My little sandbox of Void-related (including potentials) art, designs, and characters.
*Made a new thread since I couldn't find my old one.

+ Lovechild 2021
Strigoi; tournament collab w/ Kubo
First on the chopping block, is a feature of the concept and design work I did for my collaboration with Kubo in the first round of Lovechild 2021.
Making up a series of varying designs for a multitude of monsters ended up being a lot more work than I anticipated. While I for some reason have much less issue drawing creatures than I do humanoid characters, developing unique monsters, all different with few reoccurring themes was a challenge. Nevertheless, I'm quite happy with what I was able to make in the given time. Though intending to have general design sketches for every single monster, I decided instead to focus what little design time there was on the primary beasts: Demon Strigoi, Curse-bite Monster Strigoi, and Reverse Curse Monster Todd.



Demon Strigoi: I wanted to keep this design relatively simple in theme, something that struck the viewer as immediately "demonic" without being too standard either. Blizzard's Diablo game series ended up being an huge inspiration for this design, most especially for the hulking form as to showcase some range in Strigoi's transformation abilities. The colored head there was supposed to be for Curse-bite Monster Strigoi, but I felt it seemed more standard demonic, and thus applied it to that design instead.

Curse-bite Monster Strigoi: Although having a general idea of how I wanted this design to look, I played around with a few different ideas. Ultimately going with a fleshy tentacle monster, I had considered pressing some religious themes with more mystifying headgear (which I inevitably gave instead to Todd). The idea was for Strigoi's transformation powers (from Wendigo) to combat with Todd's curse, while that underlying and unknown presence of Emmelia's DNA did its "magic." This resulted in a form which not only took Todd's power, but adapted it into an even more utilizable ability, while still retaining some feral nature and a passive need to make MORE. Eventually, I fleshed out the design with something that wasn't too terribly strenuous to draw in multiple panels, but still embodied those traits.



Reverse-Curse Monster Todd: Wanting Todd's monster form to reflect Strigoi's while not appearing too similar, I stuck to the long-bodied build and slapped on 8 more arms. I really enjoyed this look because it felt more symbolic in nature than Strigoi's monster hivemind feel. I had planned to showcase a continued ability to utilize demonic magic and sigils, but the time crunch required some cuts. The head in particular both Kubo and I were quite pleased with, giving him a sinister animal skull feel as a nod toward one of his pops: Gold. I also really wanted to incorporate Todd's curse into the design, with a subtle reflection of his caring nature - hands grown onto his face in perpetual disdain. I wish I'd managed to render that look a little more naturally, but time again became a looming factor.



All-in-all, had a lot of fun with these designs, and working with Kubo was an incredible experience - he's been one of my favorite Void artists for a very long time, so the pleasure was all mine!

Anyone else suffering? My computer is completely fucked up, and I can't even get to a restore point. After a long work week, I guess there still won't be any digital drawing for me. *cry*

Yeah, it's me again. Trying again. Looking for motivation again. Probably disappointing some few again.
Anyway, I'm rebooting this old account, with the help of some VERY awesome and VERY patient admins- thanks again, you guys!

To start with, here's the design sheet I'm updated for Frank and Emmelia, who will be haunting challenges shortly!

(Opening in new tab makes smol much big, but if there's a better way to post images without warping the thread, please lemme know!)

Featuring Dickbutt, because my boyfriend likes to draw stupid things when I leave images open for too long.

I kept trying to come up with something clever here to say, but honestly...i've got nothing. On the bright side, we can get right to the interest part - THE ART!


While playing with the coloring potential on SAI, i discovered that it's an incredibly fun program to work with. I adored this end result-- not to mention Frank's scrumptious-ness.

I had an image in my head of my favored original character, Emmelia, recreated via a Resident Evil inspiration. Some people think it looks more Silent Hill, and one person said Hellraiser...which i think is silly.

See Frank, pre-mutation. A gruff, unpleasant looking man, who stole the uniform off a firefighter after strangling him to death. Such a charming homicidal maniac.


Speaking of charming, here's a festive image!

I'm really not a fan of typical T&A type stuff, but my lady friend here isn't either. This is just a quick sketch of a developing new character with some simplified, symbolic cuff tattoos. This one's a serial killer!

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I think that's enough garbage for now.
By the way, i love social drawing such as programs like Open Canvas. It keeps my creative brain bits going, and i like to meet people who enjoy drawing the strangest things...like me!