The trio put together! I'm not stoked with how the background turned out— FireAlpaca starts acting weird and laggy whenever I use a brush size larger than 100— and blending and blurring these three backgrounds together took a brush size around 300 to see any significant effect sooooo. Yeah.
They're three of the so far six OCs introduced in my fic Winds of Wolfsong (soon to be seven to be eight to be— damn why does the cast keep expanding?!) (oh wait I know why, because Tanaka didn't provide me with enough characters from certain social classes to fill the gaps for the kind of story I want to tell, which isn't necessarily his fault, he wanted to tell a war epic, I wanted to tell a character and emotion driven story with themes of cooperation coexistence and community, how creation is sacred and way harder than destruction, which necessitates the appreciation of those outside of the nobility and warrior classes to shine light on the crafters and the servants, also magic plays a much bigger role both in the present and in the defeat of Zahhak which led me to fill in the gaps with even MORE OCs... damn), these three in particular debuted in the first chapter. From left to right are: Kashi (AU!Arslan's biological mother), Ayunnen (AU!Arslan's biological father, married to Kashi), and Kazai (Kashi's younger brother, AU!Arslan's biological uncle who makes a return in chapter 2).
Somehow my brain's in Kazai Mode™ rn (even w the swirling Kaykhusraw thoughts and the fixation on a new AU/OC that you saw a taste of some while ago) so have this... brainstorm/ramble.
Kazai fights, right? He accompanies Shapur and his men into battle in Sindhura. I'm still kinda wondering on where to put him but what I am sure of is that I can't really put him in the cavalry because he has said so directly to me (and whoever was trying to put him there in-story): Nah, mate. Can't do my fucking job when I'm stuck on a horse. He can't dance on a horse! So I've tentatively ended up putting him on his feet either right next to Shapur's horse or with the infantry (he'd fucking have a blast in the infantry ngl tho...)
Also picturing him telling someone to “make full use of him on the field”. Maybe he's talking to Shapur who can't help but worry for him, maybe he's talking to Narsus. Hm.
So, yeah!
I will gladly welcome any and all Kazai thoughts and considering how his skills would be used in combat is always fun, especially the thought of weaving it into canon-ish AU plotlines like this!
Even if he doesn't want to fight on horseback part of me really wants to say he should participate in the cavalry charge anyway (just so he can charge in there by Shapur's side and they both get to see each other in combat and have each other's backs etc) and then just like... stand up and vault from the saddle as the two sides meet so he can jump straight into the fray and do what he does best. (And if they ever need to retreat, feigned or real, he can whistle for that horse!)
Though I do agree that it'd be super fun to place him with the infantry, too! I wonder how his fighting style would integrate with infantry regarding formations and tactics, though. Unless he's given command of a regiment and gets to train them himself?
I'd love to see the expression on Narsus's face when he understands exactly what 'making full use of Kazai's abilities' looks like.
couple of my more favouriter pieces from artfight this year! featuring ocs from @glitchviper , @cabinette , @transfaulkner , @onitekka , @boni-kazai-1y , and @ghostingbrightly ty for letting me draw your funky little guys wahoo
Holy cannoli UA Mixed Course Classes 1-X and 1-Y! It's your one (1) year anniversary! Well it would be if I didn't procrastinate working on this so much,,, But on a more serious note, KNHA has probably been one of the best things I've ever had the pleasure of working on, and I owe a lot to it and all the people involved in helping me get out of my shell a little bit and had helped me improve my art a lot! And I'm glad I've had the chance to have interacted with a lot of really cool people, and I hope we can work on some more cool stuff with them in the future.
Anyways the oc credits are under the read more, so go check out the other creators blogs!
Class 1-X
Osamu Sato (@dantelionwishes)
Moa Fuwa (@you-may-call-me-meme)
Akihiko Arakan (@akihiko-arakan)
Hibiki Manami (@3080-manami-hibiki)
Burai Banzai (@buraibanzai)
Amorette Valentia (@amorette-valentina)
Michiko Watanabe (@residentquirksupport)
Makoto Shiba (@dantelionwishes)
Jiro Yukimura (@zer0-10)
Jetsam Kisa (@jetsam-kisa)
Aito Takao (@korissideblog)
Hiroharu Aki (@compoundhero)
Rin Tsukikage (@kamiart)
Sumiye Gemu (@smol-hibiscus)
Taishiro Watanabe (@tai-watanabe-class-1x)
Tamashi Yoken (@tamashi-yoken)
Carlos Cordova (@pokeracer93)
Ayume Hikkido (@ayume-hikkido)
Tsutsumi Natsumi (@glitchviper)
Kiku Miyagawa (@cryptidanaphafsi)
Jimin Kim (@artpocalypse)
Class 1-Y
Pro Hero Miss Me (@dantelionwishes)
Mitsumi Togan (I couldn't find their blog,,)
Momo Neko (@lintulady)
Mao Amai (@greyciees)
Evan Satoru (@no1-horror-hero)
Boni Kazai (@boni-kazai-1y)
Konekomaru Yoshino (@you-may-call-me-meme)
Ikuto Maekawa (@nicosbrainrot)
Tokiya Iori (@skiduffle)
Kabane Higanbana (@imminent-soup)
Yori Hayashi (@beetrootbot)
Hina Mumei (@plutoeater)
Kiyoko Hagane (@cosmic-goof)
Jaye Rokuto (@zer0-10)
Doku Heiwa (@doku-kisa)
Kurumi Yamashita (@nightseeye)
Tano Hoshizawa (@tano-hoshiz-1y)
Naga Murasaki (@murasaki-naga)
Murasaki Nendo (@genuinefauxthought)
Hikari Kamino (@dantelionwishes)
Tsuki Hashimoto (@allestories)
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(tw death and a little less blood on this one promise below)
This drawing was made shortly after ~ Kaia the she-wolf ~. I think it got a little better. Nevertheless, i still don't feel quite comfortable drawing with graphics programs. Ie practice, practice, practice .... but it is fun *smile*