Believe in the unseen ~~<3
Just because “Tock the Gnome” Gnomes don’t have magic now, doesn’t mean they never have……… 😉
Featuring Gnomish goddess Kimmer, of soil and plants. More about her and the other Gnome gods of Tock’s world here.
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Prompt, “Healing”
Since the Gnomes of “Tock the Gnome” do not have access to magic, they rely on physicians and their physics (medicines) for any ailments. And who makes those medicines? An apothecary! ….This absolutely does not match what I had in my head btw, but I hope the idea is still charming 😅 Also hoping/planning to develop this thought more in the future. Keep an eye on World Building Wednesday for that!
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As in technology!
“Tock the Gnome” Gnomes rely heavily on steam technology and machinery for day to day life. It brings them comfort and security, especially the upper classes (thus the pointed hats here, as we have discussed).
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More catchup!
Day 8 ~ Family
Featuring, therefore, the found-family of the crew of The Bucket, Tock and Bumble’s airship 🌬 Super closeup for this one on Tock and Bumble, to keep it as Gnome-focused as possible, but more on them and everyone else is available anytime at my patreon!
Day 9 ~ Stone
The Gnomes of “Tock the Gnome” live mostly within two mountains, which sit atop a plateau, which the Dwarves live under. I had planned on doing something about the connection between their peoples regarding stone, as earth elementals, but with having to catch up I chose to focus on a single Gnome instead.
She is considering her own connection to the stone of the walls around her (by way of the stone of the caverns that the Gnomes and Dwarves meet in to trade, called Boundary Market).
In Tock’s world, that awareness of Gnomish connection to any element would come with magical awareness, too, but that has been sorely lacking in Tock’s time…. 🤫
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Catching up ❤ This week has been kicking my butt, so I very much appreciate your patience, and hope you still enjoy these!
Day 6 ~ Prank
The state of the world has been challenging to me (as it has to so many of us lately, I bet), so drawing was a bit more difficult on Tuesday. I had a different idea for this entirely, but I ended up thinking about the idea of cosmic jokes, or cosmic pranks, which led to thoughts about the ‘Powers that Be’ in Tock’s world, and how they push and pull at Tock herself. So here we are.
Featuring the two Gnome goddesses that feature most strongly in her life, Anosmia and Carwen. More about them and the other Gnome gods available on Patreon, btw!
Day 7 ~ Faerie
Tock herself, channeling the fact that Gnomes are faeries too!
This will become relevant in the comic eventually….. and this technically stands for this week’s World Building Wednesday as well, but I haven’t exactly decided how much to reveal in connection with this image (without spoilers, that is!) so that will be up on Patreon later.
(Yesterday’s and today’s hopefully on their way later too!)
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Posting a day late due to life shenanigans yesterday – thanks for your patience everyone!
(Reminder – most of the time I will have these up on my Instagram more promptly.)
The only crop that Tock-world Gnomes harvest from within the mountain (as opposed to the surface, as we discussed on Sunday) are mushrooms – those are grown in caves far in the stone, above the deeper stone under the mountain where the Dwarves live. Mushrooms make up much of the Gnomish diet, and farming them is a historical art passed down among a handful of families who have been doing pretty much just that for generations.
It is said that they have an unexplainable knack for it….
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Some of you who have been following me for a while might remember that for a period of time, each weekend, I would post “Guest of the Day” drawings that I did for specially selected customers at my support job (I think most of those got posted on my Instagram, actually, but I digress).
My employers there discontinued the program, so I haven’t gotten to draw there in that way for a while….. but occasionally, someone checking in will request something fun. Today, someone asked for “a fun drawing….maybe something silly like a robot tickling a dinosaur.”
I think I delivered 😀
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