Having engulfed himself in mechanical machinations in more ways than one, Rudy the clockwork serpent has a deep passion for the potential latent within simple machinery, and never passes on an opportunity to give his curious guests a firsthand taste of it. For all of the cunning he'll employ to get his way, two thing that can always be relied upon are his patient, affable attitude, and his undeniable knack for showmanship~

This is a character concept of mine that goes WAYYYYY back... first had the idea in an RP back in 2020, and he's been in a sort of limbo state since then. Though at one point I DID feature him in this old thing; think of that as a prototype for how he'd turn out heheh.

Anyway, I've gotten to sharing ideas with  FreckleTheFox recently, and they decided to help me out with quite literally bringing the picture together once and for all! While my original concept was this old wisened dude with a whole lotta imperfections and much more of a stoop, this new interpretation is, well... something a lot more sexy, and a lot more workable for the various scenarios he could be used for, and I really can't complain about that~ It's kinda that case of "Man I didn't know I needed this!" While I still like the idea of a weird whimsical old guy who really just facilitates TFs for the love of the game(this new Rudy still has that vibe to some extent!), perhaps I could repurpose that specific concept for another character later on, who knows.

In the meantime, here's what we came up with!! I knew he needed to have a heavily asymmetric look and a ton of prosthetic action going on, and they were able to render that quite nicely~ His whole deal is that he's a real inventor/entrepreneur of sorts, always tinkering with various robotics and mechanical contraptions, with a flair for the classic clockwork/victorian vibe. He's got his main factory, and lots of sub-establishments for showcasing various... applications he's come up with. And yes most of them involve transforming subjects into eager little machines~

Probably enough yapping for now, can wait to fully expand on him until I'm able to get more art of him, including a full ref to really flesh out the details. Thanks once again to  FreckleTheFox, quite the privilege~