We Still Remember

About the drawing itself: Done in marker, colored pencil, pen, micron pen, watercolor, whiteout, white marker, photoshop, and much more. I'm still trying to take "mixed media" to a whole new level.

About the character:
Name: Snowfire (formerly known as Little Cold Fire because I've had this character ever since I was a dumb little second grader)
Gender: Male
Species: Mutated Firecat
Age: about four years

Design notes:
He's completely white with grayish stripes, but sometimes lighting makes him look silver.
he's playful, but has a wise, kind face with intelligent eyes.
He has huge, snowy white wings.

Background:
It is said there exists a world far from our own, which is home to dragons, unicorns, and creatures that humans cannot even comprehend. No human can reach Caria, but these creatures have been known to walk the portals between worlds and even to our own.

The warm, southern region of Caria is home to Fire Creatures, which have flames sprouting out of their bodies. One such species is the Firecat. It is said that there once existed a female firecat with BLUE fire which froze instead of burned. Obviously she lived in constant danger. Every time she came into contact with a cat in her tribe, she risked losing her powers or even her life. Somehow, though, she loved her world so much that she never left. She grew up without many serious incidents, and was even able to mate.
Her two daughters, Hotfire and Starfire, were perfectly normal. To her horror, though, her son had the same dangerous mutation that she did. She called him Snowfire, and she guarded and desperately tried to prevent him from playing with his siblings and the other firecats. She eventually realized that a life of isolation was not enough for her son, so she hired a dragon to send him to a place where he would be accepted instead of shunned.

The dragon aimed for a northern land filled with peaceful ice tigers and dwarves, but a minor accident caused him to land instead in a small village not far away. This village was one of the rare ones in Caria in which many different species of different elements coexisted as friends. Having never had a friend in his life, Snowfire immediately tried to find a playmate. He met and was immediately attached to a beautiful Firehorse named Flash. Flash thought the small kitten was an orphan and took him in, although she was careful not to touch him. The dragon that was responsible for Snowfire searched many weeks for him, but never saw the cat again and assumed he was dead.
Despite all odds, Snowfire grew up into a handsome young cat. He loved to play tricks, to wrestle his friends and pretend to be a hero, and above all, to eat. Still, his friends were the most important things in the world to him. He put their safety first and was fiercely loyal.

This village, however, was constantly in trouble. A city just to the west had formerly been full of many Firelions, the power-hungry, ruthless cousins to the Firecats. After the soulless cats started taking the western city and many other by force, the rest of Caria decided to confine the Firelions to a fairly small portion of the planet and fence them in. Of course the Firelions made several attempts to break free and wage war on the rest of Caria, and this small village was in their path. Whenever a firelion broke free, everyone in the village would help push it back to its own territory. Snowfire himself had been a key part of many of these spats.

One night while Flash was asleep, she had a dream that her cat friend defeated all of the mighty beasts. He rose on his beautiful white wings with fire blazing in his blue eyes. He was the answer to this crisis and many more. He was a king; kind to his people and more powerful than Flash could imagine. Snowfire never knew of this dream, but when Flash insisted, he became more and more involved in the war, becoming an icon of hope for much of Caria. The Firelion king knew of this cat's face and feared it. Other lions made it their life's goal to hunt him down. Unafraid, Snowfire kept fighting in order to help his family and the friends that he had lived so long without.


Yup... I created all that when I was still a kid. Since then I've forgotten a lot about this poor guy, and I've decided to bring him back. He was a huge part of my life, after all. I've never forgotten the imaginary friend that entertained me for so many years.