I’m ngl y’all are giving me way too much credit for the Penelope WIP. I didn’t connect the “WIP of a WIP” symbolism until y’all pointed it out. I was just way too tired to finish it.

That being said, there’s a fair shot i won’t finish it for a LONG time XD

WIP of Penelope with her forever-unfinished shroud.

Some sketches of mountain Grazers, which I have dubbed “Āpeks”, and the cattle they guard. 🏔️✨

Some sketches of Katherine Blake from the ditched Treasure Planet sequel. I realized that I’ve never drawn her and for that crime I sentence myself to the chair of shame

Conceptual art of a Mountain Grazer || The Mountain Grazers raise cattle (see cow sketches below the cut), herding them from grassy mountainside to grassy mountainside by season. Sometimes they have to climb to get vantage points, clear pathways (the cows are not as graceful), and rescue calves that have been separated. They’re so strong that most of them can pull off feats like the one shown here: scaling an over-sheer cliff side with a calf dangling from one foot. Incredibly hearty and athletic, these fellas are the most no-nonsense of the Grazer species.

Conceptual drawing of a Desert Grazer. They got lots of fun minerals in the desert to dye with, and their tattoos are inspired by the plants, the quail-like birds they tend, and rain. They tend to tattoo thick designs under their eyes to protect them from the sun. The tassels on their hoods deflect sand from their faces. Unlike their Grassland brethren, they decorate their horns just for fun. Teeth from creatures they smack to keep their birds safe are a favorite adornment.

This now makes me wonder if he’s like… basically an old earth western culture historian now. Like nah he doesn’t know math or engineering but he’s the only one who knows who Britney Spears is and that makes him the most dangerous one there

Bruh I’m so dumb but I just realized the reason Murphy is always the one making pop-culture wisecracks is because he was trapped in the lighthouse bunker for like 3 months and had nothing to do but listen to tunes and binge old movies/books.

I was like “how tf does this man know what a hobbit is” nvm he definitely just marathoned LOTR and cried while eating stale biscuits and wearing a blanket like an elven cloak.

Bruh I’m so dumb but I just realized the reason Murphy is always the one making pop-culture wisecracks is because he was trapped in the lighthouse bunker for like 3 months and had nothing to do but listen to tunes and binge old movies/books.

I was like “how tf does this man know what a hobbit is” nvm he definitely just marathoned LOTR and cried while eating stale biscuits and wearing a blanket like an elven cloak.

Working on Grazer concept design. (See details below the cut)

These Grazers are from Cain’s tribe, the Grassland Grazers. There’s three main tribes of Grazers: the Grassland Grazers, the Mountain Grazers, and the Desert Grazers. I’m still working on names for these tribes, but for now that’s what I’ve got. They’re all somewhat nomadic, following the good grass/plants and the changing seasons. They’re predators, technically, but they raise, protect, and harvest small livestock. The grasslands grazers shepherd the wee dragon-sheep (I called them “skofies” before but I’m not loving that name so much rn…), the mountain ones raise cattle, and the desert ones raise poultry (kinda like quail).

Some notes on Grasslands Grazers, though I’m still fleshing them out:

They wear jewelry on their arms, ankles, necks, and horns that clinks to both help the sheep (who are as dumb as Earth sheep) stay close by and warn predators that someone is watching them. They’re also decorative.

Their braids are a source of pride and they almost never cut their hair, except under extreme circumstances.

They source their beads from stones found in riverbeds, but sometimes trade with the other tribes or humans/elves/etc. to get special precious stones or metals. Anything to make fun clinky jewelry.

Young Grazers (1-6) don’t wear beads around their necks or ankles in order to avoid getting caught in anything. They don’t help with the sheep then either so it’s not as necessary. However, they do wear little headbands with little beads on them, which they then turn in for real beads to adorn their necks or growing horns with once they get old enough to help tend the flocks.

Married Grazers get stripe tattoos on their chins. Men with facial hair will often shave or pluck the hair within the tattoo to make sure it’s always visible.

Some notes on the others:

The desert that the Desert Grazers roam isn’t an empty sand desert. It’s on the edge of the Great Desert (name TBD), but it’s got plenty of fauna and flora and rainfall.

The Mountain Grazers have slightly more permanent homes, with a series of large and small caves used by the main group and the shepherds over the seasons. They travel lightest of all Grazers.

Mountain Grazers have large circular horns like ibex goats and the Desert Grazers have horns like gazelles.

POV: you are the gods planning an infanticide

RUN, LAZ RUN! || this definitely shows how frickin massive Sampson is. Due to his overlong life, he just never really stopped growing.

Just the gang being goobers. It’s taking me forever to explain their relative sizing, but Sampson should be WAY bigger. If he was any bigger I wouldn’t be able to fit him in this shot so I’m pulling creative liberty on my own creative property :)

Golas tending the water and its flora.

The Tale of the Twelve Golas

Forgive me.

After exploring the EPIC fandom a bit, I have decided that I really really love it when something just jogs everyone’s creative brain in a similar way? The way PJATO did, and we just all had this nearly universal idea of what the characters looked like. EPIC seems to have done a similar thing, and we all just collectively decided a some things about the characters and I love that. Before I even saw there was extended lore and was just listening to it little by little on Spotify, I imagined Odysseus with 3 main things: longer (curly) hair, a beard that progresses, and a war-scarred face. Then I come online and see that’s what other people envisioned too! I just love the brain scratch that REALLY GOOD art and literature gives people as a whole. It’s super cool to see something like music/poetry convey such a vivid image in our imaginations. I love it sm.

“You don’t think I know my own palace? I BUILT IT!” - Odysseus [EPIC: The Musical]

I had to do a little thing for that line. It’s so freakin metal. Below the cut is a quoted version: