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| Art of Seri by a kind community member on twitter. Forever thankful, she made this for me, I wish I remembered her screen name. Before I deleted my twitter account. All the more importance, for artists to sign their work! |
Seri has her own character page on one of my Carrd sites (like the rest of my characters), and she’s a beloved main original character. Therefore, I wish to ramble about her in honor of my very first OC's!
Intro: She was created on GaiaOnline.com, starting out as a young character with a pixie grey haircut, a pink scarf, and glasses.
👈🏼 That’s her, “prototype” debut.
I was always changing her appearance. Over time, her hair grew longer, and I began shaping her into an adult badass character. I removed her glasses, her tail, all of those random Gaia Online accessories I gave her, and ended up fully developing her other than the avatar I had. She became an official OC, thus begin my time building her.
Let’s get into it!
Meet Seri, she is a winter wolf hybrid (half human/entity spirit). She is NOT a demon like most OC’s I own. She is a spirit entity, or phantom. She is a manifestation, from her past human self.
She has human ears underneath that thick wavy hair, despite her wolf ears.
Who I based her on? Ah yes, I was a teenager in awe. I remember when I first saw, Rosario x Vampire and I thought the final form of Moka was absolutely AWESOME. So her personality, is based off her! I also thought, how amazing it would be if her ideal voice would be like Jesse from Pokemon (dub). Seri has this mature english voice, don't ask! I just rolled with it! And, I kept those details even if they were from when I was teen making her.I finally understood the personality concept for my Seri!
Finally, the Seri now:
So, I removed her tail, and I over all gave her a giant make over! Her wings, and face accessories were ultimately just props from Gaia Online's items. Her final version? The first image, on this page!
Along the way, I decided her appearance and aesthetics would revolve entirely around black and deep pink outfits. The theme often leaned into a biker chick vibe, and the reason for that is because, in the little world I created for her, she's a mercenary for hire who absolutely LOVES motorcycles. She only wears light pink, when she is in goddess form (a seraphic wolf entity of a shrine).
Facts about Seri:
- Her sexual orientation is sapphic.
- When she died, she manifested into a wolf spirit. Why a wolf? Because, her lost thoughts were the white wolf, which often visit her in the winter seasons, when she felt most alone at her shrine. The white wolf is a symbol to her, to always keep fighting.
- Although she's a wolf, she has golden, cat-like slit eyes. The only time her pupils appear normal like a wolf is when her sclera turns black, marking her full rage mode. [[example will go here eventually ]].
- She is a strong, curvy woman—not thin but full-figured. Her toned muscles only enhance her curves, never detracting from them.
- In her past life, she was a shrine maiden, in eastern province to a love and beauty shrine. She was human, at that time. Her human form, had white hair, and blue eyes-very dainty girl. She lead a peaceful life, in her shrine teaching the art of love, and beauty to her pupils. (very Mulan like) Tea ceremonies, beautification of old buildings, book keeping and poetry? She seemed to lead a simple life, in such desolate times. Her smile was not born of abundance, but of devotion. When the world offered her nothing, she gave herself to her students—a lantern in the dim corridors of despair.
- She has white hair! Pale like the moonlight. (old art I collected will show silver/gray)
- Her eye shadow color is always a medium violet pink or deep pink. Always.
- She always has painted nails, (her claws) her real nails. They are stiletto shaped. Always.
- Weapon of choice: Her fists, powerful kicks. She has a leather lasso/whip (she is so real for that very Sorceress Hunter vibe).
- She is a biker chick in modern society, but her past life is shrine deity, entity of love and beauty.
Creating Seri, her “materials” (the teenager me still rolls with these ideas haha):
- Based of white "Moka" from Rosario x Vampire (I would not watch that again xD it's too silly).
- Her ideal voice, is Jesse from Pokemon (dub), english accent.
- She is often compared to Hanekawa Tsubasa 's cat girl transformation, which was endearing! Because that character reminded me of the duality, of myself vs Seri. When I first made Seri, she was my "aspiration" to be. From, quiet girl, to outspoken. Being all grown up, I think I acquired such an aspiration. Alas, Seri is not a cat girl! She is a wolf spirit, hybrid.