Stray Companion - Blog Posts

inspired by a post by @the-colossal​ here are screenshots of the stray models i extracted and built to use as art ref for myself - i hope they are useful to you too!

apologies for the haphazard organisation of these. i realise some are quite hard to make out - you can download all of them in super ultra mega Large™️ version (5000 px wide!) from here (google drive link to a 50mb .zip download)

(lots more under the cut!)

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do you have any tips on drawing stray companions/robots?

im vry cmfused

Hello! 🤖

While working on robots in general, I suggest to have fun and experiment with different brushes to get cool texture effects (rust and scratches as signs of the time and the environment they live in, incorporating different materials as shiny surfaces, opaque joints, smooth and rough parts).

Also, to add different technical details such as bolts, cables, engravings, antennas etc to make them different from one another and unique.

As for Stray companions specifically, what I love the most is incorporating aspects of their personalities and backstories in their designs, such as colour scheme and smaller details: what do they like? How do they express it? How can it be reflected on a visual plane? That's when they really come to life 😊

Hope it helps a bit! Have a great day 🌸

The Guardian 🌱

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And finally, Pumpkin and Nova 🧡💫 the family is complete!

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beepboop my straysona / companionsona is coming along so cute!! her names sonnie and she’s from the slums and dreams of seeing the stars (real ones!!)

I watched my best friend stream stray on discord and it was literally so much fun, and since their thing is cats, and my thing is robots, this illustration felt amazingly appropriate.

So the Companion is me and the cat is them :))