Latest Posts by darkcourtjesters - Page 5
The ferrofluid boys are back for some cuddles~
Rendering these kind of spikes again was so nice! I have not drawn this design enough,, they're so fun :'p
Have you missed the goopy boys @naffeclipse?
*casually moves a pointy laser when Moon passed* 737 don't mind me, just checking if the gremlin have real cat senses
I think he likes it
I think about Sun and Moon's original versions a LOT, and I don't get why people say they're not expressive!
Or perhaps, I do, and I just wanna ramble. Anyways! Big ol warning for lots of talking, some fursuit gifs and analyzation of body movement.
So, they have flat, immobile faceplates, right? Technically, yes!some argue that this makes them immediately inert and expressionless and opt to enhance their expressions. And this is a-okay! Do what you like!
But as someone who used to be a costumer, and wears a fursuit on occasion,
(Sorry, I love this gif so much)
BUT! When in a mascot costume, fursuit, or any other costume with a mask over one's face, the performer has to learn how to move in order to portray the emotions necessary for character engagement with the audience! Whether it's exaggerated head bobs, using your hands to talk, or making everything a bit of a spectacle, even the way you tilt your FACE can affect how you look.
Even MUPPETS do this with their limited range of expression. And we can easily draw those conclusions of how the boys were programmed to act in canon!
Take Sun's default animation in the daycare, just standing there.
It's very obvious here what he's trying to portray, and who his programmed audience is- little children! When costuming around little kids, you wanna use big gestures, and get on their level because you can seem HUGE AND SCARY to them! You wanna get down towards the ground, make big sweeping cartoon motions, and make sure all your movements are ROUNDED- not jabbing, sharp, or sudden- so that the kid isn't ever surprised, but rather delighted by your performance as a costumer. I'll show you an example by the amazing performer, Temba the Bat! (Made by Toxicoon, I believe.)
Big sweeping motions, slow without being too spooky, and generally friendly motions while swaying the head! Looks kinda similar right?
Another point is, though, these exaggerated motions don't really... turn off when feeling other things. Sun and Moon don't have a customer service mode, and that's WILD to me that their programming requires them to act like this all the time. Exhibit B: Sun's pain in the transformation scene.
He's making such exaggerated motions and movements to INDICATE he is in pain or holding something back. He's gripping his face like something is trying to come out of it, and even dramatically falls backwards to indicate a loss of control in his body. Whether the way the fall looks so cartoonist was intentionally programmed in, I couldn't tell you.
And then... there's Moon.
This is SO cartoon villain sequel, isn't it? The hands tapping delicately on the surface, the exaggerated head tilt, all of it is so wildly exaggerated in such a smooth way to let you know "Ah! I'm in danger! Great!"
And yet... he still is low to the ground. Still in that pose of going after someone SMALL. Performing for someone small. His evilness is almost completely exaggerated and, dare I say, fabricated by his programming. Of course, the virus probably had something to do with it but LIKE! Look at that range of motion!
Idk what the point of all this is, I just wanna say: it's totally understandable to make the boys super duper expressive in the artistic, flat 2d styles i see a lot!
But man I do hope someone draws them biblically accurate while expressing something else because that would be hilarious to see Sun throwing a temper tantrum by banging his fists on the ground and flailing while his face is just
:D
for FNAF being a horror game series, I don't draw it horror-ish enough
also future fic stuff (?) and figuring out how dca teeth work. I can't decide if I want them to have teeth in the back like the other animatronics endos or morphing teeth that can shift (rotating or retracting) from flat to sharp because their heads are flatter
They found the drawer where you put your sheets and blankets. It’s all theirs now. They like the one with the stars the most.
Um, hello @naffeclipse , uhh I got more stuff here if you’re interested. (for real if you are getting tired me tagging you please let me know! I’ve realized I’m doing that a lot..)
Y/N: ‘What do you get up to while I’m gone?’ Sun/Moon: ‘Take your bed sheets and wrap them around us and smell them while we wait for you to come back. :)’ Y/N: ‘…wh…what??’
(More doodles under the cut)
Keep reading
Took a break from writing the other day and drew all the side characters in SL that have little to no dialogue but are the backbone of Y/N's support. I am getting increasingly attached to them
I read the newest chapter of Cryptid Sightings, and @naffeclipse I SWEAR ON MY LIFE. The minute I read them say those lines I thought of that scene with the rake but IT FELT DIFFERENT. IT DUNKED MY BRAIN IN THE INSPIRATION POOL so I drew the thing
And if ya wanna see it a little better I have some lighter ones under the cut :)
Also just a lil doodle cause I changed they look
Eclipse looks a lil… dare I say whorish??? Or maybe maniacal. I have a hard time separating those two
I read the newest chapter of Cryptid Sightings, and @naffeclipse I SWEAR ON MY LIFE. The minute I read them say those lines I thought of that scene with the rake but IT FELT DIFFERENT. IT DUNKED MY BRAIN IN THE INSPIRATION POOL so I drew the thing
And if ya wanna see it a little better I have some lighter ones under the cut :)
Also just a lil doodle cause I changed they look
Eclipse looks a lil… dare I say whorish??? Or maybe maniacal. I have a hard time separating those two
I'm going as Sun to MoMocon today! I have sundrop and moondrop stickers to give out (I forgot yesterday whoops) to anyone that recognizes the character!
See you guys!
[ID: A digital illustration of themeeplord’s Cryptid Eclipse design. They are crouching with three arms raised in a defensive stance and one claw on the floor. Their blue neck frills are spread and their jaw is wide open, displaying their dark tongue and rows of sharp teeth. End ID.]
drew @themeeplord’s cryptid eclipse in magma!!! their anatomy was so fun to study!! <333
The order of things
Part 1 | Part 2
People tend to forget that Sun and Moon are literal items. They have no free will, no choice, no freedom, nothing at all. Everything that can be in their possession, can also be torn away by the company and they won't be able to do anything about it. And the worst thing about it all is that they need to believe they're nothings here because if they don't it will crush them. Their opinions? Nothing. Feelings? Never existed in the first place. Memories? It belongs to Faz co and to them only.
What will happen if you treat them as equals? Denial. They cannot let themselves to believe you. Because if you're right... the reality is a very cruel thing.
This particular comic is a part of a storyline where the dca physically cannot have romantic feelings.
Yet.
As much as I love the sweet fiction I also love the cruel realism. Programming is a very simple thing - if you don't put something in the code, it won't appear by itself. The daycare attendant is not programmed to be able to love.
But self-operating AI can learn. Especially when someone wants it to.
Virus makes them feel a lot. Probably too much. It's a new program, new commands, new triggers, new opportunities to push the boundaries.
It doesn't make them feel love of course. But they think that it does. It feels like love to them.
Not like they know how it supposed to feel anyway.
And while Moon tries to embrace it, to feel, to understand...
...Sun hides. But not from his feelings, he hides from the fact that the virus affects him as well.
It can't be true. Why would he be dangerous like Moon? No, if he ignores it, it will go away. Moon is the one who's broken. Sun is totally fine, everything will fine. He will make sure of it.
For Moon's part, he's fed up with hiding. It's always him who's in shadow. But with virus?
Freedom for Moon. Control for Sun.
AI will learn.
you're hiding under a desk to eat on your lunchbreak in peace and this guy shows up. wyd
More concepts for @bamsara ‘s solar lunacy! With cover ideas, and fore edge painting designs.
The first book (or Arc 1) will be themed around Sun, the second book/arc on moon, and the third based on stars (concept and colour still subject to change)
Im also thinking that the bytes of lunacy side fics will be included in the back of the third book.