second art gallery of BLUE HORIZON characters by naila moonsi.
[Something new.]
This page has a secret! Poke at it if you want. If it's too difficult to find, it's on the main page with other secrets, too. It's secret, but it's not "secret."SO... I was stubborn back in February of 2024 and assumed I'd draw a few more (and actually reach my goal of finishing 30 daily sketches instead of only 20), but I never did!
I never dropped this sketch I completed in February 17th of 2024. I will actually drop the somewhat edited version of this sketch here (I'll be less lazy and drop the edited version of other daily sketches here eventually).
It's of older Armando Rivera and Ranvir Chandrani, the dads of Blue Horizon! The first digital art I ever attempted was of them at 18 or 19, so it's interesting to see my slow progress thus-far by comparing them.
older armando and older ranvir respectively under a rose arch. the roses surrounding them are pink and darker pink upon a spring green arch. behind them are implied bushes with implied lavender-colored flowers and a grassy lane with flower petals implied to have fallen on the grass. armando with medium light brown skin is looking at ranvir a little shyly with a slight blush; he has black pomade hair back with a gray streak and a beard and a lopsided smile. he wears a white shirt with a purple tie and gray pants. ranvir with dark brown skin is speaking to him with a smile on his mouth and is relaxed; he has short gray hair and gray beard. he's wearing a white undershirt and blue lungi with aqua stripes falling like water. 
close-up of older armando and older ranvir under the rose arch.I'm currently largely focusing on the upcoming Kickstarter and art I want to get done for that! So I haven't been sketching outside that much.
Due to this, here's a few comic sketches to give a better feel for my current art, from March 2024 onward (the last one is from late July 2024):
A comic panel where the young man with red eyes, blue hair like waves and blue panjabi Antonio Chandrani-Rivera is looking cockily with a grin at red-eyed violet-and-pink-haired Alejandro Altaha, who's looking down and blushing with a sweatdrop and exclamation mark. The main difference is Antonio has a bubble with lgbt flag and question mark.
Antonio pulling Alejandro's arm against his chest, holding it. Antonio is smiling with furrowed brows at Alejandro while mostly submerged back against the ocean, with only his face and part of his head unsumbmerged. His shoulder-length blue hair is drifting in the water, and what's underneath the water is darker or bluish, including his diver-like dark blue suit, his skin and his hair.![Rajab looks back at someone with a serious gaze, silver eyes, dark brown skin and silver hair with a flowery white print shirt. The seas behind him look mystical and swirling. Antonio with his typical darker blue hair [within the comic] like waves looks brash with a sharp grin, with glowing red eyes and blood splashed on his skin. Fernando, who is identical to him except with [anime] dark violet hair with a flying braid, looks back at what looks like Antonio very seriously with his golden eye glowing and a small frown, wearing a red shirt and with his waves whirling behind him.](/bluerizemediasart/3 triplet chandrani brothers.png)
Rajab looks back at someone with a serious gaze, silver eyes, dark brown skin and silver hair with a flowery white print shirt. The seas behind him look mystical and swirling. Antonio with his typical darker blue hair [within the comic] like waves looks brash with a sharp grin, with glowing red eyes and blood splashed on his skin. Fernando, who is identical to him except with [anime] dark violet hair with a flying braid, looks back at what looks like Antonio very seriously with his golden eye glowing and a small frown, wearing a red shirt and with his waves whirling behind him.Late October 2024 additions:
Leo seems to want to assure Khaleel he has his back, smiling very softly, while Khaleel is blushing heavily. Leo has his anime silver curly hair tied back and Khaleel has anime silver dreads. Leo is Spectral Viridian (spring green color) while Khaleel is Red. They both have dark brown skin, and Leo's is darker while Khaleel's is a bit lighter. Leo is wearing a bright pinkish red shirt and bright azure blue shorts, while Khaleel is wearing a gray-black sleeveless shirt.
Diego is trying to comfort Antonio's golden-eyed identical twin Fernando, sweating a bit while blushing and awkwardly conversing (implied). Fernando's tearful, with his feet to his chest and tears fallen on the hands on top of his knees. They're indoors sitting on a windowsill seat, and Fernando is wearing only an teal lungi with violet diamond patterns at the bottom while Diego wears a plaid shirt and gray jeans. Diego's skintone is light brown, while Fernando's skintone is medium brown. Diego has black hair that's pomaded back, while Fernando has dark violet hair that's implied to be black that has a braid hanging down in front of is chest. The clouds are gray outdoors and the wall or balcony door Diego holds onto is lavender.
The silver-eyed Raj Rivera is crying while glowing violet-eyed William is trying to comfort him, holding onto his arm while blushing heavily. William has long brown hair that's a little wavy, pale skin, and freckles. He wears an orange shirt with fuchsia v-neck lining and a fuchsia four-pointed star/sparkle on the chest. Raj has silver-white anime hair color and dark brown skin. The tears are noticeable on his face, even though he's smiling, and it spills over onto his black undershirt.
An anxious-looking Antonio with a pouty frown staring at the ceiling while lying in a lavender sheet-covered bed, head atop a pink pillow. He has dark blue hair like waves and dark brown skin, and his eyes are a glowing supernatural red. He wears a blue tanktop. This is the first art I ever did of Another Sky verse OCs, and is of the dads Ranvir Chandrani and Armando Rivera at 18 or 19~! (Book 1 starts with their story in Part 1 for reasons and loops back to its themes in Part 2 despite starring the Main 6 and their friends.) The flower is done by a brush by ▷流河 @ Clip Studio Assets (1765219). I stopped drawing for 15-ish years and this was the first digital art I made:
Armando (left) fist-bumping an individual walking away, unseen by the viewer. He has tanned medium brown skintone, wears a violet overshirt and a dark purple undershirt, gray pants and white sneakers with pink socks. The overshirt is longer, falling below his thighs a bit. He’s posed atop a green hill watching Ranvir walking away wistfully. Ranvir (right) is further away, closer to the viewer, looking melancholy while staring at a pink flower in his hand. He has dark brown skin, is wearing blue gloves and a dark blue coat with aquamarine trimming, stars and cloud designs, which is implied to be his family’s uniform.This was the next art; I wanted to sketch Ranvir in a lungi in front of a pond by his uni so I did that:
Small doodle of Ranvir in a light blue lungi in front of a sea green pond by his uni...!The next art is of the main 4! I got excited to draw them and remembered how perspective worked due to the sheer intensity of wanting to:
Antonio has red eyes, a grin, is brown, has lighter ocean blue hair that falls like ocean waves, and has grabbed onto Alejandro, who looks a little shy, is sienna brown, has long violet hair, fuschia eyes (a power-up of red eyes), dark pink dyed locks in front of him, and he's wearing a pink shirt, as is looking back at Antonio. They both have slight blushes.
Layla has a red eye, eyepatch, and an odd smile going, is dark brown with wavy white-silver anime hair. She wears a light green suit with green shadow, and a red shirt. Alia is also dark brown, has falling anime ocean blue curls, with a noticeable aqua highlight. She's smiling to herself and wears a blue-violet coat.
Full art of OCs with repeating alt text. Layla has a red eye, eyepatch, and an odd smile going, is dark brown with wavy white-silver anime hair. She wears a light green suit with green shadow, and a red shirt. Alia is also dark brown, has falling anime ocean blue curls, with a noticeable aqua highlight. She's smiling to herself and wears a blue-violet coat. Antonio has red eyes, a grin, is brown, has lighter ocean blue hair that falls like ocean waves, and has grabbed onto Alejandro, who looks a little shy, is sienna brown, has long violet hair, fuschia eyes (a power-up of red eyes), dark pink dyed locks in front of him, and he's wearing a pink shirt, as is looking back at Antonio. They both have slight blushes.You and I through our lifetimes.
Aside from the first art gallery, the next art was this one of Ranvir, Armando and technically 8-year-old Antonio (I have realized he looks 5), which calls to a Part 1 subplot:
Very sketchy art of 19-year-old Armando with long hair, his hand over his laughing face, with little Antonio next to him, as well as Ranvir on the other side looking at Armando with a frown and a blush.NEXT IS... the daily sketch era (this past week, ending on 1/08/24). 12 of them! Warning for blood in several of them and a vague suicide ideation TW in the last one.
There's one art I'm going to include with the below instead of up here despite creating it in July 2023.
alejandro looking a bit breezy with a smile, fuchsia eyes and violet-toned hair. his tunic is colored pink with aqua sea and sun design along the neck. the background is lavender, dark violet and fuchsia.No one worries about your purity except that fool.
[the scion of the sun, alejandro altaha.]
A bloodied Antonio Chandrani with a grin on the lower half of his face that's shown; there's blood down his chin and blood on the lower half of his indigo Chandrani uniform along with some on his arms (which has the implication of stars, moons and waves as well as aqua buttons above the blood). His blue hair falls like waves. The background is aquamarine.I think you already know, but truth is, everyone sees the blood all over you, Antonio Chandrani.
[the bearer of the moon-and-ocean, antonio chandrani-rivera.]
There's Antonio Chandrani on the left wearing his family's dark blue Chandrani uniform (with stars, moons and waves on it) covered in blood. His skin is brown in tone and his eyes are fuschia; he's looking toward Alejandro on the other side of the picture with a tilt of his head. Behind him is a dark sea, dark waves, a starry sky, a dark night, and a bright aqua moon. On the right Alejandro stands there looking somewhat morose yet smiling; his long hair is violet in color tone, his skin is light bronze, his tunic is pinkish and has sun and green decoration along the shirt collar and two odd white sun designs on the lower part of it. Behind him is galactic space with the implication of two literal stars that look like Earth's (sheer white).the pure and the impure, the impure and the pure.
[antonio chandrani rivera and alejandro altaha.]
layla with implied chatter vs light rays and alia looking at her with a frown. layla has white wavy hair, is reddish brown in skintone, and grayed out expression aside from a smile, along with her black eyepatch with esoteric symbols on it and silver theads. alia is dark brown in skintone, has red eyes and curly dark blue hair that falls around her and wears a dark blue suit-like clothes with steel blue frills along the collar. the background is of the ocean with dark skies.they say there are angels in the darkest depths of the seas.
[extremely normal friends layla chandrani and alia (atif-)akinyemi.]
THIS NEXT ONE...
Alejandro looking calm and cheerful toward an unknown individual, wearing a tunic with sea and circular sun design along the collar and with long hair. Antonio watches him coldly from a bit behind him, seeming to be sitting. There are no colors and the background is taupe.It's easier to watch you say things like "Everything will be fine," and "I'll ascertain it," from afar. It almost feels familiar.
[rivals alejandro altaha and antonio chandrani. spin-off this old art with antonio and his fraternal twin brother raj.]
IS BASED ON THIS ONE FROM JULY 2023:
A sketch of a pair of OCs walking down some stairs. A broody-looking Raj staring down at Antonio. Raj has long silver hair, cold silver eyes, a frown, and wears a suit. Antonio has blue hair, closed eyes, a smile, and is much closer.When I was younger, I believed my older brother when he said, "It'll all be fine one day." The brotherly pair, Raj and Antonio.
[antonio down the stairs and his fraternal twin brother raj above.]
![On the left in lavender is Antonio who is looking back irritably with a visible red eye, a frown and furrowed brow. He's without a shirt, and holding fuchsia threads doing some sort of cat's cradle, as well as wearing an aquamarine-and-blue lungi. On the right in pink is golden-eyed [implied thru the egg yellow] Fernando who is looking back with a long braid and easy smile, holding a fuchsia rose. He's wearing a form-fitting tanktop and a lavender belt and light violet-looking pants.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/abe47b1348ba2bceb28c5b9d3e29af6b/a6a54b466b61b82b-50/s1280x1920/5f010baac3f40d4fe6a83086b033105163712b33.pnj)
On the left in lavender is Antonio who is looking back irritably with a visible red eye, a frown and furrowed brow. He's without a shirt, and holding fuchsia threads doing some sort of cat's cradle, as well as wearing an aquamarine-and-blue lungi. On the right in pink is golden-eyed [implied thru the egg yellow] Fernando who is looking back with a long braid and easy smile, holding a fuchsia rose. He's wearing a form-fitting tanktop and a lavender belt and light violet-looking pants.cats in the cradle and a rose for any who can love the moon
[antonio chandrani-rivera and his identical twin fernando chandrani-rivera facing away from each other. antonio is wearing a lungi because he's mixed fantasy counterpart south asian!]
antonio chandrani-rivera sliding fast and harsh across some surface with blood trailing from his bare feet. he's wearing a skin-tight blue fit and has blue hair that falls by his shoulders like waves. the background is rose pink and it takes up their skintone.and the beloved spoke, "i want a dream with you, antonio, not this hell you fall into."
[antonio chandrani-rivera. based part on the akira motorcycle scene and part on kali's bloodied feet imagery.]
layla singing rose pink notes with a dreamy sea-like overlay and wearing a lavender suit and mauve shirt with black tie over the shirt collar.musical synergy 🎶🎵💗💗💗🌊🌊
[layla chandrani.]
layla that is sky blue like the skies behind her looking stylized with big eyes; her hair is white and her eyepatch is an implied black but midnight blue with stars and moons. she has one red eye staring down at a fish in a glass bowl with a frown. she wears a white suit with a green shirt underneath with marron buttons. there are white clouds above and seas below and layla is standing on a deck that's salmon pink for stylistic effect.there's a whole ocean for you
[layla chandrani.]
chibi versions of antonio chandrani, dad ranvir chandrani, and raj chandrani wearing lungi. antonio is brown, ranvir and raj are dark brown. antonio has red eyes, an amused chibi look with brows furrowed, ranvir has closed eyes and a grin and looks like he's having a good time hanging around, and raj with silver eyes seems like he's discussing something intense with his arms thrown out. antonio's wearing a lavender shirt and his lungi is violet-pink with pink-and-green flowers upon a branch, a butterfly above, and petals falling about. ranvir is not wearing a shirt and ranvir's lungi has dreamy and wavy lavender-pink-and-teal colors upon darker brown cloth. raj's lungi matches his light green tanktop as a blue with green branched flowers and falling leaves.fashionable guys in fashionable lungi (feat. antonio chandrani, dad ranvir chandrani, and raj chandrani…!)
note that triplets antonio and raj (and unseen fernando) have 2 dads.]
an implication of alejandro's arm outlined in pink upon light sky blue, and upon his palm a caterpillar trying to reach a soft orange shell, with a pink flower blossom nearby, pink petals surrounding the caterpillar, little sparkles in pastel rainbow color, each its own color, and on middle finger a light spring green butterfly with soft sky blue coloring and blue eyes and lining, on the forefinger little blue droplets of water, and a lavender ring on pinky finger. on his wrist is a wristband that's teal with three little orange fishes surrounding a multicolored sparkle.such softer love than what i remember.
[alejandro altaha's arm. reference.]
Week 2! This time, blood tw only for one of them, and it's the chibis art too, lol. The last one is also horror-oriented, though no blood or gore.
I drew 7 arts! Started 01/09 (I actually drew one), then took a week-long break, and then kept drawing till about 02/02/24. My goal is to draw 30 total to get drawing practice, so 11 more is all I really want. We'll see how that goes.
young alejandro altaha staring up at a fuchsia hologram tv with an uncolored antonio chandrani-rivera smiling down at people. a hand (it is kiyotaka miura's) is messing up his hair. the screen says "young antonio chandrani-rivera... shall he be our hero?" a panel of alejandro to the right reveals he looks broody with long violet hair with lavender highlights, fuschia bangs falling to the sides, and flat lips. his eyes are red and his shirt is teal, and the background otherwise are lighter teals.the truth is, you have no hero anywhere across the wretched planet.
[alejandro altaha looking up at a hologram screen featuring his rival, antonio chandrani-rivera.]
at the top right it says "the triplets." there's an implied silver crown on chibi frowning raj with silver eyes and his undercut with anime white hair on one side of his head, in a gray shirt and reddish pants and purple boots. it says raj by his legs. there's an implied gold crown on a smiling yet sweating fernando with implied closed golden eyes, his beauty mark, and sweat by his smile, with his usual braid behind a golden yellow shirt and implied violet lungi. his name fernando is by his lungi. a lackadaisically smiling antonio with red eyes is crownless with a little aqua crescent moon clip on his waves-like blue hair. he wears a dark blue panjabi with blood on it and there's blood dripping down his jaw too. his name, antonio, is near his legs.There they are--the princely two and the troublesome savior among the people.
[triplet brothers raj, fernando and antonio chandrani-rivera! inspired by a single line fernando says to antonio in my wip, as well as antonio's overall stress and mentality around fernando.]
leo and khaleel sitting together--both have dark brown skin. leo has spring green eyes that light up looking at khaleel with a smile, with anime white hair that tied and falling back in curls behind him. he wears a leaf green shirt and bright red pants and his sneakers are lavender in tone. khaleel at his side has his eyes closed with a little smile. he has braids falling down at his sides, and it covers one of his eyes. he wears a dark maroon-brown shirt and dark pink pants with aqua-toned sneakers. they sit against a aqua-toned tree with dark blue soil beneath that becomes a typical brown soil beneath that. there's shadowed green roots behind the aqua-toned tree, but there are roots around and beneath leo and khaleel, too. there are implications of light and dark green and aqua leaves above.
close-up of leo and khaleel...
close-up of leo and khaleel...was it so long ago?
[leo and khaleel, who are childhood friends. khaleel's braids are done by a brush by zoruhatuum on csp assets @ 2006057. they're the last two of the main 6 ocs (layla, antonio, alejandro, alia, khaleel and leo), so it was exciting to finally draw them!]
ranvir and armando atop a bed of implied pink flowers, with ranvir with red eyes and dark pink lipstick wearing a dark blue panjabi with an aqua decoration downward on his chest, dark blue gloves, and no shoes. armando has dark falling hair everywhere and is wearing a dark sleeveless shirt and violet leggings. armando is pushing ranvir's blue hair away while sitting atop of him with a mysterious and hidden expression. ranvir is smiling softly up at him and holding his back.
close up of 18 or 19 ranvir and armando.only for a little while... right?
[the dads ranvir chandrani and armando rivera. this is when they're 18 or 19 and based on a scene in the currently unreleased book 1 (though it is complete). will clean up this sketch further eventually.]
rayan is on the left with a spirited boyish smile, long wavy hair, and blushing slightly, kiran is in the middle looking like the typical love interest guy with falling wavy hair, a smile and blushing slightly, and alejandro is on the right frowning down at antonio and blushing slightly. antonio is below implying he's thinking about the three with crossed arms, blushing a great deal with closed eyes and drawn brows and upset look. the canvas is lavenderish pink.POV: antonio chandrani, 14, cannot read (love tells)
[antonio chandrani-rivera at 14 thinking about his boy best friends alejandro, kiran and rayan... he is canonically gay. this is based on a storyline in book 2, which is still in the works and definitely not released yet. while antonio definitely has love troubles in book 1, i didn't want the first art i ever did of leo and khaleel to involve antonio's love troubles.]
art of raj under the sea with dark blue oceanic sweep; raj has his undercut and hair pulled to his right, and has noticeable silver eyes and is frowning while looking down at something and his suit has 3 water droplets under a violet suit collar. at one side is his personal moon symbol and above it says "dearest raj."the silver brother and the eldest--the one they say is doing just fine.
[raj chandrani, the technically eldest brother among the chandrani triplets.]
konna on the left with wavy lavender short hair wears a light green uniform with drifting golden lace to the side. alia beside her has curly dark blue hair at her sides and wears a darker blue uniform with buckles on it. layla beside her with her wavy anime-white hair is smiling with eyes closed and shrugging. she has her usual esoteric black eyepatch, and she wears a white suit with a loose red tie and green shirt. khalida next to her has wavy lavender long hair and wears a light green uniform with golden trailing lace by her. maria at the end wears a wavy sleeved black dress and has long straight black hair falling around her. every girl or nonbinary around layla has fake realistic red eyes drawn over a scratchy black censor.
closeup of alia, layla and khalida.UNFORTUNATELY AMONG THE FIVE OF US, THERE IS A SAVIOR OF HUMANKIND.
[the five main female (and nby) characters, with layla at the center. konna and alia are to the left of her while khalida and maria are to the right of her. this is based on a storyline in the unreleased book 1 with the theme of "savior."]