Neue AU Headshot Rough Drafts: Albus

Outertale Neue Rough Draft

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.

Neue AUs Height

Left->Right: Neue, Roman, Merriweather, Miriam, Avenir, Crimson

Left->Right: Nova, Bernard, Carter, Century, Vani, Sabon

Left->Right: Quire, Mono, Styx, Mairanda, Eras, Lucida

Zelyezda: The Iron Mistress

Zelyezda is the Overlord over the ballet industry, specifically Russian ballet, and is part of the Theatre Overlords lead by The Puppeteer.

When she was alive, she was a ballet dancer and teacher at the Imperial School of Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia.

However, she was very egotistical and belittled those around her. She was also strict and cruel in her teachings, bullying and berating her students that didn’t meet her expectations, not even the students who were top of the class were safe from her wrath.

One of her students dropped out of the school and then ended her life. However, Zelyezda didn’t feel any remorse, but the girl’s brother wanted revenge.

During one of her performances, the brother messed with props hanging above, causing them to fall on top of Zelyezda, breaking both her legs.

Due to this incident, Zelyezda couldn’t dance or even walk, causing her to sink into a deep depression, where she eventually met the same end as the student.

After arriving in Hell, she was greeted by The Puppeteer, who has been watching her perform during her past life. The Puppeteer offered to fix her legs, return her fame and glory, and give total control over the souls she collect in exchange for her “working” under The Puppeteer, making her follow The Puppeteer’s every demand when needed. She accepted with no hesitation.

She still looks down (both figuratively and literally) on everyone around her, and acts entitled around her acquaintances. She does act kind, almost motherly, towards one of the Overlords due to his young age, reminding her of the student, and he prefers to be around her. After learning about the Hazbin Hotel and what Charlie is trying to accomplish, Zelyezda urges the young Overlord to go there to try and be redeemed, wanting to give him a better afterlife and to break free from The Puppeteer’s control.

Design

Her name “Zelyezda” is a combination of the Russian words for “Iron” and Train”.

She is around 13ft tall, making her the tallest of the Theatre Overlords, and taller than Val.

Her sharpness represents her “sharp” tongue and how she acted towards everyone.

Regarding the colors, I wanted to do dark colors, similar to the Black Swan.

She’s made of porcelain to represent her fragile ego, with cracks covering her legs to represent that they were beyond repair and around her neck to represent how she died (hanging).

The ribbons around her ankles, wrists, and neck act as “shackles” due to being under The Puppeteer’s control.

The giant eye on the back of her head looks like a bun when closed, this takes the saying “eyes on the back of her head” quite literally.

Here is a basic reference without the dress and makeup:

Desperation

!!TW: Mentions of Violence, Bodily Harm & Death!!

!!TW: Depiction of Blood & Strong Language!!

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“Where did you get this?”

Poor Feliciano…(Pt.2/3)

Walle: The Graffiti Bug

Walle is the Overlord over the Art industry, specifically painting and scenic art, and is part of the Theatre Overlords lead by The Puppeteer.

Walle grew up in Vienna, Austria during the 1920s and 1930s. He was a rather sickly child, with a very weak immune system and often being neglected by his family.

He almost never left his home or even go outside, meaning he had no friends growing except for the many rodents and bugs that would enter his rooms. His best friend being a stag beetle.

However, he would entertain himself by drawing and painting with material he can find. Even his family dubbed his activities as “wasteful and useless”, he would continue to draw anything and anyone that he saw either from his room or outside his window.

However, during the 1930s, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was placed under the care of the Am Spiegelgrund Clinic in Vienna, Austria. While there, he was bullied and mistreated by the other patients and staff members. To continue his artistic passion, he would use food, clothes, dust, and even his own blood, hair, and nails to create art. However, while being punished by a nurse, Walle lost control and attacked the nurse, which he doesn’t remember much off except that he was holding a knife and the nurse was lying in a pool of her own blood.

Because of this incident, he was locked his room, wearing a straitjacket and shackles around his ankles, preventing him from even walking around his room.

During this time, Austria was under Nazi rule, where a new program was established to “handle” the mentally ill/physically defective children, called Aktion T4. This program lead to over 700 children to be euthanized at the Am Spiegelgrund Clinic.

In December of 1941, Walle was sent to be euthanized by a lethal injection of phenol, and soon became one of the many unfortunate children to fall to this program.

After arriving in Hell, he was greeted by violence of the sinners, and tried to hide to protect himself. However, he was found by The Puppeteer, who saw his potential artistic talent when he was alive. The Puppeteer offered him a deal, they would bring out the artistic talent dormant within him, give him the energy and motivation to create massive masterpieces in just hours (or days depending on the size of project), and offer to protect him from all the dangers within Hell. However, in exchange, his soul is owned by the Puppeteer, having to follow their command when needed. Due to his young age, and being taught that he was of low value, he accepted The Puppeteer’s offer.

Due to being isolated for most of life, he doesn’t really know how to socialize, mainly keeping to himself unless he’s addressed, which then he only responds with one word to short sentences. He does get along with Zelyezda, almost viewing her as a mother. She was the first to greet and comfort him whenever he felt stressed or had a nightmare. After the Puppeteer invited Charlie and the gang to watch one of their performances, he met with Charlie, but barely paid any attention to her. It was Zelyezda who told him about what Charlie is trying to accomplish at the Hazbin Hotel. After learning about the possibility of redemption and going to Heaven, she urges him to go there and try to be redeemed, wanting to both give him a better afterlife and to break free from the Puppeteer’s control.

Design

His name is the combination of the German words: “Wanze” meaning Bug and “Falle” meaning Trap.

He is around 4ft tall (4ft 6in including his horns), making him the shortest of the Theatre Overlords and around the same height as Niffty who’s around 3ft 9in-4ft.

His horns resemble that of a stag beetle, specifically an European Stag Beetle. This is supposed to represent both his “best friend” growing and the saying “small but mighty”

Regarding the colors, I wanted him to similar to a corpse during decomposition, which the body turns pale and slightly green.

His very frail and slim, having a general humanoid figure, with the exception of the horns, lack of nose, and deathly cold skin. The red x on his arm represents where he got the lethal injection, with veins representing the phenol.

Unlike the other Theatre Overlords, he doesn’t have any physical shackles. This is due to him being in the “free trial” of The Puppeteer’s deal. This gives him a false sense of freedom and The Puppeteer feels that shackles aren’t needed to control him, unless he severely misbehaves.

Here is a basic reference without the dress:

Dusttale: Revived | Character Concepts Pt.1

I’m going to be creating front & back views of character designs for what I’ve decided to call this “AU”, Dusttale: Revived.

In these blogs, I’ll show the design concept for a character along with a brief description of their role in the story.

As I stated before, this story is gonna focus more on the NPCs (at least in the first half). So most of these design concepts are gonna be side/background characters from the game (there are gonna be main/boss characters in the story as well).

Now onto the first 2 character designs:

Dr. Robert “Bob” Temmer:

Dr. Temmer is a scientist that works alongside Dr. Serif on testing & experimenting with the revised DT injections & their side effects.

He usually wears a tired & annoyed expression when out in public, but does get a hint of smile when his wife visits him at lunch.

He doesn’t fully agree with Dr. Serif’s way doing things, but doesn’t exactly have a lot of authority or power to fight back. So he just mumbles his complaints & avoids causing trouble.

Mrs. Temantha “Temmie” Temmer:

Temantha, or just Temmie, is the lovely wife & #1 supporter of Dr. Temmer.

They both use to live back in Waterfall in Temmie Village, but after an incident, they moved into the MTT Hotel (which was renovated to act as housing for the remaining survivors).

While many find her annoying & a bit too lovey-dovey with her husband, Temmie is able to make the most sour individual wear the biggest smile.

These are just the basic designs for now. I’ll most likely be creating more detailed character sheets for characters, but I just want to get a basic design concept & backstory done first.

Lineart For the Seamstress Overlord

I had fun drawing this one, but had some trouble drawing the eyes.

I took some inspiration from “Downtown Abbey” when designing the clothes.

Gonna say more about her when I post the finished version.

Infection AU Updates

So it might be a hot minute before I post anything.

This is due to trying a new art style for the characters, along with redesigning the info cards for the virus & characters.

I’m also working & doing some research to improve the concept of the virus, including information regarding: Symptoms, Probability for Infection & Factors that could effect Probability, Variants & Mutations of the Virus, Origin, How it 1st Spread & How it Spreads, & the overall story.

However I feel bad for making you all wait, so I’ll drop some information regarding the Reach Virus:

The Probability for which variant you’ll get is based on the Blood Type.

Each Variant will have its own set of Mutations, some that could be seen as a “Positive Defective”.

The “Creator” of the Virus is someone we all know.

Be careful of the fruits you eat😉

Colder the Better!

Dream's design: most likely done! At least we're getting there. I don't know what kinda changes my brain will come up with later so consider this a (probably) temporary design lol

Below is a semi-coherent explanation for the last image

The 3rd image is like a visualisation of my notes on them, inspired by nature patterns. Dream and Nightmare are not total opposites of each other, but rather analogous to each other.

Resilience — Motion : their nature. Nightmare is prone to being static, while Dream is constant motion.

Continuity — Harmony : community. Dream likes the interconnectedness of large communities, while Nightmare prefers one-on-one and closer relationships.

Sensuality — Intensity : how they approach relationships. In their truest nature, Dream is like a blazing sun: intense and constant. If he clicks with you, then he'd be excited to fill in every corner that he can in your life. Meanwhile Nightmare is more like a cat: approaching only when he feels comfortable and when he wants to, even if it's rarely. But the weight/importance of his attention makes up for it (or not, depending what kind of attention you're getting..)

Connection — Stability : what both of them need to feel happy and safe in their lives. Funnily enough, it's also what they don't have.

Influence — Change : how they impact other beings/people, consciously and power-wise. Nightmare influences others by compounding on preexisting emotions/thoughts/insecurities/etc, making one more likely to do whatever (like for example fall into a depressive episode). Dream, on the other hand, doesn't do subtlety and smashes through (or into) anything, outright forcing one to change their mood or mindset. His powers walk along the line of hypnosis in that regard.