Eye Lady Idea Dumps: The Buried = Permanent Ochre Production?

Eye Lady Idea Dumps: The Buried = Permanent Ochre Production?

Okay campers

(I need a name for you guys geez louise. Little watchers?)

I forgot to finish the Ivy art and its nearly 1am so instead I repay you with a brain dump.

Rationale

Okay so apparently besides fears of being buried, crushed, suffocated etc, and having ties to Geomancy in general, one of the things The Buried apparently works on is 'being at the centre of everything and it is all pushing down.' (Source: The Buried's wikia page) Not only did this smack me square in the gut and leave me silently questioning my own ideas on what Entity would get me (or more what besides The Eye would get me), but now I have a fun idea;

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Art student from a prestigious art school who got in on scholarship. They are terrified of getting kicked out if they are not 'good enough', so they pour their heart and soul into every art. Their parents wanted them to go into a 'stable career', and pressure them when they come home to switch degrees (they never do). Their friends are more extroverted and successful compared to them, and the social games are wearing on their soul. They fear one slip up will bring it all crashing down, and they will have to return to their parents and 'let them win'

They have a mental breakdown and drive to a nearby forestry known for its deep caves and dense forests.

The art student encounters The Buried in their trek, and despite their fear, they choose to embrace the suffocating feeling of being trapped within it, Becoming. They emerge from the caves with a renewed love for the natural world, and confidence within themselves that with their newfound power, they can prevent the collapse of their new life. Their powers become focused on ochre pigment, committing a Barbie 'Rapunzel' and make paintings that take them places. These paintings eclipse anyone else's with their beauty and intricacies, gaining them more scholarships and even a place in an art gallery. Unbeknownst to all, they get Buried juice by using these artworks to bring the experience of The Buried to those who gaze upon them for too long, taking them to the cave they Became in an attempt to help others just as stressed as they were break free from their fear... in a sense. Yet, five years later with a successful art career, they struggle with the idea of someone finding out about their new power and destroying all they had worked for, thus drawing the attention of a student from a new graduate from a Law school, and an international student who happens upon their most powerful painting in a museum... ...actually, I kinda like this brain wave. I have an idea-

Get jumpscared y'all, we're back to Jon! More specifically, the Jon of @candlecoo-sideb-art's Somewhere Else (In Space) AU! I do not know why, but the idea of the Fears in the Mechanism universe is something that slightly unnerves me, but luckily, we have two resident traumatized folks to help out. I kinda went and experimented with his pupils specifically, given that candlecoo's pupil style is to make them white instead of black, which actually helps with bringing attention to the eyes oddly enough. I instead added the white pupil to his Eye power usage (and have it somewhat eclipse his iris like a cat's pupil), as it gives a sort of 'inhuman' feel against the art style I got going. That and I'm a coward who refuses to break tradition sometimes. Overall, I love the AU that they are forming and the shenanigans that could ensue excite me to no end. Maybe I just have a thing for Magnus blorbos meeting Mechanism dummies in their own space, who knows. Anyway, there will be another art from this verse a bit later on in the day, and then I'm jumping back into Redeath/Search Through the Stars to tackle a few of the ocs 👀 (if you've read it, you might know who is on the agenda).

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The second of the drawing tests using the characters from @therealandian's ReDeath / Search Through The Stars AU! If you haven't guessed already, it's Elias Magnus, the (former) Head of the Magnus Institute, bringer of the apocalypse of his world ("safely" reversed), and a newborn Mechanism! There's not much that I did for Elias' eye in particular due to wanting to keep it as series accurate as possible. I did make it a bit lighter than most fanarts I've seen though because after 200 years you would think the eye would begin to sorta... fail, to some degree. I'm surprised he never had much issue with it, or that he didn't end up completely blind after being cut off from The Eye. Overall the main inspiration for skin tone etc comes from @ike9306's fanarts of Elias (usually with Donovan lolol). Also screw you Andian (/j) for making me actually like this version of Elias/Jonah! I couldn't stop laughing at his later antics post-Aldara, especially his approaches to helping readers-know-who against his original judgement. I honestly enjoy his snark and would probably befriend him if I could. You know the drill; The Eye wants more. Have fun guessing who is next~

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Aighto, time to dive back into @candlecoo-sideb-art's Somewhere Else (In Space) AU! Stickin' to the trend, here's candelcoo's rendition of Jonny d'Ville! This one was a bit more of a push against my current skill level, as I tried to experiment with how candlecoo did their eye design; no outline on the sclera and iris, white pupil and lines for the purpose of silhouettes. I chickened out on the eyebrow coloring, though, no excuse there. Compared to the make-up of the Jonny d'Ville outfit, I think I prefer these more marker-like lines. And just... the simplicity of the design itself. It reminds me of Minecraft skins and the amount you gotta thin down the design to its core details... feels like home. That, and the thin lines for these 'lightning marks' gives more of a vein-like feel, which helps if they're meant to be scars. Thinking of targeting Craniopagus characters next, or candlecoo's Toy Soldier, for no particular reason. I'm still thinking. Sorry for missing a day of eyes; I had a bit of a wild day. The resident Eye Lady promises a swift return!~

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Here we go with a bit of an experiment, utilizing the Martin of @candlecoo-sideb-art's Somewhere Else (In Space) AU!

This one was a bit tricky, since I have been deliberately avoiding giving characters glasses due to their eye profiles being the more important part of the equation. Yet, stubborness is annoying, so I tried a version with glasses and... I don't know, felt like I overdid it tbh.

The idea of Martin being the defender of the duo and hyper enhanced by the nature of The Lonely's growth was too good, I love it. Martin should be allowed to go Kill Bill and we are in no position to stop him. Would be kinda funny if he got to dual-wield powers from both The Lonely and The Slaughter... but I think that idea is a bit too logistically odd so I'll just save it for my own AU.

Anyway, now this is posted, it's back to the Redeath/Search Through the Stars to tackle a few of the ocs. If you've read the fic (please do btw), you can take a few guesses who is next :3

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Surviving my first AO3 crash was the hardest test of my entire existence.

That's it. That's the whole post. I'm not used to update posts. I've had both Tumblr and AO3 for like 3 days I'm struggling