I Was Messing Around With The Crayon Tool And This Happened

I was messing around with the crayon tool and this happened

Anomaly Code Chapter 2

Chapter Two: Lace

Anomaly.That was what they had called her, the Foundation. They were the ones who hadfound her when her veins began running with fire. They hadn’t judged her, even though she was unnatural. They had taken her in and offered her help, a cure, despite what she’d done.

Lace snapped back to reality. She had zoned out for a second, entranced by the trailer to a new videogame. She didn’t normally pay attention to games because she couldn’t usually afford them but a character in this one had caught her eye, a harpy that had been a slave and now used the chains of captivity as a weapon.

Shaking her head she readjusted the grip on her groceries and turned away from the tv in the store window to continue on her way only to be stopped again by a glint of light from a street stall. She saw that the light belonged to a set of silver spoons and as she moved closer her fingers began to itch. Lace hadn’t always been a thief but with two brothers to look after she’d done what she had to, becoming the Magpie so they could survive. Lace and her brothers, Cam and Luca were triplets and the three of them had run away from their home in Italy after the incident. After she had killed a girl. It had been an accident but that didn’t change what she’d done. It had been Cam who’d got them out of the country, he had taken action while Lace was still in shock. Just for a moment she flashed back, once more she saw that flash of red against white. It was an image that never left her.

The spoons were now twitching in time to her fingers along with every other metallic object on the table. Lace hurried away. She couldn’t afford to lose control, especially not in public. She was what the media called an anomaly, if people found out that she could move metal with her mind then they would come after her. There had been reports on the news or anomaly terrorists though there was never any proof that anomalies were behind the attacks.

Lace knew that people were just scared of anomalies because they were different. That was why everything bad that happened got blamed on the “anomaly threat.” It didn’t matter how nice you were or if you’d never hurt someone in your life, if you were an anomaly, you were to be feared and hated. Lace wasn’t ashamed of being an anomaly, she wasn’t proud of some of the things she’d done with her ability, especially when she lost control but she was born what she was and there was no way for her to change it. She hid only because she just wanted to live her life without being harassed for existing. She hoped that one day she’d be able to be open about what she was though.

Lace sighed with relief as she walked through door to the apartment she shared with Cam and Luca. The apartment was near the railroad tracks and wasn’t much, especially compared to the fancy estate their parents owned in Italy but it felt more like a home than the place in Italy ever had. They had decided to rent this apartment because the rumblings from the trains helped to hide the rattling metal that were side effects of Lace’s ability.

Luca was in the kitchen making breakfast. He was dressed in track pants and a muscleback tee. Lace guessed that he’d just come back from his morning run. Luca was involved with a lot of sports at school but he had a tendency to be a bit lazy about practicing. Cam sat in a corner next to his plants reading a gardening catalogue, deciding which pack of seeds to get next. That was one thing that Lace missed about Italy, at least there they’d had enough room for Cam to have his own garden but now he had to make do with what he could keep in flower pots.

           Both Luca and cam looked up as she came in, almost as if they could sense she was upset.

           “It happened again, didn’t it?” asked Cam. As if it was answering him, the metal light fixture above his head began to swing.

           “It wasn’t so bad,” said Lace, setting down the groceries on the bench, “It was just a small flashback and a little bit of trembling cutlery, I don’t think anybody noticed.”

           “Isn’t that called post-traumatic stress disorder or something?” asked Luca, “I mean, you’ve been having these flashbacks for a few years now, maybe you should talk to someone.”

           “I’m fine,” Lace snapped as the cutlery drawer sprang open, “Really, there’s nothing to worry about, besides, we can’t afford to waste money on a counsellor.”

           Cam and Luca looked at each other, Lace knew this meant that they weren’t prepared to let this go and were probably planning out a way to get some help for her.

           “Don’t even think about it,” she warned, “I’m fine, let’s just get ready for school.”

           “If you decide you need help then please let us know,” said Cam before walking away.

           “They don’t believe me,” thought Lace and she wasn’t surprised. She didn’t even believe herself.

Day One: Generic

I decided to try the thirty day magical girl challenge again so here's my picture for day one with the theme Generic. I wanted to try using a border-less style this time, its been something I've wanted to try out ever since I was watched an interview about the art in Samurai Jack and now I've finally got around to it. I think I did alright but I definitely need more practice.

For mutanthunter.

Their Percy Jackson fan character, Aaron, child of Aphrodite. The quality is still a bit weird and pixelated but hopefully I’ll fix that next time I draw.

Some old characters of mine, I decided to do some really rough sketchy art of them. I think i need to work on the colours a bit. They're a couple in case you didn't pick that up :)

I decided to redraw some of my old characters recently and this is the result. The older ones were drawn around 2008-2009. I think I’ve made a bit of progress since then :P I apologize for the bad quality. I need to look into getting a decent scanner.