Art by Alexander Chernobai
i love this image so much
You look tired, doc. Stay with me. Have a rest. _________
I wanted to write something on this piece to give it more context, but any text seemed out of place here.
So I just wrote -.. --- -. - / .-.. . .- …- . / -- . in morse code to express Ratio's thoughts. I think this way of communication fits his personality quite well… Idk…
I will forever hold a grudge against Star Rail devs for making this a side event and not letting me hear this.
Also he pretty much confirmed some stuff so expect an insanely long theory post in the next 3-5 business days.
I think a lot about Sampo's life on Kalevala. I think he was quite a sickly child, due to circumstances, climate and poverty. Also, I believe his name is Ilmarinen. and the fact that he calls himself Sampo in the game can be interpreted as the creation of a new self (after all, Ilmarinen created Sampo in Kalevala) I think too much about this symbolism....
(road trip gone wrong)
(+other doodles)
waiter! waiter! more trigun polycule please!!!
Sampo Nation, I need to come clean about something....
*gets behind podium & taps mic*
I have been gatekeeping something very important from you for 1-2 months now.
And his name is Sampossum-
Here are his earliest concepts:
Then I went off the rails and started doodling him in class a lot
But yeah idk why I only shared Ratpo all this time
Talking about Ratpo, here is bonus Ratpo stuff:
I don't remember if I posted this one:
Oh also, fun trivia about Ratpo: the blacks at the end of his tail, nose and claws are actually burn, gunpowder and ash marks~
what if she had the bite force of a hyena... my little femur breaker