DCA Fandom mfs will draw the most unnerving/horrific/morbidly creative monster designs you’ve ever seem in your life and then draw that same design almost exclusively cuddling Just Some Grey Guy or soft domestic fluff with The Grey Guy.
And it’s genuinely one of my favorite things ever.
During the brainstorming phase of Cryptid Sightings (so so long ago,) one concept I was fiddling with was demonic cryptids couldn't enter sunlight. They simply can't exist in such brightness due to their nature, except for, of course, Eclipse aka Sun while possessing a vessel. I even had a scene in mind of Moon cornering some poor sucker cryptid at the crack of dawn after said cryptid threatened/harmed Y/N. The cryptid taunted Moon by saying how he couldn't get them now—they were in the sunlight.
And Moon smiled wide, black goo seeping from between the faceplate's teeth as he stepped into the morning brightness, the vessel shifting to bright yellows and reds, and now bearing a terrible grin of ink and teeth.
Next picture finally done yippeee. I’ve had a lot of Life happening so this one took forever but I think I’m ready to call it done. There could be some water droplet trails but I am Very Tired so I may end up editing it later. I ended up adding a lot digital detail so I added in my base piece as a comparison!
I loved this moment in the story! It was all so tense and dramatic!! Definitely one of my favorite visual moments from the whole story.
Cant get this meme out of my head its so funny to me, original meme by @naffeclipse as well as being the owner of Sleuth Jesters, Cryptid Sightings, and In Deep Dreams Between the Waves.
Credits to the lovely @themeeplord for Cryptid Eclipse and Mer Eclipse designs which I hold so very dearly.
A while back @naffeclipse answered a question from @boxofcreampuffs’s asking: “what would the boys do if they lost their vessel?” (This post)
@pure-plum came up with the adorable idea of the hunter sewing up a rag doll for the boys to settle in while they searched for a more suitable vessel for both the boys and their little hunter to enjoy.
Needless to say I fell in love with the concept and jumped to draw it immediately XD
Fanart for @naffeclipse’s amazing Fic “Cryptid Sightings”! Please for the love of god give it a read if you like spooky stuff mixed in with some adorable fluff and angst, it is sooooo goooooooood
Y/N’s look here is inspired by this post from @o-cinnamonstickz!
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted here—not out of a lack of want, but more out of a lack of motivation. In that time, though, I’ve been testing out art styles, trying to find one that’s more horror-centric. So that’s what I have here!
Most of these are (naturally) from @naffeclipse, both Cryptid Sightings and Apex Polarity. They will never leave my brain <3
My more rendered drawings seem to be taking a bit of time to get to with my deadline coming up and all so all I'm offering these days are semi-colored sketches
Kk let's get this started
I like this one. It came out so pretty💫
I wasn't sure if they were wearing y/n's clothes for the entirety of this chapter. I wasn't able to find anything that said otherwise so I just went with it.
And the red❤️
How cute.
Now let's unnerve you with some greyscale :D
⚠️TW/CW: A bit of gore, plenty of blood, body horror???, eye strain, doppelgänger being a snappy little fella✨⚠️
As it turns out, I'm pretty good at drawing broken glass.
It was very weird to draw myself in such a way but I just had to draw the scenes with the doppelgänger!!!
This cheeky bastard! Looked its death straight in their adorable beady eyes💕 and mocked them! I respect its lack of self-preservation but jeez.
That last drawing was loosely inspired by the x-ray of certain painters painting of a biblical scene. I couldn't find the x-ray or the painting cuz I forgot the painter's name but inspired by that.
These are just the last drawing but the faces are separated and there's the unedited version.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @naffeclipse!!! Happy Birthday to you, one of our very favourite writers in this wholesome fandom!! ☀️🌙
You have gathered hundreds of people around your exciting stories, making us hold our breath each time we read a new chapter you post. You inspire each of us to create our own stories, drawings, animations, to bring something of our own to this fandom. And you helped us find new mutual friends within it, with whom we may sometimes chat for hours on end. You yourself have become one of said mutual friends and it is always such a pleasure to write to you!
You are simply fantastic and we all sincerely wish you the best Birthday that one could have, knowing that you bring so much joy and inspiration to others!
// All credits and more under the cut! Please, do take a look! :) //
Unfortunately, we could not invite all the people who appreciate your writings to participate in this collaboration, as much as we wanted to. This was our first time organizing something like this, and we needed to limit the number of people. But, Naff, I think you yourself know very well that there are hundreds of people in this fandom who sincerely love you and your work and that this art piece would be much bigger if all of them took part in it :)
And on that note, a huge thank you to everyone who agreed to participate! Regardless of busyness and time zone differences, we all worked together and were able to finish this wonderful art piece!
Full List of Credits:
Characters
In Deep Dreams Between the Waves
Mer-Eclipse - @themeeplord
Fisher Y/N - @pure-plum
Sleuth Jesters & AUs
Detective Sun - @zelda7999
Detective Moon - @kibbits
Mafia Boss Eclipse - @miwachan2
Vigilante Y/N - @pure-plum
Police Chief Eclipse - @lavenoon
Detective Y/N - @cero-sleep
Layout
@themeeplord, @sanchensky, @piixelpaint & everyone for their great ideas and feedback!
BG & Comp
@pure-plum
Organizers
@piixelpaint & @sanchensky
Special Thanks
To Plum, who gave me (Piixel) the confidence to start this whole thing after I pitched it to her x)
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Quick note from Piixel:
This was honestly such a fun project to work on and to all my fellow collaborators, I have to give a massive thanks!!✨
You really made this project and this seriously couldn’t have come to fruition without your willingness, patience and seamless cooperation. So from the bottom of my heart, Thank you guys so so much!!
And for you, dearest Naff,
I think this really shows how wonderful a community you’ve built around you! Not only with your masterful writing and charming stories, but also by being such a sweet, kind and giving person.
So here’s to you, Naff!
Happy Birthday, babe! 🥳���❤️❤️❤️
Would Cryptid!Eclipse ever find another partner again? Decades or hundreds of years after Hunter!Y/N’s passing, would they find another?
Cryptid!Eclipse loves their heart so much that it hurts to even consider moving on from their love, despite how aware they are of their human's mortality. In later years, when you're old and gray and covered in plenty of new scars, you tell Eclipse that you want them to be happy, especially after you've passed on. You don't want to be why they grieve for the rest of their immortality. Eclipse promises at your insistence but it's such a bittersweet vow. They spend every second with you, holding you in their arms, and, one day, they listen to your heart softly stop beating.
Maybe years, decades, centuries after they've laid you to rest under the ground, they'll meet another human; one just as lovely, just as brave, and just as caring as you. They'll discover kindness in the human's eyes. It's not like yours, but it's still beautiful.
The first one is meant to be the title page, and will have the book title opposite of Eclipse. Might have to make the words both white and black to show up against the trees? But we’ll see!
The next two are from chapter 1 and 2 respectively. I’m hoping to put words into the larger negative spaces between trees and such. My writing program is not my biggest fan when it comes to pictures though lol, so I may end up having to put the words in text blocks through photoshop and shape them to fit.