A webcomic in development!
STELLARKIND is passion project and a webcomic in solo development by Loafbud. It is set in a world where people and star-born creatures called Stellars coexist in a supernatural, superhuman society. The universe of STELLARKIND takes inspiration from Digimon, My Hero Academia, and Pokemon!
I first created the concept of STELLARKIND back in 2016 during my senior year in highschool. Back then it had an entirely different name and cast of characters, but kept the concept of "monster companions with evolution lines". I've always been the only one working on this passion project, so the most I've done was draw character art, story planning, and mock-up screenshots.During those years, this was a project I mostly kept to myself as I wasn't quite ready to share it publicly yet.
In 2018, the characters remained but the project went under a new name: Terramoks (Terra + Amok).In November 2018, I wrote my first (and last) National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) entry that was a Terramoks story. I used an entirely different cast of characters for this; their names & personalities were created on-the-spot. While I never finished or published the story...
...Said characters were the debuts of Windi and Pitch!
At this time, Shanty did not exist yet. Instead, Windi had a bluejay companion that also debuted in the NaNoWriMo story.
This was also a time when I began coming up with lore for the Terramoks (what the creatures were formerly called), messin' around the concept of 'em having outer space origins from planets.
While I was doing this... despite drawing different concepts & evolution lines for Windi's bluejay friend, her design didn't really stick with me. It didn't feel iconic enough.So I got to brainstorming.
On the same day I went brainstorming on August 11, 2019, I drew a doodle of a cat.
The origin of her current design! Shanty's design used to have two tails.
the very first drawing of Shanty
I liked this design but it seemed to lack that "iconic appeal" that I was going for. So I drew her again and immedately became attached!This cat was named Shanty!!
One night in early September 2019, this was when I started getting into astrology and wanting to learn more about it. Before then, I never really put much interest in stars but on that night, my feelings changed. I started stargazing more and had more appreciation for being able to see the stars at night, amazed and enthralled by their mere existence.That was when I had an epiphany.What if... the creatures in Terramoks originated from the stars? What if they were made of stars? In the real world, people always have had strong connections and associations to the stars, whether that be thru Astrology or making wishes. So how would that define their relations with these star-born creatures?This was the night when the project's name was changed to STELLARKIND & took shape to becoming what it is today!
The creatures in this series were now beings born of stardust known as Stellars!
Ever since the very beginning of STELLARKIND's concept in 2016, I never actually got to start drawing the webcomic mainly out of procrastination and wanting to get the story solid...But honestly? I'm glad I haven't started it yet, now I think about it.