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landnelson.bsky.social
Kurtz ●
@landnelson.bsky.social
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》elon lit the trashbin that was twitter, now I'm here
》artist and writer
》donkey kong, history and opera/operetta enthusiast
》‼️ I am <18 yrs ‼️

》blog: https://the-hidden-redoubt.neocities.org/
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landnelson.bsky.social
I feel like I'm going insane why can't I write an essay for college but I can write an essay for a fucking kremling.

"You're overanalysing this." No shit sherlock 😭😭😭 hyperfixations suck!!!
Preview of a blog post which to be honest probably wont be a blog post for how long this is going to be. I would write all of it down here, but it's better to have a version where its all finished. Yes, it's about Klubba. No, this isn't even halfway done. agony
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
Today's officially my birthday!! I'm 17 now lol and I'm absolutely chuffed with my gift.
Me playing Donkey Kong Country (of course) on a SNES mini. I've played DKC before on the Switch emulator but this feels so much better to play with.
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
working on a long blog post for my birthday tomorrow but while I’m doing that here’s a drawing :>

#dk64
Army Dillo (DK64)
November 9, 2025 at 8:12 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
I made a "Pirates of Penzance" reference in the caption when I posted this on tumblr and someone commented this. I will sell my soul to see this version of PoP, I swear I will.
A tumblr comment dating August 26 [2025] from user 'r5h' saying: "It's from the famous musical "The Kremlings of Kremzance", obviously"
November 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
[reposting from tumblr]
the true pirate king!!!

#dkc2
King K. Rool, under his pirate alter ego "Kaptain K. Rool" holding a blunderbuss (only the muzzle is shown) while making a "shush" gesture. He is directly looking towards the screen with a sinister smile. There is a shine on the blunderbuss muzzle and on one of K. Rool's fangs. [post originally from my tumblr account from August 18 2025]
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
When I first saw the Rock Kroc renders I thought they looked like mummies because of their skin texture.

Also they look pretty cute front-facing for some reason, maybe its their huge eyes and lack of nostrils. I guess their scariness comes from their function in the game itself.
Official render of a Rock Kroc
October 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
going back to procreate for a tiny bit because there’s a brush I really like

#dkc
A Rock Kroc, with small text above them reading “HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!”
October 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
"Alright, Gramps. Let's get you to bed now."
Stock image of two figures. There's a white old figure holding a cane sitting on a wheel chair and an orange figure pushing the wheelchair.
October 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
aged like bananas
[early halloween art 👻]

#donkeykong #dkc2
Portrait of "Mr. X" (real name unknown) dated 1859. Mr. X has his plumed bicorne, red sash, medals and eppaulette on. His hooked hand is tucked in his jacket as a sign of restraint, although whether he did or did not have that in actuality is unknown. He has a sword on his side that has the [readable] engraved words "MDCCCILX - VIVAT KROKODILI". His scales are smooth, green and clean, although that's rather a romanticised depiction of him. In reality he would've lots and lots of blemishes on his face (as present in his actual, ghost design). (Can you tell these are far fetched headcanons of mine by the design and alt texts😭) Same picture as previous but now it's darker, ripped and in a cool-toned environment. There's a bright silhouette of the now ghostly Mr. X. He's seems furious, I guess good times had to pass (even if it was more than a century ago). His fall from grace made him drop into obscurity for many decades, to the point that if you ask anyone about him, they'll just shrug or think you made him up. (Have you noticed that I mainly draw DKC*2* fanart? Well guess which one of the DKC trilogy is my favourite-)
October 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
(was originally going to make my responses as one long thread but putting them in the notes app is so much easier lol)
Long rext that reads the following: "I interpret the changes as Kritters being kind of forced to be more reliant on their own strength and K. Rool making cuts to feed into his selfish needs (like, as you said, the Blast-O-Matic in DK64). They don't have the privilege of armour anymore due to K. Rools whims. Therefore, they were more vunerable at that moment. Their feasible cheap clothing K. Rool provided hardly protecting them. They had to start giving themselves a better chance of surviving whether they were ordered to or not. No Kremling wants to lose pathetically by some apes. While the muscular arms and bulkier body present in the PAON design can be explained by the nature of DKKoS/DKJC (climbing and swinging for a long while would make someones arms swole (but also sore)) and some of the Mario sports games (Strikers and Super Sluggers), it indirectly acted as training for whatever hostile plan K. Rool has in the future, even if his intentions were just "Let's screw over the Kongs some more." Improvements have been made since DK64 and that opened the door for K. Rool to become more ambitious. They didn't *need* to be shielded by armour anymore, their physique *is* the shield. Their legs are feeble compared to the rest of their body so they wear pants to emphasise their upper girth. On another note, I prefer the DKC1 design also. Although that's more because I have a total soft spot for military-esque designs haha."
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
landnelson.bsky.social
This post reminded me of how facinated I am with the evolution of enemy designs in the dk games, especially the Kritters. So much that it inspired me to make this garbled mess of an analysis really late at night.

I’m probably not making sense w/ some of these annotations so excuse me for that
October 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
landnelson.bsky.social
Redraw doodle of an old oc. I think I definitely improved from last year!!!

#oc
Two drawings of my oc Evgeny Kurtichev, who has a mustache, sideburns, a powdered wig, a slightly loose cravat and wearing typical 18th century fasioned clothes. One drawing is in a reference window fully coloured and shaded (this ones from 5 January 2024) and the other is flat coloured and shaded (from today, 25th October 2025). Fun Fact! : Evgeny is meant to be the father of another oc who appears in a discord server based fanfic made by my friends. The fanfic’s basically the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars if the historical figures involved were replaced by our sonas. I had an oc/sona that basically served as a combination of different generals of the Russian Empire in the 18-19th century (mostly Alexander Suvorov). Unfortunately the fanfic never got finished due to losing interest but, I still cherish all the ocs created for it!
October 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
landnelson.bsky.social
eyes of a chill and trustworthy fella
vs
eyes of a sadist
Xananab waving. Banandiumtone. Look at them, they aren't even waving. Git.
October 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
I was going to post these two drawings seperately (the kannon one first) but I remembered I crashed out 4 times doing the second one so here’s a 2-in-1 special

#dkc2
A Kannon sitting with his cannon smoking a pipe. Klubba resting on a tree looking slightly irritated. (also how do you draw muscles 😭)
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
Some things never change huh
Caricature drawing with the caption “An anonymous British print, caricaturing Napoleon during the coup of Brumaire, entitled 'The Corsican Crocodile dissolving the Council of Frogs!!!' (November 1799)” - Napoleon is depicted as a crocodile wearing a crown, a pair of boots and a sabre on his side. Only somewhat similar to K. Rool, of course. Crocoleon Bonaparte is not overweight, doesn’t have his cape and iconic gold-plated torso. King K. Rool
October 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
oc desc. (2/2)

also I’ll be honest, with some of these they were late night thoughts so excuse me if they aren’t refined lol
ANSGAR “the Unseen” - “Given the title “the Unseen” after being seemingly not present within the invasion of Donkey Kong Island by the Snowmads. There are physical depiction of him through paintings yet he’s mostly invisible to most of the Snowmad population. Whether Ansgar truly exists or is just a legend is up for speculation. Often gets mistaken as a penguin by other Snowmads, he’s actually a razorbill which is a type of auk.” PRUDY KONG - “Estranged Victorian-esque ancestor to the main Kongs. Your usual prim-and-proper gentleman, except he's a huge hypocrite to what he expects society to be like nowadays. A real heavy industrialist, which is the main reason many of the Kongs like to distance away from him.”
October 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
landnelson.bsky.social
oc desc. (1/2)
KATYA S. TROUGHE - “Admiral of the Royal Kremling Fleet. She is begrudgingly affiliated with the Kremling Krew after her father’s willingness to serve King K. Rool. As a typical navywoman, she detests pirates. Often found whistling a once famous 18th century tune “Rool Krittania.”” KAPUT - “A failed creation of Baron K. Roolenstein made with the remains of dead kremlings. After years of being away from the Northern Kremisphere, they returned and, influenced by Katya, officially joining the Krew. They believe that King K. Rool and Baron K. Roolenstein are different kremlings.” KUIRASSEER and KLOPPER - “19th Century Kavalrykrocs. Kuirasseers are notable with their stylish helmet, cuirass breastplate and sabre riding well trained kloppers. They charge against their enemies and go in full force with rapid speeds. They can be defeated with a roll/spin attack while they build up their charge.” KARPUS - “A large sized kritter and a Kremean War veteran. Formerly a sargeant before being discharged for his weakened physical conditions. To compensate, he was given a lighter job of being a tollkeeper before eventually getting replaced by Klubba, a much stronger and able kremling than Karpus. He now wanders around Crocodile Isle with no significant purpose in mind. In voice prosthesis treatment after his larynx got severely damaged in the War. Also secretely self-consious about his posture, so he wears a back brace.”
October 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
landnelson.bsky.social
my dk ocs that make me temporarily forget about my college life
(brief descriptions of them will be in a thread under this post)

#donkeykong #oc
From left to right: Katya S. Troughe, Kaput, Kuirasseer & Klopper, Karpus, Ansgar “the Unseen”, Prudy Kong.
October 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
colouring in some doodles I did a month ago

#dkc2 #dkc3 #dkjungleclimber
Xananab and a Banana Bird Klinger
October 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
landnelson.bsky.social
[wip]

had to merge my special interests somehow (donkey kong country & 19th century history)
Mr. X from Donkey Kong Country 2 (he's green bc he's alive in this painting😲)
October 7, 2025 at 11:01 AM
landnelson.bsky.social
reminder that I have a bluesky acc uhhhh yar har behold the kremling krew ig

#dkc2
October 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM