#goldendustfox

These are concepts for GoldenDustFox’s and Catfox’s Elysian / GalaxyFoxes mod for Starbound. I thought the Elysians were pretty neat conceptually so I decided to do some character concepts to see what I could come up with. He said it was an open species, so I said to myself, why not?

So I came up with Orion, a pilot / adventurer. There’s some more stuff I worked on for his backstory, but honestly I’d rather wait before I say anything. There isn’t too, too much information available. When it came to the general aesthetic and art, stylistically I’m probably pretty different than Dust and Catfox, and Starbound is pretty minimalist... So I took some artistic liberties (I think? There was only one picture I could find of the Elysians, besides their in-game appearance).

I wasn’t also sure about with what outfits the Elysians might wear, so I just came up with something I thought would be neat or give a feel of looking really standard issue, but sort of retro-futuristic. The suit itself is futuristic, and the jacket is more retro. High fashion right here. I’d wear that jumpsuit. ;3

As for the obvious low detail - I drew both drafts for the outfits in a matter of less than a minute (though more thought was put into the concept itself, the art was just a quick doodle to get that concept down). One day I will draw a serious fullbody piece, though. I might try spriting it myself if I can...figure that out. >.>; That’ll be a lot of work! Guess I might have to learn how to mod.

If Dust and Catfox would like though (and they see this), they’re free to use some of my concepts for outfits. I’d be glad to draft up more.

Here’s their mod: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1405822108

I’ve been thinking about uploading this for like a week or two now (closer to two weeks) and I guess I’ll just go on and upload it. This is a reference for Orion. I was going to add a side view picture, but I honestly just finished this picture, realized how awful the linework was and kind of told myself I’d try to do something nicer next time. No...this piece definitely does not show off any of my strengths as an artist (if I even have any). ...Although I think the face turned out really well! But that...yeah, that’s about it. On the upside, the outfit looks...how I wanted it to, I guess. I didn’t bother with shading and I’m pretty bad with symmetry. I try.

I’m actually in the process of working on something better, but none of my doodles have turned out anything quite...nice enough. Maybe I’m just trying to be too fancy with their poses and have no idea what to do because my skills seem to either be alright or be terrible depending on the day. I’ll get something eventually. Anzu has enough art I’m happy with to prove that I can produce SOMETHING okay. <Sobs in corner.> Maybe I should post some of the okay stuff sometime. I mostly try to post art that I don’t post on my dA here.

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Anyways, a little about the character. Orion is an escapee from a maximum-security deep-space penal colony. They awaken on a ship they somehow know to be their own, but have no memories of who they are or how they got there, just the knowledge to pilot and maintain the ship. Of course, the authorities are after them, but they’re determined to discover the secrets of their past - secrets that won’t be discovered by being imprisoned once more. 

Are they still a pilot like I said in my previous post? Yes. Yes they are. I get that the concept behind the story seems a little cliche in premise, though. Memory loss is a very common trope...

I’d reveal more, but I have a couple of friends that look at this tumblr that write alongside me and I think they’d strangle me if I put any plot spoilers here because even they don’t know and don’t want to spoil it. Who knows, I might actually put the story up one day? I’ll answer questions if asked.

Once again, I’ll link the mod that his race comes from and credit the species creator GoldenDustFox and their friend Catfox.