#executor tormis

at last. i can finally do other things. i dislike their canon designs so i had to do something about it, as usual

karishh i've already worked on before, but that was more of a spur-of-the-moment thing. but now i've had more time to stew him in the broth of my brain and this is what came of it. he looks luxurious as fuck, as he should. i imagine his character focusing not on gluttony for gluttony's sake, but decadence. seeking to find himself with as much comfort and amusing novelty as he can - he, who is so bored with his forever time. he is very warm and charming. which is something he uses to his advantage his twelve extra stomachs are something i haven't quite figured out yet (ev evan ivan bioengineering department is in shambles...). but i imagine he WOULD like to rid himself of them while he isn't using them, just so he doesn't take up even more space with his stupid levitator than he already does. obviously not that he minds taking up space. he's aware of how handsome and pretty he is while also being large and in charge. i glare directly into camera.

tormis functions as the other side of karishh's coin. while karishh alters his body for functionality, tormis alters his body for pure looks. his shape is very exaggerated for human standards, with a wasp waist and a big chest. it isn't visible from the outside, but he's had his digestive tract shortened in order to sinch his waist even further (a big fan of corsets, i imagine). this results in him being forced into an obligate carnivore diet, as meat takes less effort to process. he also has no nipples. didnt like them so he got rid of them his outfit is very showy. he's extremely proud of the shape he works his skins into

nitokh i just made pointier and edgier for the most part lol. also bald and waifish. the scrawny appearance is to sort of play on the idea that she always uses others to do her dirty work. to spill blood for her. why should she have to lift a finger to get her way? the red jewelry and silks also serve to reaffirm this theme of blood not much else to say. boobs out, okay?

scarne was so difficult to design for no good reason, it was harrowing. but he came out so fine. i don't usually draw characters with any facial hair, so actually DESIGNING an interesting looking face of beard was a good challenge. and his hair looks so niceee too. he wears a headwrap to keep it out of his eyes while he does stuff his spine is also a feature i like. i imagine since he was designed to look like a stereotypical ancient greek scholar, he's really into learning and knowing stuff. so why not just plug your brain into the computer to work without your fleshy body as a burdensome interface. it only makes sense on the note of him looking like a greek scholar, i didn't want to do that. that's boring. having him literally just look like plato is such a bland idea. bleh!

ballas and tuvul are fine as they are. avantus has nothing going on to such a degree that i can't think of anything to do with her. sorry!

aside from that, i figured it'd be fun to redraw one of my first ever art posts from here. so that's on the backburner. xenon's design changed so much... nearly 5 years does some shit to a man

i also dabbled in making a protoframe oc of my own to pour all the local literary history i've been forced to study into something fun (he's a poet from the 19th century who very literally fucked around and found out, much to his dread and chagrin). but i dont know how to make his infestation and outfit work so i shelved him for now. what makes it more difficult is that i don't have any place to put him narratively... i still don't like the general direction of protoframes, especially recently, so that doesn't help

and speaking of not liking things, i'm slowly chipping away at a revamp of (most of) the seven executors because their designs feel really really lame. i've already toyed with karishh, so here's his complimentary half, tormis. or, a warmup of him at least, just to get a feel for his shapes

i've technically already drawn tormis before but those were tiny little doodles, that doesn't count. i could complain endlessly about how flat the executor designs feel but i wont. not here at least the idea is that karishh and tormis, despite their extremely evident physical differences, make a really good pair. tormis focuses on the aesthetics of his bodies - keeping them chiseled and built. well-muscled - while karishh is more leaning toward the utilitarian side of things. yes, he does care about looking good, but to his own standards. he's more about feeling good. and that's the fun part! karishh keeps tormis from looking too shriveled, insists on keeping his muscles plump and... marbled like prime beef, for a lack of better terms. while tormis helps karishh retain his strength and mobility despite his weight. they WILL gossip about the other five in hushed whispers like old ladies. if they turn out to hate eachothers' guts ingame i will cry and sob and weep do the others have some sort of unique chemistry? i dont know yet... the ev evan ivan lore r&d team is still figuring that one out