Hey everyone, I figured I'd update y'all on why I've been so quiet, nothing bad, just been sick a lot. The side story has taken over my life, as what was supposed to be just a way to vent out ideas has now taken an odd form of a post apocalyptic/fantasy story, I won't say too much, nothing is set in stone at the moment, this is sort of a way to test my writing skills before I write more ambitious stuff.
The current setting is that Zeke, a giant who works in a work-for-hire group, has been tasked with protecting a young human girl named Eira, who has a significant amount of mana relative to other humans, she has been found and tracked by shadowy figures the giant government has never seen before. His job is simple, keep the girl in his sight and protect her if necessary, but if it escalates, take the girl into giant country.
This is Zeke, he has certainly changed, I wanted to make him more gruff, more intimidating as that's what I was originally going for, He was always going to have a robotic arm, I just never showed his left hand where it would usually show.
Same guy, past self to current self. He's probably going to go through a few more changes, though before I settle on a design that fits the setting and his personality. He's gruff, and in his youth was a punk and troublemaker, until joining the force in his teens, became a homicide detective later on, then left to join a group less rigid and stingy about the rules. His age is unknown, but looks like he is around in his late thirties, he stopped counting after a while, no longer bothering to keep track of something that was trivial to him, and giants live long anyway, so he has plenty of life in him yet.
This is Eira, she is definitely less developed, but no less important. This is the current design, though I'm not quite satisfied with it, I might make her look less delicate, as she looks too prim and proper in this quickly done sketch right here.
Maybe more of a rustic futuristic look (if that makes sense) to make her look more of a part of the world. She is supposed to live in a city reclaimed from the war that has ravaged most of the world two hundred years ago. A peaceful community doing their best to survive, but so isolated they don't even know giants exist. She has lived there all her life, but will ultimately have to leave due to circumstances of her blood that draws in dangerous individuals who would use it for nefarious reasons.
Next is a side character, someone who is energetic and willing to take on any kind of obstacle, she is part of a force that has been trying to keep law and order throughout the human lands ever since the war ended.
I'm trying to draw a futuristic design that doesn't look overly generic, I'm going to change her design, but not her overall face and body, as I do like her big eyes and wild hair. She's got the personality of someone who never gives up, lights up the atmosphere in a room, and is always there to help out a friend. But she can be stubborn, and can hold a grudge if you wrong her, and will never abandon a mission if she believes it important enough, even if her commanding officer orders her to retreat, ultimately getting herself into situations she could have easily avoided, hence her being in a situation like this
This was made before Zeke's redesign, drawn more for practice.
Side note: Villeo and Kisha are still in the story, I simply haven't gotten to them yet.
So yeah, I just wanted you guys to know I'm not dead, just really busy brainstorming.
