#afk-fan-art

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silver flare
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hed be such a cocky teen lmao

tight dove
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oh yeah def lmaoo

hazy girder
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A L I C E S T O P

civic knot
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wait what contest

hazy girder
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YOURE GONNA TAKE UP ALL THE PRIZES

silver flare
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OWO

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art contest, go to events channel! @civic knot

civic knot
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Oooo

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Thanks

silver flare
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tbh its kinda hard drawing nem as a kid bc shes already quite petite looking but

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hopefully since i made her hair shorter its more obvious

tight dove
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teen eironn just looks the same

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but that kinda makes sense in a way

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elves dont really age in appearence lol

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ooo

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i can make his horns smaller

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smh big dumb brain

silver skiff
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he looks so soft for some reason

tight dove
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he is soft

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but incredibly cocky

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pros cant exist without cons ya know

silver skiff
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i saw that

tight dove
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uwu dont mind that

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i phrased it weird

silver skiff
tight dove
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🙏

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you done eironn yet?

queen spruce
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is discord having a stroke

tight dove
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he'd def be a deer lol

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foåaekfoakfa

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yes it is cobra

silver skiff
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yeaahh definitely a deer lol

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also i just saw that, my message uploaded twice lmao

tight dove
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also teen vedan is totally incredibly cocky too

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or like, spoiled brat kinda type.

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made this earlier

silver skiff
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i imagine that exactly,,, its literally just him

tight dove
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yeah it is

silver skiff
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also who is that??

tight dove
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who is whom

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oh thats teen vedan

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lol

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here he is holding his lizard

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just a sketch tho

silver skiff
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omg i love his lizard

tight dove
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its one of those black and white argentine tegus.

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i love them

silver skiff
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do you think he would give it a real fancy name or a real dumb one

tight dove
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and he does too

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feapofkapkofa

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i dont know

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something cute probably

silver skiff
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wait i have a big take

tight dove
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go on

silver skiff
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vedan named his lizard that sounds fancy and cute at the same time, but it's meaning is dumb

tight dove
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valid as fuck

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its difficult to say what the name would be

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since i can barely tell his nationality

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like its either french or german to me

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as close as i can get to it

silver skiff
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i guess, lightbearers are obviously european after all

tight dove
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yeah most seem to be based in europe.

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like one could say scandinavian

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but like to me

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nope lol

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thats not where the design inspo comes from

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to me anyway

silver skiff
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YEAH ME NEITHER i dont see any nordic looking stuff everywhere

tight dove
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like maybe belinda, and lucius?

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they're the only ones with those vibes to me.

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but vedan?

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cocky french or german dude lmao

silver flare
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be the change u wanna see in this world

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make some nordic LB ocs

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: D

tight dove
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absolutely alice

silver flare
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vedan definitely seems like a french asshole LOL

queen spruce
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Thoran kinda seems norse-ish

tight dove
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i rather make kurd ocs tho

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kfpoeakfpaokf

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ALICE YES

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glad u agree

silver skiff
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maybe?? but for me i see the classic fantasy priest and paladin; which are obviously based in europe

tight dove
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ah yeah fair point queen

silver flare
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yeab like i said before lb are just vaguely Western classic fantasy/medieval fantasy

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but u could work nordic influences into that feame

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frame*

tight dove
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theres plenty of nordic already honestly lol.

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i rather go with something else than that

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but uwu

silver skiff
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omg i almost forgot, dont the dwarves have a vage nordic influence??

silver flare
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wait what qre we talking abt rn haha

tight dove
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idk

silver flare
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LOL

tight dove
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typical fantasy nationality i guess??

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yeah dwarves are like

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scottish or sthmn

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some are danish or stmn

silver skiff
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yeahh i see

tight dove
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like most medieval is definitely nordic in most games

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very rarely much else

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but this is kinda off topic lol

silver flare
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i bet afk arena implemented dwarves and such from an inspiration pool thats mainly from Tolkien fantasy

silver skiff
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oh yeah speaking about regions, ive finally came up with the ideas on how i'll design the animal heros for my au

tight dove
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owo

silver flare
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which isnt bad since tolkien is the standard for classic fantasy nowadays haha

tight dove
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its bad in the way that everyone does the same concepts

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but uwu yknow

silver flare
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thats not really bad, hes just the basis for creativity

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ie halflings in DND are based off hobbits

tight dove
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its bad when all fantasy looks the same.

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a lot of reasons why people say eironn looks like legolas lol

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even if he looks good

crimson rock
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I just find it shame everyone go after tolkien and forget about what inspired him

silver skiff
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oh man, i have to agree with yall

opaque tide
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War.

silver flare
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i guess we can agree to disageee ;; but ye, when its just copying designs its bad

tight dove
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like you can do so many things with elves.

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literally anything

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but nope.

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they dont do that

silver skiff
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whenever i make up with something fantasy i always give it a twist

tight dove
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its like they feel theres some law to elves

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but there isnt

silver flare
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its just a modern day standard for fantasy, but i think theres alot of nicher elven designs coming out nowadays

crimson rock
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Like giving them holes in their back

tight dove
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oh owo its getting better

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do wish that progress was faster.

silver flare
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ie i like the sylvari in guild wars and the grotesque corpseeating elves in divinity

silver skiff
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like,,, tell me something from a tolken story and i'll mash it up into a fantasy smoothie

tight dove
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oo the sylvari are rly good

opaque tide
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GOD the sylvari ....

tight dove
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imo

opaque tide
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also i love tolkien but i wish more ppl knew abt what inspired him

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WHERE ARE THE FAE.

silver flare
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its just the combo of human + dwarf +elf + orcs or whatever is standard in classic fantasy bc of tolkier, which isnt bad imo. its just the framework to work from. i find that phenomenon super interesting actually haha

tight dove
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i think it turns bad when they just copy that same base and dont add anything else.

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like tolkien was nice

silver flare
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u right

tight dove
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but we would like something else

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yknow?

crimson rock
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A lot of people think fairies are like tinkerbell but it is so much more

tight dove
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eating the same food every day gets nauseous

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if you put it like that

silver flare
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copying it is dumb but taking inspiration from it just seems to be a cool phenomenon from the pop culture monument that was lotr

silver skiff
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oh yeah about fairies, did yall know that they were originally malicious?

opaque tide
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faries are like... fucking vicious

silver flare
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ye

opaque tide
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yeah!!!

tight dove
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i dont like fairies so 🤷

crimson rock
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not all but most were tricksters

silver flare
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again the darker fairy concept is becoming more mainstream now which is cool

crimson rock
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some even dances you to death

opaque tide
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one of my ocs is a fae called Zyxxy and they're terrible

silver skiff
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yeah, i love that

tight dove
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oooh ooh that reminds me

silver flare
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dark fae is actually a really popular concept in YA novels lmao its a bit obnoxious sometimes

tight dove
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queen do you have a ref of servaas?

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i wanted to draw something with him and makai

silver skiff
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aahh shoot no :(

tight dove
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but you have the lineart sketch right?

opaque tide
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scrapes my oc h

tight dove
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i can work with that

silver skiff
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sobs no i dont either i havent been focused on afk ocs lately :(

tight dove
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but you drew him before?

silver skiff
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only in like a chibi form

silent glade
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dont you have the files though

tight dove
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i can work wit hthat

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gimme the chibi

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link it.

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or smthn

silver skiff
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okay hold up

tight dove
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i have a rly good idea ull love it

silver skiff
tight dove
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thanks 🙏

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just gonna draw vedan saying something real funny in french

silver skiff
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np uwu

tight dove
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b4 i start on the other idea

silver skiff
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i lowkey wanna talk about my animal au bc it's been on my mind lately but i dont really know if its interesting

tight dove
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u can talk about it to me

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hmm

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after im done with this vedan tho

silver skiff
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okay dude aaaa

tight dove
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ok

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u can pm me about it

opaque tide
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JBSDJHBVGKJ

tight dove
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do you need help?

dusk smelt
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aesrtdyuigyftdhrshrdtjfy wow okay

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what's happening here

tight dove
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huh?

dusk smelt
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don't mind me I just wasn't expecting this gem

tight dove
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oh you translated what he said?
lmao

dusk smelt
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I mean I'm french

tight dove
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OH

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lmao

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well i hope you enjoyed that

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of vedan cursing

dusk smelt
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sure did

tight dove
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is it accurately translated?
i used google

dusk smelt
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oh yeah dw

tight dove
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alright good

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dont want it to sound weird if translated back

uneven vapor
analog hemlock
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yeah it's good, but the grammar is wrong

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should be: "va te faire enculer, chienne"

uneven vapor
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ok little Fawkes

tight dove
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i didnt put a comma intentionally

uneven vapor
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:)) why so picky?

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oh nvm :))))

analog hemlock
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lul okay

opaque tide
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i lvoe vedan sdgjh

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my limited knowledge of french is all of swear words

silver flare
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i love seeing everyones sketches or entries to the contest ^-^

tight dove
ember harness
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d'awww, shy babs

mild drift
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Sky is green

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Water is orange

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Grass is red

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And im soon to be dead

silent glade
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?

tight dove
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heyo, im trying to draw lyca's fawn but am not sure how to draw the tail, or what colors to use. grateful for any criticism!! ty in advance

📎 unknown.png
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hind leg didnt follow the outline, but i think it looks better this way

idle bluff
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@silver flare awww that is super cute! I love the way you shaded the folds

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hope that helps ^^

silver flare
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@idle bluff aw thank you!!!!! just to check, its about ths estrilda thane drawing right? x )space space space

idle bluff
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yessss

silver flare
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also yes flaired tails are always cute ^^^

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@idle bluff u decide on a sketch yet?

idle bluff
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I love the way you did the sleeve folds on Thane

silver flare
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@idle bluff geez thanks m- -m i always struggled with proper shading (with proper lighting)

idle bluff
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I think the lighting is pretty good, I love the window lighting * ___ *

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are you going to add torch/candle lights to the hanging lamps off the ceiling?

silver flare
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@idle bluff ive been considering it. but since its day, i was thinking maybe not?

idle bluff
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all good, I just thought it might've been super nice to have that little kick of orange light to warm up the scene slightly hehe

tight dove
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omg tysm @idle bluff thats a great reference you found, and i love the idea about the flair!!

idle bluff
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@tight dove I was also struggling to draw Lyca's Fawn... and deciding what colors to use for her

runic wind
idle bluff
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because her lore says she gets her current mount when she's a teen, just before she was chosen to be the leader... so not sure what color to use Orz

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@silver flare I decided to work on this one a little more, but half way through I realized I drew the fawn's head too large -_ -...

tight dove
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waoo

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so good

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and yea i looked up the lore to get some more background. ill have to look up those stars that are mentioned and maybe draw them somehow

silver flare
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@idle bluff im gonna think on it a bit more ; p you are right though!!! also, your drawing is still so adorable, i wouldnt sweat it. i dont see the issue at any rate!!! space

idle bluff
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@tight dove oooh a night scene would be really cool, and having the fawn radiant and glowing... hmmmmmmmmm

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@silver flare thanks Aliceeee, did you do the google hang out thing btw?

silver flare
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@idle bluff havent yet! forgot i was busy today. but id love to do it if youre down later, im working on a second entry for kicks hah

idle bluff
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@silver flare I can't today! NBA finals * __ *

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ohoho

silver flare
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@idle bluff ohohoho i hope things go well for u

tight dove
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woah thats a great idea

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hmm i wonder if im able to do that, i havent drawn in so long

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first digital drawing

idle bluff
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@tight dove I'm gonna borrow Nike's slogan here... and say.. "JUST DO IT!"

thorn fox
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I kinda wanna do Ezizh but how would you make him a child?¿

idle bluff
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@silver flare yeaah I hope the Raptors will defend home court!

tight dove
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haha lets see how it turns out then

thorn fox
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Omg yeah, game tonight!

idle bluff
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Ezizh as a child hmmmmm

tight dove
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Just make ezizh smol

thorn fox
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Probably alter the armour a bit too

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Truuu

silver flare
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now thats a challenge

idle bluff
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who knows

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maybe that Ezizh IS a child

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Ezhiz*

silver flare
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oh my god

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thats so fuckin cute haha

idle bluff
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X"D

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chubs

thorn fox
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I dont know if i should even continue now since ur so creative 😂

idle bluff
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you should continue!

tight dove
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faepkfåakfak

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omgg

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thats adorable

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pretty buff for a baby ezizh tho

ember harness
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musclebab!

silent glade
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ezizh isnt a tree??? downvoted smh 😤

tight dove
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Why do peeps react to drawings by spamming random letters 🤔

queen spruce
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It's called a keysmash and it's supposed to imply a reaction to the extent of slamming your hands on the keyboard. Be it laughter or amazement.

opaque tide
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wip of baby lucius

thorn fox
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Omg cutee

fading swallow
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"I wanna be a healer!"

opaque tide
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JNJSDKFGB i lvoe him

opaque tide
idle bluff
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cuuute!

tight dove
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my lightbearer and wilder dummies

idle bluff
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I like the hair style of the wilder dude!

tight dove
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owo thanks

idle bluff
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a little Belinda sketch during the half time break

tight dove
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'little'

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why are we artists like this lmao

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thats real good tho

thorn fox
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What's the score?? I'm working on the sketch

idle bluff
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58 59!

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raps

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uh oh

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iggy just hit a 3

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rip

thorn fox
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The points go everywhere so hopefully they win

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Oh

radiant stag
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That belinda sketch is lovely wtf

idle bluff
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it's aight though, let's go raps

thorn fox
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YEE YEE

modern terrace
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I think Toronto won YAY

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Not sure didn’t watch it though, cables out

river bronze
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I tried to draw pre gb ferael

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tfw u step 1 foot outside and ur swarmed w women and lords

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He got. No time for any of that shit lmao

silent glade
river bronze
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Lmao exactly

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And a shem uwu

river bronze
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And I just finished a Belinda that I'll probably digitize

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I like drawing. Flowy ladies

graceful pendant
river bronze
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Valid

silver flare
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everyones art is so lovely ^-^

radiant stag
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God that vurk is so damn cute. i want him as a pet lol

river bronze
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Started drawing and now I cabt stop

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So rooftop silvana ig

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Fuck its silvina

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I've been spelling her name wrong this whole ass time smh

river bronze
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And a lyca uwu

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Lol I have 2 modes
No art
All of the art

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Today was a productive day for once

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I want to digitize these but actually using my brain for once gave me a massive migraine lmao

honest hare
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Well then

plucky cape
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@river bronze can you dm me i have a proposal for you

radiant stag
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seeing all the art in this channel makes me orgasm cause its sooo good

gusty robin
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@river bronze those are amazing!

surreal raven
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@river bronze do you have any social media where you post your art that i can follow you on?? i love your work! uwu

radiant stag
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damn i should get a social media so i can follow @river bronze

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and all the other artist in this channel

true echo
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i wanna follow all the artists here too hahah

radiant stag
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too bad im socially akward xDD

river bronze
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Lol I should also get a social media

gusty robin
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^

void birch
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Niice

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Get insta

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Alot of artists have insta pages

tight dove
gusty robin
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Ye

fallow canopy
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i got bored and doodled tavern girl

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she'll get her arms once she gives me Tasi

void birch
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Dab arms intensifies

gusty robin
tiny matrix
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I mean, for real though
You just draw heroes childhood for fun rather for gems, right?

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And yes is it good

gusty robin
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Well, it's more for experience

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Cause drawing children isn't really my thing lmao, but i get to do something new

fallow canopy
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i dont like children

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they are demons in disguise

gusty robin
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EXACTLY

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SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS

tight dove
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I dont see why u cant do both 🤷

queen spruce
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Children are small humans exploring the world and performing trial and error in a life-developing fashion. They're loud and boisterous and need to be helped along. Some people can't deal w/ that. I'm one of them. But calling them demons is,,, a little much. They're still little people.

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Oof I wish I had the confidence to draw some kids tho

fading swallow
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Consider

queen spruce
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I would love to see young Niru playing operation or smthn LOL

fading swallow
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Baby Tree Ezizh is literally a demon

queen spruce
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surprisedpikachu.jpg

fading swallow
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I might also doodle baby tree Ezizh

urban torrent
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Can I have a baby Shemira being diaper changed by Thoran and farting on his face?

fallow canopy
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you must be fun at parties

tight dove
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this reads like a fetish request for some reason

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hgfhf

fallow canopy
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same tbh

urban torrent
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You know its winning material over there. U just Jealous

fading swallow
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It's probably fetish

fallow canopy
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yep, its fetish

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wait are we shaming him?

queen spruce
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Fetish or troll, make your votes now, folx

fallow canopy
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the fate of the world rests in your hands

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whut

full grail
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Omg

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Definitely a fetish request there

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@idle bluff Art Jesus, you were very busy over the weekend :0

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I don't know where you find the time lol

pallid wasp
fading swallow
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Stippling

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You are a braver artist than I

gusty robin
meager tapir
silver flare
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im doing this contest for both gems and bc i had a lot of childhood centered ideas stocked up already :, D

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@meager tapir @gusty robin its looking good yall!!!!! space space

gusty robin
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Thanks!! space space @silver flare

spare phoenix
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those images are so so beautiful yall!!!! i adore the little brutus and the isabella/silvina @gusty robin !!! also the wings on your tasi are so so beautiful!! love the scenery interaction as well @meager tapir

azure wraith
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so i heard they changed how Arkadios looks

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oh snap these are all really good y'all

gusty robin
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@azure wraith oh hi, another your mom

azure wraith
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hello fellow mom

bleak sail
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He’s jacked I love it

azure wraith
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please lilith... I just want Arkadios lore that's all

gusty robin
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@spare phoenix thank you!! 💙💙 i am literally so proud of how i managed to draw brutus lmao and as a first try as well, i can't even believe it haha

azure wraith
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oh SNAP i didn't even realise that was baby Brutus :0

gusty robin
tight dove
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the hecc

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My team is the 3 wilder heroes with Saveas and Lucius, but I see Brutus and Shemira are the strongest heroes, which faction should I put my scrolls in?

bleak sail
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He big

gusty robin
tight dove
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woops

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lol

bleak sail
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Is it acceptable to share doodles or :d

tight dove
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any art related to afk is fine here

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so yes

bleak sail
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Nice nice

tight dove
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just dumping these idiots here again.

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i got the google docs for them if ya want, can link them in lore-discussion.

bleak sail
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Cute!

gusty robin
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Daamn he looks hot

bleak sail
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Ayyyy

silver flare
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ayyyyy our op boy he looks good!!!!!!!!!!

spare phoenix
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that profile view is fantastic!!

bleak sail
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Thanks!! All that time drawing furries paying off lmaoooo

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I was thinking possibly sketching my other homeboy Brutus since I got stupid lucky and pulled him day 1 hahahaha

gusty robin
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YESSS

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Do it

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I love Brutus

bleak sail
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Same, he’s a bro

spare phoenix
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I'm thinking of drawing a lot if AFK arena today, I was planning to start with Shemira, but also planning on drawing Estrilda or Fawkes and Raine for the childrens day contest!! : D

gusty robin
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It's good that we can submit as many drawings as we want

bleak sail
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Is there a contest going on?

gusty robin
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Yes

bleak sail
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Just saw it, neat!

silver flare
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im really excited to see everyones entry!

bleak sail
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Because I can here’s a Brutus to match my other homeboy :d I should actually do work now but lolololol

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gusty robin
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AAAAA

silver flare
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im hoping jakub gets back to me soon abt postin gon insta though...i would prefer not to use insta haha

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AWWWW you are so good at drawing animals dam

vast forge
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Post-it note drawings are my aesthetic

silver flare
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i love non traditional medias

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i like to use dotted paper

bleak sail
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Graph paper is also a blast to draw on

silver flare
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YE i agree

bleak sail
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Post it notes have great texture with my micron

silver flare
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i like it for a similar reason to dotted paper

vast forge
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I like drawing in notebooks

bleak sail
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Yeah! It’s really fun haha

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I either draw on my tablet or in wholly inappropriate spaces so there are no in between a

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*in between

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Okay no plurals then

river bronze
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I see brutus now I have to go draw khasos again

bleak sail
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Do it

river bronze
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I did it

tight dove
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!!! niceee

bleak sail
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I love it! He looks contemplative

quiet frost
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Cute!!!

river bronze
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Ty uwu

brave river
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I had so much fun drawing her!

bleak sail
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I love her smirk

silver flare
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@idle bluff heyo!!! i saw your nara got posted on ig, thats awesome : D congrats, its such a lovely sketch. i love how you shade faces

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@brave river so cute :D

spare phoenix
pale forum
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I HAVE RETURNED BITCHES

river bronze
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Hewwo?

pale forum
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Hewwo

river bronze
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owo

pale forum
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OWO

rain nymph
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UwU

tight dove
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blood!!!

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welcome back!!

pale forum
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Hey hon!!

spare phoenix
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hewwo? ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

pale forum
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Hey.:33

idle bluff
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@full grail lol it's because I have no life Orz
@silver flare * __* thank youuuu, it's an honor to be featured

full grail
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Yooooo guys

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The show I worked on is finally coming out!

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Wait... Sht thought this was off-topic

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It's... Art-based though?

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Anyways plz check it out :'D

elfin garnet
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An tips on how to draw feet?

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I'm doing a digital art of Lyca

queen spruce
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Beans. Gimme a sec to sketch and I'll show you what I mean but feet are beans.

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Beans and triangles

elfin garnet
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Thanks!!belinda

queen spruce
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Np!

somber agate
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Nara feels like a missed opportunity design wise. Every single female hero in this game is skinny. She's a strength character with a giant axe, she should at least have like some muscles.

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she is one of 2 female strength based characters in the entire game, and the other one is only a strength based hero because she is on a horse

tight dove
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thats fair

queen spruce
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@ Lilith give us buff ladies

dusk smelt
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Yes please

idle bluff
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I wish Warwick was a lady

spare phoenix
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strong girls give me life wOW

reef nacelle
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I want Hogan but a mama

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Give me strong mama in armor Lilith.....I crave it

idle bluff
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Warek*

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I think unfortunately, China has not caught up to that asthetic

tight dove
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make raine buff @ lilith please

idle bluff
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of the West yet

somber agate
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also I just realized nara is shorter then isabella who is like a child

reef nacelle
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Isn't Nara also a child

somber agate
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maybe I haven't read her lore yet lmao

reef nacelle
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She was the leader of a gang of children

silver skiff
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shouldn't estrilda be buff since she's kinda gone though so much training and stuff?

reef nacelle
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Tbf Thane is also a fucking stick

somber agate
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her arms are noodles

reef nacelle
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Why are the castellans so tiny?

dusk smelt
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buff raine buff raine buff r

somber agate
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the men get varied body types. The women get the occasional "my lower half is an animal", but other then that are all the same

silver flare
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tbh of many chinese games afk arena has been the most diverse ive seen so far

dusk smelt
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yeah

silver flare
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we do need more female body types tho

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but at least no everyone is pale haha

silver skiff
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we need poc characters as well tbh

silver flare
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and the tan ones arent gross stereotypes

dusk smelt
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huge agree on all of these

tight dove
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yeah thankfully lol

silver skiff
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we need graveborn that aren't just lightbearerss

silver flare
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yeee tho theres not really a concept of human race in this world, but ankhira and safiya and kaz are dubiously poc...?

tight dove
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yeah they're based on poc

somber agate
tight dove
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got features associated with it.

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meanwhile lots of the lb are european

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or so

silver flare
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@full grail also OMG congrats felisssss it looks so aweseom!!!!!space space space

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ye i would love more diverse lb. even tho its influences are heavily european, fantasy gives room for historical inaccuracy at times, so id love to see afk dabble in that experimentation

tight dove
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fantasy gives room for everything and anything.

silver flare
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yep

somber agate
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poc existed in medieval europe

silver skiff
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omg trueee

queen spruce
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They did

silver flare
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yes, but i just mean medieval europe was mainly european caucasian.

queen spruce
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Give me middle eastern Lightbearers

tight dove
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oof mood cobra

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thats why i made my own lmao

silver flare
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especially in western europe which lb is based off of.

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ooo that would be so cool

spare phoenix
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yea and like...my only issue with the poc in the game is that the poc are all the more "animal" characters or the aggressive ones (lyca and nemora excluding)

tight dove
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yeah thats fair vento.

queen spruce
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Same

silver flare
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tbh what i kind of find funny is there arent any east asian coded characters yet pls gimme

dusk smelt
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yeah same

silver flare
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O mood

silver skiff
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i can see that

tight dove
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i think isabella and silvina can be read as asian?

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but idk

somber agate
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there was even a black skinned knight in arthurian legend and a biracial one (although the author didn't know how being biracial worked so he thought the biracial guy was covered in black and white spots like a dalmatian)

silver flare
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hmmm

tight dove
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i think tis the aesthethic.

silver flare
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i dont really

spare phoenix
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very happy to actually see a game give poc and have beautiful designs and its very progressive however yea... its a very hurtful stereotype to have all your poc be the aggressive beast types..

silver skiff
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but alice i dont know if asian based characters are kinda needed for this universe

silver flare
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they still seem gothic/lightbearer-y

full grail
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Should just hack the game sprites and add some color multiply layers to the sprite rigs lol

silver flare
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i totally get u vent

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:^(

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fantasy can offer room for all

queen spruce
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Yeah it's also a very serious problem in media, giving POC animal traits and such

full grail
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I'm sure people have gotten into the API before for other reasons lol

queen spruce
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Like can the just. Be. People.

spare phoenix
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i could see how like isabella and silvina could be asian coded for sure

tight dove
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its mainly bc of the fashion being associated with asian culture, vento

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from how i see it

spare phoenix
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that's exactly what i was seeing

silver flare
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i dont think its close enough.....especially silv for me. isabella maybe bc of gothic lolita streetwear and the hime hair, but...

queen spruce
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I associate the name Isabella as a latine name but that's me ig

silver flare
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yeah isabella isnt

tight dove
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oh the names are a different story

silver flare
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asian

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ha

full grail
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Uhhhh

silver flare
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asian name i mean

tight dove
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im just going design wise

full grail
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Since when we're graveborn dressed Asian?

spare phoenix
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i agree vl, isabellas dress is sort of like 1920's turn of the century shanghai fashion and the hair styles of both girls match

silver flare
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theyre talking about japanese streetwear mostly

spare phoenix
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not all, just the certain vibe or style of sisters

queen spruce
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Lolita style afaik was popularized in asia. Not all GB, just the sisters

silver flare
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which is why im ehh about the idea that theyre asian coded

queen spruce
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They're at least ambiguous

full grail
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Isabella literally wears a crinoline under her dress

silver flare
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lolita is a branch of victorian fashion so...

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well, modern take

spare phoenix
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oh yea- its not fair to the consumers to have to have race bait in the game but i also understand for asian players they would love to identify with some characters that could be asian as well

queen spruce
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Yes, exactly, thus why I said popularized by

full grail
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And Silvina wears a corset with armored tassets

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Also SUPER European

silver flare
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ye silvina i especially dont see

spare phoenix
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again nothing in this game is entirely like our own world and i see no issue with people interpreting the sisters as latin, european, or asian.

silver flare
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but ppl said that earlier i think

full grail
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Ferael IS undead Robin hood

silver flare
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ye i mean representation ismt that important to me

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from a mobile game

spare phoenix
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if people want to take their faves and see what they want, thats fine

silver flare
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it just would be nice ^-^

queen spruce
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Yeah it's a fantasy world so like the took inspo from everywhere

full grail
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And Gresghoul has a classic 13 century armor setup

silver flare
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and it would look cool

spare phoenix
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yea thats fair alice, but it is important for some! i think if it's something you enjoy go for it and if its not something you like then thats fine too

silver flare
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i was hoping nara was going to be japanese coded based on her name, but i wasnt sure since nara isnt only a japanese name

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true!!

full grail
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The maulers are obviously an Egyptian inspired group

spare phoenix
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i think a fair contender for poc lb could be raine? she looks light skinned and also has seemingly loc'd hair?

silver flare
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i think im just rather easygoing so ill focus on other medias i enjoy that offer asian rep bc theres alot

queen spruce
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But there should be more POC LBers because yeah Europe was mostly white in those times but POC still existed

silver flare
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like, a l o t LOL

tight dove
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i always assumed raine was poc.

queen spruce
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Raine def reads as a person of color

spare phoenix
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thats so great alice, im glad you enjoy yourseld and can like ease through the game. !! :' )

full grail
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@silver flare get a lightbearer like that sassy black dude from Castlevania

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Castlevania*

spare phoenix
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im glad she's there, its a good step forward for lb team!

full grail
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@queen spruce does musket dwarf count? He's kinda dark skin?

tight dove
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oh morvus exists

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dont see why he wouldnt

queen spruce
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I could see that

spare phoenix
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tbh i dont really love nara? her design is okay and i like the fanart of her but her backstory and her...like the atmosphere she has isnt something i like. however her animations are seriously cool and i love the synergy of her attacks

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oh yea!!!! morvus omg

queen spruce
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She's super evil in personality I like her as a villian, not a person

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ALSO

tight dove
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hey guys baden

queen spruce
silver flare
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@spare phoenix yee hehe : D i just hope afk arena offers more poc in general. whoever said that there doesnt seem much room for asian cultural influence is pretty right tbh based on the influences that already are prevalent in the factions, (european/classic fantasy/cultures from arid regions/dead european) so i wont bet on it.

tight dove
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hm

silver flare
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ah youre right hah the convo derailed a bit

somber agate
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so there are a total of 50 heroes in the game. 23 of them are plants/graveborn/covered in fur/a weird metal demon, so while they are sometimes definitely coded as being one race or another, they don't really seem like they could be seen as representatives of any race. So looking at the remaining 27 heroes, 11 of them are poc. which works out to about 40%, which isn't that bad, and excluding graveborn, every faction has similar numbers of poc in it. btw out of the total hero population

22% are poc
32% are white/pale
46% are furry/graveborn/other

Just thought I'd go over the numbers

silver flare
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i wish my race was furry

tight dove
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11 are poc?

silver flare
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ajdbsjdjsj jkjk

tight dove
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am i forgetting a lot of characters

silver flare
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i guess furries in this case are animal headed ones

somber agate
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the animal heads seem to be implied to be covered entirely in fur

tight dove
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oh im guessing the maulers are included

spare phoenix
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also- thinking of the mauler team im really glad they didnt make safiya a cat girl like kaz in her design and made her feel more mauler esque with the more animalistic body. especially because like ankhira doesn't really read as "furry" or "animal" in her design but more like... mostly a person so i think its fair they kept safiya more animalesque

somber agate
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that is just my interpretation of the art tho

tight dove
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🤷

silver flare
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i just wish theyd go even More furry with the mauler girls haha

spare phoenix
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@somber agate thats still really cool though thanks for the breakdown!!!!

dusk smelt
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same!!

spare phoenix
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I totally agree alice!!!!

silver flare
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bc nemora and safiya are both -taur furries

silver skiff
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i would kill for a buff furry girl

somber agate
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same with Golus who is the standard centaur

dusk smelt
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i really want a good female mauler that's like, less human?

silver flare
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but i guess its not uwu cute enough >:( and all girls have to be uwu cute xd

spare phoenix
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though i think sphinx makes sense for safiyas design, but they couldve made more like golus in the ruggedness

silver flare
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an actual sphinx qould have been rather cool too

spare phoenix
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give me like arakidos but a lady and a strength class and make her buff so i can wife her

silver flare
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yes

somber agate
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they could have gone ful sphinc and not included her human torso

dusk smelt
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^

queen spruce
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I wish it had been full sphinx

somber agate
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but then they wouldn't be able to give her tits

dusk smelt
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actual sphynx or harpy would b cool

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oh but some sphynx depictions do have tits

silver skiff
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oh man, normal sphinxes are kinda weird and sorta unsettling to the audience though

queen spruce
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I mean I've seen traditional sphinxes with boobs tho.

tight dove
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OH HARPY

somber agate
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most people think of the sphynx as the big stone cat with a human head in egypt

tight dove
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i beg for harpy.

somber agate
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we do not need a harpy character

tight dove
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i love them-

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why not

dusk smelt
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harpy or siren would be so good (by siren i mean bird ladies not mermaids)

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oh why not

full grail
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@dusk smelt that Wilder dude is a mer dudne

dusk smelt
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I know?

full grail
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Oh I misread that lol

silver skiff
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seirus isn't really a true merperson though

full grail
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Sry

dusk smelt
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oh lol its ok

somber agate
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ankhira - the deceptive beauty
safiya - master manipulator who also wears skimpy outfits
harpy character - probably the third "sexy but dangerous" female character in maulers in a row

full grail
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@somber agate yes plz

tight dove
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make the harpy buff

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and rough

dusk smelt
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i can and will make an afk oc thats a harpy but . not 'sexy'

silver skiff
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ahh yeah i see

tight dove
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i like both

dusk smelt
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monster girls where yall at

tight dove
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but i get what u mean

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cyan

silver flare
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oof i feel like female maulers have sort of been shoehorned into femme fatale sorta trope

queen spruce
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I hate the trecherous lady of color trope

dusk smelt
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yeahhh same

somber agate
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you want to make a bird buff. Those two things are like inherent contradictions

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I could see like

tight dove
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lion furries dont exist either.

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but brutus is still here

silver skiff
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there's already buff birds already

full grail
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Can we get Raine, but as a werewolf?

somber agate
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a female maulers character who is a half dragon

dusk smelt
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nah

somber agate
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that could do buff

full grail
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Like her ult is literally a werewolf

dusk smelt
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please no

silver skiff
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anyways if i wanted to make a hrpy character different i would make her skinny/gender ambiguous

silver flare
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ye trecherous lady trope is misogynist af and, in the branch of dragon ladies, racist

dusk smelt
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let's stop making poc animals

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yea

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oh boy do I want a nb hero

tight dove
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fkawåfkaå rat ur a mood

queen spruce
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Yeah let's have a righteous black lady knight

full grail
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According to this channel, all heroes are nb

tight dove
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oh they are

dusk smelt
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trans rights

tight dove
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just not canonly.

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:((

silver skiff
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also they're all gay because i said so

somber agate
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I think you could do a dragon lady without making her a racist stereotype. Base it off the noble dragons from like eragon and D&D

dusk smelt
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yes

silver flare
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tbh i want all celestials and hypogeans to be nb

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ah i mean the dragon lady trope, which is basically dangerous asian women

tight dove
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just putting it here again

queen spruce
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YEET

somber agate
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oic

silver flare
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like genuinely i feel celestials and hypos are above gender and the mortal coil hahaha

queen spruce
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I love that edit sm

spare phoenix
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NIRU AND SHEMIRA SAID TRANS RIGHTS BABEY

dusk smelt
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I want an actual angel celestial. like the eight wings, spinning wheels and eyes everywhere saying 'do not be afraid'

queen spruce
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YES

full grail
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Me @ a Hypogean:. What's in your pants?
Hypogean: smoke

tight dove
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fkåakfåakfa

silver flare
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yes

queen spruce
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'are you a boy or a girl?'
I'm a demon
'no I mean what's between your legs'
...smoke

tight dove
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fjaofaj

full grail
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Me @ a Celestial: what's under your skirt?
Celestial: knives

queen spruce
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WJDKAKFNW

spare phoenix
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Yea like @dusk smelt i really love you pride raine dp i love the idea of lesbian raine, bi mirael, and gay fawkes just absolutely tearing it up together

silver flare
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but yeah dragon lady trope is just personafying the oriental yellow peril into an asian female character who wishes to bring the downfall of the white man

spare phoenix
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JDZHAVSNDJBSS

dusk smelt
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OH FUCK YEAH THANK YOU @spare phoenix

spare phoenix
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cops; @ pride
athalia; THE WAR HAS BEGUN

tight dove
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not bi but

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i made this

dusk smelt
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the bounty hunters said gay rights

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👀

spare phoenix
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@tight dove UM IM IN LOVE WITH HER YOUR EDIT IS AMAZING

tight dove
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uwuwuwuw thanksss

dusk smelt
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i love your edits so much

tight dove
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koaekåfakfa

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its pride i should make more

dusk smelt
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ive said it before and ill say it again

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DO IT

tight dove
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🙏

silver skiff
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please

dusk smelt
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pride month pride month pride month

silver skiff
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i dont have any headcanons but please

tight dove
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anything yall want to see tho?

full grail
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@tight dove I've never noticed how much thigh is in her portrait drawing until just now

queen spruce
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In my head Niru and Shemira are both bi af and Niru is AT LEAST non-binary, he wears a skirt

dusk smelt
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sapphics

full grail
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Now I'm gaying at work

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Excellent

dusk smelt
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good

queen spruce
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The best time to gay

spare phoenix
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!! idk if it really belongs in this channel but !! idk why i really just love the idea of trans lucius!! just my take, it makes me happy

dusk smelt
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:D

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aw yess

queen spruce
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All trans headcanons are Valid

dusk smelt
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everyone in afk is trans

silver flare
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all headcanons are valid i want everyone to enjoy and feel comfortable in their interpretations of the charavcters ^-^

tight dove
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also i make ship edits

somber agate
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honestly as a trans person I don't really like it when people slap trans onto random characters

spare phoenix
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i really really want to emphasize that im so glad this channel gets it im so happy with pride talk im so happy wOW you guys are the best

tight dove
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if any of u want those

dusk smelt
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mmmh I see what you mean cyan

somber agate
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it is more excusable here where like the average character has a grand total of 3 paragraphs of personality

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bc it is so empty you have wiggle room

dusk smelt
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yea

tight dove
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but headcanons don't need actual canon to exist.

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so canon is irrelevant.

silver flare
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i think with headcanons irs a "as long as they dont force if on me/its not toxic/doesnt change their personalify or who they are let ppl hc what they want" bc in the end hc are a way for ppl to find personal representation and relatable ideals in characters important to thsm

somber agate
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but a trans person isn't a person who you slap a label that says 'trans' on

spare phoenix
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!!! yo @somber agate i totally understand that i think it seems almost ... idk like something you toss around bc why not but at least for me i don't remember initially what it was but something about lucius struck it to me and i was more just doing it for fun and to make my ownself happy but if in anyway that struck you as insensitive or i did anything in that way i want you to know i apologize for that

tight dove
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obviously not?

dusk smelt
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@ alice tbh I agree unless its erasing another minority

silver flare
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ye thats what i mean by toxic

dusk smelt
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oh yea

silver flare
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erasing important aspects of their characters, like if race was made explicit

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no races are explicit in afk arena so its free real estate

dusk smelt
silver flare
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anyways we should take this to #afk-lore see yall there lovelies

tight dove
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''hey you cant hc them as gay''

spare phoenix
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yea, i think thats really really important to mention alice. i think maybe head canon erasure of other facts isnt always thought of but its super important!

tight dove
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''do not worry for i have a permit''

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''i can do whateveri want''

fading swallow
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I mean

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People can imagine the fictional characters to be whatever they want.

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So long as it's not egregious, offensive or trying to say "YOU NEED TO BELIEVE THIS TOO"

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Headcanons are harmless

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Catch me chilling with Ace Grez

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Married to his Work

pale forum
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What's happening?

fading swallow
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Me thinking it's not offensive or bad to HC someone trans

full grail
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@pale forum discussion on HC trans characters

pale forum
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Oh.

fading swallow
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I label myself trans because it's a lot easier than explaining my legitimate biological issues

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Lol

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It's no one else's business what you like if it hurts no one else

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(Tm)

full grail
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I'm just staring at Mirael gayly in the corner

fading swallow
pale forum
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Lmao.xDD

full grail
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Also, might stream some art on Picarto later tonight

fading swallow
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Yeet

full grail
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Would anyone wanna watch/hangout?

fading swallow
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It's already 2230 here

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And I had a needle in my spine today

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I'm mega dead

full grail
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I also JUST figured out how to share a movie streaming in the same window as Photoshop on Picarto

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Which blew my mind

pale forum
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@fading swallow Wait, where are you from?:0

full grail
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But if AFK art/smut is boring I can just put on a movie for you guys :'D

pale forum
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Xdd

fading swallow
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@pale forum Germanyeet

pale forum
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Ohhh.

fading swallow
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Language tags OP

full grail
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@fading swallow you alright?

fading swallow
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Hahahahahahahahah

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No

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Thanks for the concern

full grail
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Block or tap?

fading swallow
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Neither, epidural

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Impacted discs and a missing one

full grail
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Owwwwwwwww

fading swallow
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Plus a tailbone with chips out

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Yeee

full grail
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Oooooooo... Lumbar trauma is the worst

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Sorry to hear that

fading swallow
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Save me

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Lol

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At least this art contest is a month

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So I have time to be able to like.

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Roll 90°

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To draw

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LOL

full grail
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Omg so dedicated

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@fading swallow still, that's shitty. My condolenceses

dusk smelt
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Im late but if anyones streaming art Ill join!

full grail
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Later perhaps

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If I streamed at right now

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Warner Bros will come and sue my pants off

dusk smelt
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o

full grail
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Given that's where Chris Aveno worked, it's not an impossibility

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X'D

silver flare
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google hangout? owo

thorn fox
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So this popped up in my feed and I was like OMG @idle bluff

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I dunno why it sent twice, but twice the beauty

spare phoenix
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thinking about drawing shemira? anyone want any of their faves drawn? just doing a simple digital art anatomy test and having fun with it

tight dove
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uhuhuhuh

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vedan??

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if you can

dusk smelt
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oooh nice

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Id die for some raine art if you feel like it

thorn fox
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I like Lyca and Ezizh

spare phoenix
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😔 👊 got it

queen spruce
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Niru,,,

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If I'm not late,,

tight dove
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<kåeaskfåakfakf

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JESTERR

dusk smelt
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oooo

queen spruce
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Hal is a sweetheart who used to be the court jester to Thoran. Since the king's death Hal hasn't been the same but a certain Paladin meets them in the barracks and one tavern trip later they're tripping into the grass with each other.

tight dove
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thats great

dusk smelt
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nice

tight dove
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ender and aayan get together after almost killing eachother.

queen spruce
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Nice

tight dove
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yeah

dusk smelt
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kismesis

queen spruce
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Gkjdyod

tight dove
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a lot of my romances seem to start that way

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for some reason

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huhokeafkapokf

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HRPAKFPAKFA

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i got ito klmao

silver skiff
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here's cat thane that discord wouldnt let me send for some reason

dusk smelt
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oooh nnice!

queen spruce
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??? Weird? There's not even any fleshtone lmao?

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Usually that's what gets the filter

tight dove
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oh

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i think it might

queen spruce
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Anyways it looks great!!!

tight dove
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be the leg under the

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crotch

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maybe

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anywayn

dusk smelt
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fghdgfqerhtyj

tight dove
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ogofokefapkd aqueeen

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good kitty queen

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i love him

silver skiff
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what???????????/ that's just another leg lmao

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its like that because perspective

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also ty for everyone that complemented my drawing :)

queen spruce
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💕💕💕

tight dove
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ok i know thane is like. an exemplary swordsman and shit but. little thane dubious feeling about the sword and his future

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🙏

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drawing thane's stupid sword took like 10 years off my life

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bb why can't u be the legendary knife man or smth

twilit breach
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Lol

radiant stag
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i love the blue tone of the image, really sells that melancholy feel

silver flare
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would anyone like to google hangout and work on the contest entry? if not ill just start my summer homework ^-^

radiant stag
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yikes summer homework good luck on that alice

tight dove
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why would you get homework

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in summer

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im so sorry alice

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f

radiant stag
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schools really be like that sometimes, dropping a fat load in your fun

dusk smelt
tight dove
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BABY BOY

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thank u so muchchc

dusk smelt
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Sorry abt the terrible photo quality its a bit late

queen spruce
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MY BOY

dusk smelt
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Np!!! :D

tight dove
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oof no its fine

queen spruce
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saves to phone thru happy tears

dusk smelt
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Afzhshxvsb

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U have no idea how happy that made me jsbxbbs

tiny matrix
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Wasn’t there a pic of lyca x kaz?

dusk smelt
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I think so yeah

queen spruce
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I love how you drew his ears,,,

dusk smelt
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Adsgxhhsbx thanks!!!!! ;;

tight dove
tiny matrix
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So who made that pic? Just gonna search it in here.

tight dove
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i made it.

tiny matrix
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Oh its you

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Damn, good shit.

tight dove
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uwu thanks.

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you can request anything if you want something similar to that.

tiny matrix
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Well, thanks for the offer but i don’t like taxing others for something really simple like this one though

tight dove
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Taxing others?

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if you dont want one thats fine

silver flare
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thank you guys for leaving me to summer homework hell instead of helping me procrastinate arkanani

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jkjk

tight dove
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but dw if you ever want a request from me.

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i enjoy making these.

tiny matrix
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Defintely

dusk smelt
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I cant draw furries anymore,,,,

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2 years ago me would be so disappointed rn

queen spruce
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It looks good wym?

dusk smelt
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Haha thamk

runic wind
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o3o i love his expression~ ❤ ears look soft and cute too!

dusk smelt
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aqsdfghj thanks!!

tiny matrix
spare phoenix
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sorry he's so late lol but here's the vedan anatomy test rq for @tight dove

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doing raine next!

tight dove
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fae¨fka¨fkakfa

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i love him

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thank u smfmfm

spare phoenix
tight dove
dusk smelt
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omg he looks so good!!!!!

tribal aurora
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Looks like a yaoi caracter tasi

tight dove
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he'd fit well in a japanese bl.

silver skiff
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he is a yaoi character

tight dove
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opåfkakfPFKAPKEFPAKFA

tribal aurora
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Shusuahsuahsuahs

spare phoenix
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i did what lilith was afraid to do and made raine buff, as she rightfully deserves to be

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also partially a rq for @dusk smelt !!

tight dove
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waek¨f¨pakfäkfka

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great!!!

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lvoe.

dusk smelt
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AAAADAXVHDBXJSBXJSBBXBSHX

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I have died

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Cause: gay

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MY LIFE

tight dove
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🙏

dusk smelt
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Azgahxbjebxj I am dying

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Buff raine rights!!!!!!!!!!!!

inland fiber
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This is really good!

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Buff raine is good raine

spare phoenix
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!!!! thank u guys i'm so glad you like her !!!! and vedan from earlier as well!!!

inland fiber
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You're really good!

spare phoenix
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i'm doing shemira now, then niru, then lyca !!!

dusk smelt
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Nice!!

inland fiber
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Lowkey hyped