff I can make for this awesome fandom! Also for those that have bought the pins, feel free to Reblog and show me what/where you put the horsemen!

Proxi-Dreams Art Ko-fi shop

Been prepping for some local cons, but if you guys want to support, I have an Instagram for my official art stuff with all the latest updates. I just hit 500 followers there, so I am holding a Gievaway raffle, with the chance to win 1 DARKSIDERS PIN OF YOUR CHOICE or 25$ worth in stickers or prints! Go ahead and check it out to get a chance at a Free pin or merch!

Proxamina Instagram Giveaway

I'll still be here on Tumblr, no worries there, feel free to ask questions or dm me!

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Hi, sorry to disturb you. I’m just curious, how did you created your oc Siva? Also what’s your first game of Darksiders? Mine is Darksiders 2

Not a disturbance at all, thank you for asking! Super excited to answer!!

So it started 4 ish years ago, I finished the old PlayStation game soul reaver and needed a new game to play. I was on YouTube and started seeing clips from Darksiders 1 and two...I got intrigued! Had the wii u at this point so I found both games at my local shop and started with playing Darksiders 1. Since then I have been obsessed, the story was fantastic, the gameplay was epic hack and slash, and WAR became my fixation! I love the second and Death is awesome, but War is just my fav! I have finished Darksiders Genesis with my brother and Darksiders 3 I am almost done, but I have taken a hiatus on that game from how frustrating it is to beat abraxis😂🤣. I want to make more merch besides the pins, but wanna wait for the new game first before I try.

As for Siva, funny story.

When I finished the first game, believe it or not I originally was gonna make a hybrid maker oc, a smaller woman with a long braid and a fascination for hammers. Not my first rodeo making ocs for fandoms, but the longer I thought a story for her, the more I realized the maker angle would not work. I was starting the game remnant at this time and had been watching Ghibli/Falling skies show and I suddenly started sketching. All of a sudden this short, Scrappy character started to take shape. And as I started designing, the more her character traits started to come to me, ones that fits much better with the story I had in mind. Someone who lost everything when the apocalypse started, but even then with every experience maintained her sense of hope. I wanted Siva to represent the idea of instead of just laying down and accepting the cards given to you, to make your own path with sheer will and determination. She is a person that is driven to survive, the desire to fight out of spite for the legions of hell that seek to kill every human in sight. She is that lil voice that tells you who cares, I'm not going down without a fight.

And let's be real, no one is unafraid of the end of the world, but a quote from Mark Twain also helped inspire. Courage is not the absence of fear, it is acting in spite of it. No matter how small you are, or how hopeless everything seems, the worst thing to do is let the despair take you. Yes she isn't powerful, not invincible, and she is certainly not the epitome of right choices...but she is human, and that tenacity to survive despite the odds is what kept her going. (Mayhaps a lil inspired by Lord of the rings with the hobbits)

I hope this helps, love your oc btw, and thank you for the ask!

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Aiavsidbodve, the BADASSERY THIS PIC PORTRAYS is on another level, they looks so ready to wipe their enemy from existence, I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!! The way you draw Siva is just *chefs kiss*

This is So AWESOME

Let's Fucking Go!!

Was part of a Darksiders server a while back and there was this particular fight scene that stuck with me in an rp, I actually drew it back in 2019

So let's consider this a redraw lol

Will I ever finish it? Probably not XD

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Sorrow belongs to @dust-bun

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Darksiders Update!

Had a couple things going on such as my sister's wedding and other life changes, but just coming on and letting you guys know I'm alive and kicking...and finally got myself the abomination vault to officially read! IT WAS SO GOOD! Def solidifies my love for Darksiders, and especially after getting that teaser I am stoked to see what new stuff I can create. In the meantime, made a great display for the Horsemen pins and some pics with the book itself (photo quality is crappy, forgive)

Also have plenty of the Horsemen pins still available on my Ko-fi, feel free to check that out, the more I sell the more stuff I can make for this awesome fandom! Also for those that have bought the pins, feel free to Reblog and show me what/where you put the horsemen!

Proxi-Dreams Art Ko-fi shop

Been prepping for some local cons, but if you guys want to support, I have an Instagram for my official art stuff with all the latest updates. I just hit 500 followers there, so I am holding a Gievaway raffle, with the chance to win 1 DARKSIDERS PIN OF YOUR CHOICE or 25$ worth in stickers or prints! Go ahead and check it out to get a chance at a Free pin or merch!

Proxamina Instagram Giveaway

I'll still be here on Tumblr, no worries there, feel free to ask questions or dm me!

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Self Reblog of my art, Redrew my fav personal piece!!

Three years after drawing my all time favorite Castlevania piece, I thought it was high time to Redo it after improving my style throughout those years! From my original penned piece from high school, to my first attempt at digital art, compared to Three years experience, I can proudly say that Lillies for Tepes is finally Complete!!!!

Their love is not only compelling, its a perfect example of both tragedy and hope. While Tragic that they were separated both by Death and their views on Humanity, their love was shown to transcend both differences and beyond even death itself. Therein lies the hope that while Dracula gave himself to the painful sorrow after her wrongful Death, Lisa achieved something no human truly had accomplished....she made the man Vlad Tepes see the good in the world before that, and in the end that is what gave him the awakening needed.

I'm very proud of this piece compared to the first, so shares, likes and feedback is appreciated! Also these will be available as prints and stickers, and for those that have bought the previous piece, show me where you put the OG Lillies for Tepes and you'll get a special discount!!

Penned art OG

Digital version OG

Art is mine

Castlevania belongs to Konami

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If you designed an alt outfit for Keres, what would it look like? (Doesn't have to be art, a description is fine)

Hiya, sorry I didn't answer quickly, been prepping for my sister's wedding, but I def have something to throw my two cents in!

Keres does have an alternative armor, compared to the outfit she currently wears which is her outcast garb, her true armor is called the Archaic Bone armor. It is something she wore at the height of the nephilim horde but after being left for dead she hid her armor away in hopes to use it when needed. She dons the armor after the apocalypse and the events of the first game with some alterations! Here is what it looked like!

Old art, forgive🤣😅

Hope ya lik and thanks for the ask!

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Darksiderstober 2024 Day 7+9: Quote and Angel

Had alot of stuff to do, but was able to crank out a digital piece combining two days! A quote from one of my fav angels, Uriel of the hellguard and her last words to Abbadon, someone she once respected and possibly loved...now calling him out for his betrayal. Mayhaps a sticker in the future, in the meantime just showing I'm not dead, just surviving a hurricane, all good😅. Still have some announcements so stay tuned!

Art is mine

Prompts by @imagine-darksiders

Prompts are here

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Was able to get this finished for Darksiderstober 2024, here is the second day prompt: Horsemen! Are you guys surprised it's War?😂🤣. This is technically a redraw from my first Darksiderstober entry 4 years ago, which you can find here

Hope ya like, may not be able to participate in all, but I'll do my best!

Prompts by @imagine-darksiders

Prompts are here

Art is mine

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First entry for Darksiderstober 2024, may be my only entry, no promises as I have some real life stuff going on, but it is practically tradition to do some for Darksiders! Starting with my main Darksiders oc Siva with a new revamped style, and in digital sketch😂🤣. Thank you for the prompts this year @imagine-darksiders , let's see what else I can cook! Besides Darksiderstober, have some announcements I will be making related to new merch besides the Horsemen pins soon so stay tuned!

Art and Siva are mine

Prompts are here

Prompts by @imagine-darksiders

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Have alot going on, but I hope to do some of these!

Sorry it's a bit late, but I've finally done the prompt list for Darksiders Inktober 2024! Do as much or as little as you like, and make sure to tag me so I can reblog your wonderful artwork! I'm going to do my best to be more on it this year than I have been.

Happy October!

Edit - realised I put 'Mount' twice, changed it to Companion.

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Accidentally reblogged to my fanart page, still tho it's a beautiful comic, and would love to see more @scarletknightreterns

Early on in the story (and Rp scene) sometimes Cinder babysits Fury and Strife while Death and War go out to do hunting for the day. This was what Death came back to. Cinder reading to the children, and Fury an Strife getting along more then usual. I love smol Fury... She is so cute qwq

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Signal booster of my art

Finally Finished! Did a poll a couple months ago of which Demon slayer Character to draw next and the Water Hashira himself won by a landslide! It is true what he said then…he isn’t disliked.😂🤣. The water was definitely a first for me, wanted to keep it stylized with a touch of my own twists, but man he is very pretty to draw. Will be available as a print and sticker very soon so stay tuned!

Art is mine!

Giyuu belongs to Demon slayer

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Self Reblog of my art!

Gonna meet both Amalee and Ian Sinclair at a local con, so decided to make a pic for them, and of course to get a signature! Had to make a collaboration piece with Uta and Soul king Brook, so much fun making this flashy duo! Hope ya like, will have these prints available on the shop soon!

Art is mine

Uta and Brook belong to One piece franchise/Oda

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Heyo, I know I've been quiet here for a bit, been doing some things in the personal life and traveling, but with the thq nordic showcase tomorrow, wanted to make an announcement due to the disappointment last year. IF we get news of a new Darksiders, I will make some new merch besides the Horsemen pins I have on my shop! Whether it be stickers, actual prints or even pins, depends on if we get a Darksiders announcement! IF NOT...well I just marked down the B grade pins of the Horsemen on my shop so if you are disappointed to tomorrow, grab your Horsemen before they are gone! I wish I could do a restock, but I have a lot still in stock so feel free to look depending on what we hear tomorrow!

Ko-fi shop

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50000 likes!

Damn....thas alotta likes.