Summoning out of the void.
Croc oc is from the swamps of East Texas.
So make that whatever you like.
Tail is a whip and their magic is linked to floods and metamorphosis of nature.
They eat hunters and racists.
They hid in the mangroves and reeds.
Loves the locals hates strangers and influencers that litter and poke at nutria or baby manatees when a storm displaces their young wild critters.
Worshiped by the small knit women leaders of the town that suffered segregation and red lining from bad old men that got rich off of the fur trade and now golf ⛳️ country clubs and selling people that southern coastal town in a bayou area.
New Orleans flair but run down by mother nature and my ocs hatred for colonization bastards.
Below, you will see description of their OC that Anon gave in my inbox - which I will copy here. Underneath you will see a key and a GREATLY summarized version of my development process:
Green = What I did well through the process to the T
Orange = What I felt like I didn't emphasis on, or got lost in the final version
Black = (Unfortunately) did not implement
Southern gothic (East Texas)
Cannon Black hair style like twists and cat tail imagery
Light brown, mud green, light magnolia flowers.
Scales of a water moccasins
Slight chubby eats a lot.
Ok so when I was first started this, I had to immediately draw up a Pinterest board, or a rough mood board to start.
Note that this is a very basic scope of the mood board. Hence, I decided to group the most significant inspirations and references here:
When grouping my ideas I thought of the following:
Androgynous in both design and shape, as this character uses they/them pronouns
TALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL or taller than Kallisto for SURE (he's a short king)
Moss acting as a frilly leather boot -> link
Dried leaves acting as padded arms -> link
Torn shirt to indicate the character's origin (Texas)
Net/Nets to act as a made-up strap to keep the shirt
To have bones on their tail to indicate their pride
Crocodile legs to further indicate their crocodile roots (see above)
Ideas that I most definitely wanted to keep:
"Cat tail" imagery, Cannon black hair
Dark/Bark brown skin tone - I'm aware that this was probably an unintended error, but I decided to run with it and use trees to pick out their skin tone!
Strong jaw, defined nose, orange beady eyes
Muscular legs - HAD TO ! ! !!
Ideas that I struggled to add in:
Meat / Mystery??? - I wasn't entirely sure how to add meat, and looking it up made me uncomfortable over time. I'm not sure why, but I'm very sorry for not including it.
Bones - I realized that over time the bone thing on the tail would be meticulous and inpratical, so I was thinking of placing it in their pockets, their moss frills (?), and on their stomach, but I couldn't find a way to place it somewhere in the end. And the saddest thing that when writing this post is that I could've REALLY put it in their hair!!!!!!!!
Flood water - I think this required an environment, which I couldn't do since I had to speedrun this 😭 (dying).
Nature folk vibes - I grouped net and moss as seawater, aquatic themes rather than nature folk. So as a result I don't believe I hit the mark on the vibes.
Slightly chubby - Honestly this is the one I'm most disappointed about. I can do heavy chunk, and little chunk, but struggled with mid chunk. In the final design, i do not consider this interpretation chubby, so I felt like I lose the mark here as well.
Dark skin tone - Even though I have been doing them lately (Karma's cousins), but I was struggling here as this character required regular lighting, not dynamic lighting. So I searched the Internet for some advice here and there and I think it really popped as a result!!! However, but making it pop I also lost the Cannon black hair 😭🙏 forgive me Cryptic anon 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏
Character's shape and size - Originally I had the character pretty huge and tall, but I felt like I didn't have a solid goal in mind - which kept making me lose more and more of their essence and androgyny in the finalized version:
3a - I honestly had no clue where this came from and I thought it looked great.
3b - I was in rush to have an idea of what their outfit would look like. But this ultimately contributed to the final.
Final - A culmination of 3a and 3b, which I felt left the original form and the slightly chubby shape of 1 and 2. I also think that I was focused on the poise of the character, as I wanted to highlight their personality rather than their shape, which could explain why I lost it over time.
But overall, I think I did a pretty good interpretation of your OC. While I did use my creative license, I hope that if I do draw them in the future, I'll be more on the nose next time. They also seem badass and pretty cool :D
Also Kallisto isn't as horny as Karma, but seeing this MC would make him F O L D (if the mermaid clothing wasn't enough). Guy would legit make a fuss and then summon your OC just to say "take me with you" type shit and genuinely ask his brother to have their hand in marriage, even though they both know he isn't responsible enough to do that 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭.
And for a little tidbit I DID reference the images in this post to highlight how submissive and breedable this man is. I kid you not his unhinged lines would go like:
"get me pregnant, and make me fatherless" - in the most serious tone you can imagine, full-ass frown and glare (imagine the "locked in" meme)
"plz eat me" - because he literally wants to be inside you ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
Other than his close friends, he would just send human sacrifices once per month
Insert him doing swimming lessons again 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He's moving. El Salvador to Texas here we COME
Gobble up water to see if he could breathe thru his "gills" ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
Moana type shit - "I can hear them, they're calling to me"
If anyone asks where he's going, he would say it's his burial place before casually going there (and he would do this VERY often)
"He's not a part of the town" JOKES HE IS NOW AND HE WILL PREACH IT
He would, for the first time, pray to God to be a mermaid or part of your OC's hair in the next life (or in his current life)
And yah that's all I can think of 😂😂😂😂😂😂 lol. But I hope you liked the design. ily Anons i swear on my patatas fritas ebwhdncn x<3xoxoxoxo