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Published: 2015-09-13 22:57:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 3461; Favourites: 162; Downloads: 0
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If you remember I posted a new character called Maltease.  

This is one of her friends.

Osier (pronnounced Oh-See-er, or 'Ossie' for short) is a quite timid and anxious tree spirit who lives and works in an abandoned church.  He has since transformed the church into a healing centre for mythical beings drawing on his skills with plants and natural remedies.  While he is drawn to human culture, architecture in particular, he is afraid to directly approach humans for fear of scaring them.  Loves helping others, model houses (he has a small collection) and the sound of rain on leaves.  He is very timid around large fires as fire is the only thing that can do him real harm.

Ossie is actually pretty powerful as Dryads go, being able to command trees and vines to his will.  Despite his quiet nature he is fiercely loyal to his friends and will not hesitate to use his powers against those who do wrong.  The bark patches on his body actually grow off his skin (which is sap-like and soft) and while it can be removed and re-grown it's a painful process.  While technically Ossie has no particular gender (being a plant creature he is technically Unisexual) he sways towards male pronouns to keep things simple for others. 

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Comments: 21

laney10 [2018-02-07 13:33:14 +0000 UTC]

Nice art style!

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PuddingValkyrie [2017-11-18 11:52:09 +0000 UTC]

Love the design, I like how you included the bark.

Cute backstory too.

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raygirl In reply to PuddingValkyrie [2017-11-19 20:29:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!  It's so nice how much people like this leafy dude ^0^

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ZephyrStranded [2015-09-28 21:19:22 +0000 UTC]

this is such a fun design. You don't see a lot of male dryads!

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raygirl In reply to ZephyrStranded [2015-09-29 08:13:33 +0000 UTC]

Really?  That's interesting!  I don't know much about Dryads, so I hope making him male isn't breaking some big fantasy code ^_^*

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ZephyrStranded In reply to raygirl [2015-09-29 08:18:08 +0000 UTC]

It's just not really part of the mythology.  But like mermaids excluding mermen, it makes little sense!

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raygirl In reply to ZephyrStranded [2015-09-29 08:39:44 +0000 UTC]

yeah that is weird, surely you'd need both to make more merbabies XD

Really I made Osier Unisexual (like a tree), so really he's genderless or 'neutral' in the human sense.  But since he hangs out with species who do have defined male/female pronouns he accepts being referred to as 'he'.  I tried to design him more masculine anyway ^_^

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ZephyrStranded In reply to raygirl [2015-09-30 17:11:27 +0000 UTC]

hmmm well it's awesome! thanks for posting it.  believe it or not I have looked for male dryads on the internet for a long time! haha

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raygirl In reply to ZephyrStranded [2015-10-01 08:25:23 +0000 UTC]

Really?  And have you had any luck finding them?

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ZephyrStranded In reply to raygirl [2015-10-01 16:14:31 +0000 UTC]

 only found one once.  

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recycledoj [2015-09-23 23:49:17 +0000 UTC]

I really like those legs.  The bark texture is really good.

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moodyblues [2015-09-17 01:03:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh my gracious, he's so sweet! Those big eyes, aww. His overall design is lovely, too.

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raygirl In reply to moodyblues [2015-09-23 21:14:15 +0000 UTC]

aww, thanks Moody!

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Haruka-Tavares [2015-09-14 10:58:56 +0000 UTC]

I like the design and I also really like how you handle vectors.

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Retromissile [2015-09-14 07:12:05 +0000 UTC]

Oh my god, this is amazing. I'm already in love with this character.
Maybe I'll draw him one time.

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raygirl In reply to Retromissile [2015-09-14 08:26:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh gosh, i was not expecting that response.  I think he would look OUTSTANDING in your style  But I'm happy enough that you like him ^-^

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Retromissile In reply to raygirl [2015-09-14 08:30:38 +0000 UTC]

I have a thing for tree people, recently. XD
Prepare for some future giftart. Hahaha

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raygirl In reply to Retromissile [2015-09-14 08:56:00 +0000 UTC]

I'm not emotionally prepared.  I may cry. Tears of joy

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Dacha-thwei [2015-09-14 05:11:20 +0000 UTC]

Cool design!

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AxtonLennox111 [2015-09-13 23:58:38 +0000 UTC]

awesome looking tree spirit

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raygirl In reply to AxtonLennox111 [2015-09-16 21:04:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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