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Dryadri 10-10-2009 08:01 AM

Feelin' arty.
 
Boredom does my fucking head in, so I did some crappy sketches. By some, I mean two xD I take a long time to do anything.

ETA: Forgot to add that the first is my new maybe OC Zoe and the second is an "Oh shit" faced Intern.

scipionyx 10-10-2009 11:19 AM

hey your art is cool! :D Zoe seems to be a pretty interresting character... hehe and i like the sketch of the intern x3

keep up the good work :fuzgrin:

Dryadri 10-10-2009 12:09 PM

Thank you! I've seen you around dA ;) Yeah, she thinks she's an intern.
How do I change the attachments though? I put the wrong file there.

scipionyx 10-10-2009 10:35 PM

welcome! ^^

-you edit your post, click on go advanced then click on manage attachments... then a window pops up and somewhere there you have to click on remove... and then you can upload a new one... ;)

Dryadri 10-11-2009 07:36 AM

How I managed to miss that I'll never know. Thanks though, edited with second picture.

scipionyx 10-11-2009 09:50 AM

hey the coloured version looks great! ^^

Dryadri 10-11-2009 11:54 AM

Yay! Thanks c: Hopefully I'll have time to do more soon.

Crashpunk 10-12-2009 08:36 AM

Good looking art!

Splat 10-15-2009 03:00 PM

Hey, those are pretty cool; nice style :p
Care to tell us a little more about Zoe?

Grieva 10-15-2009 03:05 PM

lol, love the expression on the fuzzle on the far right, its the one I pull when I see a nice meal too

Dryadri 10-16-2009 12:28 PM

Thanks to Grieva and Crashpunk, I had fun with the fuzzle expressions xD

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Hey, those are pretty cool; nice style :p
Care to tell us a little more about Zoe?

Thank you! :) I'm still developing her as she's fairly new, she actually just started as a silly idea for a grumpy cleaner.

She basically comes from a nature loving, animalistic species called the Dryadri (yes, my username) who live in huge families/communities/packs. Like most other OI, they have queens who keep their race going, but queens are rare and most Drydri born are the male workers.

Zoe is 9 yrs 6 mths (35 year lifespan) and was taken from her family after she was born as the Glukkons thought it would be handy to have another slave race like their Slig and Mudokon workers to boss around. The Vykkers had the same idea, but they didn't want thousands of Dryads running around, they just wanted her to do their dirtywork in pure spite of the Glukkons. They completely removed her uterus to prevent her from forming the fat queen body and having any babies and brought her up in their labs with the Interns, not letting the Glukkons get their hands (...or feet w/e) on her in any way.

She's bitter, grumpy and will take any chance to hit you with her broom or a soggy mop, unless you're an intern...then she'll love ya. She thinks she is one, sporting some lovely green headphones and umm...'stylish' striped clothes.


Umm, that's all I can really think of right now ^^;

Splat 10-16-2009 01:24 PM

Sounds good. Do you write fiction or are you mainly into your art?

Dryadri 10-16-2009 01:26 PM

Tar. I've never really written fanfiction before, so I guess I'm more on the drawing side.

Edit with another a picture, this time of my fan made species the Dryadri.

scipionyx 10-19-2009 11:01 AM

I luv it! :D it's very beautiful and atmospheric and the pose totally rocks!

Splat 10-20-2009 06:09 AM

Very nice, interesting how the furry bits give it a sense of motion and the... not... furry... bits give it a contrasting sense of stillness. Looks like it has just come out of a rapid run and has paused to slink this little bit, but it's ready to start running again! Phew...

Grieva 10-20-2009 03:28 PM

wow, the lighting in that is awesome, very dramatic, nice work

AlexFili 10-20-2009 11:32 PM

I really like these pics. Especially the Intern :D That art style is fantastic!

Dryadri 10-21-2009 12:08 PM

Thanks everyone! I'm glad people like my art. As soon as I get round to colouring, I'll be posting something of Abe.

@Splat, yes maybe there's a slight breeze or he's just landed from a pounce c:

Edit with more!

Does anyone want to see anything in particular? A slog? A glukkon?

Splat 10-26-2009 11:37 AM

You don't have to edit your old posts to upload stuff; you can consider yourself allowed to double-post for that reason (check the 'FC rules and Guidelines' for guidelines on double-posting in FC :pipe: )

I love the cartoony style - the intern is especially brilliant :p
And omigosh, what's happening to Zoe?! :eek: (I love the background in that image; it's brilliantly odd, plus the detail on her bruises and scars. I guess the scars are from the operation, but clearly she's received some unsociable treatment.)

AlexFili 10-26-2009 12:28 PM

That Slig is awesome ^_^. Who is Zoe?

Dryadri 10-26-2009 01:04 PM

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You don't have to edit your old posts to upload stuff; you can consider yourself allowed to double-post for that reason (check the 'FC rules and Guidelines' for guidelines on double-posting in FC :pipe: )

I love the cartoony style - the intern is especially brilliant :p
And omigosh, what's happening to Zoe?! :eek: (I love the background in that image; it's brilliantly odd, plus the detail on her bruises and scars. I guess the scars are from the operation, but clearly she's received some unsociable treatment.)

Oh alright, will do in future ^^

Thanks, I'm quite proud of the intern myself xD I guess I should be posting a little descriptions for the pictures that aren't just random.
Since Zoe's a new character, I'm still developing her and playing with ideas and I though since the Vykkers generally keep her away from the Glukkons she wouldn't be too friendly with the Sligs either. They hate her and she's terrified of the Big Bros, and she's basically been shot whilst doing her job.
Those scars are from some operation, but the one from her big operation is just below her pantyline xD And working with Vykkers and Fuzzles takes its toll on her.
The background is actually one of the renders from TOGG, I just messed about with it to make it dark and blurry ^^;



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That Slig is awesome ^_^. Who is Zoe?

I'm still developing her as she's fairly new, she actually just started as a silly idea for a grumpy cleaner.

She basically comes from a nature loving, animalistic species called the Dryadri (yes, my username) who live in huge families/communities/packs. Like most other OI, they have queens who keep their race going, but queens are rare and most Drydri born are the male workers.

Zoe is 9 yrs 6 mths (35 year lifespan) and was taken from her family after she was born as the Glukkons thought it would be handy to have another slave race like their Slig and Mudokon workers to boss around. The Vykkers had the same idea, but they didn't want thousands of Dryads running around, they just wanted her to do their dirtywork in pure spite of the Glukkons. They completely removed her uterus to prevent her from forming the fat queen body and having any babies and brought her up in their labs with the Interns, not letting the Glukkons get their hands (...or feet w/e) on her in any way.

She's bitter, grumpy and will take any chance to hit you with her broom or a soggy mop, unless you're an intern...then she'll love ya. She thinks she is one, sporting some lovely green headphones and umm...'stylish' striped clothes.

Copy and paste ;)i'm glad you like the Slig ^^

Splat 10-26-2009 01:41 PM

Man, I'm really falling in love with your character (in the creative sense, not the dodgy sense)

Dryadri 10-26-2009 04:24 PM

Really? Wow, thanks xD That means a lot :D

Splat 10-27-2009 04:49 PM

My mind is quite of its own accord forming some fanart fanfiction :p Obviously I don't want to develop your character for you so I shall decline from commenting further.

Dryadri 10-28-2009 04:19 AM

Oh no, do go on. Getting an A* in my original writing english task really boosted my confidence, I'm quite tempted to write something but it's trying to think of a new idea =/

Splat 10-28-2009 08:05 AM

Well I might PM you some of the ideas I had, some of the more... character-developing ones, if you want. Some of them are pretty character-shaping though, just to warn you :p

I won't post anything here, just in case you actually like the ideas and I actually ever do anything about it. ;)

Dryadri 10-28-2009 01:28 PM

That's no problem at all, I have some ideas about her personality, likes and dislikes etc. but until I pull my finger out and do her ref. sheet, I have nowhere for them to go xD

scipionyx 10-31-2009 08:47 AM

cool drawings! :D i especially luv the one where she is in the dark her eyes are glowing so beautiful there ^^ and the blurr effects and her fur in the one where she gets shot are awesome too 8D

hehe and the Intern is cute :3

Dryadri 11-01-2009 01:16 PM

Thanks again Scipionyx, gotta love those interns ^^ I've been working on this all day, I like how Abe came out because I did him without any reference :D but the background...not so much.

Grieva 11-01-2009 01:21 PM

very atmospheric, and the background looks good, it isnt distracting and keeps your focus on abe, nice work!

scipionyx 11-02-2009 03:41 AM

wow this looks great! :fuzcool: i like the pose and the concept of this drawing very much n.n cool!!!

Splat 11-02-2009 04:06 AM

Pretty cool. I don't think his mouth is quite right but considering you didn't look at any references it's really good! I like the stylistickiness of the moon, too.

Dryadri 11-03-2009 11:10 PM

Thanks again everyone ;) And yeah, there's something not right about him...it's probably the mouth now you've pointed it out Splat.

OddYouko 11-05-2009 03:15 PM

That's very good! The background looks awesome too!
Really love that little saying at the bottom left corner. :D

Abe looks really good and I love the coloring. :happy:
The Scrab is really creepy down below in the background too!
Very very nice! Awesome style!~ *stalks on DA* :lol:

Dryadri 11-07-2009 12:08 PM

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That's very good! The background looks awesome too!
Really love that little saying at the bottom left corner. :D

Abe looks really good and I love the coloring. :happy:
The Scrab is really creepy down below in the background too!
Very very nice! Awesome style!~ *stalks on DA* :lol:

Thank you! The saying is a verse from Breaking Benjamin's 'Blow Me Away' :D

Dryadri 11-09-2009 01:34 PM

We have more :D I'm afraid they're mostly Zoe though, I promise more canon Oddworld characters will be on their way soon enough ^^; The end one has absolutely nothing to do with OW, I just wanted to post it xD

Splat 11-09-2009 02:28 PM

Man, I LOVE the new pictures of Zoe! (Though I have no idea what W.I.P means :p - work in progress?)
It's good to finally see her feet; I love the pose in the first picture, and the tongue-sticking-out sketch made me laugh - her expression reminds me of road-runner :p

And the slog is awesome, too :D Happy slog is happy!

Dryadri 11-09-2009 11:06 PM

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Man, I LOVE the new pictures of Zoe! (Though I have no idea what W.I.P means :p - work in progress?)
It's good to finally see her feet; I love the pose in the first picture, and the tongue-sticking-out sketch made me laugh - her expression reminds me of road-runner :p

And the slog is awesome, too :D Happy slog is happy!

Lol, thanks ^^ Yeah W.I.P is work in progress, as there's going to be a scar reference there or something.
I know! I've been meaning to draw a full body picture for ages, they don't seem to agree with me xD She has very birdy/lizardzy feet.

slig# 5719 11-10-2009 09:23 AM

I love all of those pictures. The slog made me smile. Although I do agree with Splat about abe's mouth (but improving's half the fun.) I Wish I could draw like that.

Dryadri 11-12-2009 12:14 PM

Thank you ^^ I'm glad you like them...and the slog :D Yes, I'm always looking to improve! ^^