I Think Ingo Is A Cat Person.

I got nothing I just though him firing the gun in the bulette's mouth in ep 4 of the campaign was cool as hell

Hot take, apparently, but

a) Percy's hair in TLOVM isn't that bad. It's simple and effective and the built-in shading really helps give dimension to his head. And, more importantly...

b) consider that in the earlier concept art, he does have cool hair. So the hair he ended up with was a conscious choice by Taliesin and Phil Bourassa (and any other artists involved in the process).

Look. He went from this...

... to this:

It doesn't seem all that easier to animate (and if Percy being a pain in the ass was an issue, wouldn't the simplified coat/etc. already accomplish that?), but the main thing that stands out is how much younger it makes Percy look.

Which, y'know, is important, given S1 focuses on his trauma suffered as a teenager. Which was not all that long ago.

He is young, the second youngest of Vox Machina! And a core part of Percy's character is that, despite thinking he and Vex are the only adults in the room, he is not nearly as mature as he thinks he is. Which is also apparent in his more silly moments in S2, which are also complimented by the more boyish hairstyle.

Percy shouldn't be taken too seriously, which I think is emphasized by how much Taliesin makes a point to underline his flaws and bully the character when he can. With the gunslinging and shock-white hair and cool coat and shadow demon and a castle to put it all in, he's already bordering on too cool; making him look like a stud when he's really just a nerd would make it harder to pull off comedic moments with him. On top of emphasizing the horror of what happened to him at the hands of the Briarwoods and Ripley; he's still so young.

And as an audience we need to be reminded of that when he's pulling off a cool pose or trying to flirt with Vex or getting all raspy with the Orthax voice.

Anyways, art is subjective, but Percy as a character walks the fine line between 'coolass anime protagonist' and 'cringefail nerd' and I think the artists and Taliesin knew what they were doing refusing to let him be too #badass or #hot when he's an early-mid twenties nerd wailing that he's very flammable and sniffling pathetically after giving a girl he coat.

kind of went off w this piece, it's not my usual style or workflow but it turned out alright.

had a random urge to draw Percy again and like how these turned out. I'm feral for this man he's so fun. he's a goober. tried messing around with rendering.

rat

he just like me frfr

my contribution to the moomin valley fandom

so I haven't watched S3 yet but I'm kinda losing it already.

so Percy art dump go brrr

headcanon that Percy still has spots of brown in his hair, like not all of it turned white, just most of it.

obligatory: he's autistic.

I was also messing around w some scar headcanons. these are mostly inspired by the show. a bit by the campaign but I haven't seen the full thing.

also trans Percy for the soul.

bro I don't even play Roblox why am I drawing this guy

I fucking adore his design and he reminds me of my oc that's why...

today I offer some various episode doodles

my Poseidon design and various silly doodles.