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Finally finished the colour reference sheet as well as a height chart for Izzy’s family. I’m using her as a starfinder character so I have a ton more info written down now. *Please note that the info has references to Starfinder, but I’m gonna be making this an original character in her own universe. 1. Where was the Character Born? (Need to sort this one out)

2. Who are their parents? Izzy is part of a small warren for a Ysoki, consisting of both parents, grandparents and an older brother. Most of her other relations are out in the galaxy adventuring, trading, racing, smuggling, scavenging, etc. Her mother is a retired police officer specialising in community relations and underground intel and her father is a junker and a mechanic. Her older brother helps out the family business by going on scavenging trips and sometimes took Izzy with him to gain some experience in the field. Izzy's grandparents were explorers attempting to seek out the truth behind the Gap, but ended up mainly pub-crawling and making acquaintance with many alien races. They always rattle off the line "Life's about the journey, not the destination". Her brother disagrees with this sentiment as he dreams of owning a shiny new ship to go travelling in and doesn't see how picking through dead wrecks in space will achieve that.

3.What was your character doing before the adventuring life? Izzy has been heavily involved with her warren's business - Deadjet Salvage Ltd. - Since she was about 7 years old. Her father taught her how to build, repair and fly a ship. Her mother taught her social skills, basic business, Abyssal tongue and how to deal with shady situations and customers. Her Grandparents filled her mind with stories and information about planets and their inhabitants. Her older brother sees her as a naive kid who needs to realise that the universe is unfair, but he also cares about her well-being. When they would go on salvaging missions, Izzy's brother would often play pranks on her and expose her to grim sights such as corpses and vicious vermin, but he would never allow her to come into any real danger. As a result, Izzy is quite hardened to "spooky atmospheres", seeing corpses and being jumped by small, hungry critters.

4. Why did your character leave their previous life? Izzy's thirst for adventure started with her grandparent's stories. Although her parents would have preferred her to stay with the family business and tried to convince her that there is enough adventure in junking, they were very supportive of her dreams and did their best to raise her so that she could defend herself out in the inky black. Her mother suggested that she seek out the Starfinder society as they are a respectable company and would be Izzy's best and safest bet at finding adventure. Armed with nothing but the Second Skin on her back and her mother's old Static Arc Pistol, she was dropped off at the Starfinder Recruitment Post to begin her journey.

5. What did your character leave behind? Apart from her family, Izzy left behind friends and coworkers as well as a pet [I DUNNO THERE ARE NO ALIENS DESCRIBED MAYBE LIKE A DOG OR A RAT LOL?]. She also left all of her possessions behind, partly to discourage thieves and thugs, partly to have a fresh start and a bit of a challenge.

Entry for this month's ArtManikinChallenge.com Artist: Deadjetworks