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,