Art Pieces of 2018 ("Proto Livastia")

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Why is it called "Proto Livastia?" Good question, hypothetical confused individual. I call the early days of Livastia by this name because it's a period of its development where I really didn't take it seriously at all, and thus a large chunk of the art from this time depicts lore and events that were retconned or don't exist anymore. For example, an MAI/Vehicle LAI used to be able to be literally anything - WWI tank, excavator, cargo ship, you name it. Now, however, with further thought and development, these concepts that were once true no longer exist in Livastia canon unless under rare and odd exception.

Proto Livastia, as a matter of fact, was actually initially created as a joke of sorts. The first MAI to ever exist, Kelly Segal, and the first proper LAI to ever exist, Lazarus Sasaki, were at one point nothing more than gag characters that I made as a silly "what if" type of thing. Aren't you glad that I started seriously thinking about the reasons for their existance in a serious manner and getting myself sucked into a multi-year running worldbuilding project? Don't answer that that's a rhetorical.

date	medium	caption
10-11-2018	traditional, alcohol markers	Onyx[REVISED] And Blair Halloween: I think this is the first of a few drawings I made for Drawtober from this year. As you can see, even back then I was not very good at sticking to deadlines.
10-10-2018	traditional	[REVISED]Adrik Rare Smile: It was definitley a rare sight, but he'd crack every so often.
10-10-2018	traditional	[REVISED]Adrik's Departaure: One of the few humans from Adrik's camp that still cared about him before he went AWOL, on the night that he left, begging him to reconsider.
10-08-2018	traditional	[REVISED]Nikita And Adrik Again: I liked drawing them together often ok - this is also the debut drawing of Adrik's first redesign - still not wholly viable, but more plausible in the fact that he was now at least an experimental tank that existed rather than one that didn't
10-03-2018 thru 10-05-2018	traditional	[REVISED]Backpack For His Applesauce!: backpack where he keep his applesauce - anothe sketch where the specific model of MAI likely wouldn't exist.
09-23-2018 thru 09-26-2018	traditional	Apollo Sketches: I gunked up my boy I covered him in leaves and plants
09-22-2018	traditional, alcohol markers, watercolors	[REVISED]Cherry Blossoms: an MAI and one of their human friends having a nice talk while on a stroll
09-20-2018	traditional, watercolors	[REVISED]Feral MAI Sketches: just some concept drawings of feral MAI covered in live foliage.
09-15-2018	traditional, alcohol markers	[NONCANON]Little Guy Drawing: I don't actually remember the type of TD this is, but it's from world of tanks LMAO - sadly they would not exist since this is an obsolete hull style.
09-09-2018	traditional, watercolor, alcohol markers	Submarine Art: Just a scenic kind of drawing that features a submarine MAI and some other pre-established aquatic LAI, such as the Siphus and Leviath litter control drones.
09-08-2018	digital	Tank MAI Kis...: omg and they were lovers......but yeah this is essentally how two tank MAI would show affection to each other - the duration of the turret contact is indicitave of closeness, where a simple tap would be no more than a greeting while prolonged contact is more intimate. It's kind of like a high five or a handshake vs holding hands.
09-05-2018	digital	Onyx[REVISED] Proof Of Concept Optic Movement: Most MAI tend to have pretty darty optic movements out of habit and to match their fast mental processing times, and have to slow down movement quite delibarately if they want to. Kinda like us.[June 2024 edit: optic movement is still surprisingly similar, it's Onyx's tank model that changed]
09-03-2018	traditional, alcohol markers	[NONCANON]XF-85 Goblin MAI: Honestly I'm not sure why I don't do the crescent optic shape anymore, it's quite cute. Sadly however in modern times there probably would not be a Goblin MAI due to lack of practicality.
08-31-2018	traditional	Shannon Sketch Sheet: If there is any one single constant of livastia... It is that I always draw Shannon.
08-31-2018	traditional	[NONCANON]Kelly Dragon Sketches: Coming up here you're going to see a trend of me drawing him and Loon as dragons fairly often for a bit lmao
08-28-2018	traditional	Blair Snug With Onyx[REVISED]: I feel like I've already said this like five times in the writing of this archive so far but THEY'RE REALLY JUST CHILLIN
08-24-2018	traditional	[REVISED]Zonnie's Plan For Roto: this is just normal and healthy sibling rivalry, right...
08-22-2018	traditional	Onyx[REVISED] Patterns: The part where I decided that it would be cool if Onyx had bright neon colors that were only visible under blacklight - business casual by day, party by night - this is just one of many patterns that she's donned. I don't think I've ever been consistent with it, and since the paint was done by Blair, they're probably not either.
08-21-2018	traditional	Blair Sketch: Another reference Image I made for Blair Wisteria - yes that's her legal name. yes it's because she had it changed to that - from the beginning she was always a punk rock kind of gal in her late 20s, and it was later that I decided to make her a tattoo artist by profession. Also by virtue of her age and her girlfriend Onyx's age, she's kinda a cougar hunter mreow- Onyx[REVISED] Sketch: No I'm not fixing the orientation, you have a neck. I think. Onyx[REVISED] And Blair: they're crazy about each other ok
08-20-2018	traditional	[REVISED]Augustus Concepts: sketches of a character that I didn't really develop much past this; a victim of the Steelcut Era of Livastian History. The Steelcut is still very much real, but an aircraft like Augustus would no longer fit in the setting.