#concept development

he has a house!! i swear he’s not just couch surfing lmao. the original plan was a creepy cabin in the woods type of deal, then that ended up becoming a proper house while photobashing which i kinda prefer. long as the vibe stays on theme ig. i think ethan would have a love-mostly-hate relationship towards the place, like the whole building is held together with a lot of outside the box home repairs and pure spite.

Honours year is finally done and my artbook is now finished and available to fully view on my linktree for anyone interested, with this I promise I will be back to doing art as normal (while I look for work lmao) but this year really nuked me and I have been severely lacking in spoons for anything outside of project work but I hope anyone who spares the time to have a look enjoys the work <3

Welcome to Your New Home! An animated short film about a space postal worker, Ximena, and her dog longing for a home (in this economy??) and find one after their space ship is swallowed by an Eldritch Being…

They must survive dangers through the Eldritch Being’s helping.. tendrils before finding this perfect home

SHARK BAIT 🦈🎣 ITA BAG:

My sherk bag concept, try not to get bit! Unfortunately, I am not liable for any lost limbs put into the shark's mouth. But there is always the option to have a headless shark...

Specific Fts: A removeable shark head wallet with 6 ̷c̷a̷r̷d̷ gill slots, 1 center pocket + 1 cash pocket. A stomach insert for ita window. 2 outside pockets with custom zipper tags, 1 dorsal fin + 2 shark teeth. Adjustable straps.

Finally, I thought about adding a coin pouch in the mouth but not sure if coins are still in...fashion (get it? 😏).

continuing from this post! want to start reading? here!

w/ the text and then-

no text! finally, he's all colored and pretty!

anyway, i know this idea is a bit niche and weird but i’ll talk about it here:

the fuck is this idea, mal!?

you don’t have to shout :(

but in summary: the stranded crosshairs au takes place after an alternate timeline in age of extinction (2014) where lockdown + cemetery wind was successful in nerfing almost all decepticons and autobots on earth. lockdown does not get defeated and humans are still assholes, yippie! crosshairs, being crosshairs, nopes the fuck out when optimus prime gets captured and executed— and drift comes with, because literally everyone else is dead… including the yeagers :( i’m sorry, but the government would kill them all.

the two are on the run in space for a couple months or years, but they get inevitably captured by lockdown and— oop! that’s all i’ll say about that.

this incident ends up with crosshairs’ spark being transported via a tear in the well of allsparks and he wakes up in the rid 2015 universe!

ohh okay okay.. but what about crosshairs himself?

crosshairs, in the live action movies, is a fucking jerkwad arse lmao and i know it. due to story reasons, his behavior is mellowed out and he’s not as obnoxious (we still need rid15 sideswipe to be that #1 nuisance) or violent. he hung out with drift for years alone in the middle of space, he picked up a few things!

well, not as violent towards other bots i mean. after cemetery wind back in his own world, he is distrusting of humans to a lethal degree (rip danny and russell) and hates being touched. i wont get into too many specifics, but just know he’s a tired, blunt bastard that just wants to sleep all day (it’s the depression and chronic attachment issues).

he starts off alone in the story but gets picked up into the bee team (against his will).

other info!

i’m happy to answer any questions about anything in this au (characters, relationships, story, etc) via the ask box. i like answering questions <3 other comments and concerns are also not minded :)

also! design wise— because i love designing things and talking about design choices— below is how i’d imagine the parachutes to work. i wanted to keep the paratrooper aspect of his original character since i liked how unique it was!

i hope it makes sense, because it was funny to draw.

i had fun drawing that, it’s silly.

and that’s all i got for now! here is my current poster for this au— in color and black/white! since i’m planning on it being a little comic thing with some writing (maybe).

Concept Development so far:

I am all that I consume, and all I'll leave behind is what I produce.

I am nothing more than a combination of the people I've met, the experiences I've had and the media I've consumed. To make art, we consume the world around us. We chew up inspiration and ideas from the past and the present, and we infuse them with what makes us us. We spit out something new to show the world.

With that, we make art. Sometimes, it can be a need before it's a want. Sometimes not making can leave you feeling restless, wrong and empty

I hated secondary school. It's pessimistic and extreme, but all I could think is if I die, if I get hit by a bus tomorrow, is this all I have to show for my life? I constantly felt like I was wasting away what limited time I have on this earth for something that didn't matter to me.

I need to make because the alternative hurts. Sometimes art hurts, too. It's expensive and the materials can be toxic. There's no guarantee of success and no clear path forward. But we do it anyway because something inside us longs to create.

My project is about that feeling, that need, and drive inside all of us. How consumption and production work as one to inform who we are and the art we create.

Inspiration: