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zebarius
1 year ago

Xisuma Design Sketches!

A picture of two sketches:

On the left is this:  A black-and-white picture of Xisuma holding Salem in his arms, close to his chest. His heavy metal helmet has two black tubes running out the back, with his mouth piece being slitted to take in air. His visor is black, shiny, and opaque. His armour is tough looking and he wears black gloves with plating on the back.

On the right is this:  A black-and-white drawing that looks more like an astronaut then Xisuma. He has one black gloved hand raised, waving to the camera, and his helmet is almost entirely made of his black, shiny, opaque visor. Out of the top of his head comes a bent antenna with a little bobble hanging off the end of the wire.
A close up picture of the drawing on the left.

A black-and-white picture of Xisuma holding Salem in his arms, close to his chest. His heavy metal helmet has two black tubes running out the back, with his mouth piece being slitted to take in air. His visor is black, shiny, and opaque. His armour is tough looking and he wears black gloves with plating on the back.
A close up picture of the drawing on the right.

A black-and-white drawing that looks more like an astronaut then Xisuma. He has one black gloved hand raised, waving to the camera, and his helmet is almost entirely made of his black, shiny, opaque visor. Out of the top of his head comes a bent antenna with a little bobble hanging off the end of the wire.

I've been messing around with different designs for Xisuma. One design somewhat resembles his mc skin. The other? Not at all.

Even though it looks nothing like him, it was fun trying to draw a space-themed helmet.

Also-- bonus Salem!


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zebarius
1 year ago

Zed goes moo!

Gray-scale drawing of Zedaph, in a cow onesy, hands in the air, saying "Moo?" in a questioning voice with a nervous smile.
Colored drawing of Zedaph, in a brown cow onesy, hands in the air, saying "Moo?" in a questioning voice with a nervous smile.
Picture of Zedaph against a bright pink background, with his hand lifted towards his mouth like he's calling out to someone, mouth open with a smile. One of his purple eye is closed in a wink, looking cheerful.

(Why why why why WHY do I find Zedaph so hard to draw??? I swear he never turns out right when I try to sketch him.)


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zebarius
1 year ago

It's raining cats and-- cats. Just cats.

It's Raining Cats And-- Cats. Just Cats.

"I don't want any more cats!" - Iskall

"I saved some cats just for you!" - Stress

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This is just a quick drawing I thought I'd share. The white cat turned out so derpy lol.


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zebarius
1 year ago

Huh.

How did I not know this? I feel like I should have known this.

Diagram of a Fiddler Beetle's morphology, with arrows pointing out that the hard shell that covers the more delicate wing is called an Elytra.
Minecraft Steve gliding with an Elytra.
A screenshot of an excerpt from a website about the fundamentals of entomology. It quotes, "2.) Elytra : (Sigular : Elytron) The wing is heavily sclerotised. Wing venation is lost. Wing is tough and it is protective in function. It protects hind wings and abdomen. It is not used during flight. But during flight they are kept at an angle allowing free movement of hind wings. e.g. Fore wings of beetles and weevils."

Both are called Elytra. I don't know why I never realized this. They even mention it in the trivia section on the wiki for minecraft elytra. I feel a bit dumb for not connecting the dots lol.

Sources cuz we love them:

Beetle Image

Steve With Elytra

Elytra Entomology Description

Elytra Wiki


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zebarius
1 year ago

Hermit Doodle Dump!

Hermit Doodle Dump!
Hermit Doodle Dump!
Hermit Doodle Dump!
Hermit Doodle Dump!
Hermit Doodle Dump!
Hermit Doodle Dump!
Hermit Doodle Dump!
Hermit Doodle Dump!
Hermit Doodle Dump!
Hermit Doodle Dump!
Hermit Doodle Dump!
Hermit Doodle Dump!

(Click on images to see full picture!!)

I had so much fun just sitting down for an hour or two and churning out multiple sketches like this, not worrying about if they're perfect or not. A cup of tea and my sketchbook-- what a perfect day.

Which drawing's your favorite and is there any hermit you'd like to see more of? I'm rather fond of how Keralis turned out.


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zebarius
1 year ago
zebarius
1 year ago

Prevention & Safety

Put below is a link to sign a petition. In South Park, Pennsylvania, a developer plans to cut down an old-growth forest and put housing there.

Not only is this an environmental risk, but also it risks the health of the people because of where they plan to build roads and housing. This area of land has been left undeveloped for a reason. There's an old coal mine beneath the surface of the earth, that if put under more stress, could collapse given incentive. There is already evidence of deep pits and areas where the ground is sinking, showing that this is already occurring.

If that was not a serious enough reason to halt the development of houses there, this would also affect the local wetlands (where the water runs off to when it rains). So if houses were put there, meaning water would have nowhere to go, it would most certainly flood and cause erosion-- which could only speed up the process of a collapse.

If only for the safety of the people who might live there if this development continues, please consider signing the petition linked below.

All extra details about the development/petition can be found through the link.

Reblog to spread the petition!!

Link!


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zebarius
1 year ago
I Had A Vision

I had a vision

Pls reblog :3 <33


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zebarius
1 year ago

Hermit Horses

A pencil portrait drawing of the horse Spot (previously owned by Welsknight).
A pencil portrait drawing of the horse Pluto, who is owned by Grian.
A pencil portrait drawing of the horse Name Tag ™, who is owned by Xisumavoid.
A pencil portrait drawing of the horse The Swede 2, who is owned by Iskall85.
A pencil portrait drawing of the horse cOW, who belongs to Goodtimeswithscar.
A pencil portrait drawing of the horse Skipper, who belongs to Geminitay.
A pencil portrait drawing of the mule called Donkey, who belongs to Pearlescentmoon.
A pencil portait drawing of the horse Tyler Thee Stallion, who belongs to Impulse S V.
A pencil portrait drawing of the horse Tyler Swift, who belongs to Impulse S V.

(Click on images for full picture!!!)

You can see my ability to draw horses slowly improving with each horse I draw lol. It's kinda funny. I might redraw Spot because they look odd in comparison to the other horses.

All of the horse drawings are based on the horses' in-game appearance!

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Horses and Owners:

Wels found and took Spot from a hole, thinking the horse was abandoned (turns out Spot belonged to Iskall?), then, I think, Wels ended up giving ownership of Spot to Beef so he could annoy Iskall.

Grian owns Pluto (the horse determined to run away - Pluto may not be a dog, but they're a husky in spirit)

Name Tag ™ was a gift from Keralis to Xisuma (who then accidentally left the horse to wander the Shopping District for a couple of hours until Xisuma panic-logged back in to go find Name Tag ™ with the help of Cleo)

Iskall has the Swede II - (The Swede II is not the original and Iskall won't forget it)

cOW belongs to Scar and is very good at parkour.

Skipper belongs to Gem and is the foal of Etho and Bdub's horses.

Donkey (the mule) belongs to Pearl and beat Impulse's horse in a race.

Tyler Thee Stallion belongs to Impulse and lost in a race against a mule. He may be a slow horse but he's a nice horse.

Impulse bought Tyler Swift from Keralis after losing a race against Pearl's mule.

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Of course, these are not ALL the hermits' horses, but if there's a specific horse I missed that you want to see, drop a comment with

1.) the name of the hermit

(2.) the name of the horse

(3.) if you can, the episode where I can find a picture/backstory of the horse. You can also leave any notable information about the lovely steed you wish to see.


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zebarius
1 year ago

You're open to criticism, but keep in mind that the ideas I share are based entirely on my own thoughts/experience. In the end, it's up to you to decide how you want the end result of your art to look (so take my words with a grain of salt.) This is what I think:

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In general, I like to recommend that beginner artists study realistic human anatomy-- like photos of people (it helped me as a kid and is the backbone of any human-based art style).

But, ignoring that piece of advice, (cuz it's BORING), my first thought is that the big eyes in your drawing are absolutely adorable. If you want to play into an adorable/cute art style, I'd recommend looking at the character design of the Powerpuff Girls and how you can apply what you see there to this drawing. (If you don't want to lean into a cartoonish/anime style, disregard everything I'm about to say.)

For example: the powerpuff girl, Blossom, has a dramatically large bow. Applying this to your drawing of Scott, you might make the crystals/stars around his head more large/cartoonish, with one end of the crystal fatter and the other end extremely pointy. This is one way to apply this idea.

And Scott's hair can be given the same treatment-- Bubbles, for example, has very simple, yet exaggerated, pigtails. In general, you already seem to understand the basic shape of his hair, but emphasizing that can really enhance a drawing.

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Image Examples:

You're Open To Criticism, But Keep In Mind That The Ideas I Share Are Based Entirely On My Own Thoughts/experience.
You're Open To Criticism, But Keep In Mind That The Ideas I Share Are Based Entirely On My Own Thoughts/experience.
You're Open To Criticism, But Keep In Mind That The Ideas I Share Are Based Entirely On My Own Thoughts/experience.
You're Open To Criticism, But Keep In Mind That The Ideas I Share Are Based Entirely On My Own Thoughts/experience.

You can see that the artists use the same principle in different ways-- by finding a way to exaggerate the shape of Scott's hair in their own unique style, where the swoops and curves of the hair are defined and easy to see. (Luckily, there are many ways people draw Scott's hair, so you basically have free reign in this department with few ways to go astray.)

It's up to you how exaggerated you want things to be, or how finicky you get with the details, or how soft/hard you want the line art to be. You can already make a recognizable drawing of a specific character, so it's more about working on the finer details at this point for you-- that means you're halfway there!

I hope this was of some help to you and that you can make sense of this messy nonsense :)

These are the links to the fanart that I used as examples: cinncboo, syneester, and itsoddissey

Good luck in all your future art endeavors!

I Dont Really Like This One But Whatever

I don’t really like this one but whatever

Scott is one of my favorite life series members sooooooooooo yea :D


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zebarius
1 year ago

I hope to one day have a friendship as strong and fun as Iskall's and Stress' friendship. The back-and-forth banter, the ribbing, the laughter-- the happiness is contagious. Like, every interaction they have makes me smile.

Stress: *starts to sing another song*

Iskall: *a longsuffering, yet fond, groan of pain*

These guys have my mushy platonic heart in a vice grip.

Colored pencil drawing of Iskall laying down in a red minecraft bed with the covers pulled up to his ears, fast asleep. Stressmonster sits on the corner of the bed, arms crossed, smiling fondly down at her sick and sleeping friend.

Sketch of a sick Iskall stealing Stress' bed. (During Iskall's first episode at 39:42.)


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zebarius
1 year ago

Fishing Obsession-- It's NOT an Addiction >:(

A one-second gif of Grian sitting on a boat in the middle of a river fishing. An orange minecraft sunset darkens the horizon and turns the water a dark blue. A dark riple emmenates from the fishing bobber. Grian and his boat are silouetteed against the sunset.

I haven't used FlipaClip before so I've been messing around with it and making little things like this! It's super fun :D


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zebarius
1 year ago

please tell me someone else noticed that the thing in scars hat looks like a vex wing

Please Tell Me Someone Else Noticed That The Thing In Scars Hat Looks Like A Vex Wing
Please Tell Me Someone Else Noticed That The Thing In Scars Hat Looks Like A Vex Wing

look at this tell me you see it as well im not going insane with convex brainrot i swear


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zebarius
1 year ago

I HAD to draw a few little comics for some of the funny moments in Scar's first episode.

*Mumbo, who got left behind by the group, now approaching rapidly.*
*Scar watching Mumbo.*
"He's so cute."

Fanfic fodder moment.

*Scar dies and loses everything.*
"I'm just going to live with our (Bdubs) cows now."
*Thinks about how to console Scar.*
*Thinks REALLY hard.*
"Uh-- ah-- well . . . was it as least funny?"
*silence*
"I have NO resources and No build for my first episode!"

The way Scar turned around in the cow pit to stare up at Bdubs had me coughing from laughter.


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zebarius
1 year ago

SKIZZ and JOEL in

HERMITCRAFT!!!

I'm so psyched!!!! From what Impulse has said during today's stream, this season is going to have a lot of collaboration and a lot of Hermits hanging out together. I always love watching the hermits get together and have a good time-- and now Skizz and Joel will be a part of that too.

I'm so so so so stoked for Season 10 of Hermitcraft!!!!


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zebarius
1 year ago
A ohuhu marker drawing of Gem and Hypno. The page is split diagnally from the top right corner to the bottom left corner, with Gem taking up space on the bottom right side of the drawing and Hypno taking up space on the top left side of the drawing. Hypno hands a golden watch in front of his eye, smiling. Hypno's side is colored in blues. Gem grins while looking over her shoulder, with a large braid of hair and delicate horns. Her side is colored in oranges, greens, and yellows.
An identical image to the other one on this post:  

A ohuhu marker drawing of Gem and Hypno. The page is split diagnally from the top right corner to the bottom left corner, with Gem taking up space on the bottom right side of the drawing and Hypno taking up space on the top left side of the drawing. Hypno hands a golden watch in front of his eye, smiling. Hypno's side is colored in blues. Gem grins while looking over her shoulder, with a large braid of hair and delicate horns. Her side is colored in oranges, greens, and yellows.

There's not enough Hypno fanart so I made some.

And Gem's color palette contrasts really well with Hypno's side of the page.

Very happy with how this turned out.

I may update this with new pictures later because there's a bit of a light glare from my lamp on Hypno's side, but for now, this is the finished product!!!


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zebarius
1 year ago

I had a dream last night that Spongebob Squarepants had a medical degree and that he healed your spiritual chi with the power of Christ invested in him.

He was a terrifyingly competent doctor and he would travel for days by jellyfish so he could help his next patient.


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zebarius
1 year ago
zebarius
1 year ago

Christmas gift 🎁 : vex scar with a hint of sculk

Christmas Gift : Vex Scar With A Hint Of Sculk

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zebarius
1 year ago

I absolutely agree. The Eclipse is so cool.

I actually nearly made my post about the Eclipse lol. I really loved the dramatic imagery and I thought the idea of Scar being trapped in the dark by outside forces was a super cool analogy for his loneliness.

But when I was writing, I was trying to argue against the Earth and Pluto and such, but the pros for Earth kept adding up and started to be very convincing.

In the end, I accidentally managed to persuade myself with a failed argument for the Eclipse and ended up throwing my lot in with Earth.

I was very annoyed with myself. I had to delete everything I had written and start over :(

Now that Scar's won, it's that time when everyone comes together to choose the winner's motif/symbol.

Grian is the Sun, Scott the Stars, Pearl the Moon, and Martyn is Mars.

Now what of Scar?

I definitely like the idea of Scar being the Earth, as many people have proposed.

I've also have seen some people propose Pluto.

However, I'm not a big fan of this one.

My reason for not agreeing with this option is pretty simple. Pluto, while sharing some similarities with Scar (like loneliness and being an outcast), doesn't really have enough meaningful connections or parallels for it to be used as a motif.

I think that since Scar's theme is so full of flowers this season-- Sunflowers, Poppies, and Lilacs-- this naturally connects back to the Earth, which also ties to a lot of other symbolisms as well, making it the better option out of the two.

So I've decided to throw my vote in for the Earth as Scar's symbol.

I think it just fits, in the end.

The Sun and Moon are both in close relation to Scar, with Pearl and Scar being each other's foil, and the Sun being vital to the Earth (desert duo aaaangst!!!). And the fact that all three are stuck in each other's orbits is perfect.

And on top of all this, is that the Earth is lonely. Just like Scar was this entire season.

The Earth is the only planet we know with such an overflow of life. The only one in this solar system that is covered in plants and animals and people. There is no other planet like it. It is alone in its uniqueness. And just like the Earth is alone in the solar system, Scar was alone in the game.

I think that loneliness, paired with Scar's flower themes, and the relation to the Sun and the Moon, is what makes the Earth such a perfect symbol for Scar.

I feel like any other symbol would leave out important aspects of his character and his story.

Anyways, what are your opinions on the matter? I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Don't hesitate to mercilessly poke holes in my argument. It builds character.

zebarius
1 year ago

Mumbo's latest video "The End" was a shot to the heart man.

It really sucks that he had to struggle during so much of season 9 of Hermitcraft. Existential crisis has and always will be a bitch and the pressure of your own high expectations is equally as torturous.

I'm so happy he's feeling better mentally though, and I hope he can have more fun in the upcoming season!


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zebarius
1 year ago

oh yea, got ya, that makes sense

Now that Scar's won, it's that time when everyone comes together to choose the winner's motif/symbol.

Grian is the Sun, Scott the Stars, Pearl the Moon, and Martyn is Mars.

Now what of Scar?

I definitely like the idea of Scar being the Earth, as many people have proposed.

I've also have seen some people propose Pluto.

However, I'm not a big fan of this one.

My reason for not agreeing with this option is pretty simple. Pluto, while sharing some similarities with Scar (like loneliness and being an outcast), doesn't really have enough meaningful connections or parallels for it to be used as a motif.

I think that since Scar's theme is so full of flowers this season-- Sunflowers, Poppies, and Lilacs-- this naturally connects back to the Earth, which also ties to a lot of other symbolisms as well, making it the better option out of the two.

So I've decided to throw my vote in for the Earth as Scar's symbol.

I think it just fits, in the end.

The Sun and Moon are both in close relation to Scar, with Pearl and Scar being each other's foil, and the Sun being vital to the Earth (desert duo aaaangst!!!). And the fact that all three are stuck in each other's orbits is perfect.

And on top of all this, is that the Earth is lonely. Just like Scar was this entire season.

The Earth is the only planet we know with such an overflow of life. The only one in this solar system that is covered in plants and animals and people. There is no other planet like it. It is alone in its uniqueness. And just like the Earth is alone in the solar system, Scar was alone in the game.

I think that loneliness, paired with Scar's flower themes, and the relation to the Sun and the Moon, is what makes the Earth such a perfect symbol for Scar.

I feel like any other symbol would leave out important aspects of his character and his story.

Anyways, what are your opinions on the matter? I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Don't hesitate to mercilessly poke holes in my argument. It builds character.

zebarius
1 year ago

Yeah that misspell couldn't have been worse lol

I actually can't tell what you were going for originally tho

Symbols and ???

Now that Scar's won, it's that time when everyone comes together to choose the winner's motif/symbol.

Grian is the Sun, Scott the Stars, Pearl the Moon, and Martyn is Mars.

Now what of Scar?

I definitely like the idea of Scar being the Earth, as many people have proposed.

I've also have seen some people propose Pluto.

However, I'm not a big fan of this one.

My reason for not agreeing with this option is pretty simple. Pluto, while sharing some similarities with Scar (like loneliness and being an outcast), doesn't really have enough meaningful connections or parallels for it to be used as a motif.

I think that since Scar's theme is so full of flowers this season-- Sunflowers, Poppies, and Lilacs-- this naturally connects back to the Earth, which also ties to a lot of other symbolisms as well, making it the better option out of the two.

So I've decided to throw my vote in for the Earth as Scar's symbol.

I think it just fits, in the end.

The Sun and Moon are both in close relation to Scar, with Pearl and Scar being each other's foil, and the Sun being vital to the Earth (desert duo aaaangst!!!). And the fact that all three are stuck in each other's orbits is perfect.

And on top of all this, is that the Earth is lonely. Just like Scar was this entire season.

The Earth is the only planet we know with such an overflow of life. The only one in this solar system that is covered in plants and animals and people. There is no other planet like it. It is alone in its uniqueness. And just like the Earth is alone in the solar system, Scar was alone in the game.

I think that loneliness, paired with Scar's flower themes, and the relation to the Sun and the Moon, is what makes the Earth such a perfect symbol for Scar.

I feel like any other symbol would leave out important aspects of his character and his story.

Anyways, what are your opinions on the matter? I'm curious to hear your thoughts. Don't hesitate to mercilessly poke holes in my argument. It builds character.