I’m experiencing low motivation for drawing, but I’m still working on the clothing rough drafts.
However, I am gonna be adding more AU Variants of Neue. These variants won’t have a big impact on the story or none at all (at least for now), but I think they’ll be fun to draw.
Now a few of these AUs will be my own version/redesign, not because I don’t like the original concept, this is just my own spin on them.
Dancetale
-IDK what type of dance this Neue will have, since Toriel is Waltz & Sans is Hip-Hop.
-I could see him being one of these options:
•A combination of both
•Waltz or Hip-Hop, or some variation of them
•Something entirely unrelated to both
Birdtale
-While the original just has the characters have wings on their backs (& I’ve seen some with talon/clawed feet), I’m gonna up the “bird” characteristics a bit more.
-The arms will be replaced with wings & the lower parts of the legs will look like talons.
-The nose/top part of the mouth will vaguely look similar to a beak.
-They’ll be based off a species of birds or a combination of 2-3 birds.
•For this version of Neue, he’ll be based off the Himalayan Griffon & the Collared Scops-Owl.
Reapertale
-This version of Neue would be the “child” of Life & Death. IDK what the correct terminology would be for this, but they would “rule” represent the realm between life & death.
-Their name is Purgatory, which might change if I can find a more accurate name for this, & they would play an interesting rule for this AU.
•They would decide if a soul deserves a second at life or if they must pass on into the afterlife.
•This would mainly affect individuals who are in a comatose state, or if they died “too early”.
Oceantale
-While the original was based more on mythical creatures (with the exception of a few), I’m gonna based this Neue’s design off real life sea creatures.
-They could either be based off a singular sea creature, or a combination of 2-3 species.
•For this version of Neue, they’ll be based off the Leafy Seadragon, Lion’s Mane Jellyfish & the Whale Shark.
Angeltale
-The original was similar to appearance of Birdtale, with the characters just having wings on their backs. So I’m gonna change them to look similar to nightmare fuel that is the “biblical accurate angels”.
-They would have 2 forms:
•Their true form which would be the equivalent of “biblically accurate angels”.
•The “Be-Not-Afraid” form which would give them a more “normal” appearance similar to their Undertale counterpart with some angel-like features.
Deltarune
-You know I had to include this for funsies.
-In this AU, Neue would be the son of Sans & an unnamed individual, so his personality would be different.
-His name would be Neuton, & IDK what RPG class he would have yet in the Dark World.
Blank Template
-Now this would be an original AU (unless there’s an AU like this so please tell me if that’s the case).
-Basically everyone would be a blank template of each character:
•Basic Designs with little to no colors (I guess white would be considered a color).
•Bare minimum concept of powers & personality based off the original Undertale characters.
•Little to no facial/emotion expression unless near a large influence of raw emotion.
-This version of Neue would be named “Canvas” (like a blank canvas).
Please comment any suggestions/ideas for these or other AUs that I’m working on.
I’m currently working on the ref/info character sheet for my OCs, which I’ve given names to all of them, I’ll give some information about them in a later post.
Anyway, here is a sneak peek of Mati:
Here are the rough draft headshots for Avenir: Fellswap Gold Neue:
Much like Miriam (in that he’ll play a minor/background role or a one off), he’s by far in my top favorite characters I’ve made. He’s so pretty & elegant, at least to me anyways.
Avenir is on of my first tries at making a trans character: specifically female to male (I’m working more on his backstory, I’m debating if Avenir transitioned due to “political”/royal duty reasons rather than personal/identity reasons.) If anyone has any suggestions on how I can improve at portraying a trans character, please leave a comment.
Also you can’t tell from the headshot, but in the simple design he has his real horns out (which are thinner, smaller & damaged), while in the detailed design he’s wearing fake horns (much bigger & “grander”).
For reference regarding the hair, horns & ears; he’s based of the Valais Blackneck Goat (Picture not mine, found on Google):
Here’s a line of the headshot rough drafts so far:
I saw a post made by @bee-ina-boat for making an Euclydian OC, and wanted to try it out.
I ended making 4 different ones by taking my first answers and use the opposite of them, then picked the median for the both of them and then do the opposite of that. A little confusing but you’ll see what I mean.
Anyway, here’s all 4 OCs (names TBD):
The rectangle one was made by my first answers. Aprons make me think of bakers, so I made this one a baker, which with their multiple arms, would make baking a piece of cake. The personality trait I got was edgy, but I didn’t know how to incorporate that. I imagine they would bake cynical cookies that would say something like “I you stub your toe multiple times today”.
The octagon one was made by the opposite of my first answers. I got the personality trait professional, but got headphones as the accessory. This got me thinking that they could be a really good DJ or Music Producer. I also got extra fingers, so even though I gave the others 4 fingers, I gave this one 6 to make them more obvious.
The trapezoid one was made by finding the median of the first & opposite answers. With the closed eye, curious personality & big boots, I wanted to make a character that was blissfully unaware. They almost have a child-innocence to them, completely unaware of the cosmic horrors around them.
The oval one was made by the opposite of the median answers. The yellow coloring & bowler hat made me think that they could be a rip-off of a rip-off Bill Cipher. They’re a door-to-door salesperson offering questionable items & deals, but is more mischievous than sadistic. A full “live audience” soundtrack follows them everywhere like a sitcom.
I tried to do complementary colors for the accessories to keep them simple.
I don’t have any names for them yet, so feel free to comment your own names & headcanons.
I’ve decided to go with the “colored” outline rather than the black outline, just makes the piece pop and definitely gives off a vibe of their personality.
Here is the finished final draft for Merriweather:
Also here’s the lineart for just the body as well:
Here is the finished final draft for Nova:
I know that all space prints clothing are probably clashing with each other, but it also fits his personality of not caring about what he wears as long as he’s comfortable. I wanted to give a shirt that said “SPAAAAAAAAACE!!!”, but you wouldn’t be able to see it because of his jacket.
Also here’s the lineart for just the body as well:
I’m working on the designs of the “Puppetified” Theatre Overlords, so I’ll be posting pics of the rough draft to get suggestions on what I should change or improve.
Here is the rough draft of the Magician:
I’m still working on a name for him, but I’ll include when I upload his finished design.
I based his design off of the Sem Priests, which were sometimes referred to as “Magicians”. They would were leopard print cloth, I’ve seen both where they wear it around their chest or around their waists.
I also based his design off the Egyptian deity, Set or Seth, who is the god of chaos, storms, pestilence & war; he’s also sometimes referred to as the god of deception, which fits the Magician in that he deceits his audience. Now it’s said that Set’s head is based off an unidentified animal, but some of theorized that it could be a jackal, Saluki, donkey, or an aardvark. I decided to do the aardvark since it looks closer to the “Set Animal”.
I also tried to make him look extremely starved, since he died from starvation.
Please let me know if I got any information wrong & what I should improve on.
Outertale Neue’s name is “Nova”, based off a font and “Super Nova”.
Here is the rough draft:
He’s based off the Zhongwei Goat, there was one that had a coat similar to dreads so I based his hair off that.
He’s around/same height as Neue, and he usually has his eyes closed.
He’s a sweepy boi.
The basic design for 6 out of the 7 Theatre Overlords have been completed. Except for The Puppeteer, who I’m working on right now.
Below is a height chart/comparison:
Now onto some other news regarding these characters, I’m working on some storylines.
1. Who can/will be redeemed?
2. Possible love interest/crush for Stragedys (it’s someone from the Hazbin crew).
3. Possible relationship between Stifonies and The Puppeteer.
4. Interactions with the main cast.
Here are the detailed versions since I can only post 10 pictures at a time.
Link to 1st Post: https://www.tumblr.com/stargazer4501/768679022666350592/neue-aus-headshot-rough-drafts-pt-1
Here are the first set of headshots (along with a small peek on who’s next):
Here are some up close pictures as well (sorry if they look blurry):
Along with individual pictures (again; sorry if they’re blurry):
I’m going to be redrawing the past character designs, mainly to adjust their design & heights.
Anyway, here’s the design concepts of Vani (Dr. Serif) & Sans (Murder/Dust).
I drew 3: one showing their current design, one showing how they looked before (for Vani, it’s after the events of Dusttale, but it’s before the current design), & one showing off their body (sorry if the bodies look weird, skeletons are hard to draw).
For context: Vani is 5ft 7in, while Sans is 4ft 10in.