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Avapithecus — Grace MacKenneth

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Published: 2019-05-14 15:59:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 1918; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 0
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Description Okay so like, it's always been a point of self consciousness for me that I don't really have anything in my roster that's fully original.  Most of my life, I've just done fanart stuff because I've never been able to think of and build upon an idea that I myself created.  And like it's always made me feel bad that while everyone else I know has their own little OC universes filled with unique stories and characters created fully by themselves, I'm just here as "that chick who draws a lot of AC art."  It kinda goes along that same self conscious line as my inability to do digital art.

But!  I started clawing my way out of that trap!  And it's made me really really excited because for the first time, I've come up with one of those personal universes.  Two actually, but I'll get to that later.  This is my main one, the first idea I've had for a unique story with unique characters who are mine and mine alone, and that's a huge boost to my self esteem that my therapist says I really need And like I feel like I'm finally comfortable with getting some art for it out into the public.  So here's the start of what I hope will be a project that I can work on for a while: a little universe that I've titled "Folk Hero".

Folk Hero follows the tale of Grace MacKenneth, the girl here in the drawing.  She was born between two peoples, and grew up in a town that didn't respect her as her.  She has to care for her crippled uncle and keep the family afloat, even though her uncle and her best friend Miriam say that she needs to slow herself down and quit letting herself get needlessly beat up.  But she's stubborn like her mother, and the message never fully gets through her head despite how many tears she sheds over it.  That is until one day, as her people are on the brink of war, she finds herself caught up in the toils of the Spirits of Turtle Island.  Her entire heritage and way of life is at risk of being obliterated by an evil being whose sole purpose is to wipe them out no matter the cost.  So now Grace has to navigate the realm of myth and magic, and the turmoil of real human war, as she slowly begins to uncover who she's meant to be, both to herself, her family, and the world.

She's my first truely original character and I'm really proud of it And the world I'm building around her.  I wanna keep this project going with more art and tales and maybe even a comic series.  Idk, I just know that I'm excited about this, and I really hope you guys like what I have to offer.  I'm probably making a bigger deal out of this than I should, but hey, my therapist says that's okay XD
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Comments: 23

FlashOfAurora [2019-08-23 17:11:09 +0000 UTC]

YAAAASSS I LOVE THIS GIRL! I love her story, I love her design, I just-

sksksksksksksksks

I missed your artwork so I'm really glad to be back on DA!!! I'm really late but I DON'T CaRE

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Avapithecus In reply to FlashOfAurora [2019-08-23 18:02:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ;u; I'm still really proud of her.  It feels really good to finally have an original concept I feel I can roll with.
I've been away from DA too long too XD I've got like 5 sketches on my desk just waiting for me to climb over the art block wall

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FlashOfAurora In reply to Avapithecus [2019-08-23 20:00:12 +0000 UTC]

do you have like a character ref sheet or something for grace?

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Avapithecus In reply to FlashOfAurora [2019-08-23 21:05:23 +0000 UTC]

No yet.  I need to make one though
I'm also kind of running into the problem of wanting to just draw everything or wanting to just save it for after I write the story out XD I don't wanna just drop all spoilers but at the same time I really wanna put my concepts onto paper

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FlashOfAurora In reply to Avapithecus [2019-08-23 21:21:02 +0000 UTC]

KJASDHJSADHJLKSD I know exactly how you feel omg, that's literally me right now XD

It really is quite a dilemma isn't it? lol

I guess you could hint at some story concepts, but not be obvious about them? that's what I've been doing ;]

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Avapithecus In reply to FlashOfAurora [2019-08-24 01:49:08 +0000 UTC]

XD It's a dilemma indeed.
That's probably what I'm gonna do, tbh.  I haven't even decided what format I want to make the story in yet, so I might as well do some doodles for the basic concepts lol
I've also got another project that's a scifi thing so that's also something I wanna give attention to

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Kimberly-SC [2019-07-07 21:41:38 +0000 UTC]

This picture is so peaceful!!! I like this fairytale-like atmosphere! The magical lighting for the butterflies, the staff and around the turtoise (<- I hope I wrote it right ._. ) is just epic!! It is so pretty!

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Avapithecus In reply to Kimberly-SC [2019-07-12 14:36:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!! That means a lot coming from you!  I'm not used to fantasy and magic stuff so this is a new area of exploration for me

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Kimberly-SC In reply to Avapithecus [2019-07-30 15:34:18 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome Even though you usually don't do fantasy stuff, it turned out great

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Avapithecus In reply to Kimberly-SC [2019-10-02 16:38:02 +0000 UTC]

That means a lot, thank you! ^^

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Kimberly-SC In reply to Avapithecus [2019-10-06 20:06:24 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome

AND WELCOME BACK!

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Avapithecus In reply to Kimberly-SC [2019-10-08 21:02:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Kimberly-SC In reply to Avapithecus [2019-10-10 20:53:48 +0000 UTC]

YAAAAAY!!!

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Avapithecus In reply to Kimberly-SC [2019-10-15 23:47:54 +0000 UTC]

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phantomofsam [2019-05-18 14:25:43 +0000 UTC]

Bruh if you ever want help writing or editting or anything, you know I'm here! Love your art, as always, and the whole concept looks really fuckin' cool. YAY FOR OCS!

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Avapithecus In reply to phantomofsam [2019-05-18 15:32:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much Sam That means a lot to me!
And yes yayyy!

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Deadward-Kenway [2019-05-16 04:20:13 +0000 UTC]

white people

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Avapithecus In reply to Deadward-Kenway [2019-05-16 16:03:40 +0000 UTC]

 

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Deadward-Kenway [2019-05-16 04:20:09 +0000 UTC]

white people

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AgentKelley [2019-05-15 02:17:47 +0000 UTC]

Good on you Mods.

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Avapithecus In reply to AgentKelley [2019-05-15 03:46:14 +0000 UTC]

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SweetElectricity [2019-05-14 23:48:19 +0000 UTC]

OOOOO MODERN THIS IS GREAT !!!

It's so cool being able to see some new ocs from a universe!

I really like the colors, your outfit design (as always) is beautiful !!!

I'd love to see more of her ! ! !

ALSO I WANT TO GO TO TURTLE ISLAND

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Avapithecus In reply to SweetElectricity [2019-05-15 00:06:47 +0000 UTC]

Hgbshsvqhdbwifbwjdbe thank youuuuu ;u; I'm really proud of her and the world I made around her.  I've finally got something to call my own.
And you're in luck because Turtle Island is what a lot of Algonquin and Iroquoian people call North America so you're already there XD

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