A wyvern (which I’m tentatively calling Nycopteryx), and the Prince of Eggs.
You need no further explanation.
I have no idea what this thing even is, but I just kind of had it appear in my head when one of my friends said “Looks like John was the blue thing after all”, and then I had to draw it.
It might actually end up being a transformation for somebody in Stablehand or something, though I can’t imagine who just yet.
Two different things were happening on these pages: first, I was trying to draw the main characters/design their outfits a while back (while experimenting with perspective on Kate), and second, just today I was trying to design logos for the characters. JF: birdy. Kris: quartz crystals. Kate: dino wing thing, which didn't quite satisfy me. Lance: flaming blood puddle. Hughes: sprout. Ariana (character I haven’t designed or told you about yet): pouncing cat.
On a subconscious impulse, I also found myself imagining the logos sliding in from the side and the sounds they'd make as they did that, and tried to write those down. I really can't tell whether that was just a trope I picked up from TV and video games or yet another sign I may be synaesthetic.
Okay, there was another thing going on too: the reason Lance was drawn in ballpoint was that on the day I drew that, I was procrastinating on finishing my homework to submit online when suddenly there was a fire drill and because I didn't think to bring my homework or much of anything out with me, I was forced to sit and watch the deadline approach while unable to accomplish anything whatsoever. Nervously, I hunted up a piece of paper and a ballpoint pen and tried to draw Lance in order to calm myself. (In retrospect I think I did surprisingly well for not being able to erase AT ALL, being nervous, and not having any references.)
Oh, and I was also trying to design Grævonian newspaper stuff. So I guess four things were going on with these pages? That's... a lot of things.
And lastly, we have these. As I said, I forget what exactly gave me the impulse to draw them, but once I got it, I absolutely couldn't stop myself because the idea was just too funny.
As you can see, my ideas of Stablehand PSAs have somewhat evolved since the first time I drew an idea for one; the first time, I was just thinking about the general biology of hexarts, and not at all about what the government thought about them.
I plan to make more polished colour versions of these at a later date, though I don't know exactly when.
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