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OKAY! Here it is, finally: a big group picture of all the main characters of my story! I've never drawn them all in one place before, because, well, there are a lot of them. This took me sooo looong and it isn't even that fancy. I have no idea why I thought I needed 10 characters but I'm stuck with them now!!!

Anyway, I'll be posting this story somewhere online, as soon as I get enough written and edited to not be horrible. I'll let you all know when that happens.

I'm very excited to formally introduce my characters to all of you! I don't have a real name for the story or the group yet, but they all go to Castlehill High School (at the beginning of the story, they're age 14-16) so that's what I'm calling them for now.

from left to right:

KP Thatcher: A scrawny little punk with an inexhaustible, though sardonic, sense of humor - he can't take anything seriously. He kind of has to be serious, though, when he starts having visions of what may or may not be the future. He's a halfhearted art student who mostly just draws snarky little cartoons, argues with the teachers about drawing still lifes, and entertains the rest of the class in general. Oh, and it's short for Kirkpatrick.

Penny Hopewell: Born in Buenos Aires, Penny was essentially raised at a succession of American-run boarding schools in Argentina. After her mother died, she was brought back to the U.S. to live with her American father and started attending Castlehill High. She's irrepressible, in a word; she's spunky, exuberant, and energetic - often, quite frankly, to the point of obnoxiousness. But she doesn't care what you think, so there!

Derek Clark: The tall, strapping star of the basketball team. He's pretty much too cool for school. He doesn't get interesting until rather later in the story, but I will say he has at least one deep, dark secret.

Jessica Calvin: Castlehill's own snooty superior supermodel queen bee. She's filthy rich and enjoys letting people know it. Together, she and Derek are the school's It Couple (most of the time), and they waltz around being doubly snooty. She gets more interesting later too.

Toby McAuliffe: Toby lived most of his life out in the mountains, living in a small cabin with his parents and producing stacks and stacks of beautiful nature paintings. Then tragedy struck, and he was forced to move in with his aunt and uncle and bratty cousins, in their big house in the middle of the city. He's quiet, thoughtful, and understandably a bit angsty at times.

Jake Sherman: Another angster! I drew him looking normal here, but Jake has even more of an excuse for self-pity, because he keeps turning into this weird monster thing and he doesn't know why. He's always been extremely shy and awkward, and panics at the smallest obstacles, so yeah, he's basically a wreck.

Emily Holloway: A self-appointed emo kid (or indie, or scene, or whatever the cool kids are calling themselves this week), she despises the "popular kids" on a matter of principle and takes great pains to show how NOT like them she is... yeah, she's kind of a poser. She's naive and something of a goody-goody but really wants to be taken seriously. She's the first to find out about Jake and makes it her job to take care of him.

Rachelle Montgomery: Insecure, a little bit awkward, she wants desperately to be a popular girl like Jessica but really has no idea what that actually means, or where to start. She's nice enough, but comes off as somewhat overfriendly and eager. She is, however, the only member of the group who has any sort of inkling about what's going on.

Kavi Prasad: Kavi and his twin sister Ananda moved to Castlehill from England a year or two ago. Kavi is smart, a little nerdy, and is incredibly fascinated with anything to do with plants. He also does a ridiculous amount of reading, and although he's friendly, he tends to get a little boring sometimes when he talks on and on about whatever scientific theory he's currently studying.

Ananda Prasad: Ananda is definitely the more social, personable twin. She likes talking to whoever's closest to her at any given moment, and is genuinely interested in what people have to say about themselves, so people gravitate toward her. However, she's also very comfortable in her daily routine and rather skittish towards anything out of the ordinary.

And that's it! There are lots of other characters - some who have bigger parts than some of these - but these 10 are the core of the story. Maybe I will do a secondary-character pic sometime soon. If you'd like to know more about any of these, just ask, I love talking about them!!! You can also find more pictures of most of them in my gallery.

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Comments: 111

Kecky In reply to ??? [2012-11-29 18:02:13 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, man, I'm not sure!! I used to insist that they wouldn't, but then my friend and I started joking about it and I started thinking about how cute it could be... at this point though, really, everything is so up in the air while I figure out the plot, anything could happen.

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KahlanAmnell123 In reply to Kecky [2012-11-29 21:24:37 +0000 UTC]

Hehehe maybe it can be that she or he has a crush on one another without realising in the first...season (if you can call it that)

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montazhorka [2011-12-28 16:17:46 +0000 UTC]

awesome)

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TimeToBeMe [2011-08-11 14:51:07 +0000 UTC]

i cant wait 2 read this!!!

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windtalker-7 [2008-07-08 02:18:37 +0000 UTC]

i love all of them..especially KP. xD ^^
i hope ur story goes well!

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BabyMomo [2008-06-17 06:51:05 +0000 UTC]

I adore well thought out original characters! I can't wait to see the story!

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Acaciathorn [2008-04-09 06:32:36 +0000 UTC]

Great descriptions!

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tigerchild [2008-03-19 23:14:11 +0000 UTC]

Am I allowed to be in love with Kavi already?

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lilywish [2008-02-26 01:44:18 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this sounds like an extremely interesting cast of characters! I can't wait!~

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Kecky In reply to lilywish [2008-02-29 04:11:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I hope I can get some work done on the story sometime soon; it's just so hard to remember when I'm so distracted by arty stuff. I MIGHT start posting bits of it on DA as well... I haven't decided yet.

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lilywish In reply to Kecky [2008-02-29 12:29:08 +0000 UTC]

Well I certainly hope you choose to post some! Yeah, I know all too well about being distracted...haha I'm not good at 'focusing' on anything

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Kranjska [2008-02-15 09:02:18 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE this one, everytime I run out of insperation, I look it up again!
How come we don't see anything from the story, eh?
You should totally upload some stuff, I would love to see some, please?

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Kecky In reply to Kranjska [2008-02-29 04:06:38 +0000 UTC]

guhhh!!! I really want to get some work done on the story. But it's such a BIG story and I can't really figure out just how I should be telling it and I get overwhelmed.

I would really LIKE to post stuff here on DA, cause I think sharing it with others and getting feedback would really help me, but I'm scared to post it online because then supposedly you can't get it published since the internet counts as first publishing rights or something. But I really want to... and at the rate I'm going it's never going to be published anyway... auauuaghhh!!! I can't decide.

I think I'll just go rewrite the first chapter now... I've done that about 12 times and it's easier than actually getting into the story.

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Kranjska In reply to Kecky [2008-02-29 12:48:16 +0000 UTC]

yeah... well, i hope you won't go mad 'cause of all the work...
i hope you will get your stuff published in one way or another

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hiphopfarendo [2007-12-12 04:29:54 +0000 UTC]

"Jake has even more of an excuse for self-pity, because he keeps turning into this weird monster thing and he doesn't know why." I laughed. xD

Very neat, I love large groups of characters :3 and they're all so nice and original and diverse in personality.

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TheMotherQuill [2007-09-27 17:54:59 +0000 UTC]

is there anyway to read your story? after seeing this i'm terribly interested!

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Kecky In reply to TheMotherQuill [2007-09-29 03:11:52 +0000 UTC]

I have the first chapter or so posted on my livejournal - [link]

The actual writing is marked friends-only, but if you add me on LJ, I'll add you back so you can read it. I just didn't want to post anything that would be totally public.

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TheMotherQuill In reply to Kecky [2007-09-29 21:42:28 +0000 UTC]

okie dokie. i've just requested you as a friend. (my lj name is mcmishmo)

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Kecky In reply to TheMotherQuill [2007-10-03 06:06:45 +0000 UTC]

I added you back! Sorry I don't have much posted; recently I've mostly been working on stuff that comes later in the story.

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TheMotherQuill In reply to Kecky [2007-10-04 01:28:12 +0000 UTC]

sure! no prob!

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Julie1226 [2007-04-30 08:59:55 +0000 UTC]

beautiful

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Kecky In reply to Julie1226 [2007-05-02 19:05:23 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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atlantiluna [2007-04-24 04:34:18 +0000 UTC]

You did a very good job depicting all your characters. ^_^ I love the style in which you drew them and how consistent everything is technically. Also the descriptions really add to them. Cool work. My favourite is Toby.

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Kecky In reply to atlantiluna [2007-04-25 07:02:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!!! Toby's a personal favorite of mine too. Is that allowed?

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atlantiluna In reply to Kecky [2007-04-25 10:59:43 +0000 UTC]

Of course! I used to draw my own favourite original character obsessively. XD

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faroresama [2007-04-10 23:07:03 +0000 UTC]

Sorry it took so long for me to comment on this!

I like the variety of characters here! Quire rainbowy And Tobyyyyyyyy Can't resist that hair XD

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Kecky In reply to faroresama [2007-04-13 03:06:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!!! They did end up looking rainbowy even though I tried to avoid putting them exactly in rainbow order.

in my opinion not nearly enough people have expressed love for Toby yet so thank you!!!

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Fluffylittledevil [2007-04-09 20:26:11 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this looks really nice.
Can't wait to read your story but out of curiosity: Why a story and not a comic?

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Kecky In reply to Fluffylittledevil [2007-04-10 20:03:07 +0000 UTC]

Excellent question! The thing is, I've wanted to be a writer for years and years and years, and until just recently, my art has always been secondary, just a way for me to illustrate what I'm writing. In the past couple of years my art has sort of taken over and I'm trying to get back into the writing state of mind.

I spend so much more time drawing my characters than writing about them that I have definitely strongly considered doing a comic instead, but for whatever reason, the thought of writing a comic just doesn't interest me that much. I grew up reading books, not comics, and that's what I identify with.

Whew, that was a long answer, but it's something that's kind of hard to explain, even to myself.

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Fluffylittledevil In reply to Kecky [2007-04-11 00:32:35 +0000 UTC]

Interesting.
I understand now why you rather choose writing instead of comics. Even though comics can be very fun to read it doesn't match your own imagination when you read a good book.

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Rachel1987 [2007-04-05 02:05:21 +0000 UTC]

Wow, these are some awesome characters. They all look so different and their personalities totally match their look. ^_^ I can't wait to find out where you'll be posting this and start reading it.

Keep up the good work!

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Kecky In reply to Rachel1987 [2007-04-05 02:22:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!!! Progress is plodding along on the actual writing of the story. But it IS moving!

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Buuya [2007-03-29 03:28:38 +0000 UTC]

DAMN... so much work! So much amazing, amazing work!

Fantastic drawings and colouring... I love the subtle textures, thee expressions... they all have a lot of character.

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Kecky In reply to Buuya [2007-04-02 20:32:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!!!

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Buuya In reply to Kecky [2007-04-03 13:16:10 +0000 UTC]

no prob

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teenie-beanie [2007-03-09 21:46:26 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like a fantastic group of people! You have the makings of a TV cast here.

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Kecky In reply to teenie-beanie [2007-03-09 22:20:13 +0000 UTC]

Well I'm hoping they will work quite well as a book cast too.

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Idiosyzygic [2007-03-08 02:06:40 +0000 UTC]

The work is certainly very well done. The ensemble of characters look terrific.

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Kecky In reply to Idiosyzygic [2007-03-09 22:17:16 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much!!!

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bratprat [2007-03-06 13:06:26 +0000 UTC]

very nice!! well done...

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INKNOSE [2007-03-06 04:14:49 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! They all have a lot of personality. Nice names, too I look forward to reading the whole story now...

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Kecky In reply to INKNOSE [2007-03-09 22:16:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I hope I'll have something posted soon.

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bakabunny [2007-03-05 23:34:36 +0000 UTC]

I really like this piece. It's like they are standing there waiting for something. I also love how most of them are looking towards the right, as if something is going to come. I am interested to see Emily play out as a character just because I have a feeling she's going to add something big to your story just by reading the description. She's definitely intriguing already. KP also draws me in, but that's probably because I did that to my art teachers...I still don't like still life.

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Kecky In reply to bakabunny [2007-03-09 22:23:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm kind of surprised how interested people are in Emily. She's kind of just me making fun of myself in high school.

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Yaminoeyes [2007-03-05 07:05:47 +0000 UTC]

I love how they vary in skin tones and aren't uber-skinny (like mine are)

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Kecky In reply to Yaminoeyes [2007-03-09 22:12:09 +0000 UTC]

Actually I feel kind of bad because Emily was originally somewhat thicker and I slimmed her down a lot because she didn't look right. But I see what you mean.

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Yaminoeyes In reply to Kecky [2007-03-10 18:31:49 +0000 UTC]

They still got their curves.

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aceman67 [2007-03-04 23:42:39 +0000 UTC]

I love the character designs!

where can I read the story?

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Kecky In reply to aceman67 [2007-03-04 23:46:38 +0000 UTC]

I don't have anything posted online right now but I will probably post it on LJ when I do.

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aceman67 In reply to Kecky [2007-03-04 23:55:21 +0000 UTC]

I'd love to read it

Oh, and check your Note Inbox BTW

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