#kallisto

Kallisto by @pavettadraws!

Kallisto‘s first night in the Sanctuary was rough - not for any fault of the place itself, but because of everything else that had happened during this long, too long day.

He had learned about the existence of different dimensions, the Sun Sanctuary and had been forced to leave the only home he had ever known, all in the span of only a few hours.

Summoning out of the void.

Croc oc is from the swamps of East Texas.

So make that whatever you like.

Tail is a whip and their magic is linked to floods and metamorphosis of nature.

They eat hunters and racists.

They hid in the mangroves and reeds.

Ambush humans.

Loves the locals hates strangers and influencers that litter and poke at nutria or baby manatees when a storm displaces their young wild critters.

Worshiped by the small knit women leaders of the town that suffered segregation and red lining from bad old men that got rich off of the fur trade and now golf ⛳️ country clubs and selling people that southern coastal town in a bayou area.

New Orleans flair but run down by mother nature and my ocs hatred for colonization bastards.

Sick!

Also here, a present :3

Below, you will see description of their OC that Anon gave in my inbox - which I will copy here. Underneath you will see a key and a GREATLY summarized version of my development process:

Green = What I did well through the process to the T Orange = What I felt like I didn't emphasis on, or got lost in the final version Black = (Unfortunately) did not implement

Southern gothic (East Texas)

Cannon Black hair style like twists and cat tail imagery

Crocodile 🐊 eyes

Bones

Meat 🍖 mystery

Light brown, mud green, light magnolia flowers.

Nature folk vibes

Scales of a water moccasins

Flood water

Deep bark brown skin

Eyes 👀 beady orange eyes

Strong jaw card

Muscular legs.

Padded claw arms.

Slight chubby eats a lot.

Defined nose

Light outfit

Netting and moss

Ok so when I was first started this, I had to immediately draw up a Pinterest board, or a rough mood board to start.

Note that this is a very basic scope of the mood board. Hence, I decided to group the most significant inspirations and references here:

When grouping my ideas I thought of the following:

Androgynous in both design and shape, as this character uses they/them pronouns

TALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL or taller than Kallisto for SURE (he's a short king)

Strong arms

Moss acting as a frilly leather boot -> link

Dried leaves acting as padded arms -> link

Torn shirt to indicate the character's origin (Texas)

Net/Nets to act as a made-up strap to keep the shirt

To have bones on their tail to indicate their pride

Crocodile legs to further indicate their crocodile roots (see above)

Ideas that I most definitely wanted to keep:

"Cat tail" imagery, Cannon black hair

Dark/Bark brown skin tone - I'm aware that this was probably an unintended error, but I decided to run with it and use trees to pick out their skin tone!

Strong jaw, defined nose, orange beady eyes

Crocodile bones

Muscular legs - HAD TO ! ! !!

Ideas that I struggled to add in:

Meat / Mystery??? - I wasn't entirely sure how to add meat, and looking it up made me uncomfortable over time. I'm not sure why, but I'm very sorry for not including it.

Bones - I realized that over time the bone thing on the tail would be meticulous and inpratical, so I was thinking of placing it in their pockets, their moss frills (?), and on their stomach, but I couldn't find a way to place it somewhere in the end. And the saddest thing that when writing this post is that I could've REALLY put it in their hair!!!!!!!!

Flood water - I think this required an environment, which I couldn't do since I had to speedrun this 😭 (dying).

Nature folk vibes - I grouped net and moss as seawater, aquatic themes rather than nature folk. So as a result I don't believe I hit the mark on the vibes.

Slightly chubby - Honestly this is the one I'm most disappointed about. I can do heavy chunk, and little chunk, but struggled with mid chunk. In the final design, i do not consider this interpretation chubby, so I felt like I lose the mark here as well.

Challenges:

Dark skin tone - Even though I have been doing them lately (Karma's cousins), but I was struggling here as this character required regular lighting, not dynamic lighting. So I searched the Internet for some advice here and there and I think it really popped as a result!!! However, but making it pop I also lost the Cannon black hair 😭🙏 forgive me Cryptic anon 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏

Character's shape and size - Originally I had the character pretty huge and tall, but I felt like I didn't have a solid goal in mind - which kept making me lose more and more of their essence and androgyny in the finalized version:

3a - I honestly had no clue where this came from and I thought it looked great.

3b - I was in rush to have an idea of what their outfit would look like. But this ultimately contributed to the final.

Final - A culmination of 3a and 3b, which I felt left the original form and the slightly chubby shape of 1 and 2. I also think that I was focused on the poise of the character, as I wanted to highlight their personality rather than their shape, which could explain why I lost it over time.

But overall, I think I did a pretty good interpretation of your OC. While I did use my creative license, I hope that if I do draw them in the future, I'll be more on the nose next time. They also seem badass and pretty cool :D

Also Kallisto isn't as horny as Karma, but seeing this MC would make him F O L D (if the mermaid clothing wasn't enough). Guy would legit make a fuss and then summon your OC just to say "take me with you" type shit and genuinely ask his brother to have their hand in marriage, even though they both know he isn't responsible enough to do that 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭.

And for a little tidbit I DID reference the images in this post to highlight how submissive and breedable this man is. I kid you not his unhinged lines would go like:

"get me pregnant, and make me fatherless" - in the most serious tone you can imagine, full-ass frown and glare (imagine the "locked in" meme)

"plz eat me" - because he literally wants to be inside you ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

Other than his close friends, he would just send human sacrifices once per month

Insert him doing swimming lessons again 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

He's moving. El Salvador to Texas here we COME

Gobble up water to see if he could breathe thru his "gills" ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

Moana type shit - "I can hear them, they're calling to me"

If anyone asks where he's going, he would say it's his burial place before casually going there (and he would do this VERY often)

"He's not a part of the town" JOKES HE IS NOW AND HE WILL PREACH IT

He would, for the first time, pray to God to be a mermaid or part of your OC's hair in the next life (or in his current life)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA thank you so much Anon! Giving you a billion hearts. And welcome!!!! Enjoy your stay on my dorky website <3

Fact 1: Aristotle has a mouth on her right knee, and names it Chamomile. Her mouth is not 100% sentient.

Fact 2: Aristotle loves calligraphy, and the many styles that come with it. She is also very specific on the ink and parchment she uses, and in her spare time, she teaches children to read and write.

Fact 3: Aristotle loves traveling! But she doesn't like traveling by plane. So she normally stays within Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Fact 4: Aristotle's aunt is named Narkai. Here's what she looks like:

Fact 5: She likes rocking chairs. Mostly because of her mom normally cradled her in rocking chairs.

Fact 6: Aristotle is a very clean and orderly person. Whereas Karma enjoys a slight chaotic mess from time to time, Aristotle will not stand for it. It is quite a concerning habit.

Fact 7: Aristotle doesn't like paintings, since she used to stay and sit still for a long time (she was born before photography became a thing).

Fact 8: Aristotle doesn't like touching blood or handling blood. She only engages in blood if it means she gets to feed and aid her people.

Fact 9: Aristotle despises jewelry. She is a very superstitious person, and considers jewelry as a curse. She's also forced to wear jewelry, since she has to appease clients as a prostitute.

Fact 10: Aristotle considers nature as sacred. A lot of purebloods greatly respect their environment, and its normally tradition for them to consider animals and plants as signs and mediums to speak between worlds. In this case, Aristotle considers the environment as her way of speaking to her parents and people who've passed.

Fact 11: Aristotle strongly prefers live performances over recorded music. She feels that radios are a medium for spirits to pass through, and feels like music is a distraction or a barrier. She also feels like recorded music misses the warmth and sincerity that live performances have. Plus, she doesn't like it as a background noise as she doesn't want to lose the essence of the music being played. So in many cases she sits in silence (and also why she hates the brothel).

Fact 12: Aristotle ironically, enjoys sunlight! My guess is that she enjoys what she can't touch. But when it's sunlight, it means she can relax and take a rest. So she's come to appreciate it.

Fact 13: She is unsure about her feelings towards Kallisto. Kallisto has had a small crush on Aristotle since they were kids, and has been very confrontational about it. But Aristotle is not sure whether to be honest and put herself in more trouble, or play with his feelings. She prefers to pretend that it doesn't exist.

Fact 14: Aristotle has a rough idea of Karma's grandmother. T'Abuelo has done a lot to restrict and censor information about Karma's grandma as she is his greatest weakness. She is also key to how the Sangres became the way they were (ish). The only reason Aristotle even knows this is through her father, Adolophus.

Fact 15: Aristotle hates Karma's younger brothers. Specifically the 4th and 5th since they always made her cry when she was young.

Fact 16: She has a best friend within the brothel, Padmakshi! However, I just made her not too long ago lol so I'll get back to her story later.

But wow! I was really struggling with Aristotle on this one. At least these fun facts will give me some time to develop her character in the background.