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And now the Rosie redesign.

Pictured here in a walking dress, the skull of a child adorns her hat, wolf's jaws erupting from her face, and roses blooming at the hem of her walking dress with thorny vines trailing behind her.

Before continuing, Content warning for references to infanticide and cannibalism

This version of Rosie, Rosemary, suffered from postpartum psychosis after the birth of her first child. She had never wanted to be a mother, but such was her lot in life, and the doctors assured her and her husband that she just needed more time with the baby to bond. Alone, effectively locked int he house, she eventually succumbed to her delusions, killing and cooking the baby before ending her own life.

Originally I left her dress red, but I decided to change it to yellow as a reference to The Yellow Wallpaper.

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Argent and Skinner having a little complication

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The Goat

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Yeshuah finally getting his update.

More about his design history below

His design has changed a lot since his creation. At first I didn't have much of Whisper's lore thought out so he was just a mash-up of features I found appealing.

Horns of a Jacob sheep, two sets of arms, a long tufted tail, and even wolf teeth... all for looks, not really much reason to them.

After I started to develop the world and the rules, he did NOT fit at all. However, he was still relevant to the plot I was concocting, so I was stuck with either rewriting things to remove him, or redesign him so he blended with the rest of the cast.

First pass was... less than stellar.

I was still dead set on the goat imagery, he is after all a stubborn old bastard who constantly over estimates his abilities and importance. The two-faced theme was also important, and I arrived at the skull sticking out the back of his head. I wasn't in love with the look but just stuck with it for a while, telling myself it would do.

But no. It would not do. Hence you see the Yeshuah of today; a goat torso overtaking a human form, and concealed within his goat head is the human skull, damaged by the gunshot that took his life.

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Sinclair and Athene

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Larch

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Lucien and Swan Song

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i am completely fine in an “i have been mentally unwell for years” kinda way

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| blushing phantom butterfly

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My followers know I hate talking about politics and current events, and generally refuse to do so, but this is important.

A bill has been introduced in the US that would make all pornography a federal crime. Owning it. Creating it. Distributing it.

Under this law, fanart of nude characters would be a federal crime.

Under this law, depictions of homosexuality or simply being transgender, would be considered pornography and a federal crime.

This bill is not going to pass.

However, the reason for this bill is to continue to push the "overton window". The reason for this bill is to make banning pornography seem more and more normal to everyone until they can actually do that.

And remember, they consider depictions of gay characters and transgenders characters "pornography" in any context, including platonic.

They have been working on this for a decade now and it has been working.

If you are one of the people in fandom who thinks that "nasty" porn on AO3 should be banned because it's "icky" or "immoral", then this mental scam is working on you.

Censorship is never about protecting people.

Censorship is always about control.

Do not let the rising moral panic affect your mind and make you weak to propaganda that lets others control you and control what you watch and read.

Do not fall for the scam.

When they say they are going to ban "pornography" it means they're going to ban anything they don't like by calling it "pornography" and they don't like you!!

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Trying out the look of different brushes.

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In the ongoing project of drawing Hazbin characters as if they existed in my City of Whispers setting we have now added Nifty.

A housefly maid, Musca jumps from task to task. In life she was very nosy and this lead to her seeing something she shouldn't have- hence the large eye.

I actually felt like a fly would be a good match for her energy as a character, flitting around all the time. The hard part was figuring out what to do with her single eye since that is such a definitive part of her design.

^^^Bonus concept sketch^^^

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The big one! The one I was not terribly enthusiastic about! The iconic tumblr sexyman [#1456 of millions], Alastor.

Or, as this is porting the HH characters into my Whisper universe, he's now called Carrion.

Honestly did not feel like doing a lot with him, but he now has a decayed deer head, but someone is still gonna say "hear me out".

Quick question, was I the only one that thought he was supposed to be a fox at first? The black and red, the ears going straight up instead of out to the side... I seriously thought his design was giving Fox or Weasel.

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I would also like to make it clear that I am not a fan of the series.

I started this project as an amusing idea.

So if you happen to come here thinking there's gonna be anything related to the series besides the few redesigns I have planned, you're gonna be very disappointed.

Did some Hazbin Hotel redesigns in the style of my current WIP, City of Whispers.

In Whisper, aspects of your form are influences both by who you were as a person and your manner of death.

In order we have

Charlie- renamed this version Clair. Since the original design is supposed to be doll inspired, and the red cheeks really did make me think of the toy soldiers from Babes in Toyland I went with that.

Angel Dust and Husk- new names Michael and Hollow. Michael is a manipulator, a quiet but deadly individual, hence he has traits of the spider. Hollow has a wooden mask inspired by transformation masks that split open to reveal another face underneath.

Sir Pentious- Naja. Really leaned in to body horror. It was just easier to mix human and snake heads if I cut off most of the human skull.

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Too many writers are using generative 'AI' to make their book covers, so I've written a guide on how to make your own cover for free or cheap without turning to a machine.

If you can't afford to pay an artist, you CAN make your own!

I hope this is a helpful overview that covers the basics and points to some free resources.

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He's warnin' ya

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Doodled Grezik and Farix during a slow period at work. - also, $1 colored pencils, highlighters, and ballpoint pen.

Little updates on their looks

Grezik has a scar now, gotta go full "bad boy" with the face scar. He is a variant of his people's Blessed, where instead of being able to summon helpful spirits to heal people, he's more of an off brand vampire with shadow powers.

Farix isn't terribly altered, but I am really settling into them having wavy black hair and not being super fancy with it.

Also settling more on a style of head covering: all the Dragons wear something they can put over their horns to avoid absorbing too much sun and triggering an unintentional transformation. Style can vary based on the region a Dragon comes from, in this case Farix has a simple pinned veil that they can flip over their horns.