VoidofVoices

two quick doodles of Ashby(they/them)!!

I js wanted to say thank you to Clown and Huck and everyone behind the Welcome Home team for making Welcome Home. It found me in a spot where I needed comfort and being a part of it has genuinely helped me find good in the bad. every character(and howdy too ig../j/silly) have genuinely become a comfort of mine so I'm glad I was able to come across it.

I even managed to make an oc and Ashby has also become a comfort oc of mine as well ^^

anyway I also got my fill of ButterflyLetters so I'm happy.

THEY DREW BUTTERFLYLETTERS!!! WE'RE BEING FED!!

many many many maaaany things to digest with this so break it down

1. the bottle is open and has a ladder leaving the bottle. saying that Void is choosing to stay in the bottle despite the light being where 'out' is. the ladder looks dark and wrecked as to show that escaping an add¡ction such as alcohol¡sm can be scary, but there can always light at the end of that tunnel. if you let it be.

2. the bed is too small and unkempt, making it uncomfortable but yet he stays there.

3. he's holding onto a chain under his sleeve, and it's being chained to the darkness of the bottle, but what is darkness often associated with? nothingness. nothing's chaining him down, but even if there was, he's holding himself down.

4. Abysslers horns are very connected to their neurological thinking. if a horn is missing, broken, etc then it will basically fuck with their brain. a good example being Voids daughter missing a horn and having autism, or Phantom having a broken horn and having slower thinking and constant spacing out. Void in this drawing has a broken horn, as he views himself to be stupid to be continuing with even trying anymore.

5. he's wearing feminine clothing, which is something he only does when he's alone and occasionally in front of his daughter and usually when he's drúnk. he drowns his femininity.

6. he doesn't have eyes. he doesn't *see* what's wrong with giving up. theres faintly a tv screen texture over the drawing, it could be seen as Void not *seeing* the reality of his add¡ction.

7. the alcøhol in the bottle is moving pretty hard, saying that sometimes the pain can feel overwhelming and that the fact he's only using the bed as a platform means that if he keeps drinking he could drown. he could die.

been a while, huh?

Is this what happens when an artist has free will TvT

(horror warning- me personally it isn't scary but in case anyone does-)

I got bored and made a thing. Surprisingly it only took an hour. She has a name too-- Contorted. She's russian for no reason and she's like... A shadow thing or smth idfk.

I got scared of color theory but I think I did alright- I think that was the scariest thing about making her TvT

I had this concept idea where basically it's this weirdcore school thingy called Welcome to Overseer High where all of the (main) characters symbolize an internal struggle of mine.

Ennui in this case symbolizes the body dysmorphia I have and the love I have for being online and having online friends. He's also based on the concept of rot and forevermore. He's pretty shy in person but online he's pretty outgoing. Using the frequencies of his antennas, it basically turns into a radio so he can speak in this robotic/distorted voice. He likes to float a lot, and if he's in the air for long enough clouds appear around his head to symbolize his head being "in the clouds" to display my coping mechanism being simply my imagination. If I were to give him a backstory with how he slipped into this backrooms esc school, he was exploring an abandoned building with his friends(who in which left him behind in the building) and found a keyboard and mouse that was hooked up to this old retro computer, and he clicked on something that basically brought him into the computer. The thing with his friends might be another reason why he isn't very good with talking to people or withholding friendships in fear of being left behind.

I also thought it'd be cool if he didn't have a mouth... I guess you could say.... He has no mouth and he must scream? Ha ha... Ha. (sorry TvT)

If you like this concept lmk-- I would love to share more with Ennui and maybe I could make other characters.

Okay last post and it's art since I haven't posted that in a while.

This is my persona, Void Phranskadusk. Yes that's a minecraft skin-- it's diy color palette lol

I do wanna draw him more so I can get better at male anatomy. Unfortunately I'm not the greatest at it lol.

Bonus chibi Void in the backrooms lol

One of the best things I can say for people who want a persona is literally just go off of your own interests;

Favorite color: purple and green. Made that his eyes

Favorite aesthetic: 1900s/vintage style. Threw on a trench coat. I like space, make his species originate from a black hole. I like weirdcore, idk he's weird n shit

Favorite trope: alcoholic dad grieving from smth. Now he's exactly that lol

WHY DID THEY HAVE TO KILL HIM 😭

I do think we're all on the same page that it's kind of okay to trace ai— just be careful cause it is still improving so it's getting harder to tell the difference.

It's also generally not really a good idea simply because of the fact ai's attempt at anatomy just sucks lol.

Welcome Home OC because I have free will.

I'm an artist myself— I think I'm on that level to properly call myself one, and I'm heavily against AI "art". I think it's a terrible use and it shouldn't exist. Could be a controversial opinion, and I'm not taking criticism on it, thanks.

Anyway, there's something I found out recently that I'm a little confused about... And I'm not saying tracing is ever good, because the only reason it's excusable is if you're using a base to study or "train" yourself with. I mean even now, I sometimes use bases so I can nail a certain pose I want or style, obviously credits to the owners of said bases. Back in my earlier artist stages, I was a heavy tracer, and sometimes I wouldn't even use bases— which I'm now done with doing because as I've grown up, I've learned it was a bad idea obviously. Especially without crediting.

Now here's my point of posting this;