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the second i saw him. monochrome? those h a n d s ? dripping wax? i'm doin' that one. okay so i took some creative liberty :))))) the way you drew icarus made his hands almost resemble a fountain pen and yes please -1 to 0. reference page :000 oh man it's like i read the rules dude that's actually genius getting people to make refs as the requirement what i recolored him after you answered me :') i uh, i don't want to recolor the next one so i'm sorry since i don't have access to a color wheel i just reset my thing and tried to find the color again so it might be similar ish i don't know 1. original sketch 2. a few added things 3. lineart 4. cleanup wait you said i can't sample colors?? what does that mean? like i have to remake the palette??? i don't understand that and i just finished the coloring before reading it so uh 5. color it's... a bit funky since i haven't drawn in a hot second but it's not horrible so there 6. lazy background image looking at it a while later i love it so much more what does anyone else think of 'we've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty for quite some time now' when you look at this i- okay slight dehumanization and torture warning i guess? is that lore pfff okay so words time yay to start off, i looked at the vibe of this mans and felt he was an old soul, like maybe he's lived a long time and doesn't physically show it or maybe he's from a time long ago or whatever name: walter appearance: distorted i've been in this fun mindset of loops so i thought to incorporate it. maybe he's stuck in a loop of some kind, maybe like sisyphus he's trapped reliving his fatal mistake of- metaphorically speaking- flying too close to the sun and falling towards his demise. then i thought, what if this was a box of some kind and there's like, hundreds of boxes that torture other designs this could be a really interesting way to use designs for future dta's in case i don't have anywhere else to put them, for example if they're too abstract for a more realistic and human world or too out of place to add lore-wise so these creatures could have once been humans and over the course of being in this wherever-the-heck-they-are they start becoming deformed and less normal and pretty soon you have only the essence of who a person was walter was most likely a very ambitious individual which sometimes led him to fall when his ambitions didn't meet their success and it quite possibly was his ultimate downfall and so with a very gradual process he became an irony, a joke who gave an allusion to the infamous story of daedalus and icarus in which icarus fell from the sky when his wax wings melted from heat i'm basically making my own hell/purgatory headcanon wait a minu- haha anyway i have a design of my own that looks a bit similar slightly so now i have two people two brothers, let's say trapped in their own boxes and hells and they're right next to each other but can't see each other, can't embrace one another, can't be forever in this loop forever in this unfortunate repeat forever lost until the heartless beast who put them in there sets them free, if ever, if only and there you have it folks this is my thought process to create a valid backstory :) here's a rundown and slight teaser about where i might take this : stage 0. individual is put inside and left alone. stage 1. individual is unknowingly assessed by box and transformation starts. small signs can be seen. stage 2. individual experiences so much of the same thing it begins to get into their head as transformation continues. stage 3. individual is most likely gone mentally by now. transformation reaches peak design and they are ready to be wiped and used if desired. for walter, this is his canon icarus design. stage 4. if left too long the process will continue and form will start to overmodify. things go where they shouldn't. basic configuration is maintained but contorted/distorted. stage 5. they have been in for decades upon decades with no outside contact and are wisps. colors. merely a core and essence of whoever they were before. if stage 3 form was desirable enough time inside the box can be reversed manually. this should happen rather quickly subsequent to stage 5 begins because after a point this becomes impossible. if it is past that point reversing time changes the shape but doesn't put back color or physical existence, therefore rendering them unable to be salvaged. their last years will be spent in absence and pitiful waste. to recap- 1. it begins tm 2. it continues tm 3. best form 4. becomes unholy monster 5. loses physicality and essence remains the chamber in 5 is white-ish to make it easier to show that it's see-through because i'm bad at that also what's detail never heard of it cOUGHH i really like this design and if i find someone that fits it in my personal life i'll probably take him out of it and associate the design to the person for a series i won't name alright long description over bye