This picture was first conceived as a metaphor in this convo between QS and an Iterator I'm still designing, it's current name being Beacons Sever The Seas [BSTS]
I scrapped the idea because it felt a bit boring, the bug schtick has been done enough. But i did like the idea of the head being a mask so i was sketching that until i had this one
which turned into this
and then i let the power of texture brush happen and finished it in a frenzy, can't remember much of the process...
The basic lore behind this is that the lead architect of QS loved building her so much that he kinda... never stopped and kept adding new technology and gimmicks (like her mask thing) until she looked like this.
I actually wanted to add marker scribbles and notes on her face as well but this piece is already too busy so i left that out for the most part
She doesn't mind it too much, she considered this 'quality time' with her benefactor (it's not like she didn't start doing the same after the mass ascensions)
Thank you for reading this far, so sweet of you!! As a lil treat have a sketch of all the robots i intend for their local group next to each other
“A smile inspires your friends, keeps your enemies guessing, and keeps you in control.”
100% this dude has fucking control issues. Not control over others but control over himself and how he presents to other people. And his smiling is also about keeping himself in control and—!
Also, oh my GOD Alastor. Acting all sus and creepy and unsettling and sinister but still actually being incredibly helpful towards Charlie and pushing her buttons so she stops wallowing in despair and then giving her advice and—
Like, he’s CLEARLY enjoying all this and having so much fun with it too (that freaking png of him sliding on screen while Charlie’s comparing herself to evil overlords LMAO), but he’s still being kinda helpful despite all that???
I am so freaking excited for the next episode, I’m vibrating in my seat, I’m gonna spontaneously combust from the anticipation GAWD.
At this point, I'm not even able to really celebrate my follower count because I am so very aware that the majority of them are not real people. I got such a large influx of them while I was on vacation that I lost the motivation quickly to pick through them and block them.
These b0ts are just here now. They're my little b0t babies. Hello, b0t babies. How are you? Lol.
Like I look at my big followers number and then I peak in the tab and it's all just faceless bots haha!
Edit: not me realizing using the word might summon more like fucking Beetlejuice lmao. God. Anyway-
Reminder of that one time we see Cheng Xiaoshi lurking in the background when Emma took some random picture with her parents. Still don't know why but it happened and hopefully Studio LAN doesn't forget it either.
It's from Season 1, Episode 11, and around 9 minutes in.
After finally gaining the motivation to fight volo again(and several upload attempts to no avail) I finally got footage of volo’s head tracking and man does he stare👁️👁️