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^U^ Yaaay! Finally I am able to upload my monthly series drawing for January!
T//~//T I'm so so sorry that it got delayed, but just a horrible miasma of nonsense happened all at once from me getting sick, my keyboard breaking, my scanner being taken away to get fixed without anyone telling me, and then having to wait to get a new one OTL
TAT Anyways, i'm super sorry again for the delay, I hope you aren't all too mad at me...! OTL
My OC, Shu. He is a young boy.
T//u//T Anyways, for those of you who may not know, i'm doing a monthly drawing series of my OCs with flower themes. If you want to know the symbolism and story behind this drawing then feel free to read on, but if not that is fine but before you go, thank you so much for your favorite, comments and just for looking! I really really appreciate it!~ <3
//Start convoluted story/symbolism blah
For January I chose my OC, Shu, for a couple of reasons. One, he's my oldest (in terms of creation) still active character and is probably one of if not the most well known of all my characters to other people. Like, when you think of me, my OC Shu is probably one of the first things that would pop into your head, you know? January has the same effect whenever you think of a new year because its the first month! In addition to that, January is also the month that Shu celebrates his birthday, specifically on January 1st; New Years Day. I believe I've mentioned it before, but for those of you who don't know, Shu had virtually no memories of his life before meeting Reysol at around 6 years old, so he did not remember his birthday. Reysol decided that if that is the case he should celebrate his birthday at the same time the earth celebrates its birthday, on New Years Day, that way whenever he sees the fireworks in the sky he'll always remember his birthday. In a way, its quite a literal representation of how Shu's life "started anew" after meeting Reysol. The last and most literal reason for choosing January for him and what was kind of the inspiration for the drawing has to do with the aforementioned fireworks. All around the world fireworks are highly symbolic of the coming of the New Year, as is the beautiful midnight sky because of that. Shu himself has always had a strong symbolic connection to that of the midnight sky for many reasons, but specifically because of his eyes. Unlike most people who have black pupils, Shu's eyes have striking and somewhat unsettling bright yellow pupils and bright blue irises, very reminiscent of the night sky. Canonically, this visual quirk of his causes quite a bit of hardship for him, especially when he is younger. Again, its a very unusual thing to have and can be very unsettling to look at directly so more often then not when meeting Shu for the first time most people tend to have...unpleasant reactions to him because of it. To some they find it very unnerving and cannot look him in the yes, and to others they see it as some sort of spiritual flaw; that his eyes appear hollow and soulless and peirce through their own eyes as if trying to take their own soul with them. Either way, as most people consider looking into the eyes of a person as the best way to tell their character, because Shu's eyes are so visually off-putting to most people they tend to find him untrustworthy, malicious, or pervasive at first impression. To make Shu feel less self-conscious of his unusual eyes Reysol tells him that he does not see them as soulless and scary, but as beautiful and captivating like bright shining stars in the night sky. Over his life, many other people whom become important to him come to make similar comparisons about his eyes which makes him appreciate his unique feature much more.
TwT Hehe, so anyways, if it isn't obvious by now, the flowers that I chose to draw with him are supposed to be reminiscent of his eyes and that have star shapes. Usually I choose flowers more based on their meaning in regards to Floriography and how it symbolizes the character rather than for their looks, but this time I specifically sought out star shaped flowers xD. The flowers I liked the most that I though fit the image I wanted were Forget-Me-Not and Narcissus which coincidentally actually do relate to Shu rather well. Both are flowers known to represent pride, egotism, remembrance, devotedness, personal loyalty etc. Both have rather obvious names haha xD. But anyway, even though Shu's character doesn't exude an obvious or off-putting egotistical or self-centered nature, he does still very much have these personality traits but just not so obviously and not usually meant in a rude or negative way. More like... he has feelings and ideals that he heavily values and has a naturally strong amount of self worth and believes that everyone is entitled to happiness, himself included. He's more passionate than anything, and strong conviction and passion can give the feeling of narcissism and entitlement. So yes, he will go out of his way to pursue that which he loves and feels is important, but its not intended in the "i'm better than you" kind of way, if that makes sense.
Anyway, as far as the drawing itself, I again wanted to encapsulate that "night sky" kind of feeling so I wanted the majority of everything to be blue but with bright white and yellow highlights like stars against the dark blue sky.
xD I took a literal approach of making Shu's eyes have star shaped pupils to make it a bit more obvious what I was going for, but...i've actually been considering changing it to a canonical thing. Usually I NEVER change physical character traits like that unless they are justifiable changes made throughout the course of the story, but the symbolism between his eyes and stars has always been there and I just have a strong personal feeling like its the right thing to do. I'd say that 90% of all of my character's and stories develop purely by my own natural compulsion and because keeping the integrity and pureness of my of my vision at all times is extremely important to me I feel like its something I should do. Technically the only reason I ever made his pupils round in the first place was because they were a literal representation of his initial inspiration, the Pokemon Shuppet, but since his character has come so far beyond that of just a Pokemon Gijinka at this point it seems silly to cling to it so tightly anymore. ;3; I dunno, i'm not 100% decided yet if I will officially change them or if I will have it be a canonical change that happens in the story or change them at all, but if I do color will still be retina-melting-yellow of course xD //shot
//End convoluted story/symbolism blah
^//u//^ Anyways, yeah, thank you so much again everyone for your patience and understanding with the delay of this, but I really do hope you like it! I should also have the coloring video up on my YouTube channel later today if you are interested in that too <3
>w> And I hope you are all excited for this month's drawing....Its of a character that a lot of you really seem to like...! <333
*hugs everyone*
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TWITTER: twitter.com/BlueRoseArkelle
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/channel/UCKStz…
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Shu belongs to me.
Media: Prismacolor Premiere/ Verithin pencils, Copic Markers, 0.3 B Mechanical pencil, white paint, toothbrush. Inking with Copic Multiliner 0.03 in Turquoise.
Time taken form start to finish: About 12 hours
Date: January 25th, 2015
Art/designs/story/concepts ect. belongs to me BlueRoseArkelle and you do not have permission to use, alter, repost or reproduce in any way without my permission. THAT INCLUDES REBLOGGING ON TUMBLR.
^U^ Yaaay! Finally I am able to upload my monthly series drawing for January!
T//~//T I'm so so sorry that it got delayed, but just a horrible miasma of nonsense happened all at once from me getting sick, my keyboard breaking, my scanner being taken away to get fixed without anyone telling me, and then having to wait to get a new one OTL
TAT Anyways, i'm super sorry again for the delay, I hope you aren't all too mad at me...! OTL
My OC, Shu. He is a young boy.
T//u//T Anyways, for those of you who may not know, i'm doing a monthly drawing series of my OCs with flower themes. If you want to know the symbolism and story behind this drawing then feel free to read on, but if not that is fine but before you go, thank you so much for your favorite, comments and just for looking! I really really appreciate it!~ <3
//Start convoluted story/symbolism blah
For January I chose my OC, Shu, for a couple of reasons. One, he's my oldest (in terms of creation) still active character and is probably one of if not the most well known of all my characters to other people. Like, when you think of me, my OC Shu is probably one of the first things that would pop into your head, you know? January has the same effect whenever you think of a new year because its the first month! In addition to that, January is also the month that Shu celebrates his birthday, specifically on January 1st; New Years Day. I believe I've mentioned it before, but for those of you who don't know, Shu had virtually no memories of his life before meeting Reysol at around 6 years old, so he did not remember his birthday. Reysol decided that if that is the case he should celebrate his birthday at the same time the earth celebrates its birthday, on New Years Day, that way whenever he sees the fireworks in the sky he'll always remember his birthday. In a way, its quite a literal representation of how Shu's life "started anew" after meeting Reysol. The last and most literal reason for choosing January for him and what was kind of the inspiration for the drawing has to do with the aforementioned fireworks. All around the world fireworks are highly symbolic of the coming of the New Year, as is the beautiful midnight sky because of that. Shu himself has always had a strong symbolic connection to that of the midnight sky for many reasons, but specifically because of his eyes. Unlike most people who have black pupils, Shu's eyes have striking and somewhat unsettling bright yellow pupils and bright blue irises, very reminiscent of the night sky. Canonically, this visual quirk of his causes quite a bit of hardship for him, especially when he is younger. Again, its a very unusual thing to have and can be very unsettling to look at directly so more often then not when meeting Shu for the first time most people tend to have...unpleasant reactions to him because of it. To some they find it very unnerving and cannot look him in the yes, and to others they see it as some sort of spiritual flaw; that his eyes appear hollow and soulless and peirce through their own eyes as if trying to take their own soul with them. Either way, as most people consider looking into the eyes of a person as the best way to tell their character, because Shu's eyes are so visually off-putting to most people they tend to find him untrustworthy, malicious, or pervasive at first impression. To make Shu feel less self-conscious of his unusual eyes Reysol tells him that he does not see them as soulless and scary, but as beautiful and captivating like bright shining stars in the night sky. Over his life, many other people whom become important to him come to make similar comparisons about his eyes which makes him appreciate his unique feature much more.
TwT Hehe, so anyways, if it isn't obvious by now, the flowers that I chose to draw with him are supposed to be reminiscent of his eyes and that have star shapes. Usually I choose flowers more based on their meaning in regards to Floriography and how it symbolizes the character rather than for their looks, but this time I specifically sought out star shaped flowers xD. The flowers I liked the most that I though fit the image I wanted were Forget-Me-Not and Narcissus which coincidentally actually do relate to Shu rather well. Both are flowers known to represent pride, egotism, remembrance, devotedness, personal loyalty etc. Both have rather obvious names haha xD. But anyway, even though Shu's character doesn't exude an obvious or off-putting egotistical or self-centered nature, he does still very much have these personality traits but just not so obviously and not usually meant in a rude or negative way. More like... he has feelings and ideals that he heavily values and has a naturally strong amount of self worth and believes that everyone is entitled to happiness, himself included. He's more passionate than anything, and strong conviction and passion can give the feeling of narcissism and entitlement. So yes, he will go out of his way to pursue that which he loves and feels is important, but its not intended in the "i'm better than you" kind of way, if that makes sense.
Anyway, as far as the drawing itself, I again wanted to encapsulate that "night sky" kind of feeling so I wanted the majority of everything to be blue but with bright white and yellow highlights like stars against the dark blue sky.
xD I took a literal approach of making Shu's eyes have star shaped pupils to make it a bit more obvious what I was going for, but...i've actually been considering changing it to a canonical thing. Usually I NEVER change physical character traits like that unless they are justifiable changes made throughout the course of the story, but the symbolism between his eyes and stars has always been there and I just have a strong personal feeling like its the right thing to do. I'd say that 90% of all of my character's and stories develop purely by my own natural compulsion and because keeping the integrity and pureness of my of my vision at all times is extremely important to me I feel like its something I should do. Technically the only reason I ever made his pupils round in the first place was because they were a literal representation of his initial inspiration, the Pokemon Shuppet, but since his character has come so far beyond that of just a Pokemon Gijinka at this point it seems silly to cling to it so tightly anymore. ;3; I dunno, i'm not 100% decided yet if I will officially change them or if I will have it be a canonical change that happens in the story or change them at all, but if I do color will still be retina-melting-yellow of course xD //shot
//End convoluted story/symbolism blah
^//u//^ Anyways, yeah, thank you so much again everyone for your patience and understanding with the delay of this, but I really do hope you like it! I should also have the coloring video up on my YouTube channel later today if you are interested in that too <3
>w> And I hope you are all excited for this month's drawing....Its of a character that a lot of you really seem to like...! <333
*hugs everyone*
---
TWITTER: twitter.com/BlueRoseArkelle
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/channel/UCKStz…
---
Shu belongs to me.
Media: Prismacolor Premiere/ Verithin pencils, Copic Markers, 0.3 B Mechanical pencil, white paint, toothbrush. Inking with Copic Multiliner 0.03 in Turquoise.
Time taken form start to finish: About 12 hours
Date: January 25th, 2015
Art/designs/story/concepts ect. belongs to me BlueRoseArkelle and you do not have permission to use, alter, repost or reproduce in any way without my permission. THAT INCLUDES REBLOGGING ON TUMBLR.
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Her eyes look so cool!!! 