Hello, and welcome to my personal World!
Here's where I'll share some personal notes, fun/random stuff, and my original writing. Enjoy!!
Featured Fiction:
Dreamer | Eternal Rain | Pet Projects | Search for the Sky | So Distant | Unraveled
Role Plays:
dis-colour | Prismatic Haven
Original Character Profiles & References:
OC Library | Character Refs
Just for Fun
Ask Us! | 30 Days of Art Event | DA 30-Day Drawing Challenge
You can also find me on DeviantArt and Unvale.
Development:
The main character is based on a fan character named Naoru who doesn't talk. In the version I adapted for theO, the character has a speech impediment; but originally, he had the ability to talk, but didn't. When I thought about the reasons why this character doesn't speak, I came up with the psychological back story that became "So Distant". With the story now in mind, I borrowed Naoru's personality, put it into a new character and changed his name to Naoyuki.
"So Distant" went through several modifications over the two to three years I wrote it (I've even made smaller cuts and changes as I posted it here). It was originally very dark and dragged on longer. I added a few scenes to lighten the tone and cut other, darker, scenes before settling on the length it is now.
Influences:
A bit of psychological research went into reinforcing Naoyuki's problematic behavior and making it believable. Here are some terms I found to back it up:
*Source: www.nim.nih.gov and psychcentral.com/disorders.
Names & Characters:
All names were referenced from a compiled list for this novel. At first Kotarou and Ikuo did not play as big a role as they do in the final product. In fact, Kotarou was a very minor character who dropped by the wayside without much development -- boy am I glad I fixed that!
Drawing Style:
At this point, my drawings had become very soft, which worked well for the young cast members.
Two of my KG Comics buddies -- Chrizilla and MetalLegendAlpha -- invited me to join their drawing challenge on DA! Here's what I've got so far...
DAY 1: Challenge face (stoked for the drawing challenge)
DAY 3: Another participant's OC
DAY 4: "I thought...I was alive..."
DAY 8: A Battle Between Rivals
DAY 10: Your Support Team (Your OCs supporting you in the drawing challenge)
DAY 11: Original Creation Poster (cover/poster/splash page of original work)
DAY 13: Sketch Page (Fill a paper with sketches of anything)
DAY 14: Battle Scene - Final Fantasy Style
DAY 15: Halfway Point (You/Your OCs celebrating reaching halfway mark)
DAY 21: Fighting Game Selection (Draw a fighting game selection menu using your OCs)
DAY 22: Younger OCs (Draw some of your OCs when they were children/toddlers)
DAY 24: The first page of a comic series you haven't done yet
DAY 25: Your Katamari ball (Put your favorite things in a ball)
DAY 26: Let's Dance! (Draw you/your OC/your favorite character dancing)
DAY 27: Super Hero (Draw your own superhero)
DAY 28: Tribute (Do an OC art for the challenger you were not assigned to on the third round)
DAY 29: Draw yourself and your fellow challengers celebrating the upcoming day 30
FINAL DAY 30: Congratulations!!! (Draw yourself in a victory pose)
There is a reason I only post clips of my writing online. That is: I hope to publish something.
However, in the case of some of my work, I don't know how a general audience would receive it. (My little experience doing an "Eternal Rain" side story for Creative Writing showed me that a good number of people are turned off by foreign names.) That's the case with "So Distant". There's the protagonist's name (Naoyuki), for one, which I don't think I could replace. Then, there's the content itself. In the most general terms, "So Distant" is basically a heavily-psychological abandonment and abuse story. Who would I market that to? Most adults would probably put it down when they see the names; on the other hand, the content is too dark for a younger audience.
I know I've had one person ask to read more. So maybe I will post chapters online, if there's an interest.
