Anomaly Code Chapter 4

Anomaly Code Chapter 4

Chapter Four: Eva

Shefirst met Asa, codename Draugar two weeks after she’d joined the Foundation. He was an anomaly with the ability to phase through things. He was to be her partner while working for the Foundation. Draugar never spoke much. She knew nothing about him, his hobbies, favourite food. But despite this, he had become important to her. He had become her friend.

A hiss cut through the murmur of the cafe as the machine got to work and an aroma of fresh coffee began to waft into the air, how she loved the smell of it.

           “It’s almost as good as a hit of sugar when I really need it,” thought Eva to herself as she breathed in deeply, letting her hands go on auto pilot to make the strawberry and white chocolate mocha that had been ordered. Carefully, she wove through the paint stained tables that dotted La Vie Boheme, heading for the person sitting in the most distant corner.

           “A strawberry and white chocolate mocha and a neenish tart, enjoy,” she said, placing the coffee and food on the table, “Will there be anything else?”

The customer, a boy about her age with large grey eyes hidden behind round glasses, looked up at her nervously and opened his mouth as if to speak but no sound came out.

           “Poor guy, I’d hate to be that nervous” she thought, giving him her warmest smile.

           The boy gave a nervous smile back and tried again, “N-no th-th-thank you.”

           “You just give me a call if you need anything else,” said Eva brightly, noticing the mortified look on the boy’s face, as if he would die if he actually had to raise his voice, before she walked away, brushing crumbs off her apron.

           Grabbing a cloth she began to clean the bench, looking at the customers. If she concentrated, she could see swatches of colour surrounding them, drifting about lazily. She had been able to do this for years. She knew that the colours represented their mood. The couple over by the window for example were extremely happy about something and the young woman heading to the bathroom was feeling very lonely.

           Sometimes she could even move the colours. Rearranging them into new patterns or blending them together. This way she could make people happier or give them a confidence boost. She didn’t do this very often though because it made her tired. Still, she thought it was worth it if she was helping people.

           With a start she noticed a girl waiting by the register and hurried over.

           “Sorry to keep you waiting,” she said, giving the girl a bright smile, “How can I help?”

           Moments later her shift had finished and she was waiting in the park for her friend, Danielle. The two had made plans to go out for lunch.

           “Hey gorgeous!” shouted out a woman’s voice with a heavy British accent.

           Eva turned to see Danielle walking quickly towards her. Danielle was a plump mother of three who had very pleasant characteristics and silky ash blonde hair. She lived across the hall from Eva and was constantly checking in on her.

           “How was work, love?” said Danielle, wrapping Eva in a hug.

           “Pretty good,” replied Eva, “There was this one guy who came in, he was so nervous that he could barely speak.”

           Eva paused for a moment as she thought back to the boy’s grey eyes and the way he had stuttered.

           “It was adorable but I felt so sorry for him,” she said.

           “Ah, well some things can’t be helped,” said Danielle in a matter-of-fact voice, “Now let’s go get some food, I’m starving.”

           “If only you knew,” thought Eva to herself.

           “Speaking of food,” said Danielle, “Would you like to join the family for dinner tonight? I’m making that cottage pie you like.”

           “Are you sure?” asked Eva, “I don’t want to be a burden.”

           Danielle stopped and turned to face Eva, a look of mock hurt on her face.

           “As if you could be a burden, love,” she said, “You’re like the teenage daughter I’m yet to have, although I’m sure Lara will get there soon and Gwen won’t be too far behind. Besides, Jimmy has a picture he wants to show you. Wants a ‘fellow artists’ opinion he said.”

           With that the two headed out of the park laughing together.

I decided to redraw some of my old characters recently and this is the result. The older ones were drawn around 2008-2009. I think I’ve made a bit of progress since then :P I apologize for the bad quality. I need to look into getting a decent scanner.

Requested by a friend. She wanted a picture of herself wearing Vi's gauntlets from League of Legends.

Sorry for the bad quality. I don't usually draw anthro but my friend asked me to draw their fursona Azalor. i did a digital version too but I think they look better on paper.

Day One: Generic

I decided to try the thirty day magical girl challenge again so here's my picture for day one with the theme Generic. I wanted to try using a border-less style this time, its been something I've wanted to try out ever since I was watched an interview about the art in Samurai Jack and now I've finally got around to it. I think I did alright but I definitely need more practice.

I felt like experimenting a little bit so I drew two of my characters, Paloma and the Monarch in a new style. I like how Paloma turned out but I’m not entirely sure about the Monarch, they need some work. Still, it was fun to experiment.