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“I am going to bring the sun back to this dreary place!”

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To “celebrate” (ugh) Jaith getting his own plotline in book 1 of Anomaly when he previously only appeared at the very end, here’s a pic of younger Jaith at the climactic moment of book 1, new arm and all. Thanks Jaith for the extra work! Thanks to you I’m outlining/writing three plotlines at once. You’re lucky you’re an interesting character.

This lighting definitely doesn’t make him look like a villain. Nope. Also eye glow or no eye glow?

The results of my toiling around in Procreate Dreams - my first full animation!

Emeren sits atop a roof somewhere in Layer Comet, observing the news of the day from the skyscreen.

He found you ~

I wanted to give everyone a quick summary of my characters/art/WIP/whatever the hell I'm working on here

My WIP novel is called Anomaly. It is a novel about superheroes and it is set in a cyberpunk setting.

My characters -

Emeren; alias Ghost

Powers are super speed/reflexes

Emeren is the main character of Anomaly. During the laboratory arc which took place four years ago, he was the diplomatic leader of the lab anomalies, who were treated as experiments by the scientists. Disaster happened and four years later the above Emeren is the result; he's angry, seeking revenge, and is reckless and wild. He is also blindly loyal to Jaith, who rescued him.

Jaith; alias Helion

Powers are light manipulation

Jaith is the leader of the most powerful anomaly gang in Layer Comet, Solstice. Cunning, manipulative, and charismatic, Jaith is working toward a secret goal and isn't afraid to sacrifice others to make it happen.

(this is an older pic but it's still my favorite of her, I want to get back to this style)

Aleto; alias Dragonfly

Powers are 180 degree vision, bug-like wings, and air manipulation

Back in the laboratory four years ago, Aleto was mute, meek, and cowardly. It was Emeren who helped her through the stressful experiments. Now, after disaster struck, Aleto has taken over Emeren's role as the leader of the remaining lab anomalies, and she would do anything to protect what is left of her family.

Shraya; alias Berserker

Powers are super strength and retractable claws

Along with Emeren and Aleto, Shraya was another member of the laboratory anomalies. She is bold and reckless, but fiercely loyal to those she feels deserves it. She looks up to Aleto and admires the sacrifices she made to become the person she is today. Shraya and Aleto work together as vigilantes in the dangerous and volatile Layer Comet.

First up, most important: Anomaly First Draft Progress

Words written for Anomaly in January:

About 29k words written in January! I’m at 60k total!

So that means Part 1, the laboratory arc is completed, Part 2 is well underway and just got to maybe the Act 1 disaster? I think? I’m trying not to plan out these things too heavily when making a rough draft, I feel it takes away some of the spontaneity.

Also - a rough series outline for Anomaly was completed. So far it is looking as though Anomaly will be a trilogy.

Art & Animation

I finished two animations in January! Wow I never thought I would find myself toiling around with animation again but I did it. And it was actually fun?

Pics completed: 1 Emeren portrait, 1 Aleto full-body, 1 Emeren & Jaith, 1 Scylie bust, 1 Shraya full-body, and 1 anatomy study. And then if you count the pics I had to make for the animations, I guess it would be 2 Emeren portraits and 1 Emeren full-body. I also have the beginnings of a character design sheet for Emeren.

February Goals!!!

Reach 75k words for Anomaly - should be pretty easy, I might extend this

My new art schedule starts today, Feb 1st. Basically, for one week I draw a sketch of a character every day, and then for the following week I work on completing them. We will see how it goes - in my experience art schedules become that “ugh now I’m forced to draw what I don’t want to draw atm” feeling, but this might give me enough freedom to just…avoid that

One or two more animations - I have an idea in mind for a new animated header gif

Comics! I really want to start making lil comics of my Anomaly characters. With the rough draft going so well all I have to do is pick out lil scenes from the draft and make comics out of them.

Character design sheets - I’m putting off doing these until the designs are finalized, but Emeren, Jaith, Aleto, and Shraya should be good to create by now

Introduce new characters - Lumir, I swear I’ll get to introducing you soon, outside of tag games!

!Flash Warning !

Emeren, before and after the timeskip…look, that’s who he used to be before the scientists got ahold of him.

Yall I just made my first animation in Procreate Dreams and I am ready for dead, omg I have never been so frustrated using a program. But look look I got his fans to spin omg. Can you even tell they are spinning. I hid them under so many edits lmao. At least the transition looks kind of cool??