cedric-strange
A place for some 30 y/o dude's art stuff.
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Another painted portrait of Miraig.
A design for Miraig planned for a project called “Deathbed Dreaming”.
They would appear in this at an earlier point in the story.
Hope you like their magical Doctor Octopus Chaos Hands.
My slow mental collapse is reaching its climax because I kind of want some really bad things to happen to the apple-fruit company to vindicate my lost sanity.
I guess on top of everything else I gotta actually save shit with a real background now because FOR SOME FUCKING REASON iOS don’t believe in that transparent-background horse-hockey.
Anyway here’s my new buddy, Desmond. Desmond is dead and I killed him. My dormant brain willed it to be so in the dream that created him, and I’m not gonna argue with that decision because it doesn’t like back-talk.
So…Desmond is a very devoted cleric who practiced weaving a protective ritual day in and day out on the monastery grounds. Even his martyrdom couldn’t keep him from protecting the place. His grave is in a corner of the yard he paced, shaded by a modest young tree and bearing Lillies-of-the-Valley…although his cloak brandished Hyacinth imagery. He still casts the very ritual he was struck down for practicing on occasion, since his dedication and affinities with certain cosmic elements changed him into a sort of guardian spirit.
Okay hear me out.
I am for sure, a Viktor Apologist.
But you wanna know what else I am?
…A Sevika Supremacist.
If I had a nickel for every biblically-adjacent mechanical savior I attached myself to in fiction, I’d have two nickels. This is the first. KOS-MOS was a light of hope in the darkest time of my life and I couldn’t be here without the inspiration she gave me. I gave her Precious Opal and Hepatica. If you know, you know.
Cameo portrait of Seteth from “Fire Emblem: Three Houses”. He’s so precious to me. I chose Peruvian Opal and Easter Lily for him.
Cameo portrait of Neeko with Ethiopian Opal and Passion Flower. I was playing her a lot in LoL at the time, ha ha.
Painted Miraig fullbody!
Very much in the painting mood recently.
I also want to use this design a lot more often because I never realized how much I really love it.
Miraig portrait studies.
I’m so proud of this child.
I gave her the gift of humanity this year.
Old canon Elined after Miraig and Viktor didn’t do the one thing she asked (( look out for each other )).
A high-effort shitpost. It’s just a screencap redraw from “The Road to El Dorado”—
Ibis headshots, during- and post-“Arcane”.
I kind of really love them.
A Piltover character this time.
Meet Ibis.
A chemist whose flexible morals and opportunistic nature can make them very dangerous.
While working as an associate with the Hextech Labs, Ibis created quite the amicable connection with mainstay employee Miraig.
During the peak of tension between Piltover and Zaun, Ibis went from struggling entrepreneur to active bioterrorist while attempting to deal with being cornered by parties from both factions.
Vito.
Oh, what to say about Vito.
Vito is a scummy little man from the Undercity who’s quite adept at fixing a variety deals and somehow managing to keep it quiet that he’s the one that benefits the most from every arrangement he orchestrates. Sure, he may have lost a few toes to someone who grew wise, but by Zaun standards that may as well be a badge of honor indicating how slippery this bastard really is.
Those most well-acquainted with him know that his specialty isn’t scheming or intel - it’s his mastery of manipulation. He never quite lies, but carefully weaves clever half-truths that convince nearly everyone that he’s one of the “better” denizens of the Undercity. He’s skillfully lulled most of the people around him into believing that he is no threat to them - simply a means to an end. And that is a mistake on their part.
He’s no master of combat, but Vito does practice concealed carrying. His cane was built to double as a firearm, and underneath the brim of his hat, an array of throwing knives is nestled, waiting to be chosen by his hand.
This man is one of Miraig’s most staunch Undercity associates. A poor decision? Most likely. But if Vito were to give you an honest answer, he would admit he has a soft spot for her, as do his children. Too bad no one will ever know when it is he’s not turning lying into an unparalleled artform. On Miraig’s side, she does have some sort of twisted faith in him, however misplaced that may be. Luckily, even Vito has some measure of standards for himself, having openly admitted once that he may be a bastard, but would have drawn the line at selling out folks like Vander or Benzo to the likes of Silco.
The bar may be in Hell, but at least it exists.
Caprice, a Zaunite who sold herself into indentured servitude in order to escape the Undercity and live topside. She’s also willing to sell out anyone who threatens her current sense of stability working as Academy Security…at least, during “Arcane”.
Afterward you’ll see her trying to curry favor with Camille of Clan Ferros.
Elined, a half-Vastayan spirit mage from Ionia, who stayed behind in her and Miraig’s homeland to help rebuild after being menaced by Noxus.
Pictured are her designs for “Arcane” (( s1 act 2 & 3 )), LoL // post-“Arcane”, and High Noon.
Another painting attempt.
I need them to be happy at least 50% of the time.
Attempt a painting Miraig in the “Arcane” style, after the near-destruction of Piltover.
Even though their circumstances have led them to settle in the Fissures, they still come up topside once a year to observe the anniversary of everything that happened.
Partners
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“Arcane” has permanently altered my brain chemistry.
This scene was also a breaking point for Miraig, whoopsie.
“That which inspires us to our greatest good…is also the cause of our greatest evil…”
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The end of this episode broken me into so many pieces, in so many ways.
Obligatory angst post because I’m a goddamn masochist. 🙂
Some of my first doodles of Viktor & Miraig.
Have some “League” Miraig!
The first one is “old” canon now, as she in LoL lore was initially meant to essentially have been an enabler to her partner, Viktor.
And then there’s High Noon Miraig. She’s an ex-coal miner turned magic-wielding undertaker. She joined Viktor in this AU as well, believing that the only peace left to be found in the world was in creating a new end. And so, she developed her magic in a way that allows her to rob her victims of sentience, leaving them in a quiet haze, unaware of their own existence. This is how she deals with the risen dead - and the few who dare cross her. She’s been nicknamed “The Unmaker” because of this magic. She robs souls of the humanity that once defined them.
This is my main Runeterra OC. And I shamelessly ship her with Viktor. No one can stop me. I’m in too deep.
I’m…*invested* in them.
Her name is Miraig. She’s an Ionian-born spirit mage who fled to Piltover as a refugee when she was very young. Obviously, having nothing, her family landed in Zaun instead. She used her magic to become a horticulturalist in the Undercity, but leveraged her creative skills in becoming a Data Visualization Specialist by lending a fetching art nouveau flair to the charts she’d create. Even when this skill curried enough favor topside, she was often treated as a cute novelty and more of a “pet” to those who employed her. Being treated like a person once she landed in the Hextech labs was a refreshing change of pace.
These are her “Arcane” designs. Specifically s1 act 2 & 3 and s2 act 3 epilogue.
Rest assured she has some “League” stuff, even though it’ll probably be reworked alongside Viktor.
I’m gonna miss the old version, not gonna lie. I started headcanoning him as The Shredder, but with extra steps and now he’s being Thanos-snapped.
Oh well. I’ll still be a raging Viktor Apologist so that’s what counts I guess.
One of my cameo portraits featuring Viktor from “Arcane”.
I really love to include gems and flowers in a symbolic fashion in these.
Foxglove was chosen for Viktor due to its coloring and what it represents: ambition.
Kess illustrated in a retro anime style.
In mourning.
One thing I noticed about MHA is that no one talks about what Mic must be going through.
Including him.
Repressing those feelings can’t be healthy…