Drawlloween 2016 - Marionette

DRAWLLOWEEN 2016 - MARIONETTE

TUMBLR VERSION | OCTOBER 8-9 (WEEKEND)

Man I'm running really close to the deadline for this one / nearly didn't get it done in time, but that's mainly because Photoshop actually crashed on me, and I lost a lot of my progress. But even though this tried to murder my morale, I am filled with DETERMINATION and powered through to get it done! Irrelevant references aside, this is the Marionette/puppeteer theme prompt, featuring a plethora of my original characters from the Kindaworld series!

At the very top / the largest depicted here is Duoce, who I last drew in 2012, but I never posted this image to any of my online galleries. Beneath Duoce is Abysmal, who is flanked by Sightfall and Eyeburn respectively. On the top of the stage is District (left) and Inkpen (right). In the center of course, we have Mastiff and Waffleberg - the main characters of the Kindaworld story. (Note however, they are shaped a bit like actual dolls/puppets and are therefore not 100% accurate to their designs.) And around the stage at the bottom is Laise (albeit a slightly inaccurate, more-like-stage-decoration version thereof).

There's a lot I could say about this piece from a symbolical / storyline stand point, but well... it'd be kind of spoilerish for the story. The positioning of each character is important though / a clue / these characters weren't randomly chosen for this piece. Whew, my hand hurts though. I hope you enjoy~!