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Gonna cry. They deserve moments of happiness.

oughghhghgougohguhughgh I'm so soft and so sad about them

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I love them all so very much! And the info dump was wonderful!

THEY ARE HERE!!! I'm very excited to finally share the full designs hope you guys like them <3

These are only like a base, they'll wear more layers on top and have more weapons and armor some times (and like, wear other clothes) but I wanted to have at least one reference for myself that I can use and later on work on top of and give them more outfits (playing dolls with them basically)

I had a lot of thought behind the designs so if you're interested, there's an infodump below the cut. It's very long and messy so read at your own risk

I tried to have some sort of historical accuracy (even if it's a fictional story and the exact time period when it happens is ??) mainly bc I'm tired of how celts are portrayed in media (they wore tacky colors please stop with the grey brown leathers fur), and a bit bc I'm a nerd and I can't do anything if I don't do some research before.

On the other hand I wanted to make good character designs that told things about the characters and stuff, so I had to juggle a bit both things. Plus there's not much variation in clothing styles, so I had to do what I could.

I wanted to use colors, jewelery and styles to group or distinguish the characters. So Láeg and Emer wear a very similar color palette, Cú Chulainn has some blue in his mainly red outfit (and also the under tunic thing resembles Emer's) and Ferdia has some red in his mainly blue one.

Láeg and Cú Chulainn wear the same kind of thing, but I gave Cú Chulainn more layers in reference to the 34683 shirts thing. I went no pants wider belt for Ferdia bc honestly I didn't know how else to make a clear distinction as "this one character is from a different place", there's only so much you can do with the few styles there are.

Jewelery choices! This was a lot bc I really like torcs and I wanted to use them again to give Ulster characters and Connacht characters different kinds of torcs. My first instinct was to give Connacht those very heavy ones that have rings at the ends, but then I did some research and those were only found in england so. Then I went to look what kind of torcs were found in each place and I found that they were the same!!! Obviously!!! Bc they are next to eachother!!!

So I took creative choices and as I found some bracelets in Ulster that looked like torcs I went okay those done (plus they are way easier to draw) And I gave Ferdia the spirally one and Cú Chulainn the "bracelet" one. Plus gave a matching bracelet to Láeg. Emer wears a lunula bc her father is described as wearing one in The Hound of Ulster and I liked it.

(some pics for reference: from left to right the torc Ferdia wears, the bracelet Láeg wears and from were I based Cú Chulainn's torc, and the lunula Emer wears)

Also important, the headpiece Láeg wears. I used to draw Cú Chulainn with a similar one just because I liked it, but then after reading I liked that Láeg is the only one wearing it. At first I was going to give Emer a similar one but in the end decided against it to make it exclusive to Láeg and to not give her more jewelery than to Ferdia. I wanted Ferdia to wear a lot and be like, more stylish I guess bc I feel he cares about that stuff (I mean part of the bribe to fight Cú Chulainn was a brooch so)

And I think that's it! Sorry it was a lot hfasjkd but I wanted to share it. If there's something I have missed and you're curious to know about feel free to ask! I might have a long ass answer like this or it might be just because XD And if you have comments or opinions they are also welcome! I'm no expert or anything (just a big nerd) so I apreciate any insight.

And if you've gotten this far thank you for reading my yapping <3

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Sketch dump

Sketch night tonight. One from last night, too. I think I need to take a moment and breathe.

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Cú Chulainn and Ferdiad art. The first one from two years ago, the second one from a couple nights ago. I will continue the work on the new one. Ferdiad is on the right in each pic.

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Cú Chulainn and Ferdiad (wip)

Work in progress of my favorite Irish lore men.

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Page 1 of a small comic I'm working on. Dunno if I'll finish it but hopefully! Marked mature because of lightly implied abusive situations. Please take care of yourself and be aware of your mental state before reading.

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Sorry I've been so busy. Here is a recent commission I did!

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Figured it has been a while since I did some art of Cuchulainn.

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This is so gorgeous

A little sketch <3 I'm not okay <3

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"I have no explanation for this cruelty I have inflicted upon you. Excuses, yes. And, though there is truth to them and consequences of them, I could not say them to your lips. Tonight is the last night."

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Commission of a female Raen Au'ra This is a good time to mention my commissions are open. Check my page here:

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My patreon has new stuff on it!

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Evening crew reblog

Commissions open!

So I finally decided to open my commissions again. Feel free to reach out while slots are open! I'm going to be taking up to four commissions at this point in time to leave room for my patreon commission tiers in case anyone grabs one of those.

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Commissions open!

So I finally decided to open my commissions again. Feel free to reach out while slots are open! I'm going to be taking up to four commissions at this point in time to leave room for my patreon commission tiers in case anyone grabs one of those.

#art #art by revision lightning arts #disabled artists #artists on tumblr #fantasy art #digital art #original character #queer artist #spoonie artists

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Poked at my patreon stuff some today

Go take a look if you like my art!