Hellhoney - The Cupid Character Design Sketches

I finally got around to adding stuff to my to-do list when I finally found it handy. And then when I was brainstorming for chapter ideas, I found myself thinking of My Little Pony versions of Hello!Project idols. So yet another thing was added to my to-do list of hundreds of things that might get done.

The Cupid



The wavy haired man-child. The jokester of the "good" guys group. The potential for slash pairings of my characters (I'm referring to his power, though I suppose he's fair game to any that want to slash him, too.)



I wasn't going to put him a diaper or have him go naked like cupids/cherubs in myths and art. That would be going a bit too far if I ever want to sell copies of my comic (at least, outside the Captain Underpants crowd...) So instead he gets to look like a ranger/elf-class warrior wearing Valentine's Day colors. Like the Werelamb, his powers are terrible when it comes to offense. But I guess filling people with love makes sense for a "good" guy that battles evil demi-monsters. He might be a closet-pervert, too.

The next "good" guy is more of Nicolina's direct opposite...

Hellhoney - The Werelamb Character Design Sketches

Well, that took a while. I kept going to bed figuring it was too late to make a blog post. But it's nearly 3 AM here, so here we go! Also, I might just make these posts every other day so I don't have to turn on my computer every day. There's freedom and also I work on a bigger variety of projects when my computer is off.

The Werelamb



One of the "good" guys, the opponents of the demon team early on. Lambs are a symbol of innocence, but maybe there's a pun in there, too?



He makes a pretty terrible superhero/villain, huh? The Griffin likes to refer to him as Lambchops, and everyone calls him Fluffy, usually. He seriously has no physical fighting ability. He can be compared to The Comfy Chair:



The next "good" guy is just as lame, but less incompetent!

Hellhoney - The Lilitu Character Design Sketches

This one might cause nerdrage because I chose something somewhat obscure that probably means a lot to some people. So my disclaimer is that while I read the Wikipedia article about lilitu (Lilith), I just picked my favorite parts and mangled them. Don't take it seriously, I just had fun.

Okay, so now for the character that probably would be more at home in Las Vegas:

The Lilitu: (This actually ties in to an event later on in the story and a memorable character -for me, at least-, so this is why I give her that name rather than just calling her a witch.)



Here's where the 1.5 character bit comes in. She actually has a male demon attached to her aura. He was trying to possess her, but somehow she gained control over him, so now he permanently tags along with her. As for the girl that becomes The Lilitu, she's not as scary as she looks (her eyebags are a result of staying up late reading or using the Internet, something a lot of us can relate to I imagine.) She's the fun older sister type.



And this is her Las Vegas outfit, err, strange bird/snake outfit. She mostly casts spells, and she can be a healer, but her mule demon (that was not a typo) does a portion of fighting for her, too. Oh, and look at that fluffy pony tail he has! And cute little ear tufts! I guess evolution favored him becoming someone's pet... >:3

I hope he's not too similar to dog demons and their humans masters, which have become a bit overused (like fox demons)... hopefully a mule demon can give the same laughs while being unique enough. (She can feed him oats!)

Hellhoney - The Griffin Character Design Sketches

Someone's going to have fun with this one. :D Because today we have a character that I know a certain someone is going to tease me about having "Cockatoo" hair like the Tenth Doctor on Doctor Who. But seriously, it's because her transformation is half bird.

The Griffin



She's the taller and sarcastic one of the group. Her face is supposed to be long and thin and bony, but with her nose and face shape, I had to give her some squishiness in the cheeks... otherwise she would have looked like an old man! As you can see, I was toying around with two ways she could wear her "feathers"... either across the middle of her head or with a center fake-mohawk. I rather like the former, but I'm not sure if that would be possible in real life without lots of hairspray. But this is just a comic, so oh well.



She has a simpler outfit to fit her no-nonsense personality. And she's more speedy and can fight in the air better than any of the other main characters. She needs a weapon, but I don't want anything weighing her down. Maybe she's a magical griffin? 8D

Oh yeah, and I tried adding feathers around her neck, but then she looked like a female version of The Vulture (from Spider-Man.) She really is the "Old Man" of the group! :O

Just one more main (human) character to go. Or perhaps that's 1.5? And then I have the "bad guys" and supporting cast. And stuffed animals. Lots of them.

Hellhoney - The Leprechaun Character Design Sketches

I just took a fall about 15-20 minutes ago. I was walking into my room and my rubber-soled house shoes caught on the floor and sent me tumbling, almost crashing into my desk and scanner in the process. Luckily I landed on a rug, but that rug took off one or two layers of skin! So I just got patched back up after realizing I was bleeding. It's all this character's fault...

The Leprechaun - Name Also To Be Revealed Later 8D



I started adding freckles to her, but they looked wrong, so I erased them. And yet the eraser dust on this scan actually makes them look okay. I'm going to have fun when I draw her braids for serious.

Though I noticed I seem to keep going back to a more realistic style than the style I started with at the beginning of the year with this particular project. Before I was trying to parody the huge eyes of shoujo comics, and I wonder if I should go back to that original goal (even though it makes my characters look like creepy aliens, but that's actually kind of fitting for this comic.)



The Leprechaun is the tank of the team (she's short, but stocky.) However, she also has an interesting asset in the form of her pot of gold. At first I was thinking Death Rainbows could shoot out for the extra redonkulous factor. But maybe it could be a hyperdimensional portal as well. It could be useful for storing extra weapons and healing items (which would be awesome if this ever became an RPG.)

Hellhoney - The Dragon Character Design Sketches

I'm going to try start posting my sketches and Work-In-Progresses here on a regular basis. If I stop getting distracted, that is. And manage my time right. New Year's is a long way off, in both directions, will I be able to do it?? *noes* (Okay, that sounded wrong. Don't allow me to narrate for movies.)

So I'll start by posting a Hellhoney character design. Two sketches for now, as I want to spread things out and stall until I finish coloring some pieces and finish the reworked script for Chapter 1 of Hellhoney.

The Dragon! Real Name Not Yet Revealed!



She will be a rival and ally of the main character. The Sailor Mars of the group, basically.



Her mythical creature is the dragon. I hope I'm not making the designs too similar. I just want to make sure they fit together.

Tomorrow's post will hopefully not be so late. I haven't decided yet whether it will be another Hellhoney design/sketch, a WIP image, or fanart. Hmm...