A Claymation Collection Of Characters

Well, now that I think I'm mostly caught up on all the ancient artwork, I can finally start showing my new stuff. Here is.. well, actually it's a fairly older pic, drawn last year or so, but it's still new regarding the fact that many of you haven't seen it yet.

This pic introduces some OFCs for my "Will Vinton" universe, this particular piece showcasing OCs that are introduced in my coming fanfic "Good Wilshire Hunting". (WARNING: Spoilers ahead!)



#1: MOTHER NATURE (A.K.A. "OSTARA")
This one's pretty self explanatory. As this woman is the personification of Nature itself. Every part of it. Not only that, she is also the head honcho of the what I call the "Council Of Magic Mascots", which includes Father Time (her husband and near-equal), Baby New Year (their son), the Easter Bunny, Santa & Mrs. Claus, Cupid, The Tooth Fairy, The Sandman, Lady Luck, Jack Frost, and Old Man Winter, as well as the Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse (one day I do a pic for all of them).
Despite her calm appearance, Ostara has many formidable powers, all of them related to nature in some way. While she technically CAN theoretically control any and all aspects of the planet's nature, that doesn't mean she always DOES. Not without stantards and limitations, anyway. When her father, the Almighty being known by many names worldwide, set the laws of nature in motion back during the Great Beginning, he gave his daughter Ostara the task of keeping the nature of the world in balance. And she does so, and therefore cannot afford to simply do whatever she wants whenever she wants. Everything she does is for a greater reason, however unclear that reason may be.
While often stern, moody, temperamental and easily aggravated by the foolish behavior of mortals, she all the same serene, benevolent, motherly and loving. And she is certainly not one to altogether give up on mortals simply for displeasing her. ( Quite unlike Satan the Angel from "The Adventures Of Mark Twain", who, incidentally, happens to be her brother. But that's another story.. )
Although she knows that everything happens for a reason, Ostara is nonetheless an easily misunderstood figure by mortals, and frequently finds herself blamed by many of them for the world's problems. It is for this reason that, when not interacting with any of her fellow Magic Mascots, she spends much of her time alone in her mystical underground lair, a place where she can tend to the earth as she sees fit with the ability to effect anyone and anything anywhere in the world (with certain conditions, of course).
The reason for my including her here in this pic is because she actually does show up in the story. Near the end, when Wilshire has just been in a big fight with a villain in order to save Spike, he is rendered half-dead and drifts into a hallucinatory dream state of sorts. It is there that Mother Nature appears before him to commend him for learning to be less selfish and more loving, loyal and self-sacrificing, just before reviving him back to life..



#2: DR. HANK LEPUS
This old rabbit in the wheelchair is a now retired (due to health reasons that have cost him the use of his legs and, eventually, his life) psychologist and Spike's old teacher. When Spike was but a wee med student studying psychology, it was this old guy who trained him and taught him everything he knows. He was also the only other person that Spike knew who shared his same talent for being able to see right through other people's bullshit, (including Spike's!) and as a result, the two have always had the highest amount of respect that a mentor and student could ever have for each other.
Even though Spike hasn't seen him in years, he pays Hank a visit at some point in the story.
Although now a balding paraplegic due to Multiple Sclerosis, Dr. Lepus's mind still remains sharp as ever, and it is he, alone, who is able to figure out the truth about Spike's feelings for Wilshire, something Spike has been in denial of since the Pig went to jail the year before and as such is beginning to effect his work in ways increasingly criticized by many.
Sometime later in the story, when Wilshire is out of jail and living with Spike, the two are interrupted from what would have been their first kiss by a phone call telling Spike that his mentor has passed away. At Hank's funeral, Spike and Wilshire get the chance to talk some more..


#3: JUDGE ALEXIS AMPHIBIOUS
This bullfrog lady judge is tasked with the duty of presiding over the case that gets Wilshire out of prison. With her African-American-sounding voice and attitude, she can be stern and harsh to those that act up in her courtroom. (Especially the jury members, who act up even more than Wilshire himself, who's surprisingly quiet and well-behaved during the hearing). But, despite this, she also has a warm and compassionate heart underneath it all, as well as an honorable sense of law and justice.
Plus, she also happens to be the wife of another character (not pictured here), the bulldog prison warden, Jordan, whom Wilshire became quite acquainted with during his time in the Big House.


#4: GORDO RAM
(WARNING: This character has the darkest backstory of all, although it is kind of instrumental in the story, so it's your choice whether or not to read about him. )
This cruel, hulking male sheep is basically the antagonist of the story. As Wilshire's main cellmate at first, Gordo starts off acting friendly enough, offering to "be friends" with Wilshire and "take him under his wing", but in truth he just wants someone to be a whipping boy to do all his prison chores for him and get taunted and laughed at in return. This starts to trigger Wilshire's long-repressed memories of the abuse he endured as a child, one day causing him to stand up and mouth off to Gordo. The ram becomes angry, and decides to take it out on one of the inmates whom he "makes an example out of" by beating him to death. Anyway, this outburst gets Gordo hauled away into solitary, much to the relief of a shaken Wilshire, who's left questioning the way he's led his own life..
It is not the last we see of Gordo, however. A it turns out, the ram happens to harbor a longtime grudge against Spike, (for reasons explained next character..) and manages to escape prison in order to kidnap and seek his revenge against the rabbit, until Wilshire shows up to stop him, thus leading to the epic climactic showdown of Pig VS. Ram. (I won't tell you how it ends, though..) 


#5: LUCY EWE
WARNING: Also quite dark and tragic, yet essential to the story)
Gordo's now-deceased wife, the reasons for her death are also the reasons for Gordo's grudge against Spike.
Some years ago, back in the 1980's (hence her Farrah Fawcett hairstyle), Lucy was a sweet, cheerful, but very naive young female sheep. Gordo had psychotic tendencies unknown to her before, and as such, began to abuse her, during which time she sought help from Dr. Spike Rabbit, who tried to persuade her to leave her dangerous husband for her own good. But Lucy was afraid, and being in Spike's presence made her feel relaxed, like she had never been before. In turn, Spike found himself growing attracted to her as well, and the two began a short-lived affair, which ended one day when Lucy called and left a message with Spike telling him everything she felt about him and that she was finally ready to leave Gordo.. ..who happened to be listening the entire time and heard everything. Long story short, he murdered his own wife on the spot. Gordo was horrified by what he'd done. But, rather than place the blame on himself where it belonged, he instead chose to blame Spike, for "ruining his life", a grudge he still carries all the way to jail.
(EXTRA: As it turns out, Lucy's autopsy revealed that she was also a month or two pregnant at the time, but the fetus was so undeveloped that question as to who the father was was never clarified.. )
Thus, despite the fact that it wasn't truly his fault, Spike nonetheless secretly carries a tremendously guilty conscience for Lucy's end. (Possibly the reasons for his initial hesitance about pursuing his feelings for Wilshire?)


#6: THE LOP-EARED INMATE
(WARNING: Last character with a dark and tragic, yet important, backstory.)
The Lop-eared inmate is what this character is simply known as. He is one of Gordo's prison lackeys and is cheerful and loyal to him, until one day when Wilshire angers Gordo, who takes it out on this lop-eared rabbit kid, by beating him to a pulp and then killing him, a horrific act that gets Gordo hauled off to solitary confinement (as well as Death Row!). 
Though this rabbit is a minor character, I felt I would include him anyway as he is still an important character in his own way, because although his fate is tragic and grisly, it nonetheless serves as the first real reality check for our porky protaganist Wilshire, as the pig's eyes become at last opened to the true evils that come with a life of crime and violence. 






I hope somebody takes notice of this, after all I put into it, and finds it all as intense as I did. :whew: