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ichorblossoms · 1 month

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glance, stature, canvas, roots, texture, wardrobe for grimm & yarrow :)

HELL YEAH THANK YOU A TON CHASE!!! >:D love talking abt these two

okay this one is long bc i can never be concise and has a lot of pictures, so i'm putting it under a cut

glance: At first glance, what stands out most about your OC's appearance? What's their distinguishing feature?

i think for grimm it's their preference for wearing dark clothes that catches people off guard. not enough to make them stand out too much in a crowd (as long as they're not wearing their poncho), but enough for someone looking at them long enough to think "you're wearing that in the desert? in the summer?" its hair would be more distinguishing, but it actually has it tucked into its hat most of the time. i don't draw it like this often, partially bc it's fun to draw its hair down, but also bc i don't really draw it On The Job

^ in most cases, if they're out in public they wouldn't wear both the bandana and poncho bc of the attention it draws, but it would wear this while working, especially since it's mostly at night

while the clothes can sometimes be distinguishing enough between the all-black, the bandana, and/or the poncho, if its face and/or arms are uncovered i think a lot of people notice its scars; the one on its jaw is particularly notable, especially when it starts talking bc it tries not to move its jaw a lot when it does (it's a combination of hiding its extra teeth and its jaw being genuinely kinda fucked). grey eyes aren't unusual for this universe, but there's a certain intensity that grimm has in theirs sometimes that can stick with people too

as for yarrow it's defs the Bee Shit they have going on that stands out, i mean it's not like there's really any way they can hide that hdlkfhg though before that yarrow really is kind of just A Guy. they have an approachability and harmlessness to them that a lot of people take notice of, especially when most men in town are miners and more of the rugged sort. he earns enough respect for his work that people don't give him shit about it

some people notice when they talk to him that he has straight teeth, which make it really evident he's from the city and not one of the many small towns. some people are wary of him because of this (at least at first), others will ask how he came to live out in the middle of the desert. gold/yellow eyes aren't unusual in this universe either, but i think a lot of people notice them bc in a way it compliments the "warmth" he has when talking to people.

stature: What's your OC's body type? How tall are they? Do they wear clothing to accentuate their look or do they try to mask it?

told myself that if someone asked this one i'd finish the refs i was drawing for how they looked at the beginning of each part SO

honeybee takes place over ~10ish years, so both of them defs psychically change; yarrow's ofc more drastic than grimm, but also grimm was humod before the story

anyways yarrow's 5'8", skinny at first but puts on weight in the five years between p1 and p2, then gets bee'd between p2 and p3, which doesn't affect his body type at all but. still significant. while they don't dress to intentionally mask or accentuate their look (at any point during the story), not passing as particularly masc in their late teens~early 20s affected their fashion sense, so there's a lingering preference for layering clothes

grimm's 5'11" and always thin. their build fluctuates a little throughout the story, but not drastically. it's not pictured since these are all the beginnings of their respective parts, but over the ~2ish years that p2 encompasses, grimm works as a cowboy (instead of their freelance outlaw stuff) and also eats regular meals, so by the end of p2 it's a lot healthier overall. still thin, in a lean sort of way rather than a scrawny one if that makes sense? it likes sleeveless and occasionally tight shirts paired with baggier pants, but it's more of a motion thing than a look thing. that being said, it can pass as a man or woman depending on the situation/how it dresses and occasionally does so for work shit or hookups.

canvas: Does your OC have any scars, piercings, tattoos, or other markings? Do they display or cover them up at all?

gonna throw these older (but still accurate) refs here too bc they show both their humod traits and scars a bit closer

yarrow's got a handful of scars, most of them are just day-to-day ones he got from accidentally stabbing himself with a scalpel or being clumsy. while they're generally nonviolent, they do have a fight response and earned some scars trying to give their captors grief between p2 and p3. he doesn't think much about his scars or his humod stuff and wears clothes as normally as he can (the secondary arms do pose a problem, but he mostly tries to tuck those into his torso). also will often cover up their face with a bandana if they're in public as to try and be less memorable. if if either of these two had piercings it'd be yarrow, but in all likelihood he had them pierced as a kid and prolly let them close up

grimm doesn't care to hide it's scars or display them, but it absolutely hides its humod traits. after yarrow gets transformed, it becomes more lax with trying to pass as pure human and doesn't shave its face anymore bc it's like "well you can't hide what you've got going on so there's no point in me doing the same"

i'm playing with the idea of grimm having a tattoo/marking/scar/thing specifically from their past as a bodyguard, but i haven't figured that out yet. if i do figure out something, that shit is either covered, burned off, or carved out

tbh it's not unlikely for either of them to have decorative tattoos, those are just always a low priority for me character-design wise that i haven't gotten around to it hlsdkhf

roots: Is your OC's look inspired by any specific style of clothing or fashion trend? What are the roots and/or inspiration for their look?

bc honeybee is a low-tech sci-fi(ish) western, i'm ofc influenced by "cowboy" clothes and anything that fits that vibe. i've been bopping around and doing some research into clothing styles, but also its a sort of free-for-all style-wise bc it's not beholden to having historical clothes. bc it takes place in the desert, there's also a heavy emphasis on practicality, so clothing made of cotton or otherwise breathable fabrics/styles, large hats, sunglasses (that i don't really draw oops), as well as facial coverings for dust

for grimm specifically, the jumping point for their design was actually nezumi from no.6, their design very quickly became it's own thing, but i think that influence is evident with the grey eyes/dark hair combo but also the scarf...thing he wears. grimm's definitely the more "cowboy" or the two of them and their style tends to drift towards gothic western with a touch of techwear? something like that

yarrow didn't have concrete point i derived their design from, i just wanted to doodle a character with bee mandibles and the rest came later, though the inclusion of pink in their design was inspired by the scar shion (also from no.6) has. their design gets more cowboy/ western elements to it in p2 and p3, but overall yarrow's fashion sense was inspired by my own: muted colors, button-ups, rolled up sleeves, maybe silly socks idk

when i design new characters, i try to look for gaps in my current cast for traits i haven't featured a lot, which is why grimm has long hair, a small chest, and wide shoulders, and why yarrow has that hairstyle and build (his build specifically was to challenge myself bc i need to practice drawing different body fat distributions). yarrow was designed about...30 minutes before grimm, so they were more or less developed in tandem to one another and their designs are kind of me playing with themes of like warmth/cold and sun/moon. also the nonbinary flag. though that gets thrown off bc there's not really a purple in either of their designs so much as that vaguely-purplish black i use for grimm

texture: Does your OC favor any specific kinds of cloth or textures? Is there anything they can't wear or don't like? What sort of fabrics do they prefer?

hm. this one is a little tricky bc i don't have any particular fabrics or textures i'm adverse to, so this isn't something that crosses my mind all too often...?

like i said above, i think people in this universe wear mostly breathable fabrics like cotton or those cotton/nylon/polyester sort of blends bc that's not a hell to exist in, esp during the summer. some people have heavier winter coats (nothing like fur coats through), but yarrow runs too warm for really heavy fabrics and i dunno if grimm could afford/have the space for that.

yarrow likes layers and button-ups, his go-to is either a button up with a tank top underneath or a t-shirt with an open button-up over it, so he definitely leans towards breathable fabrics that won't make him overheat. fucking hates it when one of their open shirts or jackets snags on something though. also wears latex gloves a lot bc of work and doesn't mind it until his arm hair gets pulled by it

grimm prefers to sleeveless when it's warm out, if they're outside during daylight, they'll usually wear their poncho to prevent getting sunburnt. the poncho itself is a funky tarpish material (it's based off those military ponchos that're durable and can act as a tent or smthin if needed) and it's not like, the most pleasant thing to have rubbing against their skin, but it's tolerable. still gets sweaty though, so grimm prefers to travels by night, or at least low light. it'll switch to longer sleeves in the winter to stay warm. it's gloves and boots are leather, and honestly it might have a leather jacket idk, i haven't given much thought to what their winter clothes might look like

wardrobe: How big is your character's wardrobe? Do they wear things threadbare, or can they afford new clothes often? Are they any good at mending and repairing their own clothing?

grimm's constantly travelling and moving around with the exceptions of p1 and p2, so its clothes are pretty limited to what it can carry between places and jobs. it has a few hideouts around that it might have a spare thing of clothes at, but if it's keeping something there, it might not get it back. has moderate mending skills, but will wear boots and gloves until it can't any more. when it settles down in p2, it collects a few more clothes, but still is in the habit of keeping its wardrobe small

yarrow starts p1 with basically the clothes on his back, so he doesn't have a huge wardrobe then, but since he's not on the move until p3, he has the space and time to accumulate a wardrobe. he doesn't make a hobby of collecting clothes or anything, but it's like...idk average? someone taught them mending skills at some point, and if they can't fix it, they can probably go to someone in town who knows how, so many of their clothes last a long time and they don't feel the need to buy new ones all that often

OKAY i think that's everything. i'd love to draw pictures for all of these answers but some of them i had no idea or too many ideas for drawings hgkfhdlk

#asks #matoitech #this is so much so i'm sorry if there are typos #i swear i read over this several times but i am unfortunately. stupid #but thank you so much!!! these are so much fun #also i guess this is the reference collection post. for now. i think i'll make an actual one once i finish up yarrow's mouth ref. idk #honeybee #grimm #yarrow #art

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fuzzywyvern · 2 years

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1, 2, 19, 36, 43

1. Your first OC ever?

the first OC i remember creating was a kid named danny all the way back in first grade. he had a skateboard, a backwards hat, and he said "rad" a lot, all of which seemed like the coolest shit in the world to a kid in the mid-2000s lmao

2. Do you have a personal favourite among your OCs?

right now it's a tie between morgan and nadia :3

19. Introduce an OC that means a lot to you (and explain why)

idk if this counts as an OC but my sona?? ive been drawing them since i was about 13 and being able to go back and see how ive changed, both artistically and as a person feels really cool.

36. Do you have OC pairs where the other part belongs to someone else (siblings, lovers, friends etc)?

nope!

43. Do you have any certain type when you create your OCs? Do you tend to favour some certain traits or looks? It’s time to confess

hmm well most of them are monsters/aliens/animals, but other than that i can't really think of anything :0

#ask #matoitech

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fmab · 5 months

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Recent commission for Chase @matoitech of his ocs Blue and Elle!!! enjoy <3

#dip art #commissions #others ocs #furry

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gamjabyte · 9 months

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ARTFIGHT MASS ATTACKS!

Last year I randomly decided to try drawing all the leopard seal OCs on artfight, so these were a continuation of those. Mass attacks are definitely more fun and efficient than drawing them all singularly!

The seal with sunglasses in the bottom-middle of both images is my Arknights doctor OC, Riptide, who is my own leopard seal OC :)

People in these attacks that are on tumblr include: @odetoscavengers, @crovoroh, @fishsplash, @matoitech, @captain-maws, @oddtaxiyaoi, @bioluminescent-bat, @thereminzone, @blazingbaboon, @soul-of-sin, @styllwaters, @rhincodon-cynocephalus, @werewolveswithagenda, @lemurking-doodles, and @messbianarts!

Thanks for all the sharp teeth and chubby necks!!

#leopard seal #pinnipeds #artfight #af 2023 #gbart #arknights oc #gbsocs #that is a disaster of @s #also i juts got tumblrs new post maker. itsa wful #why are so many leopard seal ocs transmasc LOL>????#half the @s died but ITS OK SOB EMOJI

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winderrific · 2 years

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first attack of the year !! Pose for @matoitech !!

#myart #i wanna posts my attacks here this year so. i meant to last year but i forgot 😭#im not sure what to tag this as #artfight #artfight 2022 #thats good enough i think. anyway ive said it before im not well experienced w furries but i hope i did Pose justice ! wahoo #team bloom

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moonpastries · 9 months

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2nd set of artfight attacks!

alfred and leon belong to @falsetestimony blue and lucas belong to @matoitech retro belongs to marshkaleido on artfight shadlock belongs to @sappylemons

#had a lotta fun with these :]#others ocs #artfight 2023 #furry #eyestrain #ms paint #(all except the first)#artfight

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forffax · 3 months

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what genres of music does niko like the most and what kind of music does their band play 👀 im also curious abt his bandmates even if u don’t have art of some of them, if u have like any ideas for them :D

HI apologies that this took a while I've been having A Day but I always love 2 talk abt Niko...

I think Niko listens to a lot of different stuff but their band mostly plays alt rock, occasionally branching out into pop punk and similar genres. His band mates are as follows :]

- Violet (she/they), lead guitarist and backing vocals, Somali/Abyssinian cat. She was probably the lead vocals before they met Niko! Very loud and brash but genuine :]

- Tommy-Lee (he/him), 2nd guitarist, Somail/Abyssinian, Violet's brother. He's abrasive and sarcastic but cares about his sister more than anything, to the point of being overbearing if he thinks it's for her own good...

- Sasha (she/her), bassist, sphinx. Dresses in all leather. No-nonsense and outwardly cold but easily flustered and quick to offer support to her friends if they need it <3

- Benny (they/them), drummer, Javanese cat. The most inscrutable member. Probably a gamer.

+ Niko's (eventual) bf, Chrysanthos (chrys for short), groupie/manager and american bobtail! Absolutely no musical inclinations whatsoever but happy to help set up equipment for their shows and often is the one that promotes their events.

There's also twins Roe (xe/they) and Rye (they/them) (who I DO have designs for dbfjsh), who are supporting characters! Roe runs a cafe/bar that hosts local musicians a few times every week (Niko's band plays there fairly often) and Rye hosts a radio station that is the first to broadcast Niko's band's music to a wider audience :]

#I CAN PICTURE THEM ALL IN MY HEAD. I JUST HAVE YET 2 DRAW THEM... </3 #thank you for the ask!!! niko's story dear to me. funny kitties #txt #matoitech #my art #my ocs

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autisticlio · 3 months

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rayman, lio, galo!

Rayman

First Impression: I can’t remember too much regarding when I first played the second game and Origins as a kid. I do know that I always thought the character was neat to where I’d draw him.

Impression now: I have been inflicted with the Rayman autism and cannot stop. Funny little guy that makes me happy. Has genuinely been a good distraction from irl stuff in the same way a plushie is.

Favorite moment: CAH I think his gibberish voice in Rayman 2 is adorable. Specifically thinking of the scene when he yells stop at the teensies.

Idea for a story: Hmmm that’s kinda hard to think of regarding him as the lore for the series can be inconsistent at times (see Origins being a soft reboot for example). Maybe it’d be nice for Mr. Dark to be brought back in a 3D game for him to go up against?

Unpopular opinion: Not really into the Ramon take on him, but I’ve already discussed that as an issue of pacing and feeling out of left field. For the main series, it’d probably be the take that Rayman is a jerk after Rayman 2 which I think got worse from Laserhawk getting popular. It’s nowhere Mario is Evil levels of spread, but common enough to where you still see fanart of people acting like the character is jealous and bitter for not having a new game.

Favorite relationship: I like his friendship with Globox and Ly. Wish Ly wasn’t only in the sequel and some of the GBA games though. I don’t really care too much about seeing the character in romantic relationships, so no comment on that front. IK some staff like him and Ly together, but I don’t remember getting that impression as a kid.

Favorite headcanon: He babysits the Baby Globox kids going off the fact he is shown picnicking with them and also the UNICEF ads have him step in to help them out. Kinda hard to though cause of the uh… amount of them.

Lio Fotia

First impression: Thought he had a cool design. Reminded me of stuff like Black Rock Shooter when I saw it.

Impression now: Comfort character of all time. Have cosplayed him multiple times and learned to mimic anime art specifically so I could improve my art of him.

Favorite moment: Kakusei scene. The animation and screaming are amazing, letting you know how much devastation he feels.

Idea for a story: We need more fanfics with actual mechs in them, you cowards. Also comic rewrite of the plot fixing it.

Unpopular opinion: Any time I say I don’t like people misinterpret him as being a brat or abusive, I get several people agreeing with me, only to see said people write him as such in their comics or fics, so that I guess.

Favorite relationship: Galo & Lio obvs.

Favorite headcanon: Autistic obvs. Also that he stims via clothing pressure.

Galo Thymos

First impression: I surely mentioned this before, but before seeing the film, I thought he had a hockey thing going on at first when I saw him cause the one orange hook reminded me of a stick and the whole ice weaponry.

Impression now: Autism man who no one understands. Need to draw him again.

Favorite moment: Him punching Kray and kissing his boyfriend immediately after was very fun. :)

Idea for a story: Let the boy keep his mecha.

Unpopular opinion: Apparently people think that he’s as bad as Kray or Freeze Force despite him opposing both, the latter of which he did to defend the pizzeria employee. Also, the way people act like ‘he’s so stupid that he doesn’t know what discrimination or Hard Topics are’ despite him clearly knowing all because he isn’t some 500+ IQ genius and his co-workers call him an idiot for being impulsive during rescues.

Favorite relationship: Galo and Lio.

Favorite headcanon: In my head, he is fat cause I can’t draw his actual body.

#i talk #matoitech #ask games

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keymintt · 5 months

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💛🐶🧡🔮 :3

hello!! >:D

do you have any piercings?

answered here! i have my ears pierced

are you more of a dog person or a cat person?

cat person but i still really like dogs! i see p much any cat and go "oh that's a Fella hell yes", but when it comes to dogs i defs have a preference for medium/large breeds. didn't grow up with anything other than fish and even still don't live with any pets though, so my experience is all with other ppl's animals and not like, owning them

a color you can’t stand?

hard to say bc as an artist especially i believe there is absolutely a time, place, and use for any color

i DON'T DISLIKE any of these colors bc they totally have banger potential, but i think i use these colors the least in my artwork/they appear the least in my wardrobe

what’s your dream job?

tbh i think the dream is to make enough money as an independent creator just to fuck around and make all the comics and pen drawings and digital illustrations and oil paintings and oc art that i want to bc actually do all of those things anyways, but my time ofc has to be directed towards projects i'm paid to do nowadays.

related i'd love to get paid to make my stories into actual comics/books, but also i know i need more time to develop most of my ideas bc they're not at a point where i feel i could spend all day making them happen, yknow?

#asks #ask games #matoitech #THANK you for the ask hehe #i'm looking at those colors and they're like. colors you use in your art all the time dhgkldhfg. and your art slaps for it fyi #also like i mean. my favorite movie is the Saturated Colors Movie i do love me my saturation #answering this ask while i'm waiting for my damn chicken to COOK #come ON you stupid meat (<it is his fault bc he moved it to the fridge three hours ago)

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sweetsakuras · 2 years

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@matoitech LALALALALALALALALALALALALA

#smirk emoji x100 thousand #myart #art fight 2022

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ichorblossoms · 1 month

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glance, change, alternate for serena

ohohohOOO thank you thank you >:3c

glance: at first glance, what stands out most about your oc's appearance? what's their distinguishing feature?

serena's big, not abnormally so, but she's a taller than average and muscular. i think that paired with her scars n wing rips makes her very intimidating to most people, esp at a glance. exudes "dont' fuck with me" energy and she embraces that for the most part. as for her distinguishing feature, i think most of the time people first notice the scars on her face, then her other scars/wing rips, and then her prosthetic in approximately that order

change: has your oc ever drastically changed their appearance? significant haircuts, big tattoos, complete wardrobe swap, etc? why? how do they feel about the change?

not really! she's been pretty consistent with her looks most of her life and, outside of makeup and generally smaller accessories (neither of which she wears), i don't think there's a ton of ways most dragons can change up their appearances? tbh dragons and bodily self-expression is sort of an underdeveloped realm of ttw's universe that i oughta put more thought into bc they're just as social as humans, but don't have the same pressures of modesty?

going back to the question though, the biggest change she's made is her big arm sleeve tattoo:

she got it bc it looks cool and she likes plants first and foremost, but there's also an element of "i want to have something that's not a scar on my body" to it. she'd get more tattoos if she had the money too, but alas

it's not a *drastic* change per se, but she's gone through different prostheses/styles over life since she's a congenital amputee. most of the time, she has two models of prostheses—one designed for day-to-day use and another for sport/active use—that she switches out depending on what she's doing. she's pretty happy with how her current ones look, but if she had more money she'd consider other models. also doesn't help that getting them replaced every few years is a huge drain on her finances

alternate: What would your oc's alternate universe look be? If they're a fantasy character, what's their modern look? If they're sci-fi, what's their fantasy look? what au would you want to see your oc in, and how would they dress themself? bonus: prompt an au!

we're crossing the streams here babey! i actually doodled what she'd look like in a honeybee au a little while ago, so here it is with some color slapped on. she's a bighorn sheep humod

it's fucking Hot in the desert and she's not trying to be more exhausted than she usually is, so she rarely wears leather but know in my heart she is a leatherdyke. or at least adjacent. otherwise she's usually in tank tops and. i think cargo shorts would be funny, but that's a gut reaction and not one i've thought out dhkglhdf defs practicality and moveability over all else

#asks #matoitech #THANK YOU FOR THE ASKS!!! I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH MWAGH #the grimm n yarrow ones are. in the works #i also still have serena's from the last ask game moldering in my draft I'LL GET TO IT I PROMMY i keep forgetting <3 #could never forget about her tho #serena #art #thicker than water

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