Here is my part of @shepscapades ‘s character design challenge! I went with drawing non-life-series hermits as red lifers.
originally I just did Welsknight, but I was on a roll so I added Xb as well, and,,, you can’t separate Xb from Keralis so he’s here too, being his,,, lovely self (wow look at that eldritch horror K propaganda)
(Below the cut I’ve added individual shots of them all without the gradient layer I used as shading here, and I talk a wee bit about the designs etc.)
Some general notes include:
originally I intended for Wels to be working for Ren during 3rd life, but then I was plagued by visions so this is actually set on an original life series season I’ve been calling wanted life (pspsps come closer,,, ask me about this I swear I’ll be normal and not abandon all my current projects to develop a fic or something)
All three of them are an allied, their base Is in a snowy mountain (which is why Wels and Xb have the fur collars) I don’t know what their alliance is called but I’ll figure it out probably
Wels went red first, due to some unfortunate luck regarding the gimmick of this made up season, and had been red for a while before eventually Keralis also joins him on the reds. Xb is the last to turn, and in fact survives on so long that by that time Wels has already lost his last remaining life.
Here’s Wels! My pride and joy! I really wanted to do him because it’d be a great excuse of designing some armor again, without having to chain myself into having to do that for every life series member when I eventually draw them
Originally, to make him seem more intimidating, I was going to put him in a massive suit of armor, but after gathering my references I realized it might be hard to make work with my,,, centaur design for him (You can’t put all that heavy shit on a horse I’m pretty sure!) So instead I just, gave him an different suit of armor than I usually do. If you’re wondering what might be up with all the eye imagery, It’s,,, mostly because I couldn’t figure out anything better to put there so I gave him all the eye imagery I couldn’t give Keralis on account of him being,,, naked.
The really fun part about his design though,,, is his big-ass anime sword! If you can’t tell I was heavily referencing a few genshin impact weapons for this. When he’s green/yellow the eye is closed and only opens when he gets to red.
Xb! He’s a shark. And he has a bow.
I don’t have much to say of him since I was mostly just winging everything here,,, He’s a shark because I like them, he has a bow because hes good with them. the bow looks like that because I wanted it to vaguely look like the same Genshin esque bullshit that Wels’s sword does.
I did give him black eyeliner,,, I,,, can’t remember why I did that but hey it’s there.
Okay so Keralis,,, all red-life-skins, exist on a spectrum, idk what the spectrum is but for reference Skizz’s limited life skin and Rendog’s 3rd life skin are on the opposite ends of the spectrum.
While I would have loved to draw Keralis all badass and stuff,,, I knew in my heart that he would be the kind of guy to,,, you know,,, follow in the footsteps of Scar and Skizz
HOWEVER to make him a little creepy I figured I could tap into those sweet sweet eldritch horror allegations
“But Sheep!” I hear you asking, “Isn’t their base in a snowy mountain, wont he get cold.” He will, and he does. You underestimate how far he’ll go for a bit. (Also it’s a fantastic opportunity for him to steal Xb’s hoodies!)
also a bonus meme I doodled as soon as I realized... the situation
transcript since it’s my handwriting: Has to draw Keralis as a “half naked red-life” instead of a “badass red-life”
Too long, didn’t read, I’m happy for you tho or I’m sorry that happened
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Jimmy perked up when he heard familiar voices. They were back!! Scott and Martyn were back! He hauled himself out of the water to sit on the edge of their covered outdoor pool, neck craned for any glimpse of his pod.
They'd left only hours before, but Jimmy always got worried whenever they went on their little 'extraction missions'. He wasn't sure if the fact that this one was so close to their little home base was a good or a bad thing. But they'd both reassured him that this was only some marine rescue, and not the Evo.
Thank the moon and tides it wasn't the Evo.
Martyn was first to enter, the mer they'd gone to get slung over his shoulder.
Jimmy couldn't take his eyes away from the new mer.
He'd been young, when Evo had snatched him from the ocean, so Jimmy had never had the luxury of meeting many other mer. It never ceased to take his breath away, each new glimpse of one of his own.
This mer was particularly pretty, and as Jimmy helped Martyn and Scott lower him into the pool, he couldn't help but drink in the bright red scales and the blonde hair-- just like his own!
Jimmy was sure that Scott and Martyn were probably talking, but he'd thoroughly tuned them out while he studied the new mer. The moment that he hit the water, his fins unfurled from along his tail, and Jimmy couldn't help but compare him to fire.
Jimmy knew that couldn't be it, not really, because fire was a human thing and no mer (except for him, probably) was familiar with what it looked like. Hopefully. But he couldn't help but thinking about the new mer that way. Each of his scales was edged in gold, and every fin was translucent, yellow to red and layered along his tail. There were a similar line of fins trailing down his back, each one their own little tongue of flame. His hands were webbed, the black creeping up his forearms and another set of fins trailing from them, almost like Scott's.
He didn't look like a fighter, lacking any spines that would act as weapons, but Jimmy could tell by the shape of his fins that he was built for both speed and tight, quick maneuvers, with how tightly his fins laid to his scales.
He was also covered in scars. Most of them looked fresh-- thin, silvery and wrapped around his arms and body and neck. Those would probably fade with time. But some of his fins were shredded in places they probably shouldn't be, and that would take much longer to completely heal, if it did at all. There was also splint on his wrist, which looked like Martyn's handywork.
Had they broken his wrist??
Jimmy certainly hoped not.
It took Scott grabbing one of his sails and tugging to tear his attention away from the mer.
"Jimmy, leave him. He's gonna be out for another hour at least, you can stare at him as long as you want in a minute. We need to talk." Scott pointed up to the surface where Martyn was still by the edge of the pool.
"Fine, fine." Jimmy stole one last glance at the fiery mer where he was laying on the bottom, before floating back up to the surface to talk with Scott and Martyn.
He'd be able to chat with their new friend once he woke up. Jimmy would have to be here anyway, Mer tended to trust their fellow mer over the strange half-human and human who hauled them to an unfamiliar place. And Jimmy would hate for any misunderstandings to happen and get anyone hurt.
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