RudiciusCaesar

Welcome to my weird page with some consistent themes. Themes that I feel should be very apparent from the get go. I have been on deviantArt for a very long time. I draw first and foremost, for myself, and I write, first and foremost for myself. The fact that so many of you enjoy my artwork and especially enjoy my original stories brings me so much happiness. I am a traditional media artist, using graphite pencils, wax colored pencils, watercolors, alcohol markers, and a few other odds and ends.

My original characters, Mira the Rus' (created in 2011), and Alice Mendoza, the water-powered superheroine, Aquatica (created in 2015), and all their artwork and stories, they are my greatest work.

Mira the Rus', her story takes place in early medieval Kyiv/Kiev, during the reign of Grand Prince Vladimir. She's pregnant, duh, and fights against various mythological creatures and has a low-fantasy feel to her stories. They are heavily dated now and I do intend to give her a reboot someday, changing a lot of the things that I grew through and out of. I explored some early themes or romance, cut my teeth on the fighting scenes, and was easily swayed by things going on in my life at the time. When I do reboot her, I will leave the old stories up to show how far things have come and how much of an author I have changed. Please continue to love her stories.

Alice Mendoza, her stories are my current focus and actually have been for a while now. Her stories take place in the not too distant future, in the fictional city of New Havana in southern Florida. She's pregnant, duh, and has water/ice powers. Her stories are more modern and thus, make use of our vernacular and give me a lot of freedom to do what I want, as oppose to Mira's stories where I have to be more conscious of dialogue and things like that. Alice's stories are crude, comedic, action packed, and sci-fi laden. Please enjoy her stories.

With that said, I do not do commissions, at least not regularly. If you really, really want something out of me, feel free to message me, leave a private note, or whatever, and we will discuss it but in all likelihood, those days are long gone for me. As some of you may know, I have Crohn's Disease, and have had it for some time. My illness has hindered me at times and clouded my artistic judgement here and there but it has also provided me with a lot of down time to think and plan out ideas.

I also want to mention, feel free to comment or ask any questions, I am usually friendly but I do apologize if I seem snippy, you are more than likely encountering me when I am sick. However, do not be rude, and always remember, art in general is fantasy, is fiction. Art expresses a reality, a fake one, but a reality far away from our own. Art and literature should harken away from the pain and sadness of our normal, mundane lives. Art is an escape for me, an escape from isolation, an escape from my illness, but a fictional one nonetheless. If you have a problem with something I've drawn, or something I've written, that's your problem. If you have a legitimate critique or comment, I welcome every one of them. No one improves in a vacuum.

Thank you again, I am eternally grateful for the attention and following, no matter how small, that I have been honored with.