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So apparently i had to find out by accident today that stickbug eggs look like tiny pots and they hatch out by opening the lids and crawling out

ULTRAKILL OC REF - CHIMERA

Deranged doodlings

I know they’re bad, I don’t want to hear about it D:<

Ellesian design inspired by leaf insect/leaf insect egg(the egg-pot thing is the lower submerged part of her)

|Gladius Auri|

Skywing Gladiator Helmet concepts: Part 1

Part 2 ⬅️ more designs

To me, the Skywing arena was the most memorable parts of the first book, and I liked the idea of Scarlet having consistent champions outside of prisoners, like Peril, that were used as actual fighters. Similar to the Roman colosseum’s style of fighting.

With how extravagant Scarlet’s punishments, hatching day, etc. are described, (she loves her bloody entertainment & fan fair). There’s no way she’d allow for her champions to go undecorated in the arena. Additionally, Skywings are implied to be the most battle experienced tribe, so they should have armor that reflects this sentiment.

Aside from the lore drop, I absolutely love rendering metal & armor, this was just an excuse for me to do that lol. It’s very interesting trying to fit helmets to dragon anatomy opposed to human anatomy. Gotta accommodate for horns, ears, and the snout. Really cool learning how to work around it!

Skywing average measurements/head base for helmets:

Dead land

Time to toss my piece for Hallow Home, volume 2

Stealing this idea

imagine having tree genes. couldn't be me

Looks like I have some inspo.

some sketches :3

Rewriting my lore for my character. Her name is now Amaranth, but she also goes by Maure (her name while she was in the Grimm Troupe).

Amaranth is not a Vessel, she was born into a normal family far from Hallownest, around 300 years before the events of the game. She grew up in a small kingdom built around and on a series of lakes. She loved to swim and catch little water bugs. In her free time, she would study under the local nailsmith, a bug she often saw as her father. She became quite adept at making deadly weapons.

But a terrible flood destroyed her whole kingdom and separated her and her family. she and the few bugs who survived stayed in the kingdom, rebuilding what they could, until a traveling circus appeared in their home, searching for scarlet flames. One of the members of the circus promised life and prosperity to whoever joined. Amaranth, desperate to find her parents, accepted. She became a member of the Grimm Troupe, but at a cost. Upon accepting her mask, she lost all empathy and became much stronger. She forgot her former life and completely devoted herself to the Troupe, taking on the name Maure. She searched far and wide for fallen kingdoms and scarlet flames with the Grimmkin at her side.

After serving the Troupe for almost 300 years, she encountered two bugs traveling to a distant kingdom. They had lost their minds due to being in the wastelands for so long, so they attacked her viciously. Maure, unprepared for their viciousness, was caught off guard. One of the bugs severely injured her, snapping off her left horn and clawing all over her shell and knocking off her mask. In a panic, Maure stabbed both bugs, killing them instantly. But because her mask had been knocked off, all her memories came back and her strength faded. She recognized the two bugs she had killed as her parents. Devastated and injured, she fled.

(Grimm would later find Maure's broken horn and mask. He replaced her with Divine.)

Maure barely made it to an empty town, where she found a well and she hoped it had water. But she fell down it, landing in the Forgotten Crossroads. She crept into Greenpath, where she fed on Squits and went into hiding.

And that's where Honeysuckle finds her :3

Maure is partially mute. She struggles to speak after she left the Grimm Troupe. She can string together a few coherent sentences and words. She also can't walk properly, as the accident and the fall down the well completely wrecked both of her legs. She uses her nail for support, until Honeysuckle made her some braces and began helping her move around. Honey also made her a prosthetic horn.

Anyways, that's my lore so far!

Sorry for rambling lol