Scour

•Ishan Project: 301/64•

SCOUR

The temperature in the room suddenly dropped. Anali sees these tiny impostors flying around her branches inspecting them for any petals. Their curious nature was somewhat whimsical. Their flight patterns so clumsy and hysterical even. But the threat of Violet still being active brought her back to reality.  As she turns to check on her she notices Violet’s body begins to glow brightly. Something was definitely up. She didn’t think that Preet and her could afford to find out what either. They’d have to escape for now. Violet was too powerful in this state.

SCOUR / Mixed Media / 5″ x 4″

Peer

•Ishan Project: 300/65•

PEER

A putrid smell became more apparent as they continued cautiously down the hallway. This scent along with the motion they heard behind this laboratory door where the Impostors had been flying was more than disturbing. As they watch them fly into the shoot, their flexible bodies shed a green substance which oozes down the door.

Inside, they could see the flying insect’s motions more clearly now. They fly around in their drunken fashion in a circle over a structure which resembled a chair. But this structure seems to inflate and deflate, pulsating as if it were drawing strength from the energy found inside of the Moth’s belly. As Anali and Preet quietly move in closer, they watch in terror as the structure arches to the side, and then forms itself upright. It was now evident what this structure was. It not only served as a hive for the Impostors, but there was a symbiotic relationship they had with some life form underneath. Suddenly they noticed, the larvae from its’ dome begin to creep backwards forming structures like scales. This leaves a hole in the dome, revealing a soft complexion of a young woman’s face.

“No, it can’t be!” Anali whispers. “Violet. Why?”

PEER / Mixed Media / 5″ x 8.5″

Chaen

•Ishan Project: 107/258•

CHAEN

Chaen was going to have trouble slipping by this many guards. He’d have to use his cloaking power and imitate a Triton guard.

His body leans forward as he transforms into their dazed look.  He uses his covert ability to reach his family now trapped in this lair.

Underneath this building there’s too many twists and turns. All of the tunnels zig-zag like a maze in here.

CHAEN / Gouache, Pencil /  5.5″ x 8.5″

Awhile

•Ishan Project: 52/313•

AWHILE

He laughs when he thinks of how he used to give her such a hard time. Anali’s father, the Judge of the Ishan people, had made a decision that caused him to lose the respect of the community. They were only kids at the time, but you know how kids are. They act off of what they hear the adults say and follow the crowd. She was too cute when she got angry, though, so even after time had passed and he didn’t really believe all the rumors, he would make fun of her just to watch her nose wrinkle up and her cheeks get flushed. Good times.

AWHILE / Gouache, Pencil / 5.5″ x 8.5″

Spring Equinox I

•Ishan Project: 43/322•

SPRING EQUINOX I

Just like we style our hair, the Ishan like styling their branches. The difference is instead of it taking minutes to style, it takes months. It’s easier this part of the year because of the longer days in the sun.

SPRING EQUINOX I / Pencil, Marker /  5.5″ x 8.5″

Aram

•Ishan Project: 40/325•

ARAM

She had been watching him for three days.

He would wake up about 1 p.m. and  grab a late breakfast from the nearest trash can.  After watching people walk around Central Park, he quarantines himself in an abandoned building to have lively conversations with a man named Bob and a child named Booger that are very real in his mind between the hours of 4 to 6 p.m. Then she watches him wail for his mom for another hour. After each psychotic episode, he begs at multiple locations. He has to keep moving to avoid police and other homeless men that would either try to seize his spot or seize him. He was only 11.

Aram couldn’t stand to watch him anymore. Tonight, when he goes to his usual spot to rest she’ll have to grab him there.

ARAM / Pencil, Acrylic, Chalk /  5.5″ x 8.5″

The Branch That Doesn’t Bleed

•Ishan Project: 24/341•

THE BRANCH THAT DOESN’T BLEED

Time: 1643. Netra battles the Birdface Crew and decimates them.  Afterwards, Chûndra investigated how Netra was able to cause this type of destruction.  She finds out about the Bleeding Chair which gave Netra these restorative and magnetic powers.  She tries to replicate these by digging up the buried Ishan and chopping of their limbs. But it doesn’t work. The limbs she cuts only survive a day then die off.  Now this opportunistic huntress turns her attention to Rïden.

THE BRANCH THAT DOESN’T BLEED / Pencil, Pastel / 4″ x 6″

The Forecaster

•Ishan Project: 14/351•

THE FORECASTER

Just before she went into the Dark Sleep, AnaLi Q recalls seeing a cloaked figure hovering above her.  As her eyes closed his eerie  grin was etched into her memory. A large hood was draped over his head so it was difficult to see his facial features.  As she describes him, I start sketching. In her description, though, he has a feather tattooed on his left cheek below his eye.  Further investigation revealed that he is associated with the Triton Queen Chûndra. They call him The Forecaster, because when he shows up, bad things are about to go down.

THE FORECASTER  / Acrylic, Ink, Markers / 5.5″ x 8.5″

4 Days Until Ishan Project Begins

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“Why Have We Forgotten?” New Ishan Project

“Why Have We Forgotten?” New Ishan Project