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i started scripting a video where i redesign sascha because i think making a video of me going over my design process could be fun but literally just redrawing them with my better art skills i have now made me go Oh wow

I think thick eyebrows was an immediate improvement. i need to do them justice

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whee. WIP

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marigold characters as miraculous like which character i want to see with what powers:

(i only watched the main series and the movie and the miraculous paris swap au special. idk the new york and shanghai special miraculous)

JINX - butterfly. betterfly made me realize a protagonist butterfly holder is such a good idea. youre using someone else to do your job but it's being used for a better cause. im sorry jinx you're literally the most special character in the world and yet i put you through agony so you can get hardened by the world but still choose to smile on. Would also be the guardian of the miraculous because torture and secrecy and feeling targeted by the entire world

KALI - fox. entire reason i made this post. kali is based on lila rossi but i actually get into Why she's so fucking Like That. her powers in universe are inspired by the fox miraculous. i felt it fits her. #girl

MARA - PIG HONESTLYYYYY.i dont know how to explain it something about the episode where rose first uses it reminds me of her. supportive type not a fighter

SASCHA - TURTLE METHINKS. not just because associated with the color green but being the shield to jinx's sword. Except in canon he's also the sword.

CARA - snake absolutely. Listen. i don't know. it feels fitting. do you guys remember the episode where adrian gets the snake and tries to use it to impress ladybug but then gets trapped in the time loop for 3 months? that's the kind of shit that would happen to cara if they had anything to do with time travel powers. bearer of the curse

FI - im still working on re-writing her but honestlyyyyy rn i'm feeling peacock. everything about mayura reminds me of her IDK. i dont fully know how i'm going to re-work her character but i do know she's fuuuuucked and pretty and purple

AERIS - bee. something about its role in the ecosystem of roles we have going here fits. disarming others to protect those she's fighting for

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jinx is a truly amazing character like will always be one of my favorite ive ever made of all time. If i have any motivation to publicize marigold eventually its so people see her

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did a lot of story work today (nothing super set in stone just chipping at what about the story bothers me, making changes, cutting down, etc) and not only did i realize how fi is a living embodiment of everything kali resents in life but also that kali can meet fi and cara face to face before shit goes down. i forgot i can literally just do that bc cara wont remember kali at all

lets make the relationship web between the girls even worse lets add more complicated tension WOOHOO

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[guy who keeps dying and coming back voice] Why does everyone look so upset lol

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very shitty summary of the plot of a&a

under read more because this story's like central theme is murder and suicide

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"i would die for you" this, "i'd walk through fire for you that"

what about "i'd live for you" romances? what about "i never thought i'd be worth the work it would take to piece myself together"?

what about "i don't believe i'm worth it, but for you i'll try"

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stray thought ive had random anxiety that people might think its weird for me as a guy to write so many stories about sapphic relationships especially when so many of them involve dying. I promise i'm not objectifying them i wrote most of these gals when i still identified as sapphic and asides i just want more dramatic relationships between women out there. I want people to one day make as wonderful fanart of my girls with as much symbolism and heart as they do of their favorite boys ships. OK?

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earlier this year, one of my favorite things ive ever drawn TBH

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2021, redesigns of some of my partner's ocs. outdated of course but i like the pencil drawn but computer colored vibe

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im debating making a&a take place from felicity's POV because i think that'd be fun maybe. i always saw it through cherry's eyes but feli is honestly the one of the two who's concept (always coming back to life as long as she doesn't have the will to live) is more interesting to me. not that cherry's Isn't interesting she's special in a different way. feli is dumping years worth of mental / physical illness angst

im mostly inspired by slay the princess rn and how each death just loops back and starts a new chapter (until you get a proper ending) and its making me think like Oh shit... something similar to that could be fun from feli's pov actually. just a normal tuesday for her until you run into cherry again and she's like ...hey. Hey. hey get back here HEY

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i need to start posting here again ive been thinking a lot about ocs

ive been especially thinking about a&a and felicity in particular i have a playlist for her slowly coming together. i might just start working on the game's script and commission music last for it bc i can do like, every aspect of a visual novel from visuals to coding, but im not confident in my music skills yet

stay tubed.....

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concepting a vn that's self inserts of my partner and i. just to make something silly and low stakes

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gallery piece pmv frames i started this in april and sorta lost my creative spark since . i dont elaborate on jinx's horrible sickly pathetic crush on kali and where that goes south nearly enough

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again&again doodles from a few years ago

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my oc blog guide and info

my url is based on a specific oc story of mine but can include literally any creative project im focused on. or not even projects just random one off other universe ocs too

my art blog is @arcoleiris if you're looking for art rather than text dumps or stuff too sketchy to warrant going on there

the following are my main stories:

marigold : ideally either an animated series or a vn or something, marigold is a story about magic people and interpersonal relations and feeling abandoned by the world and etc. it has a lot of sapphics experiencing relationship horrors + a few normal ass guys who happen to be there too

again & again : story about two cursed women who maybe have not been the best people but just want to have peace in their lives. 50% about existential dread and trauma and depression and 50% about sensual lesbian relations

content creator world not named : a story (maybe a webcomic?) of four young adults who happen to be content creators on the internet. love letter to internet communities and autistic people really

i have a handful of other stories but i will add them as i find relevance talking about them, and i also have stray ocs that aren't from any stories

i also help my partner with his ocs a lot and they're kind of my own to some extent so if i have any developments i make for them or content i make of them that i want to go here It will