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The leaves outside aren't turning quite yet where I am, but they're falling already in my workshop.
I was really happy with how the colors turned out on this one. The colors on these masks are more variable than most, since I mix the dyes custom to try to match real-life leaves, and then I paint them by hand.
They're available over on my Etsy!
this is incredibly good and got me to spend an evening working on a resource pack to put er in the game >:3
I was recently made aware grave waifu crimes had once been committed in a game I like
The Deathbell Spriggan
Art & Design Notes
Sorry about the lack of art for the past few days, I have some different art pieces/designs in various stages of completion, but irl stuff has kept me from being able to work on them enough to make much progress.
However, as part of some school work, I got to throw together a variant on the Elder Scrolls' Spriggan enemy. As a result, I have a new design, and too many thoughts about it.
Critique and other comments are always welcome! The ID is under the cut, after my design notes. (:
In vanilla Skyrim, there are three (3) different variations on the spriggan enemy: normal, burnt, & matrons. While they all have some differences, they share the following traits:
Brightly colored swarms of insects and warm light coming from their bodies
A set of antlers made of twisted and pointed branches
"Carved" faces
Sexualized feminine bodies
Decoration around the shoulders
The body is made of gnarled wood
While it's not necessary to follow every design convention, following most will insure that the new variation still reads as the same type of enemy. The main changes were made to the color palette and decorations around the bust. Desaturated birch bark would contrast the bright insects and flowers, and the gradients on the limbs (hopefully) draws attention to the face.
To make sure this variant stands out, rather than doing flame damage like the burnt version, its claws are slightly poisonous. They have the same ravage stamina effect as the deathbell flowers that grow on its body. If I make another, it can drain magika and round out the group.
[ID: A digital drawing, portraying a spriggan, from the Elder Scrolls series. Like most spriggans, it has a feminine body, with a hollow stomach cavity, and a body formed out of twisting wood. Unlike spriggans found in Skyrim, its legs end in points, and rather than having branches sprout from the collar bones, the rough shapes of deathbell flowers grow instead. One eye has been replaced by a swirl, done in black pen, unlike the rest of the sketch. Small lines from the sketch are visible under the art, though most have been blurred out.
The wood is white, with grey swirls, and dark gradients on the ends of the limbs and antler crown. The flowers are purple, with pink bases and blue ends. Gold mist hangs around the head and stomach cavity. End ID]
I don’t normally post my drawings as I’m not exactly the best at it and it looks fairly odd next to my Photography but it’s 2017 now so that can enact as some form of justification.
So, my last post was hidden even though it was tagged as mature, and I'm still not entirely sure how nudity works on this platform, so instead I'll censor stuff in a goofy way and just note that vivaciousdomo on deviantart has more uncensored stuff 🤷
A dryad is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology.
Dryad moodboard
Mythological creatures: (18/150)
Another skin tone practice, this time limiting myself to layering. I can't recall where I got the model from, but I know I printed it. While I would have liked more bark and grit and nature on a Dryad, the uninterrupted skin was the challenge I needed to try and get the shading down, and we required a tree person
Another sketch with the brush pack I picked up the other day!
Dryad Sloane and Hurley!
Queen of vines and flowers
Old drawing of the Terraria Dryad
Not to be confused with June from LoM... art of her is coming up soon 👀