--------------------------------------------------------------------------- here we go again lads, another day another dtae so fun fact i actually found this dta today!! i think it was at like, 3-4pm too? so not even that early. i mean, not that early in the day and also not that early in the dta- today is actually the due date! but i adore this design so despite the lack of time, i decided to make a last-minute entry. thank goodness it's all worked out and i can post this while it's still open :D unfortunately due to the deadline i could only make one drawing when i usually make two or three, so i tried to capture the true essence of the character here. that sun pattern will make sense soon :0 i have to thank my shuffled music playlist for helping me out here because while drawing, walla walla by glass animals started playing which gave me a baseline vibe for her personality! i can't find a walla walla anywhere on scratch to put in, so i put pools instead- but i highly recommend listening to walla walla to get a feel for the general vibe. ack, enough of my rambles!! bio and story time, woohoo! (and remember to hold click to zoom in and get a closer look :0) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Isla She/her Liger (lion/tiger hybrid) Goddess of greed Isla is one of the lesser-known gods of this pantheon, which is fortunate- goodness forbid she become known far and wide, and become even more rich in jewelry as a result. Adorned in shining gold, she moves with the musical jingle of metals and a tempting aura of confidence and power. She radiates energy like the summer sun, drowsing others with the heat and making minds waver like a mirage. Although, it usually doesn't take much of this persuasion ability to make one give in to her challenge. Often it takes none. The promise of infinite wealth lures greedy mortals like helpless fish on a gourmet hook. When she is summoned, it doesn't take long for these prospectors to give in to her ruse and accept the pact: Get transported to an archipelago in the sea of the realm of gods, unexplored and unconquered. Starting at moonrise, reach the final island before sunset, and you will be granted all the wealth one could ever dream of. But if the sunset is faster, the orange rays will freeze you midstep and slowly turn you to solid gold. Isla will pluck you from that realm with her mighty paw and wear you for the rest of eternity, using your glittering soul to attract new victims. If you make it far you might be given the honor of becoming a rather beautiful piece like a piercing or bracelet, but most don't make that much progress. It's said that every pearl on her gold seashell necklace is a thousand of these lowly spirits. What is so challenging about this quest? Nobody knows, as nobody has survived to tell the tale. Maybe Isla herself snags the edge of the sun with a claw and drags it towards the horizon when the adventurers get close to the end- it could all be a trick! Until the most skilled explorer can make their way to the final shores, we'll never know. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHEW done with about five minutes to spare of my own deadline- bedtime. I did it!! I completed my own real version of Isla's trial, haha! Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed, I really like how both the drawing and the backstory came out. I have some extra notes before i hit the hay, though! - I imagine Isla's other eye might be golden in color, to sort of balance with the piercing she has in the opposite ear. - When summoned, it's hard to get a good clear look at her because heat surrounds her, making a mirage- but it's easy to see her face and her jewelry. - I imagine her voice to be similar to Rio Romeo's! - What's the deal with the islands on her? Well maybe if a smart adventurer somehow looked through the mirage, they might get a helpful map of the archipelago... Who knows? ;D whoops, i don't seem to have time to make a thumbnail for this one. welp, goodnight! <3 edit: i was browsing other entries cause they all look really cool and i just noticed someone else also named an entry isla?? o_o i promise i didn't snatch it from there, the name idea for isla came because it sounded really elegant and kinda like "island"- oof --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Design/dta by Art/story by me Music by Glass Animals ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
