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Published: 2010-08-16 17:41:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 4724; Favourites: 122; Downloads: 39
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Description This is a new character, called Echo. She actually began as a random personal project - take one unique or interesting aspect of yourself, like a physical characteristic, and morph it into something fantasy or sci-fi...and then just create a character around it. ^_^ The physical trait I picked was actually my heart - I've got twelve metal coils in it, believe it or not. So I played around with ideas until I came up with Echo.

Her story is still in development, and subject to change, but basically she was originally a sorcerer's experiment in trapping and binding spirits in a living person. In an effort to keep his experiment secret, he actually used his apprentice instead of seeking a volunteer from one of the nearby villages. Instead of a heart, Echo has a mechanism of metal and crystal, which acts as an anchor point for the spirits. But since she lacks a heart, those spirits are also the only things keeping her alive. It is also because of them that she does not age normally, and her identity has changed. There are a total of twelve spirits...so she contains thirteen souls, including her own. ^_^ She lives alone in the tower, now - when war came to her homeland, her creator was killed, and much of the tower was ransacked. Those who live nearby now maintain that the tower and its grounds are haunted, because of Echo.

I left the spirit things somewhat sketchy, since I haven't really developed their looks as much. I'll probably go back and do their individual designs later. For now, they're still just vague ideas...but I did want to get Echo's picture done. ^_^ So here it is.
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Comments: 18

ThroneSeeker [2012-10-06 07:02:52 +0000 UTC]

wow, this piece is really great. I think the sketchiness you have going for the spirits work really well for this piece.

Glad your surgery went well, having a couple surgeries my self i know that there knot always fun thing to go threw, but what I've talk to other people they always have great anesthesia experiences.

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VendettaHex33 [2010-08-17 03:19:03 +0000 UTC]

This is beautiful. Is this for a story you're writing, or planning to write? Very gorgeous picture.

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Enothar In reply to VendettaHex33 [2010-08-17 04:20:47 +0000 UTC]

I have so many stories going on in my head, I have no idea which one I'd want to write first. Most take place in the same world, just at different times and in different places. As for Echo, I think it might be fun to create a story for her, or include her in one. I'd just need to figure out how and where to begin. ^_^

And thank you very much!

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VendettaHex33 In reply to Enothar [2010-08-17 18:27:19 +0000 UTC]

Same with me. That's one of the problems with good characters you come up with. Well, it's a constant problem with me. I come up with the perfect bad guy (wellz, perfect in MY head) and then I wonder, should he/she be in the story as the antagonist? Or should the story revolve around solely him/her? It's an annoying problem, so I'm glad (and relived!) when I feel I know how to stick the villain in perfectly.

You are very welcome.

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JamLover [2010-08-16 19:40:24 +0000 UTC]

You have COILS in your heart? OMG YOU ARE TOTALLY A ROBOT, AREN'T YOU!??
AHHHH!!!!!

Cool picture, though! I love love love the dragon spirit guys! The colors and the skitchiness are gorgeous!!

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Enothar In reply to JamLover [2010-08-16 19:48:44 +0000 UTC]

XD Yup. The coils are made of zinc and platinum, if I remember correctly...I could be wrong. But I do know there are twelve of 'em in there. Heh. They're kinda small; they're not huge or anything.

And thanks! ^_^

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JamLover In reply to Enothar [2010-08-16 20:59:09 +0000 UTC]

THAT'S SO COOL! Do you set metal detectors off at the airport? That would be so funny!
Metal Detector: BEEP BEEP
Security: Wait, wait, step back through there. It looks like you have something made of metal somewhere.
You: YES. MY HEART. MUAHAHA!!
I'm weird.

And no problem!

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Enothar In reply to JamLover [2010-08-16 21:20:14 +0000 UTC]

I don't know, since I haven't really gone through any airports or metal detectors since they were put in. It'd probably be kinda funny but also kinda awkward if it did. And weird is fine. ^_^ Weird can be fun, yes?

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JamLover In reply to Enothar [2010-08-16 22:37:29 +0000 UTC]

Yes weird can be very fun! haha
And if you don't mind me asking, why were the coils put into your heart? You don't have to say if it's something you would rather not talk about.

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Enothar In reply to JamLover [2010-08-16 22:57:42 +0000 UTC]

It's fine. ^_^ It kinda started out as an unexpected fainting episode (at school, of all places) and a doctor discovering I had a heart murmur. Apparently I had an extra vein that was diverting blood flow, and its placement and how it was shaped was a bit of a cause for concern. It was moving blood away from the heart when it should've been going to it, and if I ever took a blow to the chest, it could've ruptured, which would've been...bad. So they put metal coils in it to seal it off, because they couldn't exactly cut it out. Originally they didn't think they would need very many, and that it would be a relatively quick procedure. Heh...They finally finished it seven hours and twelve coils later. I had it done over Winter Break so I wouldn't miss school. It felt really weird for a while, but now I don't even notice. ^_^

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JamLover In reply to Enothar [2010-08-17 04:32:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow! That's kinda cool! Did your heartbeat just feel, like, different?

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Enothar In reply to JamLover [2010-08-17 05:39:58 +0000 UTC]

Not so much the heartbeat as it just felt a little 'tighter' in my chest for a few days afterwards. Then it went away.

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JamLover In reply to Enothar [2010-08-17 21:11:13 +0000 UTC]

That's really cool!

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Phantom-Jaselin [2010-08-16 18:43:00 +0000 UTC]

Very cool drawing, and the concept of the character is very interesting.

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Enothar In reply to Phantom-Jaselin [2010-08-16 18:52:22 +0000 UTC]

Why thank you! ^_^

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gaper4 [2010-08-16 17:43:11 +0000 UTC]

This looks so amazing!!!

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Enothar In reply to gaper4 [2010-08-16 17:47:18 +0000 UTC]

^_^ Thanks!

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gaper4 In reply to Enothar [2010-08-16 17:52:30 +0000 UTC]

Welcome ^^

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