“2000s horror movies had to adapt rapidly in the new decade. by 2005, the horror genre was as popular as ever. horror films routinely topped the box office, yielding an above-average gross on below-average costs. it seems that audiences wanted a good, group scare as a form of escapism.”
A couple of drawings of Ezra d'Avenir (an npc from our Curse of Strahd: She is the Ancient campaign) to establish his looks, and also my pale smol witch boy Vic for comparison :]
wyll being a monster hunter, but also being enchanted by sightings of mermaids as a boy... shamelessly flirting with an otherworldly githyanki warrior... saying he can't helped but be charmed by a handsome vampire spawn... are y'all seeing what i'm seeing?
I like when a boss in a game is large enough for the player to crawl on it. When bugs and other vermin crawl onto us, we can easily squish them or get them off, so when some massive behemoth does everything in its power to try and fail to shake a measly human off, it means something. You're not another parasite on it's skin, you're so much more, you were just born too small.
So, last cryptid post you mentioned how ya boys kept growing..
At this point, Meep, just go ahead and make them Monster Hunter elder dragon sized, you know you want to c:
This took way too long and sorry for being so cryptic about it ^^’, but now ya know why I so suddenly gained an interest in MH :>
Might post just the lineart of the design later for an unshrouded look, tho I know some things could be played around with more (proportion wise) to hit home that MH creature feel, but I’m no expert and you’re probably more familiar with that anyway <3 also they’re your boys and the design already lends itself handsomely to the MH-iffication ^^
Also also, a little Bonus doodle ;)
Kinda falling in love with the whole idea as a possible au.
A familiar, albeit slightly different hunter and monster/quarry dynamic, ey?
But again, your boys, ain’t gonna step on your toes.
Hope you’re having a lovely day! <333
P.S. I’m very sorry to interrupt the Apex Polarity brainrot, I’ll be following soon ^^'
I'm going absolutely INSANE over this!! PIIXEL!!! I'M BITING THIS AND YOU SO HARD RN!!!!
I loooove the Nergigante inspired horns and how every scale, horn and spike are just so much BIGGER! It all comes together so well! Love how you drew their face as well, everything is more defined and their huge bottom canines are just MWAH!
I can't look away from those beautifully drawn HANDS!! LOOK AT THE ONES ON THE GROUND AND ON THE ROCK BEHIND THEM!! THEY'RE SO PERFECT!!!!!
And the lighting?! GOSH!!!!
I also am just in love with the concept of them being an elder dragon! Honestly they could definitely be one. Elder dragons are so diverse and weird looking so one looking like this wouldn't be so strange at all! Also the hunter and monster dynamic here is so intriguing! If you'll let me, I'd like to explore this a little more~
Thank you Piixel! I'm just completely melted over this, I'm just a puddle, I love it so much! AAAAAA!!!!
wanted to experiment with a new way of shading that I think pixel artists do sometimes ???? I am very unfamiliar with pixel art, I just really love the pencil tool in Magma.
Either way, I like drawing busts of this angry exploding fire cat! and also extending his yellow fur down to the rest of his mane, because I can