When I was creating Raven back before Little Nightmares 2 came out, I was planning out how she would look like and how will she act.
A part of me really wanted to make her be different from any other child character in little nightmares. Apart from the peculiar red eyes I gave her, I was actually wondering if to either make her blind or deaf too. Being blind didn’t work out for my plans so I thought if to make her deaf instead. It would have been interesting honestly, but then I figured it would have been difficult to communicate with The Janitor if she had to stumble upon him on The Maw, so I decided to leave her as she is and just give her unnaturally red eyes.
Now I’m honestly wondering, how would Raven be if she was deaf? Or partially deaf? Would she be able to mumble out stuff? Would she have owned a hearing aid to help her hear a bit better while still using sign language? Would she struggle to communicate since not everyone understands sign language? Would she be scared of people’s intentions since she can’t hear?
Suddenly I just wonder…What if Raven was deaf?
Oh thats interesting to know. Its nice to see more info about Raven and the thought process behind the character and ideas❤
Connected to the “what if” scenario of Horrorartist23 where the Impossible God Roger got dragged to hell by the other 8 Gods, this is an idea of what Raven would do after waiting for some time for him to be forgiven and released.
Even if Raven is fully aware that what he did was very wrong and had to be punished for his mistakes, she had already forgave him, but now she had enough of waiting for him to come back. Since there is no definet answer to when he’s coming back, she decided to sneak all the items she needs to go to him herself. To make sure this works, she somehow borrowed a ritual book with enchantments, holy water and a cross for protection, and a couple of items that belonged to Roger. She even made a ring of salt to prevent any stray demons from getting out of the portal she drew on her wall.
There is a possibility she would try to bail him out, but a) she can be caught and thrown out of Hell or b) Roger himself would tell her to leave and let him be.
It’s a crazy move to go to Hell like that, but even if she won’t be able to get him back, she atleast would have seen him again one last time.
Oh thats interesting its interly possible for Raven to visist Roger in hell and Victor would even go with her. If she has everything she needs the gate to hell (snake head) will open.
I was kinda wondering if to do some sort of short comics about the past life of Shape shifter Raven. From the day she was found till maybe the day she was left back on earth.
I wish to do it ….but I’m afraid the outcome will not come out the way I expected it to be.
First up yes that would be cool to see and second even if it doesnt come out the way you want it to be you can still continue and maybe redraw it one day. Youll see improvement and that can be a motivation booster
What happens if you piss off the Lord of Shape Shifting….
For starters, I had mentioned that her emotions can effect her transformations. She ends up in a situation where she’s being bullied by some random thugs, and after having enough of being scared she gets mad enough to unleash the first beast that comes to her mind….
In this case, it’s a giant bear. The main problem is, when she’s mad she can’t be controlled or reasoned with. She instantly manages to scare off the thugs, but now the whole city is her new problem and goes on causing havoc out of pure anger.
You can notice she’s not herself when her gem is glowing uncontrollably and her eyes are shining a yellowish orange, none of her iris or pupils are seen.
How can you manage to calm her down? Well, you can’t. Unless someone physically fights her, she won’t calm down until her energy runs out enough to bring her back to her senses. After she turns back to normal… She will recall nothing that happened after the fit of rage with the thugs.
In the original universe of LN I had sort of had an idea for Raven that she owned an unknown curse that made her turn into a raven like monster when encounterd in a stressful situation that caused her to get extremely mad.
This is the original design for her:
I even was planning to make her related to the north wind in some way… but it seemed too complicated for a back story.
I kinda ditched the whole idea aside…and I am unsure if to go back to it
Oh interesting that could be cool for like a what if scenario or a different au or something like that
I wish to clear myself off and share my experience in drawing, my main inspirations, and what goes through my head.
Rough sketches are like a taboo to my subconscious.
There artists who make rough sketches and turn out amazing!
If I try that myself, I’m instantly gonna go full on perfectionist.
Let’s take a more intrigued character, like Cervitaur Raven. I Seriously Cannot draw her in less than maybe…20mins? It’s gonna take me even longer just to draw her deer half! For crying out loud I always end up distracting myself while drawing and makes me take even way longer!
Now I probably do that cause…I don’t draw every day and even a small perfected drawing burns me out. (Or I have some sort of adhd and I have no fucking idea♀️)
My body hates Simplism! It Must make it look perfect and detailed as possible! Even when I’m roughly sketching the lighter outlines! Basically, I go full on.
Honestly, I do know I don’t have to draw 24/7 to consider myself an artist, and i always take a week or less days until i come up with a new drawing.
Part of me is scared to try new things. Let’s take for example Horrorartist23’s Roger Willington, Victor Bellman, and the Sewer man. (Which by the way have amazing and creppy art✨☠️). Her characters, are what I consider, my challenges to interpret them in my style.
First time I drew Roger, I was absolutely nerve wrecked. He just looked so perfect despite the fact he was still new, my head wanted him to look absolutely as perfect as possible. During a reblog chain, I tried his side view, and to my amazement, I loved the outcome. Looking at him again he might have needed some more improvement but I just adored the first end result.
Victor Bellman. My God, his details scared me (not litteraly). He is obviously more different in structure than Roger, and his facial features looked very intriguing. Again, perfectionism hits, and I want to atleast replicate as much of him in my own was as possible. I was scared to try, it took me quite some time until I drew him for the first time, again, in side view (i find side views very simple for my first time) and absolutely adored the result. He…looked perfect honestly, and then I drew him again but full body, despite crouched, and loved it even more. Still believe he might needed more improvement, but I was happy and satisfied (until i drew him again in front views and loved it even more. I feel like I am improving in some way).
Last but not least, The Sewer Man. When I say I was mind blown, I surely was. I loved the story accompanied with him, and seeing his goulish appearance sent chills up my spine and…got me hooked xD ! It was like reading a creepy story, it made me want to know more. He is horrifying but yet So fascinating. He practically lives rent free in my head! So, me wanting to draw this absolute unit, I was… mentally frozen. Same thing, Perfectionism. I wanted him to look ✨Perfect ✨ (but still creepy). So I took positions, prepared my items, and took my Sweet ass time completing him. I lost the count of time but he surely took me more than 5hrs (i suppose. But i posted him late cause power went out). The result…was the cherry on the damn cake. Seeing half his frame hunched over my grown up OC, that long clawed hand looking ready to strike, the details of the arms, the ribs, and Mostly the facial features….I fell in love with that master piece, and now consider it my bestest work.
Now obviously, those three characters belong to Horrorartist23, and I am not claiming them as mine, but I love using her work as inspiration and to improve myself. I still yet have to come out of my comfort zone, but I gotta start from somewhere.
Every artist has a struggle. Mine is being perfect, become easily burnt out, distressed from imperfections, and probably procrastinate half drawing.
Despite the ups and downs I get from my self-esteem, I will somehow always come back up (even after some strong encouragements), and will do my best to improve even more. I may take it slow…but as they say “slow and steady wins the race”. It might take me more years to improve, but I’m surely never abandoning my passion for art.
Ooh thats interesting to know some of youre thought behind drawing. I can relate alot to it.
It was also interesting to know some of your thought when you draw some of my characters. They always look great when you draw them
Plus I see improvement in youre art already. Like you said ,,slow and steady wins the race" take youre time when improving even more. I know you will!❤️
