“Dreams of Former Glory.”| Art Collab and Short Story

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:bangbang: Trigger Warning! :bangbang:

This Post Contains The Following:

•Spoilers for the Dream SMP

•Some Blood

•Mentions of Torture

If you are uncomfortable with blood, torture, or don’t wanna get spoiled, I advise you stop right here. Otherwise, scroll down to see the Collab and Text.

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“Home.”

“I’ve Never Had One This Entire Time.”

“And Yet Laying Here In the Prison Made Me and My Insanity Realize Something.”

“As I stared into the Lava which made the room burn intensely 24/7, I had a revelation.”

“I always Had a Home, that being this entire Server as a Whole.”

“The World Outside this Prison was Always my Home.”

“It had everything.”

“Rivers, Grass, Light, Trees, Stars, And So Much More.”

“I could Vaguely what Stars even looked like.”

“What Rivers felt like whenever you place your hands in them.”

“What it felt like to lay in the middle of a grassy plain, as the sun’s rays just hit you.”

“What did it feel like?”

“All I feel in Prison is Blood slowly leave my body everyday.”

“Another Bruise appearing after getting kicked or punched.”

“A Broken Limb after going through Torture.”

“Chains that tighten the more I moved, forcing me to become numb in those areas.”

“What was it like to be Home?”

“To just be outside obsidian walls, away from Lava and Torture.”

“What was it like to be Free?”

“I freedom allowed me to destroy and control nearly everyone.”

“Freedom let me have Control.”

“And When I get Control back in my hands, I will give everyone a taste of the Prison.”

“Everyone who was there with Tommy and Tubbo.”

“They shall feel the pain I have suffered through for months.”

“And even now, I looked at my reflection in the little water I have in the Cell.”

“I look at myself and just smile.”

“Smile with a Huge Grin that makes my cheeks hurt.”

“I smile looking at myself, and sometimes thanks to the heat I see another person in the reflection.”

“Someone who had Power, Control, and was a Threat.”

“A Person who had gone missing for months on the Server, with a few people going to see him.”

“A Person who was waiting to Return Home.”

“But the Person was trapped.”

“He’s locked behind chains thanks his enemies.”

“However, the day I leave the Prison he will return, Ready for Revenge.”

“He will regain his throne, and go back to being one of the most powerful on the server.”

“But for now, He was only seen in reflections of water.”

“Wearing Netherite Armor and Carrying a Netherite Sword.”

“There was only one other time I saw him.”

“Whenever my eyes would drift asleep…”

“I’d Be Him in my Dreams of Former Glory.”

“I’d be standing over the entire server, laughing.”

“I’d be Home.”

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Hello UOA ^^

Woooow, another Dream related Post. In the same week no less.

Wooow, Sofia P a Dream Stan Confirmed.

No! This one was planned before the Andrew X Dream Post! That one was just randomly made due to another post while this Post I had planned for the past weeks.

And no, I am not a Dream Stan, that’s a joke. But moving on-

So this Post is actually a Collab! That’s right! I crossovered with someone that was more ambitious than Endgame!

I basically did a Collab with That One Extrovert. For Proof, look no further then the Messages below:

Seriously why does this Amino Read my Mind?!

But basically, we decided to just collab on Dream since we are both getting invested into the Dream SMP. Extrovert did the Sketch while I did the Coloring, Shading, Lighting, etc. The next section will explain my thought process as I drew this.

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Thoughts:

When I saw the sketch, I screamed when I saw I had to do a reflection in Dream’s Sword.

Fun Fact: I hate reflections.

Not only that, but also chains. I don’t draw chains often since they can be a pain to draw 70% of the time. So that was something I was dreading.

Doing the outline wasn’t bad at all. I’m used to using thicker brushes, so using a thin brush was something I had to get used to.

As for coloring, this was quite interesting to do. You see, I could’ve easily drawn Dream in a Green Hoodie and call it a day. But seeing the chains, I wanted to add some orange to represent how Dream is in Prison (on the Dream SMP, not irl at the time I am writing this.) So I incorporated both Orange and Green in his hoodie.

Originally, the colors were swapped for his hoodie. I had his hoodie be mainly orange with his sleeves and hood being Green. But I thought it’d look better if it was switched, and I was correct. It looks WAY better swapped. Honestly I really like the colors of the Hoodie, it just fits really well.

As for Dream’s Pants, I just made it a generic Brown Pants. I was debating whether I made it Black or not, but I thought brown looked nice with the hoodie. Same with the boots, I could’ve done black or a really dark gray, but a darker brown looked pretty nice.

The reflection was a pain to do, but I think I pulled it off. Trying to explain how I did it is a pain, so I might make a blog on how I personally do reflections in stuff in the future. Although it’s probably gonna be very inaccurate so don’t count on it. However I think the reflection in this image was pulled off well, and it adds to the Netherite sword really well.

As for the background, I decided to make it a darkish red over a darkish purple. I wanted to draw Dream in his Cell, hence the red to the right of him. That’s meant to represent the lava outside the cell.

Also although Dream ain’t in chains, I added the chains to the background since I thought it fit the fact he’s in prison. Speaking of Chains, the chains on Dream aren’t actually the same as Extrovert sketched them to be. You see, I didn’t realize there was a Chain Brush until I was working on the background. So what I did was on a separate layer, I drew circles connected to circles to create the illusion of chains. Overall, It saved me time to just do the circles, and also made me learn of chain brushes.

Lastly, the shine in the Netherite Sword was added last second since I forgot about it completely from the sketch until Extrovert brought it up. So I just took an airbrush and made it star shaped.

Overall:

I’m pretty satisfied with how it came out. Mainly since the sketch Extrovert gave was a really good one, it allowed me to stretch the idea.

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Conclusion:

This was an AMAZING collab with That One Extrovert, I definitely had fun. Albeit, this brought pain to my fingers as usual, and also made me hate more on Reflections. This collab had its positives and negatives, but mainly positives. I’m willing to collab with That One Extrovert again, or anyone for that matter. This was all just for fun, and because I needed content.

So in conclusion, thanks Extrovert for letting me collab with you :heart: . I had Fun.

That’s all I have to Say! Until the Next Time I post, Take Care! And Have a Good Day/Night!

-Sofia P.

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Picture Information:

Time Taken: 2 Hours 40 Minutes

Layers Used: 25

App Used: IbisPaintX

Tools Used: Dip Pen (Hard), Felt Tip Pen (Hard), Airbrush (Triangle), Pencil (Graphite), Chain 2(Outline, Color)-Chain

Signature Location: To the Left of Dream’s Hand

Collab Partner: That One Extrovert

Time Taken for TW Image: 5 Minutes

Layers Used: 4

App Used: IbisPaintX

Tools Used: Dip Pen (Hard), Felt Tip Pen (Hard)

Signature Location: Bottom Left Corner

Tags: #Dsmp