El Arriero

Fig's Origin Story

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The Prelude

On the 21st of January, 2026, I worked up the courage to draw for /hmofa/. - I couldn't get the eyes right, and this was before I bought a proper set of pencils - , so it smudged everywhere. - This gave her permanent bags under her sharp eyes, and combined with thick eyebrows, made her look like a stereotypical cougar. - The way I draw hair makes it look thin if I don't color it in, which only added to her age. -

Fig's debut where she flirts with a teenage deli worker. — The first iteration of Fig. This is the POV of a teenager working at a deli.

- I thought a bathrobe would go well with her disheveled hair, giving her a comfortable and honest appearance. She knows what she likes, and it's (you). - One thing I always associate with bathrobes, apart from sexy older women, are exhibitionists. Combining all of these factors gets you a nudist. -

Her main quirk, smoking, is explained by me liking the smell of cigarette smoke, and finding the act as pure sex. You also never see young women smoke. - I looked around for cigarette stereotypes and found that Parliament would suit her well, although Pall Mall isn't a bad pick. - I always draw her with a cigarette, and people have remembered that when they make art. -

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Why Make Her English?

- Nudity is something you can only comfortably practice in places with mild temperatures, like Europe or some places of the United States. - It also has to be somewhere it's less likely to get you thrown in jail, ruling out the USA. - By now I was thinking of writing something with her, and the only place that would make sense for an American protagonist is the United Kingdom. - I had to look for a place that is: -

In Northern England,
Populated enough,
Laid back,
Close to the shore,
And retains its own customs.

- These filters left me with Beverly, East Riding of Yorkshire. The shoreline it's close to actually has a nudist beach. -
- I looked up what the accent sounded like because it gets more unintelligible the further you go north. - It would be funny to give our protagonist the worst case of culture shock. - - -

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