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Nokemono to Hanayome - Asumiko Nakamura

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🩰🍒Oleneska Folta 🍒🐚

Here's a little character info on my oc, Neska (albeit an old profile but I digress...). I'm currently working on a little comic page that features her, It's coming out nicely so far!

Small snippet about her here! ↷

Neska is the daughter of a wealthy pharmaceutics company owner, who dwells into some shady business practices- some suspect money laundering, others mention suspicious sells of certain components. Either way, they had a lot of money, which meant a lot of people who hated them too. Naturally, Oleneska grew up rather sheltered, always kept within the homely mansion grounds. Or at least within her father's reach.

After a certain incident, that resulted in the head of the Folta family nearly getting killed, Oleneska found an opening for her escape. Finally a way to break free, to find a way for herself.

How she managed after that is up for debate...

I've got some interesting ideas in store for this character (although I work quite slow haha) so if you're interested, stick around to find out! 💝(⁠⊃⁠ ⁠•⁠ ⁠ʖ̫⁠ ⁠•⁠ ⁠)⁠⊃

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Old diving suits at night are a creepy concept

My mom used to tell me about her own time at art school, back in the day and I just remembered this cool story that really stuck with me.

Basically, she and her friend were staying in this small town to plain air paint and they were sleeping in this old wooden fishing/marine museum. Their room was at the end of the hallway, on the other side was the bathroom and in between was an old diving suit exposition right in the middle. So, in order to get to the bathroom, (at night mind you) they had to pass that diving suit, in complete darkness with squeaky wooden floors. She told me that the museum had this specific smell, that old places usually have.

And I just kept thinking about how great this whole setting would be for a short horror story. Imagine if the diving suit was possessed, roaming the hallways at night. I might even draw it one day! Unfortunately, from what I've seen online, that building is now renovated, so I couldn't find the specific diving suit exposition my mom was talking about (she said it was old and made of rubber). I included the pictures that could resemble it, though!

I feel like old diving suits are kind of creepy looking in general, it's this weird stage in-between an astronaut and a medieval cage/torture helmet. And the setting of an old museum also sounds chilling. Most wooden buildings have this specific ambience that really comes out during the night, when everything else is quiet...

I usually post art on this blog, but I've always been a sucker for horror and the obscure. If there's anyone out there who's also got stories about places like that, please let me know! I'll gladly read them xx

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❝ Captured! ❞ 💘🪽

Work in Progress illustration

Hello, here's a little Alice in Wonderland themed artwork of Alex and Lea! I always wanted to put them in a matching costume set, although my white rabbit is a more mischievous rendition of the character (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

Also, as this is a wip drawing, I'd appreciate any suggestions on what to add to this illustration 🤍

I really like stoic / mischievous character dynamics, Alex and Lea are this type of duo. One of them gets into trouble and the other usually goes along with it.

But sometimes enough is enough 🎀 (⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)

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🍎🍒Lea /character info + quick sketch 🍒🐞

Lea is one of the characters I've been working on recently, so here's more info about her! (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

✰ warning for text wall ahead! 💐

Lea comes from a working class, her family life is far from perfect, so she spends most of her time as far from home as possible. She usually hangs out with her best friend, Aleksandra- they either get into trouble or just lounge around at Alex's place.

Lea has a strong character, she's very outspoken and a bit of a troublemaker. Due to her tough upbringing she can come off as harsh, sometimes even mean or rude, but she rarely feels any remorse for behaving that way. She's the type of person that doesn't let others walk all over her- she will bite back.

When it comes to hobbies, Lea is into sports. Sometime in winter, she signed up for evening classes at a local youth boxing club. The classes were free, and she had an excuse for not returning home, on top of a warm place to stay at. It quickly turned into a hobby.

Surprisingly, Lea is also into writing. Despite her harsh personality and seemingly careless attitude, her school grades are very good- she's quite intelligent. She's exceptionally good at learning languages, and, as mentioned before, creative writing (and poetry). It's one of the few things she doesn't share with anyone, even her best friend, because she thinks it's "uncool".

Underneath the personality she puts on however, there is a very sensitive, observant side to her, that she guards by acting strong and harsh. She's insecure about her living situation, she worries about her future and money among other things. Due to being poor, she works to save up money. Her goal is to survive and, hopefully, escape her family and home to start a new life on her own.

Additional info :*)

* Lea has an older bother who left the house for university. He currently lives in a bigger city with his girlfriend. He and Lea email each other sometimes. She misses him a lot but she's also angry with him for leaving her behind.

* She doesn't have many friends. Lea mostly hangs out with Alex, whom she's been inseparable from since childhood. They "come in a package" but also argue a lot, kind of like an old married couple.

* Lea is afraid of dogs. Whenever her parents locked her out of their apartment (be it intentional or not) she'd have to walk around the neighborhood, and sometimes, she got chased by stray dogs, which caused her to be afraid of them.

* She doesn't like guys and doesn't trust them easily. When Alex got a boyfriend, Lea was very annoyed to say the least.

* Lea loves sports wear and practical clothes, that's what she usually wears, coupled with some hand-me-downs from her brother.

* Her biggest dream is to rent out an apartment together with Alex...

And to have lots of money

If anyone read all that, thank you so much!

There might be some mistakes due to autocorrect, so I apologize in advance xx

I'm not great at writing, (English isn't my first language lolol) but I really enjoy creating characters that I can sort of relate to. I've got lots of ideas, so maybe one day, I'll be able to make comic strips featuring the whole cast!

By the way, the story is set in Poland, I take inspiration from my own childhood and friends, so if that's something you can relate to, please let me know! I'd love to hear some stories 🍀

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Where's my Breakfast?

Oil on Panel 30x30 cm

Artist: Daniel Arthur

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✿ Hello, this is my first post on Tumblr!

I will mostly post art of my characters, maybe some fanart too, if I feel like it. My art is pretty basic, as I focus more on the stories that I'm creating. ( I'm not really sure how to use this site yet, though lol )

Thank you to anyone who decides to stop by! 💐