#nicholas st north

[revive-the-fandom]

I drew this Christmas Day & meant to post it but I’ve been in & out of anxious episodes so never got around to it. I think north came out okay? Considering I didn’t use a pose ref for once.

[rovermcfly]

let's settle this once and for all

[your-fave-is-christian]

Jack Frost/The Guardians of Childhood from Rise of the Guardians! thank you, you're awesome :)

The Guardians of Childhood from Rise of the Guardians are Christian!

[hezuart]

North is next!  Powerswap / Guardianswap AU designs 

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Technically his full name is Nicholas North, but in the movie they only ever call him "North" so... I just went for that as his first name. 

North Frost has a trapper hat and a traditional Kosovorotka Russian shirt. Decked out with iceswords. 

North Redbird... uninspired name, but... he's based off a cardinal. His wings aren't transparent and glassy because his size is so massive. His wings are large and feathered that act like a cape. His swords are made of steal, silver, and real gold. 

North Hare. A mix of a dutch and english spot rabbit. His swords are made from carved wood.  North Sand. His dress is based off this https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:01_012_Book_illustrations_of_Historical_description_of_the_clothes_and_weapons_of_Russian_troops.jpg https://russiatrek.org/blog/history/russian-civilian-and-military-clothing-in-the-14th-18th-centuries/

A Russian coat and cap for a warm night's sleep. 

North Black. A general of Nightmares in a traditional Cossack uniform. His preferred Nightmares are bears. 

[purplemoonabove]

Youtube has been showing me recommendations of reaction videos on Rise of the Guardians. This may be the closest of recognition the underrated yet wonderful Dreamworks film since its release and was unfortunately thrown under the rug.

Such a great film. Deserves so much after so long

[bunnimew]

In the rotg film, do you think the Guardians get along with any other spirits, regardless of alignment? The Groundhog, Leprechaun, and Tooth Mouse are only mentioned or seen briefly, but most of their relations with the Guardians seem negative: Bunny apparently doesn't like the first spirit, and with the third spirit, there seems to some sort of discrimination and unawareness from the tooth fairies based on how Baby Tooth reacted so violently to what was basically a co-worker?

Hello Anon!!

Well, we know Bunny doesn't get along with the groundhog, and he didn't seem particularly impressed with anyone's suggestions for teammates, or even the idea of someone new joining the team, so I'm gonna say Bunny does not get along with anyone.

Everyone else seemed very excited about someone new, so it's conceivable that they have positive working relations with any number of spirits. But yeah, Tooth clearly never gets out into the field, to the point that her own fairies don't know about other international divisions. So even if she has positive working relations, they're probably not anything more than acquaintances.

North seems like the kinda guy where everyone is instantly his friend for the length of time they are in his presence. I bet North has invited every spirit on Earth back to the workshop at least once, and upon arrival, he's completely forgotten why they're there but welcomes them in and offers fruit cake, anyway. I wouldn't be surprised if the more extrovert spirits showed up more than once and those are the spirits North actually thinks of as his friends.

There is no telling what Sandy gets up to, though. That gremlin could be partying in every time zone every night and his teammates wouldn't even know because they never leave their houses. Maybe Sandy isn't tired all the time because he's the Sandman; maybe it's because he literally hasn't slept for 48 hrs, jumping from edm concert to edm concert, throwin back dippin' dots and slamming gummy bears because he has no adult supervision to stop him.

So Sandy probably has all of the friends, and plays a mean game of Mario Party.

Jack clearly did not have many friends, but did know about other spirits, which would imply someone bothered to stop and talk to him. He probably has some fair weather friends or acquaintances who are willing to spread some gossip, but aren't interested in actually hanging out. Otherwise, he would not have been nearly so lonely, or talked about Sandy in that distant, "Oh cool, that guy I kinda know but shouldn't bother," kind of way. If he'd had friends, Antarctica would have looked a lot different.

Insofar as alignments, I imagine Bunny and Tooth would give a thought to the day job of whoever they were talking to. North sees the good in everyone, and seems like he'd give them a shot or three before writing them off for good, if he ever does. Sandy was going to punch a child, so I don't think he cares. And Jack was too lonely to be picky about who he talks to, but I think he would have been picky about what he was willing to be party to, to keep them talking. He listened to Pitch's offer, he just didn't want to doom the planet to darkness, yanno?

Thank you so much for the ask, Anon! And thank you for putting the image of Sandy guzzling Dippin Dots in my head.

P.S. Alternatively, maybe Baby Tooth is just a crazy brawler and it isn't that Tooth never mentioned the other divisions, it's that Baby Tooth's fight or flight instinct is superglued to fight and the mouse jumpscared her.

[ave-aria]

Tooth thought it would be a fun question to ask the other Guardians!

She was. w ron g,

[juvmarchiori]

ROTG has always been my confort 3d animation movie, so I’ve decided to make a little animatic pratice imagining if we got a sequel with one of the most important characters from the books

or..Mother Nature doesn’t have time to deal with the guardians bs

[frosted-night]

The Christmas Spider (Loremas post #1)

(This post is safe for Arachnophobes as no irl spiders or spider imagery will be displayed except for a fake ornament of one<3)

We are kicking off Loremas with one of the most adorable Christmas Legends I've had the pleasure of researching.

This legend originates from Eastern Europe, but is very prominent in Ukraine. The story goes as follows.

"A poor but hardworking family were struck by an incredible loss of the man of the household, leaving the mother to be a widow. However she managed to keep her children's spirits high even if their house wasn't in the best shape, their love for one another was stronger than steel.

One day, a pinecone fell through a hole in the ceiling and onto the dirt floor of the home. It had already took root by the time the kids noticed it, but they were beyond excited. They could finally have a Christmas Tree that year and their mother agreed to keep it.

However, when Christmas eve arrived, they couldn't afford decorations for it. The children and their mother went to bad, saddened that they didn't have one decoration for their lovely tree.

When they awoke that Christmas morning, they were astounded to see their tree adorned with cobwebs all over the branches. The sunlight hit the cobwebs, revealing shimmering colors of silver and gold. They had never seen such incredible decorations and wept for joy. That family was said to have been blessed and never went into poverty ever again."

The origins of this folk tale are unknown but it is believed to have come from either Germany or Ukraine. (Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong)

In Germany and Poland, it is believed to be good luck to find a spider or a spiders web on Christmas. Little spider like ornaments called Pavuchky are quite popular in Ukraine. They are usually made of paper and or wire. Artificial spider webs are also not unheard of for decorating the trees. Its believed this tale was also the origin of Tinsel being used.

How could it fit into the ROTG universe? It's quite simple! The Christmas spider could be a helper of North's. In charge of decorations for the workshop, or the North pole or for a family in need. North would keep the spider safe and happy in his workshop. Maybe he even made a pathway for it along the walls. It would be a cute addition to his team.

Hope you enjoyed this tale <3

[coiled-dragon]

Nicholas St. North, Guardian of Wonder

[sels-art-blog]

I finally got these in new condition for really cheap money! I'm so happy ahhhhh🥰😍😍🥰🥹

A week ago, they cost almost 100€, now I got em for 56€ in hardcover version!

[alkalinefrog]

i really would like to ask how you approach the head/face from different angles? i find myself worrying too much about staying on-model that it doesn't look natural and i can't grasp how the character would look in any direction other than the 3/4 angle because that's the angle i default to, so profiles especially scare me.

a lot of the characters i draw have very unique noses that might not have the simple button end which also makes me nervous because i'm afraid the nose will look completely different at another angle.

i ask you specifically because you do very well with unique angles as well as squash and stretch. i envy your art style and fluidity if i'm being brutally honest right now lol

Well unfortunately for you, I never stay on model LMAO. I'm flattered that you think so highly of my work, but don't sell yourself short! You can do it!

I think I answered a similar ask a while back about consistency where I suggested doing some model sheets and character turn arounds but I can’t seem to dig it up. The point was to try googling "character model sheets" and see how the pros ground their designs!

In regards to your question, I’m using Noble Girl as an example of the whole head. Her face is really round in contrast to North’s that’ll come later. It can be simplified to a shape that’s easier to rotate in space.

Don't be intimidated by the nose, it's one of your most useful tools to angle the face! I cracked the code with drawing North by starting with his nose and eyebrow ridge.

I’d say take some time to do some studies of your characters’ noses! It’ll really help down the line.

And honestly, if something's not looking right even if it's structured "correctly"... Just cheat it dawg, life's too short LMAO. If it looks right then it is right.

Hope this helps!

-Alka

[judelijah]

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Happy Holidays!!!

So I tried to draw the #riseoftheguardians characters on how I remembered them. Yep there are totally details that I've missed, added, and changed entirely. 😝

Now let's see how did I do with my memory art game with the comparisons below:

Starting off with the prime JACK of the whole FROST in countries experiencing winter today:

Ran out of white pen so I got to have to think on how to execute the snowy effects on his hoodie though. Dunno why I gave him some sort of like colds with his ruddy cheeks and red nose when he basically is responsible for the chill! 😅

Now up to the NORTH Pole

I say, almost though. Could've made his beard more grey than white though. Was originally gonna include the elves but they would definitely be an additional time to render so...

Next holiday stop, Easter and boy, lezze the atrocity I did with BUNNYMUND

I've always remembered that he has some lines like some sort of tattoo running around his arms and legs. I had also put in my memo that he kinda resemble Nicholas ( ̶S̶t̶.̶ ̶N̶O̶R̶T̶H̶) Cage but never achieved it. Didn't know how I remembered him with a bangs though

Now onto something much sweeter that will definitely lose some tooth (or teeth?) :

TOOTHIANA!

I was actually most definitely proud of her among the others on how I imagined her in spite of her having the most changes to her design so... 😊

Now, let's journey to the SANDY realm of dreams and meet another fellow I didn't get quite right

Didn't know how I remembered the idea that his sleeves look like sands trailing around him though. All I know is he's in his pajamas which also kinda explains the frizzy hair like he just woke up but I definitely had given him a strange-looking bathrobe 😝 Sorry SANDY, I hope this doesn't summon the nightmares in your own dreams if you also do dream

And speaking of Nightmares... Hope we don't meet the Boogeyman when the room's all PITCH BLACK!

Wanna take pride that I got him accurately if only I didn't actually given him a high collar. Well thanks for the shading that it kind amade that collar vanished into the soupy black shadows I surrounded him. I've always imagined him as some kind of a Dracula or a vampiric figure (it didn't help that I remembered him on how basically most people saying that he looks kind of like Edward Cullen.)

Overall, I kinda had given some human figures pointy ears since they seem elf-like to me since they are similarly fabled creatures in stories about fairies and dwarfs and all sort of enchantment.

Hope you enjoyed them as well as I've enjoyed painting them. Might try this kind of challenge to other animated characters because it will definitely test your memory skill and how you pay attention watching, and simply, this is just so much fun!

Happy Holidays Again! And hoping for a blissful New Year of 2023 Ahead! May Father Time make way to a new-born year in a form of a bouncing healthy babe to all of us!

[frie-ice]

In the 2012 film, Rise of the Guardians, North asked Jack about his centre that makes Jack who he is, but Jack didn't know what his centre is and with his memories lost made it harder for him to find it.  So North shows Jack a nesting doll that holds the parts of him that makes North Santa Claus and a guardian. As the last doll is his centre, a child with big eyes that can see the wonders of the world that helps him make Christmas.

BOUNS:

North giving Jack the last doll, to help him find his centre, and Jack's little nesting doll that stands for the fun side of him. Which turned out to be his centre as the Guardian of Fun.

[rotg-goc-headcanons]

what do you think Santa would think of these types of memes rn

I think North would laugh eventually, but he’d also take it a bit literally at first. Something about not needing any more elves— the ones he’s already got are handful enough