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Description New characters (well kinda), which are all desert animals for a reason>
I am currently working on a comic on them. I wish I had more time to do actual references but I cant so I decided to give a overview for now.

Im kinda meh about the art
Characters from bottom (six o’clock point) going clockwise:

Laila the fennec fox: A tomboyish former martial art medallist in her late teens/early twenites. She’s very energetic and always likes to keep herself in shape. Adding on to that Laila has a strong view on maintaining her strength physically and emotionally, and actively continues to learn new fighting techniques.
She has an ugly distaste on weakness and emotional sensitivity whether it is in certain people or in events/situations, as it reconnects her to her former self when she was younger and which still slightly exists in her inner self (that she hates and tries to push down).
She usually enjoys exciting and dangerous risky things like catching notorious criminals and fighting fierce battles with rivals or enemies. She also likes a bit of a banter when with a group of people.
Usually Laila can tend to be indifferent with most things unless she has a personal interest. She is always honest and never hesitates to state her mind even if it appears offensive, hurtful or controversial.
She is known to be challenging all the time and likes to taunt her rivals in particular, in most cases she can usually perceived as rude at times.
On the lighter side Laila enjoys to lightly tease and joke her friends. Having strong emotions that she struggles to hide, -like I mentioned earlier- makes her in fact very protective and indirectly caring to her friends (even though she doesn’t seem like that type of person externally), to the point she would be willing to sacrifice her own life for their sake.


Revo the jackal: A young mechanic who just loves to show off and get attention. Revo just loves the popularity when it attracts to him (even if it isn’t exactly positive either).
He mostly enjoys flirting with pretty women which he can be easily infatuated or fall in lust with easily.
Revo also enjoys working with machines, making weapons and enjoys hanging around with his other friends.
Being the rebellious runaway teen who once was part of a gang, he will go to certain lengths in order to feel accepted or even praised as a bonus socially.
He takes his biggest pride of being the fastest in his and thier home city Solitroi to his advantage and would go as far as physically challenging someone that would be a threat to take the spotlight of being the speediest from him. (He is not as fast as Sonic but almost)
Revo can be seen as vain and full of himself, when in reality it is just false self confidence, and he uses his fake cocky personality and bravado which he uses to hide his deep insecurities about himself.
Naturally he is friendly and a bit outgoing, though he is short tempered which others use as an advantage to wind him up.


Zobe the desert lizard (agama): The youngest in the group and pretty much the nicest ( I guess?). He is also the strongest.
Zobe was once a boxer. He likes climbing and can climb on any walls as long as they are not too smooth. He also loves exploring and adventure, especially when he is faced with challenging obstacles eg like mountains, cliffs etc.
Zobe is quite sentimental at times and usually tends to be quite patient and forgiving. These trait normally goes to his disadvantage as he is usually seen as foolish or gullible (particularly by Laila), and because of that other people usually take advantage of his sweetness for their own gain.
He is a cheery and easygoing guy, he loves jokes and laughs easily. In fact he can always take about almost any joke or even an insult intended to him with a grain of salt and just laugh it off.
It is extremely rare to see Zobe even slightly angry, however he wouldn’t tolerate anybody who verbally or physically abuses the people he cares about (eg his friends in the picture).




Tay the desert hedgehog: The oldest among them all. Was once a feeble child who lacked a left limb, until Robotnik used that as an opportunity to robotosize an arm for him and mechanically enhanced him as a use for the government of Solitroi which he allies with.
He is seen as extremely laidback, calm and carefree. His leisure time is usually spent by him chilling out and daydreaming, or if he is bothered enough to actually do something in his free time he sometimes goes to the local bar. He enjoys board games, which he is usually seen playing it with Iski.
Tay typically lacks motivation and is usually uninspired which leads him to hesitate whenever he does something. He only shows his full potential if he is pushed to the edge.
On approach he is quite a nice, gentle and peaceful person. He tries to avoid any unnecessary fighting or conflict with anyone, because he cant be bothered to go through the hassle (unfortunately he gets dragged in that situation a lot with the loud, bickering Revo that sees him as a strong rival and almost a threat to his “reputation”).
Some people see him as lazy, others see him as chilled out and relaxed, but Tay doesn’t really care about other peoples opinions concerning him.


Iski the jerboa: Typically a chatty, bubbly, slightly hyper and usually optimistic girl who easily gets attached. She is very compassionate and is easily is moved by other people successes/misfortunes. She can tend to be very girly and likes things such as fashion, makeup and gossip.
Iski is usually driven by excitement, sometimes she can be seen as quite of a nuisance to others. She is not that bright either and she can easily make big mistakes. She hates to be teased (because she usually is) and can be easily tempered when she provoked. She can also be quite careless with things due to her hyperness.
On the other hand she has a big heart and the most emotional as she is easily driven by strong emotions, sometimes most of the reasons why the crew stick together is because of her. Usually she is the one to knock some sense whenever the is fight or argument between them.

Aaand that’s it done… I enjoyed writing about them XD lol.

All the characters are mine
Art: ©
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Comments: 5

Blue-on-the-Run [2013-04-14 00:49:37 +0000 UTC]

My goodness, all of the creativity in one deviation!

I love desert animals, and seeing these characters of yours is lots of fun. I quite enjoyed reading through their profiles! (I think Laila is my personal fav of this bunch.)

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mystiskies In reply to Blue-on-the-Run [2013-04-15 10:56:09 +0000 UTC]

Haha thanks!
Yeah laila is my favourite too ^^

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AlishDark [2013-04-06 21:08:30 +0000 UTC]

This is really great job and art

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mystiskies In reply to AlishDark [2013-04-08 17:39:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks alot ^^

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AlishDark In reply to mystiskies [2013-04-08 17:50:07 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome

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