Author: weirdhyenas

OOC : Nope, just females

OOC : For LoS/Skylanders lore, they started out as regular anthro animals. The Curse specifically gives them near immortal life (they can have an arm ripped off, but it’ll grow back, and they live until they’re killed), as well as an even more beastly form. The only way to truly hurt them is to use silver, or cursed attacks. Like with Niko’s eye, the Yehkshir can use certain attacks that can leave creatures forever scarred (like a special ability or charged up attack). The Curse makes them werebeasts, wereas before they were just anthro creatures.

Their original characters were more traditional werewolves and ‘yena. They all had human forms, and the ‘Alpha’ wolf breed were more specifically weres born from two werecreatures. They were the only ones who could bite a non-were, inject venom into them, and make them lesser werewolves that could lose themselves during the full moon if their alpha wasn’t strong enough to control them. 

OOC : Voteil, before his death, was of the Magic element because of his Soothsaying, but he also had the minor ability to breathe fog like a smokescreen (which he did use to help in his attempt to escape Kurosia).

OOC : Usually right as they’re born, their element can be determined one way or another. Their abilities are very juvenile and often too weak to do any harm. When they’re 4-5 is when they start trying to develop their abilities. 

Hysteria : If anyone wanted to whine at me, I’d just have them executed. Bam, no more whining, and I’ll have everything in my control as it should be. Whittling down weaklings who question my strength and rule is on my list anyway.

OOC : Bingo! Well, some do. There’s still people I look up to that post even their sloppiest of sketches, or they livestream to show how much of a struggle it is to get their stuff done. Hell, I’m the worst at this, I won’t even show my senior thesis animation because I’m so ashamed of it :T The artist rarely sees their work as perfect, I surely don’t, but I know that art gets better with practice and learning!

pissyeti:

• there’s always gonna be someone better than you. try to work less on comparing yourself to their work and instead learning from them and turning envy into a personal challenge for your own stuff. i know its hard, trust me.
• the best way to get better at art is to practice. there is no special trick to improving, no secret method. practice makes perfect is a tired old saying that im sure you dont want to hear but unfortunately, its true.

• draw as much as you are able to. i wont say draw every day!!! because i know that there are folks that dont have this sort of luxury, whether it be because of physical or mental restrictions, or simply because they dont have time. draw whenever you can and have the strength to. try not to be too upset if you miss a day or a week or even months. shit happens, do the best you are able to.

• if you get bored or stuck, try another way. change mediums if you can, flip the canvas, do something weird that you wouldnt normally do. sometimes this is the best way to un-stick yourself from art block.

• dont be afraid to ask for help. this is so important! its ok to ask for assistance from other artists you admire (given that they have time to give pointers.) even if asking for help is straight up asking for a redline of your work, its ok to ask for it. improvement doesnt come without outside assistance, more often than not.

• references are 100% a legitimate resource. i’m not really sure where the idea came from that real artists dont use references, but its not true. every renaissance painter used references in the form of in-house models. disney artists use references of animals and people to correctly model and then correctly exaggerate their designs. you cant learn to draw the world around you without actually studying it. use references, even if its just google searching.
• your art is not an island. you will pick up styles from other people like tape picks up pet hair. its inevitable, and its not something that should be seen as a negative. artists inspire other artists. use your discretion, and study what you like about another artist’s work. every artist’s style is a mashup of a hundred other artists. its ok, experiment.

• youre not going to make masterpieces all the time. youre gonna suck more often than not. but youre putting effort into something you enjoy and in the process you are getting better, slowly but surely. you arent going to see your stuff improve overnight, be patient.

• please be kind to yourself. you are making a unique form of artistic expression, regardless whether you see it that way or not. youre doing fine, please keep going and pat yourself on the back for getting this far.

OOC : All of this ^