User blog:Tuckapenguin/Coming Soon... Jocasta!

Horray! I finally finished my OC's design. Damn this was so much harder than I expected, that simplicity but still so beautiful. MagicGirl costumes are my guilty pleasure so I just wanted to throw complex bodices and lots of pretty things until she looked like she barreled through five separate thrift shops for cosplayers.

But, here she is. She's actually the forth attempt an an OC because as you know as more info trickled in from the episodes it opened up more opportunity. My first during the 'Everyone named after a colour' stage I had Petunia, a tiny, grumpy, growly little girl dressed in cutsey pink. The second was Arktos, the little girl in my avatar was more fairytail based on baby bear and would have an antagonistic relationship with Yang. Whilst looking through colour names I found the name Jocasta.

Now I love antique names. Algernon, Ida, Irene, Mabel, Alectryon... I'd never name kids after them and almost never an OC but Jocasta is definitely in those names I've always loved. While most know the name as Oedopus's mother, I was thrilled to find out it actually means 'Purple tinted clouds' and 'Ominous, Foreboding.'

I first wanted a perky daredevil Jocasta with weaponized yo-yo's that shot lightning, but I'm less that cheerful these days and I just couldn't connect with her... so juggled with a few personalities until I got to what I'm sure will be her current incarnation, an apathetic, pessimistic spoiled child with the occasional hunch always slouching off her staff.

After a few extra projects I'll do a better reference of her with her staff, but her actual bio will be coming soon!