


I know I said I was going to do interaction pictures but I got the dumb idea to color. I mean, coloring is not bad, but I’m not a fan of coloring. I’ve never been a fan of coloring. When I was younger, it used to embarrass me how everyone colored so neatly and I’d color with lines everywhere going everywhere in different directions. As you can see, I still have a lot of that haphazard lines in my work and clearly struggling with hair.
So anyways, just random tidbits about these characters and how I draw them: (I slip up a lot, but it’s a one-man show)
- Nilili, Neloni, and Noshili always have a side part to the right of their hair and have bangs that are all similar.
- Neloni and Noshili wear girly and/or feminine clothes. Neloni likes tight clothes and hates certain fabrics and will go into a complete meltdown and take hours to calm down after wearing it. He hates wearing makeup and during his career in acting, he’d wipe his face a lot having to redo shots. He also struggles with nail polish but wears dark blue nail polish (a color his husband likes.) Noshili wears clothes that are considered frumpy and baggy. They will not wear tight clothes because they get uncomfortable seeing their body. They wear any kind of makeup and likes to look facially pretty and will ask Noje to do their makeup.
- When Noshili has straightened hair, it’s usually a flowing mane, top knot (at home), or a low bun (when out). They always will have a piece of hair that reverts back in the front of their bang.
- When Noshili’s hair is curly, they always wear it slicked down with their bangs pulled back, bun, or braids. (Because they have very tangly hair.
- Unlike their brother, their hair shape is an upright triangular like 🔺. They have long, black hair and should always be colored with a yellow or green skin color to contrast the hair. (I color their hair the same color as Noje’s skin. Dark purple.)
- Neloni is a natural blond. (I didn’t show Nilili’s first husband and Neloni’s dad because I haven’t drawn him, but he carries those genes, but it isn’t a gene that would cause red hair or other types of blond, most light brown hair.)
- Neloni is always drawn with an oval head.
- Everyone that shares traits with Neloni and Nilili looks either very stank, sad, or very goofy and dazed.
- Nilili has jet-black hair but I didn’t draw it that way because 🤷🏾 didn’t know how.
- Nilili has an internal color of red and shares that color with Neloni because they were close when she was alive. Meanwhile, Noshili has an earth green color.
- Nilili and Neloni have a gap in their two front teeth, Noshili doesn’t.
- Neloni and Nilili tilt slightly while listening to people talk and cannot sit still and will move around, rock, and bounce a lot. Noshili jitters and shakes a lot but will sit quietly and probably will sit in the same spot for hours.
- Nilili and Neloni yell extremely loud when they talk and when theyre speaking in Kwadi, they talk very slow and have a drawl, but speaking in Jinhi, they speak rapidly fast and sometimes people think they’re yelling.
- They’re also both very ditzy and can be easily swindled and are nice to people, especially family. They got lost easily and are terrified of dogs.
- All of them enjoy singing. Noshili was taught how to sing by Neloni. Neloni was taught by Nilili.
- Neloni named Noshili after his older sister that was taken from him at six years old. Noshili looks up to Neloni but is skeptical of his personality and advice.
- Noshili talks very quietly but if they’re irritated they talk extremely fast and use a lot of expletives and threats.
- All of them are very tall and bottom heavy. (Neloni is probably 6’5, Nilili is 6’3, and Noshili is 6’2. I’m horrible at catching heights of characters so I struggle.)
- Nilili made sure her second husband promised to take care of Neloni and his half brother Nstaid when she died.
- Nilili died on Neloni’s birthday when he was twelve and his father, Neshali died the same day when Neloni was six. Neshali was shot dead in front of him by the military.
- Neloni nor Noshili do not celebrate their birthday for different reasons and when asked will have different responses. Neloni will get nervous but say something to take off the mood or won’t leave his room and Noshili will start screaming and will try to fight then get in a crying fit and throw up.
- Neloni screams at the same time every morning and runs somewhere and either dry heaves in the bathroom or hides and cries and stopped it when he turned 60.
- Noshili is terrified of being alone and in the dark and will cry and latch onto people nearby. If Noshili is yelled at, they will sit either teary-eyed or cry. Neloni will yell back and try to fight. (He hates being yelled at.)
- Nilili doesn’t cook very well, but her second husband enjoyed her cooking.
- All of them are attached to their hair and if it gets damaged or cut off, they will mentally shut off or declare enemies with whomever cut their hair.
- Neloni has been arrested and charged with kidnapping even though he didn’t do it. (😂)
Have a nice day, y’all. Sorry for the filler. I am a hot mess.
16 replies on “I drew today!”
I think that your colouring is awesome, and you have got some really nice shading. Love that quirk about the hair. A long time ago, in a warrior clan from my home state there was this saying, “beware of the warrior, when his hair comes undone from his top knot…”
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Aww and thank you.
I think that is a correct saying for a warrior, but here, typically if your hair is up if you have long hair and nothing that causes you to get have a weakness like necklaces, jewelry, jackets, will get taken off to fight (unless it’s a gun on hand 😬)
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I really love Nilili! The red background coloring really makes the image pop. Great list of tidbits about your characters. You’ve got so many details to keep track of!
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Right!
And yes, so many details and eccentricities. I have more people watching to do. *pulling out binoculars*
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I really like all three but I particularly like the expression on Noshili’s face. I don’t know why though. I just feel like it’s telling a story.
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Niiice.
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Wow! culture of your characters and the ability to modernize them is amazing. referencing the use of jiahu & kwadi languages.
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Oops. “Kwadi” when it comes to this, is a conlang I made. Its full name is Kwadipad.
😵💫 I didn’t know it was a real language. They are loosely based on African culture (specifically Yoruba, Igbo, Dogon, and Bambara cultures) but I added a flair to make them sound more Arabic and Hindi (partially because I find the language pretty). All cultures on here are conlangs that I mention and all characters do not belong to this Earth. (As well, the time I referenced for these characters is the 60s because a lot of cultures were founded at the time.)
I will be doing my research on the languages you listed. Those are amazing.
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I love the way you colored them. And although I struggle to keep it all in my head, I admire the way you have described their personalities in such detail.
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Thank you so much! I try very hard with describing their personalities but I left out a lot.☺️ I guess it’s okay.
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Seems quite interesting!!!! I love the way you’ve shaped the characters so well. Enjoyed reading…!
And why don’t you enjoy colouring???
For me, colouring sometimes works as therapy, as it’s so relaxing.
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Because I’m a perfectionist. It’s really the only way to explain it.
When I was in Elementary school (or primary school…basically around 6-10 years of age) I used to get slightly bullied by teachers because I colored in a very unhelpful way and it would cause my pictures to look patchy or uneven and a lot of them wouldn’t want me to do work with them for little assignments or anything.
I hated coloring for a while and avoided adding values or colors to my artwork because I have a fear of smudging or messing it up, but then my art looks really flat to people.😔
I cannot sit down and color without feeling like I’m going to mess up. I don’t like coloring books or drawing to color because I feel like I’ll mess up. 😣
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That’s so sad, I hope you get better at coloring and overcome this fear of messing up!!
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😂 The fear is not going away, but I’m managing so much better. I do need to work on my coloring skills though.😁
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All the best for that!!
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Being a perfectionist really sucks, I can relate very well!!
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