The Finale!

They seem like a trustworthy bunch.

From L-R; Pollux belongs to @peridots-pixiwolf, Nyxley belongs to me, Saccharin belongs to @mimicspider, and Candy belongs to @flame-shadow. See if you can't spot the thread!

On a related note I may have played Dishonored more than Hollow Knight and Bug Fables combined

cordycat! cordycat!

I was looking through a lot of the posts of @lagt-duck because (hollow knight! undertale! spiritfarer! slime rancher!) and noticed they had, on several occasions, drawn and designed mushrooms. so I thought. mushrooms!

They had designed sort of humanoid fungal creatures, but I, in my love of biology and interestingly, entomology, realized there was an actual way fungi locomote. and that's by infecting bugs and using their undead bodies as hosts! Luckily, fungi like cordyceps can't actually control larger beings/vertebrates like humans and cats (though I'm not sure where the line blurs?)

The cat host is very much dead and Tan is the cordyceps within--not usually smug, but who wouldn't boast after finding a new body to move around in that's like, 28154x the size of your friends?

(They haven't...really...figured out expressions yet)

This is actually the first piece so far that's recent, since I have a lot of art to catch up to!

ultrabright colors and gradation map my beloved

[Start ID. Three color variations of the same messy sketch on a white background. Each one depicts V1 from Ultrakill, in the same pose as the protagonist on the cover for Doom. They're standing on a pile of gore rather triumphantly and lifting a Husk with one arm, by where its collar would be. The original drawing was in bright red, yellow, and blue, and the two others are in much softer palettes, one shades of green and the other purple through yellow. End ID]

my little sister made me a clay ghost...

[Start ID. A brown-toned comic of P3RI, the artist's botsona. They lament on how long it's been since they've played Dishonored, start playing it again, and then lie to itself that it'll keep this playthrough casual. The bottom quarter of the image lists the self-imposed challenges they rack up. End ID]

back at it again folks

~Mostly Mollusk~

Part 6 - Part 7 Here

Extras. (Including some of the “meta” stuff I mentioned--much shorter than the other posts)

Extras/Misc

i want to add him…

---Quirrel

He/him

Iridoviral Armadillidium vulgare

Traveller, Terrestrial 

A pillbug. He's just Quirrel, a friendly adventurer who's good with a nail.

...Maybe keep him away from the bay. And the jellyfish.

Service: None

(jk that's ✨intellectual property✨ and i'll ✨have to ask permission✨)

--History...?

So far, the only known lore regarding this subject is that most vertebrates (currently, Grek and Genni being the only exceptions, as Tan’s host has been dead since the frog went into hiding. The bodies of most other dead organisms have been reduced to bones) have gone extinct some undescribed quantity of time, and many terrestrial bugs have moved to the shores during this (giving a chance to finally reconcile with their amphibious crustacean kin), though nowadays life further inland is no longer uninhabitable. The vertebrate die-off is possibly due to radiation caused by humans inland, as insects such as cockroaches seem to be less negatively affected by it--or this is simply the reason for the invertebrates' migration towards the sea.

--Quests

Reunion (Main Quest, Ceras)

A Meal of Great Elegance (Genni)

Prosthetics (Bem)

Ballad of Copi, which shall go unnamed (i can't think of a real name lol)

Sisters Estranged (Allibel and Sepinti) 

Track Down the Beast (Beowi) (the Beast being Genni)

--Dialogue

Fess: Ceras!

F: Come back in soon or else I'm eating all the anemone without you!

Ceras: You wouldn't!

(... (Ceras doesn't come back inside and continues doing Whatever They Doing.))

F (after some time passes): Ceras, I'm serious! The rip current's coming back soon and I don't want you to be caught in it!

C: Alright, fine, in a second!

()

C: ...Did it just get quieter?

: Wait.

: Oh no.

(~rip current time~)

(...)

Lidii: What even is that?

Rantan: Obviously a sea slug, Lidii.

Gorge: Yeah, it's an aeolid nudibranch, Lidii.

Rantan: How--

Lidii: Well, I'm gonna eat it. It's obviously dead, and doesn't seem like either of you want to.

(Ceras arises.)

Lidii: Oh!

Rantan: 'Obviously dead', huh?

(Ceras looks around, the two insects look at them.)

Lidii: ...Is it sentient?

--Soundtrack

(Taranoake Theme)

(Citadell Theme)

Turn Up the Tymbals, Bring On The Beat! (One of Sepinti's themes)

Renin (Renin flashbacks, much more jovial than WfR)

Waiting for Rain (current Renin theme, has Renin's leitmotif, but slower/more melancholy)

TRAGIC! robot character i like so so much is really hard to draw

[Start ID. A digital drawing of Gabriel and V1 from Ultrakill in super-saturated, pixellated colors. It seemingly takes place during phase two of his second fight, judging by Gabe's bright yellow-cyan wings and the consequent blush shining through his helmet. Gabriel is pictured on the left, facing the left side of the screen with his head turned to V1, preparing to strike them with the bloodied spear in his right hand. Small but frequent splatters of blood dot his armor and outstretched wings, fabrics torn through in places. V1 is on the right, aiming its piercer revolver at his face. Their arms are stacked in pairs on either side, idle Feedbacker and Knuckleblaster on the left and Whiplash tucked atop their default arm on the right. Both parties are stylized to resemble insects, Gabe with beetle wings and a halo in the shape of antennae, and V1 with the four wings, four arms, short antennae and bristles expected of a dragonfly. End ID]

woah.... happy 1 year anniversary to gay people

also a couple alts (background removed, just gabe, and just v1, respectively) in hopes it'll be a little easier to understand what's going on and all!

additionally once again: special thanks to @magnumopos and @muzzleroars , neither of which I have actually spoken to in my life but both of which are credited with partially inspiring this! (dedicated section under the readmore due to the fact I do not generally tag people at all ever and wasn't sure if I should, but thought it was worth mentioning!) The former for giving me the wonderful idea of dragonfly V1, the latter for drawing V1 like a strange little creature + for the feedbacker plate, I enjoy both your works :]

(retroactively, on march 27th of 2024, assigning them a full bingo with credit to deep-space-lines. ehehehehe)

You asked for Hollow Knight OCs to draw and I have a couple :D

On top is Bellsinger, a very brash, matter-of-fact dewdrop harvester who takes her job extremely serious, often preferring the quiet working hours to any social situation. Though, despite this and her lacking social skills and often uncaring demeanor, she deeply craves a strong emotional connection with someone.

At the bottom is Moulin, part of a far away butterfly tribe, filling out the role of ceremonial caretaker of the tribe's dead. She's quiet and reserved but shows a lot of compassion for the families in mourning. She's a woman of few words when working with and for the dead, only talking when she deems it necessary, but the exact opposite when outside the grave grounds and at gatherings of joy and celebration.

Sorry for the late answer, this took longer than expected!

Them!! I like these two a lot already and I had fun with the pattern of Moulin's cloak/wings!