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shepscapades · 1 month

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Souls in the Sand: Concept Art

As I’ve mentioned here and there, I’ve spent the last two years developing an original story inspired by a small Origins+Empires server a few friends and I started planning. The more I developed plans for my empire to be a sprawling overgrown cityscape of ruins and stone framework inspired by the nether, the more I built up this backstory for the character I wanted to play, a small deerfolk boy named Esra. From there, and over months of working and reworking the story and its characters, I’m proud to say I’m coming up on a 100 piece gallery for my Masters Exhibition to display this story in the form of a song-inspired comic, titled: Souls in the Sand.

Over the next month and beyond the date of my exhibition in April, I wanted to start sharing my work here! I thought it would be fitting to first share all of the concept work I did for the characters last semester as I took each character from their old lineup and reworked them from scratch to see if there were any designs I could make more unique or appropriate for the story. This process consisted of four stages: silhouettes, full-body mock-ups, face and head shapes/designs, and experimenting with the final characters’ designs with a set of unique expressions that best fit their personalities and narrative role.

Since each character was reworked separately, the “new” concept lineup is a little disjointed (and some of the characters’ faces actually ended up different from their full-body designs), but I thought it would be fun to line them up to compare the overall cast to their old designs. With each character(s) I post the concept process for, I may share little bits of the work I’m doing or talk a little about their narrative roles as I go, but for now, have Esra!

I know I don’t post original work here often, but I wanted to share parts of this journey with you guys because it’s been very meaningful to me! And I hope all of the work I’ve been doing may at the very least serve as a bit of inspiration or encouragement for us to keep making silly minecraft stories, to keep drawing the characters we love, and to keep being creative in whatever way is meaningful! <3

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projectileprotection · 4 months

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your favourite book is still checked out, despite several weeks going by since you last asked, and it really is starting to piss you off. not the library, no; whichever scatterbrain plucked it from the shelves in the first place, tossed it to the side for later, and banished it from their mind. seriously, just check out the book and read it. what's the point in hoarding? who is that supposed to help?

rage simmers in your gut and your fingers dance flightily across dusty spines. a relaxing sit down and a good read. that's all you want. is that so much to- hm. well, that's odd.

the book your hand stops on is old, like all the others, but there's something else, too. for just a moment, and only that, you could've sworn it was... humming. that electric sort of hum off old electronics, the faint fuzz of tv static. a sliver of sunlight peeks through the shelves and this book glimmers.

stranger still, when you give in to curiosity and heave it off the shelf—god, is it heavy—and crack it open, there's... well, nothing. just blank, yellowed pages. not even an author name, publisher, any sign at all that someone once owned it.

baffled by your discovery, you make your way to the service desk and lug it onto the top with a huff. greely raises a brow and slides it over to the other side with ease.

after a series of beeps (which you assume aren't good, because greely is looking increasingly confused) and the furious flipping of pages, they slide it back over to you.

"so, i'm not sure where you got this, because i've never seen it before," they begin, typing in something on the computer, "and there's no borrowing card either."

greely turns the spine to you and taps it. "i'd, like, look it up in our registry, but whatever language this is isn't loaded into the database. so..." they shrug. seems like they're out of ideas. not really expecting an answer, you ask if it's alright for you to take it with you anyways.

"hey, it's not mine, so you're free to do whatever." turning back to the computer, they tack on, "except maybe don't burn it. that'd be lame."

the offer hangs in the air, stuffy with the smell of parchment and sandalwood and rainwater. you look down at this bizarre, seemingly ancient book, its text lost to time and history shrouded in mystery, and your fingers fizzle with energy. in a daze you haul the book into your arms, yelp appreciatively through the doorway, and the bell twinkles at your leave.

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too bitter. you should've brewed a lighter pot.

your coffee cup thuds weakly against the table. it's well into the afternoon, and the forgotten tome takes up almost half of your workspace, resting open on the first page. you realised too late that the damp smell from earlier was from the book. your nose wrinkles at the smell, and you dip your head into the nearly empty coffee pot for some relief.

surprisingly, you managed to find a key for the strange language on the spine in the small spur of research you did. it was scribbled in the front cover of a sci-fi book sat very far back in your bookshelf, filled with your brothers' favourite old space novels. probably a fanmade notebook, then. you wonder when you'll see your brother again.

sighing both in disappointment and fatigue, you lift your head from the smoky depths and move to close the tome. might be useful for something later, so maybe you'll leave it in your study.

and when you spot the ink blotting on the page, you nearly defile it by knocking over the coffee pot.

rushing for a towel and soaking up what little liquid splashed out, you watch, awestruck, as glowing blue galactic swoops into being before you:

bonn needs more hay, ask for village help

harvest carrot crop two cycles time

maybe make more pie, but if nobody has it but me it's just a full pie i have to eat by myself and i don't want to eat a whole pie

you glance frantically from the text to your messily written translator. immediately you feel confused. this seems like something one might write on a sticky note, or a bullet journal. why might this set of notes be relayed to you? what significance did it hold? and, more importantly, how?

lost for what to do next, and worried the text might fade and your chance at understanding be lost forever, you make a split-second decison, and grab your fountain pen.

"can anyone see this?"

a few seconds pass. soon, minutes. the ink dries just as the sun dips below the treeline. the smell of pine and dew glides along the chilly night breeze and through the dining room window. your head slumps against your open palm, eyes drifting shut. then:

hello?

hello everyone! this minecraft-universe blog follows the history of illusor, and the lives of the creatures in it. its story will be gradually unveiled through "the book"; a.k.a., whenever an ask gets sent in poking and prodding for info, someone might respond! characters will be revealed over time, and are accompanied with a succinct character sheet.

i'm working on said sheets as we speak, although with this week i might take a bit (happy holidays to everyone!). but i promise i'm getting there. excited to share this with everyone! <3

(asks will open once character sheets are prepared!!)

#pinned post #minecraft #minecraft lore #minecraft oc #minecraft original story #ask blog #so many minecraft sillies in my brain :) very happy to share on here #hope y'all liked the intro btw!!

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screachogreilige · 20 days

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random oc comp

#my art #my oc #original character #minecraft oc #screachog art #2nd img isnt related to the other oc's story btw

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howdydopillar · 3 months

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he got them moves…

also a third secret gif of Ivor hitting the griddy FLOSS [YES. THE GRIDDY. FLOSS] below the cut 😮🫢🤭

#THESE WERE ORIGINALLY VIDEOS I SENT TO MY STEP-SIB BECAUSE MFING IVOR DANCING GOT ME LAUGHING LIKE CRAZY #BUT I MUST SHARE THESE TO THE MCSM TUMBLR COMMUNITY… CURSED? VERY. FUNNY? YES.#YOU’RE WELCOME… 🚶🚶🚶🚶#☆ (it’s time to make history!)#mcsm ivor #minecraft story mode #mcsm #ivor mcsm #(op here- yet again so sorry for the cursed ivor dancing gifs 🤭🤭)

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sozoglam · 29 days

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so is anyone interested in a

dot dot dot

MCSM FANGAME

???

ive been planning on making one for a while,, one that appears as a "dating" game, but has some boss fights! (for example, during the lukas route, aiden gets jealous and attacks you!)

you will play as jesse, and you can choose between male jesse, female jesse, or an enby jesse :D

alsooooo i actually wrote a song for aiden's fight! i call it "Ragefelt"!! heres the 1st demo version!! (heads up, this isnt the looped version that will appear in the game)

youtube

#mcsm #minecraft story mode #mcsm jesse #mcsm aiden #mcsm fangame #original music #Youtube

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aftermath-askblog · 4 months

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(I made this forever ago. anyway.)

#mcsm #minecraft story mode #miscellaneous #the original image is by absolutenutcase162

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popfizzles · 5 months

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me lately

#Minecraft: Story Mode #MC:SM #MCSM #MCSM Axel #Fizzles #blogsona #fizzles draws #this is technically a repost but the original post had a stream link #anyway i have axel on my brain #im considering redrawing some old minecraft arts <:)#if you have some favorite posts lemme know and ill see what i can do!!!

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snailsmeller · 2 months

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I just wanted to make an Enderman Oc for fun :3

[Probably wont ever draw it again but I thought it would be silly!]

#artist #digital art #small artist #digital artist #art #minecraft #minecraft story mode #mcsm #minecraft art #minecraft fanart #minecraft oc #original character art #original art #original character #small art account

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boxofoxberry · 13 days

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origins au anyone?

designs are not final but i have a lot of stuff planned out already ,,, hopefully i'll have the motivation to draw more of it heehee

brief au details under the cut <3

the roles i have planned so far are

jesse: elytrian

JJ (male jesse! they r siblings in this au): bee

axel: shulk

olivia: arachnid

petra: blazeborn

lukas: feline

ivor: phantom

soren: enderian

gabriel: wolf

aiden: avian

maya: slime

gill: merling

radar: enderian

the story follows a 3-life system (meaning a character can die 3 times before they die For Good)

the witherstorm arc isn't the witherstorm arc anymore. more like ivor accidentally starts a war between end-origins and nether-origins to prove to the world that the ender dragon's influence over end creatures is still around. this escalates and eventually leads to the spirit of the wither and the spirit of the ender dragon being summoned through the command block to join the war

jesse is more than a simple elytrian, but they don't know How. elytrians are rare as it is, but they Know that something is different about them compared to regular elytrians. something important. and they're on the brink of driving themselves crazy trying to figure it out

the wither and the ender dragon know what's different about jesse, and use that knowledge against them

petra still gets sick but a) it's not wither sickness, b) it's caused by an entirely different thing altogether, c) it has different effects, is slower and gets worse overtime. it barely presents itself through the war arc and more shows itself afterwards

#mcsm #minecraft story mode #petra mcsm #jesse mcsm #lukas mcsm #mcsm origins au #feel free to ask questions about it in my askbox!! i might doodle the responses #also side note i swear i'll get to the rest of the requests soon <3 #been playin origins a lot. if you can tell

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kiwinatorwaffles · 3 months

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after realizing i was agender and embracing the fact that i was aroace to the fullest i realized that i just Stopped giving my ocs and headcanons any definitive orientations or genders. like schrodinger’s sexuality and gender

are they cis? could be. but they could also be trans. straight? hmmm perhaps not. but also the other options are equally as likely. are they allo? well i have no answer for that either.

there are only three exceptions:

if it’s an important part of their character (oc whose spouse died and he never remarried despite having kids, later finds out he’s ace and demiaro or an oc who is a god tired of their duty so they trans their gender and go to live with the mortals)

if the vibes hit exactly right when the stars align (making jokes with friends about an oc’s “edgy transition” and then actually making them trans, or an oc who would kick ass as the funny gay uncle)

and if it’s FUNNY (zedaph and botwlink’s very dangerous no-good DIY top surgery, prolific smut fanfic writer is aroace)

#kiwi’s calls #kiwi’s ocs #original story: greenflag nj #fandom ocs: minecraft

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the-admin-but-dumber · 4 months

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Imagine how crazy it would be if they all weren't horribly traumatized. Anyways, practice sketches! Done for the funnies and the sillies, I also wanted to practice drawing older men

#mcsm #minecraft story mode #digitalart #original character #mcsm oc #art #mcsm romeo #minecraft #mcsm admin #mcsm admins #romeo the admin #romeo mcsm #mcsm vos

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whaleshake · 2 years

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“You’re a hero, you know that?”

Some concept art I decided to make based on the Reuben death pork chop scene. Originally supposed to be a quick thing bc I wanted better references for this but whatever. I’ll probably redraw this in another 2 years or so

#mcsm #minecraft story mode #mcsm fanart #mcsm jesse #mcsm lukas #mcsm olivia #mcsm axel #mcsm spoilers lol #whaleshake’s originals

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dashintrash · 1 year

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other chibification victims (my OCs)

#oc #original character #wenke #EJ #mcsm julian #dragon age surana #queen #mcsm philip #dnd #dungeon and dragons #minecraft story mode #mcsm #dragon age #dragon are origins #sketch

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dantes-gf · 8 months

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people start calling themselves ogs and then they say they started mystreet before they watched diaries…

#don’t call yourself an og #unless you remember when diaries s1 was actually s2 #and mystreet was just side stories #also u guys should watch origins i love origins #aphmau #minecraft diaries #aphmau minecraft diaries #aphmau mcd #aphverse #mystreet #aphmau mystreet #aphmau origins

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coffiishake · 1 month

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In my two decades of living I’ve collected silly little guys that make me happy :) this is definitely not all of them and I’m probably missing some but these are the ones that I remembered :D Omw to collect more funny lil guys

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chocolatebird-art · 2 months

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Jesse (▔∇▔)

#jesse #mcsm #minecraft story mode #minecraft #mcsm jesse #chocobird art #I kinda hate some of the colors I originally used for Jesse so I changed them

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