TW- slight flashing, I recommend not pressing the green flag unless you’re alright with this. Once you have pressed the green flag, click it to turn the flashing off if you want. ~~ I’ve been in need of a persona for a while- a main character, something to represent everything I do that isn’t for roleplays. Sunstone’s been in my head for a while- personality, pronouns, preferences, backstory, beliefs and whatnot. The only things I was missing… a design, and a name. Now, I doodled quite a few different prototypes.. one similar to my original character, Goldenwisp, one a simple white cat with a buncha accessories, and a little alien goober. None of them really worked, so I drew one last time. Dark blue, sandy red, white-ish highlights, a bit of gold and yellow in there too. I drew the base of a cat; no chance I’d ever have a human persona, or even something different. It’d always be a cat for me, always. I sketched it quickly, filling in a basic tuxedo-looking cat. I didn’t want it to be too like Magpie, so I used the red- a sun pattern here and there. bit of lighter blue to outline the ears and soles of three paws- I wanted one to be slightly different. The I added little details, shading, more outlines, an expression, eyes, a dot underneath the ear… and, I ended up with this. I didn’t exactly know *what* I just did, I kinda zoned out through the creative process… but hey, here it was, looking *alright* - and I was actually pretty happy with it! Now, all I needed was a name.. I kind of forgot about it for a few days, set my pfp to this art, and went about my way. At a friend’s house ( you know who you are Ember :3 ) I and my friend were given a selection of cards with gemstones on them. I picked up a sunstone- my birth month too, and it gave me a description of some characteristics. The *exact* characteristics for the character I had in my head. And then it came to me. That was it. Sunstone! Sunstone. That was it. Sunstone. ~~ After I’d found that all out, I wrote this up and sketched another piece- much better, to me at least. Down below I added a little biography of Sunstone. [Basics:] Name- Sunstone Nicknames- Aven, Sunny, Mal Gender- AFAB, demigirl Pronouns- he/she/xe/solar Personality- fiery, determined, hesitant, inquisitive, intelligent, headstrong, quiet, anxious, quiet, protective, uplifting. Preferences- Awake > Asleep Sun > Moon Fall > Spring Gremlincore > Fairycore Outside > Inside Stargazing > Sunbathing Backstory- Aven was born in a crowded city as the only kit in xir litter. He didn’t exactly like it in the city- there wasn’t much to lose if she did leave, but solar didn’t want to risk it. Sunny didn’t know her parents, and he assumed they didn’t know xem either, and to be honest? He didn’t really care. Solar looked out for himself, and only himself. One day, she explored just out of the city walls at night, perching on a fence post and looking up. That led xem to stargaze- each night going out on that same post and just staring into space. On a particularly bright full moon, her attention was caught by it instead of the stars. Or the absence of the stars. When xir gaze settled on the sky, it was simply pitch black abyss, yawning out at solar. Sunstone decided then that xe would be the one to figure out what was happening, and stop it. But he still wasn’t ready to leave the city, so instead solar thought she could try and fix it from inside, still.
Three pictures, all drawn by me- 1. Dramatic shading 2. Slightly less dramatic shading (my favourite :3) 3. Hardly shaded with an extra marking I’m considering adding to Sunstone’s design.
