i finished his reference. the rest of his groups references are coming up later on. some useless info about him below the cut
some things are subject to change i guess
one fun fact. he has a service animal (or something along those lines???)
his design as a whole was supposed to have void sea (mostly through the color gold/yellow), ancient, and echo motifs so i tried to make the ribbons resemble an echos limbs(?) but the patterns felt too complex, so i removed them. i think the ribbons without the exact patterns are good enough anyway
me wanting to draw some chestfluff turned into this soft, quiet moment of sadness from the Memories Adrift fic i wrote a while back. sometimes when you're reeling from sadness and loss you gotta have someone there to help you and hold you at your lowest (not me. im fine. im talking about the characters)
line in the fic that the art is based on under the cut (spoilers for the fic):
HII HELLO! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER JOINED A MAP AND FINISHED MY PART WHICH IS SOMETHING I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO, I'M SO EXCITED! admittedly this was a major learning curve so I am a bit nervous about uploading, especially since there might be some mistakes, but I did my best to experiment, I don't often use frame by frame so I'm a bit rusty with it, but I think I did good here! I think capcut unfortunately butchered the quality in some aspects, but other than that I am so proud of the results!
here's the MAP, there's still a lot of parts open so I highly recommend checking it out! https://youtu.be/HfocK4P9cn0