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I started this in August of last year and I decided I wanted to be done with it so there was gonna be more but there’s not anymore :(

The snake is there bc I remember seeing a post where someone drew Cleo embroidering themself instead of having tattoos and I’m pretty sure there was a snake on her belly? But I don’t remember where I saw the post. There was meant to be other embroidery in their other patches and you can see a lunar moth patch that was meant to be more detailed but like I said I got lazy and just wanted to be done lmao

Uh. Here have some other color versions bc I was having fun playing with settings :)

Here’s the outfit section (the writing in this is honestly so good I love it all especially the character descriptions? Really really genuinely so good) that made me stop what I was doing so I could draw it bc it was just such a striking, vivid image!

And some notes about the design!

- I gave him some scars on his hands and face bc he is a pirate after all, but I included two of them on his neck to mimic gills when he’s in his human form! He’d also have more on his torso bc he has gills there too I’m pretty sure

- his eyes aren’t completely black, but they are a dark purple like the ocean’s abyss pulling you in

- some of his features would be ever so slightly off-human, like slightly pointy ears and teeth, and his skin would probably be cool to the touch

- the watcher symbol is a faceted gem/amulet on the chain around his neck! He hides it under his shirt tho but I still wanted to include it I wonder where it came from (I know where it came from bc I read the fic 👀)

I might do a more refined piece of his design at somepoint bc I really love the outfit! And I do plan on drawing siren Grian at some point (maybe also the mean gills in this au I really love them too)

Uh. Here’s the sketch I made for this as well :)

This last image is actually their first ever drawing in like. September or smth.

The first photo was their first real ref I did a month ago to this day and immediately replaced with the scar drawing. 90% of the clothes I’ve drawn it wearing are clothes I own- including in image 1!

This also features @crispylillad’s persona in image 3 bc I drew phantasm bullying him :) bc I’m taller than him in real life too :)

Image 4 has another friends oc (named linecat) but they don’t have tumblr

Uh. More info on phantasm ig bc I can. He/they/it pronouns, gender apathetic (like me! I personally use any pronouns but phantasm doesn’t, even though it’s my sona. It’s weird. Idk), I’ve only had him as a character for a few months actually, and they were meant to just be a monster design I course use to represent myself bc I was just using “Leo” (irl me but with deer features) and then they morphed into being my main sona. I used to struggle with representing myself with a character (hence why my old sona looked like how I look in person) but then I drew this guy and something just clicked. It’s me. He’s still kinda his own character a little, but more in that he is me if I didn’t have to hide being me.

He is like mostly a moth demon/monster thing but it doesn’t have wings (anymore) and it usually just has 4 limbs. Its tail is like. Made of ink or smth idk. I just wanted a big fat plushy tail for him bc they deserve it.

More little guys :3

It’s basically where. So. CuteGuy and HotGuy are enemies ofc but not really, where HG likes CG and doesn’t really want to hurt him, so they’ll chase each other and fight not never actually hurt each other

But after time passes or smth Scar is either pressured by the government to really capture CG or smth and/or he stops feeling for CG and becomes more aggressive. CG has been warming up to HG and thinks his darker mood is just him being silly after something he said or smth

So they’re fighting again, but this time it’s rougher, and Grian keeps cutting cut by arrows and he’s out of breath and keeps injuring himself, so he thinks he’s just out of practice and that’s why he can’t avoid the arrows- he’s been shot at by HG before but they were never killing shots or anything, bc HG knew CG would dodge them

But then HotGuy shoots this arrow, and it’s all Grian can do to move his wing in the way to slow it down and stop it from piercing his torso

His arm is folded with the wing so his hand is shot as well btw :)

But that’s when Grian realizes this isn’t normal HotGuy

He realizes too late that he wasn’t joking or acting annoyed, HG really was trying to kill him

And that scares Grian bc he always kinda knew he was safe before, like sure HG was manipulative but as time went on he seemed to be less so, actually genuinely trying to be CuteGuy’s friend! So CuteGuy warmed up to him as well, and HotGuy’s mood must have just been HotGuy pouting to annoy CuteGuy, but then he got shot! On purpose! And CuteGuy knows he’s actually going to die, or that at the very least HotGuy wants him dead! Betrayal!!

:)

I am so normal about him (lie)

But like actually. I’ve known about ddvau for a while/I’ve seen art of it but I thought it was just normal hermitcraft art. And then on Friday I spent 2 seconds longer reading the description of a yt animatic and went “oh shit it’s a comic”

So that’s what I did this weekend :)

I also found other fics and comics and I realized I was holding back bc I’ve been obsessed with the life series/hermitcraft for a while but I never read any fics or aus… and now I caved and have been indulging in it soo much ahhh I’m completely normal I swear :)))))