[ARTSY APRIL 2016] DAY 10 - TRANSFORMATION
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NOTE: I technically finished this before the midnight deadline; uploading it has pushed it over however. I really ran short on time today.
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So for Transformation, I decided to depict my character Rive, the antagonist of my storyline Daylight’s Tonight (which is the second story in the KingdomEllipsis Trilogy). DT is the storyline Ryxe - my main online alias and one of my seven personas - appears in, along with many other characters such as Ath, Saraph, Nagas, etc. All of the kitsunes within the storyline have a true / spirit form (which varies from character to character based on what their soul looks like - for example, Ryxe’s being a winged eyeball-like entity as I AM AN EYEBALL OKAY) as well as a kitsune / mortal form, like the one depicted here for Rive. The kitsune forms aren’t their real forms; it’s like a transformed / concocted mortal state instead. There are multiple kitsunes within the storyline; however, they are divided into two primary groups - Team Solar and Team Lunar. Team Solar consists of Light / Sun / Day / Fire themes, and is the villainous faction, as these themes most often represent negativity within my storylines, whereas Team Lunar consists of Dark / Moon / Night / Water related themes and represents positive themes. The reason why these themes are so heavily reversed from the norm within my storylines is due to the fact that the Solar-related themes are often much busier / aggressive / active / burning. Whereas the Lunar-related themes are often more calmful / peaceful / quiet / healing. Fire burns; water is usually soothing. The sun is made of burning gas; the ocean’s tide is ruled by the moon. The day is the time when many creatures are bustling about; the night is elegant and beautiful and serene. Really when it comes down to it, I think the primary reason Light and Dark tend to be associated with “good” and “evil” respectively is because humans are typically diurnal by nature and because our eyesight is limited in low levels of light. Which plays into “fear of the unknown” - one of the primary types of fear, because we fear what we do not understand. (Which is ultimately a survival instinct but Fear is one of those topics I could ramble on for ages because it fascinates me greatly.) Anyways! I sadly can’t really reveal a lot about Rive himself, or some of the really fun symbolism / etc. behind his design since it’s massive spoilers to the storyline. And it’s also kind of spoilery to the trilogy as a whole. Aha. But enjoy~!
Time Taken: 5 hrs 54 mins