NaNoWriMo 2010

Hey guys, it is October 31 on my end of the globe and you know what that means! Yup, Nanowrimo 2010 will be happening tomorrow. It will officially mark the first year anniversary of The Mourning Son as well, and Noah's birthday. I sincerely hope I can get ahead with My Xeno Romance [i also sincerely hope to find a less hilarious title] and actually finish it.

For those of you not in the know, here's a little overview of what my story's about:

The war was won. Well, that's what they said at the time at least. The mightiest heroes had struck down the villain, the cloud of tyranny was dispelled from the land. Fairy tale stuff. All that was missing was the happy ending.

It never happened.

For every cause, there is an effect. When a tyrant had legions of monsters under his rule, and you killed him, well. Things kind of go downhill from there. Untethered, the big bad monsters wrecked havoc on the land. Villages were wiped off the face of the map, kingdoms crumbled. The waters ran red with blood and the heavens shook with the screams. And suddenly, humans didn’t feel that mighty anymore.

But they didn’t give up either. Even while reeling from The War, from The Crisis, humans forced themselves to stand and take arms. To drive the monster scum back and snuff their existence. And it worked, for the most part.

more doodles

More pencil doodles! Also, in my efforts to scan this, my sketch pad fell apart. :( Now I remember why I don't buy sketch pads that aren't spring-bound.

Apostle and his Anubis mask. Dude really needs his peripheral vision but seeing as he is not dead yet, that's a good sign. I wonder how he can stand Philippine weather in leather though.

Did a little more work on that Joshua/Honor piece. :D

Monster of God. The Seven Eyed Snake. Tempter of God's First Humans.

Finally finished that Yoloxochitl sketch and I am pretty proud of it. :)

workdoodles

I drew these at work :3 But I totally do work when I am at work. I swear! Haven't really been working with pencil for a while. I think this is my first real pencil sketch in, ah, three months? At least, the first one that doesn't look like absolute crap.

 First official sketch of Yoloxochitl. Her hair still needs to be shaded in. Our heroine for NaNoWriMo 2010, Yol is my first female protagonist in a long time. I've always put off writing female protagonists because I feared writing female characters all wrong. A little bit more confident this time around though! Yol can be very easily described as tough enough to top Tempest. If only he were human sized.

Joshua/Honor, because where would we be without our little dose of unhealthy dysfunctional relationship? I am seriously loving the clinical look on Joshua's face. 

yvonne's cakes

Some of you may know that my family and I are continuing my (grand)mom's tradition of baking cakes. We've actually named it too, in honor of Mommy Yvonne, and have finally achieved the biggest step. A logo. :D Did this in about two hours, collaborating with auntmother and cousinbrother.

If you happen to be located in Cebu City, and are hankering for some delicious home made cakes, you can check out our Facebook page for more information. :)

Pretty proud of this! And it's always a great thing to take a break from monsters and boobs.

I believe this is the second logo design I've done to date. My first job was back in college, for a friend's theoretical cafe. If I find that thing, I am totes putting it up.

Tempest says, I has a mate ^W^

Dorking around with his design. I think I am pretty happy with how that is shaping up. Also, she is so tiny! Well, compared to Tempest at least. Yol is at least 5'9" and much bigger than most (human) ladies. More or less, I've fixed on the idea that Tempest is part horse, part dog and part lizard. He really needs one more tail to balance out his design.

And the abovementioned mate, Yoloxochitl which is Aztec for "flower in the heart". She is a lady knight who is supposed to save the allegedly dead princess of society. After her encounter with Tempest, she is never seen again. She's pictured here with her usual face paint, which I based off an image of an Aztec warrior.

Why yes, thanks to a friend who planted the brainseed, this story will be post-Apoc Aztec/Filipino-Spanish. I shit you not.

Holy fuck yes, I love painting teeth.

Also, his name is Tempest.

Oops, I forgot about these sketches.

Bathala and his vessel. If you can squint hard enough, you'll see Bathala is digging his fingers into the vessel's eyesockets.

Moses Martelino, possibly in his early twenties at this point. He's such a charming young man. <3 

Noah and Honor in the first novel. And, uh. I forgot to draw in Honor's hair. 

Honor again! Every time I draw him, he just gets manlier and manlier. For those of you just tuning in, yes, that is a rosary tattoo on his right arm and hand. The cuff on his wrist acts as a more subtle collar. Honor got totally pwnd.

Joshua Martelino, our protagonist's older brother and possibly the story's creepiest character. For reasons you will have to read for yourself. 

Noah in his early twenties, being pensive.

Someone asked me what kind of thoughts go on in Joshua's mind. The answer is: No, there are no thoughts. At least, no thoughts that could be encompassed in words. Joshua is a man who thinks in images and in sound. His mindscape would be a desert in twilight, with no wind and no trace of life. 

Some of you were wondering what the status was of The Mourning Son's cast monsterpiece. Well, there we go. Have switched things around and pretty much gotten an arrangement I like better. Also updated some of their looks, most notably Moses' and Joshua's.

A couple I really should be drawing more of. Hitman Raphael Zen Isobel and his girlfriend Samantha Ventarbre. I really need to get around to writing more of this adorable couple with Poet.

And obligatory guroshota who, uh, kind of looks like Moses. This was unintentional, I swear. I'll probably be finishing this thing up in time for Valentine's Day, so that all of you can have a creepy and possibly inappropriate card to give to your lovers.

show me your teeth

As most of you know, I'll be joining this year's NaNoWriMo with a story about a post-Apocalyptic world where a monster and a human meet and fall in love. Come on, you know it's romantic. Monster meets human, human tries to kill monster, monster kind of wants to eat human.

Been putzing around with designs, so here's our leading hero, the monster.

His base painting was kind of bland as I just got it down right after work. No real idea of what I wanted except for TEETH TEETH TEETH.

Did some scale roughs. That human is TINY in his hands. Also a vague idea of what I wanted for full body design. Not really happy with that and still working on it. He's supposed to be climbing a mountain or a rockface in that right doodle, just in case you're wondering why he's being all \\\o///

Most recent shot of the image. Yes, I'm pretty proud of this one. Planning to remove the hair/muscle/bandages soon and replacing it with so many eyes. Aiming to have at least thirty eyes on his head alone.

Got some doodles done of the leading lady, who is a female knight with a split tongue. Have I ever told you how messy my creative process and story building process is? I have no idea what the story really is about until I get down and write it.

have a bunch of improvements

 2006 vs 2009:

My character Ashriel Ravencroft, possibly going to have a name change soon-ish? We shall see.

2007 vs 2010:

Lawrence Morgan, getting buffer and manlier.

2007 vs 2010:

Izumiyama Kojiro, looking less bish and more, well, Asian.

2010:

Cindre, who is also kind of...lacking his eyes right now.

2010:

Balthazar and his many many legs.

Been so stressed like you have no idea, guys! But that's okay. I'm still alive.

Managed to get some time to myself and got some creativity in.

My curvy lady character, Alexandra and more practice with whole body paintings. It's still pretty bland right now but I hope to shape it up.

This image is based off one of my favorite fanfics of all time. Yeah, you read that right. Rue and Sweet William is a Xenogears/Vagrant Story cross over that has stuck with me since I first read it, oh, five years ago. Check it out if you're a fan of either games! :3

 Last but never the least, The Mourning Son's gun runner queen Melinda who is probably not wearing any panties under that shirt. She's a tiny lady, probably only 5 feet in height, and just a little more with those boots.