Fun Little Idea For Those Who Have Artblock Or Want Something To Draw
Ok so this is gonna sound a bit strange, but hear me out.
What if the concept of cowboys originated from a different country?
Often the term/idea of cowboys is often associated with the U.S.
However, the origins of the cowboy tradition is from the Spanish, starting in 1519 when the Spanish arrived in the Americas. It started in Mexico, where the native cowboys were called “Vaqueros”.
Basically this challenge is to come up with a concept/appearance of “cowboys” if they originated or are associated with a different country.
Here is the design concept for Monster Kid or “MK”.
I added a height chart of Vani & Sans for comparison.
For context:
MK was dusted during the events of NPHRA (based off the wound, most likely by the human).
They were revived by Vani & became her assistant, albeit not a good one.
Vani & MK grew up together & were close friends.
As for why MK is half gray, I’ll let guys figure it out.
I’m currently working on my Hazbin Hotel Character. I have a basic rough draft of her body, but still trying to figure what she should wear.
Like I explained in a previous post, she has Dissociative Identity Disorder, or Multiple Personality Disorder. Now I don’t know how disorders/illnesses from previous/earth lives work in Hazbin Hotel, but I imagine that it would transit to Hell with the sinner, or changes to a more extreme/supernatural version of it that could effect the sinners powers.
This character has 7 alternate personalities, excluding hers, which are physically attached to her by chains. Below are the list personalities with their “personality traits”, what limb they are attached to, and what dog breed they are.
Sex: Female
Dog Breed: Golden Retriever
Characteristics:
Friendly
Gentle
Kind-Hearted
Naive
Proactive
Selfless
Limb Chained: All 7
Sex: Female
Dog Breed: Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Characteristics:
Affectionate
Clingy
Loyal
Masochist
Overthinks
Touch-Starved
Limb Chained: Chest
Sex: Female
Dog Breed: Pomeranian
Characteristics:
Energetic
Ignorant
Outgoing
Quick-Witted
Reckless
Talkative
Limb Chained: Left Ankle
Sex: Female
Dog Breed: Rottweiler
Characteristics:
Aggressive
Anxious
Impulsive
Rude
Temperamental
Violent
Limb Chained: Right Ankle
Sex: Male
Dog Breed: Poddle
Characteristics:
Bossy
Cowardly
Dramatic
Fussy
Pompous
Self-Centered
Limb Chained: Waist
Sex: Male
Dog Breed: German Shepherd
Characteristics:
Aloof
Blunt
Headstrong
Irritable
Protective
Serious
Limb Chained: Right Wrist
Sex: Female
Dog Breed: St. Bernard
Characteristics:
Caring
Comforting
Compassionate
Nurturing
Positive
Supportive
Limb Chained: Left Wrist
Sex: Male
Dog Breed: Border Collie
Characteristics:
Charismatic
Detail-Oriented
Intelligent
Manipulative
Patient
Sadistic
Limb Chained: Neck
I’m still trying to figure out names for these personalities, along with backstories. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions for improvement, please comment.
I have finally finished the general concept of my OC and her Personalities.
I realized towards the end that their clothing looks too “normal”, so there might be some redesigns in the future.
And yes, I still don’t know what to name them yet, so if anyone has any suggestions please comment below.
I’ll start doing wikis for them soon, along with possible scenarios for character interactions.
Here are the detailed versions since I can only post 10 pictures at a time.
Link to 1st Post: https://www.tumblr.com/stargazer4501/768679022666350592/neue-aus-headshot-rough-drafts-pt-1
Here are the first set of headshots (along with a small peek on who’s next):
Here are some up close pictures as well (sorry if they look blurry):
Along with individual pictures (again; sorry if they’re blurry):
This is actually the character that sparked this idea of redesigning my Overlord OCs. I just didn’t like how he looked, mainly his clothing.
Here is the finished redesign of Stragedys, plus the addition of his pet hellsheep: Phema.
While redesigning him, I decided to take some inspiration from Cyclops, specifically Polyphemus from the Odyssey.
I made his hair curly and changed the clothes to look more like the Greek Military uniform during the Balkan Wars since that is when he died.
His sheep is obviously a reference to Polyphemus and how he cared for flocks of sheep.
Here is the rough draft of one of the alternate personalities for my OC. He is a dog demon, specifically a Border Collie.
Walle is the Overlord over the Art industry, specifically painting and scenic art, and is part of the Theatre Overlords lead by The Puppeteer.
Walle grew up in Vienna, Austria during the 1920s and 1930s. He was a rather sickly child, with a very weak immune system and often being neglected by his family.
He almost never left his home or even go outside, meaning he had no friends growing except for the many rodents and bugs that would enter his rooms. His best friend being a stag beetle.
However, he would entertain himself by drawing and painting with material he can find. Even his family dubbed his activities as “wasteful and useless”, he would continue to draw anything and anyone that he saw either from his room or outside his window.
However, during the 1930s, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was placed under the care of the Am Spiegelgrund Clinic in Vienna, Austria. While there, he was bullied and mistreated by the other patients and staff members. To continue his artistic passion, he would use food, clothes, dust, and even his own blood, hair, and nails to create art. However, while being punished by a nurse, Walle lost control and attacked the nurse, which he doesn’t remember much off except that he was holding a knife and the nurse was lying in a pool of her own blood.
Because of this incident, he was locked his room, wearing a straitjacket and shackles around his ankles, preventing him from even walking around his room.
During this time, Austria was under Nazi rule, where a new program was established to “handle” the mentally ill/physically defective children, called Aktion T4. This program lead to over 700 children to be euthanized at the Am Spiegelgrund Clinic.
In December of 1941, Walle was sent to be euthanized by a lethal injection of phenol, and soon became one of the many unfortunate children to fall to this program.
After arriving in Hell, he was greeted by violence of the sinners, and tried to hide to protect himself. However, he was found by The Puppeteer, who saw his potential artistic talent when he was alive. The Puppeteer offered him a deal, they would bring out the artistic talent dormant within him, give him the energy and motivation to create massive masterpieces in just hours (or days depending on the size of project), and offer to protect him from all the dangers within Hell. However, in exchange, his soul is owned by the Puppeteer, having to follow their command when needed. Due to his young age, and being taught that he was of low value, he accepted The Puppeteer’s offer.
Due to being isolated for most of life, he doesn’t really know how to socialize, mainly keeping to himself unless he’s addressed, which then he only responds with one word to short sentences. He does get along with Zelyezda, almost viewing her as a mother. She was the first to greet and comfort him whenever he felt stressed or had a nightmare. After the Puppeteer invited Charlie and the gang to watch one of their performances, he met with Charlie, but barely paid any attention to her. It was Zelyezda who told him about what Charlie is trying to accomplish at the Hazbin Hotel. After learning about the possibility of redemption and going to Heaven, she urges him to go there and try to be redeemed, wanting to both give him a better afterlife and to break free from the Puppeteer’s control.
His name is the combination of the German words: “Wanze” meaning Bug and “Falle” meaning Trap.
He is around 4ft tall (4ft 6in including his horns), making him the shortest of the Theatre Overlords and around the same height as Niffty who’s around 3ft 9in-4ft.
His horns resemble that of a stag beetle, specifically an European Stag Beetle. This is supposed to represent both his “best friend” growing and the saying “small but mighty”
Regarding the colors, I wanted him to similar to a corpse during decomposition, which the body turns pale and slightly green.
His very frail and slim, having a general humanoid figure, with the exception of the horns, lack of nose, and deathly cold skin. The red x on his arm represents where he got the lethal injection, with veins representing the phenol.
Unlike the other Theatre Overlords, he doesn’t have any physical shackles. This is due to him being in the “free trial” of The Puppeteer’s deal. This gives him a false sense of freedom and The Puppeteer feels that shackles aren’t needed to control him, unless he severely misbehaves.
Here is a basic reference without the dress:
So the poll still has 3 days left, but I decided to change 2 out of the 5 characters: specifically the succubus & runaway test experiment.
I felt like they wouldn’t work well in Gravity Falls, plus I couldn’t fit them well with a story idea for these characters.
I replaced the succubus with…..a unicorn! Yes, the same unicorn species from The Last Mabelcorn. I thought their interactions with the other characters would be more comical. They still have the same “abilities” as the unicorns from the show, but I decided to add a few more:
Able to transform into a human, but still has the original color of their mane & eyes.
Can create rainbows (this would evolve into something else later).
Can create unlimited amount of glitter from horn or hands.
Able to “magically” lift small objects with horn, can lift bigger objects/people but takes more energy.
Actually has the ability to see the morality of a soul, but they are unaware of this power.
Next I replaced the experiment with, hear me out…..a dog! Now for a better explanation, this is a scientist in a dog body, this is a result of a failed experiment. The backstory is a bit long, but a simplified version is that they were researching & testing out ways to expand the human life. This obviously failed, but also kinda succeeded. But that’ll be explained later.
I’m also working on their basic information, like what they do, their names, backstory, etc.
I’ll start doing concept art for these characters when the poll is closer to being done.