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I originally drew this for when I hit 100k pageviews, but decided to rename it. I'm still thankful for hitting that benchmark in pageviews though.

I've spent about 20-30 hours on just on the sketch, alone, and then spent a few hours cleaning up the Line Art, and then spent a couple weeks on the coloring...I lost track of time on how long I spent on that part...I just know its been atleast 30 more hours, just on the coloring part...And I'm still not done. :/
Still have the shading left to do.
And then adding Dez in too. Couldn't get her done in time for the big 100k celebration, and she wouldnt fit on the paper. Ireka's hair and the top of Raphy's ear was cut off from the paper, and I had to tape on those pieces...that's how big this drawing is on paper.

As you can see, Raphy didn't want her picture taken, so Ireka and Kayali are holding her arms (that was the hardest part of this pic to draw xP), making her stay for the pic, so instead, you get her back side! x)
And her expression, I think I perfectly captured, as surprised and slightly "irked" at the camera person, for taking the pic anyway.
W000h000 butt-shot for Raphy! xD

In order from Left to Right:
1) Ireka (redhead), She's one of my few characters that are just plain human, but she's about 500 or so years old, thanks to the time-space rift in the Ari Village warping the flow of time, allowing them to learn at a quicker rate while slowing down their aging process. For this reason, Ireka, and her 2 sisters still look to be in their 20s, even long after leaving the Ari village, because the effects stayed with them. She's a shark girl, and has the ability to transform into full human, or back to shark girl, whenever she wants, and because her adventure takes place mostly on land, she stays in human form most of the time, unless she deals with water. While under water, her fire powers (obviously) don't work, other than causing the water to boil, or to make an underwater volcano erupt, which she doesnt do unless its a desperate situation, and all her friends and herself are safe from its effect...so she must rely solely on her instincts and abilities as a shark girl. She's also a pyro/fire elementalist. I consider her my "sexual/passionate/pyro" side. Her favorite color is pink, despite her hair being bright firey red.
On a side note for Ireka:
* She's my only Bi character. She constantly looks for ways to get raphy to open up to her, (lol) in more ways than one...but no matter what, raphy stays straight.
* She also has the natural ability to mess with the size and shape of the fat content and cell mass in humans, and other creatures that are closely related to humans, in their DNA content. However, she only has used these powers for her own personal fun, not out of the need to defend herself, or anything of the sort.

2) Raphy (silver/grey hair) she's my main OC, and my alter ego. she's a Nekomimi (aka a cat girl). She's 20 years old (at the time of the main part of her story).
Most of what she is, has been, and her story is about, is what i once was, or am, or wish to be. ...to know her, is to know a lot about me. There's too many words to describe her sides. Her favorite food is Salmon, but only when its thoroughly cooked, cuz she doesnt like the taste of raw fish, only cooked. She may be a cat girl, but she takes a lot of her food likes from her human side. She doesn't like that Ireka is always coming onto her, and finds it annoying. She also doesn't really care for fashion or anything girly (just like i used to be like), and especially hates the color pink. Her favorite color is blue because she loves the sky on a clear day, the water when its nice and clean, and sapphires when they're pure and not cloudy. (My birth stone is the September Sapphire.)

3) Kayali (orange hair) She's my youngest character, at the age of 17. She's one of my few characters that can't use magic, except on rare occasion, when her emotions are very strong about something. This usually happens when she's extremely happy, or in a rage about something, or instinctual to save her life, or another's. Because of this inability to freely use magic, she took up alchemy. She's also raphy's competition on her thieving skills/profession, but mainly only when it comes to funding her alchemy, nabbing a rare item used for alchemy, or just for the sake of fun competition for Raphy. She's a Drashonei, aka a half-breed dragon...Usually this means part human, but in Kayali's case, she's actually a mix of dragon, elf, and human. So, half dragon, 1/4 human, 1/4 elf. She has naturally more defined muscle tones, because of her dragon parts. She also has a tattoo of dragon wings on her back, starting at her shoulder blades, which she can summon into real dragon wings, if she concentrates hard enough. At first she doesn't know that she is part dragon, though, because she doesn't know her father, and never shows any signs of turning into a dragon, other than the shape of her eyes, which she thought she was just an oddball elf for having, but didnt realize that it meant she was more than just part elf and human, till later. Her eyes and hair (and in dragon forms, her scales and wings) change color depending on her mood. Her favorite color is purple because her hair and eyes change to a violet hue when she's very happy. The coloration of her wings also depend on her mood, and are usually the color of her hair, but not always.
She has a few different stages of transformation, in which she becomes more dragon-like with each stage. (I'll describe this more at a later date).

4) Nalyla (blue hair) She's 1,000 or more years old (she lost count). She's a water spirit, and isn't effected by anything that would normally kill a human. That means any diseases, poisons, toxins, or anything physical, like being chopped by an axe or something. She's the elemental embodiment of water. The only way she could ever die is if her Core Sphere gets completely depleted or shattered, which can only happen if she uses up so much of her magic that it starts to drain her life energy. She knows this is her one weakness, therefore she takes the utmost care to keep it safe, even if she has to expel it from her body and hide it somewhere for a little while, such as in Kayali's "Void Purse" which is a purse that's been magicked into having a portable pocket into the void where she keeps things safe.
She can also heal and cure with her healing water powers. As for personality, she can be kind, caring, and rather informative, but most of the time, she's a cute lil prankster, and loves to laugh.She loves to learn and if she were to ever be put into an earthly school, she'd be a teacher's pet and the class clown all at the same time
I consider her my "innocent fun/prankster" side.
Because of her age and love for learning, she's very knowledgeable about most things, but doesn't always share that info unless its needed, and asked of her. She prefers to play her little games instead. She takes her shape and looks from a little girl who once befriended her, but passed away from an illness, which set Nalyla on the path to learn healing magic. However, because she doesn't have much chance to actually practice what she learned, she doesn't end up becoming powerful enough in it till Raphy's party has a constant need for healing, due to constantly getting into battles.

Yes that was a lot to read, and I hope you enjoyed reading it ^_^

LineArt:
Dez WIP:
Dez "Muscle Babe" WIP:

Someday I will finish the coloring of this pic...someday >.>

All characters (including the mentioned Dez) (c) Me!

Description
I originally drew this for when I hit 100k pageviews, but decided to rename it. I'm still thankful for hitting that benchmark in pageviews though.

I've spent about 20-30 hours on just on the sketch, alone, and then spent a few hours cleaning up the Line Art, and then spent a couple weeks on the coloring...I lost track of time on how long I spent on that part...I just know its been atleast 30 more hours, just on the coloring part...And I'm still not done. :/
Still have the shading left to do.
And then adding Dez in too. Couldn't get her done in time for the big 100k celebration, and she wouldnt fit on the paper. Ireka's hair and the top of Raphy's ear was cut off from the paper, and I had to tape on those pieces...that's how big this drawing is on paper.

As you can see, Raphy didn't want her picture taken, so Ireka and Kayali are holding her arms (that was the hardest part of this pic to draw xP), making her stay for the pic, so instead, you get her back side! x)
And her expression, I think I perfectly captured, as surprised and slightly "irked" at the camera person, for taking the pic anyway.
W000h000 butt-shot for Raphy! xD

In order from Left to Right:
1) Ireka (redhead), She's one of my few characters that are just plain human, but she's about 500 or so years old, thanks to the time-space rift in the Ari Village warping the flow of time, allowing them to learn at a quicker rate while slowing down their aging process. For this reason, Ireka, and her 2 sisters still look to be in their 20s, even long after leaving the Ari village, because the effects stayed with them. She's a shark girl, and has the ability to transform into full human, or back to shark girl, whenever she wants, and because her adventure takes place mostly on land, she stays in human form most of the time, unless she deals with water. While under water, her fire powers (obviously) don't work, other than causing the water to boil, or to make an underwater volcano erupt, which she doesnt do unless its a desperate situation, and all her friends and herself are safe from its effect...so she must rely solely on her instincts and abilities as a shark girl. She's also a pyro/fire elementalist. I consider her my "sexual/passionate/pyro" side. Her favorite color is pink, despite her hair being bright firey red.
On a side note for Ireka:
* She's my only Bi character. She constantly looks for ways to get raphy to open up to her, (lol) in more ways than one...but no matter what, raphy stays straight.
* She also has the natural ability to mess with the size and shape of the fat content and cell mass in humans, and other creatures that are closely related to humans, in their DNA content. However, she only has used these powers for her own personal fun, not out of the need to defend herself, or anything of the sort.

2) Raphy (silver/grey hair) she's my main OC, and my alter ego. she's a Nekomimi (aka a cat girl). She's 20 years old (at the time of the main part of her story).
Most of what she is, has been, and her story is about, is what i once was, or am, or wish to be. ...to know her, is to know a lot about me. There's too many words to describe her sides. Her favorite food is Salmon, but only when its thoroughly cooked, cuz she doesnt like the taste of raw fish, only cooked. She may be a cat girl, but she takes a lot of her food likes from her human side. She doesn't like that Ireka is always coming onto her, and finds it annoying. She also doesn't really care for fashion or anything girly (just like i used to be like), and especially hates the color pink. Her favorite color is blue because she loves the sky on a clear day, the water when its nice and clean, and sapphires when they're pure and not cloudy. (My birth stone is the September Sapphire.)

3) Kayali (orange hair) She's my youngest character, at the age of 17. She's one of my few characters that can't use magic, except on rare occasion, when her emotions are very strong about something. This usually happens when she's extremely happy, or in a rage about something, or instinctual to save her life, or another's. Because of this inability to freely use magic, she took up alchemy. She's also raphy's competition on her thieving skills/profession, but mainly only when it comes to funding her alchemy, nabbing a rare item used for alchemy, or just for the sake of fun competition for Raphy. She's a Drashonei, aka a half-breed dragon...Usually this means part human, but in Kayali's case, she's actually a mix of dragon, elf, and human. So, half dragon, 1/4 human, 1/4 elf. She has naturally more defined muscle tones, because of her dragon parts. She also has a tattoo of dragon wings on her back, starting at her shoulder blades, which she can summon into real dragon wings, if she concentrates hard enough. At first she doesn't know that she is part dragon, though, because she doesn't know her father, and never shows any signs of turning into a dragon, other than the shape of her eyes, which she thought she was just an oddball elf for having, but didnt realize that it meant she was more than just part elf and human, till later. Her eyes and hair (and in dragon forms, her scales and wings) change color depending on her mood. Her favorite color is purple because her hair and eyes change to a violet hue when she's very happy. The coloration of her wings also depend on her mood, and are usually the color of her hair, but not always.
She has a few different stages of transformation, in which she becomes more dragon-like with each stage. (I'll describe this more at a later date).

4) Nalyla (blue hair) She's 1,000 or more years old (she lost count). She's a water spirit, and isn't effected by anything that would normally kill a human. That means any diseases, poisons, toxins, or anything physical, like being chopped by an axe or something. She's the elemental embodiment of water. The only way she could ever die is if her Core Sphere gets completely depleted or shattered, which can only happen if she uses up so much of her magic that it starts to drain her life energy. She knows this is her one weakness, therefore she takes the utmost care to keep it safe, even if she has to expel it from her body and hide it somewhere for a little while, such as in Kayali's "Void Purse" which is a purse that's been magicked into having a portable pocket into the void where she keeps things safe.
She can also heal and cure with her healing water powers. As for personality, she can be kind, caring, and rather informative, but most of the time, she's a cute lil prankster, and loves to laugh.She loves to learn and if she were to ever be put into an earthly school, she'd be a teacher's pet and the class clown all at the same time
I consider her my "innocent fun/prankster" side.
Because of her age and love for learning, she's very knowledgeable about most things, but doesn't always share that info unless its needed, and asked of her. She prefers to play her little games instead. She takes her shape and looks from a little girl who once befriended her, but passed away from an illness, which set Nalyla on the path to learn healing magic. However, because she doesn't have much chance to actually practice what she learned, she doesn't end up becoming powerful enough in it till Raphy's party has a constant need for healing, due to constantly getting into battles.

Yes that was a lot to read, and I hope you enjoyed reading it ^_^

LineArt:
Dez WIP:
Dez "Muscle Babe" WIP:

Someday I will finish the coloring of this pic...someday >.>

All characters (including the mentioned Dez) (c) Me!