DAY 13: Ninja!!!

DAY 13: Ninja!!!

Oh boy was this one a struggle. Not a bridal alt half a million ruffle struggle, but I certainly had to have blind faith in the process. This one did not come together until the VERY last second and I just had to tough it out until then. But it did happen! Yippee!!!

@ The. Hot spring alt concept for Kiran. My immediate thought was this running bit I have where a transmasc chara will drape a towel over the shoulders/chest and just be ass out. Pussy out kind of look. Ambiguous specifics aside, I think the towel over the shoulders could be translatable to a hood... Kiran hoarder of towels. They don't have to be ass out. They can have a little decency. A little decorum. The most audacious crime committed here is Too Many Towels.

This is all in good fun ofc ofc!! You don't gotta do anything w this information. I just. Felt deeply Compelled. 🧍👍

Oh no, that’s really good. The comedic potential of too many towels👀... I gotta sit with that one.

To give a peak behind the curtain for a sec, I did do some warm up sketches exploring the idea a little! It was mostly to practice Kiran's anatomy before going into the trenches tho lol.

Their anatomy rarely gets shown in the final drawing but man is it helpful. Both logistically and as moral support. Drawing their tummy brings me joy.

Seriously putting that idea in my back pocket tho. Noted. A secret tool that will help us later.

DAY 6: Bridal!!!

AND WE'RE BACK! NEVER LET ME DRAW RUFFLES AGAIN!

Had to pause the daily drawings for a minute because it was my birthday recently! Yippee!!! I have aged!!! And as a birthday present I tormented myself with many many ruffles.

Spring alt and bridal alt shaking hands over my grave tho. I feel like where the execution of the spring alt was alright but the vibes were off, the bridal alts execution needs improvement but the vibes are on point. Super want to iterate on it in the future. Playing with that veil sounds so freaking fun.

This drawing took heavy reference from this post by lolita-waredrobe. Check them out if that suits you.

DAY 8: Brave!!!!

Honestly? This went WAY better than I thought it would! Extremely satisfied with my work here.

My premise for this alt started taking shape when I decided to give Kiran Fólkvangr. Initially I did this because I thought it would be funny if they're holding onto it for Brave Alfonse, but then I remembered that Kiran actually has experience with fighting his sword. They managed to fight with it so well that no one noticed something was amiss within the realm of dreams. I took that idea and ran.

Kiran had no combat experience prior to coming to Askr, so you can feel the finger prints left by the friends who taught them how to fight.

Okay okay okay so I started playing FE Engage recently right? I wasn’t particularly planning to play this game, as it didn’t seem to be my cup of tea. The visual design did not speak to me and what I gleamed about its narrative left something to be desired, which is unfortunate, because those are two of the biggest reasons for why I play video games. But I am nothing if not addicted to that FE gameplay formula, which engage does provide in spades.

So I am having fun clearing maps and then giving my live reactions to my friends during cutscenes. Most of which included me going “I miss my wife (fe awakening) Tails. I miss her a lot. I’ll be back.”

Then in a move that I don’t typical do, I haven’t been sticking with the default names. Decided to be a little silly. And when I saw that you could name the cat dog, I made a decision.

Perfect.

It’s like I can still hear his voice.

IT SHOWS UP IN THE TUTORIAL CARDS.

I CAN GIVE HIM WINGS.

DAY 11: Resplendent!!!

Thank GOD for that new Reginn alt leaning deeper into that steam punk aesthetic. I saw those googles and immediately knew what I had to do.

I had a very chill time with this one. Felt very in my comfort zone, so once the basic sketch was done I allowed myself to just go off without too much thought. The premise of this alt being less front line fighter and more a mechanic for Niðavellir's machines. I think it could be fun if Kiran picks up on that kind of stuff really quickly due to the inherent similarities it has with their own world's machinery.