Why does scratch kill the quality TT Anyways this is Psychi! She's a circus performer who specializes in magic tricks and stuff. Table of Contents! -The art -The lore -Extra headcanons abt her personality and stuff 1. The hand was an actual nightmare to draw but I like how it turned out :] 2. Ref 3. It's better to look at this in full screen. Anyways this takes me back to my digital art class where we had to design a magazine cover. Also Circensis Aeternus means timeless circus or something in latin 4. Lore. I got lazy with the rendering if you couldn't tell 5. Doodles + Alternate outfits (Left is for sleeping, right is for casual) 6. Trad doodles I did in class because math is boring 7-9. Close ups of the doodles And now for the lore!!! Keep in mind the story is still changing and stuff Psychi and Kalya were best friends. They would hang out all the time, and especially love spending time in a flower field where they would watch and play with the butterflies. Psychi felt like Kalya was the only person who she could talk about her troubles with. She could vent about how her family almost never had enough money, and Kalya would understand her struggles and comfort her. Even if Kalya's parents were so much richer than Psychi's, she still treated her as an equal. But one day, Kalya's parents found out about their friendship. Alone with their family's business suddenly becoming wildly successful, Kalya ended up having to move across the globe, away from her best friend. Before she left, they both promised to write to each other and keep in touch, no matter what. Years later, Psychi was doing better financially. She wasn't really rich, but it was enough to get by. Kalya had written to her, but she had stopped sending letters a while back. It had only been a few months since the last letter, but Psychi was getting worried. She decided to save up for a plane ticket, in order to visit Kalya and see if she still remembered her. Even if Kalya never ended up remembering her, Psychi decided she still needed a break. So Psychi started saving. For years. Using whatever money she had left over from her job as a circus performer, she cut costs wherever she could. It took years, but soon, she was almost at her goal. Sure, at this point, Kayla hadn't sent a letter for 6 years at this point, but still, surely she would at least remember Psychi. One day, after a particularly successful performance, Psychi was visiting the local coffee shop when she saw a news article. She couldn't see the title, but the image looked oddly like Kalya, just older than she had remembered her. Psychi grabbed the paper, heart pounding. The title said everything she needed to know. "Famous Businessman's Daughter Confirmed Dead in a Plane Crash." Psychi ran back as fast as she could to her apartment. After slamming the door shut, she burst into tears. All that work. All that hope. And then she died. Kayla. Her best friend. The one who helped her through so much, the one who kept writing to her even through all of her responsibilities. Taken away by a stupid plane crash. Why her? Why did it have to be the only person Psychi would be willing to spend years spending, saving, working every hour she can just to see her again? Psychi didn't know what to do anymore. What would she do now? (Story is still a WIP) Headcanons: -She's kinda lonely because even though a lot of ppl look up to her, no one actually wants to personally know her other than her colleagues -Her favorite food is lobster (Kalya brought some over for her to eat once and she loved it) -She genuinely loves performing, and is pretty good at it -She works for a circus owned by a well known entertainment company -She's a closeted pansexual ^^ No one around her is homophobic, she's just a bit nervous to come out Extra notes: Her story and character is kinda based on the myth of Psyche and Eros. Basically both Psychi and Psyche are adored by a lotta people, and they are willing to do anything for the people they love. There's a lotta parallels but I don't wanna list all of them rn
