I'm pretty sure actual artists had nothing to do with the making of the program... But artists were in mind! Anyways, I'm kinda unfocused and still feeling rather bleh today (for no reason) so, I decided to just add something I quickly coloured and ramble for a while on my blog.
Yes, I'd so much rather post here where no one comments as opposed to my DA where no one comments. The blog is definitely more for me.SO ANYWAYS, without any further ado, today I decided I wanted to design Alleiah, who can be recalled from my post I made months ago about these two guys; being their uncreative mother. Alleiah is Rebels birth mother and Ninja's foster mother.
I was watching a movie with Sarah and my mind started to drift back to a story idea I had a long time ago that was inspired by the city of Midgar; from FFVII. The idea of a walled city, and a fierce dictatorship. I liked the idea, but I never got anywhere to developing the characters in the setting. The were nameless, featureless people acting out a story that never had a solid plot line.
After finishing that movie, jumping around the internet, and flipping through a very very terrifyingly old notebook of mine, I went to bed. As I let myself gradually doze off, the characters for this nameless story became clear to me... Rebel and Ninja, characters I had more or less completely fleshed out, but never worked out what story they were in or what part they played.
Plots without characters, and characters without plots, it's a match made in heaven, right?
Anyways, this image is what stood out most to me in my mind as I fell asleep. It's some time after they've deserted the city (where Rebel was a relatively high up operative) and managed to track down their mother. The reunion didn't last very long, as other soldiers managed to follow the two back to their destination. Rebel, going hulk style, easily took out the grunt sent after him; refusing to be arrested because he wouldn't take innocent lives. He apologizes to Alleiah for bringing the danger to her door, where she kisses him and tells him he's a good son, that's she's proud of him, and to keep protecting her daughter (that she hasn't seen since she was born).
There isn't much plot past that point, but I'm thinking maybe it would make a good warm up comic for Timestamp... Something just to get into the gist of things before I jump into the complicated and relatively dark storyline of Suka's life.
Gold isn't really the colour of Alleiahs kind, silver suits them better, but it matches her skin and clothes. You'll notice by their ears they aren't human, Alleiah and Rebel both being members of a species of fae always referred to as "The Children" (Yes, I did totally steal that from my Battle of the Gods storyline; I always recycle ideas from projects of mine that never got off the ground), who aren't really trusted by the humans, and who don't really trust humans. Rebel lived a life of discrimination so his adoptive sister wouldn't have to.
I'm tired 8D Think I'll go read a book.
~11:00
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