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That is so cool! I heart Aisha Clanclan from Outlaw Star, as well as Ryoko from Tenchi Muyo! blaugh

Actually I love all the old Cartoon Network Toonami cartoons. I used to have so much fun watching them with my siblings at home and then talking about them with my classmates at school. Outlaw Star and Tenchi in Tokyo were two of my favorites (besides DBZ), and Aisha and Ryoko were my favorite female characters from their respective animes. I liked the tough girls who could get down and dirty, while my sister prefered their more "graceful and elegant" counterparts, Twilight Shizuka and Princess Aeka. (Needless to say, we often argued over who was better. xd )

Anyways, I think the fact that you have made such a well-drawn, well-made, and well-thought-out OC that was inspired by and combines many aspects of my favorite childhood heroines, as well as elements of other animes from my favorite childhood anime station, is nothing short of AWESOME!! blaugh blaugh blaugh

That being said, I have no drawing ability or original characters worth mentioning. sweatdrop

Aw, how cute! heart

That is very nice work.
Cannon indeed oh boy. Is he near indestructible as the immortal Ctarl-Ctarl as well? I too would very much like to see your art piece digitally colored. It's too bad we can never keep Sir Langley here long. She pretty darn good.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v120/CreepEye/Gaia Contracts/Misc Art Junk/


Is this post going to be open to all original characters?
In a couple of months I should have some art work done.
I would love to share with everyone.

Ah that's great.
Well it may be a month or so from now but I will have some work to post.
I am excited to have a place to share it with you.

THOSE LOOK SO COOL Miss Autopilot! What are their names and histories? biggrin

Hallo! I found my old anime pictures from middle school, so I do have some original characters after all! blaugh

Here's a rough sketch of my favorite one:



Her name is Mantis. She is an "Angel," or a biological weapon created from human gene splicing.

Her creation is an enigma. A criminally insane scientist (based off Dora Folk from Immortal Rain) stole samples from the biological weapons lab and impregnated a woman with them, but the "angel" she was carrying was a grotesque monster that ravished her to death at birth. Folk still insanely viewed it as his "child," though like all Angels it was biologically unstable, and grew at a chaotic rate so it only had a few weeks before its system would burn out. During its last combat mission the "Angel" was crushed to death--but out of its torn up belly emerged the cries of an ugly larva-like baby (top left corner):

(Angels aren't supposed to be able to reproduce, so even Folk couldn't account for the unexpected birth.)

As Mantis grows up she appears more "human," though her long insect-like appendages become more deadly and refined. Her top "arms" can fold like a praying mantis (hence the name), and can be used as a "guillotine", while her bottom two arms can eject powerful acid. On her own she has amazing strength, speed, agility, reflexes, combat strategy (very intelligent), and is very ambidextrous with all her limbs. She can’t fly, but she can use her limbs to jump incredible distances (like a flea), walk on walls and ceilings (spider-style), and slice through objects tougher than steel; though only the top ones can "guillotine," and only the bottom ones can eject acid. She has defeated entire armies with those appendages. She also has an incredibly fast metabolism (by the age of two she looks like a ten-year-old) and must consume twice her bodyweight every day to function, though this turns to 5x during and after combat. When she's not fighting, she generally sits quietly to conserve her energy.

Mantis is the most successful of all the Angels. She was experimented on and used as a weapon all her life. Personality-wise she's as stoic as the Caption from Hellsing, so it's hard to tell what she's thinking, though there's no evidence to indicate that Mantis hates humans, or even likes killing. She never voluntarily attacks anyone unless provoked or hungry (she’s not above eating humans). The only human she truly outwardly hates is her “grandfather." Whenever she sees him she lunges for him with outspread arms (one is enough to kill a human) and, when restrained, gnashes her little teeth at him. The only reason she obeyed him was because he planted many microscopic bombs (“tiny but deadly, just like you”) in her body when she was a baby, and threatened to set them off if she ever disobeyed.

The day Mantis got her hands on that detination button, all hell broke loose. She escaped the lab in a similar manner that Lucy the Diclonius escaped her own lab in Elfen Lied; with death and destruction in her wake. That was the day Mantis stopped obeying orders and started living for herself.

Im not even kidding.

Her name is Elf Monster. Really. Her "true" name is a plot secret, so not even she knows it yet. Not even I know it yet. Not even God knows it yet. Anyway, she earned that nickname from her peers at the orphanage she grew up in because she was pretty mean and scary sometimes to the other children whenever she got picked on. It stuck since she didn't have a name when she first came to the orphanage. Her parents are a mystery. To keep from being called "monster" all the time, she shortens it to Elf Mon (what she uses "officially") or Elfy.

So enough about her name. She's 230-something years old, which is physically the equivalent to 19 human years. She's smart and strictly pragmatic about everything. She has a temper which she often tries to control. She's not shy, but is prone to putting people off. Especially old people. She's pretty nice most of the time and sticks strongly to her beliefs. She loves science (her forte is plant biology), which is uncommon for elves. Most elves in her universe study magic, which she hasn't much interest in. There's more, but basically, she's an oddball who is supposed to represent characteristic that oppose (though not in the offensive way) the majority of her race.



And this is Lilly Keyori! I know, her name sounds totally cliche. She used to be a god-awful Mary Sue, but I've tried to stay true to as many of her old character traits as possible so that I can both transform her from the hyperactive, retarded sue she used to be while still resembling the character she's always been. Anyway, Lilly has been around for as long as I've been on Gaia. Her design was based on one of the very first Gaia avatars I've ever had (not on this account).

She's gone through several phases like the "carbon copy of my best friend's OC" phase, her "Sailor Moon phase" (in which her backstory has several elements that resembled Sailor Moon, like a daughter from the future, and magical powers) and her "Hellsing phase" (in which my art style changed drastically to resemble Hirano's and she became a vampire and more badass). And now.. well, she's still not much now, except for the few common traits she's always had. Cute and cheerful, transforms into a fox, freckles, tan skin, dark brown hair, and slender. I'm working on integrating her into Elfy's story now.