Armored Charater Sketch Design by Ralph Rcontreras
Character Creation Journey: Sketching Supporting Cast for First Legacy
Here’s a character sketch drawing for my upcoming comic project, First Legacy. I’m excited about this comic because I’m writing and illustrating it. Right now, the story is set in a Dark Goth Cyberpunk world. I’m still trying to work that concept together into a story.
This design is for a supporting character for the main protagonist. I haven’t named him yet, but I know where he’ll fit in the story. He’s wearing medieval armor, which will be interesting to make fit with a cyberpunk future. It’ll make sense in the story, though. He looks a little like talk show host Conan O’Brien; I think it’s the hair. lol.
My Process for Redesigning the Color Scheme of Sylvia Light’s Armor
Last night, I spent some time working on costume redesigns for one of my characters from an upcoming webcomic project. Specifically my main character Sylvia Light, also known as Aurora Light. I was redesigning her basic look.
The idea of Aurora Light came to me a few years back when I was challenged to create a superhero team for The REPLICANTS Project. Sylvia is one of Lilith’s warrior daughters and the greatest warrior in her army.
In her original look, Sylvia was a blonde with gold and red armor. Here’s a blog post with her original character design. I wanted to switch things up for her redesign and make her a brunette. Here’s a blog post where I 1st attempted to redesign her look. I also experimented with different hairstyles to see what would work best for her. I drew her three times with small variations in her armor and hairstyles to see what would look best.
Armor Color Schemes by Ralph Contreras
I placed tracing paper on top of the sketches and used markers to come up with different color schemes for her armor. I tried out several color combinations, including yellow and black, gold and yellow, gold and black, and gold and red. This helped me to narrow down my options and find the best color scheme for Sylvia’s new look.
Redesigning Sylvia’s costume was a lot of fun for me. I’m someone who loves world-building and character creation, and working on her costume redesign was fun. I’m happy about the changes I’ve made to Sylvia’s look.
Day 3 of the Inktober challenge. I inked a redesign of my main character from First Legacy, Sylvia Light (aka Aurora Light). This is a redesign of her basic look. I’ve changed her from a long-haired blond to a short-haired, darker-skinned character. I’ve had her redesign in mine for a while, this is my first attempt to place it on paper. I used a 102 nib pen and a #3 sable brush for this inking.
Character Back Story: Noemin is unlike any of Lilith’s other daughters, she doesn’t despise the children of Eve. From an early age, Noemin found humans and their gadgets very interesting. She immediately understood how these gadgets worked and how to improve on them. She had a talent for creating her own gadgets too. Before long Noemin was creating a variety of mechanical devices for herself and her sisters. Her mother Lilith was not pleased with these inventions. Lilith saw technology as a perversion of the earth’s natural resources, this was one of the many reasons she hated Eve’s children. Lilith commanded that all of Noemin’s gadgets be destroyed and forbid her from making any more. Hurt and sad Noemin complied with her mother. It was that day she decided that she would leave her mother and sister to forge her own life and place in the world.
Decades later Lilith sends Noemin and her younger sister Sylvia out on a mission to retrieve a mystical object, it will help her find the decedents of Eve’s first child Adam. They are intercepted by the Archangel Sansenoy who was sent to stop them. Sylvia attacks the Archangel but is defeated very quickly. Too quickly for Noemin to believe, Sylvia is her mother’s finest warrior. She realizes that they know each other and can see it in their eyes. Their body movements betray the fact that they share a romantic connection. Instead of letting the fake battle play out, Noemin casualty asks how long Sylvia and Sansenoy have been involved.
Sylvia begs her not to tell their mother Lilith. She explains that they have been in love with each other for years. That he has helped her not to hate the children of Eve, but to see their potential. Noemin agrees that their mother can not know any of this. She tells Sylvia that she also doesn’t agree with their mad mother’s agenda. And that she is glad to see her sister in love. Noemin sees this as an opportunity to stop one of her mother’s deadly plans and to escape from her clutches in the process. They devise a story that they were intercepted by a legion of angels, that mystic object was taken and that Noemin gave her life to save Sylvia.
Noemin now free explores the world of humans and creates as many of her gadgets as she likes. Unknown to her though in the future she will be pulled into a war between her mother’s hatred and the lives of the Children of Eve. Her inventions will help tip the balance of who wins and who loses.
Notes: Noemin, Rogue Daughter of Lilith is a character set in my comic project First Legacy. It’s a comic/story where Lilith, Adam’s first wife is planning on declaring war on the Children of Eve (mankind). Noemin is the first daughter of Lilith to disagree with her agenda. She will be an inspiration and comrade to Aurora Light one of the main characters in First Legacy.
Shiphrah, Eldest High Daughter of Lilith by Ralph Contreras
30 Characters Challenge 2013 – #6 Shiphrah, Eldest High Daughter of Lilith
Character Back Story: Shiphrah is one of Lilith’s first daughters, she is one of the Eldest High. The Eldest High are the strongest and most ruthless of Lilith’s warrior daughters. She was raised from childhood to hate and pity the “Children of Eve” and to rejoice in their destruction. Throughout the centuries Shiphrah has battled angels, demons, and men for her mother. She has an unquenching desire to see all mankind burn.
Shiphrah has been the leader of an execution squad put forth by her mother to eliminate all decedents of Eve’s child Abel for the past century. She has successfully murdered thousands of potential decedents with no reservations. Only one has escaped her, a child named Chasya Ableson. Shiphrah, her sisters, and her brothers have been searching for Chasya for 10 years. Chasya has had help from Cain the Devil Killer evading her and her death squad. Little does Shiphrah know that Chasya and Cain are planning on taking the fight to her and her mother Lilith in the near future.
Behavior Traits: Violent, Brutal, Leadership, Cunning, Strong Willed, Loyal only to Lilith
Powers / Abilities / Skills: Invulnerability, Flight, Super-Strength, Swords Master, Hand to Hand Combat, Expert Combat Tactician
Notes: Shiphrah is a character set in my comic project First Legacy. It’s a comic/story where Lilith, Adam’s first wife is planning on declaring war on the Children of Eve (mankind). With Shiphrah I’m putting a face to the murder of Abel’s Decedents. Other Daughters of Lilith I’ve written backstories for are Racheland Aurora Light.
30 Characters Challenge 2013 – #4 Cain, The Devil Killer
Character Back Story: The origins of Cain’s beginnings are known to most. He was Adam and Eve’s first child, a farmer who loved to grow from the land. The first murderer killed his brother Abel in a fit of jealousy. Banished and marked by god to wander the world, cursed to never be able to grow from the land again. He build cities and had children. Some believed he died during the destruction of the city Enoch, but God’s punishment has given Cain a form of immortality. He can not be killed by any man or anything forged by man, this is the power of gods mark on him. Cain has wandered the world since then, trying to find forgiveness for his sin of murdering his brother.
For the last few centuries, Cain has fought a war against the world’s spiritual evils. Hoping to find redemption by saving humanity from fallen angels, demons, and the treachery of Lilith and her dark children. He is referred to as the Devil Killer and is feared among lower-level dark entities. Although he has not received any recognition from any heavenly powers. Cain believes that this is the key to his redemption.
Cain learned of Lilith’s plan to kill off all the direct decedents of his brother Abel’s family line from the Keeper of the Seal. Cain knows that he must protect and save his brother’s decedents. The Keeper gives Cain the “Seal of Solomon” to help in his battles against Lilith’s children. A powerful ring that gives its bearer the ability to control Demons and speak with animals. Cain arrives at every assignation too late, finding only death and destruction at the hands of Lilith’s execution squad. Not willing to give up he finds the home of Abel’s last decedents and crashes into the middle of the assassination attempt. He sees a young girl about to have her throat sliced and kills her attacker. He then uses the Ring to command any and all demons in the area to grab the other assassins. He takes the young girl, Chasya Ableson to safety and tells her he’s her long-lost uncle Nic.
Cain has been protecting and training Chasya to fight against Lilith’s children for ten years under the identity of her Uncle Nic. She doesn’t know that he is really Cain the first murderer or about his ring to control demons. Neither he nor Chasya knows why Lilith has targeted Abel’s decedents but they are tired of hiding. They’ve decided to take the fight to Lilith herself. In a war to save his brother’s family, Cain hopes to find redemption for the murder of his brother Abel.
Powers / Abilities / Skills: Advanced hand-to-hand combat, Swordsmanship, Marksmanship, Occult, Partially Immortal, Invulnerability to human weapons Seal of Solomon (Ring): Demon control, Ability to talk to animals.
Notes: I thought it would be fun to put Cain in the anti-hero position. He’s the first murderer, but he’s trying to find redemption. I also like making him a Devil killer, with a mystic ring that allows him to control lower-level demons. In my first year during the 30 Character Challenge, I created Andrew, Keep of the Seal. He was always intended to be used in a horror-type comic series. In this new story, he passes the ring over to Cain.
Character Back Story: Chasya had an average American childhood, She watched TV, hang out with her friends, and had two loving parents. That all drastically changed one deadly and horrific night. The family had just finished celebrating Chasya’s 14th birthday, returning home from the family birthday dinner. Waiting for them in their home was an execution squad. The daughters of Lilith and their demon brothers were given orders to kill the entire family. Chasya watched in horror as they eviscerated both her parents before her eyes. With a sword at her throat and only moments to live the front window of her home exploded with a wild man breaking through. He sliced the assassin with a blade at her neck in half. The room then became dark and the shadows on the walls began to grab the execution squad. This wild man then grabbed Chasya and carried her away from the danger. He explained that he was her long-lost uncle “Nic” and those creatures were killing everyone in their family.
Chasya eventually learned the truth about her family. That she was a direct decedent of Able, Adam and Eve’s second son. She is now the last decedent of Abel, Lilith’s daughters had murdered all the others in Abel’s direct lineage. She was taken in by her Uncle Nic and has been trained to survive and fight against Lilith’s Daughters. It’s been 10 years since her family was murdered. Chasya and Nic don’t know why Lilith has targeted them, how it is part of grand her plan or if it’s just part of her hatred for the children of Eve. They’ve decided to take the fight to her though armed with mystical weapons. They will find new allies, enemies, and secrets on their quest for their families’ survival against Lilith and her dark children.
Behavior Traits: Angry, Short Tempered, Determined, Resourceful
Notes: I’ve been working on a story/script for a comic called First Legacy. Where Lilith, Adam’s first wife hates the Children of Eve, basically all of humanity. All the characters are Demons, Angels, Demigods, etc. I wanted to add a more human aspect to the story. So why not have some of the children of Eve actually take the fight to Lilith? That’s where I came up with Abel’s last decedent, Chasya Ableson, and her uncle “Nic”…Spoiler Nic’s not his real name.
Character Back Story: The Wondering Executioner is shadowed in mystery. A figure that most don’t believe in. Stories of this dark man have appeared in ancient texts and stories for thousands of years. He has been seen in all major battles and wars throughout history, folklore, and legends. The story is always the same. When the battle nears its end The Wondering Executioner appears fighting anyone that challenges him. He then finds the cowards or traitors of both sides and begins to execute them. Slicing them in half with his giant-sized sword named Judgement. He yells the same sentence with every kill “You have been found guilty”. It is believed he might be a fallen angel punishing mankind for his own sin of betraying his god. It is also believed that he is not one man but many, that the Wondering Executioner persona is part of a secret order of warrior judges. No matter his origin, do not betray your comrades in arms or you may be judged by his Execution Sword.
Behavior Traits: Judge, Jury, Executioner
Powers / Abilities / Skills: Swordsmanship, Field Battle Experience, Immortal (perhaps), Super Strength, Invulnerability
Notes: I liked the idea of creating a character that we really don’t know his origin. Is he one man of one in a lineage? I can see this character working in stand-alone stories or being referenced in backstories. I think I may eventually add him to my upcoming comic project “First Legacy”.
Character Back Story: Lilith is Adam’s first wife before Eve. She refuses to be Adam’s subordinate and states that she is his equal. When Lilith leaves the Garden of Eden and Adam the angels Sansenoy, Senoy and Semangelof are sent to bring her back. She refuses to go back to Adam so a bargain is made for her freedom. The price is the deaths of one hundred of her children every day. Lilith complies but gives birth to more than 100 a day. Through the many centuries, Lilith has slowly birthed an army of daughters and sons to take back the world she believes rightfully belongs to her. Their numbers rival the angels themselves. She has raised her children to hate and pity the “Children of Eve”. There is a war for Earth coming and Lilith plans to win it.
Notes: Lilith is a character from my comic project “First Legacy”, this is a working title. She is taken from folklore and was mentioned in the character back story of a character named Aurora Light a few years ago. I used is a challenge to revisit the comic idea.
Character Back Story: Sansenoy along with his brothers Senoy and Semangelof are Archangels and guardians of humanity. When Lilith leaves the Garden of Eden and Adam they are sent to bring her back. A bargain is made for her freedom, the price is the deaths of one hundred of her children every day. Lilith complies but gives birth to more than 100 a day. Sansenoy keeps a watchful eye on Lilith and her surviving children. On many occasions, he even fights them in battle. Sansenoy eventually meets and falls in love with Lilith’s greatest warrior daughter, Sylvia Light. Sansenoy and Sylvia began a secret romantic relationship. He shows Sylvia the great potential and wonders that the “Children of Eve” can achieve.
Notes: Sansenoy is a character from my comic project “First Legacy”, this is a working title. He is taken from folklore and was mentioned in the character back story of a character named Aurora Light a few years ago.
