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I… I finished it… here she is… my princess…
For some context : as I was looking through my stuff while cleaning, I found an ooooold design of a ninja girl, unamed, no clues about her personality or past or abilities or NOTHING, and… My heart went kaboom??? I remembered how I love Classic Naruto, how ridiculously invested in the series I was, how disappointing Shippuden and especially the ending and The Last Movie were in comparison… and a ridiculous design of a preteen ninja with no context got my gears turning like woah. So I took that feeling in my soul and vaguely based myself on those crappy sketches to actually create an OC. In 2019. This is my life now.
I tried my best to copy the anime style (you can recognise the poses from Sarada’s reference sheet because damn, I really struggled without a model, so my apologies, it’s not original on that part, I consider myself with a more cartoonish style than anime) and make it clean and “professional”, and honestly, I feel satisfied with the results.
Allow me to add a few of her characteristics ! (WARNING : This is a shonen character so tragic backstory to justify mindsets is a must lol)
Family background : Her mother fell very ill when Eika was 7, which led to her heartbroken father to leave the village because he wasn’t strong enough to watch his love agonize, and after a few years of fighting it she passed away, when the girl was 11. Her grandparents had taken care of her since her father’s departure. They are loving, yet old-school in their beliefs and manners.
Likes music more than ninja stuff, walks around with her headphones on unless conversation is engaged (she may or may not be actually listening to music, be careful what you say when you think she’s not listening), if Queen exists in the Narutoverse this is 100 persent her jam, wished to be a composer but her Grandpa said no, she’s only lowkey upset by it, “dances around in her PJs in the morning” type of girl, writes song lyrics on her free time
Kenjustsu user (her wakizashi sword is built for one hand fighting style), she’s as good at swinging a sword around as playing guitar, she kind of loves Taijutsu as well but could use a training buddy to actually improve, paid attention in school and had pretty good marks until her mother passed and she stopped caring
Her mother taught her to always smile and think positive because “no one likes gloomy people”, so she tries to keep the smile up no matter what she feels, which makes her creepy when she’s really really mad (on rare occurences), and once in a blue mood you’ll catch her off guard with her cheeky facade dropped
Hates her father, the fact that he is still out there after his betrayal is basically the biggest reason she struggles to accept her mother’s gone, has trust issues because of him
Jokes and witty remarks, she’s good company, really chill, basically everyone’s acquaintance that makes people laugh, she lives to bring a smile on people’s face and she is proud of her ability to do so, just so playful
Constant bags under her eyes, has bad insomnia problems, will claim otherwise when confronted, hopes people don’t see through her game because she really doesn’t want to have to explain her crippling anxiety, tends to keep people at arm lenght when they pry too much, doesn’t have a lot of people she calls friend as a result
Patient, good listener, never really talks about personal shit (especially her family situation) but gets you to spill the beans
Reads people like open books, not the best at coming up with strategies but definetly capable to defuse yours no matter how many steps ahead you planned, enjoys being intellectually challenged, loves learning about everything and anything because the feeling of your brain filling up with knowledge is the best distraction from her own thoughts
I’ll keep drawing her. I know pretty dang well who her bestie from the main cast might be in term of personality-matching, but what would your guess be ?