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I love this idea! Brood parasites are interesting. I imagine in the tribes where this happens there being also curious measures taken against it, little things like cover the eggs in certain furs or draw certain symbols on with specific spices/pigments, and maybe even to avoid laying eggs in specific dates and seasons. That would make it sound more like superstition to industrialists when it could actually be because these fursare from animals the creatures are afraid of, compounds they are allergic to and the conditions in which this species lays eggs, making it all true and foolishly dismissed.
And so do these creatures once grown attack the Mudokons / are attacked by them or are they simply raised by them? Like huh I guess I got one more mouth to feed now :/
Oddworld species idea: creature whose mothers lay their eggs among Mudokon egg clutches like how Cuckoos and other parasitic birds lay thier eggs in bird nests. the young superficially resemble Mudokons in their baby/adolescent/teenage stage until adulthood where they metamorphisize into a far larger, stronger and more messed up looking creature.
Phil would eat the outsiders but momma Mudokon said he needs to be a nice boy.
Oddworld species idea: creature whose mothers lay their eggs among Mudokon egg clutches like how Cuckoos and other parasitic birds lay thier eggs in bird nests. the young superficially resemble Mudokons in their baby/adolescent/teenage stage until adulthood where they metamorphisize into a far larger, stronger and more messed up looking creature.
Glukkons and Oktigis just go around hiding their bodies in their manly, broad-shouldered, imposing suits with a completely different apparent shape to their actual anatomy and I just think that's very trans (masc) of them.
Oddworld: The Promised Neverland homage (pt.1)
‘Kay, so I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole that is Oddworld lore…and I was *already* a big fan of the whole concept thanks to “The Promised Neverland.”
Surely this has been done before, but I couldn’t help paying some homages to the series—especially because it fits so damn well for obvious reasons!
And honestly…this is the most fun that I’ve had with my art for a long, long time. It’s like I remembered what I love about creating, and even *how* to do it. I remember loving symbolism and the significance of imagery…like here? I loved having the plates act as a kind of sick, ironic commodity: like the Glukkons absolutely would sell off “authentic” style dish wares with which to serve their workforce up on.
And even though I’ve only been able to play both the New n’ Tasty re-release and Soulstorm, I had a lot of fun trying to kind of reconcile the designs some for Abe and Alf? Alf especially; I liked the idea of him wearing his overalls down 90’s-ish style because it kind of acts reminiscent of his old loincloth, but still keeps him as visually distinct as Abe or Toby.
Oddworld: The Promised Neverland homage (pt 2)
She hasn’t even made a formal debut on screen and yet I’m *fascinated* by the character of Sam, Mudokon Queen.
I just have so many questions: was she acting alone her decision? Did anyone else even know, or did she just wander off of her own volition to make this deal with the Glukkons? Was she truly acting in the best interest of her people or were there more selfish motives at play?
And it’s those questions that really made it so easy to draw this parallel between the original image that inspired this piece (The Promised Neverland OP 2, “Identity.”)
Because…regardless of whether she was acting altruistically or not…Sam still has blood on her hands? The blood of not just her people, but her *children.* She might not have known the conditions that they’d be brought up in, or the abuse they’d face…but she still made the decision to sell them. And she still lives in relative comfort, at least compared to Abe and the others, even if it’s nowhere near idealistic.
I sympathise with her…and yet I’m so suspicious of her? And I love that?? And I loved portraying that via a cracked and bleeding egg, precariously stitched together, much like the situation that they’re all in. Actually, like I mentioned in the other post, this is the most fun I’ve had with my art in *years.*
Oddworld: The Promised Neverland homage (pt 3)
Yet another in my latest little series of homages…my god these are fun to do! At the rate I’m going I’ll have enough to put together a little animatic to the tune of “Identity,” haha!
This one was definitely the most challenging to try to compose, but the most fun to play with. While I knew putting Molluck where Isabella originally sat would bring a more cynical tone to the piece, I wasn’t expecting to truly appreciate how damn oppressive a figure he can be. Using the smoke in place of shadow was intentional; I wanted the Mudokons to come across as generic and faceless as the Glukkons no doubt see them, but also lean into the double meaning of how the brew is designed to fog up their minds and keep them under control.
Also, Procreate’s light pens are so much fun to play with!
Oddworld: The Promised Neverland Homages (pt. 5)
Aka: my excuse to finally abuse the light pens in the name of art!!
I still can’t get over how well The Promised Neverland’s imagery lends itself to Oddworld…quite possibly because they’re pretty much the same concept, but still. I mean, fundamentally, Abe is absolutely a different character to Emma: he’s more reluctant in some respects and clearly doesn’t relish any of the danger he has to face…but he still loves his family. That moment where he hears gunshots and worriedly murmurs “The others…” is proof enough of that and it’s still as effective and powerful as Emma declaring that she never wants to lose another sibling to shipping.
That’s what I was hoping to convey most in this image—what the portal represents. Freedom, relief, safety; not necessarily for Abe, but for all the Mudokons we’ve helped him ferry to safety…or lost in one misstep.
Oddworld: The Promised Neverland Homages (Pt. 6)
I gotta be honest, this image had to be the one that I was most excited about since starting this series.
It’s based off barely a flash of a second in The Promised Neverland’s second opening, and it’s a much more ‘closed’ composition there, focussing mostly on Emma’s face and the braid that hides a significant injury. But for Abe I felt it was important to ‘zoom out,’ so to speak, to emphasise the action of him reaching up towards the moon—the moon with the face in the shape of Abe’s paw.
I just felt like it could represent so much all at once for him; wonder at its sight when he first escapes Rupture Farms, hope in darker moments, despair at all he’s learned since that first night of escape. Actually, it wasn’t very hard at all to adapt this image seeing as the bulk of it was just referencing *that* moment in Soulstorm—hands down one of my absolute favourite moments in a video game. The helplessness on Abe’s face as his body just loses all support, how he curls up and begins to quietly weep…the terror that flashes on his face when the keeper first approaches, and then how he calms a bit when he realises that she won’t hurt him. It’s just…it’s beautiful in how heartbreakingly poignant it is. And I really hoped to do it justice in this piece?
What does Crim do now that he is free? What are his fav hobbies? Does like to dance or paint?
Crim: well I like to do lot of things, and yes I like to dance and paint but my favorite is just helping oders and trying to make them happy ^^, Thanks for asking. Hope you have a great day!
Hi this is Crimson, I Just wanted to say you can now ask anything to my Oddworld oc, The availables are:
Young Crim - Crim - Brejaz - Albino slig - Darg the Healer - young Rail - Dead Rail.
You can make Fan arts of my ocs just tag me and I would like if you guys do make fan arts because i like seeing oders drawing my ocs
My comic spoiler. Page 26 scene 121 of the good ending
Some how I can make Abe voice and I love reading my comic whine it so ire is a piece :)
