Latest Posts by mcacomulada - Page 3

8r8k vriska doodle, i watched the [S] yesterday,,, pretty cool honestly hehe (i havent even read the end of homestuck T T its pretty sad, but i read what i could of hs two years ago and never continued,, i know everything that happens in the story, but i might do a reread soon)

anywaysss here is beyond canon and post character development vriska XD

a little terezi design, i like her lankyness >:D

i'm quite proud of this actually,, i am far from having good art as a professional requirement, so i don't really practice anatomy and things

i really need to practice lighting though... (on realistic bodies lol)

i also never use references (because art is just a hobby for me, so i mainly do it just because), i think in this one you can't tell as much, but using refs would probably make my art much better in some ways already

idk, ill have to contemplate how much effort i want to put into posting here XD

alt bg under cut:

doodles that i made, wanted to draw a back so... helming lol

i think that digital sedation would be cool, like tricking your brain into momentarily believing it's not feeling the actual physical sensations that our bodies intakes (basically, cocomelon on a huger scale)

A little sad rose lalonde missing her home for the first time...

was it really so horrible?

Thing i made on the notes app on my ipad heh

maybe ill continue it

Short thing before bed lol

meenah peixes with a million piercings, being cool af

alt versions under cut

small wip doodle thingg enjoy

small comic i made for a friend 🥺🥺

full page under cut:

some adorable doodles guys😍😍😍

i fucking love drawing roxy like this what???

she’s so cute😭🙏

close up of roxyyy:

the beta kidsss

Have a nepeta, genuinely my favorite troll to draw i think

was it necessary to tag absolutely everything? Yes

I do have original projects, these are from a while ago, but i'm still proud of them

i'll have to elaborate someday >:}

class doodles and the finished piece

finished spread, it was originally going to be all homestuck but the pearl inspiration struck so now im stuck with this, fuck

Don't know where i was going with this lol,

have some creepy girlies (sollux' taste in women)

You could take it as ship art or not, take it

i finished this page of the spread >:} class has never been more productive

gamzee’s outfit is based off of pierrot clowns, or whatever they’re called

get some class “doodles” lol, i’m doing a whole spread in my notebook of this

the editing on the picture is weird, but i don’t have a better way to photograph traditional drawings 😔

have some raw close ups

more comic sneak peak, try and guess if he's laughing or really depressed XD

at this rate, i'll take a week or two to finish this comic, so look forward to it hehe

dave <> kanaya moirallegiance would be cute as fuck

working on another comic in the middle of class lol, ill make it more consistent this time, these boys are gonna have a talk about the gender bullshit

The meteor is extremely boring

Unshaded version

not quite as happy with these, but here you go hehe

made a couple more🤩🤩

Ladybird Karkat yayyy (concept)

I made a post about what insects the main 12 trolls would be, here's Karkat hehe. I didn't draw his legs, but they would probably be more beetle-like, less human.

As he grew, the plates that form his exoskeleton would molt and turn black.

What you are about to read is probably a bit weird, it's my attempt at making sense of the biological cycle of trolls.

Troll Biology for Wigglers

Trolls are a triploid species, with a triploid biological cycle. The mother grub (3n) releases eggs (n), if these are fertilised by combined troll slurry (they are absorbent, in the primitive times trolls probably had to jizz over them instead of using buckets), they hatch into trolls (2n). If they are not fertilised, however, a virgin mother grub (n) is born (along with all other kinds of lusii). 

A matriorb is made when a virgin mother grub eats a fertilised egg (2n) intact. At this point, the egg dissolves in the innards of the virgin mother grub and goes through a metamorphosis, into a matriorb (with the adding of the virgin mother grub’s gamete).

Queer theorisks also point out that the quadrant system which permits various concupiscent partners was probably a result of troll reproduction being based off of the mixing of a large quantity of a lot of trolls’ genetic material. This necessity to share that much genetic material and with so many people probably provided the necessity to have multiple partners.

The history of troll biology is incredibly obscure, as before meeting humanity, trolls didn’t see any value in preserving that kind of information or learning much about the past at all.

The Blood Colors: Chromochromosomes

The trolls and lusii, unlike humanity, don’t have sex chromosomes. Instead, they have chromochromosomes (on top of the 27 pairs of others).

Each troll has two chromochromosomes, one of them defines characteristics like blood saturation, horn shape and size, number of molts, height, etc. There is only one variety of this chromosome, appointed chromosome V.

The second one has twelve different varieties, all according to blood hue, psionics, and other hue specific attributes, it also potentially modifies characteristics like horn size or general height reached. These twelve chromosomes recieve the subsequent names: Α (alpha), Δ (delta), Λ (lambda), Π (pi), Ι (iota), Υ (upsilon), Τ (tau), Ν (nu), Κ (kappa), Σ (sigma), Μ (mu), Χ (chi). [Order from warmest to coolest on the hemospectrum].

Kankri and Karkat’s mutation is caused by a trisomy in the chromochromosomes, wherein they have both the Χ and A chromosomes. This would be extremely controversial to discover, seeing as that basically turns the hemospectrum from a line into a circle, and makes the hierarchy seem even more pointless than it was.

Although not portrayed in the graph, both the mother grub and trolls release two types of gametes: those that have chromosome V (gV) and those that have a chromochromosome (gC). If there is one there isn't the other.

Lusii are born only from the gC, trolls occur when a gC egg and a gV gamete meet or vice versa. The mother grub is the result of a fertilized egg (VC) combined with a virgin mother grub's gamete (gC).

I welcome you to the most inconsistent comic ever made (it's for fun guys, i was not prioritizing quality😔). I am extremely nervous posting this, like my hands are trembling XD (it's cheesy as fuck).

Anyways, enjoy 30 panels of davekat:

DAVE: were doing this

DAVE: were making this hapen ----------

Oh my god, i fucking did it.

I don't know if it's a bit ooc, but it's basically a more peaceful au after they arrive at Earth C, where they end up together and build a happier life 😔.

The trolls as insects (i might draw them later)

Aradia Megido - Maroon Ghost Moth (Elhamma australasiae)

Moths have been repeatedly portrayed as a sign of death. Also, their fluffiness matches the one of Aradia's hair XD. When I read this one's name it was inevitable (ghost???, maroon??, literally her oh my gooood).

Tavros Nitram - Question Mark Butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis)

Mostly based off of the Summoner and Rufioh having wings, I didn't want to make it a monarch butterfly because Tavros is in no way royalty.

Sollux Captor - Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Pretty self explanatory, Sollux always had a connection (and obsession) with bees. They also sting, which is kind of a metaphor for the psionics.

Karkat Vantas - Seven Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)

Ladybirds are always seen as special, even though this instance is not a mutation per se, it's special and red. Also, ladybirds are commonplace pests (which is kind of what Karkat is to HIC).

Nepeta Leijon - Pale Green Assassin Bug (Zelus luridus)

I looked up some good bug hunters and I got assassin bugs, nepeta is the mightiest of huntresses, so it fits.

Kanaya Maryam - Green Headed Ant (Rhytidoponera metallica)

I was doubting wether to make Kanaya an ant or a silk moth, but ultimately, moths are a better representation of Aradia, and ants mimic jade-blood's function in troll society better. A part from being green, this species of ant apparently has a nice bite, which is representative of Kanaya's fierceness.

Terezi Pyrope - Ebony Jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata)

I am aware that the dragonfly pictured is male, just ignore that lol, headcanon the trolls as hermaphroditic (i will post about their biological cycle hehe). Dragonflies are said to be insect's best predators, Terezi is also a vicious and precise hunter, if not of other trolls literally, of outcomes and possibilities (she is intelligent, and a Seer of Mind).

Vriska Serket - Peacock Tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica)

Also pretty self explanatory, it's a blue spider, therefore Vriska Serket. Spiders in general are already a good representation of how she is percieved (with fear lol). Yea, simple explanation.

Equius Zahhak - "Pure Blue" Giant Flower Beetle (Mecynorhina torquata)

The strongest of bugs are beetles (among some types of ants, who are better described as proportionally strongest). This particular one is also pretty big and strong, and coincidentally presents this type of coloration.

Gamzee Makara - Purple-Winged Grasshopper (Titanacris albipes)

Originally was going to be a praying mantis, but the orchid mantis was just too perfect for Feferi. Locusts also have ties to religion and mythology, which was my main focus for finding Gamzee's insect (they have been, fittingly, a symbol of destruction for eons).

Eridan Ampora - Canopy Mosquito (Sabethes cyaneus)

Tbh, I based most of this decision off of the fact that Eridan is annoying (I don't hate him, it's just his personality, unfortunately). Also, mosquitos breed in water (at least that's what my parents always told me) which matches the aquatic theme.

Feferi Peixes - Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)

Feferi is the troll I had the most trouble with. Originally I tried keeping up with the aquatic theme and had found Ranatra linearis, a stickbug that looks like a mantis and hunts little fish. I discarded the option because even though it was aquatic, the connections with Feferi kind of ended there.

I then tried to search for a bug that had "empress" in the name, and had chosen Megapomponia imperatoria, a giant as fuck cicada. It didn't convince me either though.

I chose the orchid mantis because, mantises are cutthroat, good hunters and pink as fuck. If that's not a description of the tyrian blood caste I don't know what is.

I wanted to make one of these drawing comparisons to different species of ants. There exist some cool af ants out there, I might do it.

more little guys!!

have some really cute rosemary

i love love love how rose came out in this

buff nepeta truther