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I wanted to ask, where do you get your inspiration from in art? The composition of the TWST one is so cool, especially the second photo with Rook shooting a bow & arrow from an apple slice + the Pomefiore trio are walking in windows in the background. The composition of your art is so cool ughhh!!! If you have any inspiration for composition (or anything in drawing), I’d like to know if you’re comfortable with sharing >_<

Hi!!!! Thank you very much for your kind words and appreciation of my work! When I created this artwork, I wanted to try something new!

I haven’t played Twisted for a long time, but I have many fond memories of it and still love the characters (My friend invited me to participate in the zine!) What I wanted most was to draw the Pomefiore Dorm, as it has a very distinct medieval look with ?renaissance? elements(idk), which has been reflected in my personal work over the past few years (I love fairy tales and try to create dark fantasy with my own characters Serp and Vel). That’s why this was a great chance to try my hand at imitating something akin to old book designs! Unfortunately, I don’t have the references I used in the fall when sketching, but there’s a sample book spread from what seems to be an ancient Bible. Overall, in the composition, I aimed to convey the timeless and serene flow of life in the dormitory, like frozen memories layering on each other to create various images.

Ref & Sketch & Fin:

Answering about photo with Rook shooting a bow & arrow, I also wanted to portray their skills! Around Epel, you can see his "glass coffin"/"crimson slumber" skill, Vil's is not quite clearly visible, but there is a trail of poisonous fumes on the table from his hand. Well, the apple and the flowers as the main symbols of their dorm!

At first, I intended to make something more linear, but I’m too fond of rendering! So, I’ll show the funny faces of the characters before the final render:

Pomefiore dorm. Illustration for twst zine

so warm and fuzzy, like a childhood memory you can't really remember but you know it's there

«Serp»

– Hell is in his head, the gateway to which is the black mouth

A native of the Left Lands, who for personal reasons found himself in the Right Lands (Rheinland) on the threshold of his 18th birthday. Stubborn, hardworking and friendly, inquisitive.

He was raised by his foster mother, Romana, and thanks to her, he began to understand herbs. After her death, he began to blame himself, shut himself off from those he knew from his native lands and wandered into the forest, got lost, but later found a way out and ended up on the edge of the Vel settlement.

Over the years, he began to keep people at arm's length, not letting them get close to him.

He is familiar with some of the legends (thanks to the pubs where they often went with Romana), but denies them, believes that they are full of distortions and you need to believe only what you see.

The unquenchable sense of guilt towards his mother and the suddenness of her departure from life turned into a fear of uncertainty and the unknown, the need to benefit, the desire to understand all the mysteries and causes of what is happening.

Habits and features:

Tense jaw (restraint of emotions)

A bad dream

Problems with self–care: forgets to comb hir hair, falls asleep in the street clothes / on the floor - the bed is always littered with objects for studying and experimenting on plants.

Hides the deformity of the ears under a tight scarf.

Hair. They are dependent on the climate, with sudden changes in climatic conditions they are prone to falling out, in frosty humid climates they fluff and curl, with age and due to stress they become straighter.

Initially, he has light brown hair, which turned green as a result of her own and Vel's mistakes.

«Vel»

– Dark lips broke his heart with their words and plunged his body into darkness

A native of the Right Lands[Rheinland], one of the Backwood settlements along the Schwarzwald. At the age of 19, he met Serp, who greatly changed his life.

He was childishly naive, sociable, freedom-loving, open and honest.

For him, Family and connections between people are of great importance due to his homeland and, unfortunately, his mother, who passed away early. The boy, who faced the cruelty of fate and responsibility at an early age, grew up to be a supportive child who takes care of both his father and his younger sister in his own way.

The son of a tanner named Wolf, whose household duties include getting food and firewood.

One day, as always, he goes to the forest, where he meets a lonely traveler who has settled in an abandoned shack on the edge of the forest.

Vel, who has been living and doing everything for his father and sister and his settlement for years, begins to acquire personal goals and dreams with the advent of the Serp.

I grew up surrounded by fairy tales and legends from my lands. Over the years, he believed less and less in their truthfulness, but on a subconscious level he believes in the signs and beliefs of his people.

He has an inner fear that originated in the child after the mother's departure and gave rise to a rejection of death and loneliness in Vela with a concomitant desire to embrace and protect his small world.

Habits and features:

Good posture due to archery for hunting

He shirks important tasks if he finds something that interests him more, also "catching crows"["Gazing into space"] - inattentive in everyday life as opposed to his passion for archery

Rubbing his fingers/twirling objects in his hands for concentration

He likes jewelry and light clothes.

Very tactile.

"Early bird " according to the daily routine