#sleep token tmbte

[bonncy]

"I have tavelled far beyond the path of reason... take me back to Eden."

#sleep token #sleep token fanart #sleep token vessel #vessel #vessel sleep token #sleep token tmbte #tmbte #sleep token take me back to eden #take me back to eden #illustration #take me back to eden fanart

[junkyardstrash]

So rain down on me

Will you cleanse me with pleasure?

#sleep token #sleep token vessel #vessel #sleep token band #sleep token fanart #sleep token worship #tmbte #sleep token tmbte #take me back to eden #sleep token art #vessel sleep token #fanartist #fanart #artist #artists on tumblr #digital art #digital artist #my art #art #illustration #digital illustration

[puppet-queen]

#sleep token #sleep token worship #vessel #sleep token vessel #sleep token tmbte #vessel sleep token #look at this man #hes so beautiful #love him

[nekronyancer]

The bite of '87....

Another day, another Vessel that I'll paint next week-

Also sorry for that caption I've had a baaaad day

#fanart #art #sleep token band #sleep #sleep token vessel #sleep token #vessel #tmbte #sleep token tmbte #artwork #digital art

[ancientbygone]

made some simplified portraits/icons of the tmbte characters! these are for a Thing but you can use them for profile pictures and whatnot, just be sure to credit me.

#sleep token #sleep token art #sleep token tmbte #take me back to eden #sleep token take me back to eden #bygone art #they all turned out pretty nice methinks #also i'll tell you what the Thing is if i ever get the Thing made. okay? yea? awesome yeah

[houseofache]

as a community, i feel like we don’t talk enough about the godsend run from the summoning to granite to aqua regia and then to vore like are you fucking kidding me vessel when i catch you vessel

#sleep token #shut up lana #vessel #iv #iii #ii #IF YOU HAD A PROBLEM THEN YOU SHOULDVE TOLD ME #BEFORE YOU STARTED GETTING ALL AGGRESSIVE AND CONTROLLING #sleep token worship #worshitposting #tmbte #tmbte album #sleep token tmbte

[dxmnsvoid]

vessel moodboard <3

[ vessel × ii × iii × iv ]

#gold and red theme for him because . well obvious reasons #the songs i chose for him are atlantic blood sport and aqua regia #i like this one a lot as well #iii will be next i think #void.mine #void.board #void.💤🎶 #void.music #sleep token #sleep token vessel #vessel #sleep token band #worshitposting #sleep token worship #sleep token offering #sleep token atlantic #sleep token blood sport #sleep token aqua regia #sleep token sundowning #sleep token tmbte #sleep token tpwbyt #tpwbyt #tmbte #sundowning

[peonyfiend]

Judgement 🍎🩸

#sleep token #vessel #take me back to eden #tmbte #sleep token tmbte #sleep token vessel #sleep token art

[canwaym]

First time i saw this album cover my dumb ass thought it was bunch of flowers.... so i made it real dont @ me at the flower anatomy i freehanded it

#sleep token #sleep token fanart #sleep token art #take me back to eden #tmbte #sleep token tmbte #eep art #myart

[syphasfire]

[sleep token headers] ↪ like or reblog if you use!

#twitter #header #twitter header pack #twitter headers #twitter layouts #twitter packs #messy headers #sleep token headers #sleep token tmbte #vessel sleep token #sleep token #iv sleep token #ii sleep token #iii sleep token #take me back to eden

[foggy-idea]

diamonds in the trees, pentagrams in the night sky

#sleep token art #sleep token #sleep token tmbte #sleep token iii #take me back to eden #iii #procreate #artists on tumblr #fan art #fanart #digital art

[naroence]

Some quick illustrations of our favorite boys

#sleep token worship #sleep token iii #sleep token tmbte #sleep token ii #sleep token #art #vessel #digitaldrawing #sleep token iv

[junkyardstrash]

Part 1 and 2 of my iii and iv doodles

They kissed 🫣

#iii is insane for keeping his eyes open #blushy iv !!! #sleep token #sleep token worship #sleep token fanart #sleep token band #sleep token art #sleep token tmbte #fanartist #fanart #artist #artists on tumblr #digital art #digital artist #my art #art #illustration #sleep token iii #sleep token iv #digital sketch

[puppet-queen]

I just need to revisit this picture because he looks so incredible here. Just an amazing photo overall. 🫶

#sleep token #sleep token worship #vessel #sleep token vessel #sleep token tmbte

[nekronyancer]

Sure has been a day

Little vent thingie, not my proudest but as long as it's doing its job I'm happy

#fanart #sleep token band #sleep token tmbte #sleep #sleep token vessel #vessel #sleep token #tmbte #chokehold #sleep token chokehold #take me back to eden #angst #fan art #digital art #artwork #art #Spotify

[ancientbygone]

simulacra 3 [take me back to eden]

Sleep's mimic forms of the vessels during the time period of TMBTE, because i can't be normal and start a series from the beginning and not the end.

more info + design breakdowns under the cut:

[obligatory "when talking about the vessels, i'm talking about characters" disclaimer]

background info on the whole idea:

Sleep as a being is shapeless in my mind; more of a concept than a creature. it can manifest as sort of an absence of light in any shape to others, usually to appeal to feeling/emotion. the only "rule" for that is that whatever Sleep tries to appear as cannot look more or less innocent/powerful than Sleep actually is, which usually manifests in two things: the size being different from the thing/person it's imitating, scaled according to power, and/or added features, usually in some way threatening or regal.

one of Sleep's more consistent forms it takes throughout interacting with Vessel is mimicking him, partially to create an illusion of the two being more similar than they actually are and partially because Sleep used to exist as Vessel's shadow when they'd just met. the visual itself has changed through time (you can see what it was like during Sundowning in my Higher artwork), and during TMBTE that visual is pretty much the titular song's character with the most minor tweaks (which is why i didn't draw it separately).

all that made me think about the idea of Sleep mimicking the other vessels just to fuck with Vessel further (to be clear, i am a strong believer that Sleep only interacts with Vessel in any way). so now here are the designs of those mimics during the events of TMBTE, utilizing the album's song characters much like the Vessel mimic. because again, i have to start a series from the end, i guess.

"ii"/ii mimic (song character used: AYROK)

the main idea driving the design of "ii" is the real ii's goal to keep Vessel more or less safe by being by his side in worshipping Sleep, which is the reason he'd decided to become the second vessel in the first place. the choice of AYROK as the character to use in this design is obvious. one of the ideas that stem from that is ii's duty/desire to keep his face hidden for Vessel's sake; only his hands are visible & detailed because that's the only part of him Vessel remembers before either of them became vessels of Sleep and the only part ii has really shown after that. another is ii's timidity in telling Vessel to go against Sleep's will because he fears that no matter how bad it may be, it'll be much worse if Vessel doesn't follow it. that part comes through in the pose - shyly holding his hands together as if they're tied.

"iii"/iii mimic (song character used: Aqua Regia)

the song character inspo being Aqua Regia is mostly because of the calmer nature of the song and the dynamic duo it makes with Vore, less so the themes of the lyrics. also its visual design. iii mimic's design themes are iii's adoration/borderline obsession with Vessel (wearing Vessel's jewelry and having elements of his robe in his shirt + his own face/mask slowly melting off) and his enagement with worship as an act/aesthetic rather than something more serious (the overabundance of jewelry and accessories; the extra arms; the body language; the cuffs around his arms and legs being decorative and not actually restricting). also the rings on his fingers make a checkered pattern.

"iv"/iv mimic (song character used: Vore)

the use of Vore for "iv" is obvious too. song wouldn't be the same without his real life self. the design really just aims to combine iv with the Vore character, but there are two big things here. the simplest one is anger issues, which is why he's So Goddamn Spiky and why his jacket looks like scarred skin rather than painted & customized. the anger mostly shows up in the body language: most of the time "iv" just stares unblinkingly with pure palpable ire in the two glowing dots for eyes, and when he does move it's very stiff and snappy and barely controlled. the other thing is that, simply speaking, the real iv got into this whole mess without knowing the full extent of it and now he's in too deep and kinda losing himself. in the design it's expressed through the human features gradually turning into bug-like, such as the hoodie fading into a segmented millipede-like body and the fucked up mantis hands, and the gold of the original iv's mask melting over the face with the horns being part of it. the spikes protrude from him in a way that makes it difficult to distinguish between jacket decorations and actual parts of his body, but the spines are definitely from his body & allow me to live the dream of iv with a mohawk LMAO

anyway have fun with these go nuts i'll make similar sheets & posts for Sundowning and TPWBYT eventually

#sleep token #sleep token art #sleep token ii #sleep token iii #sleep token iv #sleep token sleep #<- i cannot emphasize enough that ALL OF THESE ARE SLEEP IN DIFFERENT FORMS!!!!!! #IT'S ALL THE SAME BASTARD EXPLOITING VESSEL'S EMOTIONS IN DIFFERENT WAYS #take me back to eden #sleep token tmbte #bygone art #bygone talks #bygone writes #<- that's serious lore screw you /lhj #i was tired when i started writing it and i'm sleep deprived finishing it up #once again have fun if you draw any of these i would be more than thrilled please tag me in that