Zephrun’s Imperium they/he Posted October 17, 2020 Author Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Doomstick said: You need to turn on link sharing I thought I did. I'll check again... Edit: Looks like I only did that with one. Sorry! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nsCNn9l-NMkG1xAb_1nPw2d499yL0Bd4/view?usp=sharing Edited October 17, 2020 by Shard of Thought
Condensation she/her Posted October 17, 2020 Posted October 17, 2020 Oh. My Gosh. How? This is so impossibly amazing! I love the focus on Heather(although I don't know exactly who she is) and you're right, that emotion looks completely real. Congratulations on (what I think is) your best one yet! 1
Zephrun’s Imperium they/he Posted October 18, 2020 Author Posted October 18, 2020 Ya know, one of the things I was most excited about back on day 11 was drawing Astral's sharp teeth because that was a relatively new aesthetic change for her. But I didn't get to do it. Until now! Day 18 is Trap and it is inspired by a scene in Sleeping Beauty (my favorite Disney classic) where Maleficent traps Phillip. Sleeping Beauty is great for a lot of reasons - Aurora is by far the best singer in the Disney princess line up, Phillip is the most bad chull, underrated guy ever, and the simple story is just so sweet - but the one reason that really makes it top tier for me is how much it parallels CBST. With True Love's Kiss, a sort of sleeping curse (for you CBSTians you can interpret that as the time Star stops her heart or the fact that Star slept for 3 days that one time), and Maleficent and Astral being so similar. In fact, I've already drawn Sleeping Beauty parody art, of Star and Astral as Aurora and Maleficent respectively and I plan to draw the True Love's Kiss scene from the movie CBSTified for the prompt Sleep on the 21st. But about this particular drawing... It's kinda funny to me that I get to draw sad Heather twice in a row. She has that same sad expression, it's so sweet and heartbreaking. The world just kinda hates that poor Inquisitor, doesn't it? Even though there's already a quote associated with it, I look at this drawing and I can just hear Astral say, "Heather, you stupid, stupid girl." (with some maniacal cackles for good measure, she's good at those) I've drawn this so many times - including for last Inktober on day... three I'm pretty sure - but this is by far the best rendition of it. It turned out. So. Well. There's so much life to it, so much emotion. I would have included a longer portion of the story this is from, but this is something that's happening in the future of CBST and I don't want to spoil too much. I've already spoiled a lot. And yes, I know I changed the chains in this scene into ethereal ropes, but... The tendrils were easier to draw than chains and they look way cooler. So win-win.And it's more Astral gloating than being horribly angry, but... Well, Maleficent was grinning in my reference, and I couldn't resist drawing those wicked fangs. Quote “I’m afraid this is the part you won’t like.” Chains shot out from the ground, wrapping tightly around Heather, pinning her arms to her back. “I’m sorry to do this to you, Heather. I…” Astral cocked her head. “Actually, no. I’m not sorry at all. You were the one who dragged Marsh to the Shadow Realm just moments before I healed him.” Sudden fury burned in her eyes and she slapped Heather across the face without warning, the satisfying sound of the sharp smack echoing in Astral’s ears pleasantly. I took progressive pictures this time again. What's the verdict, do we like the time lapses or the progression photos better? 4
Guest Somebody from Scadrial Posted October 18, 2020 Posted October 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Shard of Thought said: Ya know, one of the things I was most excited about back on day 11 was drawing Astral's sharp teeth because that was a relatively new aesthetic change for her. But I didn't get to do it. Until now! Day 18 is Trap and it is inspired by a scene in Sleeping Beauty (my favorite Disney classic) where Maleficent traps Phillip. Sleeping Beauty is great for a lot of reasons - Aurora is by far the best singer in the Disney princess line up, Phillip is the most bad chull, underrated guy ever, and the simple story is just so sweet - but the one reason that really makes it top tier for me is how much it parallels CBST. With True Love's Kiss, a sort of sleeping curse (for you CBSTians you can interpret that as the time Star stops her heart or the fact that Star slept for 3 days that one time), and Maleficent and Astral being so similar. In fact, I've already drawn Sleeping Beauty parody art, of Star and Astral as Aurora and Maleficent respectively and I plan to draw the True Love's Kiss scene from the movie CBSTified for the prompt Sleep on the 21st. But about this particular drawing... It's kinda funny to me that I get to draw sad Heather twice in a row. She has that same sad expression, it's so sweet and heartbreaking. The world just kinda hates that poor Inquisitor, doesn't it? Even though there's already a quote associated with it, I look at this drawing and I can just hear Astral say, "Heather, you stupid, stupid girl." (with some maniacal cackles for good measure, she's good at those) I've drawn this so many times - including for last Inktober on day... three I'm pretty sure - but this is by far the best rendition of it. It turned out. So. Well. There's so much life to it, so much emotion. I would have included a longer portion of the story this is from, but this is something that's happening in the future of CBST and I don't want to spoil too much. I've already spoiled a lot. And yes, I know I changed the chains in this scene into ethereal ropes, but... The tendrils were easier to draw than chains and they look way cooler. So win-win.And it's more Astral gloating than being horribly angry, but... Well, Maleficent was grinning in my reference, and I couldn't resist drawing those wicked fangs. I took progressive pictures this time again. What's the verdict, do we like the time lapses or the progression photos better? Looks awesome first of all but honestly if you can do both it would be best but I myself prefer progressive photos
Condensation she/her Posted October 18, 2020 Posted October 18, 2020 I love Astral's eyes! Soo good. Um, I think I prefer the progressive photos.
Zephrun’s Imperium they/he Posted October 19, 2020 Author Posted October 19, 2020 Day 19! First time Sophie has shown up in Inktober this year. Prompt is Dizzy. Y'all, I had a heck of a time deciding what to draw for this. I spent hours and hours looking around pages 700-900 of TLT for the moment just before the one I drew for today, where Sophie throws the spear of light to Xino. I intended to use that quote for the prompt Throw. Instead, I used something completely different for Throw and ended up with this for Dizzy On 12/5/2019 at 8:10 PM, Shard of Thought said: But without Astral to protect her flank, Sophie was left open. One of the creatures landed on her shoulder and even as Sophie tried to shoo it away, it sunk its teeth and claws into her. Sophie gasped, watching her skin there turn grey, ice shooting through her veins. That was all it took. She fainted dead away, shield fading without her constant Narrational support. Leaving her completely vulnerable to any, every, and all of the withergeists. On 12/7/2019 at 10:07 PM, xinoehp512 said: With a horrible screech of triumph, the withergeists descended- scratching, biting, corrupting. Darkness spread in vine-like tendrils all over Sophie's form, striving hungrily to reach her heart and corrupt her entirely. One of us... they hissed. Usss... There are so many things that I've done for Inktober this year that have helped me with my art and shown how much I've progressed since last year. But I think foremost among them is all the different poses I've done. In almost every single drawing I did last year, the character I drew was facing forward and standing up. This year... Shards. I've drawn Sierra skating, I've drawn people hugging, I've drawn Heather huddled up on Ember's statue, I've drawn hands in all sorts of positions and never shied away from actually putting effort into those hands. And today, I've drawn someone laying down. You would never guess it, but laying down is hard to draw and I didn't even have any references outside of the gesture that I did. And... yeah, I don't even know what else to say besides the fact that I'm immensely proud of myself. And here's your progression photos - they're a lot easier to do for me and y'all have liked them more than time lapses anyway, so I'll do those from here on out. 7
Guest Somebody from Scadrial Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 7 hours ago, Shard of Thought said: Day 19! First time Sophie has shown up in Inktober this year. Prompt is Dizzy. Y'all, I had a heck of a time deciding what to draw for this. I spent hours and hours looking around pages 700-900 of TLT for the moment just before the one I drew for today, where Sophie throws the spear of light to Xino. I intended to use that quote for the prompt Throw. Instead, I used something completely different for Throw and ended up with this for Dizzy There are so many things that I've done for Inktober this year that have helped me with my art and shown how much I've progressed since last year. But I think foremost among them is all the different poses I've done. In almost every single drawing I did last year, the character I drew was facing forward and standing up. This year... Shards. I've drawn Sierra skating, I've drawn people hugging, I've drawn Heather huddled up on Ember's statue, I've drawn hands in all sorts of positions and never shied away from actually putting effort into those hands. And today, I've drawn someone laying down. You would never guess it, but laying down is hard to draw and I didn't even have any references outside of the gesture that I did. And... yeah, I don't even know what else to say besides the fact that I'm immensely proud of myself. And here's your progression photos - they're a lot easier to do for me and y'all have liked them more than time lapses anyway, so I'll do those from here on out. Nice it seems that the rest of your cult has left
+Ark1002 Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 15 minutes ago, Shard of Thought said: My cult? WHAT? CULT? NO CULT HERE! *hushes people chanting in background* Cult? Noooooo. *pulls of black robe* No cult at all. *turns on lights and snuffs candles* 1
+Doomstick he/him Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 *stuffs demon back into the closet* 1
+Doomstick he/him Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 *washes off the blood face paint* this got dark
Channelknight Fadran Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) Cult? I wanna join the cult! Why have I not been following this thread? Why have I not gone through and upvoted everything yet? Literally ALL these drawings are scudding amazing, Star! Edited October 19, 2020 by Channelknight Fadran 1
DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 I love cults!! I don't even know how many I'm in at this point...
Channelknight Fadran Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, DramaQueen said: I love cults!! I don't even know how many I'm in at this point... Queen, you can only be in one. I'm pretty sure there's an Iconar Collective cult, but as the apparent deity of that, I don't technically count as a member.
DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns Posted October 19, 2020 Posted October 19, 2020 Just now, Channelknight Fadran said: Queen, you can only be in one. I'm pretty sure there's an Iconar Collective cult, but as the apparent deity of that, I don't technically count as a member. You can only be in one? When was that rule created? Must've been at some point after my 27th cult...I stopped paying attention to the rules around then.
Zephrun’s Imperium they/he Posted October 19, 2020 Author Posted October 19, 2020 14 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said: Cult? I wanna join the cult! Why have I not been following this thread? Why have I not gone through and upvoted everything yet? Literally ALL these drawings are scudding amazing, Star! Aww, thank you so much! Tomorrow is my second favorite yet, so be prepared... (for those of you wondering, my very favorite has been Armor) 1
Zephrun’s Imperium they/he Posted October 20, 2020 Author Posted October 20, 2020 Y'all this one turned out so blving well. Day 20 is Coral which I decided to interpret as the color. This one had arguably the best gesture of all in my plans, so it's not too much of a surprise to me that it turned out as well as it did (though it is painful how often my gestures turn out better than the actual finished product ) but I'm still really, really happy with it. Pearl needs more art of her. She's one of my favorite characters with some of the least writing about her. For those of you who don't know, Pearl is the as-of-yet-not-even-an-idea-to-her-eventual-parents daughter of Star and Pheonix, the OTP of CBST. She will be an adorable toddler with the scary ability to Narrate and an angsty teen rebelling against her over-protective mother. This drawing depicts her when she's about 14 or so. I didn't do this drawing in quite the way that I usually do a drawing so progression photos weren't really possible. I went through lots of different things with her skirt and her arms (and in fact, the eraser scars of me trying to draw her arm are still preeeeetty visible on the left side of the finished product) and then I had serious trouble with her left eye (which is still a bit of a disappointment to me), so I inked all of it and even started coloring some of it before I actually finished that. It was a big mess through most of the process, but it turned out SUPER well! And here's the gesture, it's awesome. 6
Condensation she/her Posted October 20, 2020 Posted October 20, 2020 I love both of these! I'm sorry I missed a day, I didn't get on on Monday. I love the color, it's so pretty!
Guest Somebody from Scadrial Posted October 20, 2020 Posted October 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Condensation said: I love both of these! I'm sorry I missed a day, I didn't get on on Monday. I love the color, it's so pretty! Should probably mention there is a cult now
Condensation she/her Posted October 20, 2020 Posted October 20, 2020 5 minutes ago, Somebody from Sel said: Should probably mention there is a cult now I tend to ignore those kinds of things.
Guest Somebody from Scadrial Posted October 20, 2020 Posted October 20, 2020 1 minute ago, Condensation said: I tend to ignore those kinds of things. It's kinda hard I slipped in the blood when I came in here
Condensation she/her Posted October 20, 2020 Posted October 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Somebody from Sel said: It's kinda hard I slipped in the blood when I came in here Yikes.
+Doomstick he/him Posted October 20, 2020 Posted October 20, 2020 Just now, Condensation said: Yikes. JOIN US
Zephrun’s Imperium they/he Posted October 20, 2020 Author Posted October 20, 2020 Please not that Shard of Thought does not endorse or encourage cults, blood rituals, demon summoning, or any other such practices that have apparently sprung up around her art. Thank you. 1
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