#colorquest april

[spookymoonz]

I was scrolling through Wires posts and I found this one about Frigus being bald, so of course I acted accordingly

@creaturefeaster/@chickenstab

[iamkevthetransboy]

@creaturefeaster @chickenstab woah I drew Leon and April! What do you think?

[lousylambsblog]

forgot to post this

please kill this guy

skinny jeans should be burned

[gayalienballs45]

im working on a fun little animated thing rn so here take this while u wait

[asher-is-a-idiot]

I DREW THEM... I FINALLY DREW LEON, APRIL AND TANNER... MY FAVORITE COLORQUEST CHARACTERS...

[rhyliethelovelycaterfly]

What if April Woodstock Eats Pumpkin Themed Pumpkin Spice Pokepuffs

[ammiiiiiii]

Someone said colorquest on the school whiteboard?

Doodles made at school!! I really like how Rachel,Gary,Leon and April came out, most of them is the first time that I draw them so yep

[creaturefeaster]

which character/s in colorquest is currently getting a redesign?

Gary is still getting tweaked here and there, it's a slow and on-going process.

While I don't plan on changing much else about him, recently I've decided to give Chickenstab's host a tail. (See: my latest doodle page from a handful of days ago)

I've been debating changing Hannah's initial outfit lately as well. She's from a part of Stolla that is much warmer year-round, but having moved much higher up, starting the story in mid-late October, it's rather chilly for her to be wearing thin shorts, flip-flops and a tank top. But, I've not thought too much into exactly what this new outfit would be, and I'd still hold on to this outfit for a different, warmer part of the story because I love it too much to ever fully part ways with it.

I've been fiddling with April's bangs lately too. I don't have a picture on hand at the moment but I'll try to tack it onto this post later when I do, but I've always been a little iffy about her bangs. Especially with Elliot's being similar, I feel like the bang style fits his hair more than it fits April.

Nobody has gotten a huge overhaul design change yet, but I definitely feel something bubbling within me to give a huge makeover to a character or two. I just have to figure out if there's a design I'm not happy with that I've just been suppressing. Because I tend to do that from time to time lol.

[spookymoonz]

I got kinda bored

(Before you all say anything, yes, I am aware that I messed up Leon’s pants)

April and Leon were made by @creaturefeaster/@chickenstab

[iamkevthetransboy]

I drew April again,sort of rushed but here it is ^u^

@creaturefeaster @chickenstab

[asher-is-a-idiot]

I TURNED THEM INTO FURRIES AND NO ONE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT :3

(CREDITS TO DOODLESTAB/CHICKENSTAB FOR THE OG ART)

[creaturefeaster]

what colorquest characters would get high?

oh sick

I'm taking the term high as in marijuana high. Also I'm answering it a little more in-depth than the question seems to prompt for, so sorry in advance if this isn't as jokey of an answer as it could be.

-Samantha already smokes weed semi-often. -It's probably not surprising that Zack gets high somewhat often as well. -Michael has tried weed a few times with Samantha, but never on his own. -Tanner, April, & Leon all would & do from time to time, when they can get their hands on some. -Hannah has tried in the past but does not like it. -Bonnie has probably also tried given that she's been around for 400 years, but it also is not normally her thing either. -If Oxaclock ever found out what weed was, he'd probably love it. It would only work in-host, but the fact remains. -Host Ching would probably also indulge if Oxaclock did.

In this universe I think weed is rather normalized because why the fuck not. Not that it serves any real purpose to the plot, but come get y'alls joints & edibles i guess.

[creaturefeaster]

Could you tell us more about the world of Colorquest? I am fascinated by the world building you have done with it and I would love to know more about the people and places and species that inhabit the world :]

This is a request with a pretty broad range of things to go over, and thus is something I'll answer in pieces for you for time's sake. I think I'll elaborate a bit on geography and setting for this response, and I'll either reblog this again later with more info, or answer more specific asks to help piece things together in the future.

Anyway, CQ is set on an earth-like fantasy world and more specifically set on one special continent. There's actually much more to the world than what would ever be elaborated upon, simply because the heroes journey never leaves this somewhat isolated continent.

Continent enlarged for emphasis.

Native to this continent are primarily Bluple and Humans, with some various settlements scattered around. It is also the only continent that Talpians surface at. This is the reason why, while there's many different races in this universe, you tend to see these sorts of people more than others.

This part of the world's geological diversity is what I'd call remarkable. You will find boreal forests to arid plateaus to harsh mountain ranges to ice sheets to magical forests, etc.

This is generally where any given character native to the world lives. Tim/Brook/Hannah/Gary all live in a slightly warmer part of a taiga, Tanner/April/Leon live in the center-most town in the middle of the desert, Rachel/Bonnie reside in a particularly flat and dry part of the continent where the Talpian Dominion can be found, D/Vilmr/Samantha/Michael all live in a mountainous and magical climate, Taylor/Zack come from a coastal town, and Lauren/Elliot live in a uniquely bizarre spot dubbed the Deadlands.

I'll elaborate briefly on some of these locations.

The Talpian Dominion is an extremely complex & ancient set of caves underground, constructed through millennia of digging & tunneling by the reclusive Talpian people. Just how far this complex extends is unknown to all surface dwellers... and even most Talpians. It's pretty fucking big down there. Extremely warm temperatures, and even magma flows, would not be uncommon to see as you trek further into their world.

Lystrike is a dinky little town, whos only claim to any sort of fame is that it's pretty much exactly in the center of their continent. Other than that, it's pretty rustic and insignificant to the common eye. Someone that isn't from this world though, such as you the one reading this, may think that the glowing cacti & other local fauna are something of significance. However, this is merely a geological leak of... whatever magical substance that makes the distantly neighboring Forest of Love glow so bright.

The Deadlands are unique to this part of the world, and an enigma to all who do not live within its disorientating landscape. This land defies gravity whenever it pleases, it has an aura that dilates and heightens most senses, and its community is as strange as its surroundings. However, its biggest feature is that it's pretty much the world's lost & found dump. Anything that's gone missing ends up here, somehow, with no real explanation. The average Deadlandian can open their curtains in the morning to find that gravity is dangling lost items from across the world right over their lawn.

These ones are just as fleshed out, but I actually don't have (or just don't remember ><;;;;) names for them.

The jagged mountain range that Samantha lives in rarely sees sunlight. The weather is generally harsh and unforgiving, and for most of this range there's no life to be seen. However, this town dwells within a divot in the mountains, where they are sheltered by the towering rock a little more than other places to escape the bitter blizzards. That, and this specific location is unique in that it seems to have a lot more of that magic blue junk than pretty much anywhere else in the mountains. This magic is revealed through cracked geodes high in the rocks, which leak into mountain rivers, which just so happen to feed directly into the Forest of Love down a ways.

The Forest of Love is a large range of glowing blue forest that borders the east side of the mountains, and is generally the location that Michael, Debbie, and Vilmr live in. It is ever bright, and is considered one of the most uplifting places one could live in. Generally, those with magical inclinations live within or above the leafy glow of the forest to become more in sync with their magic, while those who do not practice tend to reside on the surface below. It's not actually clear if being closer to this magical canopy actually does anything, but that's just how those bitches live I guess.

Tim's area is probably the most neutral place you'll find in the story. It's much like cascadia, in that it's largely boreal and mild. Though his location is a little drier and more suited for farmland. This part of the land is a heavy export for the rest of the continent's basic grain & livestock material.

Zack & Taylor's town rests against a rather consistently rainy coast, where at least one day out of the week its weather parallels mild hurricanes. However much of the city is built with this in mind, and most areas of commute are sealed & domed. On the outskirts of town, though, spans mostly soggy beaches and marshy plains. Because of this location's wet climate, one may occasionally see the elusive fish person emerge from their oceanic abodes and wander the beaches. Usually in search of a beached fish snack.

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Anyways, that's some info on some of the more significant locations in the CQ universe. It is 7:30 AM and I haven't gone to bed yet, so pardon any hiccups in grammar I may have left. I hope this helps you understand the world a little more. It also helps me to be able to write and cement this stuff down so I don't forget it later on, so thank you for being interested & asking me in the first place :3

[creaturefeaster]

Do any of your characters speak more then one language?

Totally!

Putting under readmore because I ended up rambling for a while and getting weirdly technical woopsies

(I am assuming this question is Colorquest-centric. So I'll just be talking about that universe)

Now I wanna stress first, that this is a fantasy world, it is not earth. There is no Eurasia or Africa or the Americas etc... but our earthly languages still find themselves scattered throughout the world. There's no depth to it, I just really like learning about other languages and history thereof, and so like... so many of my characters end up being multilingual with real langauge because I can't help myself ABSJDBDB.

Anyway everyone in my story knows English because that's the language I write in ofc.

Hannah, Gary, Rachel, and Bonnie can all speak Spanish as well. Bonnie can also speak the langauge of Orcs, as well as a basic amount of Hungarian. Oh, and Gary & Rachel both know their respective Talpian.

Vilmr's first language is Swedish, but he speaks decently in English. Debbie's first langauge is English, but she knows basic Swedish. By extension of all being close friends, Michael and Samantha have learned small bits of Swedish as well.

April knows sign language, half of Leon's family is French and you wouldn't ever want to hear him speak it with his peculiar desert-hick accent, Tanner's first language is Tagalog, but has spoken english from a very young age as well. Lauren knows small bits of Hindi from her grandparents.

Gosh, really the only living characters that only know just one langauge are Tim, Brook, and Elliot.

And the mimes, they can communicate effortlessly with those of any langauge. It's not quite "they know every langauge ever," more like they'll understand no matter what language you talk to them in & vice versa. I ususally write them in English of course, but if they were to speak to someone alone who's first language is not English, I'd probably write a mime's speech in said first language. Uhhh if that makes sense o_o.

Holly speaks French specifically on default though, just because he's him. & what not. El Ganso also throws occasional spanish around, to relate to his namesake.

And then if you want to get into like, *host* specific stuff, Foxglove's host, AKA Maja, spoke Swedish with basic English. Twiddle & Jarna's hosts both spoke French as a first, and Jarna's knew the language of Orcs. Holly's knew French as well. Chickenstab's host spoke Talpian only. Rede's, a language of the deep, which involves echolocation, clicking, etc.

By being in these hosts and using their brains to an extent, these first languages can become instinctual in how they speak, some more prominently and some less so. They have to manually convert their speech in their head for others when normally, as explained before, such a switch would otherwise come naturally to them. ...That's a complicated way of saying their host makes them speak their native tongue.

With all of that explained, I guess it's simple to say a lot of my characters know more than one! 😵‍💫