AOKI!!!!! I had a random burst of enthusiasm last night and it wore down a lot cause I obviously had to sleep but do you have any side ocs (that aren't related to the comic or are already revealed) that you would be willing to talk about??? Also I don't wanna devalue the phrase but your art is still fuckjng astounding as always, keep up the great work dude!!!💙💜💜💜💙💙💙💜💙💜💙💜💙
Oh my goodness, thank you! You’re so kind!
I have too many side characters that aren’t related to the comic (both human and splatoon ;; ), but there are just a few I really wanted to bring up more, but no idea how. Here are some brief info on them!
the first is Damien’s boyfriend… I thought about him before I even thought of Damien kdjfksdjfks.. He still doesn’t have a name tho. I just call him big brows
Next is Zeno! (the inkling from this post)
He was originally Eli’s little brother. In a long, sketched out comic I didn’t finish, I went into Eli and Zeno’s childhood a bit. They lived with their mom in an apartment above the mom’s salon.
Honestly, I was a little indecisive if I wanted to keep Zeno as Eli’s little brother?? I drew Naoki (the blue and white octoling) while playing with that idea that they were two separate characters that didnt know Emilio or Rocco. But, Zeno looks so similar to Eli that I couldn’t completely throw away that idea.
GOD I WANTED TO GET INTO THEIR STORY WAY MORE THAN I DIIIDDDD!!! There is so much about them that I wanted to go over and build up! But it would’ve been WAY too long. I sketched out some scenes and wow, it was waaaayyy too much.
Anyway, their relationship was very important to the story. Eli and Emilio’s relationship is actually the reason why Trent became so terrible towards Emilio. This was something I wanted to touch on in the most recent chapter, “Memories”, but it ended up being too long as I said. I hope I can go into it sometime!! I think it helps explain Emilio’s character.
There is plenty more (especially related to Rocco) but some will be revealed later or just doodles. Thank you for your ask!! This was fun!
