Here is my entry! (bio and story included below!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Keys to press: Space for next (if you want to see the process), 1 for version 1, 2 for version 2, and 3 for a ref sheet I made. Click to zoom in! Fullscreen recommended ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bio: Name: Shadow-Heart Gender: Female {She/her} Pets: her 2 fish (no ideas for names just yet!) Likes: flying around with her fish, not having to obey someone/follow rules Dislikes: bossy attitudes, what she calls "scaredy cats" Personality: Independent, sometimes lonely, brave, a bit reckless, kind, sometimes socially awkward or misinterpreted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~ Backstory [might change though] ~ Warning: the following could be disturbing The alternative, less disturbing story is inside the project. Investigators were looking into the murder of a little boy. They found his diary, and every day the boy added a little detail about a story he wrote. It had little drawings sometimes. The investigators read the entries. The little boy used to have a similar-looking cat and wrote fantasy stories about her. The story goes like this: There once was a cat named Shadow-Heart. One day, she had a strange dream and woke up underwater! She realized she had the ability to breathe underwater. Her tail became a leaf for camouflage and to help her swim faster. She saw a koi fish tangled in some underwater plants, so she helped it. This was the baby koi fish, so the mother koi fish took Shadow-Heart on an adventure. They flew gracefully over the tree tops. In the pond lived an evil bullfrog. It would eat young fish. Shadow-Heart defeats the bullfrog and her heart marking shines a light that guides her back home. But she never forgot her adventure, and every few months, she returned to her realm. The investigators searched around the room. There, an old photo of the deceased boy with his cat, who looked quite like his made-up character. The investiators flipped another page of the diary. There, a scribbled black heart, with bl00d stains across it. The investigator leaned closer, but the black heart sucked him in. The other investigator tried to grab his arm, but she went in too. They opened their eyes, and in a starlit valley, there was the boy, with the cat on his shoulder, standing on a koi fish. The investigators woke up back in their world and ran away. The diary was never found again, as it burned down a few days later. ------------------------------[END]--------------------------------------
[Drawing stats] Character: I named her Shadow-Heart, currently owned by @SallyWARRIORCATFAN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time taken: I would say maybe 9 hours for the koi fish drawing, for the ref probably 1.5 hours tops. For story-writing and bio probably 30-40 mins ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- App: Procreate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music: Lay Down by Caravan Palace
