Bugs - Blog Posts
Just finished my tenth Art Fight attack and you know what that means.
July 1st: Ox for @driftwoodmfb
My sibling let me make a Wobbledog so here’s my beloved bug pup thing Seraph, in my attempt at making anatomical sense of these glorified Tootsie Rolls
Figured out how to convert an .mpeg to .mp3 again so! Here’s a song I made for one of my characters from around September to January! It starts at full volume so be warned of that
the bugs are goin to pride :D
Tried to make some palettes and ended up testing out four of the six so here: a Mosa, two Leifs, and dragon Corvo
i caved
A Vessel who managed to survive the initial fall into the Abyss, escaping into and wandering around Deepnest where they eventually reached the Queen's Gardens via a Stag tunnel, stealing from the corpses of traitor Mantises.
Born partially armless, though a pre-Gardens accident fractured their mask and shell, causing the void-weeping shown in their later form. On how they lived long enough to reach said form, I'm not sure if vessels actually need to eat--if they do at all it would probably be something like consuming soul or possibly void, rather than solid living material, and either way there's enough food in Hallownest if you're willing to kill for it.
How I draw the vessels' cloaks, in other words a Cloaks are Wings headcanon that went so far it looped around and became They're Cloaks Again
@hollypies drew Hawksbeard in an art request (a whole month ago) but I wanted to thank them so uhh. Udelle!
Encountered a Phidippus audax today and it is the most creature ever
Some crossovery nonsense
Text-based stuff and individual images under the cut
It's unlikely anything Ghost's wearing actually belongs to them. Since having thousands of children and then abandoning all but one of them to die isn't very socially acceptable or physically possible, PK and WL--aristocrats rather than rulers now--had more like seven children or something, and I'm not sure if they got rid of the six who aren't the Hollow Knight somehow or actually raised them normally. It's most likely that they instead had just one heir, THK, but Ghost wouldn't exist in that case so whatever. They're just running around Gristol murdering people it's fine
Pendleton is a weevil, Martin's a snakefly and Havelock's a scorpion, Corvo's a velvet spider, Samuel is a water boatman, Daud's an assassin bug and Billie's an ant. While giving them their most recognizable traits (and while assigning each of them an actual clade of Real Life Bug, something Hollow Knight isn't particularly known for), I realized it's probably more sensible for them to have their own Empire and society (and biology) outside of Hallownest.
I'm not developing anything for Delilah I just wanted to draw her as a LeafWing
siblings siblings siblings siblings
(bonus: reversing the filter that un-reddified Hornet and Kabbu made Ghost and Hollow's masks look like those small pastel rainbow marshmallows so)
if you still have time and want to draw more ocs uh! I only have three and you can draw any of them, these dudes are also tagged as "hk ocs" on my page if you need more references!!
I would like to hug him 👀
Recent post made me think about giving my three HK dudes some new icons
nerds. what are they talking about
some Hornats
Some Ghost half-sketches, because my art style has changed so much in the past three weeks that I don't know what's happening anymore
they share a birthday...
The Moth of Snakemouth Den, and Bugaria’s Leading Expert in Archaeology
Read the Team Fakemouth swap au by @professorneolith and felt compelled to make this (it's actually relatively short and that blog hasn't been active in a year but idc!!)
(Headcanons, with spoilers:)
- Both moths are the same age as they are in canon, but the whole Snakemouth Lab: Cordyceps Failed Experiment thing happened significantly later, Neo's team is a different, younger one than canon Leif's, and all its members are still alive. (With the technical exception of Neolith.) Leif was never an explorer at any point in time.
- Kabbu got into Bugaria the same way as canon (and never got to enact his revenge on the Beast). Leif was the one who met/helped Kabbu in the Lost Sands this time, and Kabbu and Neo have no relation besides briefly meeting post-Snakemouth in the Outskirts. We don’t actually know anything about Eetl’s backstory but it’s safe to assume it’s the same as canon here.
- Vi ran away to the Wasp Kingdom instead of the Explorer's Association. She was/is general under Hoaxe (I always thought Fuff became general during Vanessa's rule rather than Hoaxe's but I'm not actually sure?), though she's immune to his control.
Not sure how battle would go but I'm assuming that unlike Fuff who's boastful until his backup gets knocked down, Vi's better at combat, underestimated, and too hubristic for teammates.
Going to stop writing now so I can just post this instead of waiting two more days
Attempted to draw some Nosks, but ended up getting sidetracked drawing Caramel's sisters instead so that's the post now
I've been experimenting more with overlays and bright colors
Leif should get to be bright and spiky sometimes. as a treat
I was hurrying so I'm not sure if this is the most accurate representation, but I've joined the summary and here are some of my favorite pieces from 2021!
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