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A collection of sketches, scribbles, and studies from the last couple months! Not much explanation to go along with these except for the last one, which is specifically one of the holos Speedy took himself that's mentioned in this post.

Bonus:

A special guest appearance by Shaw who's about had it with the transferred natborns he's suddenly having to work with. Technically not a Sundown character, but didn't want to leave him out. Lol

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Sending you hugs, wishes, and ottabura kisses.

Happy Valentine's Day! 💘

The play on words are: "I think you ought to (oughtta) be my Valentine" "You're out of (outta) this world, Valentine" "Sending you a whole lot of (lotta) love"

Resources used: Font | Heart Brush | Star Brush

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My agenda is to make people believe that Sundown Squad and the ottas are actual canon Star Wars characters

Ahhh thank you so much!! ;w;

But also my first thought when I read this was like "Ohhh, so anon is spreading otta propaganda". And then I remembered this meme:

Ottaganda cannot be escaped. The ottas will charm everyone with their winning personalities and booping snoots.

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Anon who asked about otta vet care, so glad you liked/loved Droid yeeter 5,000 comment, because when I first seen the example showing how they handle threats to the pod and threw that droid i just thought "yes sir, that's the certified droid yeeter 5,000 right there!" it's been stuck in my head ever since then 😂

all in all i adore this blog and hope you have a wonderful day/evening/night 💖

I really do love it! It goes great with the "anatomy" chart from this post:

We have the Droid Stomper ™, Droid Kicker ™, Droid Whacker 3000 ™, and now Droid Yeeter 5000 ™.

As a code name, the squad usually call the ottas the ATVs (All Terrain Vehicles), but I feel like they'd quickly add DY-5K (Droid Yeeter 5000) to the list once they see how far the ottas can launch things. 😂

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Some rough scene work of Knox, Drums, and Thea out doing some recon! I don’t usually do pieces like this on my tablet, but this time I was messing around in Procreate, so I’ve got a recording! A time lapse of me scribbling and trying to remember how Procreate works below the cut. lol

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Here's this year's art roundup! 2023 absolutely flew by, but despite being busier than last year, I'm glad I was still able to get quite a bit of art done. Looking forward to sharing more with you all in the new year! <3

2022 Summary of Art: [Link] 2021 Summary of Art: [Link]

Summary of Art template: [Link]

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Speedy: I found the droids! Kess: On our way! How many hostiles? Speedy: 23 on sensors! ... 21! ... 17! ... Knox: Hey, leave some for us! Speedy: 13! ... 9! ...

A doodle that ended up getting way out of hand. :'D I was scribbling some things to try and get back in the groove and liked this one enough to keep going. Also messing around with the kama designs again. Lol Wanted to play with adding a split up the back so they're a bit easier to move in.

Background photo used: [Link]

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Well, my hiatus is certainly lasting longer than anticipated. 😂 And, unfortunately, it's going to last a bit longer. End-of-year is always slam packed for me, but this year especially. x.x In the meantime, have some little holiday doodles!

Speedy enjoying a peppermint mocha, Kess munching on sugar cookies, and Knox making a cup of hot choccy that's 75% cocoa, 25% marshmallows.

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omg I aspire to share my oc's the way you do!! Sundown Squad is so perfect! Not sure if you drew this already, but can we see a full squad + jedi + ottabura sleep pile? lots of love😊<3

Thank you so much, I'm so glad you enjoy them!! <33

And absolutely! : D

Sundown taking a rare moment to catch their breath before having to head back into the field. Riggs laid down for a lil nap in the shade and the squad figured she had the right idea.

Background photo by Aira Ferrer on Unsplash

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Catch Us If You Can - WIP

This piece is like 85% done, just gotta add the droids and finish detailing the background. Fingers crossed I'll have the energy to finish it later, but knowing me it might be a WIP forever. :'D

Here's a background-less version too since they're more finished than the rest of the piece. <3

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Wanted to noodle around with some new brushes and things and this was the result! Was gonna add more droids but I got burnt out, so we’ll just pretend Speedy scrapped them already. :’D

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Just noticed how the views/likes/etc… in the baby Ottawa pictures increased as kess was “attacked” cuteness. I had so much “thats a sibling thing” run through my mind seeing that.

Oh for sure, no trooper would pass up the opportunity to troll their brother. Lol

RC-0747 Speedy RIP

CT-3121 Niim RIP

CT-2003 Spire RIP

CT-6622 Mimic Those chips are actually good tho

CT-9075 Raku RIP

CT-5949 Ahlzo RIP

RC-0748 Kestrel You're laughing. The little pirates stole my chips and you're laughing.

CT-4580 Yordi RIP

(The other 23 comments also say RIP)

Bonus icons because I went a little crazy with those profile pics. lol

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All this talk of ottas got me excited all over again for some aspects of the story coming further down the line. So, as a sneak peek, have some rough concepts of Stormhunter Battalion's very own ottabura cavalry! After getting to see Sundown's ottas in action, they quickly realized just how efficient ottas were in the sloppy weather and rough terrain they always had to navigate. Took a bit of finagling, but Mantra was able to work up the chain and get permission granted for them to put together their special otta platoon.

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Drums finished trashing some droids on foot and went back to mount up. Noodle unfortunately got a little excited and took off before he got on all the way. He ended up dangling off the side of the saddle trying very hard not to do a face-plant in the sand.

Bonus textless version can be viewed over on SundownSquad.com!

Unsplash photo used: [Link]

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One of Sundown Squad’s specialties is figuring out every conceivable way to mess with a battle droid’s programming. That’s anything from exploiting technical weaknesses to just flat out tripping them. Drums generally comes up with the droid meddling strategies, and Knox is always happy to test them out.

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I love and request more "Case of Big Dumb Baby Disease" please. Also, are your Otterburas as scary as river otters, if they wanted to be? A pack of those things can kill a gator by drowning it. I was wondering, because I could just picture Sundown Squad watching them swim and then take out some animal that they deemed dangerous to their unit. I just picture Sundown with jaw drop shock and thought it was funny, when I remembered this fact.

You can rest assured, there will be plenty of Big Dumb Baby Disease (affectionate) moments in the future. ;D

As for how the Ottas would handle a dangerous creature/thing, you're absolutely right. Ottaburas can use teamwork with their pod mates to overwhelm opponents much larger than themselves.

Though an Otta's size and strength can make them formidable, their instinct is actually to avoid aggressive confrontation and instead get the creature/thing as far away as possible, as quickly as possible. If intimidation doesn't dissuade the aggressor, they do the next best thing.

They launch it into the stratosphere.

Bonus:

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It's Knox and Thea about to head out on a mission! Mainly just messing around with stuff on this one.