Oh man this feels so good to post. My comps been going under some tweaking so I currently have like, none of my luxuries. No Sound, No Scanner, No WoW, nada. It pains me. Especially since I’ve been getting slight inspiration jerks lately that have just made me was to ‘spurr of the moment’ draw. And on Paper no less. -has no scanner-

But I haven’t let this get me down. While randomly going down Memory Lane with Rei yesterday I came to realize “Wtf? I have all these pics on my comp that I’ve started on… but never finished.” So While I wait to get my scanner installed again so I can scan in some of my commissions sketches I though, “HEY! Why not try to finish some of those pics!”

So here’s one of them! This pic was done a while ago and inspired by the story me and are composing involving a multitude of our characters. The characters shown here are Loki (blue skinned Incubus man to the left) and Liam (confuse little cambion boy to the right). The Story behind this is a long and confusing one without knowing the story itself but I’m willing to give a short description with the help of my lovely assistant. -pets Rei- Keep in mind this is all being typed by a sleep deprived pair so if it’s hard to follow, I apologize. I shouldn’t be typing this early in the morning.

also you don't have to read this. just wrote it to shed some light for those who cared.

-Loki is a manipulator and having known his parents, takes an interest in Liam. He will do and say anything to get what he needs and upon seeing the perfect opening to work his magic he decides to take it. Being the Half demons that he is, Liam often feels out of place living amongst the community he does and as he grows older he begins to feel his mothers cubi blood taking a stronger hold on him. As new abilities and feelings form he begins to feel a bit unstable and upon doing something regrettable while at school he finds himself trying to find a temporary escape. Having kept an eye on his younge prey, Loki jumps on this moment of vulnerability. Using his once semi-friendship with Liam’s father (Aleric) and knowledge of his mother (Artic) to make himself look like some old family friend rather than a stranger he approaches the boy, offering his assistance and convincing him that they have much in common. Doing all he can to make Liam’s situation look as horrible as possible, while coming off completely kind, caring and even concerned, he then uses his own half blood as a way to relate to all the grief Liam’s demon side has brought him. (Not forgetting of coarse to point out that being a cubi in this society made him a danger to everyone around him; loved ones especially.) Frightened of his own power, Liam does not second guess all he is hearing and is quickly overwhelmed by the thoughts of hurting those dear to him. But it’s all-good. Being the generous soul that he is, Loki offers a friendly hand to this fellow Incubi. Speaking of a 'friend' that helped him as well, Loki thinks they could definitely aid Liam if he so wished. He extends this offer as a safe haven to learn to control the incubi in himself, less he find himself feeding off someone he cared about. And all this help would only come with one little reasonable catch. It would be important that if the boy did chose to come with him, that he not tell anyone because then they'd just fallow him and 'endanger' themselves by trying to stay close during these dangerous times. So for their own good, he'd have to keep loved ones far away until he was in complete control of himself. Not that much of a price to pay for the relief that would come with this if it were to succeed…right?

And that's all folks. Atleast that’s all your getting for now. As I do more pics you might learn more about this lil tale of ours, but until then, I hope you enjoy this pic. It was ment to be a mock screenshot but I didn’t like how the text covered up that bottom hand of Loki’s. –liked that hand- So it became more of a CellShading practice I guess?

Either way I did end up adding a caption that Rei so pleasingly supplied for me but that's long gone from my webcam by now sadly lol.

Art + Liam © A. Ruiz (*Riokri)
Concept sketch + helping in a maillion other ways + Loki © ~rei-briefs