Back in mid-February I began working on a new story, one that I’ve mentioned a couple times in my comments and that I’ve made a studio for. Despite that though I haven’t talked about it in any projects yet, so that’s exactly what this one is for! Alongside being a mini art dump but I’ll get to that As you can likely tell by the title, the name is In Hellebores Lie Amicide, or IHLA for short, but I also tend to call it Hellebores a lot. Unlike a lot of my characters that I usually yap about on here, it’s a non-warriors story, and a horror + political drama/thriller at that! Since it’s so new it is a VERYYY big wip and I’m still figuring things out, but the basic premise is that for like 5 years now as of 2042 there’s been creatures roaming the earth known as Ashenbacks, who hunt solely during the day and via electromagnetic waves, but especially those emitted from more modern technology. Due to this, a previously tech-reliant world has been forced into abandoning nearly all forms of technology, as well for adopting a nocturnal lifestyle too As for the actual plot and characters though, it follows a group that I like to call the main 4, that being Evangeline / Evan, Vienna, Caspian, and Devyn, ranging from 18-20. The story initially starts off with just Evangeline, Vienna, and Caspian, with Vienna making the pitch to start an independent local newspaper as a means to both research the true nature behind the Ashenbacks’ existence and to get the facts out to the public, facts that’ve been and continue to be shrouded in secrecy because something something government and military interference. Along the way though the trio grows after recruiting Devyn, a cat apart of a nomadic group / the Bluethroats and whose past you probably can’t waterboard out of xem As the story continues on though, the initial newspaper plan gets!!! Very quickly forgotten due to a myriad of circumstances. More characters end up coming into the picture too, such as Vienna’s military-associated brother Ramsey, the guy running the Bluethroats / Bellamy, and even the Secretary of Defense herself / Miralyith who DEFINITELYYYY isn’t at the center of all this and is the reason why Devyn had to run away when they were like 14 because their parents were getting detained by the military Like I said though, the story is a large wip and there’s a ton I’m not mentioning here!! I plan on making projects dedicated to individual characters once I make more art for them though so expect to see some of that hopefully soon ^_^ Hellebores may be a newer story of mine but that doesn’t mean it’s exempt from the lore needing to get pieced together like red string on a bulletin board Withhh all that out of the way though, time for the mini art dump! If you forgot that was happening then don’t worry me too this is why I always talk about art before lore in these projects because otherwise the yap can and will sidetrack me GRJHFKDJSKKS 1. The first ever Hellebores-related piece / doodle I did, that being of Evangeline! I always said that ihla is like if you crossed Vita Carnis with No I’m Not A Human with quill ocs and there is a VERY good reason for that 2. VIENNAAA Oh I love her I cannot wait to draw her more 3. Caspian!! He’s also super fun my guy has so many issues but I love him for it 4. And the last of the main 4 doodles, Devyn!!! I’m still figuring out how I plan to adapt their design to my style but the moment I get their semi-ref done I will be doing SO much art of them u don’t even know 5. Ok ACTUAL last doodle, aka Bellamy! He’s likely gonna be the focus of my next project, since as of writing this I have a bust wip for him alongside a little bit of his temp ref done 6. If this looks a little different than my usual style, you’d be correct! Since Hellebores is so new and stuff is gonna change, I don’t wanna commit to semi-refs that’ll take me hours to complete only to need to redo them in like 2 months time. So instead, I’ve decided to do these chibi-type temporary refs! The first one I’ve done is Everett who, despite being like long dead and never present in the main plotline, is very much haunting the narrative. More specifically Bellamy but I’ll yap about that in the next project 7. The aforementioned brother of Vienna, Ramsey!! I’ve also been working on him a lot and his dynamic with Bellamy has been so fun to develop. Seasoned criminal meets guy who has never shoplifted in his life and I love them for it 8. EVANNNNN I was originally really unhappy with his design but I genuinely could not tell you why like the dots and snake marking rocks imo. I love her my little meow meow who I have projected onto far too much 9. This isn’t really a new piece but it’s really funny to me and is the icon for the Hellebores studio. This is probably the most lore accurate version I’ve done of this meme just replace gay with trans and adderall with like 3 different types of meds and it’s immediately 95% accurate
