PARADISE on hold

ok so...

I should have said this a WHILE ago

PARADISE, as a story is on hold for an unknown amount of time

I'm doing this as, honestly, I do not think I can, not right now at least

While trying to write PARADISE I realised that the story, as it is now, is just simply way too big of a story than I can handle, I simply do not have the skills needed as a writer to make it work, I tried and I ended up struggling immensely with it which cause my creativity to just fizzle out and me not working on it for weeks at a time

and so, because of that, PARADISE is on hold, I still LOVE the story I have so far and the characters, so I will try to come back to it when I can

In the mean time, I'm trying to work on smaller projects and smaller stories, to build up my skills as a writer and (Hopefully) be a good comic artist

I already have a few stories in mind and i'm working as best as i can to make those work

Writing progress #1

Currently working on actually writing PARADISE and I thought, I'll just make a post saying what i've done, how much work is in it so far and maybe a couple sneak peaks. I plan to do this sort of thing every once in a while so people know i'm making progress.


So far I've rewritten the entire beginning portion of the story, took me a while but I just finished that.


I have a BUNCH of arcs and story plot points written out in a google doc, Most of which is actually more or less fully written, I just need to copy and paste that in when they happen in the story (Along with some amount of edits and rewrites)


and so far, I'm pretty happy with how it's looking right now, Only thing i DON'T like about it the dialogue. Dialogue is by far, the WEAKEST point in what i write. I on't know why, but whenever it comes to writing it, I STRUGGLE so hard and it's honestly dragging down my progress a lot.

So at this point, a LOT of the scenes with dialogue is just filled with (Insert convo here) with just a couple notes on what it's about, who's talking and what emotion is going on and if i have any, a few certain lines of dialogue and phrases being said or will be said.



As a sort of sneak peak, I'm just going to name SOME of the chapters i've done so far with a very basic description of what happens in it

Prologue: Is a very short prologue before the story starts. In this, Elizabeth is in a dream where she meets an odd figure

Chapter 1: The beginning: This is the beginning, We meet Elizabeth and see what life is like for her

Chapter 2: A very odd day: This is the day where everything for Elizabeth turned upside down and she needs the help of a mysterious man to get her out

Chapter 3: The aftermath: As the title suggests, this shows the aftermath of the previous chapter, Elizabeth is barley getting by. She is again assisted the a mysterious man

Chapter 4:Strange encounters: She finally sets foot in Paradise, And she meets some weird people and creatures

There are more chapters, But this is all i'm gonna say about the chapters for now


Also, In PARADISE (Up to this point) there is a fairly big focus on dreams, Elizabeth's dreams (In fact, Each chapter so far starts with either a dream sequence or a nightmare sequence) and later on in the story there is a whole event/character arc for Elizabeth that is pretty much focused on dreams, Again, Elizabeth's dreams. And that arc in particular is my most FAVORITE arc i've written so far, It's probably one of the best things I've written so far for PARADISE.

I do not know if i'll be able to keep the theme of dreams throughout the whole thing, but i'm sure as hell gonna try to keep that a constant theme throughout.



And...I think thats about all I can say right now.

I hope you like what you see

Drink me (Concept art)

This is the finished products of some concept art I've been working on for PARADISE

This piece is particular is heavily inspired by a very specific arc thats happens in the story.

This arc in particular is by far my FAVOURITE one i've written so far. I can't say TOO much on the arc itself right now, So have this for the time being.

Also, there is a speed drawing vid to go along with this, here's link if you wanna see that

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIq2LTthLXY

About Shapeshifters

So, as I mentioned in an earlier post on this blog, among the abnormal population, shape shifters (Referred to as Shifters) take up the majority of the population as, due to the war, shifters were able to stay out of site of humanity as they were able to shape shift into humanoid forms to bring less attention to them and therefore, more of them survived than any of the other species

Basically what a shifter does is that they can change between two forms, a humanoid form and an animalistic form, they also gain the abilites based on the animal or creature they turn into. Although, they can only be ONE animal, they can't change the animal they turn into, that is decided based on the parents. For instance if the parents are two bird shifters, the children will also be bird shifters, though they don't always have to be the same type of bird, though that is rare.

While normally, a shifter can freely move between their humanoid form and their animalistic form, there are some who can't and therefor get 'Stuck'.

It's a fairly common thing to happen to shifters, It happens to about 40% of the shifter population at some point in their lives. When they get 'Stuck' they are permanently stuck at the halfway point between the two forms, meaning that they can no longer shift into either form and have limited abilities and in general, look weird or even monstrous (Scary to some)

This tends to happen when shifters try to force themselves to shape shift too soon, due to that, most of that 40% is little kids. Though its also fairly common and likely to the elderly, though it doesn't happen as often to the elderly than little kids.

So yeah! that is what a shifter is and what it means to be 'Stuck'

PARADISE main cast-Alice in wonderland based designs

So you may not know but PARADISE (The story this blog is about) is very much inspired by a lot of stuff I like and enjoy

One of the bigger influences is the Alice in Wonderland story. SO, I'd thought I'd do just a little doodle where I drew some of the main cast of PARADISE and re-imagine them based on their Alice in wonderland counterpart! It's also a sort of unofficial height chart of some of the main characters

Elizabeth as: Alice:

So this one is pretty clear, they are both main characters in their stories, they were from one place and were lead to another, they both end up experiencing a ton of weird shit and adventures and end up in rather weird company

Salem as: The Cheshire cat;

Ok so, I made Salem (Elizabeth's cat and trusted companion) into the Cheshire cat, though I didn't just do it because they were both cats (That was only PART of it). I don't really have much information about Salem other than he spends the story following Elizabeth around And hinted that at some point, he gets messed up due to some magic shenanigans. And at first he is just that, he follows Elizabeth around and is her most trusted friend and companion and is her emotional support. Though after being messed up due magic shenanigans he starts to become more 'Human' (Like, starts talking, using a form of magic, just weird shit in general) but he still holds Elizabeth dear and remains her companion

Flynn as: the White rabbit:

I drew him as the white rabbit due to a couple similarities, mostly the part in Alice in wonderland where the white rabbit leads Alice into wonderland and in my story Flynn's first appearance performs a similar role to the white rabbit. Granted he didn't technically LEAD Elizabeth to Paradise, He mostly just TOOK her there, but still.

Ansley as: The church hare;

Ok, so...Ansley doesn't ACTUALLY compare all that much to the church hair, I had some trouble picking her counterpart and so I was doing some random stuff. I gave her the bunny look as I intentionally wanted her to be the white rabbit, but that was given to Flynn, And I thought her as a bunny was just TO CUTE to throw away (I also really liked how I made the ear covered her scarred eye), So I slightly altered it into the church hare

I had SO much fun on this, even if it was a fairly quick thing to make, Although my fave part is Elizabeth's dress. gotta draw her in  dresses more.

I might come back to this and add color or ut more characters on there at some pint, but for now, Just have this,

What Abnormals are

This post is to just say exactly WHAT Abnormals are.



Abnormals isn't technically a species, it is a entirely separate race which included MANY different species (A LOT of which tend to more animal based in appearance) including many mammal based species, sea dwelling creatures and even Species based on mythology and folklore.

They were given the name 'Abnormals' by humanity to describe any non-human race than can walk, talk and have intelligence. Though the biggest thing that separates them from well, everything is their MAGIC.

 Abnormals are a inherently magical race, to the point that the world they stand on or whatever is around them (Alive or not) are affected by it, even when they are not actively producing magic.

Apart from the inherent magic they all have, many of the species have types of magic specific to that species which they can use a will and can affect the world around them differently.

Example of that is a shifter, there are a sub-species of Abnormals that have the ability to shift between two different forms at will (Often one is more human-like in appearance) This species is actually currently the majority of the Abnormal Population right now. That is because, due to the war, MANY abnormals were killed, to the point of Abnormals nearly got extinct, but the Shifters were able to survive better since they were able to disguise themselves more due to being able to shift into another, often more human looking form. ALTHOUGH, in current day, Most prefer being in their natural form, not the more humanoid one.









The only reason abnormals came to be is because god felt that humans were starting to become more of a problem to each other, Themselves and the planet he made just for them. So he decided to try to aid by creating a new race to help balance things out and this new race were dubbed as Abormals. At first they were greeted with open arms by the humans. Abormals (as mentioned before) were incredibly magic, which they used to help heal the damage that humans had did so the earth so life could be restored everywhere and fix humanities mistakes. Doing this, they made both the humans lives better and the planet started to heal. The Abnormals were made to be naturally good and wanted nothing more than to help the humans and the planet and they did not inherently have the ability to sin or believe that sin could be done, or at least, none they couldn't heal.

But at some point something changed… After nearly 5 decades of abnormals being among humans the humans turned against them and attacked them. No one is quite sure why this happened as everything seemed just fine up to that point. The abnormals did not expect this and they were not prepared for everything that would happen. This is how the war started between these two races though the abnormals for the most part didn’t fight back and were pretty much unable to defend themselves so they were defeated very easily.

When the war occurred many abnormals lost their lives. Either due to the war itself or were killed off in concentration camps controlled by humans. When things seemed absolutely hopeless and they were at threat of being completely wiped out the remaining survivors fled as far away as they could, to get away from the war and to preserve their race.

They ended up on a large uncharted area of land that was in the middle of the ocean and they decided to try to hide there. God felt remorse for how they were treated and did one last thing for them and created the barrier which is meant to protect them from the outside world. After this god made a vow that he would refrain from intervening with his creations again (Both the Abormals and humanity in general) as he felt bad for what happened and was confused as to why the humans turned against them so suddenly and seemingly over nothing. he was also frankly appalled at what the humans did and all of the sins they committed during the war, So he was pretty much done with everything and thought that just staying out of it would make things better and things would sort out eventually.


The barrier is basically a large globe that spans several countries worth of land where the abnormals all live in.
The abnormals are not able to leave paradise, that is imply due to magic. In paradise, the land itself emits magic, the world outside paradise has none. If abnormals WERE to leave paradise, they would immediately be separated from magic and they will quickly be drained of their magic, which will eventually cause them to be complete drained and die


With the war now put to an end and the majority of the remaining population of abnormals were safely hidden away in the land they now called paradise, things got ok. The remaining abnormal population turned to making their new home a place to live and the land just flourished with the help of their magic and they grown become more and more advanced in their culture, technology and the such unlike the outside world which was left devastated at the abnormals departure and their advancement in these areas went much more slowly.

Even though most of the remaining abnormals now lived safely in Paradise there were still many of them who didn’t get there and were unable to even after nearly a century later. These abnormals had to live in secrete and hide what they are from the humans out of fear. Due to this collectors became a job where a select few people were allowed to exit Paradise for a short period of time to find these stray abnormals and bring them to safety.




Although, unfortunately, the humans that remained after the war would soon realize what they did and how bad they messed up. They even started to regret what they did and many wished for the Abnormals to come back and fix their mistakes while the rest of humanity tore itself and the planet apart and screwed everyone over to the point of no return. Though, in the most recent generation, Abnormals have now become more of a myth, a legend, though many still believe that they were real and would someday come back and fix everything. And believe it or not, many of the abnormals who are still stuck outside of Paradise still has the desire to help humanity, but they weren't powerful enough to fix EVERYTHING, they did what the could and at least gave them the resources they needed to stay alive (Hence why Humanity hasn't died out yet when they probably should have some time ago)






So yeah! Thats what Abnormals are as a Race and a little of their history, Will make a post at some point describing Paradise and what thats like now

About PARADISE #1

PARADISE is basically a story that is rather heavily inspired by the different version of Alice in wonderland and Coraline (The film, Mostly) along with several other things from random sources or stuff I came up with from my own mind.

The actual story itself is set in a dystopian future after a war that occurred centuries beforehand and the whole planet is now PRETTY much dead, save for some small areas. And in the whole planet, there is really only ONE place that is safe and is actually thriving, BUT it is only for the creatures that were discarded and brought to near extinction by humanity with their greed, rage and fear of the unknown.

These creatures are known as Abnormals, they are race of beings that came into existence after god himself made them to heal the planet as the humans were destroying it from the inside out with their greed and war. The humans then started a war with these new creatures and nearly brought them all to extinction in a very short war. So the Abnormals fled and claimed a new land they then called Paradise and, as a last gift to them, God made a 'bubble' around this land to keep them safe from humanity and the demons who started to target them as well.

While the abnormals thrived in Paradise, humanity tore itself apart and destroyed the world around them, leaving it barren and full of toxic air and trash with little life and resources remaining. Due to this, many of the remaining human population gathered together and made different societies across the planet, The goal was to survive and avoid fighting within themselves.

And for the most part, everything was somewhat stable, there was little fighting and they just tried to survive and help others survive as well as best as they could, They even quickly regretted the war and wished for the abnormals to come back and fix their mistakes. But, there was a small group of them who remained angry at abnormals, at god, at their own kind. these people separated from the rest of the world and made a city, they called it Malimoor.

they made this city and isolated themselves from the rest of humanity in it, and many humans joined them there and the city soon became populated of people who were also mad at the rest of the world and wanted to be separated, but when they entered, they were never allowed to leave.


As to avoid conflict in their small city the Founders of the city (The ones who originally separated and made the city) created ‘Founders law’ This made everyone lose their identity to make sure everything stayed in order. To make sure things stayed like this They made schools that taught future generations and only teach them the things they wanted them to learn which included lot’s of propaganda, They didn’t even tell them the entire truth about their history and made everyone think that the war wiped off all of the worlds life and the founder created this city for the last survivors (This is a lie). So that means that there was nothing outside of their city and it was a dead wasteland, though, granted, it sorta is but not in the way the founders wanted future generations to know

The residents of Malimoor for the most part are trained and brained washed to be brainless, almost robot-like with no individuality, husks of a human being, only purpose is to serve the city, build it and keep it going for future generations.

Though, in more recent generations, a small percentage of the residents of Malimoor started to rebel against the government, they are called the ‘defectors’. These people disobey and break founders law either privately or openly as they grew to hate it and wanted freedom and individuality.

but whenever a defector is found out they are hunted down by the government who then silence them. They have several ways of doing this and none of them are good and are often violent. Here’s a list.
They either:
Punish them severely either physically or mentally with torture,
Brainwashed and/or drugged,
Kidnapped and jailed for life and in most cases don’t tell the public or the family,
Publicly executed to deter future people defecting.
Taken to court where they are sentenced to one of these options (This does not happen very much),
Have some of their closest family and friends sentenced to one of these options.
Or a combination of multiple of these punishments


As to avoid detection all defectors do whatever they can to avoid being found. One way is the DUMP which lies just outside the city walls and it's really only place where Defectors can go where they can be themselves and free. Many live there and steal resources from the city (As they still believe that there is no other places to go to and survive other than Malimoor) though many still live in the city and regularly sneak out into the DUMP.

Although the dump is considered a haven for Defectors. The DUMP is actually quite a dangerous place for anybody to be in. Mostly because The piles of junk and old buildings are very unstable and large parts of them fall often and the air is very polluted and is not safe to breath in without a mask.
Also the walls that surrounds Malimoor is quite heavily guarded by city Authorities to make sure nobody goes into the dump and to catch any defectors who try to sneak back in for resources.

So the people who decide to risk going into the dump or back in will have to Avoid Authorities that will try to catch and punish them, Avoid large piles of junk falling on their heads and wear masks so they can avoid breathing in the pollution. Though each defector has their own way of surviving, and many have made secret paths and exits in the wall that are undetected and hard to find to anyone but them and if they have one, their group.

though every once in a while A defector is found going into the dump and when this happens they are punished cruelly.




To combat Defectors sneaking into the Dump the government developed DROIDS which are designed for tracking down defectors that stray outside of the city.

(The concept designs of these droids and how they function can be seen here;

LINK: vixartstudios.deviantart.com/a…)