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November art dump 2022!

idk If I asked u this question b4 but uhmmmmmmmmm how do u come up with designs 😞😞😞

i wish i had a good answer but idk. i need to visualize the base design head first and then from there i sometimes suck in my love of fashion and other character archetypes, or draw inspo from other similar characters in media. i ask myself what body type so i see them having? or fashion? if its an object, can i incorporate any shapes they have into the design? just stuff like that 🙏 i know its not helpful but its my process 

if you want a recent example: take my candle design! i was stuck cus i knew what i wanted her to look like but i didn’t know how to go about it. obviously she needed an outfit that was based off the earthy aesthetic, and i wanted her to have a lot of piercings and jewelry. i decided to also give her tattoos. for inspiration, i actually took some from treehugger from MLP and venus mcflytrap from monster high generation 3.

i’m the worst at explaining things but i hope at least i could give a bit of insight 😭

From “Adventure Time Volume One” Comic

Cover Gallery

REVENGE OF THE ISLAND REDESIGNS RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH

ty all sm for ur support of my first gen total drama redesigns !! genuinely did not expect a lot of love from them lol. here’s some roti redesigns as a treat <333

DISCLAIMER: these redesigns are made for fun. constructive criticism, feedback, and suggestions are appreciated as long as you’re being respectful about them.

batch 1 (duncan, gwen, courtney, owen, leshawna, heather, geoff, bridgette, trent, & harold)

batch 2 (lindsay, tyler, izzy, eva, noah, cody, justin, ezekiel, dj, & beth

sadie & katie

world tour batch (alejandro, sierra, & blainely)

roti batch 2 (brick, jo, zoey, mike, cameron, & anne maria)

what r the casts eye colours

Brown/black eyes: Harper, Lara, Rod, Ming, Isla, Nicolas, Alisha, Art

Blue/grey eyes: Sal, Charlie, Esther, William, Lloyd, Matt

Green/hazel eyes: Eve, Reggie

Cat eyes for some reason (CR thought it would be cool): Hans, Greta

Red eyes (don't question it they're totally just coloured contacts and not her actual eyes hahaha): Carmen

We literally never see their eyes because they never take those fuckass sunglasses off: Skelly

Paintbrush reference

Lightbrush if shimada doctor drew them

Mephonex design

Uhh yeah!

Also some edits I made!!!

Also showing off my lightbrush (mainly lb) shrine

Has anyone ever heard of “Battle for Dream Island” (1990) before? Really obscure NES game, doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page (or hell, even a mention in one).

From what little I can find about it on the internet, Battle for Dream Island was an NES game released on January 1st, 1990, apparently made entirely by a pair of independent American developers. Never made all that many sales, but eventually it garnered a rather niche following on an obscure gaming forum, though it had long since dissipated. Unfortunately, seemingly nothing from the forum threads was archived, so all I have to go on are a few vague threads titles from a navigation page.

I, rather cliched like, bought this BfDI cartridge from a sleazy old guy at a flea market (along with Puzznic and Wario’s Woods for a bargain deal). I dumped the ROM and booted it up on an emulator to take some screencaps.

Upon pressing start, you are prompted to “Choose Contestant,” and have a choice between any of 20 playable characters (who are all everyday objects, for some reason). Each contestant has their own stats, and while you can feel the difference while playing, the overall impact of character choice is pretty negligible. (Also some of these guys don’t even have arms?? Weird design choice but okay.)

Two screencaps of the character select screen. I went with Pin for my first playthrough cause idk she seemed kinda cute. I’m almost sure the stats are “Strength,” “Speed,” “Jump,” and “Skill.”

(Continued under cut)

While touting itself as a game show, BfDI is essentially a glorified minigame collection. The gameplay loop is as follows: You and the 19 other contestants play a minigame (referred to as “challenges”) to earn points based on how well you do (though I’m fairly certain the computer contestants just get a random amount of points for each challenge). Most of the challenges are various platforming segments, though some others fall more into puzzle game territory.

Two of the challenges. The green “Win Tokens” can be collected for bonus points. LEFT: A horizontal platformer level. The grey wall in the middle of the screencap moves up and down. RIGHT: A challenge about climbing ladders while avoiding “acid spitballs.” The game pauses to scroll vertically a la Super Mario Bros. 2.

After each challenge, this speaker thing shows up (pretty sure he’s supposed to be like a game show host?) and tallies up everyone’s score. The contestant with the least score gets “eliminated” and removed from the game.

The results screen. Leafy did rather poor on the last challenge, so she’s out of the game.

The game continues like this until you lose (have the least amount of points) and get booted to the game over screen, or until you are the last one left, in which case you win Dream Island! (Though of course in reality you just get booted back to the title screen. No Dream Island for you.)

The victory screen, with the gates to Dream Island in sight. Feels more like the gates to hell given how Pin’s staring at me.

It’s a fairly easy game for NES standards (I won on my first try). Took me about 80 minutes on my first playthrough, though subsequent ones could take less than an hour as I knew what I was doing. The brevity and the fact it saves your high score gives BfDI a nice sense of replayability (though this is probably best done sporadically, as the challenges tend to get a bit samey after a couple of back-to-back playthroughs).

So yeah, just wanted to share this in case anybody else has heard of it. I’ll probably rip the sprites and upload them sometime later cause it doesn’t look like anybody’s done that yet.

If Candlequin Had a Wiki Page

Species: Living Wax Figure 

Gender: Female

Role: Doom Raider, Ally 

World: Chandelier Circus 

Attacks: Lamp Sparks, Laughter Leap, Wick Explosion

Headcanon Voice Actor(s): Sarah Stiles

Candlequin is a clown made out of wax who is a Magic villain in Skylanders: Trap Team and a Doom Raider.

Personality

Being a clown, Candlequin is very comical and goofy, and she enjoys being in the spotlight. She enjoys herself whenever she is performing, always aiming to bring down the house. She likes to do things her own way. Candlequin is also a bit of a neat freak, arranging her candles in specific rows, but she doesn't like cleaning up messes. 

Abilities

Candlequin is able to light up the wicks on her fingers and magically shoot fire sparks from them. She can summon large explosive candles from the ground. She also can twirl the floating hoop around her waist, which allows her to throw sparks from all angles. She is shown to be fairly athletic, as she is capable of jumping very high and doing flips and cartwheels. 

History

When she first came alive as a performer made of wax, she was given the name Kendall Quinn. Upbeat and candle-obsessed, Kendall traveled in the circus with the other creations of her inventive ringmaster, performing for audiences across Skylands. But then, when the ringmaster started leading the circus in disturbing ways she wasn't happy with, Kendall grew rebellious. She ran away from his circus to start one of her own- the Chandelier Circus- and called herself the Candlequin. She loved being the one in charge to the point where she wanted to show everybody how powerful she was. She and her villainous circus troupe forced people to watch their evil performances, also casting bright spells on their belongings that would make them melt. Her show of force and magical prowess led her to enter the ranks of the Doom Raiders, pushing Pain-Yatta out of the spotlight in the process. She strongly preferred being part of the Raiders than being back in her old circus, as she felt like she had a stronger sense of individuality and brightness. Eventually, like the rest of her fellow Raiders, Candlequin was locked in Cloudcracker Prison. 

Skylanders: Trap Team

After the Doom Raiders were freed, Candlequin, like the others, really didn't feel like following Kaos's plan for world domination. She was curious to know how old he was. Later in the story, after noticing that the group was losing assets with more of them being captured, Candlequin decided she'd stop the Skylanders herself. She reopened her circus with improvements using the leftover Traptanium, swiping people up and keeping them within its walls. The Skylanders arrived at the circus, where they battled its attractions on the outside of the tent and then confronted her on the inside. The fight that followed resulted in Candlequin being defeated and captured. 

Story Quotes

- "How old is this fella, anyway?"

- "Aww, don'cha worry, GQ. I'm sure things are gonna start looking up soon..."

- "Haven't ya noticed?! We're losing more and more of our players! One by one, our candles are going out! You get what I'm trying to say, right?"

- "Lighting a taper will end this little caper."

- "Keep your flames flickering, folks- the show's about to begin!"

- Llllllladies and gentlemen, candles and lamps! On behalf of Her Gilded Majesty, I welcome you to the Chandelier Circus!" 

- "It's funny how you think you can stop us! And I thought I was the clown here!"

- "Wow.. I almost forget how smoky it smells after you put out all the fires. I'd better get out of here."

- "Why, hello there! Didn't really expect ya to make it THIS far, but that's all right. I've made some BIG old improvements to my wick top! Wanna see?"

- "Say goodbye, now, little candle in the wind. Tonight, I'm gonna BLOW YOU OUT! (evil clownish cackle)" (after this line is said, her poster pops up and her name is spoken, and then comes the battle)

- "Sky be nimble! Sky be quick! Sky jump over the candlestick!"

- "I'm NOT clowning around anymore!"

- "Jumpflipabrum candelabrum!"

Trap Quotes

- "Now, now, I'm sure we can all have a laugh about this..." (when in the forcefield thing after the battle, about to be trapped)

- "Huh? Hey, what's the big idea?... NO! Not my beautiful chandelier! How DARE YOU! You know that's gonna leave a smoky AFTERSCEEEEEENNNNNTTT! (honk) Ow!" (when being trapped)

- "Oooh... my back. Say, why do I get the feeling I'm not the only one in here? Is this perhaps your menagerie, Portal Master?" (when trapped)

- "Might as well get myself settled. I was meant to be funny and not scary, wasn't I?"

- "You know what you want, pal!"

- "That other one's not the brightest candle on the tray." (quotes said when you used the same magic trap more than once and now you have to pick one)

- "Let the wick BUUUUUUUUURN!" (when you put the magic trap in the portal and she's in it, this is her shout when she enters the game)

- "The moment you've all been waiting for!"

- "Light 'em up!"

- "Let them all melt!"

- "WHAT?! That's wax!"

- "Don't clown on me, now!"

- "Lamp sparks!"

- "Wicksplosion!" (in-battle quotes)

- "Oh me, oh my. Your candle's running out! Don't worry, I'll take care of this!" (when you're low on health)

- "That's what I'm talking about! I have to rekindle my flame now, if you don't mind." (once time is up)

- "Can't exactly get out there with a drowned wick, pal."

- "Oh, no, no! We wouldn't want me to melt." (quotes said when you try to summon her while her timer is still charging up)

- "I'm prepared to perform, Portal Master! Send me in! (honk honk)"

- "My candlelight's back, and I'm ready to go!" (full timer)

- "Oh ho! Look at you! You're a crystal chandelier of greatness! Respect." (when you complete a chapter with her in the trap)

- "Liking what ya got here, Skylander. Consider me if ya need someone to teach ya the ways of the performing arts."

- "How'd ya get the place smelling this fresh even without any scented candles?"

- "Ya know, I could get those Skaletones guys a gig at my circus. Would that be too out of wax?" (stuff said when at the Academy)

- "Well, don't they look bright!" (when you find a soul gem)

- "Not really my strong suit, but I'll give it a shot." (when you're doing a puzzle)

- "This guy isn't clowning when he says he needs me!" (quest)

- "So, how's it all looking?" (when checking her stats)

- "(honk honk) Candlequin!" (saying her name when you move to her icon in the vault)

Villain Theme ♫

This is what I imagine the music for her boss battle sounding like:

And I imagine her villain theme, the music that plays when you play as her, sounding something like this:

Trivia

- Her name is a portmanteau of "candle" and "harlequin." 

- She was going to be a marionette/clown/candle hybrid named Marion Candles, but the marionette side of her was removed because her creator thought she'd be too similar to Mesmeralda.

- Candlequin's creator imagines her being a Sensei for the sorcerer battle class, wielding a large candlestick staff. 

here are all of my new bfdi gjinkas, fully done! well, not "fully" fully. these are just colored sketches... i just wanted to get my ideas down, so you folks can see them, and so i can use them in later art! yay!

also, yeah, the proportions are inconsistent, and i pretty quickly forgot to put the squiggle under the team name. but whatever! hope you like them anyway :)

i love themm

gwen x trent my beloveds