i never post in progress pics of drawings but a friend of mine had the brilliant idea of making chimeras of the other dunmeshi characters and chilchimera HAD to be first
design notes below the cut :3c
i'm not particularly happy with the legs here but hermit crab legs are already so stupid i'll fix it when i paint it properly. he's a mimic + tentacles chimera bc falin is a dragon + harpy and i wanted it to be representative of something that would kill/has killed them in the past and something that vibes with their personality and i think a mimic and tentacles accomplishes this really well for chilchuck
he's very private and secretive to a fault & as a halffoot he's underestimated & was used for bait and this screams mimic to me bc of the way they hide in plain sight and catch adventurers unawares (and obviously he's died to them a lot LOL) and the tentacles fit in with this theme as well. there's also an element of like, being very harsh to others and lashing out if they get too close as well as preferring to stay on the sidelines during battle
i have some other sketches of him actually in action but i am NAWT painting those proper i just wanted to do a real niceys one. i was also inspired by blanket hermit crabs which use an anemone for a shell, although it doesn't really look how i've drawn it here
also i've been playing bowser's inside story and the cavi cave palette is SOOO pretty i HAD to play with it so let it be known these are not the actual colors i'd pick for charles chuck i'm just having fun !
i broke out in hives a couple days ago and they've not totally gone away yet so my arms are red and itchy and driving me mad
and it's messed my sleep scheduled up because i've been waking up at odd hours from the itchiness and then over sleeping to try to sleep away the hives (idek if that works)
the only good news i have is i took a benadryl so i should be less itchy and fast asleep in a bit (and that'll finally be a normal hour to go to bed at)
the abysmal to-do list:
✖️ exercise
〰️ doordash from 11-1pm and 5-8pm (i only went from 5-8pm)
✖️ reach out to a couple people
✖️ transfer slack + email new people (i was supposed to do this thursday ;-;)