About Me

Hi! I'm the author of this project! While I try to keep the articles within this Wiki as impersonal and objective as possible (as it should be with any Wiki, despite the very personal nature of this project), this is the one article where I'll allow myself to break the etiquettes (and the fourth wall along with it, I guess). It is about me, after all!

So, introducing myself a bit here:

* name's Mya (artistic name is from\_mYa!)
* music producer/composer/whatever (been making music since I was around 13)
* digital artist (been making art for around the same time)
* currently in my 20's.
* sucker for anything early 00's
* I wouldn't consider myself much of a writer, though I guess I technically am, at least for this project.
* learning 3D modelling and animation.
* I love cartoons, but I'm not much into anime (save some exceptions), despite my artstyle being fairly anime-esque.

Actually, talking about artstyle, I think it's fair I talk about my inspirations behind the project!

## Inspirations

### Artstyle

Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is a big inspiration for me artistically and I guess it's not hard to see that, considering the general anatomy and thick outlines used. I also tend to use a bit of geometry and hard angles in a character's sillhouette. Hard monotone shadows and highlights (basically celshading) is also a notable feature in my artstyle, makes it look sharp and snappy. Celshading is quite stylish when done right (something I'm still learning to do).

*(Actually, there's one design feature that once you see it, you'll be able to tell Endos and Exos/Outers apart extremely easily when in doubt. I won't tell you though)*

### Music

Collpased Horizon's discography doesn't quite follow one fixed genre or another. Because the songs in Collapsed Horizons are storytelling devices heavily influenced by the perspectives of the characters involved in its creation/performance, they are very contextual in nature. The styles of each song highly depend on what characters are involved in its composition, what the song is about and when it was made.

However, that is not to say there aren't patterns: Lauryn a lot of the time makes Punk or Metal music with her band, Mentsy/Meghan and Yura have orchestral or ethnic elements mixed with electronic music in different flavors, Katy is more J-pop oriented and Muffle has a romantic/intimate feel to her compositions (unsurprisingly).

### Characters

My inspiration for characters is a bit funny. It's a lot of mish-mashing of things I enjoy, but that still fit their roles in the story somewhat. I'll use Yura as an example, one of my favorite characters:

Her character is simultaneously inspired by ENA from the webseries of the same name, and Scarface, a Predator from a Playstation 2 game from the Aliens vs Predator franchise. Quite a weird mix, I know, and you still make her steampunk on top of that and you can see how much of a mess of a character she really is, at least from a conceptual/design standpoint. But all these elements are not random. They have something in common that ties them together: they all represent past times and reinforce her role as a Guardian of Memories. A modern show that plays on retro aesthetics and has quite abstract and absurdist elements to it, another is a game with a being from another planet seeking to honor his clan again that legit was part of my childhood (yes, despite its somewhat violent nature) and the latter is a subculture typically associated for its yesteryear elements mixed with fantasy. There's a modern nostalgic, personal and universal appeal to her character respectively.

Her role as a character in the series is to protect Endo Horizon's history, to form bridges between the present and the past, to guide Endo Horizon to not make history repeat itself again.

Now, as to why I'm making this wiki, it's because the world of Collpased Horizons (which the music is directly based of) is quite vast. I simply love worldbuilding! Makes a piece of art feel multi-faceted, immersive and like it had a life of its own. It also makes your audience feel more involved in it (specially as this is a Wiki, you can expand it with your knowledge if you feel like it).

That's what I'm aiming to do with C.H.! Expressing my world Out there for others to see and be a part of if they feel like it. Maybe inspire someone to make their own little world too, it's fun.