eembezzle

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Bulk Ask Responses!

Heya! I've been getting a bunch of asks re: Cloudward, Ho! and I figured I could answer them all in one place ♥

Starting off strong @wogglywiggler ;D Van is amazing and I can't wait for yall to see Siobhan's incredible performance as her - she's got LAYERS, folks!!

You're welcome, Anon. Live thirsty my child ♥

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT INTENTIONAL BUT ALSO I'm a raging pansexual and I find everyone attractive so I do my best to translate that to my drawings. I'm so glad I am apparently the queen of dnd thirst characters tho ;D

Hi @eembezzle!! GOSH that's so cool, I never really think of my art as like... super recognizable but I'm glad yall knew it was me! ♥

The second part of your ask is very similar to this one from @whookami :

and this one from @graciousred :

So I'll answer them all together!

The process is different for the PCs vs NPCs, but all in all I work through coordinators and art directors. I rarely get the chance to 1 on 1 with talent. We work with a wonderful app called Airtable, which makes everything nice and organized and easy to deal with when you're drawing a bajillion characters. PCs I get mood boards and written descriptions, and we go through several rounds of ideation before landing on finals. They take the longest by far!

NPC-wise, I'm given a write up of the character and the timestamp for when they're introduced in the season. If they have a battle mini, I get reference pics of that, too. Yep, minis are made WAY before character art! I listen/watch the "stringouts" aka uncut/unedited footage of the sessions to get the vibe of the character, as well as any secret things that are important later i.e. someone in disguise, like The Skulker vs Johnny Manhattan in NSBU, or if there's some kind of historical importance to a character/secret hidden on their person that is important to visualize. These get done in batches :)

I wouldn't be able to get this done without the awesome dropout team - especially Eve, Skye Loremaster, and Alison ♥

As for Projection Illustrations - that's done before filming! We work closely with the battlemap team (love you Rick, Alison, and KC) and the projection engineers (GOATS Derek and Ruby) to make the beautiful sets the players and viewers get to enjoy. We actually work on the sets DURING film schedule - and CH has a LOT of art yall will get to see. There were times we finished the art the day before the episode was filmed!! But, the art has to be done before the cameras roll, as they're projected live behind the actors.

Hi @seasonofhotness! Thank you so much - I have my con schedule on my website (caitmayart.com) and I try to keep it as updated as I can. I'm currently waiting to hear back from NYCC, but I did apply! Cross your fingers for me ♥

Oh goodness @lady-writes that was totally unintentional, but I SEE IT NOW WHOOOOPS

I just wanted to make Daisuke look like the suave bastard he is, and Zac embodies him so well it must have leaked into my drawing haha!

Thank you all SO MUCH for the love - I can't wait to sail CLOUDWARD, HO with you all!!

squeems cousin or something like that

I drew this in October as a joke for the projections team - we all the Cloudward Hoes on THIS ship

id like to submit this to the “accidental renaissance” dropout ™ collection

me when i punch my dad to death

and when i call them hot we all nod in agreement right? right?

sky interpreted heroes!

send gorgug to worlds

I just think he'd enjoy it

this and matching/representative piercings!!

fig has a ton, with different piercing representing each bad kid. a star for adaine, matching eyebrow piercing with gorgug (they got it after a cig fig shows), fabian has only one of his ears pierced and fig wears the other earring, kristen and her both have nose rings, riz doesn't have any than an ear cuff- so fig has one too

adaine's parents wouldn't let her get her ears pierced, so jawbone took her and held her hand, now she has a ton, with a little lightning bolt for fig- "you have one for me so i need one for you!"

it was gorgug's idea to get the eyebrow piercing, he saw a ton of people in the music industry with them, and just thought they were cool- fig of course, tagged along

fabian wont ever admit it, but he intentionally buys earrings he think fig would like, because he knows she always wants to match with him

riz's nose ring came with the conspiracy board tattoos, some kind of "buy two free tattoo sleeves, get one ear cuff free" situation; the next morning he was a bit distressed about them- so fig got one of her own "in solidarity"

kristen's nose piercing was done by fig at mordred manor's kitchen island, they hyped eachother up and oh boy did fig not know what she was doing. sandra lynn was not pleased, and despite jawbone's attempts to help fix it, the piercing is still very crooked

thinking about the Bad Kids sharing clothes. like

- gorgug’s hoodie is basically a communal hoodie at this point (everyone is seen wearing it at some point) (it’s like. a dress on riz)

- adaine has a scarf that everyone likes to steal because it’s so soft (fig showed ayda a picture of boggy wrapped in it and ayda cried. real tears)

- the girls + riz love to steal fabian’s muscle tees (they don’t fit gorgug) (fabian buys one that’s way too big for him so that gorgug can steal it) (he pretends not to realize that it’s way bigger than his other tees) (cause he’s embarrassed that he did something nice) (the others clock it immediately but pretend they don’t for fabian’s sake)

- kristen has the ugliest socks (the kind that go around each toe like gloves) but they’re so comfortable (everyone’s ashamed to be seen wearing them) (but they’re so soft and warm and they might be enchanted??? no one knows) (if someone is seen wearing them they just exchange grim white-boy-tight-lipped-awkward-look-away nods and don’t say anything about it)

- riz has a scarily large assortment of hats that no one’s ever seen him in (no one knows why, or how, he got them) (they’re in every hat style imaginable) (usually one of the Kids will just borrow a beanie, but kristen has tried a cowboy hat on occasion) (it was slapped off of her head immediately)

- fig has tried to make her leather jacket a communal jacket like gorgug’s, but it “doesn’t fit anyone else’s aesthetic” so instead she always has a pair of (not fingerless) gloves with her in case anyone gets cold

gorgug is also the greatest wizard of the age

can we take a sec to talk about the Bad Kids digital footprint. because like

fig: was a popular cheerleader in middle school, then a rebellious teenager who probably had at least one viral twitter thread, then became a world famous rockstar, and was revealed to be the daughter of a very high ranking devil

kristen: literally the chosen prophet of a very well known and worshipped god, died and renounced helio, created her own god, then later renounced that god as well

adaine: the child of very prestigious and important high elves, then the literal oracle, and killed the lunch lady on the very first day of school

gorgug: at first a nobody, but then becomes the drummer for a world famous rock band, as well as a star athlete on the owlbears bloodrush team, and then an expert artificer, not to mention the fact that he consistently kicks ass

fabian: the son of bill fucking seacaster, conventionally attractive and very very rich, another star athlete on the owlbears bloodrush team, killed toxic masculinity, and dances now

riz: notoriously weird, one of very few (if not the only) goblin in aguefort (if not in all of elmville), the youngest licensed private investigator probably in all of solace, not to mention the fact that he actually ate kalvaxus, and now works with angel fbi agents

and then they post a viral video with a tabaxi that only some people could see, then a viral livestream of all of these children absolutely wasted and having a crustacean-themed rager, and then another viral livestream of them in the fucking forest of the nightmare king battling the nightmare king himself and the previously mentioned tabaxi where some of those actual children literally fucking. DIE.

like what the fuck that’s so wild what

Sometimes you need Ayda Aguefort.

Sometimes is ALWAYS

the illusion of choice...

samuel reich once again creates a game to punish his friends, family, and fans. there is no true win. no end to this suffering. you can only go down hill. this is a metaphor for game changer™

i find him deeply unsettling and i think i have realized why; typically the “face your fears” trope refers to a giant spider or like !! youre falling to your death !! ah!

but the baron is, ignoring the weird doll situation, a very grounded- very real fear; that so many people can relate to

it is growing apart from friends, its loosing family members, its moving away from home, its that feeling that you'll never find a partner, its aspec insecurity, and its so human

sky pirates steampunk intrepid heros season?

yo ho yo ho and a bottle of fun !!!!!!!!!

my babies 🌠🌌

pretty please make cloak and dagger into little guys like you did mantis, loki, adam, and bucky i beg of you 🙌

thems are JUST and SO,,,,,, and i LOVE thems 🥺 👉👈

midwest warriors rise up

i don’t understand why d20 doesn’t travel to the center of the united states guys i’m here too

izuku midoriya is that you?

every time i saw him i transformed into the custom wood burning lady saying *awweee* *awewwww* *aweee*

it’s important to note that we did also voice act the entire thing, including sound effects 😭

me and @eembezzle read the new fantasy high webtoon together and took a screenshot every time we lost our shit at how cute the bad kids are and this is the damage

the bad kids x dunmeshi shenanigans for the d20 zine jam!! go peep how incredible all 68 (!!) zines turned out <33

im assembling an adaine cosplay for an upcoming con- and am on a blond wig hunt

does anyone have recommendations for wigs that would be good? id need it in the next week and a half or so 🔮💫🧵

the love i have for this thing is endless

* Knowing that eventually a ghastling will be happy fills you with determination

These silly thangs made my week dude. I used to hate them but lowkey now I feel bad. Mojang giving out update bangers makes me happy.

so pleasant so lovely

these guys are so cute

@traffo

it pains me to say this but aaeeeaeaaa aaaeaieieieiee aiaeaoaeoaoaeaeaeae eeeeaaaeaeaaaa

Today hasn't been very good. Reblog to cover prev in blankets and tell them everything is going to be okay and they're loved.

Lunchbreak 🐈

yep i really spent 18 hours drawing….a lunch table…. tried to hide a lot of little details zoom in for a fun little game of eye spy. don’t know how many eyes are here but you can try counting. haven’t really drawn many backgrounds before but I think my passion for Magnus archives must mean something if I’m spending hours drawing paperwork

Combining my two biggest fixations atm <3

Edit: bonus comic!!

this is me and this is how i like to be

but it also makes me think of this…

“you just can't love people by showing that you're useful. sometimes you have to actually just love them” - brennan lee mulligan ™

the xmen are so special to me and this is why. i am queer, i am cradle catholic, i am named after an xmen.

when i was born im sure my father never imagined that these stories and characters that are my namesake would reflect my experiences- but they do and that makes it all the more special

queer themes in x-men my beloved. Angel binding his wings. Bobby’s parents asking if he’s tried just not being a mutant. Nightcrawler and catholic guilt. The existence of cherik. Everything with Scott/Jean/Logan. Mystique and Destiny.

Of course everyone WANTS to be Emily Axford; she’s cool as fuck.

But in your admiration of her—fawning over her beauty, laughing at all of her jokes, etc—you’ve become someone else.

You are Murph.

You’ve always been Murph.

thinking about this again! i know that it was up to the dice rolls as to who got possessed by baron; buuuuuut... ive always been an adaine-riz bestie truther, it just makes so much sense to me (nerds, big pressure to do well in school, av club, mystery lovers, i also headcanon adaine as ace so that's something they can bond on as well), and we know that riz calls fabian his best friend with that in mind, i see the baron as taking control of riz's two closest friends and i find that devastating. especially coupled with the fact that we know riz has anxiety about being left behind by his friends, and now his two best friends are saying these terrible things.

how could you ignore your roëmænce partnær, riz gukgak?