#ephai

Things are scary

Terrifying to be anything other than the “Straight and Narrow”

But there’s still hope.

There’s still those of us who aren’t “Straight and Narrow” and I’m not ashamed and never will be.

In order:

My impsona ,Arson

Bi and Nonbinary

My half goetia/half imp, Ephai

Intersex and Demisexual

My hellaverseoc ,Nacho

Genderfluid

And my sinnersona ,Obscura

Bi and Nonbinary

Happy pride🌈

Three years of drawing my favorite old men kissing under the mistletoe - a tradition that by all rights they actually probably shouldn't know...? But it's fine they're cute (and I lose my mind every time)

Because of your user, I'm choosing to talk about Ephai. He's from my main passion project, the main antagonist. He is in his early twenties throughout the story, but is in the protagonist's life since birth.

(Last drawing I did of her. Entertaining the idea of giving him a huge floor-length fur coat.)

He comes from a family of extreme high class, royalty, and his character allows themes of social corruption, morality and alienation to be discussed. Highly inspired by the goth, both in appearance, symbolism and story. He is driven by the fear of not meeting expectation, growing up in a family where what you have is everything you are, extreme trauma of fetishization and incest.

His gender and sexuality are of plot relevance, simultaneously the antagonist and love interest with a pained relationship with gender, sex and love.

(A few months old wip that I will never finish, concept sketch of high detail and patterned dress. Mostly an excuse to make him look weird and play with his hair.)

He's a considerably recent character I have, made specifically for this project in early-2023. This story is in the second draft and he's far from done, specially because I have some considerate favoritism towards him.

(Here's one of the first drawings I made of him, interacting with the protagonist of the story, Cohnal. Both of them have changed considerably in design and writing, but I still feel like the early concepts of their looks and dynamic speaks a lot for who he is currently.)

Poor knight