Diantha Crystal

@diamonddidi

Character designer, Fakemon artist, and jack of all trades working on Elskold and Arketa! AuDHD | Lesbian | Asexual | 24 She/Her

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Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· 28d

After FIVE LONG WEEKS, I am just about done with my first long-form video about Elskold!!! Just have some final subtitle and thumbnail work to do left; so, it should hopefully be out later this week!!! :D 17.5 minutes of me yapping Brace yourself #Elskold

An illustration of the Library of New Munuria from Elskold in a dynamic shot with various characters strewn about, going about their tasks.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Jun 28

SEEDBOMBS 🌱💣 @puuulppp.bsky.social

An illustration of Jorunna and Pulp's Vanilla in dramatic poses, gearing up to throw comically oversized seedbombs.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Jun 25

I have been informed that it has been 10 years since I got my first art tablet, thus 10 years since some of my earliest drawings of my persona O.O SO! IT WAS HIGH TIME TO REDRAW AN OLD ONE WITH MY CURRENT DESIGN AND SKILLS

An image with two drawings of the same persona: the left being from June 2016 and the right being from June 2026.

The left one is far more crude with rough anatomy and depth, and sharper, more narrow features. She retains more from the original costume in LittleBigPlanet, featuring a recoloured outfit from Gravity Rush's Kat and long, merely wavy hair, remaining very consistent with the original Ariel Hair of the costume.

The right one is far more refined with a strong sense of anatomy and depth, while still remaining stylised with chibi proportions. Notably, the outfit is now entirely unique to the design and the hair is densely curly, cut at shoulder length, more closely mirroring my hair in real life.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· May 16

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life featuring a custom Sackbot (LBP) pet.

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life featuring Melilot (OC) playing LittleBigPlanet

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life featuring a recreation of the Petit Gâteau Debord from Genshin Impact.

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life featuring various Elskold Miis (Grimmur, Tiaca, Fianna, Eurik, Corvus, Silica, Guillaume, and Byb'Laio) posed formally in front of an open-air shower in the ocean with blank expressions on their faces and a sepia filter.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· May 16

...don't ask me how long it took me to make these things

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life featuring a recreation of the Kermit Doing Your Mom Lore video.

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life in the Treasure Shop, featuring various custom treasures such as:
- A DualShock 3
- Genshin Impact for the Nintendo Switch (sorry about the 50/50 loss)
- A Souvlaki Hut ad
- Steamed Hams
- Minecraft Flint & Steel
- Dommy Mommy ASMR
- The Communist Manifesto

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life featuring a custom Guaraná Antarctica beverage.

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life with Fabales (OC) watching Steames Hams on a TV.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· May 16

Tomodachi Life is certainly an game

A custom book in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream of the recently leaked Jair (pronounced Ja-ear) Bolsonaro biopic script 'Pílulas mágicas' de Demares or 'Dark Horse'

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life where a Mii of Grimmur Galleass (OC) is reading said script, saying, "...Oh, my word... How scandalous!"

A screenshot of Tomodachi Life where a Mii of the Souvlaki Hut gorilla is reading said script, saying, "...'Raise your legs, Papai...'...
How did this make it to print? And why can't I put it down?!"

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Apr 8

Genshin sub-areas be like: #GenshinImpact #Genshin

An edit of the classic "Out of your friends, which one are you?" meme where the options are replaced with Genshin sub-areas:
- Tollan
- Remuria
- κύβος (Space of Asmoday)
- The Chasm

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Mar 20

Okay, finally got around to doing this for you! ^^

A style guide that analyses Y2KDoodles' attempt at Peargor's art style with various notes and references to help them understand the style better.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Mar 18

Some expression exploration for Fabales! #Elskold #Trifolia

Ten drawings of Fabales from the neck up displaying a variety of different facial expressions.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Mar 11

OKAY! TRIED AN IDEA These seams work decently well, but the hip-to-thigh seams aren't very flattering. Digitigrade pants will require more experimentation...

A rough handsewn concept for pants that would comfortably fit a digitigrade biped done with blue fabric with wires and polyester stuffing to simulate legs being inside them. The hips comprise of two halves that wrap around and join in the front and back. The legs are designed with a medial half and a lateral half sewn together along the front and back, as opposed to the traditional posterior and anterior halves for standard plantigrade biped pants (ie humans).

This image is from the front, facing diagonally to the left.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Mar 10

I've spent ages figuring out how parachute pants would fold over digitigrade legs. Time to sleep... Okay, but — what would be the best way to sew the seams for pants for such legs? IT'S PART OF THE SOCIALIST NARRATIVE, OKAY? I'M NOT JUST BEING A PERFECTIONIST AND GIVING MYSELF MORE WORK, I SWEAR

A screenshot of a 3D model in Blender, showcasing specifically a model for nylon parachute pants over digitigrade legs from the front. The character in question is Fabales from Elskold, specifically her model for Trifolia.

A screenshot of a 3D model in Blender, showcasing specifically a model for nylon parachute pants over digitigrade legs from the side. The character in question is Fabales from Elskold, specifically her model for Trifolia.

A screenshot of a 3D model in Blender, showcasing specifically a model for nylon parachute pants over digitigrade legs from the back. The character in question is Fabales from Elskold, specifically her model for Trifolia.

A photograph of a piece of paper with various conceptual pen doodles of different possible ways to sew pants designed for digitigrade legs — more specifically, for a fabric like denim that, due to its more rigid nature, would be very awkward and uncomfortable on digitigrade legs with a slim fit with conventional patterns for humans (plantigrade).

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Mar 2

The horrors have breached containment — BRACE YOURSELVES STARDEW VALLEY GRANDPA'S BED KART COMING TO THE KARTERS 2 2026 Everyone, thank @zachinator.bsky.social for his incredible implementation of this model 👏

A screenshot from The Karters 2 where Henry VIII from LittleBigPlanet 1 is riding atop grandpa in his bed.

A screenshot from The Karters 2 where a jetpack is placed over grandpa's face on a racetrack.

A screenshot from The Karters 2 with Rouge the Bat sitting atop grandpa in his bed.

A screenshot from The Karters 2 where Avalon Centrifuge from LittleBigPlanet 2 is posing atop grandpa in his bed.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Mar 2

The world of The Karters 2 will forever be cursed by this creation You're welcome

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Mar 2

Last night, I did the horrible act of 3D modelling Grandpa's F'ed-Up Bed from Stardew Valley so that my friend, @zachinator.bsky.social, could mod it into The Karters 2 as a kart This thing is even more cursed in 3D... 8 hours, mostly just to figure out the precise dimensions of it...

A 3D model of the grandpa from Stardew Valley in his janky bed imposed onto the original screenshot. While still strange from this angle, it looks better than at other angles.

A 3D model of the grandpa from Stardew Valley in his janky bed from a more natural viewpoint in front of the model, exposing the almost parallelogram-like form that the bed really has.

A 3D model of the grandpa from Stardew Valley in his janky bed from the head of the bed, looking incredibly bizarre. No one was meant to see him at this angle. I am sorry.

A 3D model of the grandpa from Stardew Valley in his janky bed in Unity, fitted into the kart template for The Karters 2. Truly a cursed sight, I apologise for subjecting your eyes to this. Please stay tuned for the final mod, though.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Feb 25

Once I found out that Varka and Green Lantern from the LBP2 DC Comics Premium Level Kit share the same English VA, meaning we have gibberish voices for Varka, I had to do this #GenshinImpact #Genshin #LittleBigPlanet #LBP

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Feb 19

FINALLY FIGURED OUT VERTICAL MIXING IN GODOT ALSO! Melilot's finished 3D model is finally in the game (still need to model Fabales + Jorunna) and have started some fancy dialogue things >:3 Things are still quite early, but coming along well -w- #Trifolia #Elskold

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Feb 19

I was really curious how well I could imitate @peargor.bsky.social's art style and DANG, IT IS TOUGH. So much confidence in the line quality... :'o Callie (first pic, right) belongs to @kaliagame.com and Julia (second pic) belongs to @leonardzthehuman.bsky.social !

Drawings of three figures in my attempt at PEAR哥's artstyle, featuring Acantha (left) in a tuxedo sitting in a chair with a bottle of water in her hand and two drawings of KatFS/GDN001's Callie (right) with the middle one depicting her in a swimsuit freediving and the right one being a bust of her smiling while wearing a white hoodie.

A drawing of Leonardz's Julia from his webcomic Julia and the Monstrous Family in my attempt at PEAR哥's artstyle.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Feb 17

It very much started as an experiment to see how much I've improved as an artist in comparison to a similar attempt from 2021! Then it... Uh... Yeah... It's certainly a realistic Donna McClark, for sure

An image with the same character as in the previous post. A clean sketch with smooth shading of the previous illustration is to the left, while the original reference is to the top right and the previous attempt at a realistic Donna McClark is in the bottom right.

The previous attempt is noticeably flatter in depth with less refined shading and eyes that look more goopy than the new attempt.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Feb 17

I sometimes get the urge to do the strangest things to test my skills — case in point: doing a realistic illustration of Donna McClark, a character @dellorak.bsky.social made in LittleBigPlanet 2 way back when :'D I spent so long on this... help

A realistic illustration of Donna McClark is on the left against a white background. She is a pink, pear-shaped head with red lips, a large nose, and large bags underneath her blue eyes. A small tuft of dark hair tops her head. Overall, she has a very Muppet-esque design.

To the right, there is a reference of the original Donna McClark from LBP2. She is a blob of pink felt with various decorations from The Muppets Premium Level Kit making up her face with black curve stickers to imply wrinkles.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Dec 23

Well, this year was something :') So many challenges, so much loss, so much grief. It was an immensely stressful one, to say the least. But, I'm still here and have somehow managed to make great progress on my projects despite it all Thank you all for being here 💜 #artvsartist #artvsartist2025

A 3x3 grid featuring 8 pieces of artwork made in 2025 around a selfie of myself in the center.

Clockwise from the top left: Callie diving in Arketa, a Lufteborg postcard, a group shot of the professors in Arketa, a Fiana illustration, a frame of an animation of Zylozome, 16 portrait icons of Elskold characters, the doodle I did for my birthday this year, a Corvus illustration.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Dec 14

Lussekatter/lussebullar!!! Always a personal favourite of mine to bake this time of year. 😌 #baking

A photograph of a wooden cutting board covered in bright yellow saffron buns (lussekatter) in the classic spiral S shape and small braids, dusted with powdered sugar. Various electric candles are strewn about amongst other festive décor with a large white paper star lantern in the background. This photograph is angled from the top right.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Dec 4

I've been drawing some icons for Elskold characters as of late! Officially got to 12 so far, which makes a nice grid to share 😌 #Elskold #ocs

A sheet with a 4x3 grid of character icons.
Row 1: Melilot, Fabales, Jorunna, Corvus
Row 2: Huifang, Byb'Laio, Eurik, Grimmur
Row 3: Fianna, Guillaume, Linelle, Tiaca

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Nov 25

Winter cozy time 😌❄️⛄️

An illustration of my persona in cozy festive winter clothes, engulfed by a red and green-striped scarf. She is holding a mug of tea and a small puff of mist is coming from her mouth.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Nov 24

Having a garden in my bedroom is all fun and games until the moment I have to wake up during the day and open my eyes to the full force of these artificial suns ●︿●

A photograph of an indoor hydroponic garden filled with plants. Several immensely bright grow lamps beam so much light into the camera that the lamps seem to smear.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Nov 22

Wanted to make a timeline for how my design philosophies and skill level in regards to Elskold character design has evolved from its inception in 2017 to now and crikey... O.O You can *definitely* tell when things like Genshin started to influence me x') #Elskold #ocs

A timeline showing my evolution in character design (specifically for Elskold) from 2017 to 2025, grouped together as:

2017: Quite simplistic and minimalistic designs with little finesse, quite chibi
2019: Anatomy and shading has improved, still quite chibi
2020: Designs are starting to become more sleek and coherent, starting to move away from Sackboy-esque proportions
2024: Designs are far more refined, skill has increased dramatically. Proportions are much more realistic, though still quite anime-like. The style is quite Pokémon-like
Early 2025: Designs are more detailed than before, starting to really come into itself
Late 2025: Designs are quite intricate with greater refinement and finesse. Overall compositions move away from being Pokémon-like to Genshin-like

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Nov 20

Jorunna is filled with infinite wisdom, truly 🐸 #Elskold #oc #comic

A comic featuring Melilot, Fabales, and Jorunna. Mel is having an anxiety spiral about drawing something. Fabales is trying to comfort her but Mel is TOO in her head. Jorunna is just... there.

Panel 1: Fabales has her hand on Mel's shoulder, trying to comfort her, saying, "Hey Mel, babe... Don't push yourself too hard. It's okay if it isn't perfect."

Panel 2: Melilot says, "But my brain just. isn't. working!!!"

Panel 3: Jorunna is thinking, saying, "Y'know, Pebble doesn't worry about being the perfect frog. She just... frogs. And that's enough."

Panel 4: Jorunna continues, "The world still has Pebble in it, so it's beautiful. You're like Pebble but for art." Pebble, a small nudibranch-like frog sits very derpily like a little squidge, front and center with sparkles and shines around her.

Panel 5: Mel.exe stops working. Fabales is trying SO HARD not to laugh because it's ABSURD but also... it worked???

Panel 6: Mel starts crying (happy overwhelmed crying) and now she's praising Jorunna for being so wise and hugging her. Jorunna is just "??? I was just thinking about Pebble???"

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Nov 18

GUESS WHO JUST DISCOVERED OBSIDIAN? >:D I've done all of this in the past 8 hours. Send help. I might be insane. #Elskold

A screenshot of the Obsidian desktop note-taking application. There is a file viewer on the left, a wiki-style entry on Ousionic Particles in the center, and a massive net graph of this Elskold repository on the right.

A screenshot of the Obsidian desktop note-taking application. There is a file viewer on the left, a wiki-style entry on the continent of Munur in the center, and a massive net graph of this Elskold repository on the right that is focused on the connections from the Munur article.

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Oct 21

A sneak peak into the worldbuilding process for Elskold so far!!! ^^ #Elskold #worldbuilding

Diantha Crystal@diamonddidi· Oct 19

Un petit snack 🥐 #Elskold #oc