#misc: cedar

im not confident with this one (could also just be cause ive been pretty anxious recently :'D ), so i feel like i gotta explain myself- cause i dont think anything makes sense-

the idea was whatever happens to cedar happens, and he just starts freaking out- and while everyones panicking, samuel just happens to be nearby so theyre brought in while everyones still figuring out what to do (my initial thoughts were 'cedar freaks out in some uncontained place and cause of his electricity they cant move him', but surely they wouldve had issues with esteban with that logic? so im choosing to say maybe he was just in a fairly open space and no one prepared properly-)

and cause everyones panicking, no one initially thinks to inform samuel of the fact they could get shocked, but theyre confident cause of their experience with esteban and doesnt think to wait- and then gains a grudge against cedar for that and making him lose his composure for a second- (that second bit being inspired by the samuel and cedar comic smiuff did-)

though a lot of my choices were cause the visual aspects wouldve looked good- so im willing to be told this just isnt a realistic scenario/ accurate, cause it probably isnt ._.

though fun fact, krita started being really weird by the end of this, and when i was trying to fix stuff and export everything, krita decided to put a black box over the faces of one of the samuel refs i had?? and for a split second i thought they were out to get me lmao-

i randomly thought of this idea and realised i should probably come up with a new header anyways- Oreo is lovely, but i love these guys too ;-;

i decided to change the front pattern bit for cedar in the end- initially that lighter yellow went to his nostrils, but i realised quickly that was a pain to do, so i kept it simple-

also as a cedar fun fact: the inside of his mouth is white now! this is because 1. the mouths of chinese giant salamanders are white! i wanted to add more visual aspects from them than just their skin texture, so i decided to add that! and 2. i....thought itd be funny....i dunno, the visual of cedar yawning or going to bite someone and said someone just seeing white is really funny to me and i dont know how to explain it- it might be because of how blinding the colour white can be in light? my brain keeps vaguely thinking 'void' because of it-

(as a fun fact for serafín too so i can give something for him, the fin on his back isnt from a shark- the tiny one above his back legs are, but the 'main' one is from an orca! and its specifically a female orca fin : 3 i really wanted to make serafín purposefully intersex after processing that sebastian wasnt purposefully given that identity, and i dont think it was recognised by the devs either- human serafín is intersex too and got top surgery as well cause it was more comfy for him : D ) (i know you cant actually see that fin here- but i thought id bring it up anyways if im giving a fact about cedars biology (?))

this was really fun to do though : 3 (ignoring the fact that when searching for what canvas size id need, i couldnt find a definite one and ended up using the wrong size, then had to try and fix it and its STILL not perfect but im just pretending everythings fine-)

im trying to figure out the pfp next, but i dont know if i like the current one i finished..i might use it as a placeholder just cause it matches the new colours, but ill see if it sticks- or if i even do that in the first place-

but also, heres the flat colours for both of them : D (cause i took the screenshot for myself as reference, and cause its most likely gonna take a while until i get a proper ref sheet out ._.)