Drako - The Troubled Vampire
Drako is my original character I created for my digital character drawing class. He is a rebellious vampire teen who is stripped away from his vampire abilities so he won't cause any more trouble until he graduates high-school. I try to make his rebellious traits scream through his giant deathhawk hairstyle, piercings, and facial expressions. He has a loving family and a baby sister who wants him to improve, he talks to a therapist every week at school, and he eventually meets a girl who he pities her life. This character is an example of a comedic, children's cartoon genre of my story collections which sends a message about rebellious teenagers and their behaviors.
Amai Shinigami - The Reaper's Spawn
Amai was one of my earliest OC's, I first created her for a project in WCC's digital character animation course. My idea for her is that she is the child of the Grim Reaper, and she was put on Earth to live life as a normal teenager while incorporating her culture from Hell. She grocery shops, goes to concerts, chills at the park, burns her plants, takes the bus, and watches sitcoms at home. She has the power to summon her scythe named Poku-Poku who can talk to her, but they are not allowed to kill anyone. This character is an example of another comedic, children's cartoon genre of my story collections, joining Amai on her fun wacky adventures and adulthood responsiblities.
Punky Panda
The idea for punky panda began as a Halloween costume in 2019... I had a panda onesie, I added some punky make-up, and a red plaid skirt on top and some sneakers, and went to work, of course. not exactly like this with her body exposed! Punky is a cover artist and wants to be a unique performer and icon unlike the rest. She's wild, a pothead, silly, bisexual, flirty, confident, and a party animal. I use her as a celebrity icon to send messages, such as wearing your mask during the covid outbreak.
Half Dead Online
Half Dead Online [HDO] was an original story I wrote for a Senior project in my high-school trade-school program back in 2017. Each of my classmates were responsible for presenting an idea of their own original series, and vote on which one they want to work on to submit for the final project together, and HDO won! Each of my classmate had their own responsibilities and I acted as art director making sure they're doing their jobs, and I illustrated most of the character art. We ended up with a kick-ass 3 minute trailer!
Half Dead Online is about four high-school students who get enrolled in defending their school during a zombie apocalypse caused by the VR zombie game they play together. All schools operate a lockdown lockdown for days, as many students' family's and friends outside of the school may be infected. The government researches students who play HDO professionally and provide them the same signature weapons they use in the game. It's up to Nathan, Hunter, Elijah and Skylar to go out and get supplies and bring them back to the school to help their peers. Nathan uses a gun-blade, Hunter uses a gauntlet, Elijah is a sniper, and Skylar uses a shotgun.
Kalath and Elise
Kalath is the main character of my fantasy/medieval story. He is a Feral Elf, an almost instinct race of elves. There was a conflict in the human kingdom of Xavaria where it was believed a Feral Elf murdered the queen. Kalath was spared his life because he was only a child, and was raised in an orphanage in Xavaria. When it was discovered by the princess, Elise, that a child was being abused in the orphanage, he was given a home and living rights in Xavaria to take care of himself, but he still faces discrimination from the humans. Years later he becomes involved in the royal family by encountering Elise again. He becomes a member of the Night Watch, the Kingdom's night-time security team, investigating a secret cult that infiltrating Xavaria for whatever reason. Kalath becomes secretly involved with Elise when she decides to practice magic, which is forbidden in Xavaria, so he accompanies her during her practice so she can be safe.
Elise is a very stubborn princess, but she has her reasons. She was too young to understand hatred towards other races, such as the Feral Elves, whom her father, Lord Dreus, one killed his wife Queen Demi. She helps her father and her sister Queen Kiara rule the kingdom of Xavaria, who are very passionate about human strength and mind, and they make the best weapons in the land. Elise gains inspiration from Kalath, and wants to physically protect her people from danger instead of leading troops, so she decides to learn protective magic, conjuring healing spells and shields. Kalath after his Night Watch shift visits Elise in secret in her quarters to help teach her, where they also fall in love with each other during the process. These characters are examples of a a fantasy, action and romantic genre of my story collections.
Ebony
Ebony is part of a witch cult where together they cause chaos on the unmagical beings. She gets banned of the group for not doing a specific task, and literally gets kicked out of the sky in her witch-cult uniform, along with her magic being stripped away. A blacksmith encounters Ebony in the forest, and spares her life when he discovers that she is harmless. They encounter again on a rainy night, she's homeless, cold, and alone, so he gives her a room to stay for the night. The blacksmith [no name yet] is on the verge of losing his family legacy business. Ebony with her creativity and her re-learned magic learns to craft beautiful dresses with a unique style that clients start to love and believe that she is the blacksmith's new business partner, therefore, he continues to keep her as the shop's tailor in sake of his business. He believes she's making a new beginning for herself, but in reality, she's manipulating and pretending to love this man so she can get back into her Witch Cult, impressing them with how long she held this lie for. She does eventually develop real feelings towards the blacksmith and enjoys her life tailoring dresses for women and children, and realize her witch friends are not worth it anymore.
My theme of Ebony's story is similar to teen girls getting kicked out of their clique for not doing things they consider "cool". They end up finding out that their friends aren't really their friends and that its important to explore yourself and your interests outside your clique. I made ebony a witch because witches are known for their trickeries. She has witch-like behavior; snobby, trickster, spoiled, and elegant. You can also connect witch with the word... bitch.
Kris and David
Kris is a demon put on Earth to study the immorality of humans. She makes a connection with a human who has the ability to see visions when she is in danger, about to evolve in her full demon form, so he has to be with her to protect her from other humans who are intimidating her. The human she connects with is David, an ordinary university student. He is studying computer science so he is very tech savy, and he is the guy everyone goes to when they want a pirated movie, game, burn CDs, or do some hacking on their grades. His traditional type of Christian white/hispanic family puts him into college to study other options to make a living. When he encountered Kris, the traditional Christian beliefs of crosses, bibles and holy water that he learned had no effect on her. Her human connector uses his illegal hacking skills to make Kris a person, give her a name, and identify her as his cousin so she can stay in the same dormitory as him, that way he can be as close with her as possible to protect her and other people. His friends are very attracted to how beautiful the mysterious Kris is, but don't know that she's a demon. Kris eventually adapts to Earth, finds her own style and interests, learns about friendship, immorality, crime, love, and grief.
When Kris becomes intimidated by another human, a black demonic aura starts at her hands and feet and slowly expands to her whole body, like a sleeve. Her connector has to get to her before she reaches her final form and causes even more tragic and gruesome damage. What do I mean by intimidation? Murder, sexual assault and rape, physical and emotional abuse, etc. My theme for this story is to expose human beings capable of doing things are considered immoral and evil, and the actual demon Kris is the innocent being learning about these behaviors and becoming a victim.