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Been working on my personal project some more:

Wanted to work on reference for the team, for the millionth time. Although, this time, my creative fervor has settled enough for me to finish them. I'll post more about them soon. Also thought that I'd give a bit of a rundown of their setting. 

Cael and Vic belong to a covert conservationist team that patrol the Sierra Oliva Mountains along the great country of Pinosverdes, looking for signs of eotl channeling creatures, artifacts, and ruins. It's their duty to protect all creatures, magical and non, from potential "discovery" and exploitation. Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, given that eotl hasn't flown freely through the biosphere since the dawn of civilization. Its existence and secrets have been all but lost to time, presently known only to a handful of people. 

Eventually, an unprecedented resurgence of eotl across the globe brings in droves and droves of previously mythical creatures and cryptids. They scatter across the wildernesses, and present a significant threat to the safety of animal-kind. and the center of this disturbance is the daffy, fun-loving beast of teeth and fluff who they've decided to name Montel. 

Their general dynamic, I feel is that of a jaded teacher, prodigal understudy, and the big impossibly loud bum that eats all their food, uses up all the hot water, and brings home pets every other week.

I've wracked my head trying to find the "perfect Montel", and in the process, have made several iterations of the same character that I really like. I eventually came to the conclusion that each Montel can be equally as valid, while still maintaining an up-to-date "prime" design, much like with Link, in the Legend of Zelda series. There is a modern, up-to-date Link, who people consider "how the character will look like from now on". But, people still enjoy earlier iterations of the character, and new games are always being made with these older designs in mind.

Montel Iterations as Zelda Games: 

Gen I: Link's Adventure - Simple - the basis for all consecutive installations

Gen II: Wind Waker - Swirly - a little toonier

Gen III: Skyward Sword -calls back to the simpler, first installation - soft and cloudlike

Gen IV: Twilight Princess - Most distinct, odd-looking variation - Adds a handful of new characteristics

Gen V: Tears of the Kingdom - Most recent - References Skyward sword iteration a bunch

The Legend of Zelda is a major influence throughout my creative decisions, so it makes sense that I'd do it that way.

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rq, a Reini that I forgot to post (and a little Roland too)

- Roland belongs to @madcap-ian

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Completely out of season Logan that I made while testing a sketchbrush, and Eddy also - Logan belongs to @madcap-ian

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whats your favorite underwater creature to draw?

Snailfish are cool

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Maybe just a few crumbs while I work on other stuff. - Currently working on the Pinosverdes Trio, Making their palettes as distinct as possible for my sake. I also gave each of them a signature color in my brain, like if they had map location icons in a game - Montel: Salmon Vic: Periwinkle Cael: Silver

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Recycling Bin Hour! Take a looksie

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Logan, Nick, and Roland, all belong to @madcap-ian

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Big and lumpy One of my favorites, truly

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Here are some pencily sketches that are as done as I want them to be (for now).

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Dont mind me, trying out something new

My hair/fur is also shorter

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Last time I wasn't having fun with it, and it was a little rushed I really like this me tho! Made it as a break from my commissions.

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Some more charas from things that haven't been finished yet - Eduardo Cardenches, a rancher boy from modern-day Pinosverdes Timeskip design for Rusty, an OC belonging to @soildweller

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Starting the year off right with a Meet-the-Artist dealie! This is the official "Draft II" of myself.

Don't worry about it

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Some crumbs while I was writing for EO Also, to explain the third image:

Coag is the third stage of eotl (magic) in this universe, created after underground deposits of ichor (second stage) are metamorphosed into veins of dense crystal structures. Its primary function is that of a magical conduit, so channelers make it a practice to fashion the mineral into items like brooches, rings, necklaces, etc. Coag doesn't bestow channeling abilities, it focuses them, like a pair of glasses.

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Warmups I did at like 4 am

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Noodling around with the fellas This is functionally their ref. sheet until I make a prettier one (Also I need to draw Montel's tail) - Tzicchar beast Montel, hamsterish dragonthing His mane stages Vic is lanky for a capybara (he's part agouti)

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Wanted to do a larger piece for my birthday today, but I got too excited, so I'll just post it when it's actually done Here are some things in the meantime :]