InsaneMasquerade

Let's go together, we'll be free The world ends eventually, so come with me

Hair like yours, hands like yours...

I love the cryptid friends, that is all. They all meet for dinner every week (They'd do lunch, but they'd like to not exclude Vamp via the sun)

Some more Dae'Loutal, this time a wip run cycle

While pose-wise I tend to reference cats, otters, and ferrets, his run definitely needed to be something else. I used cheetahs and greyhounds because their runs were easy to get reference for, and as a monk/barbarian with a speed of 45ft right now, it only felt fitting to grab some built to run animals.

Funny enough, the whisker was actually the part that took me the longest, for some reason I could not figure out that motion.

"He's watching under the silver light  He's stalking now for a time that's right He's haunting with those pale green eyes Coyotes howling"

My other dnd character, Dae'Loutal. This is a piece about an.. Incident when he was younger that cost him his horns and breath weapon. Dragonborns in that world are a little different then standard dnd, and big thanks to my DM for letting me play with his appearance so much.

My beloved DnD character Veanra, I love her so much I'm very normal about her I promise. (Expect so much of her I doodle her too much, Toyhouse's image count gives away my favoritism) Draconic Sorcerer Aasimar and an ex cultist, alot of her character focus is her growth in re-learning how to live semi-normally after growing up under constant stress and danger that came with where she grew up, and her hunt for the people she was taken away from. The cult and the people from there still haunt her though, no matter how dead. Bonus ship with the party bard

Idiots <3

Back to the soft Vamp ship, Sparkling and Herb are both more then willing to give Vamp a boost when he needs it, they have very high trust that he wouldn't overdo it. Vamp, however, only takes them up on it if he's desperate. Most of the time it takes alot of convincing, they may trust him but he doesn't trust himself, nor does he enjoy doing it. Luckily they're patient and make it a light hearted thing for him.

Got my little grubby mitts in a few other fandoms even if I don't show them off much. Cookie Run is kind of the only thing I've drawn alot of fanart for in a long time

I knew I'd allure someone with my crackship, and I'm using this as an excuse to talk about it!

Note: This is so headcannon heavy, do not expect much canon compliance from me

Anyway, this is entirely separate from my Vamp/Sparkling/Herb ship, they don't coexist well, but it still keeps the majority of my headcanons about Vamp

The biggest thing being; Vamp may have been born what he is, but that doesn't mean he enjoys it. In fact, he kind of hates it. Him and his sister are both technically only half vampire, but while Alchemist scraped by with only a couple traits (enhanced senses, pointed ears and fangs, a small bat form), Vampire ended up with all of them. He wants to go into the sun, he doesn't want to hurt people to sustain himself. (Both of these points are biiig driving points in both my Vamp fics)

Despite this, his much larger bat form and the vampiric lineage he comes from makes him a beast to reckon with. In particular, it means him and his sister are almost considered 'favorites' of the witches. Is he as powerful as he could be? Absolutely not, this man won't take care of himself well enough to not be half-starved at any given moment.

That fact isn't something that really matters to a certain power hungry, conniving ex-ruler of the Cacao kingdom.

Hearing through the grapevine (hah) about Vampire and Alchemist's rumored power, he decides to go seek them out, and find any way to get them on his side.

Cue Affogato quickly discovering how susceptible Vampire can be to flattery, especially when it comes with a level of acceptance towards him. And when he can't hold off a need for blood, Affogato just happens to mention someone oh so dangerous, who would be much better off the streets. Real at first, but then the next time comes around, and what's a little exaggeration? A little white lie.

In general the ship is a really big exploration of Affogato and Vampire for me and my partner, digging into both of them.

With Affogato, he slowly begins to realize he's gotten close to Vampire, closer then he ever should've gotten when he's just using him to get his power back.

And with Vamp, at some point he realizes what Affogato's turning him into. But then again, who else will accept him at this point?

This is entirely the fault of my partner's favorite being Affogato, headcannons just spawned from there Big "I could make him worse" ship with Vampire chasing the acceptance and Affogato taking advantage of it to use this powerful beast to reclaim what was taken from him

See Them Bloom

A pure fluff Vampire/Herb/Sparkling ship fic, primarily exploring the dynamic between Herb and Vampire due to Herb's passions and Vampire's, well, vampirism. Cute, short, and focused on the communication within the three of them and how they navigate different schedules/needs. Fully finished, definitely not beta read, and the first fanfic I ever wrote so bear with it.

To Drink the Blood of Lethe

What if Vampire and Alchemist had travelled out to Beast Yeast? After all, who knows what kind of rare alchemical ingredients might be found out there. And what if, in that trip, that sugary sweet paradise managed to lure Vampire in? While this fic does still include the Vampire/Sparkling/Herb ship, that relationship takes a back burner for the grape sibling's relationship, as Alchemist is put in a position she never thought she'd had to be in: Absolutely terrified for her brother's wellbeing. Three chapters in and more to come (when I can stop being afraid of writing Eternal Sugar), this fic is my ambitious jump from See Them Bloom

If I come back solely to post cookies I don't know if I should be disappointed in myself. Anyway enjoy my love of this stupid drunk vampire, he is my son and I love him. I have not let go of him since 2021.

Bonus: Older misc. doodles when I first got back into the game, with my beloved ship (Sparkling/Vampire/Herb can be clawed out of my cold dead hands)

Art date: Jan 8th, 2024

Well, it seems every place to post is either dead or awful, so, I'm gonna use this place again just to keep tabs on my art. Always good to have something to point people to for examples, especially trying to get into it as an industry.

So you'll see some wildly out of order posts for a bit. Starting with a post that's a year old definitely isn't helping Places you can find me:

The new art style of humans begins. Can you tell I got hyperfixated yet?