#im definitely switching to bigger canvases the pixelation is killing meeee

[pyrographic-memory]

To start, happy first of the year for everyone! I hope everyone's parties and/or chill sessions went well, I myself hid at home enjoying games and drink, heheee

I am already melting with glee at feedback to my addition on @moonchild-in-blue's artist thread, I've been stimming for a good hour bc I'm not sure how to properly respond 😂😂 i am very shy, let's just get that out of the way but thank you for the responses you guys are beautiful!

Here is the close-ups that were requested! I really just have them for Vessel's "face" and hands, as they have the most detail vvv

I actually had a lot of fun messing around with "face" designs bc I knew I was not gonna be able to draw Vessel's current mask in a full-body piece like this at the level of detail my brain would be pleased with on this canvas size. I've seen so many cool takes on Sleep's eyes tho and how they would manifest through Ves, so I had to give my little spin on it

The ribbon was actually a suggestion from my friend bc originally the idea was for him to be holding some kind of necklace or chain, but I couldn't really decide on like, a style? so they helped me out lol

The pauldron was also cool to get down tho why must filigree be so difficult @.@; I stared at one single reference photo for like 3 hours, I swear it was ingrained into my retinas for about a day once I'd finished that part 😂😂

And I had to add the claws, you can never go wrong with claws on a not-quite-human character. The gradient of the paint was also a must, I'm a sucker for subtle corruption elements

I am god awful at backgrounds, so this was literally me just fucking around and throwing stuff onto the canvas and saying yep, it's good 😂 obviously there's a decent amount of callback to Sundowning, towards the end I did kinda try to give it a blend of all three eras/albums, but there's definitely not enough TPWBYT. That can be rectified in the future tho, heheehe

Of course, however you guys want to read it isn't necessarily right or wrong, just like how we all see the music, go wild with it. I am absolutely down for different takes

Thank you for coming back for my TED talk loves, cheeries! 🖤