Not Gonna Put More Effort Into This But Here

not gonna put more effort into this but here

Using Sig to demonstrate how Recycling looks, messy sketch I know but hey it works.

Recycled Iterators start out looking basically just like puppets off the string, and grow and develop rapidly after arriving in the world. For Sig, considering he didn't fight the process, actively embraced organic life, and even indulged in the simple things, he changed fast and got BIG.

I now got two AUs going on great.

Say hello to VibeSwap!NSH!

VibeSwap is gonna be way more self indulgent while Recycled is the one I'm gonna take seriously.

The premise is basically just I'm taking the Rain World characters and swapping their vibes without changing who they are (as best I can). NSH remains a prankster, but he's a tired grump who will likely fall asleep on you while you're talking. Pebbles remains impatient, determined, and nearsighted (figuratively), but he's also fairly optimistic and will be kind of a push over. Moon remains soft-spoken and kind, but she's far stronger and more of an authority figure. And Suns is carefree and kind of careless, though they're still confident and they easily slip into a mentor role.

As for what's up with Harra here, his puppet uses a *lot* of power due to various "upgrades" the Ancients decided to add to him. Screen face, various glowing markings, holo antennae, the ability to speak through his overseers, etc. That in and of itself wouldn't be so bad, but he also has a faulty power rail, which he tried to get fixed, but all the Ancient up and fucked off so now he's stuck with it.

He regularly goes into low power mode to nap, attempt to conserve power, and make a bit of a reserve so he's not constantly going unconscious.

"'The most technologically advanced puppet ever built' they called me. Flaunted it. Ha... I'm basically just a living advertisement. And its *exhausting.* My power consumption is higher than my output."

Recycled AU Refs

Recycled is an AU that came from a random dream of mine. That, when ascending in any way, Iterators do not just die. They are recycled, turned fully organic, and dropped into a world run by anthropomorphic slugcats and scavengers. Now they have to learn how to live with that.

Basically, a post Saint, give the poor sad bastards some happy endings because I'm weak and love them.

Pebbles may or may not be my favorite, I won't confirm or deny.

Recycled Fun

For context, I have a Rain World AU called Recycled where the Iterators have become fully organic and you're damn right RageQuit is the first thing I really draw.

As a little fun fact, Pebbles' ref says his eyes do this when he's stressed, but it also happens when he's just completely lost in the sauce and not thinking. Like now!

Related to prev ask cuz I also have a thing with pet lizards in my au Do scavs/scugs use lizards as guardian dogs? Do red/green lizards act like K-9 unit?

Not reds and greens, no. Those are far rarer, especially reds, to keep as pets. Most often, domestic pets are strawberry, pink, or blue lizards, while service lizards and those kept for egg farms are almost entirely yellow lizards. Domestic caramels and greens are most often kept for their meat, and reds are just generally considered too dangerous to keep as pets. White, cyan, and mole lizards are also technically available to keep as pets, but aren't highly sought after. Eel lizards and salamanders are not supposed to be kept as pets.

Mole lizards are often "employed" as sniffer dogs though!

Psst, I only come here to say I saw your art on a certain different website and I thought it was great 😳 You don't have to publicly answer this one, that's all, I enjoy your iterator ideas a lot including those ones

This gave me a great laugh honestly because I'd forgotten I put those on That Site for a second. XD

And thank you very much for the compliments, as nervous as I was to post those two, I'm still really proud of them!