There was a bigger gap than I’d originally expected, but here’s Max Park’s better half and Corey’s mother, Faith. I had this vague idea of what Corey’s mom would be like from early on, but I don’t really have any plans for her so she never showed up in anything until now. I’d like to use these Bios to flesh out more tertiary Applebridge characters in the future, though I don’t know for sure when.
So for the longest time I’ve had designs, personalities, backstories, etc. in mind for parents to a lot of established Applebridge characters. These parental figures are not, as of yet, involved in any stories or anything, so there was never any need to debut them. However, I thought it’d be useful to expand the setting a bit by establishing who these figures are, for characters who live with their parents. Every character has their own situation, of course, and I figure I can use the Applebridge Bios series to flesh these things out.
We’re starting with Corey Park’s dad, Max. Now, both of Corey’s parents are a bit distant due to their own lives and ambitions, which is part of what allows Corey to run the racket he does, but they’re loving parents in their own ways. Corey’s mom will be the next one of these I do, though it may be a bit before I get to her.
I didn’t intend for it to be so long after his dad’s bio, but here’s a bio page for Jonah Bell!
Here’s the bio page for Jasper Bell, the yoga dad I drew a while back. My current plan is for the next Applebridge Snapshot to feature him, and I’m hoping to be able to start that soon, but who knows. His initial role will probably be a surprise to most of you, since I’m not planning to jump directly into the obvious end point with him and Jonah. Speaking of Jonah, he might have a bio soon as well if I can fit him in. I’m also considering doing a pin-up or something with Jasper between now and whenever I can get that Snapshot page out. Like always, though, we’ll just have to wait and see what I’m able to get out.
For the longest time, Casey was a rough design and vibe in my head, and I never really had a good idea for who he was. My friend Ccat helped me workshop him a bit, and I have a much better idea of what his deal is. I also realized while talking to her that I like the idea of him being a barista by trade, and upon deciding that I decided he needed to be part of the Food Court update of my Studio Tour game. So it’s a good thing I know who he is now, it’ll make it easier to write him for that, haha.
This is another new character for Applebridge. I know I’ve been dropping a lot of bios for characters who haven’t appeared before, but I promise Corey’s debut comic is coming the day after tomorrow.
I know the past several bios I’ve released have been for the Bates family story I’m working on with CCat, but this is not related to that project. Lorraine here represents a character type I’ve been mulling over for, gosh… a couple years now, I guess. I was inspired to work with someone off her by a little 3D comic I saw a long time ago, and I decided to go ahead and lock down her design for future use. My current plan is for my next Applebridge Snapshot comic to be focused on Oliver and Wren, whenever that is, but there’s a good chance the Snapshot after that will be the first installment of Lorraine’s story and the fate that awaits her.
Here’s another bio page for the Bate family. This time it’s for Nora, daughter of Eleanor, sister to Tori and aunt to Josh and his sisters. I wanted a soft, innocent motherly type in this family, a stark contrast to her sister, and this is what we’ve got. There’s one last bio page for this family in the pipeline, that being for Nora’s daughter, and we’ll see when I can get around to releasing that.
I’ve wanted to add an older woman to the Applebridge roster for a long time, and I knew as soon as I started building this new family I’d want to add in a grandmother character. The main core group of the Bate family has been established at this point, but there’s a handful of extraneous family members I’d like to get bios out for as well. Eleanor’s the first of those, but eventually there will be a couple more Bate family bios to come.
