#xariel

I will do a master post of the crew once I finish the refs, got 2 left to do meaning probably tomorrow or the day after if I continue my 1 ref a day (the stuff I gotta do is render the uniform thing cuz I already did the sketches and the doodles of the fella vibin or whatever)

I am also gunna wanna work on a lot of the other things I need to work on for Amphyle Tau so I can start actually making mini stories n like I wanna try n figure out how to do like an in-universe ask blog thing cuz they're neat n all that

I think I posted here when tryin to do the 3D model - got sidetracked w doing something else and I wanna start over lmao - and actually research a bit more before getting into it

the gore probs don't really come across as such - they got blue blood and I didn't look up refs, I did this while waiting for us to head out, expecting that I'd just get the sketch done

Atax is tryin their best to comfort Potchly cuz they've both been through a really rough 1-2 days (timeline still being worked on)

The gash is a new idea and is why Atax hasn't had that scar in any previous works - and they're liable to get more or have them change as the event is still being workshopped as I figure out how the ships are constructed and how the Ievak fight n stuff like that

I think this is the first piece in a while I took so much time and effort in - idk been playing with lighting and backgrounds lately.

I also really wanted something I made recently to use as a wallpaper & such and figured it was about time I made a full 16:9 piece again

I also really like the side panelling thing - it's a combo of Fabian's star & dot pattern, the diplomat symbol I've been internally using as the symbol of Xariels, the common swirl pattern on Xariels, and some stars.

Atax, the Captain of the crew

If the Event didn't happen, they would still be second in command.

Rimeru, the oldest of the Soldiers on the current ship

They work under Potchly, making them a field medic, basically

If the Event hadn't happened, they would've still been working under someone else (still a doctor - I just haven't named them)

Potchly, the main doctor of the two of their current crew.

Honestly, they had the roughest of the three. Their career wouldn't be too much different - just caring for more people - but it had changed them personally.

I thought I finished more, but I misremembered me finishing a bunch of sketches as I usually finish rendering before moving to the next one but for the Xariel picrew I needed to finish the non-combatant uniforms, so I did the crew first then took their uniform sketch for the picrew, meaning I really only did 2 renders since last time but did an additional 3 sketches. I only got another 1-2 sketches to do, but it's 7 crew that still need to be drawn. (or redrawn in most of their cases)

crew left to be drawn: Tes the Engineer, Talis the Botanist, Apogee the Logistics Officer (and Bas's sibling), Avarian the Hunter, Mortis a Soldier (the last soldier to draw), Leandre a Doctor, and Cobber a Commando (they are shadowing Atax as they're pretty new to space-faring). The last 2 are the ones not being redrawn, just drawn for the first time.

I'm also planning on reworking how I'm doing their refs cuz trying to draw 2 full bodies per ref is making it hard to do (and not get burnt out). I also stopped drawing the helmet cuz the lineup pose is more of their posing for the camera for their military professional pic kinda thing and the helmet is additional work for no reason as theres rarely a difference between em and theyre still a work in progress.