The Artist's Muse

**The Artist's Muse** is a mini art project that delves more into a practicing the skill itself while testing the waters in making visual narratives and bigger compositions. It has mostly progressed in creative writing, as a series was made under the same project title.

## Concept

As we are well aware of the world of 《Fiction》well crafted by artists and writers, we've read stories of their 《Characters》 along the way. We've all witnessed various journeys and inspiration beyond those pages. Everything starts from a 《Blank Canvas.》

## Synopsis

An artist has been fond of a fictional character for many years. She was knows that many others are fond of him as well. One day, she had a thought of not wanting to share anymore and had the idea of drawing a reflection of that character, like a copy of her own. Breathing life as she drew the lines, she claims him as her muse.

Seeing him still lacking his development as a character, she decides to build him a heart. Together, they pose and interact in a variety of illustrations while he finds things that make him feel what truly feels like himself. An unconventional tale of soul searching and passion for the arts.

## Characters

### Alter Ren

The artist who created her muse. She embodies the pure admiration on fictional characters. Taking different roles with her partner, she appears with him in various stories.

### TK

The titular muse of the project. Rather self-aware of his nature, he obliges to always tag along with his artist's illustrstions as her model and main companion. Despite having a very similar appearance to his original, his idea is to be built completely different as a character of his own. Having no permanent narrative written, he is free to fit any role there is to ever have.

## Etymology

* Although he is usually referred to as TK, Alter did think of what it stands for.
	+ **TK** stands for **Tomio Kagamiya** (鏡宮 富雄 Kagamiya Tomio), as a direct reference to his original.
		- **Tomio** means "wealth" (富) (**tomi**) and "manly, hero" (雄) (**o**).
			* This was also interpreted as "treasured man".
		- **Kagamiya** means "mirror" (鏡) (**kaga**) and "temple, shrine, palace" (宮) (**miya**).
			* This is a reference on how he is a reflecting image of the original.
* Rhenoa24's persona name is **Ren Akai** (赤井 蓮 Akai Ren).
	+ **Akai** (赤井) is a homophone for "red" (赤い) (**akai**). **Ren** means "lotus" (蓮) (**ren**).
	+ Basing on the same design , the original character that appears in this project goes as **Alter Ren**.

## Distinctions

As the characters are meant to be modeled after existing characters, they are designed to be distinguishable from their Originals; having their own identities.

* Alter Ren has crimson eyes, rather than brown, and lacks the signature red bow on her hair.
	+ She acts as a separate original character, rather than a representation of the creator. This was punned with the username @notrhenoa24, which is an account mostly dedicated for this project.
	+ While Akai Ren is mostly portrayed in comfy clothes, Alter Ren will have the entire variety for her roles.
	+ She is associated with red roses, instead of strawberry and shortcakes.
* TK has star-shaped mark around his neck, being it his signature point. His color scheme doesn't have a distinct change.
	+ He shares the same height as Alter Ren, being significantly shorter compared to his original.
	+ He is often portrayed rather stoic and calm. He is rather more on the softer side, and sometimes sweet.
	+ Like Alter, he appears in a variety of costumes and sets for his roles.
	+ He is associated with blue roses, blueberries and crowns.
* Both of them can be considered as actors taking roles in a play. Both are made distinct and separate from their inspirations. They are treated as characters placed in different stories.