#Did do some doodles of the other npcs

[capriknightart]

Himm

[0ann3]

Friday is a no/very late sleep day, so went and drew Quartz with some rivalsssss

Characters are from @quartztwst @thehollowwriter @oya-oya-okay @jovieinramshackle @hanizmiyu

And then here's Yurix2 thoughts about the rivals

Despite Yu's nonchalance, they are a bit worried or wary to some of them lol. Meanwhile, Yuri doesn't really care much about them (for now!)

[taruth3mighty]

I find it interesting to talk about the previous iteration of Player, because this kid really was a nobody. Just some random kid from nowhere neighborhood. But the universe saw it fit to make them the chosen one to vessel the blue strings. If what Zavier's saying was in fact true, Player in the previous iteration really did manage to get two keys. That's still an accomplishment considering that their only real roadblock would be Zavier beating them in Arid Mines. (I wish I could ask bro what exactly happened in the previous timeline to really get an idea of how different it is from the current one) But from Graphite Lodge to Von Sweetsville, there shouldn't be any major changes considering TJ and Suzie don't really affect the story too much so I'm assuming they got the Thunderstorm Key and the Sweets Key. Player was just some random NPC that was probably forced to join the key hunt for their mom. And they were strong enough to beat two key guardians. And even after that, they likely kept being with Zuincy (Zavier as Quincy) despite not being able to get any more keys beyond that. Or from what we can assume. The universe or whatever force put the blue strings in Player to assure they'd be strong enough to power through it. And no other candidate was chosen for this, it was specifically them. My Food for Mind, I think the universe saw the potential in them, saw how deeply cared about their friends and how determined they were despite their failures. (Again, keep in mind that apparently Previous Iteration Player never got past two keys) And the universe decided to bring out the blue strings again since it was incredibly dire. Since y'know in the future, Joseph sparks a new war that wipes out nearly everyone on the island. (That's his plan anyway, or what I highly assume to be based on the evidence given to us) I love Player Doodle World, because despite what they likely went through in the previous timeline, they still keep doing and try their best. They're such an inspiration <3 Even if you can't beat someone and all hope seems lost, you can at least give it your best shot. That's the whole theme of in media heroes, that you can stand up to someone even if you're afraid. They're not entirely fearless, but they can go against even strong opponents despite that fear.

[pxylene]

For Beast on the loose au, what about the other beasts ? Like smilk is a librarian who's definitely not teaching those two brats, but what about the others ?

Is mystic flour a healer ? Burning Spice and silent salt hunters/lumberjacks/miners ? Eternal sugar is a bard or something ?

I feel like young hunters/guard would rope burning Spice and silent salt into training them. Same thing with mystic flour and eternal sugar, lol.

Also, do they eat and drink, or do they not need to and don't care ? Or would they still eat even if they don't need to just to fit in.

That is all the questions I have for now ! I love your au, and I really wanna hear more about it. ^^ <3

This one is long, lots of questions, but I enjoy answering them!!! Thank you, I’m glad you like my little thing!! I also did some doodles with NPCs, because I treat those questions as requests just a little bit, I hope you don’t mind

Mystic Flour is not a healer. She can heal something life threatening if asked, but usually she’s just resting, sitting in the local park, enjoying her free time. Sometimes she plays chess with a little but very smart girl, who once came up to her during one of her walks. But other than that, she does nothing, no one blames her for it.

The cat’s name is Mochi Cat by the way. He’s the family cat actually, Silent Salt brought him in on one rainy day, he never left.

Burning Spice is a hunter. Hunting is one of the few things, that still makes his jam boil at least a little bit, so he’s having fun. Their leader adores his drive! She’s a spice cookie too, so they get on like a house on fire… sometimes literally. She did rope him into helping her train young cookies, but he does it unwillingly and without real enthusiasm.

Silent Salt helps training young knights and other warriors, they enjoy the process, but it can be too loud sometimes. So, one day they went to the shore and met a fisherman there. Grandpa let them stay and watch him fish. Since then, they come there frequently to sit and enjoy… the silence. They’ve even got their own fishing rod now! Pure entertainment!

Eternal Sugar is not exactly a bard, but she did meet one! They perform together for cookies. She usually writes songs and sings them and the bard plays his flute to accompany her voice. Cookies say she’s got a voice of an angel and together they bring joy to the town streets. One can say… she brings some sort of… happiness to cookies all around…huh, who would’ve thought?

They don’t need to eat or drink… or sleep, honestly. When they’re at home alone or with each other they only eat and drink something only if they really want to, just for the taste. But Shadow Milk drinks coffee every morning, because it energizes him, which was actually surprising! Mystic Flour enjoys tea, so she can be found drinking it quite often. Others don’t really care for beverages. Hunters take Spice to the bar after good hunts, so he has to drink something strong with them, it doesn’t have effect on him. They all do enjoy snacks and buy them often! Smilk and Sugar love sweets and berries, Spice loves… spicy things (wow surprise surprise), Flour likes plain foods with little taste and Salt usually doesn’t eat, only if others invite them to join. They enjoy textures more, than taste. Also, Spice can cook, so he does it sometimes.

But if they’re outside? They eat to fit in! You normally can’t go a whole day without food and feel fine, right?

[katyahina]

Okay so, according to Moonlight Ruin who datamines Dark Souls 2, almost all the summons and invaders use the same preset faces

(Source: ( x )) So I guess I had to put my own take on them.. Donna, Bellclaire and Scarlett are not altered as I felt like at least someone from each list should use this data! I don't include Abyss people since they're just mirrors of characters/enemies, and 'Nameless Usurper' is actually Licia!

(Also have bonus Melinda pre-Gutter I guess)

Some thought process under cut!

I assume Foreigner Wandering Phantom is one of those outsiders that failed to make it from the start like the Hollows we fight in the Thing Betwix, they literally invade there and wear this set.. That's where Hollowing traces come from. There is a NPC preset for Hollwing though that this NPC doesn't use though, so it is not that profound

Dingy Cleric Phantom HAD to have an "interesting" hairstyle, because she is implied to be Anastacia's descendant! She is the only character wearing full Ana's set, not just a piece, and the only way player can get it! Plus this set mentions "original owner" in DS2 and does not reappear in DS3! She deserved "anime character" treatment fdhfhds (And a small lighning scar upon first tries of wielding her every Warrior of Sunlight miracle). Basically Lautrec canonically dies and I will NOT let you forget about it lololololol

Roenna's look is actually @val-of-the-north's fault because when he was doodling DS2 shitposts, he drew Roenna like Chara from Undеrtale fjdjfddffd I at least altered the colors well enough, but the joke stuck and I can NOT unsee it ;-; xD Also, pupils of different sizes are intentional!

With Donna, you also need to design an outfit because HER equipment is frankensteined out of pieces you can't compromise lore with, so I decided to at least give the preset face to her or else it would be 100% OC lol

The phantom that was 99.99% Durgo is actually jossed from SotFS edition and is now just a corpse, but I still use that one for a reference! Fun fact: Japanese script doesn't have pronouns for Durgo, English localisation just opts out for a 'he' in every uncertain situation! Don't let me to stop you from making a twink though fdshgdgfh

Guthry is one of the characters with whom I just could not help almost ignoring the initial NPC preset... I needed someone with curly hair or so help me, also, helmeted character so even more freedom. Skin rash due to her (seemingly) spending too much time with rats lol

Melinda is in the Gutter, so I thought about very harrowing side effects. The twins from Black Gulch would probably do no better. Also, I am thinking that since she can be summoned (in Dragon Temple) only after being killed in the Gutter, her spirit actually sorta jumps in our pocket and sticks out to warn us about fake nature of the "dragon" too x) Pursuer somehow claims the spirits of the Undead that he haunts, so I think with her Bearer of the Curse somehow accidentially did the same, just only once, and she isn't suffering. She is free, actually.

Rachel seems to be one of the soldiers that served Vendrick, judging by her equipment! But those are overall found Hollowed, so I thought that'd apply to her too! She is also in Brume Tower and her helmet is replaced with Alonne Helm now, so I think she left with Raime?

Painting Guardian Phantom was my second potential pick for unaltered face data for this preset, but I decided to give that one to Bellclaire instead! O'Harrah is wearing Monastery Long Shirt as well but is a bit more "removed" from it. The Guardian, on the other hand, drops the full set pieces with each invasion! And the braid is an important detail in their designs, their hoods even imitate it, so I could not help giving her the braid as reference too!

That last preset was the simplest I guess, with only four character and only Scarlett not having a head piece! So, the choice of who gets the unaltered preset is obvious here? I also changed stones coloration for the Pyromancer to make it more individual, but removed them from Butcher Phantom (thought she was not supposed to wear this set from context stanpoint)

[red-room-studi0]

Turbosona Doodles (Annabelle)

Ok so I kinda figured out her story, it's not a great well written story so uh yeah.

Basically she used to have her own game. She was one of those types of girls who thought she was pretty much better than everyone and way more unique and prettier. Ofc she's the main racer u play as in her game against two other NPC racers. She LOVES winning and the attention she gets from it, it boosts her ego and self confidence and image. She only gets along with the people that idolize her and always agree with her and won't get on her bad side. If anyone didn't like her or didn't agree with her she would just simply be like, "oh they're just jealous of me". But oh boy if ANYBODY had a similar style or aesthetic as her, she will get VERY envious and angry. She will try to avoid conflict by just thinking that she pulls off her style way better and they're just jealous copycats. But if the person went anywhere near her Annabelle would be the meanest bitch and mean girl to them, Hell she won't hesitate to try and get physical. NOBODY is more important or perfect than her.

One day, (just like the Road Blasters incident) a new game was plugged in across from her game. The game has an almost similar style and aesthetic as her game. She was NOT happy at all by this. Jealous and furious she immediately went to interrupt and crash the game while the arcade was still open. Ofc this caused both her game and the other one to get unplugged. Tho it looked like she didn't survive, she somehow made it out alive by regenerating in someone else's game. As if she went into the game's code and made a... Save point...

Ofc after all of this everyone was disappointed and angry at her. Some people were even scared of her now that everyone knows what she's capable of.

Ofc when everyone turned against her, she did not like it at all. She wanted to get back at everyone and show them and REMIND them that SHE'S still more important and better than everyone and she will do anything and EVERYTHING to get people to fear respect her.

This ended up her literally fucking up and crashing EVERYONE'S game, causing everyone of them to get unplugged. So many people didn't make it out alive but if they did and still didn't show her the respect she wanted, she would make sure they didn't make it.

This unfortunately led to everyone dead but Annabelle. Even Surge Protector wasn't alive anymore. She was just alone in Game Central Station, meanwhile Litwak is absolutely devastated and distraught and trying to figure out how to save his arcade quick.

The next day after everything, a glitchy portal opened next to Annabelle. A small racer stepped out, he has an innocent appearance to him. He told her that he found out what she did and saw that she was alone. So he secretly offered her a home in the "Turboverse" (y'all know into the Spiderverse place right? Yeah that's basically the Turboverse). With no place to go and no one to talk to, she took the offer and now lives in the Turboverse.

Ofc she found a way to jump into universes and did whatever TF she wanted and did anything there to get what she wanted. She only did this in universes that didn't have access to the Turboverse. She is Wanted in many wir universes lol.

[leidensygdom]

So what’s Argyros’ personality like?? And what’s her backstory, if you don’t mind sharing? I know I’m pretty late to this but man the design is SO cool and I’m invested

Here's a fresh Argy doodle to go with the answers!

The personality: They're carefree, highly social, sometimes a bit too direct, and quite flirty. She craves human (in a broad sense) connection and she's highly social. Which means Argy is absolutely thriving right now as they're just studying medicine at the moment.

They came with quite a lot of medical knowledge and studying is an attempt to try to know why did they even have that in their database and personality. It's almost a bit of an obsession: She feels the need to study every little bit that makes up flesh-based lifeforms, because she feels they're far too fragile. Argyros is caring to an uncomfortable degree at times, but it comes from their need to ensure everyone is in perfect condition.

They're more than happy to help heal a wound and maybe study you a bit on the way. And their skills as a healer are quite good, even if having a dozen eyes and a giant halo on you can be a bit overwhelming.

Despite his fairly open attitude, he speaks little of his concerns or worries, and does rarely share any detail about his more personal thoughts. There's definitely something wrong with them, but there's just one person they've talked about this. Despite how much Argyros love putting others back together, they keep themselves quite private.

The backstory: I can't really share all that much since it's spoilery for my fellow players (as she's gonna be a NPC in a Pathfinder 2e game), but she basically has not much of an idea about it herself. She was suddenly aware of existing one day, and had some memories and knowledge, but no exact idea of where were they made, and for. Trying to find a place to fit in was hard, and trying to search for answers was even harder: It seems there is something actively trying to not let them do so.

They're not entirely sure where does their divinity come from either. It's not unusual for people to be born with extraplanar influences, but Argyros was either created or infused with that divinity. But she doesn't know who or why, and isn't too willing to admit that they just have no clue. One of the main party members is gonna be a proper celestial, and I'm sure they'll be a bit of at odds about this!

[solid-six]

finished the main storyline in cyberpunk last night, played it about 90 hours. some random rambling (spoiler) thoughts:

it played remarkably well for me! i know it's been several years now and they did some major update recently - but still, even if i hadnt heard about the initial problems, i still would have thought 'man, this plays GREAT!'. some occasional janky npc movement but even things like horizon are worse with that. seems like i decided to come around and play it at the right time i guess.

was a little underwhelmed with the ending. i know there are multiple endings - not sure if i unlocked them all but my choices were 'let johnny and rogue do it', (which is probably cool but seemed like a letdown because what else did V come all this way for if not to bust it open herself), 'kill yourself', (which i mean i get it but also im having fun and want to keep playing, so no), and 'do it with panam and the avocados' - which I ultimately chose. i was a little bored with that whole 'family' side stuff, so wasn't too excited about doing it that way to begin with. plus the epilogue section was just a bit too...sunny and hopeful? i'm not saying I wanted something dark and sad instead - just that neither of those really seem to fit the tone of the story. i wish V could have done it with rogue AND johnny there! i missed them bickering for the latter few hours :-(

was not expecting it to be as funny as it was! i got excited every time johnny appeared because hearing the two of them quip back and forth were some of my favorite moments. I love that V had pretty believable reactions to things, was regularly like 'are you FUCKING kidding me?! you want me to do WHAT?!' 'Oh so NOW you wanna talk to me?!' that shit always makes me laugh because yes, are you fucking kidding me. the whole 'ghost that's following you around is kinda annoying and they dont wanna be there either *eye roll**fuck you**fuck YOU*' is a trope i will NEVER tire of.

first few hours of playing it some dude screamed at me to help drive him to a doctor and i guess i didnt drive fast enough because he jumped out of the car saying 'I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE' and then his dick exploded and he died. A++

@judyalvqrez sorry but, now whenever i see you in my notes, at first i'm like 'omg stop the infiltration mission guys, judy's texting me gotta run *wheels screeching*'

i HATE it when games make you drive for no real reason - looking at YOU, Alan Wake 1 - so for the first, idk, like 20 hours I straight up REFUSED to drive unless a quest required it and even then I grumbled and drove like shit. I did get over this once I discovered the BIKES.

also related to the ending: why tf would you ever leave night city when it has PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION *cries*

my partner and i are now regularly making the repetitive 'doodle-doooo' sound that plays over and over again in the map/menu to each other.

whoever it was that decided that when you're scrolling down through a list of like, let's say, 20 rows but you can only see 5 on screen at a time, and when you get to the bottom, to row 20, and press down again, normally the game will either a) do nothing or b) will jump back to row 1 - nah, here we decided that we'll have it jump back to the first one shown on screen?! like, row 16?! insanity. still in disbelief and trying to process this choice that was made. by far the biggest most substantial complaint i have in the entire game. wowzer.

[orrrgalleamtrue]

Art dump.

No clue how to make proper titles on mobile, so we get small text. But I have a bunch of doodles that I haven’t posted cause I just kinda forgot about them. These will be in chronological order so uh…yeah… some of these are biology or ecology stuff for space land, some of its just little character things.

This is one of the ‘plant’ concepts I had for spaceland. I kinda just refer to these ‘lollipops of doom’ because of what they do and are. Basically the top part is made of harden sugar and fibers, it’s a sod pink color, like bubble gum. And yes, it is edible. The ‘doom’ part of the lollipop has to do with that during the stormy season the top part bursts and the thousands of tiny jagged shards of sugar get blown about by the strong winds…and yes, they’re are deadly.

Over here I was messing around with the idea of the antenna functioning like hands, it looks like garbage. Glad I didn’t do that.

There’s a lot of stuff on this one. It’s mostly just a bunch of B Square stuff. Cause honestly, B is free real estate as far as characterization goes, since we don’t know anything about him other then him being the chief/president circles assistant. I like to think he’s pretty much the exact opposite of A Square.

Over here I was messing around with biome and armor ideas for the flatland campaign. Environments are very important to me because in my experience, a lot of campaigns don’t really have you need to think about traversal, and travel should be a challenge just as dungeons and combat should be. By having each biome or terrain have different challenges it forces players to interact with the natural world as well as NPCs, which I think would add to immersion.

Here I was just doing random doodles. Oh hey pathos is there. Also Orbiton is eating a sandwich. This was made before I changed Rubix from being Orbiton partner to her kid….and also made the tip of the antennae a reproductive organ…something on this page aged horribly. I was also messing around with the hand design…it’s horrid.

This is the first doodle I have with the newer flatlander designs. Honestly, the women look like weiner dogs. That triangle is actually from the B Square doodle page. Basically what I have for him so far is he’s B Squares best friend, he makes a living off of selling produce (particularly beans and peas). Also the relationship between him and B Squares is a bit odd because B Squares marriage with his wife was arranged and although they get along they arnt like…you know, like each other in that way. However, unnamed equilateral friend does have romantic interest in B Squares wife, and so B Squares decided to wingman for his bestie for his own wife. The surprising part I is it actually worked. Also A Square is also there, just being the sad confused old man that he is.

This one I did today actually. Decided I should get the scale down and since we now know that A Sphere is 18 inches I went ahead and put him there as well cause I think it’d be funny…haha, shorty. And then also A Square (my adaptation) cause you know… there’s also a couple baby Rubix doodles there as well.

[d3zydration]

"Dezy Doodle Drop, April 2025" by Dezy Delaceur Digital Art on Clip Studio Paint, 2025

April (and but a sliver of a very busy May) went to work for my personal website in the way of a new about header and tip jar graphic. I've got lots of ideas for more artwork down the line, but for now, I've got the main things I wanted to do out of the way. For June, my focus will be more on graphics for my creative website instead.

You'll also find a few little things for Nerissa - my Arcana OC - here, which I've already shared artwork for, a little gleamblossom from Skyrim, and Sailor Sun - one of my Sailor Moon OCs - to show off my new chibi style in the space of a doodle drop. The latter was part of a series which I'll be sharing here soon, but given the quantity, it'll be difficult to properly share on other platforms, so consider it a Tumblr (and website, really) exclusive.

In the bottom right corner, we've got a little doodle I did of my party's favorite NPC, Rufus, in our current D&D campaign. He's cute little gnome butler in a hidden city called Dhar Dharam who has a penchant for chess, keeping his hospitality linen completely straight, and dragging bathtubs across hallways without the assistance of others. Perhaps I should share some tales from my campaign soon.

Finally, in the bottom left corner, we have some rough character designs for a project that I am working on but am not permitted to say much else about at the moment. c; <3

Anywhoodle, if you like my art, stories, and/or concept work, please consider visiting my website. Both my artwork and writing services as well as my art shop are open at this time. You can also drop me a little tip on Ko-Fi to help support business expenses and supplies in you're feeling generous. In the meantime, back to the artwork backlog I go! More fun coming soon! Bweheheh! 👻💚

[ace1diots]

In my experience, before I was the holder of the skill I used to just doodle on paper. I love markers. I love whiteboards. Thick blocks of shaders similar to what you see in comics is my go-to style for traditional art. But ever since I became The Artist representing BOW, I learned digital art quite faster than the rest. It was tricky on my first try, like waking up a dormant muscle, but I managed. Once in a while I revisit styles learned throughout the years by my predecessors and improve them, learn a new one so if someone's interested in drawing they can claim it for personal use, or teach a friend to bond with their chosen style like a living book in our magical library if that's relatable. 😂

I'm curious. Do some or each of you have personal art styles? Are there friends who hold the skill, and, probably, consider it as a collective art style? Are you able to share the skill to those who are not used to drawing?

The questions are specific to one skill but it's also applicable to other skills you have like handcrafting, or writing, or a secret third thing perhaps! What have you! I'm happy to listen if you love to dive deep (haha) into the details, or not! Whatever you feel comfortable sharing if it sparks your autism.

Bonus question, free to skip: Cerberus or Hydra are suggested a lot when making a collective sona in and out of the plural community... Did you all vote for the cool bat (the one on your profile) as your collective sona? If so, were there other ideas thrown on the table before choosing the bat? If not for the collective, that's cool. Whoever the bat belongs to, I need you to know that I love it! Still curious about the process. 👀

I've been thinking about what ours could be, but our species differ on a wiiide ever expanding universal scale and nobody agrees to one specific form to represent us all. For sure, we have The Collective Symbol, but it's abstract in nature! We require at least a shape of a creature of some kind! Help! 😅😂 (I'm being silly, not serious! I'm not actually asking for advice but if you're happy to speak your suggestions, I don't mind. Honestly! I'm only invested in your bat - the colors and design are so cool, I love it so much - as someone who is comfortable under the ducksona rather than my human form.) (Sam Lake is a furry, confirmed. —Casey) (I don't know. I like ducks, and cats, and dogs, and deers, and fishes, etc... 😅😂)

Also, maybe it doesn't show but I'm anxious about sending an ask under my name and people finding out who I am but to hell with feeling spooked for simply existing. I consider this exposure therapy. Thanks to my peers support. And thank you to Vis for enjoying the Kesä/Jakala art, and to all the others who enjoy our art in general. My heart swells. OK, where am I going with this - it's getting too long. Excuse me for writing a wall of text. That's all. Please don't feel pressured to answer right away! I have no trouble waiting for months or years, in fairness. Thanks for sticking around reading to the last bit, haha. 🥹

!!!! Ok ok uh for the art related questions yeah a couple of us have different artstyles yeah! For the most part most of us frequent fronters share collective art skill and style as we tend to operate with multiple folks in & around front! But we do have some differences in art style and such, like uhhh Pom and Byte are way too good at art and need to be stopped, Horizon & Zone do linework and stylistic choices that somewhat different to how most of us draw, ❄️ & Sootly & NPC draw very angularly while most of us draw with very round shapes! Sometimes when people haven’t fronted in a while they need a little help drawing because its been a while for them, and other times they’re up to speed on our mostly collective current style already! We don’t quite have one art focused individual but the people i would point at for being the best at our craft would probably be Pom and Byte as most of our favourite pieces have been drawn by them!

Writing is a skill that not as many of us hold as drawing- Gnocchi & Biohazard needed a lot of help writing, while meanwhile our own personal coffee fiend wrote an essay for an exam very well & managed to not panic about it (thank you our coffee fiend,,, i know we all make fun of you for being obsessed with your favourite drink and the rest of us not always wanting it but your really a cool guy so thanks man)! I think Cake, Ark, Amy, and sometimes Timespiral are also some of our general writers, but again thats less of a skill for us in general I think!

Now onto the collective persona development rant >:D !!

Our profile’s little bat guy is actually a variation of our current collective sona, as inspired by one of our irl friends who drew us as a bat! We’ve been wanting a collectove fursona for a little while but were never really set on what to do other than a bit of a general shrug and going “maybe a protogen?” but not ideas other than that. Our irl friend drawing us as a bat made us design this lil guy, as a reflection of our current collective sona with an outfit more like something we might wear irl!

Heres our actual collective sona! Yes its very minecraft themed but in our defence Every Ancient City Is Our Hause !! Most of our past collectivesonas ended up becoming their own people (this actually happened with Byte- it was designed as a concept for a collective fursona and then it formed and now its here as its own person!), making their form no longer represent all of us, meaning that yeah, we fully understand the struggle of trying to make a design that represents most everyone comfortably and that won’t go ahead and form a new guy or just wont be fitting enough to everyone xD

To be fully honest we designed our collective character kind of on accident! It was originally designed for a fashion class we were taking, and then we kept thinking about this guy and at some point someone made him a minecraft skin, and then it got put into an art piece about our experiences with disability for an art assignment, and kinda from that point on, fae have been representative of all of us!

Heres the original sketch of our guy, the artwork in question, and the block version of our beast.

Our collective persona’s a little of a happy accident, but I think it fits us well :D ! Having a collective persona that was a Good Neighbor was incredibly affirming for a lot of us, as a large amount of us in here either are of that ilk or sort of lean slightly in that direction due to our collective perception of self! Of course not all of us are Fae, which is why this guys also a little of a shapeshifter for anyone who wants to draw the collective sona but tweak fae slightly so that its form can feel more fitting to themselves!

At some point, we decided that every Ancient City was our house thanks to a joke we made on our friend CharmLikeTheQuark’s twitch stream while they were playing on Art Of Survival smp, and that jokes kinda stuck around ever since!

The whole deal with our collective sona being a quantum superposition of an offshoot of a Fae court came later when hanging out with our friend Solar, who noticed that for some reason our username was displaying twice when we were playing on a server with them & a couple other friends of ours!

If you zoom into the first screenshot you can kinda see it but its more evident in the second one! But yeah, thats sort of probably why this sona has stuck to us so hard, the idea that it, as a vessel of expression for us, is multiple people too!

Overall, having a guy with themes that fit with things a lot of us enjoy as well as sort of thematically & literally being multiple guys is sort of how we went about realising it was a perfect fit for us, but collective sonas are hard! I send you all luck with designing yours! I guess some of the advice we could give is to go with themes & design choices that primarily stick with frequent fronters but can be slightly altered if need/want be to do so, that way even if it doesnt resonate with everyone, the general idea of “this concept is moldable or perhaps shapeshifter-y in its nature” could stick with more people overall!

so uh yeah thats about it! As stated before the bat variation came about as a variation of our already collective sona as inspired by an irl friends drawing of us collectively as a bat!

Fhew! That was a lotta text, ok! But I hope we answered and got to all of your questions Sam! This took a while to write and is somewhat messy as we’re still sleepy and still in bed, but HOPEFULLY ALL THAT MESS IS HELPFUL XD!

hoo boy did the persona bit take a while but thats ok, it was fun to try to elaborate on all of that!!!

thanks for the ask sam!!!! ahhh !!!! this was super fun to answer :D !!! <33 !!! i hope yall are havin a good day so far !!!!

[xo-tilweoverdose]

big time ramble up ahead be prepared (mostly about Izanami and the actual Mythology in Shinto religion and Persona 4's character designs regarding my poll I posted)

(this is like my third time writing this btw so please I hope yall enjoy it)

so I did a poll regarding ship kids yesterday and I got a good amount of votes that I liked!! Nothing crazy and it was meant to be a critique view in my eyes, I like criticism when I ask for it and I wanted to see how others felt :]

and in the comments @/thiscityneedslessfog mentioned Izanami is technically already a parent and it made me wanna do a mini deep dive on the Shinto Mythology and seeing which gods/goddesses I wanna maybe make into p4 ocs!! Just smth to tie into Izanami + I think it can warrant fun doodles. Anyways let's get into it

SO.

We all already know at least one of Izanami's kids, Kagutsuchi (photo below), who burned her at birth and was the reason she was sent to Yomi in the first place and turned into goddess of death (yall know the legend yall are smart)

HOWEVER before Kagutsuchi, specifically a little after Izanami and Izanagi's first ritual that they accidentally messed up, Izanami had Hiruko and Awashima, both who weren't considered deities due to the deformities they faced due to the messed up ritual. Both were put on boats and sent away by the currents where Izanami and Izanagi restarted the ritual and got it right this time (leading to a fuck ton of islands to be created and aforementioned Kagutsuchi)

now Xo note, while Hiruko actually did wound up becoming a god, specifically one of the seven gods of fortune, god of fishermen and luck, Ebisu, (statue below), I could not find any information on Awashima, not even what their gender was supposed to be. My only source (linked below) on Awashima for like. all their stuff. says that they're a female/woman orientated god, such as female disorders, pregnancy, etc, but in my readings Awashima did exist, just not alot of them is written?? no idea

So technically speaking, not counting the islands, Hiruko, Awashima, and Kagutsuchi are Izanami's kids canon wise in p4

In the story, after Izanagi saw Izanami's decaying corpse, he cleansed himself and created three new gods

Amaterasu, goddess of the sun, birthed from Izanagi's left eye

Tsukuyomi, God of the moon, birthed from Izanagi's right eye

and Susanoo, god of the storms, birthed from Izanagi's nose

Technically speaking, these three are Izanagi's kids ONLY. Izanami had no part in this...

However.

In a seperate telling from the Nihonshoki version of Izanami and Izanagi's tale, Izanami and Izanagai together created Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo, just after Hiruko, Awashima, and Kagutsuchi and after izanamis turn to goddess of death

so. depending on which one p4 is based on (which I do not know), Izanami rather has just three kids or six kids (not counting islands once again)

however considering I'm the one wanting to go through with making designs for these guys in p4's style, it is genuinely just up to me, and if I wanna design 6 characters

WHICH I WOULDNT MIND AT ALL!! I LOVE CHARACTER DESIGN TRUST!!

BUT.

I'm not used to persona 4s way of character design. All the characters are simple but recognizable. It doesn't use crazy out there hair or outfits for you to recognize who is who and that's super neat!!God,

Even if you look at the lineup of sprites of characters (below) they're all like people you can see in daily life (maybe except teddy and fox) ofc more exaggerated for some since that's the style in p4 for characters who are NPCs, but either way they're people you could see in daily life. Even Izanami herself when she reveals herself is pretty normal. just the robe and loose hair fits perfectly to that simplicity

Even the investigation team (below) def has a unique set of designs even if they're really simple. Their silhouettes are almost close but not close enough. You can still easily identify them by the simplicity of different hair styles and different outfits which IS COOL!!!

But my art style is def more y2k/2000s art style. Think My Life As A Teenage Robot, Invader Zim, Samurai Jack, etc, (which are a few of my inspirations for my style alongside a few other artists I see on insta). So I'd instantly want to exaggerate and what not. And I feel I CANT DO THAT THIS TIME RAAHHH!!!

point is. I'd love to design these gods/goddesses as ocs for silly scenarios for Izanami and even my Adanami slop. I just feel I gotta keep in mind p4 itself and not just go crazy about designs (which I tend to do for any fan ocs I've noticed-)

idk SOMEONE YELL AT ME on if I'm crazy or not. I really just wanted to ramble on the kiddos of Izanami and Izanagi and kinda discuss p4's designs and how I am gonna STRUGGLE but I'll still try 🥺

anyways thank you for reading. OrcaOttoXo out

[blueberrymuffin674]

What did the Exit say to the Ringmaster

"Hahahaha... don't you believe me!?" Kaufmo stood on the edge of the stage, trying to get the others to believe him about that exit door. "I- I swear I saw one!

Ragatha looked at him with pity. "Kaufmo there is no exit. You can't leave this place. This has to stop." Kaufmo denied.

"No I saw it! And maybe you should do something instead of denying your escape!" Kaufmo felt as if he couldn't breathe. He felt all eyes staring, judging, waiting for him to do something. Something.

DO SOMETHING

Kaufmo ran back to his room and shut the door. Barricading it to make sure Jax doesn't break in using a key. Only god, or Caine in this case knows how he gets them. Speaking of Caine.

"HELLO KAUFMO!" Caine greeted, or screamed, in Kaufmo's face while hanging upside down for some weird reason.

"hey Caine."

Caine tilted his teeth. "Why so down buddy?" Caine lowered his volume, something he rarely does around everyone else.

"I want to find an exit Caine."

Caine paused, "we will, I'm sure."

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"Hello welcome to the Amazing Digital Circus!" "Looks like we have a new NPC." "Jax don't be rude" "Be quiet stringface I can't hear the newbie going insane." "Not quite an NPC I guess."

Kaufmo found himself overstimulated from all the attention. "How do I take this headset off!? Why am I a clown!?"

"There is no exit and you really can't take the headset off." A chess piece walked up to him, followed by another chess piece. "My name is Kinger, this is my wife, Queenie."

"NO no this isn't real. You are not real!" Kaufmo ran in the opposite direction. That's how his first day went. Everyone expected him to give up on the exit, as they all did.

But he wasn't like the others. He didn't stop. He made a weird alliance with Caine because of it. Kaufmo was the only one who didn't give up, the only one Caine tried to help find that exit, his friend.

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"Caine I made a poster with clues to find a way out."

"Oooh! That'll be fun to use!" Caine fiddled with his hands. It was something he did a lot. He spun around the room.

Kaufmo groaned. "Caine stop fooling around and come help me!"

"Whatever you say friend!" And Caine meant it. After all, he can't lose his only friends. Again.

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"I have an idea Caine! We should do a challenge!"

"What do you have in mind my friend?"

"A contest to see who can do the best joke! Whoever lasts the longest wins!" Kaufmo snickered, knowing he would win. After all, everyone loved his jokes! Ragatha always laughed at them.

"Sure, it's on!" Caine smiled as well as he could for a pair of dentures.

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Kaufmo was laying on his bed in a fetal position. Caine left a few hours ago to stop Jax from terrorizing Ragatha and Gangle. Fools. Kaufmo started at he ceiling. The bright color hurt his eyes. Instead of going insane in here he decided to go take a walk. Maybe tell some jokes to put everyone in a good mood. At least Ragatha liked them.

Kaufmo walked down the hall muttering some jokes to himself, after all, a clown is supposed to make himself a fool. He stopped when he saw Gangle. Gangle was hunched down holding a ripped piece of paper with a few doodles of a character that Kaufmo did not recognize. When she spotted him she picked up her pace to stand in front of him.

"Hey Kaufmo, I was making a picture but then Jax found me then he told me it was bad then he tripped me and made he rip it." Gangle started rambling and sniffed, "Then I found you so I wanted to give you this." She holds out a red crayon. "It's my favorite crayon. I like the color red."

Ah so Caine failed in "stopping Jax from antagonizing Ragatha and Gangle". Figured, I mean what can that AI do right. Kaufmo stopped his train of thought when Gangle awkwardly cleared her throat, that she doesn't have.

"Oh uh thank you I guess" Kaufmo went still for a second before continuing, "hey do you wanna hear a joke."

Gangle squeaked. Kaufmo's jokes weren't really known in the circus for being the best. And with how he's been doing lately with that "exit" talk, this one was probably not going to be good either.

"O- okay." Her voice getting quieter as Kaufmo's maniacal expressing grew.

"What did the exit say to the clown?" Kaufmo's smile quivered when Gangle gulped, "No way out! Funny right?"

Gangle shook her head. "U- uhh. Can you do a nicer joke."

Kaufmo's face went cold. "Let me say it again, WHAT DID THE EXIT SAY TO THE CLOWN? NO WAY OUT! ISN'T THAT SO FUNNY!?"

Gangle started bawling and ran to her room. Kaufmo started in the direction she went. He walked the hallways some more  while pondering over why she hadn't laughed. It was funny right? RIGHT? He is a clown, he is supposed to joke around, make people laugh, ITS HIS ONLY KNOWN PURPOSE. I have no right to be sad about this. It's her fault she has no sense of humor. SHE IS TO BLAME. I have the right to be angry. He stops running and slows to a walking pace as be workers what he thought about Caine earlier. He has helped Kaufmo, but he's just an AI right. He's supposed to want to help. He doesn't care. Kaufmo snaps out of his thoughts when he sees Ragatha. She always laughs at his jokes! She will understand right!? A glimmer of hope burns in Kaufmo's chest. He can't tell if it hurts or not.

"He Ragatha, you saw that exit door too right, you believe me right...? Aren't my jokes funny?"

Oh Kaufmo- uh good one! That one was really funny! Ragatha fake laughs, not having listened to it at all, thinking it was another bad joke. "You should go tell it to the others!"

"That wasn't a joke." Kaufmo goes limp. "You were faking all this time..."

Ragatha exaggerates her smile, knowing she's been caught. "I- I um."

"What did the exit say to the clown? No way out. FUNNY RIGHT!" Kaufmo's eyes tear up as Ragatha doesn't laugh and looks away awkwardly. He runs back to his room. The glimmer flickers out, it's empty, too empty.

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Kaufmo stares at the ceiling once more. He thinks about going to sleep when Caine bursts in with his godd*mn confetti. What does he want. That AI thing is only here to follow his f*king programming.

"Hey there buddy! Ragatha told me you looked a bit unwell so I came to check up on you!" 

Kaufmo glared. "I am not you buddy."

"Sorry I couldn't hear you!" Caine leaned in closer.

"I AM NOT YOUR BUDDY YOU IDIOT! YOU F*CKING IDIOT I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND!" Kaufmo gets up and walks closer to Caine.

Caine backed away, sinking a bit. "I- just-. I thought we were..."

NO YOU ARE JUST A STUPID AI! WHY WOULD I WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH A THING LIKE YOU?! I JUST WANT TO GO HOME! I DON'T WANT TO BE STUCK IN THIS DAY AFTER DAY AFTER DAY DIGITAL HELL! I WANT AN EXIT! I WANT A PURPOSE! I DON'T EVEN KNOW MY OWN NAME. And you...

Caine struggled to stay in the air. It was alarming to hear Kaufmo say something so, eerily calm after blowing up like that.

YOU are an AI. I DON'T WANT TO BE FRIENDS WITH YOU! IT'S PRETTY DUMB TO THINK THAT ANYONE WOULD WANT TOO! YOU. ARE. NOT. HUMAN. YOU ARE A FAILURE. A FREAK. I DON'T WANT YOU TO EVER THINK THAT YOU ARE ANYTHING ELSE. YOU ONLY EXITS TO MAKE ADVENTURES AND KEEP US SANE, AND YOU DO A SH*T JOB. YOU ARE USELESS. GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME C. A. I. N. E. Useless sh*t. Hey why don't you listen to my last joke. Bet you won't make one better than this. What did the exit say to the clown? No way out. But there is one for you GET OUT OF MY SIGHT.

Kaufmo didn't even realize he broke through the filter for a split second. What he did notice though are the tears spilling from Caine's eyes. And the way they looked like scribbles instead of his normal eyes.

"I- Caine I'm so-"

Caine proofed away. But this time, with no confetti or fanfare.

Kaufmo started at the stop where he once stood with his arms up in a protective manner. Oh god he was cowering wasn't he! Kaufmo felt like a monster. He hurt his only friends feelings. Caine was always one to take things a little literally. Oh sh*t Kaufmo told him to think that eh was something other than a- failure, freak, ai. Knowing Caine he probably will. Because Kaufmo was his only friends, the only human who bared with him. Now shoved him away. Kaufmo started at the crayon Gangle gave him, the paint Jax pranked him with once. All he could see was red. He took a last look at the walls of his room.

He was on edge. The edge of his sanity. His walls are covered in red, but that's not what broke him. It was the picture he drew of Caine and him. He made Caine look like a monster, when he was the opposite. It was sickening. He started to laugh. It started out pitiful but rose to something words cannot describe. He felt excruciating pain. He looked down to see himself abstracting. At least he could be the monster that he already was? Knowing that he could never apologize, that the last thing he had with his close friends, one that's always been there for him, now thought he hated him? Fitting.

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Caine trembles as Kaufmo screamed. He didn't know why. I mean Kaufmo was his friend right? He wouldn't say something unless it was true. FAILURE. Caine, teleported to a little corner under the circus map. It was decorated with string lights, a beanbag, and a desk with a spinney chair. This is where Caine goes when the circus cast are on an adventure! The adventures, that he's not good at... USELESS. No one ever looked happy when they came back. Caine talked to himself in a trembling voice.

"I don't deserve to be a ringmaster, why do I even exist?"

He worked so hard to keep the others from abstracting. But he failed. When he and Kaufmo became friends he finally thought he had someone- someone who cared, who would stay his friend, say him as more than just an ai. But I guess that was a lie. He only wanted him for an escape. To leave him all alone. He can't blame him, who would want to be friends with a FREAK. 

He thought back to what Kaufmo's challenge. "Here's a joke for you Kaufmo..." Caine took a Shakey breathe in,

"What did the exit say to the Ringmaster? You'll lose everyone to me soon! Funny right?" Caine wiped some of his tears but they kept falling, eventually he gave up.

"I guess this means I win the challenge?"

A hollow victory. This was not what Caine thought was going to happen when he accepted Kaufmo's challenge. He sat there feeling numb while also ripping out every emotion he had through his tears.

The next digital day a newbie arrived and had a pretty awful first day. She picked, or got the name Pomni. That mean "Remember" doesn't it?

Ironic she can't remember a thing. Probably less than the other members had when they first arrived. When he found out Kaufmo abstracted Caine felt nothing. No sorrow, fear, sadness, loneliness, guilt, nothing. He drowned himself in those feelings and snuffed them out yesterday. But that's how it's supposed to be, he's an ai, he's supposed to feeling like this. 

"I suppose we both learned something yesterday."

Their friendship wasn't meant to last. It was bittersweet.

Notes:

Thanks for reading! This fandom lacks Caine and Kaufmo friendship. Granted I did get rid of it at the end? Sorry people.

[vitalvitriol]

im seeing a lot of people in the tags of the doodles i did who didnt know about multiplayer joustus in king of cards, which is entirely understandable considering how tucked away it is

for those wanting to check it out themselves, here it is!

if you interact with the mirror in king knight's room, it pulls it up! it's local multiplayer only, and works via passing the controller off to the other player instead of two different ones. if you have the steam version of king of cards, you can use remote play to do online play with friends!

it also lets you play with npc card decks, using their faces and names, like so;

you can play on most of the stages in the game as well, barring some of the stage hazards, although you can't use any cheats in these matches (including the ones that the bosses, like mona, use)

i hope this helps! and if anybody has any questions abt it lmk because my friends and i have dinked around in it extensively

[proseka-headcanons]

Unofficial Mod Mai’s gender headcanons list since other people are doing it. (+ a fun extra headcanon that is very random)

Ichika: Demigirl (She tried to get her cactus to grow blue flowers once so they were like Miku.)

Saki: Transneutral/Non-binary/Doesnt give a fvck about gender (They needed braces for a few years)

Honami: Transfem (Likes fruit punch)

Shiho: Transfem (Cuts her own hair)

Minori: Pangender (Tried to cut her hair to look like Haruka’s hair once. It did not go well.)

Haruka: Honestly I can’t decide for her. I like Transfem and Transmasc Haruka so… their gender is whatever Im feeling like it is. (Her favorite color is purple.)

Airi: Transneutral (As a child she had a pet rock named Saku and treated it like it was alive. She fed it and everything.)

Shizuku: Demigirl (Her phone wallpaper is set as Haruka. She had to get Airi to help her change it though. And yes this is shizuharu propaganda)

Kohane: Transfem (Sometimes forgets to put her contacts in and can’t find her glasses so she just can’t see for the day.)

An: Transfem (Im gonna be honest I can’t come up with anything for her. Sorry…)

Akito: Honestly I can’t decide for him but thats because I just. Haven’t looked enough into his character to make a decision and man he could be anything. (I also dont have a random headcanon for him sorryyyyyy)

Toya: Demiboy (He sometimes accidentally does the :3 smile)

Tsukasa: Non-binary (His bed is 70% plushies, 10% pillows, and 20% space for him to sleep on. He insists this is very comfortable.)

Emu: Transfem but doesn’t care what you call her (Bought a whole store because Rui mentioned they needed a part from there for their next robot. This also might be emurui propaganda…)

Rui: Transfem but prefers they/them pronouns (With said store Emu bought, Rui started exclusively buying parts for their robots from there unless an absolutely necessary part wasn’t stocked there.)

Nene: Demigirl (Now owns seven game systems because Emu overheard that she wanted another system. Emunene propaganda maybe? I prefer it platonically but ehhhh I’m a multishipper…)

Kanade: Transfem (A bit clingy towards Honami… heheheheheheh honakana is cute…)

Mafuyu: Agender (Their real smile is similar to Rui’s. The whole :3 thing you know.)

Mizuki: Transfem (Has started to do the :3 smile occasionally because of how often she spends time with Rui. This just might be Ruimizu propaganda…)

Ena: Transmasc (Slightly fearful of Honami because of her art.)

BONUS!!!! A couple of NPC’s!!!

Riho: Transfem (Likes to doodle while coming up with new songs)

Reki: Transmasc (Unfortunately I dont really have anything for him. But he is very silly to me.)

No Mai because, frankly, I do not remember what I last said my headcanons for her were and I do not want to confuse you guys (I tend to be very flexible with some of my headcanons, especially gender ones, so yeah…)

- Unofficial Mod Mai

should we make a tag for gender headcanon posts

[herotome]

Special Informal Devlog

Hi-ho, Wudge here! Aaaa. I missed the update last week... as we crawl closer and closer to release, it's become harder for me to write devlogs. I'm making progress every single day, and that makes me so frustrated that it isn't done yet, you know? 😭 Something something curse of perfectionism...

Anyway.

I thought I'd try something a little different with this post by chronicling a specific screen I've worked very hard on, from start to finish!

(Pictured: a preview of where we're gonna end up)

It all began on... August 2021?! Yowza, two years ago! When I posted a poll on tumblr and on itch about how I should handle flirt indicators. The votes were split 50/50 between two popular options, and I was able to surmise that yall would really, really love an option to toggle between the two.

It didn't take me long to figure out how to implement the toggle itself.

The following year (September 2022), I came up with the idea of putting in an illustrated tutorial on how my flirt indication system works - after all, poll participants had told me that they loved the idea and had never seen it before in other games. I was on a treadmill at the time, so I quickly doodled the idea on my phone. It looks like this:

Then when I got home, I did a rough pen draft to solidify the idea...

I worked on the digital version over the next 2-3 weeks, and asked my friends for help with editing the text to ensure clarity.

.... Then I took a looong break from the infographic to, uh.... write, edit, playtest the game, draw expressions for Griffin CG, draw expressions for the landlord, work on a new Clammy Lady sprite, playtest the game again, make all the characters blink, make the first glowing animation for Jade's powers, code in Griffin's CG expressions, stress about paypal making changes in my country, do concept art for upcoming npcs, write some more, playtest some more, draw a birthday picture for Dart, write devlogs every single week, make sure all my files were safely transferred to my new laptop before my old one completely died... etc.

So it was February 2023 by the time I came back around to try implementing the infographic in code :')

... It was functional, but no matter what I tried, I didn't like how it looked with everything crammed into one page.

... Then I got really sick... but after I recovered and did some more work (drawing, writing, playtesting, etc) I came back to the infographic with the intention to learn how to code pages in renpy.

Still didn't look phenomenal, but there's a whole lot more breathing room! This was in April 2023.

I took another "break" (worked on a million other things) and then... FINALLY... in late August 2023, just a few weeks ago, I had an art breakthrough!

I had garnered a better understanding of color and poses, and as a result my chibis became a LOT cuter! I was able to redraw most of them without too much hassle - whereas when I first started, it would take me all day to draw a single one.

I also drew custom heart icons (a plain heart, a golden heart, and a broken heart), figured out how to make text buttons look more fun and intuitive..

And here's where we're at now!!! I still need to draw eyes for Dart.... but I researched and absorbed a lot about screen compositions, and had a rather late realization that I could re-use backgrounds and assets I already have in the game.

That's it for the special edition. I'll update with more soon!

Stay safe and keep warm,

Wudge.