The Last Dragon Slayer
I was tagged into a draw your hero as a villain meme, and my friend said I should do my OC, Bryan.
Bryan is an interesting case since he's so close to a villain emotionally, only being saved by his determination to fix the world. This version of Bryan when confronted by the Drakobitus as a child was not saved from having his soul poisoned, and turned into another Dragon Slayer. He instead had his soul rot away, making him the last Dragon Slayer to ever walk the planet. Instead of having his abilities comfromised from fighting the poison coursing through his body, his powerset got totally re-written.
The beard features I based of a Medieval Sims version of Bryan that for some reason always struck as villainous to me XD
Anyways, I wont go into the long boring details of why I made the decisions I did- I hope you like the picture :)
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I tried to do one of these one time but the character I used just wouldn't have it. He's too set in his neutral ways, I guess.
This looks really good, though! And it's interesting to see story changes that go with it. It sounds like it came together well.
I think the big thing with creating a villain version of an OC, is that you need to have a clear idea of what a villain in the story is, and why your character is or has become one. For me, I have certain rules I need to follow before a character can become an actual villain in my story, cause of the balance of the world. A villain is best if they're a *danger*. To do that, the character must be an outsider (a being not from the world), or be considered one through a ritual. Bryan gets put through this ritual, hero or villain. It's just to do with whether he got saved in the process or not. In this version, he didn't. The hero version of him has the same scar though
If it helps knowing, Bryan is a neutral character too
Thank you though- I'm very happy how his design turned out TuT I'm kinda sad that he's not a canon thing in my story now XD
I'm curious about the story you have set up now, though. :3 and dang but that hole-in-the-chest thing is a wicked scar... yikes.
Oh *blushes* They're from my story PseudoDragon / Dragon Twins. The main character is Alex, and Bryan is Alex's son from a post apocalyptic future where evil won. The hole in his chest is there no matter if he's a good guy or villain- the bad guy of the story has healing abilities, and he drove a sword into Bryan's heart to make him... lets just say evil, but evil in my story is a bit weird of a term cause the world works on balance so there's a lot of good and evil in characters. In the non-canon villain version, the bad guy converts Bryan, and the sword wound rots his soul, and the left over wound makes a huge hole in his chest. In the canon hero version, Bryan is protected, and the villain drives the sword right across his chest and out the other side, leaving a scar right across his chest. I'm still deciding just how critical the damage the scar makes is, but right now, it takes away all his extraordinary abilities, leaving him as strong as a human being can be, rather than extraordinarily strong and fit. It also stops him from being able to use his high end air magic cause his "breath" is weak. Still deciding if he recovers from this. The wound in his chest does heal eventually though. Sorry it's a bit gruesome. I'm trying to test the waters with it being a hard core scar rather than just a flesh levelled one. I may end up giving him the same disadvantages, but no gap in his body if it's too much >.> I'm just experimenting for now... I'd like to make it into a comic soon though
World building and such is a must, though. Better to have an idea of what you're doing before you tackle it, otherwise you'll never get off the ground. I learned that the hard way with a few projects.
And I think the scar is pretty awesome, for the record. It's certainly hardcore!
World building is a must, but I'm concerned right now about over developing and never actually MAKING the story. I was chatting to a few of my friends, and we decided I should write it all down and pass it by them, see if I need to flesh something out before I let the world form naturally on its own as I write. I get the idea, but free styling is better for characters to me... oh well. If I cover enough bases, hopefully some gaps in culture wont matter as much :/
I learnt the hard way too. Wrote my self into a few plot holes. That's what I'm worried about >.> Sometimes it's a case of not having a direction, letting it go where ever, and then realise that it was kind of a bad premise in the first place XD I have so many attempts on this story behind me :/ What I'd really like to do is redo PseudoDragon, and make it right this time. I created it to rehabilitate my hand after I tore my drawing thumb while drunk (omfg never again T.T ) so most of the beginning is crap, but in the later stuff, and sketch versions of the later pages, it was fleshing out to go somewhere good, but the writing before it was so poor I wanted to restart it [comic20] omfg I'm almost too embarrassed to link it I had no idea how to make speech bubbles or pace a story or anything back then T.T It's close to 10 years old now :< Oh well, we all start of crap at stuff... I've improved in comics since this comic, but I stopped making long comics after I was diagnosed with adrenal fatigue, cause I stopped selling at conventions. My last comic I sold I was so messed up from not being able to handle stress, that I drew the art without a script, and did all the text in post with no idea where I wanted the story to go [comic381] I actually really love the premise of Narcolepsy, and it has way better flow than PseudoDragon could've ever had at my skill level at the time, but I was super sick when I made it and it really shows T.T *drops head in shame* Not making that mistake ever again, but I do want to make long comics again. Maybe someday I'll work on Narcolepsy cause I did a lot of great character development on the main cast in that. They have strong themes that make them visually striking. I should redraw the characters now that I'm not wreaking my body and see how a healthy me draws them
Sorry for the tl:dr. I really love my OCs, poorly formed, or poorly executed or not XD I have to stop being ashamed of my work in the past cause I was burning myself out badly, and it had to affect the quality of my work. I've learnt my lesson from that, so I'm excited what I can make when I treat my body right finally <3
Thank you
And nooo, never be embarrassed to share old work! I'm going to read through both of them as soon as I have the time to do it, it's just been a really busy week for me so I've barely been at my computer, haha~ It's always amazing to see how an artist grows and develops skills, not just with art quality but in things like writing, too.
And don't be sorry for the long explanation, either! I love hearing about the things people are passionate about, and people's creative endeavors are something I really feel like I can connect to and understand, because I've been there too ^^ Though I've had my starts and stops for different health reasons. I am really glad, though, that you've been able to return to art, because I've really enjoyed seeing your work! <3
Dont' get me wrong! IF I was embarrassed, I'd take them down XD I just wanted it to be clear that I was very sick when I made them, and it's not a representation of me as a writer now, and some are very old. I've been on Paperdemon since the early days (I am member number 52
I'm glad I can talk art stuff with you
I understand that too; I used to share a lot of my work in various places online and while I see no need to remove any of it that's still up, I do look back and laugh sometimes. It's amazing how much stuff changes as YOU change. You learn more, tastes evolve, and it's sometimes interesting to go back and see how differently you would have done old projects with the knowledge you now have. I keep a big box of old art and writing for that reason, so I can look through it sometimes and think. Sometimes some of my best new ideas come from doing just that ^_^
I'm glad I can talk with you, too! I've always had a hard time finding people I can talk to about the stuff I'm interested in, so it's really exciting to find folks with mutual interests. :3 And yes, getting back to art is SO HARD, but it'll be worth it--just be careful not to burn yourself out!
Oh man- the first version of Dragon Twins (the story this character came from) was 12 pages long, about a guy going to defeat a dragon with a bucket of water, finding out it was his brother. IT's not much, but the story has grown SO MUCH since that first draft!
I'm not burning myself out! The worst I'll do is get tired, and not restart after a break. My stamina is increasing which is good. When my foot finally heals, I hope to start getting into some serious study. It's pretty distracting having a swollen foot >.<
I know what you mean about stories changing. The novel trilogy I'm trying to finish (working on book 3 right now...) came from a short story where a random NPC-type person who was supposed to die ended up becoming the main character. Stories just have their own ideas sometimes... XD
What happened to your foot? D:
The day before I got it, I had an argument with my father about my mother who was in a horrific car accident before Christmas and nearly died, where I couldn't stop crying till I took a medicine that I take for stress related symptoms (I have adrenal fatigue so I can't handle stress past normal everyday challenges), and felt exhausted for the rest of the day. When to the Chinese lantern festival, but I didn't eat anything weird there for once- I just walked around till I was too exhausted and went home. The next day though, I got my once monthly nearly 2 weeks early, couldn't walk on my left foot and it was a balloon, and I was feeling incredibly miserable with myself.
My homeopath is treating me with "Oophorinum", a homeopathic medicine used for endometriosis. I use to have endo cause of my adrenal fatigue- the two go hand in hand apparently, but with her treatment I went from needing extreme western medications to mask the pain which didn't work, to pain and PMS free. Last month was the worst period I've had it in a long while though, so obviously there's still an underline issue going on that links my left foot to emotional pain. Specifically the pain of loss. My mother's car accident has been a big drain on me, and I'm handling it really well considering how I use to be, but obviously my body can't process some emotions well yet, and this one seems to be linked to some deep rooted anxieties I have or something cause she's taking it very seriously.
The simple answer is, I don't understand what is wrong with me. What ever it is, its not life threatening, and its only in one foot. It's not an injury, cause there's no bruising- just inflammation of my soft tissue. It's not a blood clot, or my heart cause she has tested my pulse and seen the foot and everything is normal. It seems to be a full body reaction to the incident on that Friday before the lantern festival. Luckily, I pay for someone that understands what my nervous system is doing so I don't need to understand
Sorry for the text wall. My health brings up a lot of feels ^^;
the lighting is brilliant too
I love this idea. You have pulled it off so well i want to give it a go some time. Inspiring as usual
It was interesting to see when he could go evil though, and if he did- wow, would he blow things up like a supernova if he could XD Good guy Bryan starts off grounded cause of his mission to save the world. Take that away from him and oh boy shit gets real XD
You should try it! AUs are fun to conjure up :3