Knarme-stray 's art account. I'm an adult. I can give you a follow back on my rb account. Here I post art, and only art. :) K18 - Warning for gore + suggestive themes.
Hello!! I am Knarme.
I go by he/they/any pronouns.
I'm a water drake from the very lakesy and wet Eastern Finland.
My art and life are inspired by nature, prehistory, folk magic, mythologies, paranormal phenomena and history.
I draw both traditionally and digitally, sculpt from various materials and I have professional training in both 2D and 3D video game art and animation.
Welcome to my lair...
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I'm getting kicked out of my housing by August 1st, so I'm scrambling to save enough for a deposit... Just opening 3 slots for now, and we see how it goes!
✨Prices are in UK £ 💵PAYPAL OR KOFI ONLY 💵
✨"from" is base minimum price, but very complex pieces will cost more
✨Happy to negotiate sketches comms, but they will have to be paid in full upfront
✨I will do light NSFW, nudity, gore, horror, design sheets, complex angles and poses with the right references, some furry, any fanart from fandoms I know
✨Won't do mecha, p*rn, complex armours, real people, pets, biggoted stuff, or crazy complex backgrounds
✨Payment is done in full after we agree on a clean sketch
✨1 month deadline, regular updates, must add me on discord or be regularly available for feedback
✨Personal use only
✨Must contact me with full details of what you are after and send visual references. If you want me to do your research for you, then you have to pay for that too...
✨Complex Na'vi/Avatar characters with stripes and sanhi come at a small extra cost for the time spent on those layers
i think leftists need to start thinking of taking a job as a psychologist/ psychiatrist with the same extreme suspicion as someone taking a job in the justice system
yes, the person in the justice system *could* be a prison teacher or a restorative justice practitioner, but most likely they are going to uphold the status quo and make a living of the violent oppression of others.
just like how the psych *could* be anti forced rescue, anti forced treatment and work with service users to decide if they wish to be diagnosed or not. but more likely they will swallow what the system teaches them unquestioningly and go on to enact terrible violence to a group of people they see as a doomed underclass to fall in line with the policies of regulatory bodies.
forced drugging is violence. restraint is violence. incarceration is violence. the perpetrator wearing scrubs does not stop violence from being violence nor does it stop those subjected to it from being traumatised
I love polishing a sketch while coloring it, it's so much fun.
The dogma of "separate sketch, lineart and coloring into 3 distinct stages" just never worked for some of us. I always felt miserable forcing myself to draw like that.
One of the best ways to improve one's art is by making it more enjoyable. I'm serious!
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Hey it's not nice to post my art without my permission + without linking my actual socials. It hurts to fight for scraps of meaningful feedback online only for someone else to reap the rewards from my work.
Are they my own na'vi-inspired species or my redesign of the na'vi? I do not know for sure.
I wanted to explore the idea of taking what I like about the na'vi and combining it with my aesthethic preference.
Also this is important to say now, because of what we're living through...
Joy is regeneration.
Joy is nourishment and nurture.
Joy is survival and allows us to keep showing up for our loved ones and communities.
Never wallow in horrors passively.
Act according to your ability.
Like is taught in the Quran, make it easy for others to do good. No judgement or bickering over small disagreement, but make it easy and encouraging for yourself and others to act. I'm not Muslim, but a Finnish neopagan, - but this teaching and people whom I've seen in real life show this example have made me think this must be good.
Live fully and experience joy.
Joy makes us stronger and more resilient.
We need that more than ever now. Yes, I mean because of all the fascism and wars.
Yet. Please know this. There is hope. ALL action, every person surviving, healing and showing up, stacks the impact.
Posting these sketches I greatly loved drawing, is what I do for joy today.
I do not give up on joy, even if my joy and action alike come togethet with grief.
But it's a relief to move with the grief and accept it, compared to repressing it until it feels like it breaks me every time I have to move.
It also gives space for connection, survival, hope and joy, to grieve what is happening.
These subarctic na'vi live in a boreal coniferous forest biome, - and a terrain scratched up into hundreds of lakes by an ancient bygone ice sheet.
They fish, hunt, forage, as well as herd a small number of docile lumbering beasts for their milk and manure that fertilizes the land for many edible fungi and plants that otherwise wouldn't grow.
They practice slash-and-burn-cultivation of certain plants, in small patches of land at once, leaving these spots with fertile ash and nesting sites for small animals requiring burnt tree logs.
Their sacred place is deep in the bottom of a lake, - and the entry into it is a dangerous, traumatic experience usually only accessed by their Tsahik, Tsakarem or important warriors. It leaves oneself changed forever, but bearing important knowledge.
(This character is basically my na'visona, so he has an Eywa-granted androgynous top surgery by the way...)
The Ta'kxener see their lakes and water surfaces as portals into other worlds, and are very careful when it's time to dive into their vast lake networks for foraging or fishing. Especially the muddy lake bottom is seen as realm of death itself, and dropping someone's hairs or nails there on purpose is said to ruin or kill them.
They worship a great, semi-bipedal omnivorous beast that lurks deep in their forests, - and say that sometimes an amalgamation of ancient ancestral spirits possesses one of these beasts to speak, - they call this the 'Forest Elder'.
Typical build of the na'vi variant Ta'kxener belong to.
Like other aquatic na'vi (reef, arctic ocean), - their ribcages are really wide compared to fully terrestial na'vi, - protecting their huge efficient lungs.
Their ears are completely furred-over.
Ta'kxener are inspired by Finnish folklore, folk magic, mythology and pre-crusades (a. k. a. precolonial before christianity got forced down our throats and withchunts wiped out immeasurably precious cultural knowledge that was like 99% oral tradition) era culture.
For the sake of cool factor and fun, big artistic freedoms are also taken. I decided that this is what I want my own na'visona to be, drawing inspiration from where I come from.
Research is carefully done avoiding endemic Karelian concepts or cultural traits, as Finns have a history of appropriating Karelian culture while ignoring our own culture.
I study this subject with care and passion and don't want to blindly borrow from the National Romanticism era art and literature, as these sources tend to be the appropriative kinds.
Instead, I do my own research.
My own family line originates from the Karelian Isthmus and has a Greek Orthodox -derived name, but they became North Savonian Finns hundreds of years ago, - and the isthmus has been Lutheran + Finnish-speaking for quite some time now (unlike the Orthodox, Karelian-speaking regions up North from it), as has been my family.
I am an Eastern Finn, and most strongly identify with being North Savonian, - as we are a melting pot tribe among Finns. This suits me as another side of my family is South Ostrobothnian!
Therefore I do not consider myself culturally any other than Finn + gamer + autistic gay nerd, - but yeah. I try to be mindful when doing any stuff related to Finnish or "Finnish" mythology / inspired / etc. stuff.
(No I don't think people need to present some freak pedigree when doing na'vi fanclans but you know? I am a FREAK. A sicko. A weirdo. I also have really bad OCD. Would you please understand? lol)
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1- What is your fanclan's name, and/or its English meaning?
2- What is their physical nearest relative? (Omatikaya, Metkayina, etc)
3- In what way do they differ physically?
Height and bulk
Limbs
Kuru physiology
Facial features
Markings and/or body modifications
Colouring of skin and hair
Sanhi/Tanhi patterns
Striping patterns
Seasonal/lifetime changes in morphology
Fat storage?
4- Where do they live on Pandora? Do they have neighboring clans?
5- What are significant geographical features in their territory?
6- How would you define their biome?
7- Do they interact with other clans, and how?
8- Are they a subtype of another people, or does your fanclan have subtypes of its own?
9- What are their views of other clans?
Omatikaya & forest people
Metkayina & reef people
Mangkwang & raiders
Varang's "ash" people
Wind Traders
! Bonus: What do other clans think of yours, and say about them?
10- What animals do they ride, if applicable?
11- Do they interact with other animals with Tsaheylu, and what for?
12- Do they have particular interaction with local fauna and flora? Without Tsaheylu?
13- In what way have they adapted to their biome?
Physically
Culturally
14- How long have they been living in this biome?
15- What do tree of souls look like in their area? Does Eywa manifest in other ways?
16- How common are they and where are they located?
17- How does your clan interact with these Trees?
18- What are your clan's views/beliefs regarding Eywa?
19- What are your clan's views/beliefs regarding the afterlife?
20- What do they know and think about Toruk Makto?
21- Does your clan have an equivalent figure?
22- Does your clan have specific myths and beliefs?
23- Share a legend of your clan.
24- What is the social structure of your clans? Do they have Olo'eyktan and Tsahik, or extra roles of importance, or fewer?
25- Do they have different social norms?
26- What does a family unit look like?
27- Do they have a mating ritual?
28- Do they have a death ritual?
29- Do they have coming of age rituals or other practices to mark various stages of life?
30- If applicable, what roles does the Tsahik have in the clan?
31- What are the core responsibilities of the Olo'eyktan/chief/leader?
32- What does your clan trade, if applicable?
33- What are your clan's views on Sky People?
34- What are your clan's views on Dream Walkers?
35- What are your clan's views on "demons" aka, recombinants?
36- Does your clan have a history of interaction with the RDA?
37- What are the primary tools for hunting?
38- If offered guns, how would they react?
39- What are various roles seen in your clan (warrior, hunter, singer, being some mentioned in the Omatikaya and others) and do they have unique tools or features (like ceremonial tattoos, etc)
40- Describe the fashion or your clan
Main materials used
Main colour palette
How dressed or exposed are they
Do some materials have meaning
Are some more prized
Do they have artisans
Describe an extremely prized heirloom passed down in a family
41- What are arts practiced by your clan?
42- What is your clan's diet like?
Primary food source
Rare delicacies
Meat vs. plant ratio. Are they more carnivorous, more vegetarian, etc.
Describe a special dish
What do they eat when they travel
43- How do they eat? (Communally, alone, in small groups, on the march, etc)
44- Do they have dedicated tools for eating/drinking?
45- Do they have dedicated spaces for certain activities (like the top of hometree for ikran to live in at Hometree)
46- Do they live in permanent structures?
47- Do they build their housing or inhabit a feature (hometree, caves, etc)
48- How do they modify the environment to suit them?
49- What does the typical home look like?
50- What are the views and practices around sex?
51- Do they have preferences/acts that distinguish them from other clans?
52- Do they have Taboos?
53- Do they have beliefs surrounding mating and reproduction?
54- What does birth look like?
55- What does the first year look like? Describe the bond with each parent, and how the clans behaves with children
56- Does your clan have training, apprenticeships, etc? Are children pushed into them, or inherit positions?
57- What are your clan's gifting customs? Do some gifts carry meaning? Or are some occasions defined by gift giving?
58- What are your clan's superstitions? Curses, topics best left untouched, superstitious practices like touching wood, not whistling at night, etc.
59- Does something special happen during Eclipse?
60- How do your people mourn?
61- How do they celebrate a special occasion as a community?
62- Do they respect certain holidays/events (like calf communion)? How often do these happen?
63- Does your clan fear anything? An animal or an event?
64- Do they have any disease? What are common injuries?
65- Is anyone in the clan disabled, and in what way does the clan help (or reject) them?
66- Describe your OC within this clan. What do they look like? In what ways are they typical or atypical in their clan? Do they stand out and how?
67- Do they have an occupation?
68- What are their talents/skills?
69- What was family like as a child?
70- Do they have siblings? Birth order? What are their relationships now, and is it different from when they were growing up?
71- Do they have a mate? What is their relationship like?
72- Do they have children? What is their relationship like? If they don't, do they want any?
73- Grandparents or grandchildren?
74- Any disabilities?
75- How do they dress?
76- Bag unpacking! If we stopped them in the middle of the day, what would we typically find on them?
77- How do they act? What sort of mannerism do they have?
78- What are their hobbies?
79- What is their biggest flaw?
80- What is their best trait of character/quality?
81- Are they more introverted or extroverted?
82- Do they have mental health issues and/or trauma?
83- Are they kinky? Describe their sex life if applicable
84- More emotionally driven or more logical?
85- Are they more of a problem solver or problem creator? Give an example of trouble they got themselves into
86- What frightens them? How do they deal with fear?
87- How do they deal with conflict?
88- What makes them happy?
89- How do they show their happiness and love?
90- Are they devout? How involved are they with spirituality or religious practice?
91- How do other people describe them?
92- What does their songcord contain? What story do they sing about themselves?
93- Do they have an animal companion? More than one? What species? Describe them, and their relationship
94- What are your character's main weakness and strength?
95- Does your character have goals?
96- What is their favourite food? Hated food? Allergies?
97- How do they fight, and if they don't, who protects them?
98- What are they most passionate about?
99- If they could wave their hand in the air and make a complete change in the world, what would they choose to change?
100- What are their thoughts and actions regarding humans?
Top: Coloring more of those na'visona traditional sketches!!
Bottom: WIP of Kxasi, how I'd decipt his feelings about his home region biome. VERY Inspired by that one Tsu'tey's Path comic cover where you see the falling Hometree and Omaticaya inside screaming Tsu'tey's chest. Emotionally, that imagery resonates well with me, it's natural to see Kxasi also having these most beloved things as his center, a part of his own spirit.
This piece has a very different color pallette and mood than many other pieces featuring characters or scenes from Kxasi's story. It's a stark contrast to the bleak, desaturated colors of the desolate, hierarchical emotionally secretive world of the Kxayltirey Ikran Makto.
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