SHORT STORY TIME!!!

The artist's curse

It all started not to long after I moved to Tokyo, Japan in the summer to work for a big company as a concept artist, something I've been thriving for all my life. It wasn't hard…I knew I had it in me, to create amazing artwork and designs for the gaming industry. I learned Japanese, always wanting to. It had its bonuses but man was it tough, I mostly learned from books and took some

classes and here I am now. This place is amazing. So massive and I feel like I'm the only white person on the planet right now. I have my own apartment to, yea I can't believe it either…took my grandmother a lot to take in not only having me leave home but to leave the cotenant as well… she probably calls me at least what seems like five times a day, it gets annoying even though I know she loves me. She's going to have to let me grow up sometime though.

Do you remember those shows/movies where a person comes across some ancient artifact, or something magical and odd from some shop in china town?
Well…this is no China town…. But downtown Tokyo is full of some pretty fucked up things. Sometimes I like to go shopping and downtown is always where you find the best stuff in my opinion, it's always my preferred place to shop. Anyways… knowing me I would stumble upon a weird shop like this…and go in it.
It was one of those knickknack shops that sell odd things found from odd places, the man that worked there was a very old Asian man…one of those with the very long beards with the fu manchu. I could feel his eyes watching my every move as I looked around, probably didn't trust a young adult like myself but I was just browsing and I would never steal a thing. And then I saw it… I stumbled across a beautiful artist's inking pen. Yea, an ink pen…something I have plenty of…but this…it was beautiful. Not to mention the dragon carving was just a dead giveaway…something I won't be able to resist for my collection. I brought it up to the counter asking the price, the man looked at me hard and said, "Name your price…and its yours." I was shocked, who just says that…and for something that must be so expensive. "Really? Oh…you don't have to…it looks like it's worth a lot." He shook his head claiming no, he laughed, telling to just take it instead, not worrying about the price. "Go ahead…just take it. It belongs to you." I didn't know what to say, I thanked him who knows how many times he was so nice. I just hoped there wasn't something wrong with it…but I'm sure I'll find out in the next while.

Nice night to myself, watching movies and cuddling up on the couch with my sketchbook suddenly in the biggest drawing mood to date cause of this new pen! I love when I get to draw stuff that doesn't relate to work at all and I can just let myself go free with my drawings. I was just doodling random sketches, almost a mini collage in my sketchbook it was looking good, and of course dragons…I love drawing dragons, they had to be included. Now it was time to Ink.

About half way through the movie I didn't realize what was happening as I began to ink this thing… I heard noises…that sounded odd…and close. I think wings flapping and some screeching. "What the fuck….?" I looked over to see a flapping small dragon in my living room hovering around! I looked down on my page, seeing that it was exactly what I inked out within my drawings!! I didn't know what to do, but my first instinct told me…not to trust my drawings…just don't do what they do in the movies…and wouldn't you know, my instincts were right. The black and white flapping dragon decided to hurl a colorless fireball at me as I dodged it! Rolling out of the way! I looked behind me to see the carpet burning! ITS REAL!! I had to think quickly! How do I get rid of this thing? Fuck it! First instinct!! BURN THE PAGE!!! I reached for my sketchbook, ripped out the beautiful drawing I was working on and chucked it into the burning carpet. Soon enough, the dragons started to fade out of existence…as did the flames.

I sat there in the middle of the floor, shocked out of my mind as I stared at the burned hole in the carpet and blackened paper…this pen is fucking magical.

Main Character artwork #1

Here is some artwork of a couple of the main characters introduced in chapter one.

Alison

~ The first main character of the story. She was always an outcast growing up as a child, never having any friends or really experienced love with an enraged drunk mother and with no father to help raise her and give her the care she needed. But that is not all, growing up with odd powers during a time where "witches" were being hunted can be scary...for a young innocent girl especially...or so she seems. Her entire life is turned around when her mother falls to her death and her only friends are targeted by witch hunters. Her only way is out, and this is where her true story begins.


Johnathon Harker

~ Introduced at the end of Chapter 1. He offers to take Alison under his wing. Not much is explained about his past, but in good purpose. He's lived a long time, longer than most vampires today...in fact hes quite the elder amongst them. He was an archeologist in his early years, still enjoys studying rare artifacts...being so much a master in his life profession now. He carries around an ancient vampire skull, which he claims might hold the answer to the beginning of all vampires. He is also a master warlock in his clan of witches, normally hanging around to teach fledglings of their powers.


So that is all for today, i hope you enjoy these introductions :) 

Hello to whoever is watching, its been awhile. School came along which pushed back my writing, i just finished chapter one last night and since its a callab its going to move along a little slower than if i was writing it all on my own, my bf has been working on chapter two which introduces his character and we are going to write the prologue together. On another note, I wrote some more short stories and back stories for introducing characters, i may share them with you tom a long with some character sketches and some paintings, All of the main characters for the story.

Im also proud to say ive got myself back into reading, probably one of the most amazing series ive ever read and who is probably now my fave author besides Stephen King. Its called The Demonatta by Darren Shan and im on the 4th book. Its about demons that come from their demon universe which is a reality unlike any other,  anything can happen as long as magic is involved. Latterly...ANYTHING. You really have to check it out, especially if your a horror fan.

Now, before I end this for the night...i am considering something very challenging i have never done before. Participate in NaNoWriMo!!!  YEP!! Im gonna do it!! And continue my series that ive been working on.

Anyways, take care! Ill update you all again tom :)

Short Story break!

Hey guys, I am back and to start off with a new short story that I quickly came up with the other day to introduce a new character. (This has nothing to do with the vampire story but i still would like to share it.)

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I hate working late nights...always having to leave work at closing and walk to the subways that still run…the streets of downtown New York can be scary…I often get so paranoid I have to bring a knife and some mace just for protection. I need a car… I cant be taking the subway down here all the time. I continued to walk down the street, the streets were quiet... almost unsettling to me. I suddenly began to feel an odd chill and hear noises in the distance…I looked around as I continued walking, I shrugged it off, thinking it was nothing. “Ok..” I took in a deep breath as I continued to walk down the street, I began to feel like there was definitely someone following me. I began to panic…thinking I was being stalked by some creep! I reached into my purse as I held onto my mace on top of my knife. I continued to walk but still frightened. ‘Just keep calm…just keep calm…’ was all I could think… But this was beginning to get weird…I turned around to see no body behind me! I swear I could tell someone was following me, Ive had a feeling I was being watched from the start…I just wanted to get home tonight and fast! ‘its ok..its ok….keep calm’ I began to walk a little faster, just wanting to get out of here. Maybe he left, maybe I'm just being paranoid…god I hate working down here!! I was very close to a dark alley section by a corner store and there was little to no traffic and one street light was blinking hectically. I glanced at the blinking light for a second, a black misty aura floated around it with a red glowing eye staring right at me. I shook my head and looked up again to see nothing, ‘what the fuck was that!?’ What I saw couldn't be explained...but I saw it..

I moved as quick as my body could to the corner store, banging on the door! I was going to call a cab im just not walking home anymore!! "Hello?! Anyone in there?!" I shouted, still banging on the door. "No one will help you...." I froze, that voice...it was so unnatural...so...nonhuman. I looked up to where the street light was, "Who...? What are you!?" I tried to speak, so scared...not understanding what was going on....i was shivering and studdering uncontrollably. As I looked around myself, each streetlight began to flicker off throughout the street, making the streets impossible to see through. "Please....leave me alone!!" I called out, almost beginning to cry. "You....fear..the..daaarrkk. You fear...what i have...brouuught...youuuuuu." Suddenly the strange voice began a bidder laugh, making me chill to the bone. "IF THIS IS SOME SICK JOKE!! ILL MAKE SURE YOU GET SOME JAIL TIME COMING!!!"

The voices suddenly stopped. Darkness was all around me, as I looked around me I could see nothing, as if I was not even in the same place anymore. I was unable to move, not knowing what was out there. "Where are you? I know your still out there!" I began to hear laughter from every corner,  this was not the thing that was talking to me...these were all different...male voices...human but not sane. In the far distance a masked clown face began to pear out from the shadows, he was the one laughing insanely from the darkness, with a giant blood stained meat clever in his hand. What seemed to be coming from behind was a man who seemed to have been an escaped felon, chuckling as he came closer, he was covered entirely in tattoos, his face untouched and was bald. I began to panic, how could this be real?! I tried to run and run fast but i couldn't budge! As if my body had a mind of its own! I was glued to the ground! The laughter around me began to drive me insane, as the clown man stared me down as he inched closer and his head began to spin in different directions...waving his clever around violently. I screamed, and screamed harder as I cried...the escaped felon called to me "HEY" I didn't want to look at him...but it seemed i was forced to, my eyes unable to shut! "Look what I got!" laughing insanely, what i saw was myself! Trapped in his tight grip with a knife against my neck!! "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"  I screamed at the top of my lungs unable to believe just what I was seeing! He sliced my head clean off and held it by my dead brunette colored hair, my lifeless body fell limp to the ground and began to fade back into the darkness,  the clown stood in front of me, laughing so hilariously as he seemed to be observing me. "YOUR NOT DEAD YET!!! FIRST YOU GOTTA WATCH MY SHOW!!!!" "No! I don't want to!! PLEASE!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!" Suddenly his voice changed dramatically as his tone had darkened and lowered so unnaturally as its face appeared in front of mine,his mouth opening up, as it seemed to split open the rest of its face, it revealed its jagged and razor sharp teeth, as it spat up saliva and blood onto my face. "IF YOUR NOT GOING TO WATCH THEN YOU SHOULD VOLUNTEER!!! COME ON UP BITCH!!!" I found myself suddenly trapped on the ground with a pump shoved deep into my mouth and down my throat, all i could do was squirm and wiggle as I continued to gag on the large baggy tube inside me.

An audience was around me, as if i was on an actual stage. I watched wide eyed and in panic as the clown was explaining the `trick`to the audience with the tube and a pump...as he was planning to pump my body and watch me explode to pieces! I shook my entire body, squirming and panicking! The tube was to far down my mouth to spit out! I didn't want to die! Not like this!! He began to bring the pump over to me...this couldn't be the end of me!! Such a horrible death!! NO!!! NONE OF THIS IS REAL!!! YOU DON'T EXIST!!!!I shouted in thought, this was all an illusion from the start! It was that monster that started this!!! I began to close my eyes, its not real. none of it is...its just a horrible illusion...your not scared...don`t you fear...none of it is real. I began to feel a bit better as i faced the fears that have been haunting me every night on the way home from work. As i continued to say all of this to myself, the things around me began to fade...until i found myself back on the street with that one flickering light. 

"Im alive? Oh my god...im..im alive!!" I hugged myself and cheered. "Don`t be so lucky!" I was pushed back by a shadowy force into the alley way, it appeared very tall as it began to expand over me. "Your a cleeeeverr....one. You were only....inchessss....from .....explodiiiiiing...." It sniffed my body up and down as if it was trying to catch my sent. And than tilted its head back, stretching its mouth out wide....sharp jagged teeth just like on the clown, the creatures eyes glowing red. It swiped at my chest, tearing my skin as it had me pinned to the wall and readied itself about to chomp down at me. It was going to eat me while i stand! Than just when the world began to fade...when it was all thought to be over...as i bled to death waiting for my end from the beast, syrins were heard closing in...the lights...flashing around the alley way...men came in with flash lights...as they aimed at me...to them...a young women was saw bleeding to death on the ground. They rushed to help me, they kept me alive just as the ambulance arrived...dare I say what i saw...no one believed me...they thought i was crazy...that it was a wild animal...the night finally faded after that.

(Now there is more to this story...but I am going to stop it here. There is another part from another character's point of view as this scene goes on.)
 

About this Vampire story....another look into whats to come

Since my bf and I are still in the brainstorming stages of our story,  it still might be awhile before we start actually getting it together. I'm going to give you a little heads up of what this story is going to be about.

The story is set in modern day, Toronto, Canada, ON. (Yup, its a Canadian story because we are Canadian :P)
But seriously... we are the actual main characters in this story, the character is not based off of us, they ARE us :D So with that, the story takes place where we live or where we will live in the future. In this case being Toronto. Its only an hr away from where we live, we visit as often as we can with our friends living there and in my case being raves. For story reasons, it is in fact the most perfect  and deadly place to live amongst vampires...and in this story they mean to keep their lives secret, only communicating with their own kind and staying within their own hidden society away from humans....and in their case....food supply.

First, lets talk a little about my character, who is the main vampire in this story. Ive lived as a vampire much longer than i have lived today, but still even than I am viewed as a much younger and inexperienced vampire...being about a couple hundred years old at least... to vampires that is still a young and growing vampire and in my clan...knowledge is everything.

Im sure I have mentioned the many possible Clans that will be featured in this story, In these Clans are different Vampire types that have separated from each other forming their own societies.   My clan, which name is only temporary for now is called "The Blood Angels" I don't know about you guys...but i think it may sound a bit to cheesy for an actual Clan name. So it may be changed by the time we start the story. My Clan comes from a long line of witches that started it all, how did this happen? Way back in the dark ages when witches were being hunted down and executed by humans that feared their powers, vampires began choosing those and turning them...saving them from the deaths they were succumbing to, which eventually formed what we have today as the Blood Angels, Vampires with powerful magic that has been passed on to one another through many generations of their clan.

Keep in mind, more Clans will slowly be introduced as i discuss more upcoming characters.

 If you are not familiar with Vampire Clans, this is actually inspired by the Rpg  
Vampires The Masquarade: Bloodlines  (And for all i know other books,tv shows, movies have probably done this as well. Im sure it is not that unheard of.)

I will be working on some concept work for the story clans and characters this week, starting with character profiles so we can get to know the characters of the story. So perhaps, by the time of my next update I will have some artwork to share of characters to look forward to and more info on the Clans besides the one i just mentioned. :)

Take care all and i hope you look forward to whats more to come with this new story <3

Update + Cured writer's block !

Let me just say...i completely forgot about my blog xD and i haven't been writing in what seems to be months O.O Although... i have been a lot more focused on my artwork than writing, more motivated to. All i have been doing writing wise is...well RP :P hehe i must say ive felt a bit rusty though, but getting back into writing recently has really made myself feel great and inspiration has been flowing inside me again !

Now i definitely know who i can thank for curing this long long long block i was having :O My wonderful Hunny Adam Sippel <3 We are doing a collab together, writing a vampire story actually. NOT TWILIGHT! This story is a horror ! Enough said!

What you see below is what a true vampire really is ;)

 The story is still in the roughs atm, still planning out quite a bit. I will post some write outs for the story sometime within the week maybe.

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Other than that, im proud to say i finally have a job :) Babysitting a couple kids across the street from me, they're really fun :P  All we do is hangout and play videogames and stuff, pretty good i must say since im getting paid for it xD haha

Anyways, not much more to say than that. Im excited for college and saving up money and probably going to go shopping for school stuff soon + there's this really nice bag i like :3 kind of pricey but i cant seem to resist i need it for school XD!!

So i kind of want to continue writing and will update more tonight about the story, I just needed to update you guys first.

Take care :3 <3

Story / Art updates/ideas

Ideas have been flying at me all day so I think its a good idea to keep track a little and this way you can see whats coming up as well.


Writer's list of Ideas & a look at WIP: 

•  Vampire Short Story.   - Will still be a bit, I am in no rush and taking care of some art projects atm. 

          -  Working on layout and plans for story. So far main characters planned out.

• Two Worlds (Story #1 The Chronicles Of Adonnas)  - Predicted to be finished by max 20-25chps. 

          -  Currently working on chp 15, picking up + moving a long much faster.
             
          - No set date on being finished. But soon.

• An odd first person short story that came to me in a dream. (Much like the idea for the vampire one.) 

          -   Main Character = Myself. 
                                             
          -  Based in an odd cloning facility (much like the island but a lot more dark)
                                               
 -  Reasons for my mind to come up with this...i look identical to my mom almost. And since she died I
at times see my self as not another person but almost as another her. Its creepy...especially that my mind produced this odd and messed up dream...almost as Im trying to escape what people really see me as when they look at me...family wise...im not Allie Clark no...Your looking at Katy Brennan...my mother. 

          - So this is going to be an interesting piece to work on, but I want to go through with it.


That's it for writing ideas and I will not add on until I get the ones on the list done. I do not want to over work myself when I already have art projects on the go, especially for my portfolio. 


Artist's list & WIP to be done: 

• For a fairy tale contest I found interesting on Deviant Art. I am using the dark witch (evil fairy) as a focus for my drawing, which will be inked and maybe some watercolor. Will be working on most of this tonight as well. 
• I am really into doing theme of the month topics in certain groups or events just to get my mind flowing more creatively. And the chosen topic for this month in one of my art groups was Psychopaths so it gives me a really gory idea with my characters to draw and paint perhaps. I have a very dark mind...get use to it :) 
• The last one on my mind for now is the perfect idea for my portfolio, my boyfriend requested me to draw realistically all of our couple friends but gender's reversed. I am really excited to do this one actually. 

I also have some extra request that have to be done, I am only listing the major plans right now and ideas. I will be back again with updates later, I now have to get working on my art projects. 


Have a good day everyone. :)