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Sometimes, it feels like you can't help but fall down the same rabbit hole as your ancestors.
An official promotional poster for my upcoming book series, 'Alec in the Otherlands' done by my bestie @artistic-moth-man!!
As AitO takes place in modern times, with Alec being a descendant to Alice herself, you might ask "well, what happened to Alice, then?"
hehehe...you'll see ;3
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ALL OF DAPHNE'S TRANSFORMATIONS. INCLUDING UPDATED NYMPHIX.
Previously Fairy of the Dragon Flame now Fairy of Embers. She doesn't have any transformations others than these because she was fast tracked into the nymphix path, and unlike the winx the majority of fairies don't pursue additional transformations past enchantix. (i think Daphne would be interested in Dreamix tho, so maybe I'll draw that eventually.
Her major color shifted after dying and being revived, which is shown in her winx and enchantix.
other lore and design notes below!
I changed her major color from orange/yellow to more of a teal/green because. she just doesn't look good in yellow I'm sorry I really tried but it wasn't working. Also little updates to her hair color, nothing huge tho. Daphne's primary motifs are a branching "Y" shape and a double oval/tear drop. She's a pants when possible girlie and a one set winger(yes her nymphix looks like it have multiple wings but they all merge into one stem on each side) . Her scars from her Sirenix being ripped out of her caused her winx/enchantix to change a little to cover them(mostly seen in the arms) due to insecurity. Her Dryadix/nymphix flower is a daffodil! because pun Daph-Daff, and Daffodils symbolize rebirth and new beginnings (also creativity, energy, resilience, forgiveness and vitality). Her Harpix wings aren't super specificly patterned, but she has darting wings common in small song and seed birds (robins, finches, brown birds etc.) the coloring is referential of a Shrike (also called a Butcher Bird), because Daphne was. incredibly dangerous and if she had sided with the ancestral probably would have been given a moniker similar to Butcher of Domino or Daphne the Slaughterer. (some people do call her these but its mostly among people who dislike Domino/The Royal Family.)
Lore! Daphne doesn't have a great sense of self, she was planned as a necessary successor to Marion/the dragon flame in a period as the ancestral witches were escalating their attacks and search for the dragon flame. Bloom was a back up baby in case both Daphne and Marion got dead and basically worked as intended haha. Daphne was also much more publicly involved in the kingdom than many of the other royals in winx (Stella, Aisha, Krystal and even Galatea to an extent all had rather sheltered upbringings) in a way Daphne is much more like Sky and Thoren in the since that none of them really had the space to develop their own personality outside of their familial duty.
Daphne's 1st winx and enchantixes are as direct a copy of her mom's Enchantix as you can get with transformations, right down to the more greenish tint of her major color. Growing up Marion used her fairy form liberally, so that, combined with being the next Dragon Flame holder left a deep impact on Daphne's subconscious. Daphne was also heavily influenced by Faragonda during her Alfea and Nymphix Quest years, but since she was older this isn't as deep an influence. After being revived, Daphne's years of defining herself as her connection to Bloom causes her major color to shift more blue in response to her trauma. Daphne is slowly starting to develop a sense of self outside of her titles/connections but it's unlikely her major color will shift again unless she has another major trauma.
(for the record the Winx do have trauma over the timeline I have laid out that would potentially cause their major colors to shift but I didn't do that for a couple reasons 1, their colors are iconic and make them easily recognizable as characters; 2, I'm a tired bitch. )
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emsartwork · 2 months
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My candela party portraits! Including the gm haha
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emsartwork · 2 months
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finally finished the prompts from swordtember...... in january teehee
vampire, vampire hunter, barbarian, inquisitor, artificer, artificer in cross bow mode, assassin (my horrible little rogue's current fave dagger), druid, paladin, and necromancer
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narutos your pretty cure and pretty cures your naruto
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took me ages but here's the Mermaidia update haha
So! recap; Elina is working with the Rainbow Company as Azura's intern and participant in the prosthetics development program. Elina's prosthetics are still experimental, they work well most of the time but Elina is still working with Azura and Iris (the enchantress) to improve them. As of right now she has the only functional pair. Nalu is a marine biology major and conservationist, he works at the Crystal Cove Boat rental even tho he technically doesn't need to. Crystal cove boat rentals has one large motor boat (Nalu's), smaller dinghies, two jet skis, and some inner tubes/fishing supplies. I said Laverna was tried in the fairytopia post but I'm changing it. She's under house arrest in the hinterland bogs and is awaiting trial.
It's a normal day off for Elina, she gardens with Dandelion and Ms Peony in the morning when she gets a garbled text from Nalu and has Dandelion drop her off (with her chair) at the Crystal Cove park so she can check on him. Elina finds his phone on the ground and some signs of a struggle. Nalu's usual motor boat is also missing. Nori pulls up in her own small dinghy as she was on her way to hang out with Nalu (they pioneer ocean conservation and plan education events together, sometimes working with the Rainbow Company but they're their own little organization). 
Elina tries to talk to Nori but she's fairly prickly and defensive. It also does not help that Elina doesn't know any sign language so even tho Nori can read lips fairly well there are a couple layers to get through in order to communicate anything. Eventually, Elina shows her the garbled text and Nalu's phone. Nori freaks out and the two of them try to get into Nalu's phone in order to see if there are any clues. 
Nori gets super fed up and snatches the phone, hopping into her boat and taking off. Elina is like YO WTF, and with the help of the other boat rental employee gets in one of the rental boats to take off after her(yes this is essentially the weird ass turtle in the film). Unlike in the fairytopia post Elina has to leave her chair at the rental. She's in a much smaller boat than the one Nalu usually uses and her new chair won't fit very well in the rental. She has her prosthetics, her puff ball (parakeet), and her unstoppable attitude tho so obviously she'll be totally fine and nothing bad will happen to her one of a kind technology even tho it technically isn't water safe haha she's fine.
Elina catches up to Nori at the Farytown Green, at a small tech kiosk that does quick repairs and such. The young employees there are mostly just teasing Nori about Nalu and goofing off  instead of taking the situation seriously. Elina comes over and one of the girls is over the moon at Bibble asking Elina all the questions and feeding Bibble treats and baby-talking him and all that. Elina lets her hold him while she asks Nori what they're doing here. Nori explains she wants to have them override the lock on Nalu's phone. Elina eventually sweet talks the kiosk girl into doing this for them. 
Elina and Nori go through Nalu's recent texts for anything suspicious. They find a contact labeled "delphine???" that has been giving Nalu vague warnings. She doesn't seem threatening, more like she's tipping him off about people asking weird questions and an overheard conversation about his father. Nori tells Elina that Nalu's father is the District Attorney, and Elina recognizes one of the descriptions of the guys as Laverna's goons. They theorize that Laverna had them kidnap Nalu in order to threaten the DA into dropping the charges against her or something.  They ask around a bit and the kiosk girls are like "oh ya! delphine runs the ferry from here to the Gold District and the Mirror Wharf! :D" Elina and Nori run off to catch the ferry. 
MEANWHILE Nalu was grabbed in the rental shop. He managed to get one text off in the chat he had open which was Elina, before being dragged off into his own motorboat. The goons take him to the Carousel islands off of wildering point. However, Laverna's goons want him to make the demands to his father over the phone. He refuses to even speak when they call his father. The goons are too stupid to just take a picture of Nalu as proof or maybe they just have flip/burner phones?? Laverna is calling them for updates tho. Eventually Laverna threatens to  poison Berry Creek and Demariam Cove with some concoction she's come up with. Both of these locations are Nalu's passion projects, being cleared of trash through his volunteer efforts and declared a sanctuary for…. idk sea turtles or rare fish or something (i don't even know where this town is lmao) So he caves and calls his father. He agrees to draw up paperwork declaring Laverna's legal immunity (haha see see like immunity berry it does tie into the film) over at Demariam cove. The goons take the long way around and hug the sides of the little islands to avoid being seen from the docks. On the way over there, Nalu manages to toss a mirrored srcunchy bracelets (used for emergency signaling and stuff while diving/boating) onto some rocks on both Crest and Mirror Island (Elina and Nori are wearing them in the Mermaidia illustration)
Delphine is a bit cagey, and isn't sure she should tell Elina and Nori anything, but eventually they win her over. Delphine says she overheard the goons talking about possibly taking Nalu to one of the islands off the coast of farytown, but doesn't know which ones. She warns Elina and Nori that the water can be really rough out there and that they should a; take a bigger boat, and b; Elina shouldn't even be out there with her prosthetics. Elina is like "ok but i need to help Nalu". Delphine offers to alter Elina's prosthetics into fins just in case she needs to be able to swim. It's a rush job, mostly just giving Elina the opportunity to swap her feet out for some shaved flipper fins. This is even assuming the elecro-patchy qualities used in the prosthetics will work if they get wet (could disrupt the connection between Elina's muscles and the prosthetics). Elina takes the flippers but is sure she won't use them because she's fine totally fine.
Elina and Nori decide to check out Crest Island first. The water is super rough, and Nori manages to see Nalu's bracelet, she hops into the water because there's nowhere to land and she's impulsive lol. Unfortunately, she gets tangled in some discarded fishing line and pummeled by waves before she can get to a rock to stand on. Elina can't get the boat close enough to help and chooses to put her flippers on. The weight of her prosthetics means she gets to nori's legs quickly and isn't moved around in the water as much as a free swimmer. She gets Nori untangled, Nori helps support Elina above water as they get to shore. So far Elina's prosthetics are working, but the metal seems to not like sea water so Elina doesn't want to stay in the water for too long. 
They have a moment and then snag both scrunchies. From the point in between the islands they can just see the goons with Nalu, who is tied up, and Nalu's father's boat as he draws up paperwork. Nori wants to surprise them to grab Nalu and convinces Elina to swim under Demariam Island through a sea cave to do so. Elina's prosthetics are getting more and more fragile as a reaction to the sea water but they make it through. Nori and Elina manage to untie Nalu and get him into the water.
The goons freak out that Nalu is gone but they already have the paperwork and take off up Berry Creek. Elina, Nori, and Nalu give chase. Because Nalu knows the rocks and water levels of Demariam Cove they're able to force the goons onto a sandbar, stalling their boat. one of the goons starts hopping rocks to get to shore and try to get away. Elina is staying in the boat because the metal of her prosthetics is weak enough that any big movement would break them. She speeds past him and manages to snatch the paperwork. The goon threatens to drop the poison into Demariam Cove unless she hands it over. She does but he throws the can into the water.
Elina dives for it and manages to get a hand on it before much is dispersed. The goons take off over land, not realizing that their legal papers are completely waterlogged and unreadable(lmao they stupid) eventually the police apprehend them and throw most of them in jail. 
Elina's prosthetics are twisted up and she's freaking out a bit. Nalu's dad is super thankful to both girls and pours a shit ton of money into Nori and Nalu's ocean conservationism and Elina's prosthetics research and her prosthetics 2.0 are up and running again in a few weeks (sorry i couldn't think how to do the true self berry's instant fix in non magic life haha)
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OK I WILL
very long post underneath i do not blame you at all if you don’t read it
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emsartwork · 3 months
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Sketch requests from my patreon from the past few months, an owlhouse-sona and some miraculous ladybug/star vs the forces of evil characters.
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emsartwork · 3 months
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Winx Stuff Masterpost
Links to all my winx posts including asks, hopefully I’ll be able to get everything here. Let me know if there’s something not on this list!
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Winx Stuff Masterpost
Links to all my winx posts including asks, hopefully I’ll be able to get everything here. Let me know if there’s something not on this list!
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the elemental witches are finally done with the air edition; Winduri!
Lore and design notes below!
So just like the Harpix quest a witch looking to become a Windury has to obtain a Harpix feather through one of the challenges and present it to the source of Harpix. Unlike fairies however, witches usually work more closely with the elemental companions of each quest (in this case the sylphs). Witches need a gift from their elemental companions to add to their uniform in order to handle the ethereal power bestowed by the elemental quests. Witches becoming Winduri get a Sylph's egg talon. These are the small claws that develop on a sylph's thumb in the egg as a help to crack the egg to get out (like a chicken's egg tooth). They usually fall off soon after hatching but are kept as a memento by sylph families. They lend a drop of Endless Storm magic for the witch to build on. The elemental witch forms still influence the witch’s biology, so here Lucy, who has strong Harpy heritage has very large wings, feathered ears and a feather tail in addition to stronger talons on her feet. Icy is also strongly aligned with the air element biologically and has facial/ear feathers.
The look of the Winduri's uniforms are often similar to whatever the Witch’s already existent uniform is based on, but it’s not a one to one. The wings in this form have small talons on the wings' thumb joints. The uniform also features wrappings on the legs/feet, a sleeveless shirt and the harpix feathers displayed somewhere on the outfit. There are swirling trails of wind attached somewhere near the harpix feathers that will drape around the witch like cloth. The patterns of witch's wings often mimic real birds, fairies in harpix are often less based on reality. in specific, the trix are all based on owls, Icy is based on a Snowy Owl, Stormy on a Great Horned Owl and Darcy on a Barn Owl (becuase even tho i love them barn owls are the creepiest lmao). Lucy is based on a swan because I love to include little ballet references in her designs (swan lake), and Selina is based on a Crow!
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emsartwork · 6 months
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Forgot to post these here!
Enchanter, river spirit, forest spirit, bard, alchemist, summoner, and mermaid
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emsartwork · 6 months
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Half A Soul by Olivia Atwater is so so cute, had to quickly sketch how I imagine these guys looking
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More swords~
Jester, royal hunt leader, healer, queen, king, royal heir, and royal guard
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emsartwork · 7 months
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Enneagram DnD characters I design for TabletopTown! It's an app that let's you play ttrpgs anywhere and anytime on your phone!
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emsartwork · 7 months
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Swordtember!
Wither, wizard, rogue, dragon slayer, spy master, knight errant, and oracle!
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emsartwork · 7 months
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back on my fusion bullshit because I've been working on my thesis again haha
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emsartwork · 10 months
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I managed to finish the Bloomverse drawing
the idea for this drawing came from the profile @drops-of-moonlights, The blooms I drew belong to:
@drops-of-moonlights, @snarky-art, @butterfly-winx, @ghostsprobably, @emsartwork, @charmixpower and myself
I would like to thank all these profiles that I drew, you are a great inspiration for me to continue drawing winx, really, thank you very much
Damn, I took a long time on the drawing and I'm still not satisfied, I'll probably shade it and reblog in the future with the shadows.
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