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The waves rose and crashed around her, but in the centre it was calm. The eyes of the storm, and it was her. She grasped the sword tighter, once again hearing the voices whisper to her, many as one, together:

"Do you want this world to cease? Do you wish for its end?"

There were so many things she had wanted to do, to say, to experience. She would never again look upon the faces of those she loved, never hear them speak, touch them, hold them. There were so many things she had wanted to say, explain, but in the end there was only room for one word:

"Yes."

And boom, there you all got spoiled on the ending of "The apokalypsis", congratulations! Although it's been such a long time since I drew anything recognisable from this universe (all here [link] ), so I can't blame anyone for not caring too much!

Anyway, this months entry for . This time around the theme was "swords and sorcery", with some added requirements:
- Research (duh, who wouldn't want to do research?)
- Originality (as in, original character and concept and picture etc)
- Some sort of landscape
- At least one figure

Well, I have one figure and she's all mine. This girl here is actually my oldest character, Apocalypse (Poca) among friends, and I have had her for almost 9 years. She's changed a bit since then, as she grew into her story, but there she is.

In the story (as it is now, heavily in need of a thorough check and some "re-write"), Poca is an orphan, found as a babe in the woods. She's clearly marked as a child of a "demon" (they're not really demons though, they're just like normal people only they don't have a soul, and don't age after they reach maturity) by her bright red eyes and TAIL. Unbeknownst to her, she's born for a single reason, and that is to end the world. I won't go into the reason why, as it is a long and complicated story, but it's rather ironic that her parents name her "Apocalypse", joking among themselves that she would be the end of them all.

Poca is later rescued from angry village-mobs by Vega, who's a wizard with the power of fire (among other thing, as well as some skeletons in her closet). Yes, female users of magic are called Wizards in this universe, while men are Mages. They also utilize magic differently, but as said, another story for another time. Here Poca trains to become a wizard as well, with Vega as her mentor and guide, as well as best friend.

ALL THAT ASIDE! *brushes away heaps and heaps of background story about everything* And back to business!

Apocalypse is a brown wizard, meaning that she can feel and access both white (healing and spirit) and dark (dealing with elements), which makes her an excellent teacher (most brown wizard becomes teachers at the academy), but the element she has affinity for (and greatly so) is water. Strangely enough, although she is a magic user she usually prefers to rely on her sword (this one isn't actually hers, though), as she slightly fears her magic, feeling that if she should unleash her powers completely something bad will happen. Here she finally gives in to it, feeling a great sense of relief and total freedom, finally holding back no more.

Poca doesn't like wearing dresses or skirts, but other than that she usually wears whatever it is Vega tells her to wear. Pants, loose shirts, boots (of varying sizes and lengths but with no heel), vests/corsets, and always, always her gloves (she doesn't like skin on skin contact). She prefer to wear clothes in neutral colours, black/white, brown, etc, but blue is her favourite colour, as it speaks to her. I wanted her to wear something that isn't over the top, but still looking slightly ceremonial. Also, blue and silver is also the colour of the Goddess of the Stars, Hoshiko, (as well as the God of the Moon), who Vega worships and follows.

These colours are also reflected in her sword, which is an ancient weapon forged by the God of the Moon himself, with the intent to either fight for the good of the world, or if all else fails, destroy it. It's been in the care of Vega, waiting for the day when it would be used again.

She actually cuts of her tail earlier in the story, but here it is restored, as she's finally beginning to accept who, and what, she is. At the same time her hair also starts to grow, but I decided to "capture the moment" while it's still slightly short, mainly because I draw too few short-haired girls!

I knew from the start that I wanted a watery background for Poca. I so rarely draw her using her magic, and at the time that she actually does, it'd be weird for me not to include it! The background is supposed to give a sense of "emptiness" and "space", with her as the main focus, the world slowly disappearing around her. I used two tutorials for the background, for water and for clouds:

[link]
[link]

But they're used more as point of reference how how things can be done than a tutorial. I usually prefer to just experiment with things rather than doing it point-by-point, so the result looks a bit different. Also, I went for a less realistic approach to the background than in the tutorial, because I felt a slightly more stylized look would suit the picture better. (I mean, she's hardly realistic, is she? ) I did ponder drawing some waves in front of her but, but it just didn't seem to sit right with my composition.

I also browsed through different sites both for her clothing design, as well as the design of the sword (I have sadly lost the design-idea I had for it...) these two of special interest:
[link]
[link]
So much interesting stuff there, I am definitely going to come back to both those sites!

I also learned that you can tweak the brush-settings in photoshop in new ways, so the colouring was really fun to try! The brushes acted totally different than before, so I had quite a challenge trying to make it come out right. I'm pretty happy with the result!

The pose is obviously stock photo (as if I could come up with such a difficult position on my own! ) from here: [link] And I chose it for two reasons; one; I loved the sense of abandonment and carelessness I got from the pose (perfect for my picture), two; the pose was DIFFICULT! I do wish the photo had been with less clothes though, not because I'm a pervert but because the clothing blurred the lines of the body a lot.

The texture I used on her "corset" is from [link] , I felt it added a nice touch to the big blue, without being too overwhelming.

Sadly, I can not link the the things were I did most research, my own notes. But it was great going back and looking over all the weird things I had come up with!

In a proper DND-campaign Poca would probably be a cross-classed Sorceress/Fighter, and probably Lawful Neutral (perhaps Lawful Good).

Urgh, I think that's all?

Apocalypse/her universe (c) me.
Stock photo from
Texture from

Description
FULL VIEW FOR GOODNESS SAKE!

The waves rose and crashed around her, but in the centre it was calm. The eyes of the storm, and it was her. She grasped the sword tighter, once again hearing the voices whisper to her, many as one, together:

"Do you want this world to cease? Do you wish for its end?"

There were so many things she had wanted to do, to say, to experience. She would never again look upon the faces of those she loved, never hear them speak, touch them, hold them. There were so many things she had wanted to say, explain, but in the end there was only room for one word:

"Yes."

And boom, there you all got spoiled on the ending of "The apokalypsis", congratulations! Although it's been such a long time since I drew anything recognisable from this universe (all here [link] ), so I can't blame anyone for not caring too much!

Anyway, this months entry for . This time around the theme was "swords and sorcery", with some added requirements:
- Research (duh, who wouldn't want to do research?)
- Originality (as in, original character and concept and picture etc)
- Some sort of landscape
- At least one figure

Well, I have one figure and she's all mine. This girl here is actually my oldest character, Apocalypse (Poca) among friends, and I have had her for almost 9 years. She's changed a bit since then, as she grew into her story, but there she is.

In the story (as it is now, heavily in need of a thorough check and some "re-write"), Poca is an orphan, found as a babe in the woods. She's clearly marked as a child of a "demon" (they're not really demons though, they're just like normal people only they don't have a soul, and don't age after they reach maturity) by her bright red eyes and TAIL. Unbeknownst to her, she's born for a single reason, and that is to end the world. I won't go into the reason why, as it is a long and complicated story, but it's rather ironic that her parents name her "Apocalypse", joking among themselves that she would be the end of them all.

Poca is later rescued from angry village-mobs by Vega, who's a wizard with the power of fire (among other thing, as well as some skeletons in her closet). Yes, female users of magic are called Wizards in this universe, while men are Mages. They also utilize magic differently, but as said, another story for another time. Here Poca trains to become a wizard as well, with Vega as her mentor and guide, as well as best friend.

ALL THAT ASIDE! *brushes away heaps and heaps of background story about everything* And back to business!

Apocalypse is a brown wizard, meaning that she can feel and access both white (healing and spirit) and dark (dealing with elements), which makes her an excellent teacher (most brown wizard becomes teachers at the academy), but the element she has affinity for (and greatly so) is water. Strangely enough, although she is a magic user she usually prefers to rely on her sword (this one isn't actually hers, though), as she slightly fears her magic, feeling that if she should unleash her powers completely something bad will happen. Here she finally gives in to it, feeling a great sense of relief and total freedom, finally holding back no more.

Poca doesn't like wearing dresses or skirts, but other than that she usually wears whatever it is Vega tells her to wear. Pants, loose shirts, boots (of varying sizes and lengths but with no heel), vests/corsets, and always, always her gloves (she doesn't like skin on skin contact). She prefer to wear clothes in neutral colours, black/white, brown, etc, but blue is her favourite colour, as it speaks to her. I wanted her to wear something that isn't over the top, but still looking slightly ceremonial. Also, blue and silver is also the colour of the Goddess of the Stars, Hoshiko, (as well as the God of the Moon), who Vega worships and follows.

These colours are also reflected in her sword, which is an ancient weapon forged by the God of the Moon himself, with the intent to either fight for the good of the world, or if all else fails, destroy it. It's been in the care of Vega, waiting for the day when it would be used again.

She actually cuts of her tail earlier in the story, but here it is restored, as she's finally beginning to accept who, and what, she is. At the same time her hair also starts to grow, but I decided to "capture the moment" while it's still slightly short, mainly because I draw too few short-haired girls!

I knew from the start that I wanted a watery background for Poca. I so rarely draw her using her magic, and at the time that she actually does, it'd be weird for me not to include it! The background is supposed to give a sense of "emptiness" and "space", with her as the main focus, the world slowly disappearing around her. I used two tutorials for the background, for water and for clouds:

[link]
[link]

But they're used more as point of reference how how things can be done than a tutorial. I usually prefer to just experiment with things rather than doing it point-by-point, so the result looks a bit different. Also, I went for a less realistic approach to the background than in the tutorial, because I felt a slightly more stylized look would suit the picture better. (I mean, she's hardly realistic, is she? ) I did ponder drawing some waves in front of her but, but it just didn't seem to sit right with my composition.

I also browsed through different sites both for her clothing design, as well as the design of the sword (I have sadly lost the design-idea I had for it...) these two of special interest:
[link]
[link]
So much interesting stuff there, I am definitely going to come back to both those sites!

I also learned that you can tweak the brush-settings in photoshop in new ways, so the colouring was really fun to try! The brushes acted totally different than before, so I had quite a challenge trying to make it come out right. I'm pretty happy with the result!

The pose is obviously stock photo (as if I could come up with such a difficult position on my own! ) from here: [link] And I chose it for two reasons; one; I loved the sense of abandonment and carelessness I got from the pose (perfect for my picture), two; the pose was DIFFICULT! I do wish the photo had been with less clothes though, not because I'm a pervert but because the clothing blurred the lines of the body a lot.

The texture I used on her "corset" is from [link] , I felt it added a nice touch to the big blue, without being too overwhelming.

Sadly, I can not link the the things were I did most research, my own notes. But it was great going back and looking over all the weird things I had come up with!

In a proper DND-campaign Poca would probably be a cross-classed Sorceress/Fighter, and probably Lawful Neutral (perhaps Lawful Good).

Urgh, I think that's all?

Apocalypse/her universe (c) me.
Stock photo from
Texture from