Crossover-mancer and crusader of LOVE&PEACE

[Mutation AU]

Luis Serra lives :)

Luis never doubted what Leon had done. He knew as soon as he woke. He didn't need to see the hastily scrawled note, the rifle and ammo, the discarded injector or the empty vial.

He knew as soon as felt his heart pulse. Oh, Sancho. What have you done?

Luis also knew, without hesitation, that he had already forgiven Leon.

NOT FINISHED YET but I can't help it, i rarely get the motivation for comics. It's like... halfway done? Probably this many MORE panels before it's done.

Hypothetically could Leon cut his nails or is it like a dogs where there is a nail underneath that’s dangerous to cut?

Also does he need a lot of food if he suddenly mutates due to stress?

Hey, thank you so much!! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

To answer these-

More Mutation AU things.

First, Leon calling Luis when he collapses on the stairs in RE9... I feel like they made an arrangement before this that Leon would only call if he was CERTAIN that he would not live to see Luis again. They knew the risk of this was higher than ever before; Leon went in with a prognosis of 72 hours to live, give or take, by the start of the game, much less by the time he is heading to Raccoon City.

He almost considered NOT calling, but Luis made him promise. No matter how upsetting and awful that call will be, it might kill Luis to lose him without a chance to talk one last time. Neither of them hangs up when Leon loses consciousness, though, so he overhears Grace showing up. It's still not good odds, but losing Leon is less final, now.

Next, Krauser skewering Leon is why Luis has to interfere in the first place, but Leon and Luis can have mirror-matched scars since it goes all the way through... Still, Leon collapses after finishing the fight and Luis is terrified he's going to bleed out. Thankfully, his regen factor keeps him alive.

Finally, just have Luis making bedroom eyes at an offscreen Leon.

You hold yourself against the waves / You say the water's fine

Replayed this section so I could get screenshots of Luis in the vest! I had also corrected my game brightness after it factory-reset its settings (unbeknownst to me, so the game was much darker than it should have been). As a result, you can see the scar on his left cheek much better. Also! His ENTIRE scar is visible, both endpoints of it! Gnarly! I love him...

These were some of my favorite expressions out of all the screenshots I got this time around.

I just wanted to see if I could draw him purely from memory and still get the vibes right. Partly because I wanted to see if I could draw him in a much more simplified and stylized way that felt mine. As opposed to what I've been doing which feels more like I'm doing a life study from game footage.

Some good Luis expressions from Separate Ways

I was planning to draw merman Jade Curtiss today because it's merMay. Instead I got the bright idea to do ALL OF SEPARATE WAYS in ONE SITTING (about 7 hours?) so I could unlock Luis's classic outfit T_T

[Mutation AU]

It's stress, Leon. Stress is why.

Quarantine after Valdelobos is stressful. Leon struggles with his unstable mutations expressing more and more as he gets more and more stressed. The silver lining is it helps Luis pretty quickly identify a cause and effect to all of this. That's all well and good, but practically, Leon can't just force himself to suddenly stop being stressed!

And then after that, as a bonus, i TRIED making something resembling Luis Serra in Dark Souls III because I think he's a better fit for that game than Leon is, maybe these are even happening concurrently! Anyway enjoy some screenshots of my attempts to make Leon and Luis in some fromsoft character creators.

and Luis:

Low effort resi doodles today because I haven’t drawn anything nicer yet: A Luis Serra in these trying times. Work has been hectic so I haven’t drawn as much (or PLAYED as much). As a bonus though, here’s what I was thinking for Ashley’s jaw situation for the Mutation AU (just click the first tag in my tag list, I can’t be bothered to grab embed links on mobile I’m too tired).

Mandibles AND pharyngeal jaws! Together, she and Leon are almost one whole Xenomorph.

[MUTATION AU]

Luis, circa 2026 (Resident Evil 9 Requiem). Married to Leon, still a biologist, still working hard to make up for past mistakes, still sporting some side effects of having been re-infected with the Amber (though subsequently treated via the same procedure as Ashley)

I just wanted to make a proper portrait/illustration for my vision of a 50 year old Luis who is in a happier, more stable place. He has such a lovely, expressive face. BEGGING to be painted. Very handsome. 11/10.

Might be the prettiest man in the entire Resi franchise. Sorry, Leon.