Each Time Our Fantasy Project Underwent A Lore Overhaul, The Story Would Always Stop At ...and Then The

Each time our fantasy project underwent a lore overhaul, the story would always stop at “...and then the hero confronts the Manticore.” But that was 10 years ago. This time, we’re sharing our first look at our story’s first lead monster. ((I’ll have to bug Ismaire to find the original sketch, cos it’s wild to see how The Manticore’s final design turned out.))

Meet Masra Otto, a manticore who honestly was minding his own business while eating people (as you’d expect of a monster). If you were to ask Otto what his biggest regret was, it'd be not cutting off his villain’s monologue and just eating the damn witch who resurrected him. 

Guest OC: Vel Shego © @maunderfiend

Head turn arounds from when Ismaire and I were hellbent on making it happen on Webtoons. These haven’t quite aged well with the current stage of the project, but they were still pretty useful for quick references. 

Bidan, MyungJin - Choi Vance (aka Bomong) - Ismaire

Here are some more recent shots I sketched so I could get a feel for each character. 

Gotta give some visuals of the leading crew since we’re planning on releasing a teaser soon ;)

Introducing our spider lady, Agome: a jorogumo who danced at a shady haven for freaky, fun times. Nowadays, she’s on hiatus from her nightclub lifestyle. She claims she’s not depressed, but she hasn’t left MyungJin’s apartment since the incident 3 years ago.

Best part in having an art husband? They do the art that you have trouble organzing 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼💫

Here’s some examples of MJ’s lounge and casual clothes, to their color pallette of choice!

If there is a story you wanna tell, but you don't think you will ever have the time or resources to organize and tell it ""properly"" as like...a novel or a comic or whatever, it can absolutely just be...a bunch of brain storm-y blog posts and sketches that you share and compile over time on your blog. That is still a story. It is still a format. In theory, it might not be the "best, most effective" format...but in practise, the best, most effective format is the one that is accessible enough to let you get your ideas and narratives out at all♡

And, yanno--it is just nice to be able to give folks some context for your characters n stuff :3c