Plasticity Notes

A little while ago someone asked about characters from my [ Plasticity project, ] specifically Markos and Roeland. I am going to share my response here so that it is more accessible.

Render of characters from my Plasticity project: Abby, Gitta, Markos, and Roeland.
Markos and Roeland are characters from my Plasticity project. The worldbuilding of Plasticity isn’t very developed, as I don’t really have any fancy plans for it beyond character designs and silly pictures. But there are some details I can share:

The world of Plasticity is a post-apocalyptic Earth where creatures made of microplastics have taken the place of humans. The project originally started with lowpoly [ crystalline alien characters, ] but I wanted to create a population of creatures for them to mess with for silly alien shenanigans, and with the nature of 3D imagery, I wanted them to look quite a bit different as well.

Plasticity Project render of Empress, a crystalline alien.
- The inhabitants of Plasticity think cars are a kind of ancient creature, like dinosaurs. They think what we call fossils are just “weird rocks.”
- I originally referred to the plastic inhabitants of Plasticity as “Plastic Monsters”, though in their world they refer to themselves as Polymers, which is the name of a small material with synthetic varieties that make up plastics. I am not so smart with words and just wanted a simple name for them.
- The visuals of Plasticity are inspired by 1980s CGI and P.F. Magic’s Petz series of games, specifically Oddballz.

Retro-style CGI render of Oddballz characters Zott and Honker.
- The original design for [ Abby ] appeared in my mind while listening to the Donkey Kong 64 soundtrack.

Now, some notes for the characters you asked about (Markos & Roeland):

Plasticity Project render of Markos.
MARKOS – Polymer (Hamster-type) – Age 28 – He / Him pronouns

- Likes to watch wrestling on the TV.
- Thinks beetles are neat. His apartment is overrun with a kind of highly intelligent beetles, though he seems to be completely unaware of how smart they are, they are just little silly guys to him.
- Met Abby at age 4 (Abby was 6). Abby ate a bug in front of Markos, after that he felt he needed to teach Abby how to be kind to bugs. They both grew up alongside each other since then. Markos sees Abby like a sibling, as part of his family.
- Works a boring office job. He isn’t quite sure what the business he works for even does but isn’t interested in asking questions.
- Has some internal baggage that has resulted in a reliance on alcohol. Though he wasn’t aware of how much alcohol he consumes until shortly after he started dating Roeland, who expressed concern about the excessive amount alcohol both of them were drinking.

Plasticity Project render of Roeland.
ROELAND – Polymer (Hamster & Square Mixed-type) – Age 31 – He / Him & They / Them pronouns

- Lost their right arm due to weak magnetism in the joints caused by genetic condition. They have a specialized diet and medications to help prevent this from happening to their other limbs.
- Is generally quiet, but if a friend brings up the right topic he will not shut up.
- Has a fear of [ house goblins. ]
- Works at a games store at a mall. Hates it but has many interesting stories to share with friends.
- Is saving up money for a prosthetic arm to replace the missing one.
- Enjoys fiber crafts, they have an excessive yarn collection. They like to make little sweaters and hats for Markos’ beetle friends.

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