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GUESS WHAT???

THATS RIGHT, MORE MARZE FANART!

I used the folk dress from Krakow, Poland as the primary reference, since the au has some references to Polish. I'm so proud of this one.I'm sorry if it seems a bit rushed; it's because I got this idea just recentlyy. :)

I actually had to do some research, which was surprising since I live pretty close to Krakow, I was also tempted to add a flower crown, but I'm way too lazyy.

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SQUEAAAAAAAAAAAL

IM ACTUALLY SO HAPPY THAT YOU LIKE HOW HE TURNED OUT :)))

I WAS SO STRESSED POSTING THIS, BUT NOW IM SOOOO HAPPY I'M LITERALLY JUMPING UP AND DOWN

I'LL PROBABLY POST ANOTHER FANART OF MARZE MAYBE IN LIKE 2 TO 3 DAYS??

I even have a few little Marze plushie doodles in my math notebook, coz I was waaaay too bored..🤷

Buuut....That motivated me to actually draw the plushie 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

AND THE IDEA WITH THE LITTLE CARE PACKS??? AWWWW

FIRST TIME POSTING FANART WOOOHOOOEYOOW

Marze plushie...save me Marze plushie..

this is actually from one of the coolest omori au's i've ever looked at

YOU SHOULD GO CHECK IT, NOW!!1!!1

I also have more fanart that I cooked up, but Im not ready to post it yet :]

(take him with you) (he looks pretty excited) (...or scared.)

[birdzman]

FIRST TIME POSTING FANART WOOOHOOOEYOOW

Marze plushie...save me Marze plushie..

this is actually from one of the coolest omori au's i've ever looked at

YOU SHOULD GO CHECK IT, NOW!!1!!1

I also have more fanart that I cooked up, but Im not ready to post it yet :]

(take him with you) (he looks pretty excited) (...or scared.)

[birdzman]

Hi guys!

My name's Birdman, and I'm from a tiny town somewhere in the world!

Wanted to do a small intro for myself, but I have no idea what to write lol

I won't be posting much on here, but I'll post time to time :)

I'll probably post some fanart or other drawings, but other than that, don't expect me to have a routine.

[birdzman]

Sunright Tea Studio x OMORI will be having a pop-up shop at Sunright Tea Studio locations, Little Tokyo Los Angeles, CA and Milpitas, CA. The pop-up shop will sell exclusively new collaboration merchandise, which will also be released online on 12/1 at 5PM!

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OWL UPON YE

Ok so this is Alter Boy’s actual appearance, that other one is just how he’s usually presented, I’ve mentioned before how he’s a very antagonistic character towards Marze despite not directly attacking him, but that’s only half true- Alter boy DOES attack Marze but only in very specific situations

It has to do with my idea of Marzenie having multiple routes (game-like talk again), in my head this fight is part of the good ending route

(which can be taken as a metaphor for a lot of things but the interpretation I’m going with is that Basil has to learn to confront his paranoia’s around others, drawing on how Alter Boy is a very inaccurate representation of Kel based more on Basil’s inner anxieties and bitterness then who Kel actually is, to confront him is to push aside this warped perspective and begin to trust that others aren’t out to get him)

Anyhow- I had the idea for Alter Boy spinning his head around pretty early on but it was combined with several other scattered ideas that hadn’t been decided upon- so certain things I’ve said have since become inaccurate, as to why he’s green? Well believe or not but that’s a very very silly nod to him and reflection being related, mirrors are technically green! Look it up it’s very interesting

Also slight tinges of color in Marzenie look cool to me. There’s that too

That’s about all I have to say in regards to this, Alter boy being a weird owl creature isn’t super relevant- it’s one of those rule of cool moments where I disregard symbolism because I thought an idea I had was scary/visually cool enough to use anyway, I just had it in my head that if Marzenie were a game it would be MORTIFYING if his overworld sprite suddenly spun its head around to lead into the fight- even if I can’t execute this it’s still a very fun idea to me, and I’ve thought about using it for an animation later on

Last thing: His face gave me a lot of trouble so here’s a little demo of all the ones I went through trying to get it right ⬇️

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[birdzman]

"when they lay me to rest beside you, may they see this scar and think i am a part of your matching set. may they never know how i was alone."

happy birthday shoko my love 👏

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My angel

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The Gaang take another vacation at the library

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when i have to draw to actually draw something

I FUCKING KILL YOU STIMBOARD 🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥💥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥💥🔥💥🔥🔥💥🔥💥💥🔥

[birdzman]

Marzenie time guysss

Here’s the Basil design!

Other versions plus a little elaboration on the design:

Cloakless + wing design versions

So for the sake of specificity I’ve been calling him “Marze” whenever I refer to the in-dream version of Basil, Same naming convention as (Hikik)Omori, but don’t be mistaken, Marze is not an individual like Omori is, Marze is a costume- just the suit that Basil wears while venturing the horrors of his mind, Marze is merely how Basil conforms himself to the world of Marzenie, none of the characters there are really human so it’d be out of place if Basil himself was (this can be viewed as a form of self-dehumanizing on Basil’s part but it’s mostly for the artists sake- the meta explanation is just as important as the in-world one)

Now for the design itself:

maybe the symbolism here is really obvious but I wanna explain it anyway, the Deer parts (antlers and legs) are representative of Basil’s general personality as a whole- he’s skittish and vulnerable yes but when forced deer do fight back, an idea that’s very important to Marzenie given it displays Basil LITERALLY fighting to survive against his inner struggles, that and the creator (me) really likes deer … so there’s that

Otherwise, the wings are Moths wings, which seems like it’s a really simple connection to Sunny and the idea that Moths are drawn to light but it’s a little more literal in Marzenie because it’s not just that Sunny is Basils sun in a metaphorical way it’s that in Marzenie he actually IS, in the world of Marzenie there is a Sun-God character that is very obviously just Sunny, which is both about bit about Basil’s view of Sunny as someone without flaw but also about just how much Basil relies on him… or rather the IDEA of him

Sun-God-Sunny is a very important presence in Marzenie because it’s his very absence that’s made Marzenie what it is, returning to that Map art I made for a moment here

Within Marzenie it’s not just that Sunny is a god but that he’s a dead/‘sleeping’ god, and in his absence the world has become cold and dark (which necessitates that lantern in the desgin above)

Yes Basil had issues before the incident but having friends and having SUNNY made that bearable and something he could have gradually put behind him, being abandoned so suddenly in such a traumatic way has thrown Basil’s mind into a state of eternal darkness, the world of Marzenie is cold and dark and dangerous, and all of this is the most literal possible representation of the damage Sunny’s absence has inflicted on Basil’s mental state

Sunny’s character in Marzenie being the Sun god is also why the center of it and the beginning of the journey is a church, the only hope Basil has anymore is that Sunny will return and they can be friends again, so he’s build an alter in his mind dedicated to this hope, this prayer

Also religious imagery is fun <3, also it’s a parallel to the church of something and how Basil’s house is at the center of Vast forest (and thus the center of Sunny’s mind, they center their places of safety around each other, even if for Basil that place is a tiny candlelit alter in the center of a dark woodland while for Sunny that Place of safety is EVERYTHING in his mind, so vastly different and yet sort of the same <- does any of this make sense? Probably not, who cares, it’s my AU and I WILL ramble as much as I like ok)