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ymedron said: Kannattaa googlettaa “genetic switch”, se todennäköisesti vastaa ajatustasi vanhoista geeneistä jotka tulee takaisin. Tuli ensimmäisenä mieleen että joillakin ihmisillähän kasvaa häntä. mahdollista ilmestyä ghost-tyypeillekkin. :D
WELL YEAH by that logic some of the characters could have tails, that would be pretty hardcore weird……. Geez I gotta sit down for a bit. Motherfucking tails
ladybajingo reblogged this from you and added:
NOPE DO IT IM SOLD. I WILL BUY EVERY BOOK. GRUMPY BIG DUDES WITH SHARP TEETH ARE MY LIFE AND IM GOING TO CRY FOR YEARS. THERE WILL BE A LAKE OF MY TEARS AND THEY’LL CALL IT LAKE OF THE BARA LOVING LOSER LADYBAJINGO.
Hahaha holy shit, I approve of this reaction. Can’t blame ya though sharp teeth are pretty rad!
bloody-cyber-punk said: thats cool and all, but it looks straight up canine. wouldnt it make more sense to look more primate like if its from our past evolutionary stages?
True! But primate teeth are really humanlike, only with bigger canines, and I kinda want to avoid giving my characters that particular “vampire” look. Perhaps there was some species before primates that had more dog-like teeth, or maybe the virus itself is equipped with those particular genes? In any case this whole thing is meant to be very mysterious and will only get more crazy and implausible as the story progresses anyway, haha. Thanks for your input though!
Stuff I’ve been thinking about but don’t know if I’ll ever have the chance to properly establish in canon
Basically the ghost virus changes a person by activating pieces of junk DNA which will then manifest in the body over time as the cells get replaced naturally. Things like stronger bones and muscles, but I’ve been thinking of some subtly weird and creepy details as well. Teeth might grow back when knocked out? And they’d grow a bit sharper than necessary, like an animal’s teeth??
I dunno, if there’s a genetics expert out there feel free to call me out on my bullshit! But I kinda like the idea that the human genome would carry leftovers from previous stages of evolution which the virus then uses to “improve” it’s host
gave maariamph a ride once and she drew me this as a thank you!!! i can’t stop looking at it omgfff…. it’s my character from my lepakkoluola anthology comic. everything about this is soooo pretty, the hair, the face and the horse part…!!! damn the horse part actually looks like it has some weight, everything looks so natural, gahhh….taking my breath away wow THANKS MAARIA <3 <3
Suspu’s centaur shenanigans always make me happy and this babe turned out to be really fun to draw! I’m glad you like the drawing dude <3
MY WEEKEND AT TRACON WAS PRETTY FUCKING DELIGHTFUL BASICALLY
Myla surprised me with cosplay!! Look at this dedication, she even used her own hair! And the bow is accurate too??? I’m at a loss of words aahhh aaaa wow I never expected something like this to actually happen someday. Can you imagine how it feels to meet your own character in real life, let me tell you it is lovely
Photos by muura, I suspect some better planned shots will follow later!
BY THE WAY I’m gonna sell at Tracon with muura this weekend!
New products: Utena print and badges (thanks to leppu for making badges happen)! Each is hand-drawn so they’re a little more expensive than usual. No clue if people value that sort of thing but uh… let’s call it an experiment : -D
Also evelmiina will be selling our ASOIAF zine! IT’S GREAT, BUY IT
I’m personally a bit allergic to the sort of super shiny look and overdone lighting, but then again this is Utena so I figured it’s a reasonable choice for a romantic shoujo theme. Also I know from experience people at artist’s alleys are very impressed by shiny stuff
Still it’s a style I kinda struggle to make interesting for myself and it’s a lot of work to pull off too. I hope I still like this piece by the time I’m done with it haha. Problems of a dirty sellout
Back to school. Maybe needs a bit more tweaking but I’m gonna model and rig this vampire character. If I get really lucky and my pitch gets chosen we’ll also do a 2min animation short of her, fingers crosssed
If you have any suggestions for a name I’ll be glad to hear them btw!
playerprophet said: the editing here is amazing, especially taking into account how it’s recorded from your TV
Thanks, honestly the hardest part was compiling it in goddamned Windows moviemaker hahaha….
Elias’s favorite thing to geek about is BASS RIDER
Long-running TV show of a masked vigilante with fish-themed powers, according to Elias it’s “actually deeper than people give it credit for”, “it gets really good in season four trust me” and “psssh you guys don’t get it”