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HELLO DEVIANTART. LONG TIME NO SEE. Hoooly cow I wrote a lot of crap for this.

And you know what it could use? MORE CRAP! This is a one-stop shop for the basic geography and lore of my world, Vigas, which i've been working on... well, it seems like FOREVER. This place has so goddamn much to it that I could probably legally claim it as a child. And it's always growing. Why? Because I have no self-restraint.

How about you, random DA citizen? Would you like to suggest some random thing to throw in here? Or would you like to complain about how my geography is unrealistic? Or call me a lazy asshole for only designing the topography of the nations and not the entire rest of the continent? Leave it all here. Just go on, let it all out. Give it to me. Your torrent of words is sustenence to me.

Special thanks to The Coolest Dudes who helped out on this, or at least the ones who have deviantart accounts. , , , and , not necessarily in that order. You guys are awesome. And the random reddit/discord people who have contributed to this hilarious mess of a world, too.

What's this, an actual artwork? it must be the apocalypse.

Done for a dear... erm, dear of mine, lina1313. Soul, the floof cat, is her character- a spooky, yet habitually lazy, cat-woman who has been through quite a lot of strenuous events and can use some down time. Despite all the crazy stuff she goes through, all she REALLY wants is to lie down and take naps with her possibly-love-interest, IsO the android. And her ever-attendent totem spirit, Barioth the... erm, Barioth. (yes, that's from monster hunter)

Soul's actually got a rather sordid history. She and her sister (named Heart) used to be full-on monster cats who were captured by an abusive monster trainer, and forced into humanoid forms against their will. But it turns out the trainer was preparing them for some serious upcoming events... Opinions on the trainer are rather divided. But suffice it to say, each sister is now a full, independent individual, living their own life. Heart is currently involved in toppling the corrupt regime of a sprawling techno-city. Soul, meanwhile, has made it a personal project to discover a secret within a bizarre extradimensional realm, which was later revealed to contain the remnants of a tortured, nearly-dead god. All while avoiding a horrifically murderous mad alchemist, dealing with the innumerable hositle spirits that pop up everywhere, and the machinations of OTHER gods. See that box they're lying in? That was a 'gift' from the god of madness- she entered into it out of curiosity, and now she's stuck in it for the rest of her life. That god has a weird sense of humor, especially when it comes to trademarking. Still, though, she can put blankets in there, so it's all good.

Recently, things have quieted down, the god-fragments are healing, the spirits are at rest, and Soul can finally get back to her favorite activity- naps with her favorite emotionally-uncertain android, and appreciating both snacks and origami.

A friend needed a reliable reference. I did not have a reference. I made a reference. Why did I wait so long to make a reference? Also, why don't I post things anymore? Could it be because I'm a lazy asshole?

It's interesting how many design considerations you have to take into account for something as simple as a stick figure. There's actually more things to consider than you might think- like what lines can be bent, where intersections can happen and still maintain visual clarity, and the appropriate placement of fingers that aren't always there. I'd go into it, but i think it would bore you.

Anyway. Hope someone finds this instructive and/or helpful. It's just a guide to drawing a friggin' stick figure. In flash, no less.

If you feel like using this idiot in something, go for it. I'd appreciate a callout so I can see what it is, but other than that, do whatever. It's not like I have a copyright on shitty stick figures.