telophase | Bishounen of the Apocalypse

Eh. I think we've established that character design is not my forte. :) (Or at least, character design without a full script in hand to give me an idea of their personalities.)

I pretty much hate them all except Cute. Angsty's way out of proportion - he got redesigned at the last minute and I didn't take the time to redo the sketch like I should have. I'm still not happy with his hair or his clothing. All I know if that he's got to have something with enough of a neckline to show off the necklaces. :) And Snarky lost his expression when I inked it in - will work on that. Brooding isn't as dynamic as the others, and with Cute ... well, I can't do a big-eyed happy character without making them look slightly manic.

They also need to be very clean, very very simple because these are basically going into keychains and will be printed at 45 x 70 mm, which is SMALL. If anyone's got a copy of Salty Dog IV, page 60 is the basic idea I'm going for - flat, desaturated colors with no shading, and dynamic lines (which I have utterly failed to achieve with these).

Angsty

Snarky

Brooding

Cute

ETA: Maybe I really need YOU PEOPLE to write me snippets starring each of them so I can get a better feel for character. Have fun with it, and it doesn't matter if someone else has picked one and done it. (And don't think too hard about it.)

ETA2 Bonus points if you work in something from the kinkfic generator. My favorite one of each will get a free keychain starring that character! XD (hopefully that will get at least some of you interested in it...)

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Angsty (whose name is Liam) was as happy as cute until his sixteenth birthday. He found out then he was the second cousin once removed of the Antichrist-- consider him the Distant Relative of the Beast. That part, honestly, wasn't so bad. The bad part was his power; nearly limitless but almost impossible to control. He killed his twin brother and mother before he gained any control at all, and their deaths weighed heavily on him. To try to atone for his dark blood and darker deeds, he began life as a crimefighter, hiding behind a mask to secure his identity. It brought him relief and a use for his powers, but no peace.

Then one night he chased a woman's attacker into a goth club. The attacker turned out to be more dangerous than he could have dreamed-- another long-lost cousin with powers equal to his own. Things looked bleak until, out of the blue, the bartender knocked his cousin over the head with a beer bottle. A small action, but it gave Liam the distraction he needed, and he defeated his dark cousin.

Later that night, he unmasked himself to the bartender; the first person he revealed his secret to. They made mad, passionate love.

Together, they fight crime.

Bishounen of the Apocalypse

Angsty, the sequel to Brooding! Where I use the word 'dark' too much.