Lycoris Draws - Blog Posts

an overcast morning

thoughts below the cut vvvvvvv

ngl I just took my glasses off and kinda went wild with it lol

I think the biggest challenge was the background, fully blurry it just looked out of place, but when I tried adding raindrops they turned out to be too much

I like how this turned out and it was quite a lot of fun to make :D (probably not gonna use this technique often tho)

also if you want bonus experience, here's the track I was listening to while making it :3

a rare ZombieCleo appearance

spoilers for Finale - Part 2 of When The Dawn Breaks made by @cedar-scented-soap

(if you haven't read it I highly recommend you go do that :3)

so, I was reading it and had a vision, a meme that I could make. but then I realized that I'd need visual design concepts for the Big Three, so I decided to have a go at it myself >:3

starting with One!

now, you may notice that I've yet again forgotten to give a character from wtdb their wings. and I've actually noticed it back when I was doing lineart, but couldn't fit it in nicely, so just imagine they're there. I'll probably make the wing designs into another post, but we'll see

and ngl, I started writing out my thoughts on design choices, but I have too many of those for this post, so I shall hold myself back :,) (if even just ONE (1) person asks me about those I'm writing a whole damn essay)

winner pearl design

closeups and explanations under the cut vvvvvvv

FINALLY managed to make a design I actually like, it took me months I think ;-;

anyway here's my insight:

mostly what's been bugging me about my designs is how the cape would make it less interesting, but there have been other on-spot changes too for example, the hairstyle. idk if anyone noticed, but the hairstyle I give to her depends on the context (so if it's siitw it's short and fluffy and if it's just hc it tends to be long and straight, but honestly it depends on the season lol). and here I was debating on what hairstyle to give her when I went "wait, why not AURORA's hairstyle since running with the wolves is the song I associate with her the most", but I made it wavy from other miscellaneous changes, she now has stars on the ends of shoelaces cuz I thought it'd be cool and moon hairpins for the same reason

this one will actually be relevant even beyond this post cuz I've had the winners have necklaces with their symbols for a while now, but I think I never actually posted anything that would actually show that ajhjdsjgsafkg

and last but not least, a headcannon I came up with pretty much on the spot: under certain circumstances (don't ask what those are) "freckles" that depict the stars in the sky show up and along with her left eye glow purple (normally for a winner both eyes would glow, but since the win was "given" to her it's only one (hopefully I'll make Scott's design soon, but if I don't - for him only his right eye glows))

was reading chapter 37 of When The Dawn Breaks made by @cedar-scented-soap (specifically Scar's part) when this came to my mind and refused to leave

ignore the fact that I clearly don't know what Scar and Fuzzy are supposed to look like (and that I clearly forgor to give Scar vex wings)

oh jee, sure hope there aren't more previously unseen critters here-

(read that with the sound of metal pipe falling)

first, no ink drop version:

now for the thoughts

just like with Lux, I was initially working on something else with him, but at some point decided to draw inklings instead

I am gonna post the other stuff at some point tho

hopefully

a new creature has appeared!!!!

still minecraft tho :P

version without ink dripping under the cut vvvvvvv

but first, my thoughts on Rat's video:

*clears throat* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

anyway, about the actual piece

tbh I don't know much of her lore due to the fact that I've mostly watched csmp through Rat's videos, so I didn't know what creature to make her (most I've got is like, the wet cat allegations and moth association due to the moth lantern thingy from the end of aforementioned video)

so I decided to go off of what inklings remind me of, which is the warden. and the warden for me is associated with axolotls

so here you go! I've actually been working on another piece ever since I saw Rat's video (which I might as well call the real minecraft movie at this point lol), which was like a day after it got released. but it's been giving me so much trouble I think I might restart it again

love is in the air... in the form of bullets <3

I'm like, mid chapter 28, but this image just refused to leave my head

if you don't know, this is about TAMN made by @uhohbestie

also thanks to my friend @mischivousvoid for coming up with Pops's line~

not feeling great, so have a wild life Gem doodle

the BAMs got their designs, so others will too

also as for the animatic stuff, I moved the deadline to "we'll see how long it takes" cuz it turns out I made a grave error in my calculations, so the previous schedule was literally impossible to pull off

Hermittober Day 22: Warmth

you know the drill vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

the eepiness was strong, but the innate desire to draw block yuri was stronger

I hope I succeeded in translating onto paper the warmth I wish I was feeling. it gets to like 7C here at night nowadays Q_Q

anyways, this one looks less refined than my usual stuff in a way, but I like it. hope you do too

BAM!

who needs sleep when you have cubitos to overdesign

largely inspired by this post

Hermittober Day 17: Pulse

see what I did there? (transparent background version under the cut vvvvvvv)

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

my sleep schedule decided to break, so completing these in time is now quite a challenge, but I wanted to make the pun SO BAD

and it isn't what I initially had in mind, but I like this one way more I think

also at some point my brother walked in on me drawing this and asked "is that a defibrillator humanization". and I hate how that description fits rather well

Hermittober Day 11: Precious

no mending book under the cut, but a transparent version and some thoughts instead vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

guess who completely forgot to draw anything until there was only a bit more than an hour left alhflagafgalfd

this is what minecraft does to an mf

Hermittober Day 9: Moon

moon big, but some thoughts under the cut aren't vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

honestly, not what I had in mind initially, but I like it anyway. I should probably start planning those ahead tho, especially looking at some of the prompts

oh well, I already have an idea for the next one, but boy will it be a tough one...

Hermittober Day 8: Mist

some thoughts under the cut vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

ooh boy did I cut it a bit close with this one. I always post hermittober pieces every day at the same time and this one took me so long to figure out that I'm currently scheduling this post with only less than an hour to spare

anyway, I like how this one turned out, especially since I couldn't find any references, so I had to use my imagination a bit. that said tho, I did use a reference for the skull and I'm glad I did. should probably do that more

Hermittober Day 7: Shimmer

bonus thoughts under the cut vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

not gonna lie, it took me a bit to figure this one out. and I haven't really seen any of Xisuma's videos, so sorry if this is super inaccurate

that said tho, I didn't expect it to turn out this good! this whole thing is making me step out of my comfort zone and it's working out surprisingly well

Hermittober Day 6: Horizon

"Mumbo, is the moon big?"

some thoughts under the cut vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

a bit of a smaller one today, but I like it nonetheless. the only challenge really was making the moon look minecraft-ey, but I think I managed to do that well enough

Hermittober Day 5: Echo

version without chromatic aberration and some yapping under the cut vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1

what do you do when you've tried doing several takes on one drawing and anything with details looks like shit? that's right, you make anything that'd have said details too small to have any and slap a bunch of texture brushes and effects on it!

"if I try making it perfect I won't make it at all" or something, so I'm just gonna accept my losses and move on

Hermittober Day 4: Woods

version without blood and ramblings under the cut vvvvvvv

Hermittober prompt list made by @collierose1 speaking of which WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I WAS SEARCHING FOR HERMIT OCTOBER PROMPTS /nm /lh /j

since I found it only now I'll have some catching up to do maybe I'll post the previous 3 prompts once I'm done with the whole list, who knows

anyway, now about the actual piece. not gonna lie, I thought it would take me much longer, but it only took about 6 hours at most (with me getting distracted occasionally), which makes me rather positive that I'll be able to see this prompt list at least halfway through. either way, I really like how this one turned out, especially my attempt at introducing more shades with the bluer parts. AND I'd even say that the background turned out decent, which feels rather new since I don't really do those usually. here's hoping the rest of Hermittober goes as well

finally finished yellow hand Martyn

found myself unable to draw anything with interesting storytelling or poses, so here's a Pearlo made for the sake of getting to render something

hello there! let me introduce you to the AU I'm planning on posting here! the name is "Something Is In The Water" or "siitw" for short it's a Gem-centric Hermitcraft (but really I think of it more as a MCYT) AU with the intended genre being horror as for the format, I'm planning on posting it in what I call EvoAU (by @solargeist) style, meaning that for the most part I hope to answer asks and post tidbits, but I am also planning on making sort of comic chapters (not a proper comic tho)

the premise of the story is as follows: One day Gem, who is rumoured to be the infamous pirate terrorizing many seas, arrives to a town where people call themselves hermits under the guise of just moving there, but the goal of her visit is to study the local water and its effects on the locals. For you see, there have been reports of memory issues and in some cases strange mutations, all threads leading to one source: the ocean.

and here's the piece I made to with this post! it was supposed to be just the cover for the playlist I made for this AU, but oh well

I do have a warning tho! this AU includes hermitshipping (gempearl), so engage with it at your own discretion