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Quite possibly the oldest character I have, here anthropomorphized for the first time.

When I was little, I played with plushies instead of dolls. This character here is based on the personality of the plushie I played with the most, and the story I made up for him back then.
I think the stories I came up with when I was little and acted out with my toys was a lot darker than most little girls would come up with. I had so many stories, and each of my plushies were given personalities and backstories, so not all my characters are/were cartoon characters.

This guy was my favorite one, and his story and its developement was my favorite thing to play. I played alone, most of the time. I had two friends who I enjoyed playing together with, but the stories we came up I would secretly keep separate from my toy-characters' original stories. Playing alone in my room allowed me to truly create, getting lost in these characters worlds and observing how it progressed.
The guy I've drawn here was a Marsupilami plushie, so a temporary name for him can be.... "Marshall". Just 'cause I haven't come up with a good name for the anthro-version of him yet.
Ok, so "Marshall" is a young man with the biggest heart I could imagine back then. Not literally though; he was a very kind and sweet guy, compassionate and caring, yet not a very social person.. I remember him as a very brave person, selfless and good hearted too, someone who would do everything for the ones he loved. Thing was, he didn't have anyone he loved. In fact, he didn't have anyone in his life, period. He kept mostly to himself, and that didn't exactly improve when he ended up homeless.
So, Marshall is a twenty-something-year-old hobo, entirely alone and too shy to seek out to anyone for help or even talk to them. The story begins though when Marshall one day finds a lost kid hiding near the dumpsters. The kid's clothes are stained in soot and ashes, a faint scent of smoke present on him. Marshall wants to help the little boy, but at first end up scaring him further by his mere presence: Marshall is very tall, lanky and scruffy-looking, doesn't speak and hides his face under his hood. Realizing this, he takes a calm step away from the kid, pulls his hood back to reveal his face.
At first they just stare at each other; the tries to look tough and threatening, but that mask fails to conceal how scared he feels. He is hesitant, at the same time as he wants to trust this tall fellow in front of him. Marshall doesn't look like he intends to hurt the kid. He looks more like he genuinely wishes to help him.
Marshall and the kid - Webster - start talking, and Marshall learns that the kid was recently orphaned when his parents were killed in a fire. Webster escaped from the fire and ran away in panic. Marshall offers him to borrow his bed for the night, he'll stay guard so nothing happens to Webster, and then the next morning he'll follow him to the police station so they can help him find someone to take care of him.
When the morning comes, Webster doesn't want to go to the police station after all. His explanation as to why he doesn't want any help finding a new home makes very little sense and Webster's excuses change time and time again. He lies a lot, but Marshall starts sensing a pattern and the real reason why Webster doesn't want help finding a new home.
Marshall is reluctant at first to let Webster stay with him, knowing he won't be able to provide a good life for the young kid. But Webster persists, and as the days pass they bond more and more, Webster adapts fast to Marshall's living conditions and Marshall becomes a father figure to Webster.

There are plenty of obstacles and conflics happening in this story too though, and as if raising a kid while living on the street wasn't challenging enough, things get even more difficult once the police and the child protective services decide to split the two and re-home Webster - something Marshall feels Webster deserves as he wants him to have the best life possible, but Webster disagrees and wants Marshall to adopt him, officially.

.... I'm sorry for this wall of text, guys I just had to get this story out of my head
I'd love to work more on it some day, though. Don't worry, the SPIKE-story is still my main focus, but it's nice to have various side projects for the sake of variation and keeping a steady flow of creativity and inspiration..

Well...! I've been up all night now, so I should probably go get some sleep XD
I don't draw as much nowadays, so that's my only reason for not having been much on deviantart, to be honest.. But I'll be sure to post more drawings and whatnot soon as I have some
Thanks for being so patient with me though you guys are the best

*group hug*

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art, story and character (C) Elise M. Syvertsen / oomizuao 2015

Description
Quite possibly the oldest character I have, here anthropomorphized for the first time.

When I was little, I played with plushies instead of dolls. This character here is based on the personality of the plushie I played with the most, and the story I made up for him back then.
I think the stories I came up with when I was little and acted out with my toys was a lot darker than most little girls would come up with. I had so many stories, and each of my plushies were given personalities and backstories, so not all my characters are/were cartoon characters.

This guy was my favorite one, and his story and its developement was my favorite thing to play. I played alone, most of the time. I had two friends who I enjoyed playing together with, but the stories we came up I would secretly keep separate from my toy-characters' original stories. Playing alone in my room allowed me to truly create, getting lost in these characters worlds and observing how it progressed.
The guy I've drawn here was a Marsupilami plushie, so a temporary name for him can be.... "Marshall". Just 'cause I haven't come up with a good name for the anthro-version of him yet.
Ok, so "Marshall" is a young man with the biggest heart I could imagine back then. Not literally though; he was a very kind and sweet guy, compassionate and caring, yet not a very social person.. I remember him as a very brave person, selfless and good hearted too, someone who would do everything for the ones he loved. Thing was, he didn't have anyone he loved. In fact, he didn't have anyone in his life, period. He kept mostly to himself, and that didn't exactly improve when he ended up homeless.
So, Marshall is a twenty-something-year-old hobo, entirely alone and too shy to seek out to anyone for help or even talk to them. The story begins though when Marshall one day finds a lost kid hiding near the dumpsters. The kid's clothes are stained in soot and ashes, a faint scent of smoke present on him. Marshall wants to help the little boy, but at first end up scaring him further by his mere presence: Marshall is very tall, lanky and scruffy-looking, doesn't speak and hides his face under his hood. Realizing this, he takes a calm step away from the kid, pulls his hood back to reveal his face.
At first they just stare at each other; the tries to look tough and threatening, but that mask fails to conceal how scared he feels. He is hesitant, at the same time as he wants to trust this tall fellow in front of him. Marshall doesn't look like he intends to hurt the kid. He looks more like he genuinely wishes to help him.
Marshall and the kid - Webster - start talking, and Marshall learns that the kid was recently orphaned when his parents were killed in a fire. Webster escaped from the fire and ran away in panic. Marshall offers him to borrow his bed for the night, he'll stay guard so nothing happens to Webster, and then the next morning he'll follow him to the police station so they can help him find someone to take care of him.
When the morning comes, Webster doesn't want to go to the police station after all. His explanation as to why he doesn't want any help finding a new home makes very little sense and Webster's excuses change time and time again. He lies a lot, but Marshall starts sensing a pattern and the real reason why Webster doesn't want help finding a new home.
Marshall is reluctant at first to let Webster stay with him, knowing he won't be able to provide a good life for the young kid. But Webster persists, and as the days pass they bond more and more, Webster adapts fast to Marshall's living conditions and Marshall becomes a father figure to Webster.

There are plenty of obstacles and conflics happening in this story too though, and as if raising a kid while living on the street wasn't challenging enough, things get even more difficult once the police and the child protective services decide to split the two and re-home Webster - something Marshall feels Webster deserves as he wants him to have the best life possible, but Webster disagrees and wants Marshall to adopt him, officially.

.... I'm sorry for this wall of text, guys I just had to get this story out of my head
I'd love to work more on it some day, though. Don't worry, the SPIKE-story is still my main focus, but it's nice to have various side projects for the sake of variation and keeping a steady flow of creativity and inspiration..

Well...! I've been up all night now, so I should probably go get some sleep XD
I don't draw as much nowadays, so that's my only reason for not having been much on deviantart, to be honest.. But I'll be sure to post more drawings and whatnot soon as I have some
Thanks for being so patient with me though you guys are the best

*group hug*

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art, story and character (C) Elise M. Syvertsen / oomizuao 2015