It would be so creepy if Pearl first appeared as shadows in water or reflections, maybe luring heroes or criticizing Fire Opal. Her extra arms remind me of sea creatures moving under the water
Dude she actually gives me orchid mantis vibes like she gives me "hiding in plain sight and you don't sew her til it's too late" vibes but she also reminds me of the squid family magnapinna which have tentacles 24 feet long that drag on the sea floor to brush up against any prey around so it can snatch it up and eat it (5 times the size of the body) and it sits in a T pose... but don't worry... it gets worse... it always gets worse. The only ones ever found are thought to be juveniles... which means they can possibly get even better that that. So yeah I kinda get those vibes too I feel like I said vibes way too much in my description my bad
When you started out with the prompt “villains inspired by stones with negative superstition” I thought “witch’s coven” but then you made Fire Opal more of a brawler warrior and the fact that there could be a family dynamic between these three characters and now I’m thinking more along the lines of a witchy family comprised of the witch (obsidian), the dark god they worshipped (pearl), and the anti-christ style child they magically created to end the world (fire opal)
"ominous, powerful looking characters" 👀 "angels" 👀👀 ''buff strong punchy women" 👀👀👀👀👀👀 Evil is HOT indeed. You did an incredible job on these, struggle bus or no. Like, WOW! Definitely one of my favorite design sets you've done, and not just because seeing you draw scary or evil characters is such a rare, delicious treat. Will throw out name suggestions later! Sincerely, A leaf P.S. Ominious, buff, powerful looking angel woman when?
I am respectfully Looking at Red Fire Opal and Obsidian. Name ideas! Pearl: Dolores (it means sorrow) Red Fire Opal: Ember or Pyra Obsidian: Helena (Mount St. Helens)
When you mentioned doing villain counter-parts to the hero gems, I immediately thought of opals because of a stupid story my grand-ma told me about a ring of her's where my grand-pa bought it before discovering that it could bring bad luck, thus making her promise him to not wear it. She thought it was stupid, but she still went along. Anyway, great designs, I really like the lava effect you did on the last one
These designs are freaking awesome! If I were to do a bit of backstory concept, I'd maybe say that Obsidian isn't just old, she's ancient, and has been around since the fiery stages of the earth. But just not in a human form and instead the lava that overcame the surface of the planet. She was the only consciousness there, and became well aquatinted with the feeling of loneliness and how powerful it was. It got to a point where the feeling of loneliness became less like an emotion and more like a power. Feeling although it no longer harmed her and even embracing it. As life started to form on earth, she fed off of the loneliness from grieving animals for millennia. Even if it meant causing volcanic eruptions to kill their loved ones. But after so much time spent living off of loneliness, she wants to thrive off of it to the point where she never has to seek it. And so she embarks on a journey to make the world suffer. Pearl, as the symbol of tears, should fall right into loneliness. Perhaps she could be a heartbroken bride who was left alone at the alter, but ended up hunting down and drowning her fiance with a whimsical look on her face. But in the chaos, her dragged her down to the depths with her. But instead of dying like normal, she became a siren. Perhaps her appearance is an illusion she created to try and appear beautiful, but her sinister nature could not be masked completely. After that, she gained an obsession with trying to cause people harm, which made her volunteer to work alongside Obsidian. Wanting to take beloved people from their adoring friends and family so that they can feel how she did. Fire Opal could perhaps be a result of Pearl and Obsidian's powers combining to create an army of obsidian soilders to fight for them. But in the clash, they accidentally made Fire Opal. She ends up seeing the two as mother-like figures, only to be seen as a nuisance when she tries to help out. The three would have a complicated relationship, where Fire Opal just wants to make them happy but feels irritated when they try to give her guidence. Almost like a doubtful hothead and mysterious mentor dynamic. Also, if I were to come up with names, they would be: Obsidian: Oriana (meaning sunrise or dawn, but also sounding similar to origin). Pearl: Lilith (meaning night monster, coming from Jewish texts, but also sounding vintage and elegant). Fire Opal: Enya (meaning fire or little seed, which is really cute but is also Celtic and her having an inexplicable Scottish accent would really suit her.)
The only name I can think of is for the Pearl character- Mariana, relating both to the Biblical reference and the Marianas Trench AKA the deepest darkest part of the ocean. :)
Names & history suggestions: Fire Opal: Inferna (for the fire aesthetic) - young, impetuous, the most gung ho about fighting the heroes but also the most likely to potentially make a Heel-Face turn down the road under the right circumstances. Probably a well-intentioned extremist and the most passionately following a set of ideals (misguided though they may be). Pearl: Aquael (going for the lazy latin word for water + "-iel/ael" angel suffix) - Going with the fallen angel vibe, used to be aligned with the heroic gemstones as a mentor but was convinced of Obsidian's vision (maybe fell into despair, going with the pearl/tear motif). Feels like the ongoing conflict is too painful for everyone and is set on ending the pain by putting everyone out of their misery. Obsidian: Gravana (honestly just think it sounds weighty and cool) - Emerged with the volcanic creation of the planet, time abyss levels of old, feels that the planet has turned out wrong, humanity and nature are unworkable first drafts and wants to wipe the slate clean and start over and "get the planet right this time," serious Big Bad material and vibes
Thank you Kira for somehow making me simp over rocks. I have zero idea how you did it but you turned literal rocks into the most beautiful villains I’ve ever seen.
I would love to see an in-depth/longform or real-time process of your character design!! Maybe even live, i love watching your process and you make AMAZING tutorials!
I would love to do that! Maybe I'll do a character design sketchbook session at some point. I'd also love to do some art Livestreams but my internet is pretty rubbish. Hopefully I can figure that out at some point tho!
Ah- one more thought. What about the name "Mara" for pearl? Since she's inspired by angels, a Hebrew name makes a good match. Naomi (Ruth's mother-in-law) changed her name to Mara, which means bitterness, after she lost her husband and sons-a similarly sad outcome to marriage, which follows your theme.
Name suggestions: pearl: dákrya-- which is greek for tears (since the bible used to be written in Greek and she is tied to angels) Obsidian: sidious-- obsidian + insidious (Mexican) Fire opal: quemar-- spanish for burn
i get a very specific vibe for each of them. Obsidian feels like a woman who lost everything, like she lost her family to a natural disaster and that's how she got her abilities almost? Opal feels like that she had a lover who betrayed her because the lover didn't believe her when she explained who she truly was! And then for fire opal, i feel like she had it rough growing up, similar to Vi from arcane. Having to learn how to fight on her own and being so hot tempered that people rejected her, so when Obsidian found the two, she accepted them as her children, the family she lost had been reborn. And now, the three of them are out to avenge themselves, one by one destroying those who destroyed their lives. (idk this might just be dumb i;m sorry)
Some name suggestions - for pearl : Victoria but her companions call her Vicky, queen Victoria was famously sad and cold toward her children so I imagine her being nice outwardly but cruel to those closest to her (which might be the reason why she was left at the alter 🤭) For red fire opal I see Abellona being an option, in Greek it means destroyer, but in Norwegian it means the sun goddess. Since she is supposed to be the “crime happy” one I see the name being something either the media or maybe someone she attacked calling her and something that she embraces. For obsidian I thought of Apate, in Greek mythology Apate is the personification of deceit and you said she was able to take to negative emotions of others into her own power and I imagine she would need to use a lot of deceit as fertilizer for those fruits.
My favourite is the pearl inspired one, it's the multiple eyes you see (no pun intended). Also it doesn't matter is obsidian if an actual gemstone or not, we accept her.
Love the villain idea! I was wondering if you would do a batch for more evil based characters. Red Opal: Adara, femine version of Adar which is fire or flame in hebrew Pearl: Talia, meaning “dew from heaven”, which one, they have water on them so they are a water based character, and they are based off angels so heaven i guess Obsidian: Adri, which loosely means mountain in Hindi and obsidian is a rock and rock mountain. Also it just fits them i guess Thanks if you took any of these suggestions!
Oh gosh i love these designs so much! I can totally see them as like, chaos gods or something! Really interesting and i love the colors you chose! I feel like it can be easy to get similar looking designs with popular ones like fire, but you executed it perfectly! Awesome stuff :] (side nots, some name ideas are Jericho for fire opal, Briar for pearl and Minerva for obsidian!)
Me: *listening to you explain your villains' backstories and absolutely vibin' with their design*✨ My Brain: It's just a lesbian couple and their magical daughter✨ :D Me: ...fuk, u right... 🤔
Your designs are always so cool, and you're a huge inspiration for me and my own art. Keep doing what you do, because it's all really great! Also, I would let all of these women pummel me, thank you. Also also, villains based on poisons?
Prickly Alpaca: "I just realized this at the time of recording but it makes her (Opal) basically a perfect mix of the other two characters thematically because of the water and lava.." Me: *automatically thinks of Pearl and Obsidian as cool sapphic guardian/mothers of Opal and invents a scenario where Opal gets really hurt and both Pearl and Obsidian take revenge on their daughter with their powerful evil gemstone powers*
It’s giving dark ✨Steven universe✨, like you can get fire opal by having an amethyst pearl and ruby fuse and since fusions aren’t accepted in the diamond’s courts she was supposed to be publicly executed and was saved by pearl and obsidian, pearl went crazy after her trying to run away from her abusive owners to marry the love of her life but her lover betrayed her and ratted her out to her owners, obsidian is an off color ( an outcast ) that was accidentally created when a volcano erupted by a gem kindergarten
After you said the part about the fire opal being the child of pearl and obsidian my mind immediately went to two villian moms and their chaotic fire teenager. The designs are awesome btw!!
I'm crying because of how much I love the pearl angel (as is my username doesn't give that away), she's so creepy and beautiful. Man, I love biblically accurate angels. Plus the amount of colors in the rendering is -chef's kiss- perfection
You always put so much thought into these character designs, you’re so creative, Kira. We love seeing well designed villains!! 👏 I always know watching your videos will cheer me up, I love your upbeat personality and your videos are so creative and educational while simultaneously being relatable, funny and entertaining.😤💖 (btw your background and setup are always so beautifully aesthetic!) 🤌💋
At least to me, Opal and Obisidian almost look like mother and daughter, since their both kinda fire based and just in general have a lot of reds and black compared to Pearl. Maybe that's how the less experienced Opal got into the group, she is simply following her mother, maybe even being forced to, while Obsidian specifically recruited Pearl for her potential.
I NEED to see these characters vs the crystal gems from Steven Universe! Also, the Pearl villain would 100% be a fusion of Pearl and Lapis from Steven Universe.
This is pretty dark (idk exactly if or how to put a trigger warning for this), but a backstory that I thought of for Pearl is that she was a child bride. I don’t exactly know how that would work in the story, but it would make her instantly sympathetic and could play into a wider narrative about how the church takes advantage of women and children. Idk that’s just my idea.
I love the pearl one (im biased because i like creepy stuff) because I don't think I've seen you make a weirder, more horror character and that was rlly cool and interesting to see!
Ok this sounds weird but maybe you could look at some fish for character design because there are some cool fish out there and cool patterns and I just think it would be interesting
these are awesome kira! ive been feeling a bit of art block lately so i might actually do my own character design challenge to get past it lol. thanks for the inspiration :D
im in love with the mother edit: like i want to marry her. and the unfinished pearl design too. gosh, they all look so wonderful though!! fire opal's hair is wonderful in each iteration. thank you for sharing 😌
For pearl angels aren't actually marry in the bible. (I believe don't quote me) and they are messengers of God sometimes having powers to bring about punishment for him. So what if she was created to punish a sea/coastal civilization with a tsunami. However she fell in love with one of the people and coukd not find it in her heart to destroy them with the tsunami like she was supposed to. She denounced her role and either saved that one person or the village (your choice). And pretended to be a human in hopes of winning the heart of the one she saved. However she still retained her powers which manifested during the excitement of her wedding horrified of what she was her fiance left her at the alter. She then renounced romantic love and humankind and became a villain.
If I understand what you're saying correctly, I'm aware angels don't marry biblically. I'm using angels as more of a conceptual design element here. But if you get into deep Bible lore, fallen angels would sometimes have children with human women, so theoretically a fallen angel could "marry" a moral or something along those lines.
I love your art so much! This is how I dream to be able to draw one day. I don’t understand how EVERY SINGLE ONE of your designs is so beautiful and stylized and has so much personality? You’re really underrated!
It'd be interesting to see witches/wizards based on spices/birds/butterflies/cultural masks Name Ideas: Fire Opal: Ravana (In Sanskrit, Ravana means roaring or screamer.) Pearl: Iblis (The meaning of Iblis is disputed, but it may come from an Arabic root and means remain in grief.) Obsidian: Manisha (Intellectual; Knowledgeable; Wise; Well Learned; Brilliant; Intelligent)
Name suggestions: Red Fire Opal -- FlashFire / WildFire Pearl -- Bridal-Wave Obsidian -- Magrona ( Which is a combination of magma and Agrona, The goddess of strife and slaughter. )
OK BUT I LOVE THEM AND WHY DOES OBSIDIAN REMIND ME OF SALEM FROM RWBY!? I LOVE IT! EEEEE IM HAPPY! i also love the cinder reference RWBY is awesome! :D love your content!
Here are a few dangerous minerals and crystals that I know of Cinnabar(mercury ore) Malachite(in presence of water) Torbernite(radioactive) Galena(has lead)
I absolutely love the creative process you use so awe inspiring and love the outfit you have everything all just fits so well for your videos keeps me hooked and wanting to watch more
1. Name Ideas: Fire Opal: Jalisco (A name of a type of Fire Opal from Jalisco, Mexico which is formed by Lava Streams) Pearl: Lacrima (Italian for "Tear") or Cassiel (The name of the Angel of Tears & Temperance in Judeo-Christian Mythos) Tezcatlipoca (The name of the Aztec God of Darkness who had this Magic Mirror (to along with the fact that Obsidians & mirrors are both associated with truth.) made of Obsidian that had the ability to reveal ones' inner fears/desires (possible headcanon for your Obsidian-themed villainess' powers perhaps?) &, to go along with your whole villian theming here, was a very evil god according to Aztec Mythos.) Also, I got a crazy cool suggestion for another gemstone-themed villainess, according to Egyptian History, Cleopatra loved her some Emeralds, hell, she even had herself named after her. However, some say that the one named after her cursed her, & we all know that she died when a snake bit her on her...*ahem*....boosums. Also, there's a snake known as the Emerald Boa, so....think we're gonna see an Egyptian/Emerald/Naga/Medusa-Themed Villianess in the future? :D
I am ***OBSESSED*** with your pearl character. omg. You hit me in like half my aesthetics all at once with pearl. I'm a Christian, but my first introduction to "what angels actually look like" was the Madeleine L'Engle book, "A Wind in the Door." Have you read it? Highly recommend the whole "Wrinkle in Time" quartet if you haven't. ("Many Waters" is my favorite. 8D) (I am now quietly looking forward to you doing a villains video companion for your flower and mushroom designs. 8D)
Some name ideas: -Obsidian: Diana (Obsi-Diana) or -Pearl: Angela (it’s an angel) or Edulis (as pearls come from oysters (Ostrea edulis) -Red Fire Opal: Pyra (from fire) or Rogar (from red) For Fire Opal I thought of Ember because of the flames but it’d be better for an Amber gemstone character Saludos desde España 🇪🇸
Your character designs are always the best, Kira, aaaaaaaa They give very much a super hero comic vibe, it's awesome I had a little idea, if you still wanna draw more of them but not wanting to make a full story yet, maybe you could draw them like in the middle of a scene, sorta like picking a super hero comic in a random page where they're in a middle of a fight, IDK, it souds cool to me, hah Name ideas! Pearl - Angel, Angie, Cosmo, Nessa, Jude, Jidith, Thalasso or Thalas (inspired by thalassophobia; sea phobia) Red Fire Opal - Caroline, Ester, Thabata, Amber, Flannery, Obsidian - Mortissa, Morticia
What if these three were related to the Gem Knights in someway? Iris and Pearl could be Niece/Aunt, Beryl/Obsidian could be Mother/Daughter, and Sericite/F.Opal could be childhood friends where one goes down the path of evil
Name suggestions!!!! Fire Opal: Adan (its an Irish name that has a connotation to mean “little fire”). Pearl: Ophelia (you talked about mythology a little bit and this name seems like an 1800’s posh lady’s name). Obsidian: Louella (a name that is derived from French to mean “female warrior”) or The name Nix as in the primordial Greek goddess of the night.
Names for them Pearl: Angel / Angeline or Dagon ( means sea devil or fish or cloudy) Red fire Opal: Aguya( means mistress of fire) Obsidan: Flores ( its a Volcano in Azores, Portugal)
These designs look really cool, I think Pearl is my favourite Potential name ideas: Pearl: Asrai (a type of aquatic fairy from English folklore) or Khalen Obsidian: Eris Red Fire Opal: Tavora
I'm sorry, but the fire opals armor looks like something from the Horde, in She Ra and the princesses of power. She could've fit in well like Scorpia and then transferred to the Rebellion to help. Like she's the fire princess and then her stone was taken as a child. (Sorry, I've just made a whole fanfiction from studying your art., it looks great by the way) PS you look amazing in black, and with red make up....
Beautiful as always! As for names, I’m thinking Juno for the obsidian as she is the Roman equivalent to Hera and often portrayed as both royal, nurturing, and cold all at once. Also, if there is one god you NEVER want to piss off, it’s Juno. For Pearl, I like the name Alcmene, another Greek name derived from the words for strength and wrath, both of which seem like a perfect fit for a fallen Angel and a jilted bride. Fire Opal is a bit tricky… Amber maybe, after the petrified sap in petrified wood? Or one last green name Deianira, which literally translates to “destroyer of man” which seems accurate for a forest fire.
Stop stealing Ethan becker's gimmick with the knife mic, 🔪 I used to like your content until you started doing this. Copying others is just bad form, and discredits your originality. So disappointed to see you taking from others.
So here's what I'm thinking, the aztecs said that the world we live in is the 5th iteration, and that the 4 worlds before ended due to conflicts between the gods, and that our world is bound to end due to an earthquake, so I'm thinking, maybe you can arrange it so each villain represents one of these apocalypses: First world, Obsidian: everyone is eaten by a jaguar, Tezcatlipoca, god of darkness and matter, associated to obsidian, after he was dethroned by his brother, Quetzalcoatl. I could argue the "being eaten by the god of obsidian" could be interpreted as a volcanic eruption that engulfed everyone. Second world: Ruled by Quetzalcoatl, god of light, widsom, and wind, he was so kind to his people that they eventually lost their respect for him so (maybe influenced by Tezcatlipoca) he blew them all off the face of the earth with a hurricane Third world, Fire opal: Ruled by Tlaloc, god of falling water, who was cheated on by his wife with Tezcatlipoca, he refused to make it rain for years until he got so angry at the people's prayers that he made it rain fire, killing them all. It actually plays with what you've already made, since opal requires water to be formed there's already some bonds between the character and water, even if she's quite the opposite. Fourth world, Pearl: Ruled by Chalchiuhtlicue, goddess of level water, who, insulted by Tezcatlipoca, cried blood for years, flooding the world. This one's quite easy: pearls, the sea, marriage, sadness. They say our world, the fifth, is bound to be destroyed in an earthquake, and when you said you left the diamond out of the list I thought, well, diamonds are formed through pressure, so you could tie diamonds to tectonic movements, and even if diamonds are tied to themes of eternity you could apply the opposite if you intend to give it themes of a black diamond: Fate, so having a diamond-themed character who's a mastermind and has tectonic powers, which are also one of the most devastating natural disasters on earth, is a pretty neat idea in my opinion. Altough, there is another thing, they say the reason for this earthquake would be because at the end of the 5th world's era, Coyolxaughqui would kill her brother, the sun, and descend upon earth to finish the job, which makes me think of the most devastating natural disaster our world has ever seen, the meteor that killed the dinosaurs, the impactor of Chicxulub, so if you go down this route you can associate the diamond, earthquakes, the moon, and fate, all into one villain. You'd have to make a 4th villain for the hurricane, I could suggest Euclase, which is a gem that actually changes colour depending on athmospheric pressure.
I would LOVE to see turning something into Centaurs, idk what it would be- something nature related- like flowers or something IDK but the centaurs don’t have to be horses, they can literally be like any hooved animal to think of
I love all of them but pearl is my absolute favourite, she’s so creepy but u also feel sympathy for her. Name/title suggestions; 1) balldaya warage 2) The weeping mermaid 3) The queen of the underfall
I think the name Mariana would fit Pearl really well, cuz it means “star of the sea” witch definitely sounds like it could tie into the fallen angel aspect of her character and also there’s the Mariana Trench, witch is one of the deepest and most mysterious places in the ocean. And I know other people are going to suggest Pele as a name for obsidian (or fire opal tbh) but I might as well too, Pele of course being the well known deity from Hawaiian mythology and representing volcanoes and fire, in the mythology she’s also the creator of the Hawaiian islands, witch kinda reminds me of the somewhat maternal role obsidian is playing in the group. Excuse my bad grammar it’s 2 AM :V
Please do vigilantes too!! I think it'd be so interesting and give us insight this world/universe and its problems, as well as allowing us to discover the morals and civilizations of this world/universe. PS: im really enjoying this, and i love ur voiceover style. thank you for sharing your content with us
y'know what'd make a great inspo for an antihero? Cinnabar! It's a really intense dark red color, which is very moody, and it's formed out of a compund partially made of mercury, which is a deadly poison and a very pretty metal.
I think obsidian is pretty cool! Maybe a cool backstory could be some being was trying to form her into a hero. but the only way to obsidian use like a tool is to shatter it in a certain way to form sharp edges. Let's just say whatever was attempting this made a double edged sword. I kinda like the idea but I just like rock, minerals, and gems. So the consent kinda came of that.... I've been talking to long :/
Fire opal- Anala hindi name meaning Fire Calida- Spanish for Heated ----- Pearl - Zarfa meaning tears Shed in Arabic seems fitting for the angel and tear theam Doloriel - taken from Dolor meaning sorrow in latin and -iel meaning of god so the Sorrow of God in a name that follows naming traditions of Angels. --- Obsidian - honestly I'm having a hard time finding one but I think it be interesting to name her some version of Pompeii
Okay I had a quick thought. What if fire opal ( maybe named Phoebe??) was born from the literal sun therefor she harnesses the power of the sun to fuel her power but since the sun is so powerful it take great strength to control her power and that leads into an ark of her learning to use her power. ( just a thought). Also Obsidian- Hellen Pearl- Hermione
I'm kinda sad that there isn't a black onyx villain, but they all still look great. A black onyx is a gem symbolising bad luck, a very villainy sounding gem.
These designs are freaking amazing, and it gave me a random thought.Since Fire Opal also represents love and passion, what if one of the things she’d do to kill someone is lure them into a false sense of security and like, hug them?? Cause when she’s hugging them she could just combust and that would very easily kill whoever she was hugging. Or it could also fit the brawler aspect where she grapples someone and then does that.
