Sometimes you just have to draw a lot of demon women to heal your soul.

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Finally finished arc1 of my Homebrew campaign, here you have the creatures I designed as the enemies

POINT AND LAUGH

Disco Elysium out there with the real artist experience

The affliction of the Grotesques has been said to perfectly symbolize this horrid age. The ugliness of war and chaos, now given flesh. If the Arrimaki are the sickness of this world, then these horrid abominations are perhaps the deformity of it. There is no wonder why the Church and its followers are so quick to exterminate these tortured souls, unable to stomach the sight of what they are and what they stand for. Sadly, the Grotesques never had a say in what they were reborn into, and they are clearly not that happy about their twisted forms either. They say their mangled rebirth is a curse, a blight upon man, yet the people refuse to acknowledge which party is truly cursed in all this. But they see monsters and slay them, with no hesitation. Their garbled cries and soggy pleas fall upon deaf ears, as the blades are brought down upon them. So if their suffering and cries will not bring them peace, then they must turn to violence. Thus the Grotesques give into madness and anger, throwing themselves against their persecutors and executioners like rabid beasts. If humanity is truly responsible for creating the Grotesques, then they too are responsible for making them the monsters they are now. 

Not all souls twisted into these Grotesques are born from humans, as it seems all walks of life are punished. Simple animals and oblivious beasts thrown into this sickening stew, and emerging as some wretched chimera of dripping flesh. No names are given to these things, no labels outside of "monstrosity" and "abomination." Even the Beast Masters are unnerved by these creatures, less from fear and more from their tortured state. They have a deeper connection with animals than they do man, and this bond shows them the pain and anguish trapped inside this failing form. Some may try to slay these creatures to bring them peace, while others seek to kill them to cease their rampage. No matter the reason, many fail. If a wounded animal is twice as fierce and deadly as any other, than imagine the power and savagery found in those who know nothing but pain, trapped in a world of cruelty. 

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"Grotesque Beast"

We're pulling the strange and bizarre from all places here for the Grotesques! And once I laid my eyes upon ol' Luigi Bergomi's utterly weird creatures, they immediately felt fitting and I just had to use one. Truly some inspiring stuff!

Dragons by Wayne Anderson

"Oh, Eucella! I didn't realize you were missing me that much! Waiting at the front door for me to return! Quite romantic when you think about-"

"No, Chlora, I am standing outside waiting for you because you are absolutely not setting root in my house like that! I thought you were out there studying the swamp, not swimming in it!"

"Heh, well, things did get a little crazy there for a minute. Tracking and studying Wompogos is no easy feat! They are pretty sharp felines, so you got to approach things smartly! Stealth and disguise are key, that way they don't see you coming!"

"So your disguise was to slap a bunch of mud and weeds on you? And then decided to wear it the whole carriage ride home?!"

"Uh, not all of it really. You see, had some issues when I accidentally paddled straight into a pod of Sousuin, and it kind of resulted in me getting dumped into the swamp. But don't worry, I salvaged most of my notes! A little soggy and stained, but still readable!"

"Messy notes, you say? Big surprise there. Honestly, Chlora, I don't think it is physically possible for you to hand me a piece of paper without getting mud or food or whatever fluids all over it. Even if I sent you on a delivery job to bring me a fresh ream straight from the paper mill I am sure you would find a way to get it stuck in a manticore's throat. Oh, and what happened to your leg!?"

"That, well, you see the funny thing with Tethea is-"

"You know what? Forget it. You stay out here while I fetch the wash tub and some clean clothes. You are not coming inside until you're halfway decent! And don't touch anything!"

"A bath?! Out here?! Really, Eucella, just let me go to the washroom and I-"

"Absolutely not! I just tidied up in there and Vera got her own bath an hour ago! I don't need you trudging in there and getting her all messy after I went through all the trouble! Don't act like you won't because I know how much you love to give out hugs!"

".......well you're right about one thing, Eucella, HERE COMES A HUG!"

"Hey don't touch me-CHLORA! YOU-!" 

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"Another Successful Trip"

Chlora constantly goes out on expeditions and research trips, always with the same joy and excitement. Want to know what it looks like coming back? Honestly, still has the excitement, though there are quite a few other things she brings back with her. And they aren't always notes...

Drew a monster inspired by Mushussu. I just added grays in procreate bc I can’t decide on colors for this. This pal is the only thing I remember from art history I think. cool Babylonian giraffe-dragon, yes!?

we have got to start putting gargoyles on buildings again

No you won’t ever be exactly the same again and that’s fine, actually.

... the Lord is testing me.

(Specifically, the Getty Museum shop is testing me)

throwing in the towel because nobody draws gollum better than cor blok