Traditional ATWCA (Art Thread Without a Cool Acronym)

Hello! This is some of my traditional art. Most of what I draw on paper is starbound related but not all of it. I have taken these pictures with a phone so they are not the best quality images. Feel free to comment on the images & critique my work. Also, these characters are very incomplete so if you feel like it then help me develop them. Some don't even have names yet! I mentally create characters all the time but they usually remain unfinished in terms of story & behavior & other stuff.

Also, my art style is not very consistent.​

He is named after one of Jupiter's moons. Io is actually a female name.

Io is a young athletic avian with no family that travels constantly. He rarely speaks & is very curious. He climbs anything large enough to climb & he picks up & thoroughly examines everything else. He gets int trouble often because of this. He often relies on stealing to sustain himself. He does not like conflict & tries to be kind to everyone. He is good at hand to hand, short sword, & kyoketsu shogei combat. He is often made fun of because he has a female name but it doesn't bother him at all.

Starbound


Falling backward off a ledge


Weilding a kyoketsu shogei


Cartoony-ish


No eyes


Climbing stuff


Climbing more stuff


Getting shot in the shoulder


Jumping


Running


Startled


Prepared


Climbing a cliff face


Looking down

This is actually my first starbound character ever. He is named after a type of tree.

Cypress never speaks. He is a very tall & strong but lightweight Floran. He is very peaceful & calm for a Floran. He is not easily angered but if one does manage to do so he will severely harm them with ease. In combat he prefers hand to hand & also has a homemade knife made from bone. He is very defensive of Io.

Starbound


Standing


Wielding knife


Dealing with someone who harmed Io

This character does not exist in-game. I have no Idea what his coloring is & he currently also does not have a name so if you feel like it you can help with that.

This glitch is kind of nuts. He was previously dead but was recovered & partially rebuilt. There are multiple things different physically about this glitch. His new arm, hands, & legs are far superior to normal glitch parts but the rest of him is almost the same. His neck has some added bits & he has a horn-like thing. There is a weird cylindrical knob poking out the back of his head & a square knob on either side of his forehead & near his right shoulder. He does not know who rebuilt & revived him nor does he really remember anything else. He is nuts but he is totally aware that he is nuts & usually has decent control over himself (but not always). His fingers are ridiculously strong for their size & are often moving in a random glitchy way.

Being nuts


Still being nuts


Side view of head


Another side view of head


Climbing stuff & being nuts


Still nuts

This character is from a story I am creating in my head. It is not starbound related. Sadly I still do not have a name for him even though he is a main character.

This is other random stuff I have drawn.

Ninja




Interwoven design




I can't draw human faces


Astronaut


Martial artist


Fudo-ken


Random Avian


Neat armor


Magic!

 

These are rather nice! I remember seeing a rendition of Io once on my thread. Still great stuff, I'll stick around.

 

Oh wow, I really like this style, especially the variety of poses and actions! Can't wait to see more.

 

I added a new thing. I haven't named him yet.

 

Wow Zaya, I really like your traditional artstyle!
These pictures are all very good, I'll be waiting for when you make more!

Oh man, that Glitch is awesome! I really love how you drew his modified hands and feet, they're very interestingly designed

 

Thank you!
His hands are designed to reflect his metal state.

 

You're awesome at drawing! I also really like your character ideas, they're great

 

Very good indeed!
It actually reminds me a bit of my own style.

 

This is pretty awesome!! and wow that must be a powerful camera you used, I can see the texture of the paper xD love the way you draw the burds, pretty pretty fly thingies

 

I added more stuff.

An iPhone.

 

I really love the ninja and the astronaut, those are my favourite right now.

 

I just added a martial artist & a fist to the "Other" category. I haven't drawn anything very realistic in a wile so I decided to draw a fist. It is probably the only accurate fist I have ever drawn so far.

 

I added several pictures of Io & a picture of some random avian

 

Added one more of Io & two of armored people.

 

Ah! How did I manage to miss this thread? Excellent work, Zaya!

 

That awesome glitch though.