Soul mates

An attempt at using colour over a greyscale 'painting', a technique I have never used, but most likely will use again in the future. It actually began as a sketch until my brain just said, 'screw it', and made it a proper piece.

This may not make sense to 99% of my followers, but that's okay. You're mostly here to observe at any rate. These two women are my Olivia Jane Shepard (Mass Effect series) and Sarah Grace Kipling (same universe, but OC).

I have a habit of creating elaborate backstories for my characters, even if they aren't technically mine. But Sarah is my own invention. She shows up in Shepard's timeline two years into her military career, lasting all the way until Akuze (see: Sole Survivor). I like tragedy, shoot me. Sarah meant the world to Shepard, who by all intents and purposes, is a rather 'mechanical' individual, cold and calculating, focusing on the mission. Sarah had brought her out of that, if just a little, and their relationship was such that it could be labeled as 'soul mates'. Or sisters, but that is a little ambiguous and doesn't flesh out the true meaning. Needless to say, Shepard reverted back into her shell a bit after Akuze and Sarah's death, that is... until the Normandy >:3

I apologize if this dribble is difficult to bear. I've been fiddling with my Olivia Shepard for years now, and I've finally gotten her and her supporting characters to a place where I like them, and it's rather complicated to jot down simply. Especially when I am to be coherent and, let's face it, entertain my followers.

At any rate, hopefully I'll 'paint' my other OC's from that universe, and I'll try to flesh out her backstory more.

Mass Effect and Co. - Bioware
Sarah Kipling - Me.
Olivia Shepard - 1/3 me, 2/3 Bioware (note: I put enough work into her backstory that she IS technically mine, bite me if you have an alternative opinion.)