#dymas

Did I just create 6 oc's? Uhhhh yeah I did.

I recently read all of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole books and of course it reignited my hyper-fixation from middle school. I know they look kinda copy-paste-y, but for the sake of simplicity I just sketched out a base that I used for all of them. (They're all owls, what do you want from me?) All 6 started out in my sketchbook.

Let me introduce you to Benter, Orion, Solan, Dymas, Maple, and Ansel! All 6 are up on my artfight (I've nearly quadrupled the number of characters I have there now lol) along with some lore!

How does character-of-your-choice handle being scared?

Ohh fun! Ailin is always scared, and Zaul doesn’t always know what he’s feeling. Dymas I think is more interesting, and I haven’t analyzed his fear before. His initial reaction is “flee,” but when that’s not an option it’s “freeze.” The longer something scares him, the angrier he gets. So it’s hard to tell that he’s chronically scared if you aren’t paying attention.

this is the first letter i can remember writing. obviously i don’t know if i wrote any before the maze. But, even if it’s not my first, it’s likely to be my last. Iwant you to know that i’m not scared. Well not of dying, anyway, it’s more forgetting. It’s losing  myself to this virus, that’s what scares me. So every night i’ve been saying their names out loud. Alby. Winston. Chuck. And i just repeat them over and over like a prayer, and it all comes flooding back. Just the little things like where the sun used to hit the glade at that perfect moment right before it slipped beneath the walls. and i remember the taste of Frypan’s stew – i never thought i’d miss that stuff so much. I remember you, I remember the first time you came up in the box, just a scared little greenie who couldn’t even remember his own name. From that moment you ran into the maze i knew i would follow you anywhere. And i have. We all have. If i could do it all over again, I would. And I wouldn’t change a thing. And my  hope for you is that when you’re looking back years from now you’ll be able to say the same. The future is in your hands now Tommy, and I know you’ll find a way to do what’s right. You always have. Take care of everyone for me. And take care of yourself. You deserve to be happy. 

             Thank you for being my friend. 

                                                                                                            goodbye mate,                                                                                                                                                  Newt.”

8/4/17- Fugos Kingdom **Heavy watermarking to prevent past mistakes**

… In all reality this is a fucking old sketch that I never finished. I showed the half assed copy to my art teacher and she just gave me 100% since I was injured.