December Spell

A MOVIE FOR EVERY YEAR I'VE BEEN ALIVE

Elemental is still living rent free in my head haha and since I finally finished a big commission I was working on the past month, I can draw some personal stuff yaay

I got inspired by @paperbagedhead , @abbytabbys and @cyndavilachase with their Elemental oc kids, so I wanted to design a child for Wade and Ember as well =) I wasn't too creative with the name I reckon, but I couldn't think of another name that I liked.

I thought that when Misty was a toddler she struggle to keep floating in the same place, and was often blown away by the wind (which made her temporarily afraid of heights, the irony). So, in her early years she would often be wearing her mother's dress and boots to stay in the same place. (She did not like the weight of the clothes, though).

In her teens, Misty became a lot more reserved and had difficulty connecting with other elements, since her parents were one of the first inter-elemental couples in the city. She really wanted to fit in and tried to apply for the junior windbreakers (I loved this idea from @cyndavilachase), but got rejected because she wasn't "windy" enough for the games. These were challenging years for Misty, since she struggled a lot trying to be more "watery" or "fiery" but never really fitting in.

As an adult, Misty finally found her true passion and self-confidence, becoming an engineer. Since she is made of steam, I wanted to give her kind of a steampunk vibe, which carries an interesting mix of water and fire motifs. She enjoys solving problems and building devices. I envision that she would mainly work fixing old pipes and structures in Firetown, and in a near future, she'd build better air transportations suited for fire people.

Early visual development for Wish (2023) by Griselda Sastrawinata-Lemay and Brittney Lee.

Hi everyone