Drawn for a challenge in a server I’m in! The idea was to design a monster/creature based on a flower. …Technically this guy’s based on white pine, but if it can be the state flower of Maine, it can be a flower for my purposes.
I even wrote a little lore for this guy:
Those who spend too long in pursuit of impossible prey are doomed to become part of the forest themselves, fused to their steeds so that they may never end the chase. Woe to the poor soul who falls between a Pine-King and its mark, for this monstrosity of man and beast will sooner trample them than adjust its course.
I love parallels and imagery and video games that wound me deeply
I finished Disco Elysium a couple days ago, and my God. It might actually be the best game I’ve ever played. You can really tell a lot of love was poured into it. So I did my best to do it justice.
For this piece, I tried doing a few things differently. The shading and color is in a bit more of a dappled, painterly style to mimic the look of the game. Then the smoke, the sky, and the lungs have that shimmery effect just ‘cuz I thought it’d look pretty. I also tried mimicking the blue color palette of the church and Dolores’s portrait. The one thing I regret is not incorporating the phasmid somehow.