I had to color Eugene with an overlay layer since he was in black and white so mb if the colors are off
I had to make this it was too perfect
Happy Halloween!!!
Just kidding :P
Got an amazing request from @varian4567 to draw Vamparian! Had a lot of fun and only a little distracted
Stargazing under an artificial night sky.
I forgot to upload this last time but
A LITTOL MAGMA WITH @dark-gibberish AND @pinkwindowwithin ♡(˃͈ દ ˂͈ ༶ ):33333
Close ups!
and if i say something
All the references I used/ put into this piece!!
(Disclaimer: All of this is based on the stories I was told. When googling I found vastly different information. Which makes sense, Hinduism is the oldest standing religion. Some things I say not be the widespread belief, but it what I was told and believed.)
That being said!
This is a reference to Lord Vishnu and his bull Nandi.
Vishnu is the lord of destruction, destined to end the world when it’s “done” basically.
I felt this fit Kokichi because of the theory Tsumugi wrote him to be the master mind.
I added a snake on his collar to show he was supposed to be Vishnu. The red tassel is supposed the be a “third eye” of sorts. (Originally I was going to portray him as Brahman who has several heads to represent wisdom, but I changed it. That’s why he has the several masks. I guess it could represent him “playing god”.) I also made his sash the toilet paper. That’s also why he looks blue (that and the purple looked weird against the yellow.)
Nandi’s story is where my version splits from the ones I’ve seen online. Basically Nandi was a boy gifted from Vishnu to a farmer who couldn’t have children. The crops started to suffer and the farmer fell ill, so Nandi prayed to Vishnu in order to help. Vishnu eventually came and fixed the crops, but took Nandi and turned him into a bull to use as a steed. Very depressing stuff.
I figured this was pretty Gonta-core (especially considering there’s some telling where Vishnu attacks using Nandi. There’s also a tradition where you whisper secrets into Nandi’s ear, which fits the whole “Gonta knows the secret of the outside world” thing.
I added a Swastika as a sort of contrast for the tragedy. It Hinduism (and many other religions) it’s seen as a symbol of peace and prosperity. So here it’s sorta like a heart sticker on a gushing wound.
In the west, Swastikas were corrupted into a symbol of hatred. I think it fit since Gonta’s sacrifice and intentions were turn into hatred for Kokichi in the group.
Anyway that’s it! If there’s questions feel free to comment or DM me. It’s pretty late so there might be some mistakes I missed, so just point them out so I can fix them.
Hey guys idk how to use tumblr
Wait wait wait, I think I made a drawing just like this before. Let me see if I can find the file.
Something something about rebelling against the predetermined roles given to you by switching places. About muddying the waters of your archetypes until you can't tell whos who anymore. Idk man i just like drawing these two posed up
This is how my life’s been feeling as of late
ABSOLUTELY NO ONE TOUCH THIS PLEASE TIE PLEASE TIE IT WOULD BE SO FUCKING FUNNY
okay so I wanted hugo and varian to have different fighting styles despite sharing the same skill set as alchemists and I wanted their weapon of choice to also strongly reflect the kingdoms they came from.
for varian, he has his staff and throughout their quest he uses it often to illuminate the group's path, especially in darker places—which makes sense because he's from corona, the kingdom of light.
so for hugo, being from ingvarr aka the iron kingdom of warriors run by technological advancement and utilitarian system—I imagine him owning a pistol that he made himself that he specifically modified to accommodate alchemy wherein his ammos aren't bullets but rather alchemical compounds instead (think like Varian's project obsidian in season 3 but on a much smaller and portable scale) and he's made a built-in switching compartment so he'd have element variety of compounds as ammos ready to go. (think like Honey Lemon's chemistry purse)
it just made sense to me that he'd know how to make and use a firearm (frankly even his DnD counterpart knows how to use a riffle) considering his mentor Donella is a royal engineer and arm's dealer (at least basing this from Varian's Tangled Trials Lore by @i-found-you-justine-time) he's bound to pick up a thing or two from observing and watching her work—plus this provides a practical explanation to why he chooses to wear fingerless gloves instead of a full safety gloves like Varian—because he needs that extra mobility to pull the trigger faster.
and this also says a lot about his character because he made it solely and purely for self defense, designing his weapon with the intent to only immobilize opponents rather than actually inflicting serious harm to others.