land of ghosts and flow

When Kyan was a hatchling, they took a particular interest in pottery.

They were so, so very proud of their very first pot, they carried it around everywhere.

It’s been a while but this one is fresh and hot and I’m pretty happy with the results!

One of my Magnus Archives OCs, Liam D’Angelo; he’s an avatar of The End who throws loaded dice made of bone and tricks you with wordplay into betting your very life force.

He is charming as hell, a trait which easily masks how rancid he really is.

Liam is of unknown age, but it’s rumored he should have been dead several times over by now.

Preparing for a bigger dump soon

Here’s an Outer Wilds OC I created specifically for another one’s backstory. They’re super cute because it’ll hurt more when they’re lost to space ::)

EMERGENCY SKETCH COMMISSIONS

I have just moved with my family to another state (not my choice, I really didn't have any other option) and my bank account very quickly ran dry. The hunt for a job is slow - as I ended up getting sick, and we're still moving one more time to another place in the same city, and I need something to help tide me over until I get back on my feet. I considered asking for donations, but I just can't bring myself to do it.

I currently do not have access to my tablet, however I have a sketchbook, a scanner, a laptop, and photoshop in the meantime. Soon, I will have my desk and PC stuff back, though, and digital art will be back on the menu.

So I am hoping to bang out some quick 'n dirty sketches like the ones above while I find a steady job. Once I have my stuff running, more styles and levels of finish will become available!

$5 headshots

$10 half-to-3/4 (case-by-case basis)

$12 full

Please DM me if interested! I use most of the major payment methods, just ask in DMs what you'd prefer.

I would also greatly appreciate a reblog! No purchase necessary, if I can just get a few eyes on this, that would be amazing.

More stages of life of Kyanite!

1. After an incident in which a young Kyan got their little hands on some clay and stuffed it into their mouth, Gneiss had to pay a little extra attention to them to keep them from doing it again. Kyanite hated being told what they could or couldn’t do, and was rather petulant about it.

2. As a teenager, Kyan calmed down considerably. They started spending more time creating with their hands and less time getting them into unsafe places, and began to stargaze often. It wouldn’t be long before they’d take their hobby seriously and turn it into their trade.

After a page of failed sketches and some advice, I have finally drawn a BABY

It’s been a while since I did any sketch dumps, because I keep thinking I’m gonna finish them all first and post polished stuff instead :V this is a lie. I have 30 files open and refuse to focus on just one.

So here are some sketches fresh from last night.

1. Kyan as baby

2. Residual pain after the accident that cost them their ear

In celebration of Spooky’s Jumpscare Mansion: HD Renovation releasing on the Switch, I made some fanart!

Kyanite was never much of a musician. While they have a melodic voice and like to hum along with the instruments around a campfire or while they work, it’s less of a musical thing and more of a vibe.

What they do love to do, though, is dance. From a young age they learned they had a good sense of rhythm and energy to burn, so they channeled it into dancing. Now, they always seem to have a certain bounce in their step, and can always be counted on to dance to the music their fellow Hearthians play around a campfire.

a few stages of life for Kyanite:

Hatchling Kyan, full of ears and wonder.

Kyanite soon after the ghost matter incident that took off their ear and discolored their eyes - contemplating their life choices to this point.

And a slice of their current-day life, gossiping with Slate (probably over some wine at Slate’s campfire).

As a sidenote, to answer a question in the tags of an older post of mine:

@theouterwilds recently mentioned the idea of Hearthians evolving on Giant’s Deep, and I became enamored with the concept! So I did a li’l thing! ::D

These guys are SO much fun to play with~

(This is actually v.2.0 because the original had no feet and way too much bubble noise lol)

An idea was floated by my ears and I couldn’t shake it out until I I just did it: a new Hearthian has appeared

Howl is a masseuse whose house doubles as a massage parlor. They’re a very spiritual type, always looking to the stars and planets as a way of finding meaning in life. They play the singing bowls, recording the music to replay during sessions accompanied by homemade incense and oils.

When the Dwellers were finally forced to flee underground to escape the deadly heat and radiation of their sun, they took to painting murals on the cave walls. They had neglected to record their history until far too late - these murals serve as one of the few windows into their lives.

This is Pyre Selenium’s mural. It represents the death of her brother and her love for him, including the symbol for the Heart, a vague but incredibly significant concept to the Dwellers.

What’s that? More Dwellers? Why, yes!

These are in the concept stage but they’re here nonetheless. Dwellers are addicting to create, lemme tell ya.

Gravel Cobalt is a Dweller living in what I’ve been calling the Beforetimes - before Scorched Orphan was, well, scorched, it was a large and thriving planet called Scarlet Oasis. Cobalt lived a fairly normal life for a Dweller filled with hedonism and not a care in the world until qe passed away from old age quite satisfied.

Terra Cesium, on the other hand, lives during the end times, steeped in denial and trying to continue their life of decadence even as the world bakes away around her. They don’t come to terms with the truth until the very moment she’s forced out of her community tent and driven underground - the only place left on the planet not being actively razed by the sun’s heat and radiation.