Not Quite Human, Not Quite a Monster

Side Blog dedicated to my novel "To Be Loved" || PFP and Banner are from Pinterest

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Double posting? What's that? Certainly, I would never. This is Junior's official design. Color and gray scale are both available to gaze upon. I will do an extensive lore post another time on this freak. But as of right now, look at him. Do it. Look at him.

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I refined C1 and thus I have 3 color studies to present. At this point, I have actually refined the color palette but I felt as though it deserved its own post.

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Some Concept Designs for Junior himself. Some of these are experimental ideas, others are more reliant on external things in his story like his dads fashion (See A2, B1, and B2). Or more secretive, practical for concealing his whings (A1 and the C set). It's just a handful I sketched up tonight.

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Introductory Post

To Be Loved is a story that I have had conceptualized since November 2023. Like most authors, the story came to me in a dream. Of course, it didn't really make a ton of sense, and so those first few draft ideas hold little to no weight in the face of what it has become. The novel is about 24 y.o Ian Corvus Jr., who just goes by Junior, reconnecting with and falling in love with his childhood best friend Chase Atticus. However, Junior has a secret that complicates everything. He's not fully human. How is he expected to fit into this world, for which he does not belong? Would Chase still see him the same, if he knew that the boy he met in the forest all those years ago, could very well be a monster?