When 13 year old Dorothy visits her Aunt's farm for the summer, she finds a beautiful pair of silver shoes in the attic. When she slips them on she's suddenly whisked away to another world, "Oz". The land of Oz is in a state of chaos, the Wicked Witch of the West having taken over, her stronghold taking place in the Emerald City. Whats more, the rightful ruler of the land, Princess Ozma, has been missing ever since. The silver shoes were sent to one who could aptly use there magic. Though they werent expecting a little girl.
An idea I have for a more modern twist on the old Wizard of Oz tale. The old books offer a lot to work with, there's quite alot in this series. I would like to someday work on this as a real story, so, lets see what happens.
Two characters from "Lil Red". Rapunzel is a shy, soft spoken girl who runs a hair salon. She is often seen by the shop door sweeping out hair. Here she is brushing out Ducky's hair, which tends to get very wild. I love her long soft looking ponytail. Originally I was going to make it tumble around the floor, but that'd be very hard to draw all the time. But this length still looks very lovely and you get who the characters meant to be.
At first the story just focused on Red and Wolf, but since then its really grown and changed, the side characters developing more personality and back story, and so Id like some of the focus to go to them too.
Others to appear will include: Cindy(Cinderella), Beauty and her Beast, Francesca and the Frog prince, Hansel, Gretel, Snow White and the dwarves, Kari(The Little Mermaid") her "prince", Thumbelina and Tom Thumb.
A manga story Im excited to work on when I can. The story is scifi slash magical girl. Set it outer space, the main character is 13 year old Silvia Twilight. Think Maho Shojo meets Jem and the Holograms
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Silvia: The main character, she is a young girl from the planet "Eternus" who loves music and to sing. Her dream somewhat comes true when she is contacted by Prince Satoru, one of the monarchs of her home planet. Armed with a plan to bring down the corrupt head of the "Galactic Police Force", transforming cellphones and a front as the popular girl band "The Silver Twlights", Silvia and friends aim to fight for justice. "Cosmic Thief Silvia" he is passionate regarding music, and artists she enjoys in particular are "Lady Gaga" "Madonna" and "Queen".
Mariko: From the planet "Cyrus", Mariko is a tough, firecracker of a biker girl. Abandoned outside the back alley of a bar as a baby, she was brought up by the taverness who found her, acting as her foster mother. Growing up in such an environment around so many men is what gave her such a tomboyish attitude. Her alter ego is "Galactic Girl OJ" and she plays electric guitar in there band. Her musical tastes include "Aerosmith" and "The Ramones".
Kogane: A quiet soft spoken girl from the planet "Blissa", shes the bands keyboardist and "Galactic Girl Indigo". She spent alot of her time in the church and was part of the choir. The teams peacemaker and often the most levelheaded of the group. She wears a gold crucifix around her neck that belong to her mother and grandmother. She likes "Celtic Women" and "The Beatles"
Rika: From the planet "Lantis", she originally created the phones that transform them, but never dreamt she'd be one of the users herself. She is considered a child prodigy and her IQ is amazingly high. "Starflight Industries" is the top scientific company in space, that was built from the ground up by her late father. When she turns 16 the company will officially be turned over to her, but she still handles production, orders and construction behind the scenes. Shes "Galactic Girl Scarlet" and the teams drummer. She loves techno music, her fave bands being "Owl City" and "Daft Punk"
Yuki: An 8 year old orphan and the youngest of the team, she was in a car accidnet with her family years ago. Her parents died instantly, while she survived, coming to live at "Lost Stars" orphanage before becoming part of the time. Also from "Blissa", she is "Galactic Girl Cerulean" and plays bass guitar she is a very sweet little girl. She is very close with Kogane who volunteered at the orphanage, seeing her as a second mother, and Mariko, who fits the cool older sister catergory. She likes cutesy JP and DDR music.
Im really eager to get started on this in due time, that's the plan anyway. Work along this with Araminta
Update on Araminta, the script for Issue 2 is completed, so hope I can draw that soon. Issue 3's is nearly completed too
This'll be my last post before the New Year, so, Merry christmass ya'll!