南瓜燈 - Team Mystery 🔍

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artist - fantasy | sci-fi | wuxia | xianxia ⚠️ Reshare heavy ⚠️ osdd system My art & derp doodlees: #bemdraws Chibi comic, AF, other socials here: https://bemdraws.carrd.co/

A close up headshot of a jester character with a purple, blue and gold palette and a half mask. It obscures the top of their face, leaving only a wide golden smile and the peek of one blue eye to be seen.
A wuxia character stands half turned to the viewer with a slightly irritated look on his face. In the background is a blurred ocean catching the last bit of setting sun.
portrait of a goddess with gold and turquoise ornamentation. She emits a faint glow.
A gudai character stands amidst sparse tall grass, with a mountain range in the background and warm clouds sprawling the sky. His robes match the gold of the clouds and blossoms in the tree. He looks peaceful, listening to the scene surrounding the temple he is likely attending, as indicated by his temple attire.
A man with glasses and long hair tied back examines some inventions on the table in the foreground. Screws, cogs, a magnifying glass and other tools hover in the air around him via telekinesis. The view is from the bottom up.
An amazon woman kneels in the grass, reaching to pet a trusting cat. Propped up in her other hand is a spiked golden club and in the foreground are the defeated assailants. The style is graphic with textured shading.
A man with long dark hair gazes at the viewer with blue eyes that pierce through the monochromatic palette of the rest of the piece. Behind him is a black void that resembles an eclipse or perhaps a singularity.
Three instances of the same man in a fictional medieval knight helmet. The first one has the helmet completely closed, labeled, "Mysterious." The second one is completely open, labeled, "Handsome." The last one has it halfway shut labeled, "Slut" in all caps
Very close up portrait shot of Yan Qiang/Yan Zihui and Rangkai. Yan Qiang sports a small smug smile just barely touching his eyes. Rangkai looks wary but tolerates Yan Qiang hanging off his shoulder. They're backlit by outdoor lighting. Behind them is a blue sky.
Close up headshots of Aorihn and Yusheng, with their faces right next to each other. Despite Yusheng's wide sharp toothed grin, Aorihn wears an unaffected expression, gazing straight ahead. The setting sun casts warm light on the sides of their faces.
A character in vagabond clothing stands with sunset light washing over her. Sitting in her tattered scarf is a cat-like creature with four ears. A giant protractor ruler rests on her back in a tattered sheath out of view. The text overlay reads, "Ace Character(s) Artshare."
Chibi Rangkai munching on a mouthful of noodles says, "... You know I'm broke right?"
A long vertical composition depicts Aorihn at the edge of his hunting raft looking into the water, harpoon in hand and ready to launch. Below the water's surface is Yusheng, looking up at the hunter in awe. His own spear is clasped lightly in his hand pointed down behind him, not poised for attack at all. Aorihn stands against a bright red sunset that fades into blue. Yusheng's long black tail has hook-like spikes and fins that seem to turn whatever they overlay transparent.
A merman loosely based off an old Quan Xi design. The light from above casts a cool temperature through the water, illuminating a bright rim light on him against the darkness. His clothes look like very light armor and his tail has a layered armor-like pattern.
A merman loosely based off of Xiao Tian's old design has flowy sheer clothes that may or may not be extensions of his fins. He turns with his arms out in a flourish. He is backlit, the sun softly gleaming past the surface of the water above.
Black and white sketch of Yusheng with very slightly longer proportions, closer to his normal ones. He wields dual sabers. Spider-like legs hover n the air behind him.
Rangkai crouches among wildflowers. Yan Qiang stands behind him with a harvesting basket on his back, hardly matching the rest of his military noble attire. A blurred tombstone sits in the foreground. Rangkai lifts a cluster of freshly picked turnips. Its ensuing dirt flies toward Yan Qiang's face.
A merman with a very simple tail scrolls his phone underwater. The phone lights up his face and chest. His hair is wavy and dark brown.
A portly merman perches comfortably on a rocky cove reef. He holds up a gourd in a casual toast, turned slightly toward the viewer.
Yusheng in the back, Aorihn, and Maia in the front free fall with weapons in hand and maid outfits that suit each of their normal outfit styles. Yusheng is such a giant next to them that he almost serves as the backdrop lol
A photo of my screen with a wip sketch. Leoni tilts Kaio's face up. He has a knowing, mischievous smile
A sketch of Kaio complacently kneeling as Leoni tilts his head up. His hands are clasped loosely behind his back. Leoni is mildly amused.
A drawing of Rangkai wearing a shirt that is torn to crop-top length, plaid shorts and blue slippers. These are Cheap-life Hua aka Lanming Hua's clothes from the show, Scissor Seven. His hair is also down. A reference of Hua is shown on the right.
Cropped bust shot of Yan Qiang, who started as a bully side character. In this shot, he's upset after being captured and tied up. He has a high ponytail, slender features, a long straight nose and sharp eyes.
A sketch of Yusheng gripping Isle sabers in each hand with vaguely spider-like arms suspended behind him. His proportions are slightly elongated, which is more normal for him as opposed to when he shortens them for the comfort of others.
Aorihn stares at two objects in the palms of his hands. Yusheng explains, "They're crystal replicas of starbugs. So they shine in darkness." In the second panel, he continues, "Unfortunately, real starbugs have gown scarce since-" "Um," he interrupts himself in the next panel. "What are you doing?" Aorihn's head is lowered, his hands covering his eyes. He looks almost as if he is crying or in distress. But then he replies, "You said they shine in darkness." Yusheng, a bit dumb founded, manages to utter, "I don't know if you'll be able to see it like that. And they need to gather more light fir-" "Gods!" he exclaims, as Aorihn throws his head back and shoves his hands palms up toward the sky to expose the bugs to light. His fingers narrowly miss Yusheng's face. "Alright ok, guess that's happening," Yusheng mutters to himself with a shocked look on his face.
A colored sketch of Rangkai swatting a swordsman away with one hand while readying for the next contender with the other. And by swatting, I mean flat hand swatting the guy to the floor like a housefly.
Toddler Yusheng with big droopy eyes and a cheeky grin sits in a thorny tree.
A baby version of the cupid Aorihn drawing from the valentine's day post. He is stubby and draws the bow with the same conviction. He is honestly more epic than the original. 
Baby version of an old Rangkai cover. Kid Rangkai, infant Yan Qiang and toddler Li Qi dive/fall through space. Yan Qiang has a pacifier. He will never live it down.
A sketchy drawing of a "bugtaur," with dual/layered faces. His bottom half resembles a horse with bug-like legs. He also sports some pointy translucent wings. Smoke trails from his head and other areas - perhaps he's still in the midst of morphing into something else.
A wuxia character grins and makes a very millennial peace sign with the same hand loosely gripping a sword hilt. His hair piece resembles a simplified bear as a nod to his bear spirit Hua Hua. The lighting from the side casts a warm glow, reflecting off the blade.
A face that YQ makes quite often, possibly when he's annoyed. His eyes are closed and eyebrows raised. Is it a scoff? Is it him trying to retain his composure? Is it him just being arrogant? Even his loved ones don't know... only that something must be done when he makes this face
A man with long orange hair is in the middle of drawing back a bow and arrow. The arrow is Valentines themed with its jagged red features resembling icy hearts. He has a small smile on his face as if silently enjoying the heartache he is about to inflict.
A messy sketch of Rangkai with an outfit loosely based off his canon commoner clothing. His hair almost looks like its normal style with a long braid, except for its length, an additional bun and the braid coming undone at the ends.
Sketch of a chibi version of the fire horse in the quoted drawing and a chibi Rangkai. He holds up his smoking red hand. The horse says, "I'm impressed. You held on for quite a while." Over Rangkai, the dialogue continues, "But at what cost..."
A very red digital painting of a horse with a firey mane whose flames encircle the composition. Running along side the horse is Rangkai, gripping the mane. The text says 馬到成功, which translates to well wishes for your success.
OC creator spectrum Writer vs artist: slightly more writer solo vs collab: more solo Experiment vs Expression: slightly more expression Plot first vs Design first: more plot first Heavy lore vs Light lore: more heavy lore Angst vs Fluff: a bit more angst Fantasy vs Non Fantasy: more fantasy Canon vs Headcanon: slightly more canon Main-OC centric vs Cast Centric: both Fixed pairing vs Multi-ship: more fixed Few OCs vs Many OCs: so much more many ocs that it's going off the page Gatekeep vs Lore Dump: middle
Yan Qiang, a wuxia character peers through the negative space formed by the arm of another character, Rangkai in the foreground. Rangkai holds a kind of wheat plant to his mouth. The pose conveniently shows off his flexed arm anatomy. 
A headshot of Yan Qiang mimicking a boss intro in a game. It shows his name and title in chinese and several traits to note should you find yourself in a battle against him.
A close crop of a wip showing Rangkai's teeth. I suddenly realized I wanted them not exactly straight
Two battered fantasy wuxia characters lean their foreheads against each other, eyes closed, prolonging what could be their last moment together. Very drama much sad
a wip of a comic panel. Aorihn states with a deadpan face, "It's just the Regent of the Isles." Yusheng stands behind him with a tentative phonetic, "Hello," in Isletongue aka Chinese.
wip of Yusheng painted with a slightly more graphic style
Rangkai, a man in wuxia commoner clothing has one leg on a fully opened car trunk door and the other planted on the ground, essentially in a split. His nonchalant face contrasts his very abnormal pose.
comic panel sketch of Yan Qiang casting a powerful spell. The Chinese reads, "去死吧!" The English reads, "Just die already!!"
a super derp portrait of Yan Qiang. His face is really small on his head
A photo-style drawing of excited Atlas with a tiny santa hat and a very unamused Yan Qiang with reindeer antlers in the back. In this version, Atlas is more in focus
A photo-style drawing of excited Atlas with a tiny santa hat and a very unamused Yan Qiang with reindeer antlers in the back
A man with his face half in shadow sits in an ornate chair, a golden pipe in one hand. His long hair is purple and wavy, with bangs that hang just past his eyes.
A cute character with moth wings poses against a twinkling moonlit backdrop
An alien man with horns and a tail stands in neon lighting with a city backdrop and small spacecrafts flying overhead
a cropped in wip of modern Yusheng on a bike. He wears a black jacket with a hood and has his phone in hand.
close up of a loose sketch of Rangkai mid-kick
Yan Qiang gives some bombastic side eye. The lighting bounces from the floor below and the sunlight in the background.
A man with pointed ears, long hair and a bow stands with a shorter, stouter man with double swords. They are wearing low cut elf outfits with ridiculously tiny shorts. Aorihn says, "Is this...because of my ears?" Quan Xi says, "It's a little low cut for me, but as long as I can still fight in it..."
A man watches as his stubborn ahh friend finally eats