SAY NO TO AI

[Image Description: A reference sheet for a fantastical creature called a "Moon Whale", the original waterbenders. They are a combination of an orca, a seal, and a wolf, with some extra purely fantasy elements as well. It is very large: the human drawn for scale is only about as long from head to toe as the creature's snout. The creature's body is whale-like with three dorsal fins shaped like crashing waves, and crescent shaped tail flukes. Its head is more seal like, though it has the nose and ears of a wolf, and long flowing whiskers with small tufts of blue fur on the end. Its flippers are long, with distinct elbows and wrists, as well as paw pads and long white claws at the ends. The Moon Whale is deep blue and white, its markings closely resembling those of an orca. However, it also has star-shaped markings on its forehead and ches, and white crescents behind each dorsal fin. Its eyes, nose, and paw pads are blue. End Image Description.]

For many years, it has bothered me that water doesn't have an "original bender" like the other three elements do. I know the idea is that the Moon herself is the original water bender, but I really want there to be a Creature, you know?

The basic concept of the Moon Whale has been bouncing around in my head for a long time, but this is the first time I've ever drawn one. It turned out basically exactly how I envisioned it, and I think it would fit right in to the world of Avatar.

I plan on rolling these into a bigger AU I have planned for some point in the future. I like them a lot.

Lore below cut:

[Image Description: Betty and Nick from the comic Kid 'n' Teenagers. Betty shouts "DOWN BOY!!" while pointing at the ground. Nick drops to the floor and barks like a dog. End Image Description.]

Original

[Image Description: Pokémon fanart of the snivy, tepig, and oshawott evolutionary lines. The first three images are each line together, accompanied by their names and national pokédex numbers. The fourth image is mega emboar and Hisuian samurott together. All four images have a dark background with a lighter grid, and a silhouette of the Pokémon Black/White player character to show scale. End Image Description.]

(Speedpaint)

Shinies under the cut!

[Image Description: An aged up design for Hilbert, the male protagonist of Pokémon Black/White. The art is captioned "Hilbert Schwartz, Returning to Unova after five years missing." He has a small goatee, and his usual outfit has been replaced with a white and blue hoodie, black pants, red and black boots, and a blue backpack. He is still wearing the same hat he does in the games. His backpack has two regular pokéballs and one master ball clipped to the side. In the full body art, he stands with his left hand in his pocket and his right hand near his chest with fingers loosely curled. He has a gloomy expression on his face. He is accompanied by two pokémon: A samurott standing beside him looking back at him, and a rookidee sitting on top of his hat. Underneath the full art is side-by-side headshots of Hilbert at age 14 (in 2010) and age 20 (in 2016), the latter of which is the age he is for this design. 14-year-old Hilbert has bright eyes and is smiling. His face is more rounded reflecting his youth, and his hair is pointed slightly upwards. This one is also captioned "Before Team Plasma trauma". 20-year-old Hilbert, in comparison, looks stressed out and sad. The light is gone from his eyes, his face is slimmer, and his hat casts a dark shadow over the upper half of his face. His hair has overall the same shape as before but is now angled more downward. End Image Description.]

[Image Description: Both images are reference sheets of the same character, one from 2016 and one from 2026. Their name is Ghost Rose. In both character sheets they are an orange and white anthropomorphic cat with green eyes and a scar over their right eye. The 2016 reference is very simplistic, just a drawing of Ghost Rose standing with their arms at their sides, staring directly at the viewer against a white background. Their scarred eye is gray with a lighter gray pupil, and they are wearing a lime green shirt and pants, with a black belt and boots. As accessories they wear a gold bracelet on each wrist, a gold circlet on their head, and a gold necklace. Both the circlet and necklace have gems embedded in them, the former having a purple gem and the latter having a blue gem. In 2026 the art quality has greatly improved. The reference has two pictures, one a full-body showing Ghost Rose in three-quarter view, with one hand on their hip and smiling at the viewer. The other picture is a bust showing Ghost Rose with their ears folded back and frowning angrily. This version of the character has less saturated colors and is stylized to be more blocky in shape, reflecting that they are a Minecraft OC. Both their eyes are now green and they have stripes of darker orange fur on their face, arms, and tail. They also have a tuft of human-like hair on top of their head which is the same color as their stripes. Ghost Rose is wearing a green tank top, black shorts, brown boots, and a brown belt with a gold buckle. They still wear bracelets, but now they are black with one small piece of gold in the center. End Image Description.]

Glowup of the century

(2016 -> 2026)

Bonus 👇

[Image Description: A digital drawing of a nighttime landscape scene. The moon has a bright glowing purple splotch on it. The moon is partially blocking a star that is much larger and brighter than the others. End Image Description.]

A partial eclipse of the lesser sun by a gibbous moon, somewhere in Carnissus's southern hemisphere.

The two stars in Carnissus's system are known as the "true sun" and the "lesser sun", respectively. They are of equal size and brightness, although to Carnissans the lesser sun appears much smaller due to its distance. At its closest, it shines about twice as brightly as the full moon. It is visible during the day, meaning sometimes all three celestial bodies can be seen in the sky at once. The lesser sun is too far away to impart any extra heat upon the world.

The true sun eclipses the lesser one once a year, causing a slight dimming in the daylight. This event drifts later by about a day each year due to the orbits of the two stars. The eclipse lasts long enough that all or part of it is usually visible from most places in the world, and many cultures consider this a holy day. For example, it marks the new year on the Cherisangi calendar.

The moon can also eclipse the lesser sun, about as frequently as it eclipses the true one and with a similarly narrow range of visibility. Unlike other eclipses involving the moon, however, these are not tethered the phase of the moon. Totality is less spectacular than an eclipse of the true sun, but is still very much noticeable at night. During the day is produces a similar dimming effect to the yearly two-sun eclipse, but if the moon is poorly lit it often looks like the second sun simply vanishes for a time.

[Image Description: A map of a fantasy world called Carnissus. The landmasses are colored in light brown while the sea is a darker brown. There are 6 continents: Riakone, Oruzaes, Yawura, Wreckera, Qualokel, and Iwul. There are also two large islands: one called Wowun which is off the northwestern coast of Wreckera, and another called Inux which is off the northeastern coast of Iwul. There are also lots of other islands which are too small to have labels. The world is shown in equirectangular projection in the first image, and then the northern and southern hemispheres are shown side-by-side centered on their respective poles. Lines of latitude are included at 15 degree intervals on both maps, and the hemispheres also have the lines of longitude. The polar circles and the tropics are also shown.]

Carnissus is the world of my fantasy setting, MagiCarnivora. It is inhabited by semi-anthropomorphic carnivoran mammals, referred to as "Carnissans" to differentiate them from their non-anthro kin, which also still exist in this world.

While in many ways Carnissus is similar to earth - Same size, only slightly cooler climate, and familiar flora and fauna - There are also many differences. The sun rises in the west and sets in the east, and there is another, much dimmer sun ever-present in the distance. Magic affects almost every part of the world, in ways that aren't always noticeable... and are sometimes very noticeable.

[Image Description: A fake instagram post of the Fifth and Tenth Doctors standing in a corridor of the TARDIS. The fifth doctor is standing on a chair reaching up to change a light bulb on the ceiling, while the tenth doctor watches with his hands in his pockets. The caption of the post is by Susan Foreman and reads "How many Doctors does it take to change a light bulb? #sunday" and the post is liked by Donna Noble. End Image Description.]

based on that one picture. Original below the cut

[Image Description: Digital art of the Fifth Doctor from Doctor Who. There is a combination of headshots from various angles, and some full-body drawings. Some of them are traced from screenshots of the show, while others are freehanded. In the traced full-body drawing, the Doctor is standing next to Adric. End Image Description.]

[Image Description: Art of Nick from Kid 'n' Teenagers. In the top left, he is drawn in his human and werewolf forms: His werewolf form is slightly taller than his human one, has orange eyes instead of blue, and is only wearing a tank top and pants. The drawing in the top right is Chris and Nick (in human form) standing side-by-side from the shoulders up. They are looking at each other, Chris with an angry expression and Nick with a peaceful smile. The bottom of the image is two side-by-side headshots of Nick in werewolf form, one labelled "What Betty sees" and the other labelled "What Chris sees." Betty sees him with big sparkly eyes and his tongue sticking out, text next to him says "gooby wooby." Chris sees him snarling, about to attack, and the text says "The Killer" in all caps. The art is signed "Tundra Echos 11-2024." End Image Description.]

back on my bullshit enough to post my own art for the first time in months... not enough nick content in this world but with YOUR help we can fix this