Having Zero Thoughts Tonight.

G.I. Joe: My Version #2, this time with everyone's favorite morally questionable ninja! I always thought the backstory from the live-action films was really interesting, so that's what I'm basing him off of. Since that means Zartan's gang is involved, my SS design takes inspiration from protective cyclist gear, which blends surprisingly well with the ninja armor styles of the series. He's also got a bit more of a punk-ish vibe to fit with his Dreadnoks origin. The face paint is to reference both Zartan’s mask(?) and Zander’s face paint, along with paralleling the cheek scar for backstory reasons. I also thought it might be fun to include music that fits the vibes of these redesigns, so here's SS's:

(Backstory + extra stuff below the cut! Also, if anyone has any asks or anything for this, by all means ask away! It helps me figure out how I want things to go.)

Storm Shadow was an arrogant child who used his position in the clan to make enemies rather than friends, so when his uncle was killed with Storm's weapons, no one argued that he was innocent of the crime. He had no choice but to flee for his life... right into the path of the shapeshifting assassin Zartan (who was also, suspiciously in the area on "business." You can guess what kind). Having a ninja seemed useful, so SS was swiftly drafted into the Dreadnoks, where he became a loyal, if difficult assassin; he sees the bikers and their leader as his true family now, and he takes on a younger-brother-ish role in the group. It wasn't the most responsible way to grow up and his maturity reflects that, but he's still a powerful fighter, and through Zartan's machinations, another clan of ninjas has recently adopted him as their leader. Unbeknownst to Zartan, however, he's also got a secret weapon of his own he's been hiding, something he picked up on a trip to Arashikage territory... Other things: - He has a bike of his own; teaching him to drive is one of the Dreadnoks' favorite memories with him. - He still has the dual katanas that can fuse, however, they are not Arashikage; they're from the Red clan. - He is genuinely liked by the bikers, who will usually call him "Slash" (he's not too fond of the nickname but doesn't care enough to complain). Zartan is the only one that really uses Storm Shadow. - He struggles with mixing ninja traditions with the biker aesthetics of the Dreadnoks, and will switch between outfits depending on who he's with. - Occasionally uses British curses, then gets embarrassed over it.

ok real talk who was doing it like shelby trinity. thirteen years old at villain school day one she invents the most over the top valley girl persona ever and is fully prepared to stick to the bit for the next six years. actively watching one of her best friends break his ribs and fight for his life and asked him to pick her up a vegetarian meal for the escape flight. one of her best friends has legitimate supernatural computer powers and a photographic memory and yet she keeps pace with him to the point where they’re basically neck and neck in class rankings. shot a guy in the knees because he double dog dared her to. world was ending boyfriend had been kidnapped and she was looking in the dictionary for the word ‘pregnable’ because of a one-off comment. legitimately spends more time stirring the pot between her roommate’s love life than she does on her own. mommy and daddy issues out the wazoo and we never hear about it because she’d rather be spying on the senior boys water polo practice and she does all of this with a cunty blonde ponytail and lockpicks in her shoes. actual girlboss i love herrrrr

From a list of some funky animals I like lol

Whoopies new drawing alert. I... definitely do not have a good understanding of light and shadows yet but I am definitely trying!

Idr if I mentioned this in the big ol' post I made showing off these characters, but a lot of them are inspired by characters from the book series HIVE by Mark Walden, so I wanted to do a scene redraw with these ocs! A friend recommended me a really really good scene from the books, so here's Cave's Wanderer and Angel's Wings (paraphrased the actual quotes a bit)

Haven't decided if this is even relevant to the story or not. It's just a fun little thing! Had a lot of fun with this!

Tapetum Lucidum

Binged The Day of the Jackal this weekend while downed with a cold- enjoying it a lot so far! I love both of the main leads disasters and I need them to meet face-to-face soon (and fight perhaps, I'd like that too. With words or weapons, I'm not picky.)

I'm behind on fanart posting, so here, have a lazy 3 AM Contessa from a while back.

my christmas cookie decoration was the survivorship bias diagram

First of all, the playlist? Stunning and no notes. Lots of theater-type songs and that suits Lucy so much better than expected. The art is fantastic, you’ve made blue and gold go together really well and that can be tricky to do! Great job friend!

H.I.V.E. Birthday Bundle - Lucy Dexter

Picrew Maker

PLAYLIST: (Image: Impression Sunrise — Claude Monet)

Once Upon a December (Instrumental)

Chorégraphie du départ — Daprinski

engravings — Ethan Bortnick

Me and the Devil — Soap&Skin

The Ballad of Mona Lisa — P!atD

Cell Block Tango

Control — Halsey

killer queen

Glitter & Gold — Barns Courtney

Wait — NoMBe

Way down We Go — KALEO

Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op 22, Tempo di Valse — Dvořák

Vienna — Billy Joel

The Nutcracker: Pas de deux — Tchaikovsky

FANART: (Blue, Eight of Pentacles)

HEADCANONS/PROMPTS:

HC: Eldritch Creatures Sinistres (is this already canon? Maybe a little bit). Her skin is just a little too pale, her mouth doesn’t move exactly right with her words, you could’ve sworn she wasn’t there a second ago, and hey… when was the last time she blinked?

Prompt: A lot of the Sinistres with powers are adopted. They just find them out there and YOINK (a la The Umbrella Academy however I only watched season 1 take this with a grain of salt)

Prompt: Something something both the Contessa and Lucy chose to sacrifice themselves in an incredibly destructive fiery end to save a lot of people

Prompt: Lucy survives Zero Hour without anyone knowing (including her) and kind of just wanders into the local town, amnesiac, confused af. A solid while later Shelby finds her Clark Kent-ing it out in the world on her Illegal Globetrotting Fun

HC: Lucy definitely had some voice training. What I’m hearing is that she can sing opera (👀 Opera Singer AU anyone????)

HC: She cannot pose for photos At All. Dorky ass peace sign.

AU where everyone graduates H.I.VE. as normal and when everyone’s out on the streets of Italy, Lucy gets recognized because she’s actually kind of royalty (also she has a Wikipedia page)

HC: Lucy is usually seen as pretty mature and kind of shy, but every once in a while she’ll make a 69 joke or some other kind of innuendo that Shelby high fives her for

HC: Lucy gets some snake bite piercings right after she gets her wisdom teeth out at the H.I.V.E. Doctor with a clean(?) safety pin. Miraculously, they do not get infected.

Only child Lucy got real good at braiding her own hair. The five of them hang out and talk shit and braid each other’s hair. (Otto gets that fun little two year old spiky ponytail)

crack prompt: Lucy and Anna somehow meet.

Lucy: Stop killing people!

Anna: You’re not my mom!

Lucy: *gasp* I WOULD’VE NEVER SPOKEN TO MY MOTHER LIKE THAT

alrighty that’s all I got. THANK YOU MITCH @dr-nero-is-god FOR MAKING THIS EVENT

Vibey song for Ms. Leon

I had to pick Shirley Bassey for this one, I mean come on:

(Something Bond-esque and elegant with a little flair. Also a fun reference for people familiar with a certain animal spy movie :) )