ND's Animorphs Art - UPDATE JULY 13

[DinosaurNothlit]

Who is Yenlin?

A character of mine.  *draws in deep breath in preparation for probably more exposition than you care to hear*

Yenlin 705 is technically a Yeerk.  Sorta.  He's from after the war, during the time when Yeerks are being *ahem* strongly persuaded to nothlit themselves.  He figures nothing would drive an Andalite more crazy than knowing there's a Yeerk stuck in an Andalite body, so he pays off a few unscrupulous Andalites (those exist; remember Samilin?) for their DNA, so he can make his own little mixed-morph thing.  Just to mess with every Andalite he meets.  Because he's apparently suicidal like that. 

Since he's a bit of a mix between guy-Andalite-DNA and girl-Andalite-DNA, he comes off as somewhat androgynous.  Smaller, more whip-like tail than your average male, a more delicate color, just more feminine in general while still being vaguely recognizable as 'male.'  Lol, I like to call him my "gay Andalite" because I know it drives him crazy.

<I am a Yeerk, and therefore cannot be gay.  Yeerks do not have genders!>

Uh-huh.  And the fact that you're dating a dude has nothing to do with anything, I'm sure.

*shrugs*  I don't really want to pressure you to draw him, because frankly everything that comes out of you is awesome and I don't feel strongly enough that Yenlin would necessarily be any more so.  But, hey, if you feel inspired, I wouldn't complain! 

[NecrosisDemon]

Welp, I guess I was inspired XD


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I hope he somewhat looks like you imagined because I only had your short description to work with. Because he's a mix between male and female DNA I gave his fur a slightly purplish hue (may not look like it but the colors are still way within the blue range), but if it's still too purple for you I can easily change it no problem. Also I didn't know what his eye color is so I went with greenish-blue. Again, it can be changed.

Hope you like ^_^

[DinosaurNothlit]

OMG wow!    Even working with the short description, he is perfect.  The only meaningless quip I can even come up with is that I generally pictured him a lighter color in my head (he's not too purple though, that part's right), but I didn't mention that so whatever.

I just gave you three karma and I'm left with the feeling that this is not a high enough number. 

Thank you! 

[NecrosisDemon]

Aw I'm really glad you like it ^_^ And like I said, I can easily make him lighter if you want. Perhaps more similar to the background color of a quoted post or something?

You're welcome!

[DinosaurNothlit]

Hmm, yeah, actually, something close to a quoted-post-color would be pretty spot-on.

OMG I can't get over how awesome he is.  I'm gonna be in a good mood all day. 

[NecrosisDemon]

Kay, without the markings, choose one you like best.

Option 1
Fur is quote-post-color, manes are the original fur color.

Option 2
Slightly darker version, same manes.

Option 3
Quote-post-colored fur, darker hue for the manes. (this one has my pref because of the blending required, but it is up to you XD)

[DinosaurNothlit]

Hmm.  Maybe something between options 2 and 3?  The quote-post-color, now that I actually see it on him, is probably too light.  Option 2 is closer, maybe just a touch lighter than that?  But I like the mane-color on 3.

[NecrosisDemon]

There you go~ 

[DinosaurNothlit]

Completely, perfectly perfect. 

Thanks again! 

[NecrosisDemon]

Silly pic done for a friend, who designed herself an Andalite OC based on my design of them, but with massive amounts of fluff and tribal markings. I told her I'd draw him for her so yeah. His official nickname is now Fluff Butt!
On deviantART here

I also have a video of the inking and coloring process because someone once asked me to record it when I had time, and I remembered it in time for once XD My way of working is nothing fancy (I just have a steady hand) but if anyone wants to see it: *clicky*

[.: Asmo]

Great video. Rotating the picture ... never even thought of that when doing the line art. Just watching your video gave me some huge pointers.