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Grimmorei — Purpurea (Concept Art) by-nc-nd

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Published: 2020-06-23 11:57:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 2169; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 0
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This is another drawing of my Hollow Knight OC, Purpurea.

When Purpurea is in serious difficulty during the fight, when she's in extreme anger or stress situations or when a member of the Troupe is in danger, she can be overwhelmed by "Daymare" (the designs where her fur turns into a vivid scarlet flame) and becoming really savage, but such power is not suitable for her, so her body get permanently damaged by it every time "Daymare" gets control.

Anyways, I am happy that I finally wrote and completed her story and origins, you can find it here -> aminoapps.com/c/hollowknightam… . I'm not a writer, I sucks at writing let's be honest (moreover it was even more complicated for me to write in a language that is not my native), but I still had a huge desire to write and publish it because I really put a lot of passion and effort into it and I always try to give my characters a coherent story and design. In short, please, forgive the horrible writing and I hope you can find the story at least interesting to read. What I wanted the most was to let you know some important information and events that happened to her before joining the Grimm Troupe, and particularly her character evolution.

Thank you for reading, if you have any advices on how I could improve her let me know!

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I've used CSP (Clip Studio Paint) as always for lineart and colors, while Photoshop to adjust a bit some effects. At first it was supposed to be a group of different drawings, but then I decided to put them all together and adding some infos, basically the final result is a concept art.

Most of her design has remained the same (I would say a good 98%), I have slightly changed the proportions and some details on her wings only. I've modified the proportion because I wanted to follow a bit more the rule of sexual dimorphism, typical of some animals, insects included and also humans. Obviously I didn't want to overdo it too much so I just made her body a bit broader in width, especially the chest and the hips, and her head slighly smaller than Grimm's one for example.

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Comments: 11

sdmbs [2021-01-21 21:59:39 +0000 UTC]

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Grimmorei In reply to sdmbs [2021-01-25 16:14:01 +0000 UTC]

YES, I was exactly thinking of something like that! She would totally test Ghost's skills to see if it is worthy, and she would really get mad at Brumm in the banishment route and try to kill him (in fact the banishment route is the canonical one in the story I wrote for her), but thanks to the banishment she will become aware of what real Grimm's purpose for her in the Troupe was (basically make her the sacrifice for the birth of the Nightmare God, the ultimate and perfect form of Grimm).

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sdmbs In reply to Grimmorei [2021-01-25 17:18:31 +0000 UTC]

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Grimmorei In reply to sdmbs [2021-01-28 08:41:36 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I've started making his design months ago, but since I'm always full of work I still haven't found the time to draw him unfortunately.

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UneditedCookie [2020-06-24 12:30:24 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow! This is a very well-done piece of concept art! I love the design itself and the references that you drew off to the side--it definitely shows some parts of her that might be missed otherwise! Like her wings--I didn't realize that they were folded forward behind her back until I read It!

It's ingenous--I don't think I've ever really seen any Hollow Knight OCs whose wings function like that. Which is a shame--I imagine it'd give her more mobility and less risk of damaging her wings. Little details like that are so cool.

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Grimmorei In reply to UneditedCookie [2020-06-24 15:31:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I've worked hard to think about how the wings should work when she fights because having huge wings for a swordswoman like her can be more of a nuisance or it can even be dangerous, so I thought of doing a sort of middle ground where her upper wings are folded forward so as to seem almost a cloak, but maintaining the appearance of the wings of a moth. Also, I also thought about how her big legs allow her to make very high jumps, but thanks to the wings, that also work as an aerodynamic decelerator, she manages to land without damage. Despite this I made sure that Purpurea is not able to fly because of her wings shape, but mostly for the robustness of her body (adding also the weight of the sword which is not indifferent). Anyways thank you do much again, I'm so happy when people do notice those little details I put in my creations. çwç

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NemTheHedgeWolf [2020-06-23 13:25:48 +0000 UTC]

I think I’m in love with this design my friend

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Grimmorei In reply to NemTheHedgeWolf [2020-06-23 15:13:27 +0000 UTC]

I'm so glad to hear that. Thank you very much!

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NemTheHedgeWolf In reply to Grimmorei [2020-06-23 15:16:47 +0000 UTC]

So I’m gonna say this but is it like a oc or something I’m confused

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Grimmorei In reply to NemTheHedgeWolf [2020-06-23 15:19:25 +0000 UTC]

It's an oc!

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NemTheHedgeWolf In reply to Grimmorei [2020-06-23 15:20:06 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh well I want to ask you something

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