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I started just drawing Cobalt in a meditative pose and then said "I'm bored, it's TF time."
Category Artwork (Digital) / Doodle
Species Goat
Size 835 x 864px
File Size 140.6 kB
You know what? I will comment on this.
I actually really like your kirin alternate form as a sort of more realized form of your benevolent qualities, as the creatures are accorded the kind of serenity and grace in Taoist and Buddhist writings that we might associate with unicorns. In my own musings of the sort of vague slice of life story Cobalt might hail from, I tend to associate it as a sort of super form that enables him to overcome and help others overcome enormous upheavals in their lives, sort of like a benevolent aspect of positive change and personal growth. I also imagine that, like many such super forms, Cobalt can only draw upon this during moments of great need, and then isn't able to hold the form permanently, both due to the amount of energy it requires in excess of his normal self and the nuances of kimera physiology, the speculations of which I've shared with you before. This is purely my own whimsy, however, so it can be taken as is or left as you wish.
That being said, while the art itself is really wholesome and uplifting, there's not actually much to it to indicate that this is supposed to be a transformation picture beyond your mentioning it and peoples' familiarity that this isn't Cobalt's normal state. What I realized from your stream is that much of the reason is that, especially with single images, it's difficult to express a subject transforming unless there are clear visual cues that indicate instability in a current state. Perhaps draw the horns slightly different from each other, as if to convey that they're twisting into this other form and that one is further along than the other, or draw the scales of the lower hooves as a sort of gradient, with ones nearest the hoof being fully formed, while others are less defined, like they're still coming in. You might also draw his more of his hair standing up, as if falling into position from being drawn out longer, and thus make the hair growth more dynamic.
I hadn't thought as much about how to make a single image transformation visually dynamic before as I did last night watching you draw, but now that I have, I find the idea of how to communicate a lot of change in just one image a fascinating subject, and I hope you appreciate it as well.
I actually really like your kirin alternate form as a sort of more realized form of your benevolent qualities, as the creatures are accorded the kind of serenity and grace in Taoist and Buddhist writings that we might associate with unicorns. In my own musings of the sort of vague slice of life story Cobalt might hail from, I tend to associate it as a sort of super form that enables him to overcome and help others overcome enormous upheavals in their lives, sort of like a benevolent aspect of positive change and personal growth. I also imagine that, like many such super forms, Cobalt can only draw upon this during moments of great need, and then isn't able to hold the form permanently, both due to the amount of energy it requires in excess of his normal self and the nuances of kimera physiology, the speculations of which I've shared with you before. This is purely my own whimsy, however, so it can be taken as is or left as you wish.
That being said, while the art itself is really wholesome and uplifting, there's not actually much to it to indicate that this is supposed to be a transformation picture beyond your mentioning it and peoples' familiarity that this isn't Cobalt's normal state. What I realized from your stream is that much of the reason is that, especially with single images, it's difficult to express a subject transforming unless there are clear visual cues that indicate instability in a current state. Perhaps draw the horns slightly different from each other, as if to convey that they're twisting into this other form and that one is further along than the other, or draw the scales of the lower hooves as a sort of gradient, with ones nearest the hoof being fully formed, while others are less defined, like they're still coming in. You might also draw his more of his hair standing up, as if falling into position from being drawn out longer, and thus make the hair growth more dynamic.
I hadn't thought as much about how to make a single image transformation visually dynamic before as I did last night watching you draw, but now that I have, I find the idea of how to communicate a lot of change in just one image a fascinating subject, and I hope you appreciate it as well.
I think another significant indicator of change in a single image is the subject's expression. If the subject's horns are the same size, but they looked surprised to see/feel them, the viewer will assume the subject doesn't typically have horns.
Since the expression of Cobalt here is serene, you're right that there isn't much to indicate an active TF. But maybe there isn't one? Maybe this is actually post TF, something only those who know the typical form would pick up on (minus the description give-away, that is.)
Just a thought.
Since the expression of Cobalt here is serene, you're right that there isn't much to indicate an active TF. But maybe there isn't one? Maybe this is actually post TF, something only those who know the typical form would pick up on (minus the description give-away, that is.)
Just a thought.
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