Oh I guess I COULD post these... More pre-cursed designs...
(Drawing this made me realize I've never actually drawn Morton before?? I like to think he was a guy who got fused with a bug. I gave him a sort of birthmark where his third eye usually is cause it felt weird not seeing him with three "eyes".)
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"History is nothing but a series of unfortunate events. Lives begin only to end, civilizations rise only to fall, and the in-between is wrought with pain and strife, much of it self-inflicted... all of it destined to repeat itself, ad infinitum. And Burning Spice Cookie prides himself on being that which brings about the end to that neverending story; the keeper of the record of destruction. The guilty, the innocent, the questionable - all are to be swallowed whole by the Tide of Change without mercy nor exception, for destruction, though cruel, is fair and indiscriminate. For eons he nursed a grudge against the world and savored the dark allure of wanton violence alone. But now, with his other half swayed to his side, he has never relished jamshed more. Finally, someone who, like him, grew bitter in the face of that endless repetition. Someone who wished to bring the cycle to its knees, after it had held them in chains for so long. With their new, shared freedom and power, they shall unleash their cataclysmic wrath upon all Cookiekind undeterred. Alone, he was a catastrophe. Together, they are inevitable."
(Burning Spice's costume! Now the set is complete. Here's Golden Cheese's)
(Design notes under cut)
As we all know (at least I hope you all understand it by now), Burning Spice is based on Shiva, Hindu god of destruction. As Shiva has many forms/avatars, some good some bad, I thought it would be interesting to take from the "bad" one(s) - namely Rudra and Bhairava (the latter to a slightly lesser extent. From my understanding, the former is more explicitly malevolent while the latter is more "benevolent" destroyer; a destroyer of bad habits, to put it extremely basically), both being considered extremely frightening and wrathful aspects of Shiva
Gave Spice a tiger skin to wear around his waist, instead of his old dhoti. Shiva, in both his OG form and many of his other ones, wears a tiger skin (tiger skin has a lot of rich symbolism in Indian culture, including representing strength and royalty). Spice didn't get his from just any tiger, though...
Gave Spice 4 arms. Both Rudra and Bhairava are often depicted with 4 arms (sometimes more, sometimes less). As he once had 6, then went down to 2 with the power loss, now that he and GC have merged Soul Jams, he regained a pair in the power share. (She also has 4 arms, so they match. I explain it a bit more here if you're curious)
He's supposed to also have a ring of fire behind him like he does as Herald of Change (and also when you promote him enough times in-game) but I'm tired. I'm so tired, you guys. Do me a favor and pretend it's there. I'll draw him with it next time
Gave Spice his bow and arrow back. Rudra is famously known for wielding a bow and arrow, used to strike down hated enemies. (That might be where Devsis got Spice's from tbh.) No reason Spice can't have one again. Show that he is indeed capable of precision and planning and patience (all of which archery needs) in his destruction if he so wills it
Got him that nice garland of skulls not only to honor Rudra and Bhairava (both wear one (they're actually technically severed heads not skulls but whatever)), but to match with his other half ;)
Crumbs on his hands and in his hair, like in that one Dominion of the Beasts sprite, to match GC again and to hint at previous bloodbaths
Extra jewelry to match GC (they match a lot ok?). I know 1 arm has the bracelet around his bicep and not his wrist, but.... idk. I like the mistmatched look + I didn't want to cover up the wrist tattoo
... Sigh. The crown.
In real life India, crowns are called mukuts; they come in many shapes and designs and are worn by gods and kings. (The Herald of Change is actually wearing one of his own.) I combed through, like, 5 different artistic depictions of Bhairava for the style of mukut I wanted to give Spice. I tried. So. Hard. To copy it. I couldn't do it. I thought... "You're handicapping yourself by trying to do it 1:1. This is a fictional character in a fictional world, it doesn't have to be exactly the same. You care too much about accuracy." So I tried to let loose a little and make it a little strange. I still used a specific painting as a reference, but nevertheless I tried to allow myself a bit of freedom. I thought... Wouldn't it be funny to play with the shape? Wouldn't it be neat to make it more angular? Sharper looking? Wouldn't it be ironic if... it sort of looked like a riff of her crown? She loses her crown, he gains one...
... I know it still sucks lol. My amateurish art and character design skills really shone through this time. At least I tried...?
I thought it would be neat to give him shoulder armor that mimics the Avatar of Ruin (thank you so so much to my friend vial-of-bane for his advice on how to color those + the crown so they actually look shiny/metallic, I couldn't have done it without his help. I gained +1 Art Skills thanks to him)
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