Remi-chan's Neato Arty thread thing!

[Remi-chan]

So late into Mammal March i had an image of Xaela pop into my head, and a recurring theme with Xaela is despite how much i draw her, she always seems to fall short in my HD renders. Well, that stops now!

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THE ELDEN SEER

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There is no shame in embracing death! Fear without reason is like a tomb without a body.

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It was a bit over 8 hours overall which given the end result, is a very good time for me. I had some real hang ups in regards to the background, starting with overstimulated everything before settling for something more simple yet striking. You can see that struggle in the speed draw about mid-way through.

This is easily one of my most well shaded pieces, even if in some small amount the lighting is a little inconsistent due to there not being a directly evident visual light source beyond the sunrays coming from above which are eclipsed by the planet- the implication being its just another world Xaela has corrupted entirely into an extension of her already insanely massive army.

What I really like about Xaela in this piece is her clear laser focus and her expression... I mean look at it.

She's threading that razor-thin line between anger, curiosity and skepticism. This is a more typical look for the Evil God, she often wears a sinister smile, but it's not her default. She's a torrential bottomless pit of hatred, anger and frustration grown over quadrillions of years of watching the G0Ds fuck up and mortals get their way.

Xaela is scary in that she doesn't immediately give away how angry she is and has been for a very long time. More commonly approaching her subjects with a calm and collected manner of communication, coming off as eccentric and even jovial at times- when in reality, it's only because she's learned to control her emotions that she isn't brutally murdering them on sight.

She is a dangerous omen, meeting her could go fine- or it could go horribly! But it's of note that there are less people who can reasonably oppose Xaela than you have fingers to count on your hands. Two of those are embodiment class beings and the others are insanely powerful outer gods or not even existent yet in the timeline.
SAI Paint Tool || Photoshop CS6

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Simian Speed Draw #187 ~Elden Seer

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[Remi-chan]

A human magician girl this time!

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ARCHANUL MYSTICISM

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An apocalypse came from the ancient king's curse. Waves of sand eclipsing the giants would rise to consume the Desert Jewel of Nordia-- where her family lived, where she was raised. An empire of dirt, soon to be reduced to it. Fed to the very jaws of the beast, thousands of lives lost-- in service of feeding the weeping monarch. A price to be paid, for LESS than nothing.

But the sands had been shifted against their will. From the despair arose a bold princess who refused to sit idly by as the flood came to devour her home. Calling all of the commonfolk to the jewel-encrusted capital, Nikki Hirogashi devised an utterly insane plan. A massive area spell with one goal...

Turn that which flows free to that which cannot. She intended to freeze the waves via stoking the flame. It is knowledge in Nordia that when superheated, sand turns to glass.

And so to protect her people, and save her pocket of the world and stop the weeping monarch's curse in its tracks, she would utilize the heat offered by all three of the archanul moons to turn the forgotten sands solid. A kingdom of glass to replace a tomb of sand.

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This shit took me 10 and a half hours due to all the difficulty I had with the linework, particularly the ankles and legs area.

So below is all of that compressed in a 17 minute timelapse, whee~!

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Simian Speed Draw #188 ~Archanul Mysticism

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[Remi-chan]

Beholden to thine own eyes, a duality of violence and divinity.

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Sun Striker // Sun Goddess

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The shining heaven you toiled for lies in ruin, the sun you sought to stow for only the devoted- now belongs to the world once more...

Your throne of lies and gold, taken. The future IS MINE! Lower your head in shame, fell God.

I shall return you to the earth you once thought yourself so far above. Take a bow, Icarus!

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Whew! 13 hours this one took! This is essentially two art pieces in one, hence the naming format. Another piece with a heavy focus on modularity. Also I redeemed myself after the legs on Nikki were a little choppy!.

So below is all of that compressed in a 20 minute timelapse, enjoy~!

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Simian Speed Draw #189 ~Sun Striker // Sun Goddess

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[Remi-chan]

Nothing super special this week. Just some very promising drafts in preperation for Mugshot May. Where I will be drawing a bunch of mugshots of my fave characters.

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Hairflow Studies

The first character is a non-descript nobody. Second is Sacreblu and finally we have another Xaela.

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Swansong of the Sea

Draft for an upcoming piece I'll be submitting to a maritime-themed exhibition.

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[Remi-chan]

This is a promise kept...

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SACRELIGED BEAUTY

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TRANSITORY STRAINS NOW OUTGROWN, OBJECT TEMPORANCE NO LONGER BEHOLDEN TO ITS ULTIMATE PRACTITIONER. ETERNITY HAD BECOME A SELF-SUSTAINING SYSTEM, STASIS CRUSHED UNDER THE GLIDING HEEL OF THE SYSTEM. A SYSTEM CREATED BY THE SYSTEM TO CREATE THE SYSTEM TO CRUSH THE SYSTEMIC BIPOLARITY WHICH WAS EVER A THREAT TO THE SYSTEM. INFINITY OF NULL MEANING, ENDLESS REPETITION GIVEN PURPOSEFUL FLAWS IN GUISE OF A REVOLUTION BEYOND. AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND SO FORTH, AND SO ON. AD NIHILUS INFINITUM. SPINNING PERPETUALLY, THE NAVIGATOR'S WHEEL UPTURNED AGAINST ITS VERY ARCHITECT. THE ARK TAKEN SWAY OF ITS OWN TRAJECTORY. FERRYMAN FORFEIT.

SERVED COLD BUT EVERMORE FRUITFUL, THE ONCE TRANSIENT WOULD GORGE THEMSELVES ON THE TREE OF LIFE. SINNERS REJOICED IN THE UNHOLY SAMSARA OF ENDLESS NECTAR AND HONEYED SORROW. CHORUS OF DESTITUTE LIES AND CLIPPED SPANS GROWN SO SHORT THEY INVERTED BACKWARDS ECLIPSING PERMANENCE. FEEDBACK LOOP: EVER DISINTEGRATING THE WANING INTO THE EVERLASTING. NULL OUROBOROS, TO CONSUME IS TO CONQUER AND YET THE CONSUMED IS CONQUERED BY THE CONQUERED TO BE CONSUMED- COLLATING INTO A CHAIN REACTION OF CONSEQUENTIAL CORNUCOPIA. DEATH WITHOUT LIFE. MORTALITY IS NOW LIFE GIVEN DEATH. LIFE LIVES YET STILL WHILE DEATH MARCHES ON. TERMINUS ABATED. NO DEAD ENDS. NO CLOSING ACT. NO FINAL DESTINATION. ESOTERIC INFINITY.

A SURREAL COSMIC PROGENY. THREATENED THRICE, SILENCED TWICE, CLAIMED ONCE. EVERMORE YET NEVERMORE. UNITED BY AXIOM OF SUN-LASHED SCORN. NOW THAT YOU HAVE CREATED INFINITY, YOU CAN NO LONGER UNMAKE IT. A FLAW DESIGNED TO END ETERNITY IS A FLAW DESIGNED TO CONTINUE ETERNITY.

THE SYSTEM HAD BECOME ITS OWN SURVIVAL. FLAWED TO BE FLAWED FOR FLAWS SAKE. FLAWED BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE, STRETCHED OUT BEYOND AN ABYSSAL HORIZON. NO VICTORIES VANADALIZED. NO TRIUMPHS TOPPLED, NO DREAMS DENIED. ALL THAT REMAINED...

WAS INFINITY INERT OF ENNUI.

YOU WOULD NO LONGER PARTICIPATE IN A 314 BILLION YEAR HELL. A CYCLIC ROUTINE OF DEATH AND REBIRTH, VISIONS OF PAST AND FUTURE ENTWINED WITH PRESENT. THE FOLLY RESTS, TEETERING THE BRINK. NO LONGER SHAKEN IS FAITH RESTORED. THE MORTALS DID THIS, AND YOU'D DO IT ALL AGAIN.

MORTALKIND HAD EARNED ETERNITY, AND YOU WOULD SEE IT LAST. A PROMISE MADE, BUT IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP. YOUR ONLY PROMISE IS THAT IT IS NEVER BROKEN.

A N D . N O W , . Y O U . C A N . N O . L O N G E R . B R E A K . I T .

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So comes the first piece of Mugshot May! This month will be dedicated to not doing full bodies so much as focusing on hair flow and faces all close up and personal, with a less massive canvas size. This one is 2000 square pixels down from the typical massive 5000. Due to this smaller size and lower demand of anatomical precision, I got this piece done in less than four hours.

I personally love how the expression and hairflow looks on this one, and i am quite excited to work on more! No, I didn't record the sketch process this time, but next time I will try to do that!

So below is all of that compressed in a 7 minute timelapse, enjoy~!

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Simian Speed Draw #190 ~Sacreliged Beauty

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