hey! i would like to tell you this oc is fairly old now, and i have changed some things. i no longer use my dA account so she hasnt been updated here! [i might update her on ~ohmyglub however. her surname is no longer two canon names and some more info has been added. thank you for understanding! same goes for the non nyo!oc
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Mia gets her picture up before Maximillion because i had this one already up on screen..? :L Im going over a lot of my old drawigns and colouring them so (:
About Mia: [Please correct me on anything i get wrong, i did do my research and tried my best!] Her full name is Mia Liliuokalani-Honda-Jones and she represents Hawai'i. The Honda comes from Japan and Jones from America. I was told Liliuokalani wasn't a suitable sirname, i understand this. But i felt it was important [It was the last Queen of Hawaii's name] i wanted to include it. She has tanned skin, and dark hair and eyes, common traits in Hawaii. The scar near her hand is from Pearl Harbour. It is located where it is cause i was told America was meant to have on around his bellybutton area, and that his belly button represents Hawaii. Both could be wrong, I'm not sure. Her bikini is the Hawaiian flag. She used to really look up to and love Japan, but after Pearl Harbour, which she remembers clearly, she feels she cannot turst him as much as she used too. Before 'moving in' with America, she used to be quite like Japan. She was fairly quiet and enjoy her own company, over time she has grown to be more like America. Thats a lei around her wrist. I have one for around my wrist, so i hope thats right! She worries a bit about not fitting in with the other states, as she is quite different to them. She will occasionally dream of being her own country again, but realises she cant. [I got a bit confused on this point. The whole 'Is Hawaii a state or not' arguement. I think Hawaii is a state, but i have heard that some Hawaiians dont like this, or dont think they should be a state or..? If anyone has any info on this, i'd love to hear it!'] She has a shark tooth necklace - if you couldnt tell XD Shes playing vollyball [I choose vollyball because its a beach sports, and there are a lot of beaches in Hawaii.] The flower in her hair is her national flower the Hibiscus. She is the FEMALE version of Hawaii, not my orignal version. This is because I saw a lot of Female Hawaii OC's and they all were girls and they all had the hula skirts and the lei's. I wanted to make make mine diffrent, so hes a surfer boy originaly.
First proper colouring in job, and i think its good! No shading though, cause im just learning, maybe later i'll redo it(:
Extra info: I used a refrence for this in my 'MANGA MANIA Girl Power!' book The background is NOT mine. Credit for that goes too [~prints-of-stock]. Thanks for letting me use it!
That scar actually looks like open wound. I thik this one would actually fade way already, at least a little, so it'll be more fleshy-coloured. Here, take a tutorial [link]
This is a great oc, but I don't think the last names should be like that. She should have an individual last name, and I love the idea of the last name and the importance of it, but I still think she should have her own. She didn't always live with America, so I don't think jones should be there, and her way that she may be related to Japan I don't think they would share a last name. Hope it helps
Since you asked for critique, I'll give you some as a lifelong resident of Hawaii.
You did a really good job. I know that I talked to you about the male version of this OC already. You know that Hawaii should not be personified as an Aryan person. People here often wear the flag on clothes, so that's accurate. Everything is great. I would maybe add something about Hawaii being obsessed with Spam musubis with America wondering why, since that's also an interesting stereotype and pretty true. Everybody loves Spam musubis here, and it would make an interesting bit of color in Hawaii's character. Good job, and thanks for doing the research.
OR FAMOUS ONES.
Other than that it's good.
You did a really good job. I know that I talked to you about the male version of this OC already. You know that Hawaii should not be personified as an Aryan person. People here often wear the flag on clothes, so that's accurate. Everything is great. I would maybe add something about Hawaii being obsessed with Spam musubis with America wondering why, since that's also an interesting stereotype and pretty true. Everybody loves Spam musubis here, and it would make an interesting bit of color in Hawaii's character. Good job, and thanks for doing the research.