03 - The Portal + Aasha

It's been a while since I posted here. Dialy life has kept me busy and distracted on other matters that are, of course, more important.
Anyways! I think the most outstanding event lately is my reading material: The Count of Montecristo. This is this is probably the best novel I have read; so far it's absolutely stunning. I really can't wait to finish it, but I also want to give it time and enjoy it word by word. Fantastic read. I also recently got Orson Scott Card's Ender's Shadow, a parallel story to Ender's Game, which is the best sci-fi I've ever read. As soon as I'm over with Dumas's top work, I'll give Ender's Shadow a nice and (I bet) fast read.

As the last two posts were about job matters, I think this time I'll make it about my own projects, projects I've reserved for a future in which (hopefully) I'll be able to give them completion with proper funding and publishing. There are several projects inside my head, Most of them are just sketches, but some are inclining more towards a completed work. The most notorious ones are provisionally named Portal and Chronicles of Byrna. The second needs renaming QUICKLY and DESPERATELY. This two stories have been floating around my mind since I was a prepubescent kid, when I was probably 10 or 11. Those where the times they were born though, as they have evolved immensely through the years. The first one, Portal (which was originally named Guardians of the Portal), started out as a very magical story notoriously influenced by fantasy books and japanese animation, and now has developed into a more sci-fi deal with obvious influences of the american and european comic book world. It approaches the fabulous topic of time travel, and follows 5 individuals (our heroes) who have the ability to alter the fabric of time and space around them with their minds for reasons revealed later in the story. Each one of this characters has a special ability appart from time-space distortion, making him or her necessary to the team in a way. The very main character, Aasha, is a 20 year old asian girl that posseses superstrength and control over the earth and plants. Later on she also develops a sonic scream (or so I intend her to). Every member of the team is associated with a classical nature element, Aasha relating to earth, thus having a symbolic green tone look.
I have to confess the picture I'll soon leave you with isn't precisely what I'd call fantastic, it's quite dreadful actually, but I'm trying to practice sketching with one of those tablets to draw in the computer. It still feels somewhat unnatural, and I prefer to use it only for painting, but I'd like to try my hand at this too. Anyways, here is a picture of Aasha's latest avatar, which is always subject to changes. I hope you like it! (a bit...).



Cheers!