Painting of Anne Von Blyssen

My painting of Anne Von Blyssen from Starstable Online

You can look at my process and wips on my ig @wilma_darkrider

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Hermit redesign even though I didn't do anything too interesting or imaginative with him. I just like this trope of character designs and I always thought it was a shame his design never leaned into it. For someone so spiritually connected to the wild horses he also just looks like a grandpa I'd pass by in Kaufland.

I've taken inspiration from how these characters are usually portrayed in Slavic media and fairy tales. However I genuinely can't tell the Hermit's race? I think he's white? But if he isn't I am sorry for slav-washing him </3 These tropes and changes could be done with any other culture in mind, I just thought this fit and its something close to my heart.

I also gave up on the paint over after a while, I am sure you can tell LOL. His model is a mess, even more than I thought as I progressively worked on him. Looking back I should have used the new Gary Goldtooth model for this, but oh well. It was a mental exercise

sabine

Ydris congratulates him on his new telescope <333

29/09/23

He's a golden retriever I swear!

Love Alex but I definitely had higher expectations for the new quest, I was really expecting sso to delve into Alex's struggles (especially with what is I'm assuming to be ADHD) and create a compelling quest line that resonates with its audience. It's such a missed opportunity to give her some depth.

I was disappointed to find that it was just a line of errand quests to help Alex coordinate an event that we don't even learn the name of. I was still content with this premise but became frustrated at Alex's characterization. I kept waiting for the part where Alex gets annoyed with herself and then learns how to overcome her setbacks (the usual story beats) but it just kinda skipped that step and went straight to the solution (which isn't really a solution IMO but nevertheless)

I just think this quest had the chance to really stick in our brains. A fair chunk of us have grown into young adults now and trying to earn a living these days is HARD. Especially so for neurodivergent people.

PS: I kinda think it's a good thing that many of us are disappointed, it's a sign that sso has raised the bar significantly in these past couple years. This one was just a bit wack.

So I've been staring at Sabine a lot, specifically her pants

I hate her pants with a passion so I decided to do a little sketch

I don't think I drew her very well but like??

This is how high waisted her pants are in game and it's been bothering me for so long, I strongly dislike how high waisted they are

I wasn't happy with the art i made for the art fight this year so i redrew everyone's horse's

@horsegamesins @everwindfields @jorvikwildhorse @yasminewestbank

I apologize if its still not 100%

Pony Fever

SSO: Mr Sands

So I was trying to draw a bit after what he looks like in Starshine Legacy and how they describe in sso and the books. Not easy. Why no bow tie? Because I almost lost my shit trying to draw that thing so I just decided to do a normal tie instead. I have no idea why I struggled so much with that 😅

Well, this will be my version of him from now on. Even if his old style is iconic, I want to see something new with him, but still the same at the same time.

Fanart of Sabine and Khaan from starstableonline

Mica and Pico 🌈🐸

We all know what time it is :-)

I'll see how much Halloween stuff I'll be able to do this year since I am keeping up with daily art prompts for ocs

my piece for ssoblr big bang 2024! i'm very happy to share with everyone ! I worked with @northberg with their accompanying fic, strange trails, which is on ao3! please read it it's wondrous and amazing i really cannot sing enough praises for it ! i tried my best to reflect its energy as much as possible in this cover <3

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[ID: digital art: a faux book jacket cover of star stable online characters

on the left/the cover: tincan is standing 3/4 away from the viewer. fireflies surround him, illuminating the hollow woods behind him. some of the grass is visible and large roots are illuminated on the ground. this scene is in the shape of a moth.

above the moth shape is a spiky tree, framing the top part of the cover in red/orange. underneath the tree, the background fades from a indigo blue scene of a lake to alex, who is a teal blue and seems to be recoiling. white lightning flashes over her.

the center/spine: the title text "STRANGE TRAILS" with the font noto sans myanmar. the text is a lime green, with a streak of teal running through it, before shifting to a light purple. the background is a dark purple before transitioning to a red. black branches emerge out of the sides, obscuring some of the text/background color. at the bottom are small thin branches, growing vertically, with the author's name northberg being overlayed on top.

the right/back-cover: on the top-left is fripp and elizabeth, who is more of glowing silhouette. the background is pink and they are diagonally separated from the other characters on the right. on the top right is linda, lisa, and maya; linda and lisa are pink and look distressed, with linda casting a spell with a book in her hand, while maya is in natural colors and looks relaxed. ydris in pink is beside them; he is framed in a circle, looks mischievous, and has his hand tucked under his chin. beneath them is anne in a grey beach scene. anne has a solemn expression with her left hand over her chest. thin branches grow out to her left before transitioning to the text to the summary at the bottom of the image. the text is in lime green and the background is indigo and purple. the summary text: "There's something wrong with the island. Alex could help, if only it stopped trying to kill her." below is the credits: "written by northberg on tumblr and archiveofourown illustrated by winterlleaves on tumblr part of ssoblr big bang" /end ID]

Sharing these here as well for anyone who might be interested. You can also get pngs of these on the ROJ Discord.

In order, we have the Free Witches, Hwynair's Court, Rymd Federation Ambassadors (original ROJ creations), Wild Wardens, Keepers of Aideen (canon SSO good guys, not canon symbols), GED (canon symbol), and Sixth Hammer (canon SSO bad guy, not canon symbol). You can read more about all of these on the ROJ Instagram as well and their lore relative to ROJ.