#OC Serpent

[weirdundead]

oh, precious Serpent, why are you crying? [spoiler WIP for "and they were monsters" artbook]

[eldenbiscuit]

Lots of messmer brainrot art incoming behind the line 😔

So I started with the above which uses my instructor’s art printout base of an art deco piece. I can’t claim credit for the pose but I wanted to share it anyway :3. Then I decided I’m going to make my own bases/poses from now on because I’ve no idea if the art deco illustrations he has are alive or not or who to credit. And I want to always draw him independently and more genuinely to his true body. I studied his figure and remade it:

This is a less clean earlier draft but it shows my hc for his skin. I feel like he’d be self conscious of his skin which has a sallow, ashen tone, but is actually beautifully pearlescent in light with opaline sheen. And his curved spine in neutral IMO adds to his litheness.

[witchtaunter]

Snek in the funny meme outfit, except I adjusted it for snek.

[elguritch-art]

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Thank you everyone who's enjoyed this little mini-comic!! I hope to draw these two more in the future!!

[angelic--sinners]

Oh yeah

Leviathan design!

Big deep sea serpent who drowns sinners in the sea of jealousy and feasts on their negativities, transforming them into demons of the ring of Envy (i think).

Color palette inspiration was from @color-palettes !

[wuzhere75]

Did a hand-drawn reference for my ROS girlie, Axolotl

[deadshadowcreature]

Sorry for not posting in a while, I almost forgot that I have a Tumblr account. Have some dumb lmk drawings

[damehimari]

Messmer and my Tarnished, Rini.

I really wanted to paint references of him and my tarnished.~

Rini : specializes in dragon communion.

Weapon of choice : duel frost sickles.

Preference in stealth / jumping attacks to stun foes.

[paokai]

[priestofleviathan]

Take my hands off your neck and hold onto the ghost of my body, I know that good lives make bad stories.

Am I gay for this, chat?

[snowleopardcrk]

more symbolism!!!

ah yes, more Midnight Lily, a silverbell cameo and two Moonflower doodles. AU by @cuppajj

For Moonflowers story, we have her main conflict with her father, Saint Vanilla Cookie. But what about Midnight Lily Cookie, her mother? To give a little context for whats coming up, Moonflowers story theming around the Saint where Moonflower symbolizes the Moon, which includes the Solar Eclipse to contrast the Saints light themed imagery. Plus Moonflowers additional and more religious theming being based on the Spirit of Apostasy.

It is abundantly clear that Midnight Lily is an enabler of the other Neo Beasts, while to some extent understandable as she is the weakest of the Neo Beasts (she has long crossed the line of it being acceptable).

To compliment well with the general religious theming, I did additional research into the role of a mother in the lens of the Bible. 'the mother is one who "binds" the family together, holding them together individually and collectively through her love and actions' Despite how broken the family is, the only remaining connection that Moonflower has with the Saint IS Midnight Lily. And in return, she does care for her daughter and the Saint at some level. Yet, she does nothing to genuinely mend what has been broken (no one is, Moonflower is afraid of her father and the Saint is so delusional that he believes that this is the best course of action to save everyone). This fits her pattern of enabling and being generally passive to the world around her, for the most part.

Another aspect that I have neglected to mention is her slow-burn of a plan, she seeks by the end to have the others at least playing by her rules, but also not liking when her children do things she does not like. This is now territory where I do a lot of guess work and personal thoughts n' research so this is very much subject to change if anymore gets revealed.

How I have understood the few tidbits we get about the Beast of Sovereignty, she is an enabler and insecure about being the weakest. And I think her insecurity in some way, even if unintentional may reflect on her relationships where she is the one in power. In general, she is fine with her kids, generally passive until they get too unruly. At that point, she will remind them with harsh words who the mother is. I'd like to note quickly, she will NEVER get physical. She only uses WORDS. It is also important to note that she does wish for her child to understand where she is coming from. She is an enabler because she holds little power over the beasts, but in dynamics where she is the one in power, this side vanishes for the most part. Despite valuing sovereignty I believe she still wants to retain some level of control so Cookies don't do things she does not like. This is generally in line with how leadership generally operate, they don't care when you're doing smth positive, but when it turns negative, that's when it starts turning sour.

As for the actual arc of Midnight Lily and Moonflower, I have a general framing but it is difficult to make something as substantial as the one she has with Saint Vanilla. Gotta wait until I get more lore and story for the gal. But in short, it is a conflict of the two trying to make each other understand their respective sides. With Moonflower trying to save her mother, her only remaining parental figure from being a beast- while Midnight Lily seeks to make Moonflower truly understand her side and hopefully have Moonflower join her permanently.

Heres other tidbits for Moonflower and her relationship with the Creme Republic. For her ventures to the Silver Kingdom are actually secret. She is a very powerful and talented magic user (similar to her parents), so her travelling long distances quickly is very possible. Moonflower is already an outcast in the Republic, it is well known who her parents are. And Cookies keep their distance, there are very few Cookies who come and check in her. Its mostly some scientists who are researching the neo beasts (espresso, maybe, depends on his condition in this au), Clotted Cream Cookie, GingerBrave, Financer (sort of, she tags along the Consul) and depending on the direction of the story, Madelaine Cookie(I will start really brewing something here once more stuff comes out~). She stays isolated in her lab in the undercity, she never comes out, and when she does, she hides her face and just retrieves things like food or research material. It is normal for her to not talk with anyone for well over a week with nothing but a single lost Raisin Crow to keep her company. I'd like to note that this raisin crow is now an albino, and Black Raisin tasked Moonflower to take care of it since it was bullied and ousted by the other raisin crows (I took inspo from the myth, but it is generally agreed that white color corvids are subordinate to the colored ones).

But she is also an outcast in the silver kingdom, despite being Midnight Lilys kid (its a well known fact), she has gotten into disagreements with their monarch and isn't the upmost loyal member- she has a strong stigma around her. Silverbell Cookie does take pity on Moonflower.

That's all for now. I'm gonna lay down, I've done so much research...I silently weep at the thought of fully showing the complexity of the three in full force.

[eldenbiscuit]

Do you? >.> (#okbutwhat if #AllIwantedfromtheDLC)

[hallowshumour]

BEAST OF THE BAY 🧿🌊🩸⚓️

[elguritch-art]

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messmer is such a pretty boy for real

[unicoracoon]

Angel snake

[chocolatechipkraken]

Highlights of Artfight Week 2!

@alleesaur's character Trichinosis Felinis!

Uraoboros' character Hayune!

@lasagnelover420's character Zurgus Burgus!

@diiiptera's character Varanus!

@garblegarden's characters Gary and Porcelain!

Sparkarty's Lava Lamp Shark!

Bunno's character Lemon!

crownouns' character Eclair!

@murminat's character Misery!