This is a Synth oc I designed with a base created by Gadjil974 over on FurAffinity. Synths are an original species created by Vader-San. I....rlly struggle to draw them, so this base was very very useful in finally being able to visualize her after having her in mind for a while, but not feeling quite ready to start fleshing it out into an actual character until I could pin a design. I'm going to write out the Image ID for this below the cut since it's a lot and I don't think it'll fit in the alt text.
[Image ID: A reference sheet of an anthro robotic snake character standing on a white background. This character has a black screen for a face and 2 horn-like protrusions on the back of its head. She has simply, round, white eyes with slit pupils. There are 3 main images of the character: a front view on the left, a back view on the right, and a headshot with its mouth opened up near the top center right of the sheet. The character is named Jex and is detailed to use she/her or it/its pronouns. It is described to be 6'3 feet tall and 178 pounds in the top right corner. Below this information it also says that it is a Butch Nonbindary Woman and a Bisexual Lesbian.
Jex is mostly dark red with lighter shades on her back, collarbone, tail, and the digits of her fingers/toes. She has 3 fingers and 1 thumb, and 3 toes as well as an additional back facing digit much like you'd find on a bird. It has an off-white underside on her chest and neck which reaches to the space between its thighs. Jex is posed with one of its hands somewhat stretchered out but is otherwise completely still with her head pointed downwards. There are several bright LED spots on Jex's body that are bright red. They include 3 squares on either side of her head, two circles on either shoulder, and 3 squares below them, a set of 3 squares next her inner thigh, and 2 more circles on the front of its thighs on each leg near the hips.
In the top left corner is Jex's color palette on top of a gray square. It uses 2 shades of red, off-white, light gray, black, a very deep shade of blue, and 2 shades of red, with one being much paler than the other.
Below this palette is a list titled "Main Physical Traits: -Soft, shiny hide, especially on the stomach, chest, and between the thighs. -Body is mainly deep crimson with lighter red accents and pale underbelly. -LEDS on head and limbs are red. -Flat chest, wide shoulders, sturdy, lean muscular frame. Very agile, but also very strong!"
In the center of the image under Jex's name a pronouns it says "Approx. 367 years old, but current iteration has only been in service for 37 years."
Below this it reads in smaller print "A highly advanced combat synth designed for mercenary work under the guidance of a remote handler. She has been destroyed and rebuilt many times over her existence, and has been upgraded and rebuilt with the latest bells n' whistles each time."
Below this text slightly further to the right, it continues "Jex behaves with a cold, distant professionalism whenever it is deployed on the job. She is quiet, blunt, closed off and sharp, and is easily annoyed when people try to know it beyond what pertains to its current assignment. Despite her age, Jex does not remember much of her past iterations, and often struggles to fill the time between jobs. She is secretly very awkward and lonely, and craves approval and guidance from her handler(s). She is easily compared to a moody teenager at times."
In the image where Jex's mouth is open, we see that her tongue is segmented. It is darker red at the base and lighter near the tip. Jex's eye is red in this image. Text below it reads "Interior of mouth glows. Eye display turns red when angry or stressed."
To the far right of the image are more pictures of Jex's eyes. They are all red and match the simplified style of the one on its other images. The eye on top is round and wide open, and is labelled "Normal/Calm". The one below is narrowed and slanted, and is labelled "Annoyed/Angry". Below this is an eye that is slanted and rounded with a tear near the bottom that appears to be a part of it. It is labelled "Sad". The last eye is completely closed and is labelled "Squinty". The text below the eyes reads "Eyes are white by default, but turn red during moments of strong emotion".
At the bottom center of the image is credit to Gadjil974 for the original base and Vader-San as the owner of the synth species. [End ID]
For the ask game, could you do 2 11 and 23 for Jex?
2: I don't have a voice claim for Jex YET however I can vaguely describe its voice as being very monotone, neutral, low, but with a gruffness to it that becomes a lot clearer due to the robotic thrill that's mentioned in the official synth lore!
11: Jex is arospec, so the definition of "fallen in love" is! a bit vague with her. I think by nature as a combat merc droid it has never had a real chance to freely explore relationships with other people outside of a purely professional context. However, when Asteria enters the picture, i do think Jex slowly develops a sort of very kid crush-type fixation on her. Not Love, but fond feelings and associations with safety and friendship.
23: Jex's biggest strength is probably how focused it gets on whatever her goal is at the moment. She is very determined and has a very strong work ethic where its tasks and goals are, and this bleeds into her relationships, such as her drive to impress its handlers, or later on, please and get closer to Asteria. However this is directly linked to its big flaw of viewing everything through the lens of a Job. Jex cannot allow itself to relax very easily if Ever. She views life and relationships through the lens of Assignments, Performance, Marks, Deductions, and Grades itself very harshly whether she "succeeds" or "fails" at a given task because of how naturally it feels after centuries of conditioning from her handlers.
spent all day spinning Jex around in my head, yes. It is. a tool, firstly. Jex was Made. Jex was designed. Jex exists in the farthest point of the Estea timeline in what we'd all call a very cyberpunk space exploration period of history...I don't know if Jex has ever even seen Estea as in the Planet...I think...,maybe when it was younger Jex talked more. Talked back more. and maybe now she has a collar that her handler uses whenever it needs to be kept in check.....ohghh Jex
Jex and Asteria have a Wall-E type dynamic where it's like the scene where he's showing Eve around his little home and shows her the lighter and she freaks out and starts to charge her gun.
Asteria takes Jex back to her place at night, because this weirdo keeps looking over her shoulder like its scared and looking out for someone, but gets extra prickly when she tried to call the cops for help. So until she wants to explain why exactly she came crashing in through the store's roof just Five Minutes before Asteria was about to clock out after her 3rd double in a row, sure, she'll let it crash at her place. She puts on a holotape of an old show she liked as a kid. Jex looks at it with wonder...and proceeds to try to punch the machine into the living room wall
Axiom I feel like something about the way that you create and write about your lady ocs causes me specifically to fall in love with them. Anyways I really like Jex
I AM SO HAPPY i love making little ladies that have issues and problems. Jex and Asteria are my mandatory """""normal""""" lesbian WLW type pairing I've wanted to make but needed to get refs for so I could properly wanna visualize and write them. For some reason I cannot properly create an OC until I have a decent ref for them....maybe because then I can get art done of them in Poses and Situations?? idk
But yeah Jex! It's heavily inspired by the character of Raven from Armored Core 6. A game I'm still stuck on but enjoy deeply for its dynamic between Raven and their handler, Walter. So many scenes have you listen in while he and other people talk about you like you're this dog on a lease that needs to be led around to different jobs in your big murder mech...and Walter is about as cold and distant as you'd expect in this role...but you can't help but feel some attachment. Jex is like this in many ways. Made for a purpose she grows numb towards, for violence, for greed, and to serve people in power she's never even seen in the flesh, but who can hurt it so easily with the click of a button....
