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[Drawtober Day 24: Expedition]

#shivermetimbers #avastyescurvydogs

[Traditional Emirati Clothes (OC)?]

What makes it Emirati? The pattern on the keffiyeh or...?

bagutteboy responds:

Sorry for the latest reply known to humankind (crying emoji crying emoji)

The Bisht, the Kandura and the pattern are all collectively Arabic, like its one of those things or topics where the origin are controversial, with no right answer (like the origin of the shawarma, there is no right answer, google it!?!)

the keffiyeh is sorta Iraqi or Jordanian but other than that the only thing that makes this Emirati is the character ig, it is based off of my real Emirati friend so idk.

[Chourta El-Watani]

This is the first OC I've seen that is from Algeria...interesting.

Can't see his overall shape in this. I presume he's buff, or at least physically fit.

Do Algerian cops carry side-handle batons? American cops only carried them for a short time in the 1980's...these days they don't use batons for anything outside riot control.

SouSTAR responds:

Thank you!
I think batons are pretty much "outdated" in most part of world, apart from riot control!

I didn't really tried to make the uniform accurate to be frank, I just wrote "Police" in arabic, and drew a generic police patch too :3

Telescopic batons are the norm now! :)

[🐀RAT BASTARD AT THE BANK💸 (Art Trade!!)]

What is a "dogeza"?

SouSTAR responds:

"Dogeza is an element of traditional Japanese etiquette which involves kneeling directly on the ground and bowing to prostrate oneself while touching one's head to the floor. It is used to show deference to a person of higher status, as a deep apology or to express the desire for a favor from said person."

It's like an advanced "please" :)

[K'yarnak phlegethor l'ebumna syha'h n'ghft]

Very well done, though pedophilia wasn't the first thing that came to mind upon seeing this piece.

Could use a bit more contrast or darkening in certain areas, but overall it's fantastic.

ShangXian responds:

I can image that others don't immediately see it, after all everyone is free to see what they perceive in this work. That element was what I experienced during the inspiration phase. I agree about the darkening part, I should have highlighted some parts especially around the body of the entity or the bg.

The original had more defined parts in terms of colours so you can see it better: https://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/81056d9df2e14850e773d8cf627e4cd1

Thanks for the feedback, really appreciated!

[Inktober XXIX: Christopher Lee [2K24]]

Pretty d**ned good. You could also title this "Sleep-Deprived Dracula". (Do you look like that once you're past a certain level of exhaustion?...I do)

CobaltRogueX responds:

Thank you, and yes I do.

[Sketchbook Smoker XXIV: Greaser Cat [2K24]]

Though I'm not a cat person, I dig this guy. He's what James Dean would be like if Dean were alive & an anthro-type creature.

[Booba]

I want to hire this girl for my next birthday. Hotcha!

Froggy8648 responds:

Not really a friend's character for dnd and she's fucked up, his last character tried to piss on god. I was angry then but couldn't help but laugh. UwU

[Ghost pepper]

With some red in a few places, you could just as easily title it "Pennywise Pepper"...

[Don't cry]

I don't know your intentions here, but this piece does well as a portrayal of mental illness. I get feelings of depression from it...terrible inner torment...utter hopelessness. If that's what you were going for, you hit the mark.

AZ0RZER0 responds:

Thanks. This was made just a few hours after the Labyrinth episode from I Can't Sleep was released. I thought the sheer concept of a vast but short heighted labyrinth did represent the idea that it looks easy to get through from an outside perspective, when it's much harder for some of those dealing with it at the moment.