ShyCryptid 🐲
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2D Artist | 3D Character Artist 18+ Please | Contains NSFW Content LCAD Game Art Graduate California 34 | He/Him Reclusive Cryptid, but call me "Shy" Banner @drakeroot.bsky.social Icon @whinges.bsky.social Ko-fi:
I think it would be best for me to refocus on my larger projects. Until they are finished I will always feel a bit of hesitation when starting something new. First up is the Caley model- I finally got her ready for texturing in substance! All the collab work from Wyrm is done at this point.
I did these goofy hurt/throw sprites. Since I'm not into hurt/pain stuff, I tried to keep them comical. The top slipping down was on the suggestion of a friend. Originally I wasn't going to go that far with them, but since I'm working off of a sfw base I figure I can be silly with the nsfw version.
A friend of mine asked me to make this, so here's a chibi snake priestess Saazhi.
-- PYREXIA STANDEE FORM -- 🐲 forms.gle/rdh9zjiBs9F1... 🐲 Okay! I've set up a google form for people to fill out. This will help me figure out how many standees I need to order, and to determine shipping costs. Once I have them in stock, I'll open a page on my Ko-Fi for orders. Thank you!
My first small test batch of Pyrexia standees came in!! 🐲✨ My lighting set up is pretty awful, but overall the print looks good. She came out a bit more tinted towards magenta than intended, and the scale highlight and shadow detail got a bit lost as well. What do you think? Would you get one?
Finally wrapped up all of the retopology yesterday. She's got a basic working rig and the uvs are all done, too. I made some reshaping adjustments to the mesh though, so the textures are a mess now and need to be rebaked. I'll have some better looking shots, soon!
I've never done an artfight before, but I really like the wormy critter... I've always been pretty anxious about getting anything done for it. I've always struggled with turnaround time.
Question for the VRChat/3D artists out there! I'm having trouble figuring out how to handle the eyes of the Caley model. A standard eyeball is too big and visibly clips into her mouth cavity, while a stylized 2D socket with floating pupil doesn't work due to how wide-set her eyes are. What can I do?
Not the greatest of references but I would be honored if you did! (Or we could do a trade sometime 👋)
A friend asked for some reference to sculpt off of, so I made this Talessa ortho turnaround for him. Front facing snout is always so awkward... But I hope I did a good enough job with it
Nothing happening this Valentine's Day for me, but I did get to see these paired ravens! I'm getting better at telling them apart from all the crows.
Finished the tail retopo and tested the bakes! Gosh this took longer than I thought it would. Ended up being 5.6k polys for the tail alone- But she's still under 30K in total so there's plenty of polybudget left to work with.
I've been working with Wyrmworks on making a 3D model of ForestTheRotten's gatorgal, Caley Calypso! There's still a long way to go before she's ready, but I wanted to share what I've been doing lately. Wyrmworks has been doing all the sculpting, I'm handling all the retopo and unity stuff.
WIP of an updated Pyrexia. I ended up just fully redrawing this piece instead of sticking to my original plan of updating the older drawing. At any rate, it'll be a good way to compare how much I've hopefully improved. Still feel pretty lost with backgrounds, though...
Not me going back to edit old Pyrexia WIPS by adding massive badonkers 🙃 (I'm sorry to all who preferred her without, I have succumbed to the illness)
Augh, I suppose it was only a matter of time... Anyway, use jinxxy :)