Not Feeling Great, So Have A Wild Life Gem Doodle

winner pearl design

closeups and explanations under the cut vvvvvvv

FINALLY managed to make a design I actually like, it took me months I think ;-;

anyway here's my insight:

mostly what's been bugging me about my designs is how the cape would make it less interesting, but there have been other on-spot changes too for example, the hairstyle. idk if anyone noticed, but the hairstyle I give to her depends on the context (so if it's siitw it's short and fluffy and if it's just hc it tends to be long and straight, but honestly it depends on the season lol). and here I was debating on what hairstyle to give her when I went "wait, why not AURORA's hairstyle since running with the wolves is the song I associate with her the most", but I made it wavy from other miscellaneous changes, she now has stars on the ends of shoelaces cuz I thought it'd be cool and moon hairpins for the same reason

this one will actually be relevant even beyond this post cuz I've had the winners have necklaces with their symbols for a while now, but I think I never actually posted anything that would actually show that ajhjdsjgsafkg

and last but not least, a headcannon I came up with pretty much on the spot: under certain circumstances (don't ask what those are) "freckles" that depict the stars in the sky show up and along with her left eye glow purple (normally for a winner both eyes would glow, but since the win was "given" to her it's only one (hopefully I'll make Scott's design soon, but if I don't - for him only his right eye glows))

YOUR WISH IS MY COMMAND <3

so, let's start with the thing that gave me most trouble: colour choices :,D

going in I knew from the text that her clothes would be primarily pink with purple and yellow accents, but also I envisioned her with pink hair and skin that looks quite pink, but can pass off as just a normal skintone. now, as you might've noticed, while the skin does fit that idea (at least I hope), the hair doesn't. and that's because I just couldn't make it look good :,). I played around with the options quite a lot, but it just kept bouncing around between "that looks overwhelmingly pink in a bad way" and "I somehow managed to design a demonic version of pinkie pie by accident yet again" (I mean, with the latter I guess it would've been fine, but when I tried out golden hair I liked it waaaaay more). so I decided to lean into her hair being more golden and even tried matching it to her eyes >:3 (not 1 to 1 obv, but I aimed for both kinda having glowing effect to them). and since I cannot stop coming up with lore whenever I do designs, I reasoned that maybe she kinda shows her status even through her hair. because even if she's standing with her back to you and you can't see her eyes, your gaze will still be met with that golden yellow. the rest of the colours kinda came intuitively, I just had to play around with brightness and saturation a bit lol

now, next up. the horns :). I remember the text describing her as having "horns too tall, teeth too sharp" and I might've taken that a bit too seriously lol. I think they're about as tall as her head? but also they don't look overwhelmingly tall (at least to me), which I really like. from the moment I first imagined her I knew I wanted her horns to kinda be more ornate, with them splitting into different sections and going different ways. and I think I did pretty well at that. and again, to make up lore where there wasn't any given, I feel like she'd try to set herself apart from and higher than other demons even through appearance. that includes horns. because as far as I can tell, even if some demons choose to wear jewelry on their horns, it's not many (maybe it's cost-related idk). so maybe she sees horns as part of the "animalistic nature of demons" and sets herself apart from it and most demons by adorning them. I also added the kinda teardrop shaped gems to kinda show her silently saying "if you go against me that's what your blood is gonna look like :)"

now some miscellaneous parts :D !

starting with the teeth. I fr went "oh they're sharp?" *gives shark teeth* (although I'm now imagining her like a shark with several rows of them and omg). I do imagine her showing them as intimidation tactic most of the time except when she's trying to play being more innocent than she is.

next up is the dagger. I'm not sure if this classifies as a kris, but that's the only wavy dagger I could find. I remember seeing her described as "a dagger coated in honey" and decided that this is gonna be her weapon of choice (although if I'm gonna continue with that line of thought Two is gonna give me one hell of a time, my only guess for now doesn't really suit his personality :,) ). and it's wavy because I imagine that'd be a lot more painful and do a lot more damage this way (I imagine that out of the big three she is the one who'd deal with interrogations and stuff)

and finally the tattoo. ngl it came to my mind rather randomly, but I like the thought of the Big Three having their numbers on their bodies (although ngl I have NO idea where it'd be for Three)

also here's live footage of me every time you answer to my posts :3

spoilers for Finale - Part 2 of When The Dawn Breaks made by @cedar-scented-soap

(if you haven't read it I highly recommend you go do that :3)

so, I was reading it and had a vision, a meme that I could make. but then I realized that I'd need visual design concepts for the Big Three, so I decided to have a go at it myself >:3

starting with One!

now, you may notice that I've yet again forgotten to give a character from wtdb their wings. and I've actually noticed it back when I was doing lineart, but couldn't fit it in nicely, so just imagine they're there. I'll probably make the wing designs into another post, but we'll see

and ngl, I started writing out my thoughts on design choices, but I have too many of those for this post, so I shall hold myself back :,) (if even just ONE (1) person asks me about those I'm writing a whole damn essay)

lizzie for the soul

finally downloaded some new brushes and wanted to test them out, so decided to draw yet another version of her (seriously, I now have at least 5 drawings of her in different outfits)

Hermittober Day 22: Warmth

you know the drill vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

the eepiness was strong, but the innate desire to draw block yuri was stronger

I hope I succeeded in translating onto paper the warmth I wish I was feeling. it gets to like 7C here at night nowadays Q_Q

anyways, this one looks less refined than my usual stuff in a way, but I like it. hope you do too

so I was looking through gem's name mc in search of her researcher skin

and I found this

so I present to you

grem

I'M SCREAMING-

ngl, idk if I'll finish today's prompt on time. I have flat colours down, but I just keep getting distracted

and honestly, how can I stay focused when stuff like this is happening on-screen

hello there! let me introduce you to the AU I'm planning on posting here! the name is "Something Is In The Water" or "siitw" for short it's a Gem-centric Hermitcraft (but really I think of it more as a MCYT) AU with the intended genre being horror as for the format, I'm planning on posting it in what I call EvoAU (by @solargeist) style, meaning that for the most part I hope to answer asks and post tidbits, but I am also planning on making sort of comic chapters (not a proper comic tho)

the premise of the story is as follows: One day Gem, who is rumoured to be the infamous pirate terrorizing many seas, arrives to a town where people call themselves hermits under the guise of just moving there, but the goal of her visit is to study the local water and its effects on the locals. For you see, there have been reports of memory issues and in some cases strange mutations, all threads leading to one source: the ocean.

and here's the piece I made to with this post! it was supposed to be just the cover for the playlist I made for this AU, but oh well

I do have a warning tho! this AU includes hermitshipping (gempearl), so engage with it at your own discretion

Wild Life NameMC Spoilers Ahead

I'm losing my mind over here

okay, so I needed some references for something and went to namemc to look at Gem's skin

"Oh cool, she's matching hoodies with Pearl and Scott" I thought and almost went on my marry way

but then I decided to also check out Martyn's skin since I also kinda need references for him

"Huh" I thought, "maybe he switched to it during session 7? I haven't watched his POV so I've got no idea"

but then I looked at the time and date he used it

it was for the recording of session 8

fuelled by my curiosity I went on checking on other people, first of which was Pearl

my brain started coming up with angst scenarios (Pearl and Impulse are my winners POV pick lol)

but then I noticed that like 2 minutes later (if I saw it right) she was back to her red skin???

and she wasn't the only one, from which I remember people like Scott and Scar also went from gray to red

which brings me to my question

what in the hell is gonna be this session

spoilers for Finale - Part 2 of When The Dawn Breaks made by @cedar-scented-soap

(if you haven't read it I highly recommend you go do that :3)

so, I was reading it and had a vision, a meme that I could make. but then I realized that I'd need visual design concepts for the Big Three, so I decided to have a go at it myself >:3

starting with One!

now, you may notice that I've yet again forgotten to give a character from wtdb their wings. and I've actually noticed it back when I was doing lineart, but couldn't fit it in nicely, so just imagine they're there. I'll probably make the wing designs into another post, but we'll see

and ngl, I started writing out my thoughts on design choices, but I have too many of those for this post, so I shall hold myself back :,) (if even just ONE (1) person asks me about those I'm writing a whole damn essay)

I wanna draw this so bad I wanna draw this so bad I wanna draw this SO DAMN BAD

"why don't you draw it then?" cause I'm working on a session 1 compilation animatic and quite frankly I'm running out of time

I sleep, work on it, take occasional breaks, go sleep and repeat all over again