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Leonidas, a regal lion in a red loincloth and golden armor, is being inspected by two zebras in minimal garb. Their junk is out, and one is erect unknowingly pressing against Leonidas's chin.

"Checkmate"
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Leonidas's expansion inland has taken a turn, but his immediate capture by the zebra kingdom has given him some alternative ideas...

Thankfully the locals seem to want him alive, so perhaps he can solve how the zebras produce their chief export:

A substance known as "sweet wine".

"Hunter's Mark"
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"That is far enough.

Our great king is aware of your recent actions, and has decreed that you are to be taken prisoner for theft.

Now, drop your weapon and come quietly, outsider.

And know this- my arrow does not miss."

"Portrait of a King"
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Introducing Leonidas, The King of the Unbroken Circle!

Ruler over a sprawling port city, Leonidas aspires to conquer inland, amassing an empire so large that his name will be echoed throughout the annals of history.

Now then, are you prepared to serve your new king?

Leonidas, a regal lion in a red loincloth and golden armor, is being inspected by two zebras in minimal garb. Their junk is out, and one is erect unknowingly pressing against Leonidas's chin.

"Checkmate"
--
Leonidas's expansion inland has taken a turn, but his immediate capture by the zebra kingdom has given him some alternative ideas...

Thankfully the locals seem to want him alive, so perhaps he can solve how the zebras produce their chief export:

A substance known as "sweet wine".

Finally wrapping up work on this piece- took a bit longer than I thought.

Stay tuned.

VERY good visual style!!

I am begging you to make the jump to blender- you don't need to make a separate mesh for morph targets, it's a godsend.

It's funny, I've made multiple pieces and thought like, "Surely this one is porn-y enough to find with JPEG artifacts and a crazy caption on twitter."

But as of yet I haven't seen one.

Truly wild.

I continue to find it wild that I've never seen my art stolen and used to RP as a character on social media.

You're telling me that I've lovingly rendered Rocket's hog over 60 times in living color and NOBODY is doing embarrassing goon roleplay with it?

Even when I specifically designed it to be?

Finished pre-production on the new Leonidas piece, he's definitely getting up close and personal with the local zebra tribe.

Still got a ton of work to do on it, but keep an eye out.

🦓🦁🦓

Now that I've nailed down the design for him, I really want a meetup between Leonidas and the ruler of the zebra tribe I painted earlier- we gotta see this lion be put in his place!

bsky.app/profile/side...

YEAH

what a pairing!!

NICE

"Portrait of a King"
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Introducing Leonidas, The King of the Unbroken Circle!

Ruler over a sprawling port city, Leonidas aspires to conquer inland, amassing an empire so large that his name will be echoed throughout the annals of history.

Now then, are you prepared to serve your new king?

Just wrapped up pre-production on my most recent piece- it's of an old DnD character from way back!

Man, I love big men in loincloths.

Stay tuned.

"Cream of the Crop"

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"...f-flark, alright uh- yeah, I think the da'ast thing is finally stuffed.

Listen bud, next time, I get to pick the vacation planet.

...also, uh, remind me to get one of these for the hydroponics lab.

We're gonna make a FORTUNE off these things."
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"Cross-Pollination"
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"G-gods above, these crutackers just won't quit.

I swear I've given 'em a good nine loads of all-natural premium product, and they're still going!

...f-flark...make that...ten."
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"Jungle Juice"
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"What's the look for? Dude, keep your flarkin' pants on, It's not that big a deal.

I'm just...gettin' familiar with the locals!

...M-mmff....fine, just, gimme a minute- somethin' tells me they're not quite done yet..."
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"Nature's Call"
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"Hey pal, tell me somethin' - either these sunglasses are playin' tricks on me, or is this fruit a bit more...potent than expected?

...also, do you hear somethin' moving?"

NICE

Amicus from the VN Ad Astra sits regally on a throne for a portrait, holding a flag, his underwear showing some of his sheath, while a his pet, a ferret, offers him grapes

"A New Horizon"
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While not against the rules, the inclusion of a pet in the royal portrait was definitely against tradition.

But Amicus knew that for any empire to last, change was always needed.

"Behind the Curtain"
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Being close to the emperor has a couple of unique perks.

My personal favorite?

The view.

Service Ferret, reporting for duty!

Do you need your balls cleaned or your pits worshipped? Just call upon your trusty sidekick and he'll have you ship-shape in a jiffy!
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I've been trying to nail down my workflow for VR-Chat outfits, so have some pictures of my uniform!

It definitely depends on how many frames you're looking for:

You can do it in as few as 4 frames and get a working sketch of it in under and hour, or 24 frames and make it a multiple day job.

It honestly comes down to your animation style, and how much practice you've had with animation.

I can think of two main challenges, but I can get my paws around them no problem

I've got great references!

It's true!

Service Ferret, reporting for duty!

Do you need your balls cleaned or your pits worshipped? Just call upon your trusty sidekick and he'll have you ship-shape in a jiffy!
--
I've been trying to nail down my workflow for VR-Chat outfits, so have some pictures of my uniform!

"Behind the Curtain"
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Being close to the emperor has a couple of unique perks.

My personal favorite?

The view.

Doing some more amicus art- I figure ya'll would like a bit of a peek beneath the loincloth.

Stay tuned.