Spooktober 2022 | Emote Season
Let's get spooky... and creative!Over the past year or so, I've gotten into the art of making emotes. I mean, really into making emotes. They're my favorite thing lately! Thus I decided that this October challenge, in which we have been set free to do as we please... I'm choosing to make it into a daily emote drawing challenge.
I stuck to completing 13 prompts since October was a super busy month, and I ended up with very little time for drawing. Nevertheless, I hope you enjoy the emotes, and the little blurbs I wrote for each prompt!
by Strixxline
Prompt 1 — Portrait
When I saw this prompt at the top of the list, I thought, "what better way to kick off the challenge than by introducing myself with a little self-portrait emote?" I have been thinking I ought to make a set of/for myself to use in my Discord server. Who knows, maybe over the course of the month, I'll end up with even more of these! My little artist heart is singing.
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Prompt 2 — Vanish
It's hard to think of something more prone to vanishing than an unwary adventurer's coinpurse, and so that is exactly what I chose to draw today! Always keep an eye on your coin, but don't make it obvious — it'll be a dead giveaway to all the thieves as to where you're keeping it all. Next thing you know, your hard-earned gold has been snatched away, right out from under your nose.
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Prompt 3 — Abandoned
Long do we toil over our parchment and quills, our pens and paper... our keyboards... to create our perfect drafts — only for them to simply never see the light of day. It's a shame, really. I bet some absolute wonders are hiding out there in those endless draft folders. I imagine they feel quite abandoned, but we'll come back for them one day, when the time is right.
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Prompt 4 — Enchant
It is not simply through magic and hexes that one can be enchanted, though these are the more common ways one might think of. I've spent many an evening enchanted by the wonders of the night, of the beauty and horror alike to be found within. Feral, cryptic forms gleaming in the moonlight — they put a sparkle in my eye unlike any other, and I pray they continue to enchant me in the nights to come.
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Prompt 20 — Unquiet
When traveling through lands crawling with threats from zombies to raiders, to any number of horrific monsters or mutated beasts, most would choose to draw as little attention to themselves as possible. Stealth and strategic movement, any tactic to prevent catching the interest of the creatures which seek to slay or consume you. There are also those who pay little mind to the dangers of the world and make all the noise they see fit.
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Prompt 22 — Lock
The world is brimming with secrets, some held tight behind lock and key. The greatest quests have come from secrets such as these, and the greatest of treasures found stowed away behind such safeguards. Many an adventurer has suffered great losses in search of mythical keys and legendary treasures, fallen victim to the empty promises of gold and riches, and endless glory. What fate will you find in my pile of secrets?
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Prompt 24 — Curse
You've felt it too, haven't you? That fire inside of you, threatening to overtake everything as your sight runs red and you hear only the blood pumping in your ears. What you feel in such a moment transcends anger; even rage feels too delicate when describing the destruction you are but a thread from unleashing on the world. What they did was unforgivable, and you are sure to make it known when you finally utter... "heck?"
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Prompt 25 — Possess
In that moment, your heart suddenly is no longer your own, your spirit soaring to the melody of someone else's song. All this time, you thought yourself above such trifling feelings, above such distractions and frivolities. Now your tune has changed; you are as one bewitched while even your waking dreams take the shape of your beloved. You are utterly lost to it, for what can possess your being more tenaciously than true love?
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Prompt 26 — Abyss
They continued to ask questions to the face staring blankly back at them, slow blinks betraying an utter lack of understanding. The creature was bewildered; they knew it to be fiercely intelligent, but what sat before them in that moment was little more than a lost child of the woods. With each new question posed to the creature with glazed-over eyes, it became ever clearer that the words fell unheard to a deep abyss within its mind.
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Prompt 27 — Echo
There’s something about the way that a good song can echo inside your head, sweeping you away upon its rhythm effortlessly, unto what feels like a whole new world. Lyrics can reach you like prophecies and revelations, and the beat can crash against you like a divine force. Even in a post-apocalyptic world brimming with chaos and danger, you should never underestimate the power of the beat.
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Prompt 29 — Hunt
Blessed am I with eyes that see and ears that hear, that I may find and stalk my prey within the wilds. The wilderness of steel and glass, of pavement and lights, the city streets I walk with my target in sight. I have been on the hunt for many a moon, though never have I felt the triumph of prey within my clutches. No, I truly do think that all of the thrill is in the pursuit — and I would hate to dull the thrill.
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Prompt 30 — Tear
Grief and loss tear at my heart in many forms, from many sources. With each beat, I hear the slowly creeping cracks grow larger, broken glass shattering further with each additional impact. I ought to liberate it from its cage while I have the strength to do so; this ever-breaking heart keeps staring me down from its prison across the study and even the heart beating within my own chest has begun to feel sympathy for it.
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Prompt 31 — Drown
Stormy seas and choppy waters, on creaking ships and slippery stones, there are many ways to find oneself drowned. A cruel fate it is, to feel yourself pulled under, no hope for escape, only a single hand reaching upward in search of salvation. It seems this Verti had to go as a victim not only to a drink of water gone wrong, but to a tumble into an ocean of unfinished articles. Who knew staying hydrated while writing could be so dangerous?These two final emotes are inspired by a screenshot I took from the birthday stream during the PUNGEON in which Janet and Dimi wore these exact expressions.
I found them so delightful, that I thought it would be a shame to not include them in my Spooktober emote adventure!
I found them so delightful, that I thought it would be a shame to not include them in my Spooktober emote adventure!
by Strixxline
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