DRAW TSUNAME

DRAW TSUNAME

Behold, my masterpiece.for those of you who are unfamiliar with this character, this is a bad MS paint version of: http://kazeharuhime.deviantart.com/art/Don-t-Go-448504378ugh that’s old too but for those of you that have been unfortunately introduced to him via this bad MS paint drawing, I wanted you to see what he’s supposed to look like somewhat… XD I need to redraw his ref that’s the only nice one I have… there are others but they’re not as nice-looking EAE anyways uh. Thanks for the request @enjoliquej! It was an interesting challenge to see how bad I could make it XD; while somehow also being as nitpicky and metaculous as I usually am (didn’t leave any white spaces! …except for the eyepatch kinda but there were a lot of fine little places I filled instead of leaving white!!)But yes um… was there anything else I needed to say… I guess not. I guess I could leave it at this. I wanted to explain a bit about the character but I really don’t think this is the post to do that in… maybe another time. XD anyways thanks for the request again, EJ~ I’m surprised this challenge really took off! I got like 3 requests and this was one of them! XD This is a pretty entertaining challenge so far, I’ll see how far it goes…

seahorse from a reference https://www.pinterest.com/pin/411375747197988854/ (I think this is actually a digitally made more vibrant image, but then I amped up mine with photoshop too so XD; ) Along with some bettas and a mer. Not sure I remember which reference the betta was from... might’ve just drawn it without one but I don’t remember.

Sleepi, a character from Torn Apart, done in the color palette Clinomania from colourpod.com

WHO is Tsuname and WHAT is his QUEST?

WOW that was quick! Okay Tsuname…Well Tsuname is from my Aliens series. He’s the younger brother of Tsunne (guy on right), another character from the series. He lives peacefully on an island on the planet of Gaede with his family and friends and has a massive one-sided crush on his childhood friend, Sh’zkai, who is also his arranged fiance, or tan-tawe as they are referred to in his culture. It is believed there that the first friend a child meets of the opposite gender is fated to be married to them, so female friends of that culture will sometimes create what is called the mitawe-yun, or female friend pact, so that if they get married and produce children of the opposite genders, those children will be tan-tawe, and as such introduced to each other as soon as they are ready to be up and about as toddlers or walking infants. They are usually left in a pen of some kind to play with each other while the parents watch. If the children get along it is said to be good luck, and perhaps a sign they will learn to like each other when they are older.

Islandic superstitions aside, though, his tan-tawe Sh’zkai grows up to loathe him. They were good friends as children, but when Tsuname grew up to be a teenager and fell in love with her, believing the tales his parents and surrounding culture had always told him, Sh’zkai came to find him absolutely loathsome.The worst part about it? Tsuname is convinced that her loathing of him is either some sort of ‘phase’ she is passing through or smothered affection. Even when she is very openly blunt about not liking him, sometimes to the point of violence, Tsuname still does not believe her. Even times when he is discouraged by his behavior, his parents and culture continue to teach him that Sh’zkai is only going through a phase, and perhaps needs space before she can come to realize her feelings for him.Tsuname then goes to his father’s grandparents’ island by his parents’ instructions to do just that. For the next three years, that’s how Tsuname spends his summers. He goes for a few weeks to a few months each year to build up muscle and also give Sh’zkai space. However, despite his parents’ advice that leaving her alone and packing on more muscle will make her more attracted at him, Sh’zkai doesn’t even give him the time of day. If anything, she is more disgusted at him when he returns (probably because she knows his motives behind these trips).Tsuname is 18 (15 three years ago) when a rumor begins to spread around about something strange appearing in the sky now and then. The islanders had been unaware of it because they’re so low to sea level they don’t see much aside from the stars, but the Stellyrs, or star Gaediens who live closer to the sky, have been noticing a strange flying contraption floating around the planet. His brother Tsunne who is next-to-chief of the island is often gone to talk with the other leaders of Gaede to discuss what should be done in the case of an invasion, which is what they believe is soon to take place.His island goes into preparing for the invasion. The men are taught what to do and at Tsunne’s insistence, even some of the women are allowed to fight, since it is known they probably need every available fighter they can spare.

And then the invasion comes. The men charge out to meet their attackers, but are quickly overwhelmed.Left and right his people are falling, some of them getting captured and taken away into metal saucers by the tall reptilian figures.Tsuname is among those captured.One of the reptilian creatures gouges out Tsuname’s right eye, a symbol that he is now his slave, and eats it (yeah I know he’s gross).Tsuname then spends the next three years enslaved, meeting many different kinds of people and almost escaping several times, meeting many different perils along the way on his quest to return to Gaede, and, (he thinks) the loving embrace of his tan-tawe, Sh’zkai.

And that’s Tsuname’s quest! could have skipped a lot of the details in the beginning and gotten right to the quest, but I thought a few things needed to be explained, even if they’re partially unnecessary and probably a wee bit spoiler XD; I don’t think I said anything that’s too spoilerish though, aside from describing the beginning his story to you XD;; I might’ve gone a bit overboard there on the details but oh well… Anyways uh. If you ever wanted to read his story (even if I partially spoiled most of the beginning for you XD; ) I could probably give you the link. The only issue is a lot of it might be revamped and not canon anymore. Probably why I thought it was safe to tell you the beginning, even though the beginning is probably the least likely to undergo any major overhauls XD; but yeah if you wanted I could probably still share it with you, though it isn’t finished and is on an indefinite hiatus because I feel like I started it too soon. It was a NaNoWriMo for 2014 and a lot of it is rushed and rife with inconsistencies, and eventually I lost steam with it because the plot wasn’t going the way I’d envisioned and a lot of things happened in the story that made me uncomfortable with it. But all the same if you want to know more I might just share it with you! As long as you keep in mind that half the story may not even be canon anymore aside from what I just told you earlier. All of that is /probably/ staying, it’s the parts of the story I didn’t tell you about that are still under construction, so XD anyways… I’m really longwinded. Thanks for the ask, though, I hope this (more than) answered your question about Tsuname! XD;; 

some oldish sketches I scanned exactly a month ago! XD Featuring Vrmylne a.k.a Villy and Kursha (fan characters courtesy of @enjoliquej) and Garryn (a fan character from @cielarose). Kursha being the cat eared thing that has taken it upon herself to try out noodling over Villy’s shoulder in the second page, and Villy being the done one being draped upon in the second image (he shows up a few times on the first page too, top left area). Garryn being the sassy plump-cheeked Herr I devoted three drawings to from middle to bottom on the first page. Gosh I love that little snot... XD I had the urge to draw these guys one day and the whole party came with! Not that many will understand what I’m talking about, but I guess enjoy the sketches anyway? XD

Reblogging this as a friendly reminder that I’m still doing this challenge!

Big thanks to Tord for letting me use this for a color palette challenge~ Couldn’t reblog the original because it had a swear in it, but here we go. So how it works is you my followers send me an ask with the palette you want me to do and I do it. Get asking!

Done:

Conversation Hearts with Phyrne and Ollinder for @cielarose

Subtle Melancholy with @jessmkarts‘s OC Ella

Constant Rambling with Helen and Ambrosa for CC (offsite)