That escalated quickly … also, I’m a visual thinker. Where to send the therapy bill? 
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Of course there’ll be photos, if and when.
I literally have a sub-folder in my Secret World art folder just named “Stupid Sexy Folder” because this keeps happening. Also, I made you a map:
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I’ve been occupied art-wise contributing some card art for a game…which could count as tangential fanart, but I’m not sure what I’m allowed to post publicly because it is not my game, so I’ll probably link more after the demo’s released.
In any case, I did find some time to tease the sounds of Dr. Armitage out of an ambiance mixer.
It’s nice and neutral, leaving it ready to clack and scratch along in the background of any other ambience you’d like, musical or no.
(I found that site via this post, which has a number of mixes that fit SWL rather well.)
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So, this happened:
And you know I couldn’t resist responding with this.
(Also I got a new font that looks similar to the other one, but has fancy alternates and stuff so I can make it look a little nicer. 
I might go back some day and change the others…but I should get back to working, so that’s for future me.)
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I LIVE
I was busy for a while working on indie game art (though the game’s scope changed, so my stuff doesn’t fit, as happens with game dev…I might check for permission to post some pieces here sometime), then burned myself out, and haven’t done much in a while. I’m still brain-fried (whomst isn’t), but art-wise I’ve started sketching here and there…and then was contacted by Nzoth! He commissioned me to do the cover for a D&D 5E specialization he wrote, and it is SO COOL. If you end up getting this and making your own Reanimator, please, I would love to hear all about them! (I am personally delighted to report that it’s a MUCH closer base for one of my own Secret World characters, compared to last time I tried to make them in a tabletop game.)
I posted links to this and the other things Nzoth has published here (starting with a link to get the Reanimator specialization 50% off, until the release of the new Ravenloft book): https://twitter.com/MelAddams/status/1390797099621523457
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Damn fine, Mel 
I’ll have a look, for sure
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Thank you so much! 
I just want you to know that I absolutely adore your art (and you!) and I love seeing you share these!!! In the spirit of a certain sargassum someone: No, don't stop now. More works, please.
Everything you have here is gorgeous!!! 
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Aw, thank you! I adore you, too, Vomher. 
I am currently bouncing around a thousand different crafty projects both digital and physical, and finishing none of them… BUT it occurs to me I don’t appear to have linked my old post theorizing about what Daimon’s tattoos might be? Which I think counts as fanstuff enough. So, here’s that! Major Spoiler Daimon, the Korinto-kai, and Irezumi (Tattoos)
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I have a few friends that have been retweeting Yu-Gi-Oh! stuff recently, so that old hyperfocus has mercilessly, gloriously reared its head. It didn’t take long for me to go “hee hee what if Saïd as a duelist because mummy” and I drew plenty of fanart in high school so I figured I could still approximate the style…and it has escalated so, SO much from there. I went to check if the Millennium Scale was ever actually used and found out the Items were created by Akhenaten and since then I have been spiraling through wiki pages losing my mind and frequently manic-cackling. I love it.
Eventually I will try to organize a human-readable conspiracy theory crossover post detailing parallels, how they fit together, and what Implications each series has on the other, but for now…Saïd as a fabulous duelist! Both modern-day and as we see him in Thinis, with Card Trader and Illusory Gentleman as his signature card monsters! With just a few excessive buckles, as you do. The hieroglyphs in the background are pulled from the obelisks that can be found around City of the Sun God (because I had them on hand from when I did art of Jennet, wherein I tweaked them to be mildly unsettling for her cursed artifact–though they are presented as normal here).
I also did a version without the duel disk and diadhank, 'cause making those removable was relatively simple, so this version’s more relevant to pure Secret Worlders. I replaced modern-Saïd’s card with the scarab he tosses you so you can get to Thinis, and for Thinis-Saïd I moved that scarab from being slotted into his collar (where you can now see the gap to allow the hourglass to fit) into his overly-dramatically-posed hand. And then made BIG versions of the scarab to show the details that are hard to see in the cutscene. (Minus the patina, though I must say I am quite pleased with how the light reflecting through the glass turned out! Drawing clear things is hard.) And then also painted over screenshots I went and took of the Time Tomb so this version would have a different background. Because why not make things more complicated for myself.
AND THEN because the internet is a gift and has tools to do so, I turned the Time Tomb into a card, approximating sending Bees back in time to retrieve long-buried artifacts. Is it balanced? It is worthless? Would it make more sense as a continuous spell? Yes, but Duel Links uses a ruleset that limits you to three spells/traps, and I’d want to use it with Card Trader and Solemn Wishes because IMMORTALITY VIA ENDLESS LIFE POINTS but not want to be locked out of using other spells and traps I have no idea, but it amuses me. (The SCK-code uses a number that is repeated for Kingdom lore coordinates on crygaia, and the serial number at the bottom is relevant years. Because anywhere I can find to make a reference, I will do so.)
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HI I’M ACCIDENTALLY AN INDIE TTRPG GAME DEV AGAIN
Tyler (Nzoth) contacted me again, but this time, for a full, original setting and system he’s created! I’m doing some of the character art, and am very much looking forward to drawing the Fortune Teller (who has a few tarot abilities and bladed cards) and Heretic (a blood mage/necromancer-flavored class), if the fundraising succeeds.
You can check out my art of the Drifter, Vigilante, and Dreamer no not like that class Iconic Characters on the IndieGoGo page here: Wyrd Street: D20 TTRPG System | Indiegogo
There’s also a link to the free primer in the summary, so you can get a feel for the system and test out a short tale, if you’re interested in the TTRPG!
Also: RACCOON 
(It’s one of the pets you can get as the Drifter class, which is rad! And that’s the first raccoon I think I’ve drawn? References, they are good for you.)
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So the Wyrd Street IndieGoGo has a few days left, and I’ve been posting previews and info on all the Iconics and their classes over the past few weeks. If you want to check out those details, I’ve got a thread on twitter here (for a quicker straight scroll-through): https://twitter.com/MelAddams/status/1510786444687671296
Plus a tumblr masterpost here, going over some neato features and linking to the slightly more in-depth posts I’ve made there (since tumblr has no character limit and I can RAMBLE AS I LIKE): An Artsy Addams
Hello forums why do you have an auto-shorten feature for tumblr and not twitter? And HOW did I just typo an “h” as an “n” while typing “why”?? That’s a handwriting typo!
Have some lovely faces (and a cute rat), whose fullbody images are in…*gestures up* Any of the links I’ve got in this post!
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Good evening, everyone, it’s TIME FOR CROSSOVER CRACK ART
(Inspiration from this thread: https://twitter.com/Xieress/status/1531716172256882691 )
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It’s been a hot minute since I’ve used physical paint rather than digital, but there’s a lady on twitter who has done some incredibly rad paint jobs on elastomeric masks, and I was inspired to do one, myself! Of course it had to be Secret World themed. I was tempted to do Lumie, because the masks are absolutely that aesthetic…but straight lines are hard (especially on curved surfaces), and I wanted to see if I could use a sponge to get a good gradient! So I did a glowy bee bit, with a little bit of lore on the rectangle that holds the yoke part on. (I might eventually try doing some purple-glowing black dripping up the body of the mask, but I do not currently have the paint I need for that. So for now, it’s just BEES 
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I used Angelus leather paint mixed with their 2-Hard to make sure it’d stick to the plastic. (Though if I redo it, I’ll only use that for the base layer instead of all of them, because the dry time is killer.) Then a dense sponge to apply most of the paint, and fine/flat brushes for the bee and hexagons. (I tried using a hexagon stamp I have for those, but it’s metal and flat and didn’t apply super great, so I had to re-paint over.) I did a topcoat of Angelus’ 4-Coat Flat as a protective layer, but it did dull the shimmer-y paint I’d tried to use—so I recommend testing the Satin or High Gloss, if you give it a go over pearlescent or metallics!
Also, I could also see each of the faction logos working very well on the filter covers! So, if anyone feels so inspired, please do share! I’d love to see more custom mask paint jobs! 
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So I’m playing through SWL on an alt, and while I crept through the Nursery, some Yu-Gi-Oh-crossover-flavored thoughts pinged through my head about the ghost-possession experimentation. So I took a screenshot and edited in a wee little Bakura, because of course he’d be responsible for the doll room. (Bonus art-y thoughts and glowy-doll-eye alternate versions on my tumblr post.)
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I’m still burned out else I’d put ALL THE KIDS in this cursed place, but shadows are simple, and YGO has three whole “Inhabited Children,” as it were. So I went ahead and made the screenshot edits a full set.
Yugi, in place of the child at the end of the hall:
And Marik, in the Nursery’s equivalent of his isolating childhood circumstances:
Again, bonus thoughts and such on my tumblr, for both Yugi and Marik.
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So a bit ago in the discord, we were discussing the museum upgrade item, Dr. Klein’s Notes. (A number of us agreed: we would very much like to be able to read them.) From our collective silliness, Vomher (or “Vh’mhyrr,” as their display name appears in there) suggested the notes were Klein’s shadow, trapped and put to paper. Then Mojo replied to that with:
And I found that to be a DELIGHTFUL mental image. SO, as is my wont when folks say fun things, I doodled it!
More rambling and suchlike on my tumblr post!
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JoJo’s Bizarre ANDYventure!
A drawing from me of @AndyB has been long overdue! And indeed, I have an ancient sketch of a different idea that I might also do someday… Everything has been A Lot and we’ve all been Going Through It for ages, so…I was determined to make something stunning, bright enough to spark a smile, hopefully for quite a while. I settled on not just doing Andy’s classic JoJo pose–but also to try to match the style as best I could! (And there were a few rad pieces from the late 80s in particular that I found satisfying, so those had heavy influence on what I went for.)
It took just over a month combined of research/gathering references + new style observation/internalization + illustration process. (Including sketching/re-sketching/re-re-sketching to fix things still stuck in my style, then testing out which tools worked best for each specific real-media-imitating result I wanted from Rebelle. Lining pens I already had, but marker/colored ink, white ink, airbrush, and cellophane(?) strips I had to newly wrangle to my satisfaction.) I’d say I’m quite proud of how it turned out!
(Bonus fun fact: I used a Copic-based palette to pick colors from for maximum manga vibes, and the dark/less saturated purple is coincidentally called “Argyle Purple.” 
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Also, a THOUSAND thanks to @Vomher for helping me sort out where to start! I’ve not watched or read the JoJos myself, and I nearly floundered with how overwhelming it was trying to search for references. (There is so much JoJos, y’all.) They helped me immensely in figuring out how to find the foundations for this illustration!
(Also also, a closeup of the watches! Both for a peek at the fine detailing (I worked on this at twice the size I usually do 'cause I knew I’d need some really fine lines), and to better see the silly references encased in such a small space. It’s always 3am somewhere, sweetlings~.)
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…brilliant
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Want to pet the beard. 10/10
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