I'm Currently Not Melting

Because for once, Oakville has decided to stay at a bearable temperature; Allowing me to sit in my room and NOT die.

And what am I doing with that chance? Scanning and typing and posting to RPs.

Okay, so to the left! This is a picture of Rebel, Ninja and Alleiah. This is probably along the point in the time line where Rebel is on the run, and trying to find a safe place for his sister. He brings her home, hoping their mother will look after his little sister- but, she refuses, too ashamed of her mistakes from the past.

Rebel is then forced to take Ninja with him and to try to protect her. This all eventually leads to his demise.

This is the closest I'll ever get to a family portrait of the three.

I used to think Ninja and Rebel were even players in Rise, but they're not. The story is all about Ninja, again following the characters growth and change. I'm so bad with epics- All of my stories focus on particular characters and the changes they go through as life goes on.

I think, at the base of it, I've really got two stories. Sure, I've got starts and middles and finishes and bits here and bits there, and occasionally a complete, albeit thready plot; But I think the only two stories I care about are these ones.

I usually feel kinda bad, because I don't have as many characters as a lot of my friends, since as far back as I can remember sharing stories- but the characters I do have, are very special to me.

Aaaand a really quick "I'm trying to stop drawing crap" scribble of Suka. She's not all covered up, so this is probably post-rescue, and shortly before her disease gets too powerful and she croaks.

Despite everything she'd gone through, she's still happy, though a lot more conscientious of the world around her, and much more independent. By the end of the story, Suka's finally figured out that she can't always count on someone being around to look after her. Granted, it comes by the overwhelming feeling of being abandoned- after living with it for close to two years, and wanting nothing more than to be left to her own suffering, she accepts this and can carry on with life like a normal human being.

And then Alan comes to save the day! Yaaay!! Which leads to even more excitement. I love writing.

2:32

Annie

From the Hand of the Great Masters----

Came the Adobe CS4 Masters Collection!!! Muahahahaha.

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

Rebel and Ninja!

Tada! Something I drew up really quick time (hence why it's so ugly). Planning to step into a new RP, and had to come up with some characters I wanted to use, so out came the old file folder!

Alright, so these characters are Rebel, and Ninja (I bet you can't guess what they do for a living!)

Remembering the creation of these two brought back some memories actually.. I was talking to my friend Julian, who was telling me about his dog Rebel who had passed, and his dad refused to give him the ashes. He continued to tell me how now all he had to distract him, was his cat Ninja.

I was talking to him, and my mind just ran off in this completely opposite direction and I created Rebel and Ninja, people forms.

Name: Rebel
Race: Elf
Gender: Male
Age: appears 25
Job: Mercenary
Height: 6' (HA, he's short x3)
Personality: Fiercely protective, though perfectly content to let Ninja learn things the hard way.

Name: Ninja
Race: Human
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Job: Ninja
Height: 5'1"
Personality: Very energetic and rambunctious. Has a terrible sense of direction, but she pulls off being a ninja quite well despite her bubbly personality. Gets frustrated easily when not working.

Right, so Rebel used to be part of the Imperial Guard (or whatever the equivalent of that would be for the current rp) and is branded as such (left shoulder). However, when things at home got a bit.. difficult (his mother took in a human child) he had to leave and go into hiding to protect his little sister. Desertion is frowned on, and he's in a bit of a legal spit because of it. However, he doesn't regret it in the least and cares about Ninja more than anything else, and will do anything for her. He's a great cook (as far as survival cooking goes) and they make money a job at a time, doing their best to keep on the move and under the radar.

Ninja was abandoned in a bush (:B) where she was picked up by her elf foster mother, Alleiah. Of course, such a move would not be accepted by society, so she had to confide in her son, who took Ninja and fled. She doesn't know anybody better than she knows Rebel, and regardless of making his life much more difficult than it needs to be, loves him to bits.