My name is Ralph Contreras, I’m an alumni from the first and second 30 Character Challenge. It’s super great to see so many creative people getting involved this year. I had a blast last year. So there was no question I’d accept the challenge this year too. This time around I have a better idea what to expect. I’m just going to let my imagination go wild, no planning or restrictions when it comes to the characters. I will approach the actual artistic process differently though. Last year I only did penciled work. This year I’m planning on inking and digitally coloring them as well. Shazam!
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30 November 2011 9:01 PM EDT

Character Back Story:
Lilith is Adams first wife before Eve. She refuses to be Adams subordinate and states that she is his equal. When Lilith leaves the Garden of Eden and Adam the angels Sansenoy, Senoy and Semangelof are sent to bring her back. She refuses to go back to Adam so a bargain is made for her freedom. The price is the deaths of one hundred of her children every day. Lilith complies, but gives birth to more then 100 a day. Through the many centuries Lilith has slowly birthed an army of daughters and sons to take back the world she believes rightfully belongs to her. Their numbers rival the angels themselves. She has raised her children to hate and pity the “Children of Eve”. There is a war for Earth coming and Lilith plans to win it.
Behavior Traits:
Independent, Motivated, Headstrong, Manipulative, Driven, Cunning
Powers / Abilities / Skills:
Invulnerability, Flight, Telepathy, Motivation, Limited Teleportation
Notes:
Lilith is a character from my comic project “First Legacy”, this is a working title. She is taken from folklore and was mentioned in the character back story of a character named Aurora Light a few years ago. I used is challenge to revisit the comic idea.
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30 November 2011 5:33 PM EDT

Character Back Story:
Sansenoy along with his brothers Senoy and Semangelof are Archangels and guardians of humanity. When Lilith leaves the Garden of Eden and Adam they are sent to bring her back. A bargain is made for her freedom, the price is the deaths of one hundred of her children every day. Lilith complies, but gives birth to more then 100 a day. Sansenoy keeps a watchful eye on Lilith and her surviving children. On many occasions he even fight them in battle. Sansenoy eventually meets and falls in love with Liliths greatest warrior daughter, Sylvia. Sansenoy and Sylvia began a secret romantic relationship. He shows Sylvia the great potential and wonders that the “Children of Eve” can achieve.
Behavior Traits:
Compassionate, Supportive, Stern, Romantic
Powers / Abilities / Skills:
Invulnerability, Flight, Super-Strength, Empathy
Notes:
Sansenoy is a character from my comic project “First Legacy”, this is a working title. He is taken from folklore and was mentioned in the character back story of a character named Aurora Light a few years ago.
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30 November 2011 3:23 PM EDT

Character Back Story:
Isaac is one Liliths warrior children. Raised from birth to despise the “Children of Eve”, Isaac sees no redeeming qualities in humanity. He is one of the most savage of her sons, there is no one he fears. He’s fight against both angels and demons, very rarely finding any equals.
Behavior Traits:
Patience, Brutal, Calculating, Loyal
Powers / Abilities / Skills:
Invulnerability, Heighten Senses, Night Vision, Super-Strength, Weapons Master, Hand to Hand Combat
Notes:
Isaac is a character from the comic is “First Legacy”, this is a working title. I wanted to make him a huge frighting warrior. Not to bulky, but still menacing looking.
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30 November 2011 12:48 PM EDT

Character Back Story:
Rachel is a warrior daughter of Lilith. Lilith was Adams first wife before Eve, refusing to be his subordinate and left him. Through the many centuries Lilith has slowly created an army of daughters and sons to take back the world. One of the strongest of these daughters is Rachel. She was raised from childhood to hate and pity the “Children of Eve”. One of her mothers most loyal warriors. Rachel has fought many campaigns against both angels and demons. Rachel is a cunning warrior and field general in Lilith’s army. She is always ready to fight in defense of her sisters, brothers and mothers beliefs.
Behavior Traits:
Short Tempered, Headstrong, Driven, Impatient, Loyal
Powers / Abilities / Skills:
Invulnerability, Flight, Super-Strength, Swords Master, Hand to Hand Combat, Expert Combat Tactician
Notes:
Rachel originates form a character creation I did a few years ago. I mentioned her in the character back story of a character named Aurora Light. I’ve always wanted to go back to that story, this gave me a change to redefine the characters and the story. The working title for this comic is “First Legacy“.
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24 October 2011 6:44 PM EDT
SHAZAM! Hey everyone!
My name’s Ralph Contreras, I’m an alumni of the awesome 30 Character Challenge. This will be my 3rd time around. The first year I completed the challenge, but last year I didn’t. I’m determined to see the whole thing through this year. It’s a great challenge and I’m really looking forward to it. In past years I’ve made some great online friendships with fellow creators. I’m looking forward to seeing all the amazing characters everyone will create this year.
I’m a huge comic nerd with aspiration of working in the comic field professionally. Comics have always been a part of my life. I even owned and ran my own comic book shop. For the past few years I’ve really been trying to make the dream a reality. I setup a personal blog Comic Book Graphic Design, where I combine my comic artwork with my graphic design skills. I post all my sketches, character designs and comic book resources to help other aspiring comic artists in this journey too. I’ve very excited to announce my first self created comic project will be seeing print in early 2012, Amazing Hero Adventures (website under construction). Several characters in the comic were created during the 2009 & 2010 Character Challenge.
For this challenge I’m planning on getting some characters fleshed out for several comic stories bouncing around in my mind. I’ll be using this as my starting point, the challenge always sends my mind to all sorts of directions during the month. This year my goal is to pencil, ink and digitally color all character designs.
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Wow! What a great month! So many awesome new characters from all the participants. I really enjoyed seeing all the creativity every day. Thanks to Tyler for gathering us all together. You Rock dude! So I didn’t quite finish the challenge. I did come up with 30 characters, but I was only able to illustrate 12 of them. If anything I learned I need to work on my time management skills.
Entering the challenge I planned on coming up with fresh ideas every day and not having any preconceived plans to the characters before I put my pencil to the paper. But once I started with the first character I started getting ideas for other characters. Eventually I created a list of 30 characters that were not only connected to each other, but also connected to the universe of my current personal comic projects.
I’ve included my list of the 30 characters with a strike through on the ones I was able to illustrate and post. Although I wasn’t able to get them all done in time for this awesome challenge. I will finish them and post on my personal blog (ComicBookGraphicDesign.com).












30 Characters 2010 – Ralph Contreras
- 1. Foot Soldier of the Cyber Lords (male)
- 2. Zarruk Xeon (male)
- 3. General Grimm (male)
- 4. Surge Shocker (male)
- 5. Penelope Chamber (female)
- 6. Leon Perrie (male)
- 7. Psycho Bringer (male)
- 8. Susan Spektor (female)
- 9. Legerity [Sandra Spektor, sister of Susan Spektor] (female)
- 10. Solarus [John McCarran] (male)
- 11. Brother Jeffrey Hamilton, Founder of the Church of Solarus (male)
- 12.Cyberonic [Jason Tabort] (man)
- 13. Solarus II [Benjamin McCarran, son of original Solarus] (male)
- 14. Jeremiah Stone [Elementals; Earth] (male)
- 15. Susanna Ridley [Elementals); Wind] (female)
- 16. Bo Stone [Elementals; Water] (male)
- 17. Jed Griffen [Elementals; Fire] (male)
- 18. Victory [uses a modified Foot Soldier energy staff] (female)
- 19. Red Mammoth (male)
- 20. Tiger Shadow (male)
- 21. Crimson Sun [Cameron McCarran, son of original Solarus and brother to Solarus II] (male)
- 22. Cakka’ria, Cyber Lord field leader (female)
- 23. Kevin Spektor [son of Solarus II and Susan Spektor] (male)
- 24. Azaark’con, interstellar bounty hunter (Female)
- 25. The Shadows Man [Alec Samson] (male)
- 26. Mighty Max [Maximilian Murphy] (male)
- 27. Arcanzra Bliz’chat, Acarien Rebel leader (arachnoid alien male)
- 28. Shak’urra Bliz’chat, Acarien Rebel [daughter of Arcanzra Bliz’chat] (arachnoid alien female)
- 29. Hexson Ichubuz, Former Foot Soldier, now free (male)
- 30. Oun Da Zerka the Cyber Lord (male)
Thanks again to Tyler James for gathering us all together, and to Daniel Govar (saulone) for the great .psd templates. As an alumni of last year’s 30 Character Challenge, I was proud to participate again this year. I’m happy to have made new friends with a bunch of great and talented artists. Anyone else that wants to connect with me, follow the links at the end of this post. See you all next year again for the 2012 Challenge! – Shazam!
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