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Finally a formal reference sheet, been pecking at this for about a month now... I have to say, I'm really, really flattered at the reception I've gotten for LieLie/Shantih, I'm super-happy you guys have shown such interest in this story, thank you all so much!!!
LieLie
(Pronounced like "yeah", but with an L instead of a Y)
Information:
- Cannot speak. She is also unfortunately illiterate; she can neither read nor write. Communication is one of her biggest challenges.
- Does not need to eat physical food, but does drink: sta.sh/0k7p5qwda78
- Takes very good care of her hair, despite it being impractical--she considers it one of the only beautiful things about herself, and can't bring herself to cut it off.
- Mild-mannered by nature, she is against the taking of another's life but forced to do so to survive.
- She has never received any formal training in martial arts, so her technique mostly relies on blunt force and is fairly unrefined and unconventional. She's not particularly fast nor smart, but gets by with her brute strength, enhanced by the TaoTie.
- The TaoTie manifests mainly through her upper body: if left unchecked it will begin to turn her hands into claws, push up horns from her skull, and alter her upper jaw after its own form: sta.sh/0uwglqnid23 (This is why LieLie tends to have some pretty long canines, and why the shape of her scar/jaw hasn't healed normally.) An early warning sign of manifestation is when her skin begins to stain black.
- ShanShan is the name of her water buffalo: sta.sh/027c94mp7x04
(LieLie grew up riding on ShanShan's back since she was a baby, and feels most comfortable around ShanShan.) p.s. sorry about the spoilersssss
Personality:
LieLie is a simple peasant girl at heart. She's not very good at hiding her emotions or communicating her feelings to others, and tends to avoid human interaction given the stigma toward disfigured people. She is honest and straightforward, but also gullible and sometimes slow to comprehend. Even before the TaoTie incident she didn't speak often, not having much to say. She is incredibly hard-working and puts up with incredible hardship with no complaints. She is very capable of taking care of herself, being the first child of a poor farmer family, but is unfamiliar with many of the ways of city/affluent living.
Due to her incident, wandering lifestyle and solitary nature, LieLie wonders sometimes if she hasn't already died, and become a preta (hungry ghost) or otherwise passed on from the world. She also bears no last/family name--that was also discarded when she left home.
More Shantih :
Any questions/anything left out? Please feel free to ask me, they all help me world/character-build~! :D
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Comments: 26
Radschel [2016-02-25 22:44:27 +0000 UTC]
JUst thought by looking at your recent deviation, how does she swallow? You need a tongue for that, I think... so... I just want to ask... >.>
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Laitma In reply to Radschel [2016-03-06 18:08:35 +0000 UTC]
Ahhhh hey, sorry for the belated reply!! That's actually a really good point to bring up hahaha, I hadn't thought of that before! I looked up some stuff about tongue cancer patients and it seems you can still kind of swallow/get fluids down without, with a bit of training, so-!
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Radschel In reply to Laitma [2016-03-06 21:50:44 +0000 UTC]
Belated is cool, I am almost always late, so, no biggie ^^
Cool, thank you, I could Imagine that, but... I couldn't think of that
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Laitma In reply to Radschel [2016-03-08 07:15:28 +0000 UTC]
Hahah! I'm having a hard time finding more good info about it, but yeah, it's definitely something I still need to do a lot more research into, thanks for bringing it up!!
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CheeseburgerTom [2014-03-29 16:51:32 +0000 UTC]
Very impressed with the work you have done on this. What made it just stupendous is the questioning of whether she is already dead.
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Laitma In reply to CheeseburgerTom [2014-03-30 05:11:35 +0000 UTC]
Awwwwww, thanks so much, man, I'm super-happy to hear that!!! I like thinking my stories through, I think it's little details like that that bring a fictional character to life~ :3 <3
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Radschel [2014-03-29 15:09:41 +0000 UTC]
it is just ... awesome. The very idea of and
just wanna say this character is awesome and so is your artwork. Saying.
You are awesome.
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Laitma In reply to Radschel [2014-03-30 05:14:06 +0000 UTC]
Ahahahah, d'aawwwwww, thank you so much, I'm super-flattered to hear that, waaaah~!! (And LieLie is happy to hear it as well, hehehe!)
And dude, you've got some great character designs yourself, and some sweet art! *0* Keep it up!!
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Radschel In reply to Laitma [2014-03-30 07:55:23 +0000 UTC]
that was my first impression C: and it lasted
and thank you
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Cynthetic-art [2014-03-26 01:20:18 +0000 UTC]
I saw this via the feature journal~ Wow what a fantastic and unique character! She's terrifying to look at , and I like her a lot! Really really cool!
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Laitma In reply to Cynthetic-art [2014-03-26 05:19:37 +0000 UTC]
Hahahaah, d'aawwww I'm so happy to hear that you like her though, I'm super-flattered, thank you so much!!
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Empire-Days [2014-03-11 22:36:26 +0000 UTC]
Really nicely done character. Super cool concept.
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Laitma In reply to Empire-Days [2014-03-17 16:27:09 +0000 UTC]
Aaaahhhhhhh, thanks so much for the comment, I'm super-glad to hear that, LieLie's become a favorite of mine~ (and my friends too, apparently-!)
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PhantomTeacup [2014-01-26 13:52:28 +0000 UTC]
great ref :> though the lack of nipples kind of weirds me out...
but I'm still confused about the pronounciation; you might want to clarify that part.
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Laitma In reply to PhantomTeacup [2014-01-26 18:28:29 +0000 UTC]
I just didn't want to have to mature tag this, so I left them out~ xD
And uuuhhhh idk... here's an audio clip? mandarin.about.com/library/aud…
(It's a phrase but the second word they pronounce is Lie. It's just... "Yeah", the sound, but replacing the Y with an L...)
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Laitma In reply to BugsArtCorner [2014-01-24 04:35:04 +0000 UTC]
Ahhhhhhhhhh thanks so much, I'm super-happy to hear that~!!!
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packstrap [2014-01-23 17:54:02 +0000 UTC]
HELL YEAH
*quietly saves for free time* I may....have...planned something...gotta wait until these deadlines pass, though.
I love the color scheme of the last outfit especially, but they're all gorgeous. Were there any particular resources you used?
Question unrelated to the story: why didn't you draw her nipples?
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Laitma In reply to packstrap [2014-01-23 18:38:33 +0000 UTC]
Oh, but I did use the outfit the guy was wearing in the ox-horn bore video I found for her last outfit, and I've grown awful attached to LieLie in black~ *u* <3<3<3
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Laitma In reply to packstrap [2014-01-23 18:18:55 +0000 UTC]
HHHHHHGGGHHHHH??? And to be honest uuuhhhhhh not really I didn't use many resources... 8D;; I still can't freakin' decide on what time period I want to set the story in so so far I've just been pulling whatever I like, and trying to keep it plain. xD
...And actually I just didn't want to have to mature this image LMAO so I kept it ~vague~
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Laitma In reply to SineSquared [2014-01-24 04:33:30 +0000 UTC]
Hahahahah, thank you~!!! In truth she's pretty simple, but wow yeah she's amazingly fun to work with-!
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