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This comic has been in the works since September, as I kept stopping and coming back to it, and actually changed the whole format at some point. But I'm really proud of how it turned out in the end :'3
This is a concept and, for now, an AU I've been thinking with Ray's character, where he would be trans, a trans woman to be more specific.
This comic would be much later in the story, where she finally faces her fears (represented through the dragon) and accepts her identity. Up until now, she would've repressed and avoided that part of herself due to a lot of fear, especially with the whole change that would bring, which Ray deals with really poorly. By trying to keep the familiar normal, it ultimately ended up hurting her more and more as time passed. So she finally decided to break out of this cycle of avoidance.
A small detail about the merge of them both, it could've implied that Ray could've gone through some visual change, but she didn't. Ray stays physically the same. I can't put it exactly into words, but there's some importance to that.
She was already intrinsically herself; her truth (her identity, although repressed) was, and would've always been there for when she was ready to accept it.
And she doesn't change straight into a form that she would've desired, as that's a journey she has yet to make. To go through the transition, to figure out herself and what it actually means to be a woman to her, how that presents for her, and what feels right. To go through the joys and struggles of transitioning and exploration, slowly, and ultimately to be able to present outwardly what she already was on the inside, wherever that journey took her. To allow herself to finally show the parts she has kept trapped and was scared to show for so long. Surrounded by the people that she loves by her side as she goes through with it.
I love his character’s design and the way he draws expressions! Most of his animatics are on his OCs, and all are very good!
The Animator Calendar is an event setting from 1st to 25th december, in which I share one animation/animatic/storyboard artist per day (preferably underrated)!
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TW: Depictions of Self-Harm; Open wound; Blood; Self-Destructive Behaviour
Relapse
Ray can be rather impulsive both in decisions but especially in behavior, oftentimes he has a bad habit of lashing out in arguments and saying hurtful things that he doesnt really mean to.
He has a hard time controlling it and feels really guilty for it. One of the "solutions" that he's gravitated towards is a sort of punishment; every time he reacts badly on impulse, he'll scratch his arm as a way for him to feel like he has "paid" for his misbehaviour
It doesn't really work tho, cuz it never really treated the root of the problem, so it only became a vicious cycle for him
And here it shows the aftermath, how he usually spirals down into SH
But in the end, he feels regret and emptiness, as at this point, the SH doesn't feel like it brings him any sort of relief anymore, just pain as a means of distraction
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I hope it's ok that i changed their outfit a bit I couldn't figure out how to still portray the pose with their normal outfit- (I also just realized that I forgot their tail, just pretend it's behind them-)
OC TOBER WEEK 4 | Prompt List by Karolushek on Instagram
Day 23 - Desperation
With Kira, as she was trying anything to try and bring her parents back.
Day 24 - Laundry
Laundry day with the boiss!!
It's that time of the week when you're with your laundry day clothes as everything else is up to wash
Tried to mess around with my more stylized art style again and it's really fun, simplifying and messing around with the shapes and using a different and easier way of rendering, it's neat :3
Plus a different approach on backgrounds using 3d models and then adding a filter/using some sort of mode that makes it look 2d :')
Day 25 - Alternate Pallette
With Vechernitsa!
Switched his palette with Ajana's
Never drawn him with warmer colours so it was fun to see the end result! :3
Day 26 - Tattoo
This is a concept design of what one of Nara's tattoos would look like.
They got the whole blue Portuguese tile esque vibe/inspo and it has 4 whale shark representing her and her family.
Day 27 - Throwing Hands
Modern AU Ray and Aziath in a fight, they despise each other in almost every AU, they really don't know how to talk things out :')
Day 28 - Roses and Thorns
Long haired Rueeee!!! Using their magic, although they don't use it for too long/often due to the burnout and the side effects afterwards.
Day 29 - Formal
The crew in formal wear!!
Ray is not the most used to formal wear so Rue helped him out with the outfit :3
And he'd still choose something on the baggier/comfy side (as much as the clothes allow)
Rue would go with a flowy, lightweight green dress, still keeping a similar shape to their usual outfits
But something light as to not brother them/be on their mind during the event they might attend with it
Nara would go with a full suit, but more loose, with the open shirt and wearing her jacket on her shoulders >:3
Teca would go with a simpler dress, they wouldn't think too much of it, they lean towards more androgynous and fem clothing, but not the biggest fan of not having armor/layers to protect them.
Rue and Nara helped with the accessories to pull the outfit together more neatly
Day 30 - Lace
Moon being very bonita :33
Day 31 - Blood
With Sorath when he was younger, before running away from home.
This was such a fun challenge to do, it got me out of my comfort zone, and to explore different art styles and techniques for the different days that I can use in the future and allowed me to explore and draw characters and dynamics that I usually don't, it was really nice doing it even though I wasn't able to finish it on time :'''')
I saw your OC Aziath on your recent post, I really love their design and was wondering if you had a full ref of any kind for them? I want to make fan art but I also don't want to screw up drawing them either-
OC TOBER WEEK 3 | Prompt list by Karolushek on Instagram
Day 15 - Fruit
Aziath eating a fruit start :))
Day 16 - Playground
Ray when he was younger playing with his siblings, Lilly and Damian :3
Day 17 - Halloween
With the main crew in the modern AU!
This year's costumes are:
Ray - Vampire
Rue - Witch
Teca - Werewolf
Nara - Ghost
Kira and Aziath - Lydia and Beetlejuice
18 - Childhood
Decided to draw Ray's parents for this one :)
From left to right they are:
Vasil (Ed's best friend, also the one who offered him the job later down the line where Ray's family currently lives in)
Delyana (Ray's mom)
Edmond (Ray's dad)
Dimitar (Ray's uncle)
They're precious! And surely nothing bad will happen to them /s
Day 20 - They draw themselves
This one was really fun to do :))
For Ray he'd draw in a more cartoony/stylized art style, something influenced by/close to those 2000s cartoons (power puff girls, Dexter's laboratory, total drama island, Dany phantom, teenage robot, etc...) I feel like he's more drawn to those kinds of drawings with the simpler and more prominent shape language in the character art (given I didn't properly represent it here as I only realized the influences I was thinking about after I finished T-T)
Rue would gravitate more towards 90s anime style (think stuff like sailor moon, big detailed shiny eyes, stuff like that) I can definitely see them being interested in the media and influenced by it :'3
For Nara, she's not really too much into drawing, she has something closer to a stick figure but with more details :'D
And for Teca, crayons!!!
Not completely sure if this is genuinely how they'd draw, it just gave me the vibe that they'd see the crayons, wanted to give them a try and just have fun :')
Day 21 - 1910
For the first one decided to draw Ajana in the style of one of those fashion magazines that existed at the time.
And just pretty much based the outfit that she's wearing it off of a pre-existing one, and just redrew it with Ajana :')
Day 22 - Smoke
Nara around the time she was dealing with her grief.
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Teca never really thought much about their birthday, they didn't see much reason to, it only brought painful memories anyways, so they avoided it mostly.
After they met the crew around the second or third year they celebrated it again, bringing the spark back, and a new and more positive reminder to their birthday, now it works we something that they could celebrate with their new found family.
Day 9 - Beach Day
Another beach drawing with the crewww
Teca is not the biggest fan of the beach, or sun, they like to stay in the shade and just look at the surroundings.
Nara on the contrary loves it, especially going into the water, but she does keep Teca company for a good part of the time. Rue hates the beach for the most part, sensory nightmare especially with the sand, heat and what not, so they usually also stay in their towel, reading, getting some sun on occasion and going into the water for a little bit.
Ray loves the beach but hates the water he can't swim and it messes with his wings flying ability, and it takes him days to get them back to normal. So he stays mostly in the sand and plays games, cards, volleyball (Nara usually joins in, she loves volleyball) etc...
Occasionally Rue convinces him to join them in the water to keep her company, but usually they only go into the shallow part.
Day 10 - Trip
Trip time!!! Aside from Ray, Nara is usually the designated driver. She likes trips but usually prefers ones at sea and not cars, they're less interesting to her but she still doesn't mind doing it on occasion, a nice change of pace from the usual.
Teca is not a fan of cars, they didn't have the best experiences in them (some of them because of Ray T-T), they feel unsafe to them. Ray loves trips like these in general, although more used to going by train rather than cars when they're big ones. He can get rather bored easily so he brings lots of stuff to keep him entertained or plays some of those car games. Rue is neutral to trips, they like them, and the places they go and just looking out of the window by the places they pass by, they would usually also just yap with Ray most of the trip. Or sleep if they didn't get proper sleep the night before.
Day 11 - Big Nap
They're eepyy, they're used to travel a lot at this point with dif kinds of transport and late in they day they're already tired to so they usually fall asleep.
Day 12 - Fairytale
Maggie retelling some of the stories of Sorath and his team and their most known deeds. This was the thing they both bonded over when they were younger, both avid fans and loved reenacting and finding more stories related to them. This was what brought Ray's interest to adventures, "heroes" and what not.
Day 13 - Tarot
I chose the Star Major Arcana and Nara for this one as I think it fit her best
One of the interpretations that this card has is, first in context comes after the Tower which is a card that symbolizes chaos, change and disruptive usually significant that your gonna get through a pretty though time. So the Star, in general symbolizes hope for the future, renewal and healing, it's a period of calm after what was the tower. (Correct me if I'm wrong tho, I'm not the most versed in this)
And I think the dynamic with the meaning of these two cards encapsulates pretty well what Nara went through, after Kira died, she got hit with all of her grief and pent up emotions that she had been bottling up until now, all coming to her at once, now having to deal with them. Initially she dealt with it really poorly, she fell back onto bad cooping mechanisms such as drinking and smoking to try and numb the pain.
With a lot of struggle, relapses and the unwavering support of the crew she starts to heal and renews her sense of hope for the future and her life, and connect with herself again after years of cooping mechanisms obscuring parts of herself that she thought she'd lost long ago.
Day 14 - Meal
Self indulgent drawing with Ray and Teca eating some traditional Bulgarian food.
On Ray's side (left):
Shopska Salata - a salad consisting of cucumbers, tomatoes, onion, black olives, peppers and parsley topped with grated feta cheese (I forgot to add the grated cheese).
Bulgarian Moussaka - potatoes, minced beef and topped with a crust made of yogurt, flour and egg.
Tarator - a cold soup made with yogurt, cucumber, garlic, and oil they usually also put walnuts and make keep it thicker (out family usually dilutes the yogurt and doesnt add walnuts)
Stuffed peppers with rice and minced meat
On Teca's side (right):
Kebapche and kufte - grilled minced meat and meatballs
Gyuvech - a stew (the one my family usually does has - feta cheese, cherry tomatoes, sliced sausages, black olives, sliced Marconi red peppers, egg and cheese)
Lutenitsa - a spread made of roasted peppers, tomatoes, carrots and spices.
Lukanka - a dry-cured slightly spicy sausage (acho que em português é um enchido?)
Ayran - yogurt based drink, made with yogurt diluted in water and salt
There's also feta cheese, cheese and fries.
Also fun fact Ray is a big fan of peppers, and Teca loves more meat related dishes :3
