A quick Pho.
I restudied the TF2 characters to remind myself of their personalities and mannerisms, and now that I'm looking at Demoman again, he's strangely a tragic character:
He lost both his parents due to an explosive HE set off; afterwards, he loses his eye because of a cursed sword, then becomes a drunk when his real parents take him in after pretty much abandoning him. And it's obvious in his voicelines that he's really depressed.
Then, every Halloween whenever Medic puts his eye back in, he loses it AGAIN. And Medic, after eight years of putting his eye back, literally REMOVES a part of his brain that helps him remember things, and now he's going to have to live his life just forgetting things ("thank you kindly, stranger!" Reference to a comic panel because, LIKE, WHAT?)
In comic 7, he just looks sad when he sees the better "demoman" (it's not stated but it is heavily implied the man's something of a demoman) in both the statue and the portrait in the hallway. Or impressed, either way, he's envious of that "demoman."
He pretty much doesn't live up to his family tradition either of losing both his eyes after 30. Meaning that he was never a good Demoman. He doesn't even WANT to be a good Demoman, especially since he keeps asking Medic to put his other eye back in.
AND HE ISN'T EVEN ANGRY ABOUT EVERYTHING I JUST EXPLAINED. He has every right to be a villain, or at least an antagonist. But instead he took the sword, doesn't hold it against Medic for erasing his memory, he takes care of his blind mom even after abandoning him, and he just drinks his problems away instead of lashing out.
I know the writers didn't intend this, but he's just so tragic.
These are some TF2 References that I've made! I've also posted them on Twitter If y'all are interested! I hope this helps you draw the mercs a bit easier, I know it's definitely helped me out!!!
WOARGH RIH WWOOOOOH
didnt turn out EXACTLY as i wanted it to but i still like it :3
Trying animation again
Technically my first semi complete animation and definitely my first 3D one.
Entirely stepped because I refused to figure out how spline works (timing and acting over smoothness was my priority).
The Whispering Pines - TF2/Blender
Outside the civilized world, in the untouched northwestern forests of North America, not every traveler dares to stop for a rest within these dark coniferous thickets. Due to disturbing legends from hereditary loggers who lived on these lands with their families for centuries, over the years this region has developed a not so clean reputation. Starting from urban tales about the βritual burials of sectariansβ and ending with folk tales from local residents about certain βforest entities,β this taiga often becomes a place of disappearance for many enthusiastic researchers, but much less often - a quiet place for ordinary travelers to relax. Would a group of tired, recently fired from Mann Co. mercenaries dare to stay here longer?
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do not ask me why this pic exist, ya wouldn't believe anyway