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I drew my Sky character again, they've changed quite a lot already ✨!

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HELLO SKY COTL FANDOM I JUST JOINED THE GAME 4 DAYS AGO AND BEAT IT YESTERDAY AND IM IN LOVE

redrew this screesnhot i got of me and my homies. (im the girlie on the right sobs)

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the sky cotl community is one of the nicest communities ever WHAT i love underated fandoms so much 😭

i'm sorry but YOU GO ON ONE KNEE WHEN ASKING SOMEONE TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU SOBSS thats so romantic ughh

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Orange blossoms fall.

Rays of sunlight warm the grass.

Hark, a star bird's call.

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A new OC, Euri!!

A traveler of the forest, they spend their days foraging and guiding moths, and their evenings are spent crafting umbrellas to sell.

They found a bunny on one of their foraging trips, and took the little fluff home with them. They named her Poppy, and the two of them live happily...

At least, for a little while.

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Commission to: @hi-im-tony Thank you so much, your skykid is gorgeous !

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Jellyfish Hat!! With long fringes! WE NEED THIS IN GAME RN.

The idea belongs to @s0me-rand0m-d0rk

Go check out their design!!

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Autism Awareness Month!!

To all my fellow autistic beans, I hope you have an awesome month and I wish you all the sensory goodness <3

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“Lost Light”

Hiii hello y’all I drew new sky fanart!! Also I LOVE the new update and that you can start your journey from Aviary village. Mandatory Hopeful Stewart and Moth!!

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I literally can’t get over how stunning Sky is sometimes

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HELLO :D

HAPPY JASHTASTIC THURSDAY {:

STAY JASHTASTIC AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES AND ENJOY THIS UH marble hornets gif

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mx voib how on earth do you go about designing your hmsw variants, i'm so jealous

Oh I feel fancy now!

Anyhow, I don't have any distinct go-to process but generally having a good idea for the au or the concept I want to design them based on and stemming from there.

Many of my more baseline Aus are close to my canonical designs. With the re-designs of Eleutheromania having a half/half Heart to match the Mind design and make him more distinct.

Then there are the more abstract things like the "Death Thirds" Which is an au I've not really spoken on, and I don't recall if I've posted them here. Though I know I have on Twitter. (I recall CJ liking the Soul design)

Those are meant to be more ethereal, uncanny and inhuman designs. They are VERY self indulgent and more an experiment than anything. Though I knew I wanted to use the Mind design off the album cover for CCCC as baseline inspo for Mind. Soul happened kind of accidentally tbh. I was doodling and he came about.

Theres a set I'm drawing right now which have been far more in-depth. But thats because they stem from an existing media. But that's all I'll say on that one!

As for the smaller guys... I wanted to draw an HMS which was closer to 'canon' in some ways or just different from my typical used for the Song Pieces! They actually well exemplify some thematics in terms of square mind, circle heart, triangle (with rounded edges) soul. Which is a motif I've had since even my VERRRRY very very first concept ideas for my HMS designs!! Shape language is very important to me, and its something I highly suggest learning about or messing with.

I also like to take their canonical clothing; Mind's leather jacket or black vest, Heart's hoodie, Soul's jacket and apply or manipulate it to fit a design. The stripes in my Soul jacket I believe aren't how the real jacket CJ owns is but more so ripped from Kai @/calamarispiderart ?

But yeah! Overall. Themes, motifs, things like that are key in my designs.

Pluto is also a good show of that. I wanted to make sure he looked as faded and washed out as he felt. So his hair is white and his colors, even his Heart and Mind's colors are desaturated and a little off. Lacuna Mind leans into navy and teal while Lacuna Heart is nearly pink!

The Swap designs are also a good example. Viscera is a Whole with nothing in him, and while now I see Soul as more exemplifying that- Whole needs to exist in this au more physically. So— Viscera takes that place. He's a husk and a shell. The half mask with an empty void on the otherside showcases just as much. And for as uncanny and blank as he seems, he is soft. His face is always very soft and maybe a little bit sad. Ennui, Swap!Mind maintains the half/half motif of my Mind designs if only to keep him recognizable. But, his source is a jagged and sharp edged heart and the strings run in a simplistic but sharp form of a heartbeat. Electricity forced to be another way. His features are also softer still from the typical Mind design! Even in what he wears! Judge I have fewer notes on other than his blindfold is not present and in its place is his brain source, obscuring both his eyes if he technically has them at all. Astray, Soul, is faceless. For what is Soul supposed to even be without the mask? Especially when he doesn't know much of anything at all.

Sooo yeah! Just. A big ramble that boils down to the answer of... I try most often to make sure the designs convey the personality or story of the character in some way. Themes and motifs or ideas from or for the au also play that same part.

Course I cannot tell you why the au where they are in eternal snow, Mind has white hair. That is far more a "felt like it" moment than anything else.

Sorry if this is too broad or non specific. I can probably go more into depth on particular designs but yeah! And sometimes a design is one and done. Other times they need many thumbnails or concepts to cycle through. My own designs for the canon HMS have changed a lot in little ways since I began drawing em!

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kill the shift manager in your brain

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My interpretation of Whole's love interest :) Ihave been reading too many CCCC fics that i always imagined her relationship with Whole to be lovey dovey 😔

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