I knew
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little portrait. for the ravenous frisk fans
you can pry my teal and orange color schemes out of my COLD. DEAD. HANDS
The beginning of his transformation
10 years ago today, Aphmau was summoned in aid of Pheonix Drop π€π
I redrew the Rebirth scene only because it's our only canon visual of this event! (OG diaries started out as half-lore-half-mod showcases hehe)
Count Fwhip design!
(Closeups and lore under the cut)
Count Fwhip, the elder of him and his sister Gem, was the youngest Count of the Grimlands in recent memory, as he became Count at a mere 17 years of age
Known as the 'Tinkerer', the Count enjoys the magic offered by redstone crystals and dust rather than spells. He can often be found in his workshop, and it is wise not to interrupt him, for some say he is slightly mad - whether this is true, he does have quite the temper and foul side
He will clean up for dances, but will usually be found anywhere but the dance floor. It is said he has a distaste due to the importance of dance to the Coddish, however this is just because he can't dance
i went to an exhibit of j.c leyendecker earlier this year. I was already a fan of some of his works, like his works for the sunday evening post/ but when i saw his painting romeo and juliet, I KNEW IN MY SOUL
that i had peaked.
see and i dont even ship laurmau like that but honestly i felt he was more fitting for the romeo.
ref.
I uh....don't cope with change very well apparently XD
Happy 10 years, happy to see the little guys back .... Og Laurence will forever be #1 tho.
Thank you for waiting! Theyβre all incredibly dear to me. Small note, I did fudge the order of when they fell a little bit, perserverance and integrity switched places in my personal timeline. Uh sorry if that bothers you!
*Aimee was not the sibling
Total roundup:
I played Undertale for the first time and I have a whole bunch of sketches in my notebook now haha Mettaton was one of my favorite battles β¨οΈ
Help I never draw skeletons haha
[Part 1 - Joel / Part 2 - Joey / Part 3 - Katherine / Part 4 - Sausage / Part 5 - Gem / Part 6 - Lizzie]
Jimmy knew what the people needed: a pathetic man
Anyway, design process
I used VERY MINIMAL inspo from finnish n Nordic fisherman/general outfits for his outfits, mostly in the use of leather and burlap
For his human design I just wanted him to be dorky and kinda scrappy looking, clearly made or edited by his own hands. He has a knitted cod hat and a hand-woven dyed rope belt that doubles as a fish net, and ofc a bottle or two of slime tying it together
For his fish form. I based the cod head part on a mix of Cod (duh), dunkleosteus, tiger sharks, and minimally on lion fish. The tail is a combo of fins and a shark tail, along with boney scales and sharp spines. He's very tough and durable
Ofc he also grew arm fins and his feet became more creature-like. Crechur
I also imagine that, while not immune to damage, he's very resistant to it (and resistant to cold :))
Also this is HC-y stuff but I imagine that Jimmy, as a sea God, represents very different things than Lizzie. Lizzie represents more of the Idea of the ocean, it's vast power and danger, the storms it makes, etc
Whereas Jimmy represents the interconnectedness of sea life and the life cycles, I'd even argue he's lowk a land-god rather than specifically a sea God and I KNOW cod are salt water but. He's so freshwater coded srry abt it π he is a being of change first and foremost
Even tho he's a being of change tho he dislikes industry as he believes it is inorganic and ruins natural effort and stuff. Same with magic, there is nothing a spell can do that your own hands can't do better. Also magic hurt Scott so he don like it π
Speedpaint under the cut β¬οΈ
I feel like Kul'zak is a pear guy. No, I don't really know what that means, nor is that slang for anything. I just feel like he would really enjoy pears. That's all I have to say.