Sunday, May 4, 2014

Zist- Aquatic Biobutterfly nymph

This is a bit of an odd sketch; I made it last night while experimenting for the first time with Corel Painter Lite, one of the new programs that came with my Intuose tablet. This odd image is officially my first drawing to be made in CPL, which is why everything is so sketchy.

I used water brushes, artistic brushes, and an acid splotch effect. This resulted in some kind of Bionicle character whom I named Zist. The name seemed cool, and then I got an idea for her element and personality based off the name. Zist is now a concept character I'll probably keep as an anonymous figure for one of my fan fictions/mini episodes.

Zist is a nymph of fantasy mentioned in Matoran stories now and then. She's like a Toa, but much smaller, more at the size of a Matoran, and therefore called a nymph Toa, or elemental spirit sprite. She's feared for her power of poisoned waters; her abilities can be both healing or toxic. Zist is a water dweller, and has four green fins on her back that are shaped like butterfly wings; this trait allows her to literally fly through water with ease. Many say Zist is an evil nymph who enjoys poisoning the thirsty traveler, but are sorely mistaken. Though moody, Zist is gentle in most cases, and quite innocent in nature. She's mostly calm, attacking only if another innocent being or creature is in danger. She seldom uses her poisonous attributes, but if afraid may accidentally release a small amount of putrid smelling poison into the water, enough to ward off threats with its smell, but not harsh enough to kill inhabitants of the water.

More details on Zist, and possibly future imagery of her form will be revealed; as mentioned, she's a concept that came to be just last night, so enjoy. ^.~

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