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got super sick so have this smol wholesome boi until i get back on my feet!  :3c

#decafcat does arts sometimes #like i feel fine? but my voice is REKT and i keep coughing #this was my first time drawing him but i think i'm gonna have to draw more lancer #lancer the wholesome boi

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\o/ kata lost her voiceeeeee~

#i have no voice and i must scream ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHH #i swear it was just a cold and then suddenly laryngitis #decafcat deletes this later

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time for sleeps~

#decafcat does arts sometimes #it me kata #kata is good loaf

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my warm up sketch got away from me.  :3c  Cali is probably my only character that enjoys wearing exclusively dresses and gowns.  Which means I’m gonna need practice.

#decafcat does arts sometimes #storm the sorrow concepts #i couldn't bother to shade the gems in her necklace #you can tell she's happy because of how bright her little eyelights are #some of her original soul color is showing through #cali is eventually going to dress up for one of those feast/ball things even tho she hates social gatherings #she really just wants to dress up for gaster and also it's a good excuse to wear something that's not armor for once #unfortunately gasters asshole parents are going to be invited #and basically call her a whore because 'decent skeletons don't walk around with their magic manifested in public' #'your courtmate's tits offend me son' #and then gaster is going to punch his mom #i just found a random hooded red dress on google #i cannot for the life of me find the original source but it's a costume dress xD

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why is kata sick?  i don’t wanna be sick, i wanna draw mystery boi ;w;

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okay now i will sleep!!!! !

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i said i wasn’t gonna do anything but i was forced to do something i didn’t wanna do so i did something to make me happy xD

#decafcat does arts sometimes #a rare but fun traditional arts #what even is perspective #like sans i must now sleep

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@ 115 i’ll be better in a few days.  maybe even tomorrow.  <3  thank you dear, you’re a sweetie.

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kata am die.  ow my body.

#decafcat talks sometimes #decafcat deletes this later #hfdjkahfblehh #my entire body decided not to work today and my rate was a garbage 86% to my goal #kata isn't even going to attempt to do things this morning she just gonna crash #don't worry i'll be fine this is just what i have to deal with and have dealt with since i was a young bean #it's just hard some days #especially when you feel like you're being eviscerated by a belt sander

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GO TO SLEEP

#me @ me #decafcat deletes this later

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uwu well kata spent all her day off recovering from work and not doing anything productive, but that’s okay!  I'm proud of myself for sticking around for the full shift both nights!

so hopefully this weekend, i will be able to do allll the things i wanted to do.  including drawing [mystery boi] a whole bunch!  

#decafcat talks sometimes #decafcat deletes this later #kata wat r u doin go to sleep #i really want to answer questions about the mystery boi with arts xD #but first i need some questions to answer #wink wink ;3c #but seriously if not that's okay i need to do some kind of expression chart with him anyway #and finish up reds and start sanses #i love doing expression charts because they force me to practice emotions i might not normally get to draw #gives me a good feel for the characters faces #shoot i still have to concept alphys and undyne too #so i can draw their slightly but not really yandere daughter #poor mystery boi ain't into crazy leave him alone aoi xD

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ew, tumbls why did you intensify the nice muted blue background into this half-child between navy and midnight blue.

do you understand what eye strain is?  because this is how you give people eye strain.

#decafcat talks sometimes #decafcat deletes this later #i kind of like the new button colors tho #BUT I DON'T STARE EXCLUSIVELY AT THE BUTTONS FOR LIKE HOURS #don't spend hours staring at this site i don't recommend it

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I finally got Grillby’s concept for Storm the Sorrow done!  

He’s still in training as a recruit when he’s first introduced to the story.  Although, you might not recognize him when he does come in.  I think the name “Grillby” sounds a bit too modern for the time period (and yet I have skeletons named after fonts not invented until like 1992 but still!), so I’ve been calling him Ignatius.  xD Sounds like something a medieval fire elemental would be named.  

Once he proves himself on a traveling mission with Calibri, Asgore, Toriel, and Gaster, he is officially inducted into the guard and given official armor.  I really like what I did with his armor set.  I debated on giving him full metal armor, like Calibri has, but I had the funny idea that putting someone made of fire in a metal suit would just make him an oven xD

So, he has light armor!  There’s some metal in the cuirass portion and his shoulder spaulders/pauldrons, tassets, and vambraces all have iron edges on them.  But most of his armor is a blend of leather and wool.  

His pre-armor clothes look a little tattered only because I’m sure they’re specially made for fire elementals and maybe expensive to replace?  So they just repair them.  His main reason for joining the guard was to make better money and support his family (mostly his mom and sisters), and he isn’t much of a fighter.  He could still flame grill your butt, tho.  

Since he’s not that big on fighting, he carries a parma shield and relies on fire and orange magic if he needs to.

I also believe that Elemental is one of those ‘unspoken languages’ that Skeletons just naturally understand.  And while Grillby can speak common (it’s just kind of difficult), it’s also not unusual that he’s able to understand Gaster’s font.  Although, Gaster was not expecting that. (he said so many bad things in front of Grillbz lmao)

I think this is the last major concept page for StS I’ll do for a while.  Maybe Gerson, eventually.  

Bonus:  Young Grillby’s spark freckles.  Sparkles.

#decafcat does arts sometimes #storm the sorrow concepts #ignatius aka grillby #i feel like grillbz wouldn't start calling himself that until after monsters get sealed under the mountain and he quits the guard #decides to open a pub to help keep up everyone's spirits #finds out he likes to cook #but look at this sweet spicy bean

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kata has not been working on the concepts she should be.  i’ve been working on spoilery things that likely don’t have anything to do with what you think they do but are part of one of the most important scenes in the sequel xD

warnings:  spoilery text, slight cursing, angry sans, very very angry sans.  neon colors?

...is it just me or does this look familiar?  Maybe Sans isn’t the only one with nightmares.

#decafcat does arts sometimes #hiding it behind a readmore because spoilers! #the sequel to the thus unnamed fic dubbed only as 'we do stupid shit for the ones we love' right now #it has nothing to do with gaster #or does it? sans can't really tell #i hate perspective so much #that's a bone not a fidget spinner

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I love how you did the flames, the colors are blending so nicely :D and the eyes are amazing! it's so rare to see them like this in the fandom :D I love them too :D (aside from the armor which obviously is awesome :3 ) I can't wait to read both stories and see more of your work in general but take a rest when you need it or simply want to :D

Sorry it took me so long to answer - kata is a dumb and kept forgetting after she read it :D  It made me smile so much

Thank you so much for the compliments dear!  I think I can have a lot of fun playing with Grillbys expression, since his face lacks a lot of obvious details.  

I also had a lot of fun with the concept of his armor since my brain won’t let me make non-functional armor for some reason.  Like, do you give a fire elemental metal armor?  What if someone touches the metal and gets burned?  What if he sits in a chair and then the chair is on fire and he’s like “…oh.  my apologies.”

Obviously he’s magic and his clothes don’t catch on fire, but I just thought that’d be an interesting concept to play around with.  Maybe the generic guard armor isn’t usually made with fire-resistant magic built in.  More on that later.

I can’t wait to show you guys this world I’ve built for the past year

Rest is very important!  You don’t wanna burn yourself out, I’ve learned that over the years xD  But I also have no life other than my job and this so like, \o/ worldbuilding go!  :D

#decafcat talks sometimes #kata answers a thing #i figured out how to draft asks! omg #about storm the sorrow grillbs

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It’s the weekend again!  (that week went by fast) Which means I don’t have work, and I can work on fun story things!  :DD

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nothing new (because it’s a work day) but i colored in the picture of red holding teeny tiny mystery boy.  whom i have started to refer to as a potato.  because he so smol.

tiny sweet potato.

#decafcat does arts sometimes #the thus unnamed future fic #the sequel to the thus unnamed fic dubbed only as 'we do stupid shit for the ones we love' right now #smol baby bones mystery boy \o/