Having the freedom to not only feature Commander characters, as an asura artist I of course drew my main, Gliaster; a necromancer with neverending thirst for necromantic knowledge, who found it (and more) in their lover and not much later husband, Palawa Joko himself.
I had many ideas about my piece (which I'll hopefully bring into reality sometime), some of which featured more Joko, but I eventually settled down to something that has more of my actual character in it (especially as an asura artist, haha). And which was actually the very first idea that popped into my head back when I was reading about the zine! So lo and behold, Palawadan beloved! There's nothing like preparing to crush an uprising with some intimidating precasting~
Please go check out the full zine, everyone did such an amazing job and there are SO much good stuff in there! <3
Had the urge to do a sprite lineup of Joko with some fellow fans’ characters, and who am I to deny the art muse when she strikes?
Featuring, from left to right:
- @diesvitae‘s Saga
- @mindlessabnormity‘s Julianna Fyre
- Palawa Joko (of course)
- @gglitchshit‘s Gliaster
- my girl Fidesa
*faints* I think that's everyone?? Sorry if I missed you!
From left to right, top to bottom: Fraçtal Stranger, Incendiarist Sizzul, Shut In Thokk, Brawloturgist Juuno, Parapsychologist Zi, Wîkke, Szhor, Zontli, Professor Morga, Teekzi, Gliaster But Mesmer, Illusionist Rhioll, Iconocrat Sycco
wanted to try something different, bit iffy, but meh at least I did most of these during the actual art party this time.
(I at least got some names this time. but once again I must ask you to help me tag you!)
__from left to right__
Professor Morgga -
Szhor - @9asurainatrenchcoat
Brawloturgist Juuno -
Gliaster But Mesmer - @glitchgw2
Zontli - @zedtiae
Illusionist Rhioll - @sleidog
These took longer to finish than I meant them too but I got very into them and had to stop myself from going overboard hsdkjhdk. I’m very happy with how these came out though! I had a lot of fun at this month’s art party! Seeing all of the beautiful characters and the Wall of Charr was so good! I managed to get all but Soundless Kiri’s @ so if anyone could tag them that would be awesome!
I've seen this meme/trend go around again and I didn't find any template for a screenshot version, so I made one! (Which I’m including in the first reply, if you want to give it a go)
Starred one is my main/original! ⭐
Okay, so, second time drawing in ten years, but dagnabbit if I'm going to an art party then I'm going to at least make an attempt at art. At least that's currently how I've decided I'mma handle things.
I will say one thing though, I'm going to get myself some paper and pencils hopefully before the next one. Maybe even some colored ones. Using scrap paper and a random bank pen has been a process lol.
Gliaster But Mesmer belongs to @glitchgw2 and Iconocrat Sycco doesn't have a tumblr ^_^
Talk about one of your asura OCs! Who are they? What's their deal?
I decided to talk about Gliaster (they/them but any is fine) since they're my most developed asura, AND also my player character! (not Commander, just player character)
Here they are in ~1331 AE:
Who are they? Ex-wife of Joko! What's their deal? Love!
Basically, a necromancer obsessed with necromancy who read about Joko in a book in Divinity's Reach and became obsessed with him too. They travelled to Elona to learn necromancy from him but in the process they also fell head over heels for him. Dated, then married for 10 years, Joko's death shook Gliaster to the core, but instead of taking revenge on the Commander and Aurene, they decided to disappear from the face of earth and write books about him to preserve his memory and knowledge. Many years later, books published with great effort, they're now ready to culminate their expertise as a necromancer and become a lich; however, the power overwhelmed and somewhat corrupted them, causing them to ignore all their past ideals. They're now hellbent on getting revenge on not only the Commander and Aurene but the entire world. Lo and behold! The next supervillain in a never-coming future expansion who causes the next cataclysmic event in Tyria. <3
(This is a very shortened version; if you're interested, you can read more about them on my toyhouse- which I don't want to link because then it won't show up in the tag but yeah. The link is on my blog and pinned post fdjkghdfjk)