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Don’t Sleep has been aggressively taking over my brain. So have a photo of Al. I LOVE the line art but not the biggest fan of blending between the two characters. I haven’t introduced the ghost yet but she plays a major role in the story. >:) but it’s Christmas Eve so I’ll save if for another day.

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Ha, anyone got tips on how to render? I wanna try something a bit more painterly, but my usual style is heavy in the line art which is like the opposite of painting.

If you have any tips please let me know :0 I’m gonna be testing my skills here.

My main concern is the blending between the two characters.

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Let’s meet the clowns!! You already know Roxy Johnathan helps her do her make up for every performance. She’s still getting used to doing it, and Johnny is a pro!

Johnathan likes to hang around with the clowns even tho he’s not allowed to perform. They let him listen to the radio and he LOVES the radio.

Jack-o is the grumpy looking fella by the clothes. They’re about to go on and he’s still not dressed yet. He likes to wait till the last second because it makes Boxer angry. Jack-o is one of the oldest members of the circus and while he’s a grump he still hangs around.

Boxer is the self proclaimed leader of the clowns. It’s his job to make sure the clown know their routine, and make it on stage at the correct time. Which is always a challenge with Jack-o around.

Since Johnathan isn’t allowed to perform he spends a lot of time in his trailer which he shared with Oscar.

Their trailer is a good size for the two of them. Oscar used to live in it by himself but when he got Johnathan he made the back section into Jonathan’s room. Oscar sleeps on the kitchen table, it transforms into a bed, sometimes he���ll just sleep how it is cus he’s so tried.

Oscar is a great dad, and he teaches himself ASL so that way he could also teach Johnathan. Since they’re always on the road and moving place to place Oscar can’t send Johnathan to school, so he homeschools him. I love them :)

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I’m going to talk about the darker side of Johnathan’s story. So fair warning there is going to be some blood and darker imagery in some of these photos.

Welcome to Johnathan’s room, it’s in the back of the trailer. It where Johnny likes to hide when he gets scared or has nightmares.

Johnathan has nightmares usually involving this clown, who is nothing at all like the clowns at Delights.

Part of the reason he is mute is because of his nightmares. That has more to do with game play. I would want the nightmare segments to have something to do with sound. I’m not sure how I would implement that since I don’t want it to be that complex of a game. STORY WISE however, anytime Johnathan gets caught it’s because of noise.

Even though it’s just a nightmare kids are funny. Also the nightmares are pretty traumatizing.

The clown isn’t the only reoccurring character in his nightmares. There is also this girl. He doesn’t know her name, and the dreams don’t always start at nightmares. But they never end well.

Next time I’ll introduce you to some nice clowns! I don’t have my box to show off the other Delights crew Buuuuut! I do have drawing for the Moonlight cast!

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Some more of our good ol’ Johnny boy because I love him. After every opening night the crew dresses up nice and fancy and have a nice meal together.

Here’s some sketches of him getting ready and taking a nap with his dad DAWWWW

One of the fun things about living with Johnny is he likes to pick up the phone. But he’s selectively mute so he can’t answer the phone. Some people have gotten used to this and after a few moments of silence will ask if Johnathan answered. He has a few ways of responding, usually the sound of his hat spinning. Those who don’t catch on will just hang up and call again later!

Johnny is a silly little goober and I love him lots! I’ll let you decided what I should talk about next! Should I introduce more of the cast or should I show you the darker side to his story? Hmmmm? I’ll leave it up to you!

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I said I would give you the clown so here he is! I was trying to design his colors

Johnathan's story is broken up into three parts this is the first part. Where he lives in The Grand Circus of Delights. He was adopted by Oscar the owner of the circus.

In the first part of the story is when Johnny is the youngest and he doesn't speak. He isn't deaf, but he does sometimes use sign language and cards to communicate, but is also very good ad expressing via body language.

His favorite food is pancakes, and he is never not without his makeup. He only takes it off right before bed and puts it on as soon as he wakes up. There is a reason for this but Johnathan doesn't know what it is.

Here's some more sketches and him WITH HIS DAD BAHAHAAA. Oscar is hands down the best dad that I have ever created in any of my stories.

And a couple more character sheets. Roxy is one of Johnathan's friends. She's a clown as well.

Fun fact about this story it was created entirely because I wanted to practice line of action and body language and thus Johnathan was born and then everything pilled on after!

(he also was low key based after the paleta payaso candy cus I love that lil clown)

Anyway I love him. He will undergo many horrors but I love him

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REDRAWWW!!! Its been a while since I drew Don't Sleep. I was never super happy with how the original turned out. Tbh I'm also not super happy how this one turned out either. It's good but it could be better.

The original was only about a year or so ago. It's miles better only cus I started drawing on procreate instead of Photoshop. Not that photoshop was bad it I was just not able to draw on the screen so my lines were different.

This is baby Al being traumatized by a ghostie friend!

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Line art is a B!!! Said I would give you Johnny but instead you’re getting a sneak peek for a redraw. I’m gonna finish rendering then post. It’s Don’t Sleep tomorrow WOOOOH

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I need this. A warm drink and some good time with friends wouldn't heal me but it would make me feel a lot better :)

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I haven't talked about this here yet but I've mentioned it in other places. Usually I like to stick to my stories because that's arguably the best part of me. My creativity and my stories are everything to me, they're what I live for...and I almost lost that.

I graduated college in spring of 2023 and I was in excruciating pain that I thought was just tendonitis. Turns out it was more than that and I was too stupid and albeit too prideful to admit it was anything more than that.

In the last few months I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) which are chronic conditions that really friken suck haha. I'm also in the process of even more diagnoses because it still hasn't ended for me. Which also really sucks.

It's been really scary and I had my whole life slip through my fingers. I've had to use walking aid, change my life twice fold, I lost my job. But i've had my stories to keep me going, and now I get to be annoying and talk about them here.

Creating has always been my way to cope and part of my recovery has been being mindful about my pain (which is kinda horrible) Part of my process was drawing my pain so this is what I made

Little goober. Looks friendlier than it feels but I was mainly focusing on the swelling. During flare up it really just feels like this thing is spreading all over my body and then puffing up like a balloon.

Also low key looks like an Invader Zim character. Anyway that's a little bit about me I'll post about Nolan or something later. OOH!! Maybe I'll introduce one of my favorite stories!!! OoooO you can meet the clown boy!!

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Some Ruins sea slugs. Lil cuties

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I want to share more of book one but I’m writing book two so it’s going to take over

This is Esmeralda or Esme for short

She is part of a community of bird people called Alasaves (Al-ah-s-ah-v-es) who live hidden in the mountains. Their people dedicate themselves to charting and knowledge so the follow the Goddess Iara, she is the goddess of life, wisdom and fertility.

She becomes best friends with Dorian and Nolan. What’s better th friendship that connect the land, sea, and air!

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Ruins of a Fantasy is a Mexican/mesoamerican inspired world and therefore I include a lot of my culture and favorites into the story including La llorona 😌

There’s like an endless amount of variations to her origin story but she scared the crap outta me as a kid.

In Ruins however she has a much nicer(ish) role. She is a minor goddess of Greif, and is related to the God of Death Roté.

Had to share cus I’m still in the thick of the sadness for book two. And I shall also share the line that pushed me to design her

“Grief was going to become a good friend.”

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I’m writing a rough part of the story right now so I’m gonna make y’all suffer with me.

Dorian was really young when they were separated. Their relationship gets rocky at times and neither of them really know what to do with the other but they love each other nonetheless. I WILL SPOIL THIS!!! One of the only memories that Dorian holds from his early childhood is Kaden.

They are brothers and I love them

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I think the worst experience about writing is screaming at/for my character and having to experience the moment with them.

Maybe I’m just too attached to my characters and to my stories. But Dorian is one anxious mf and when he gets scared it makes my body cold, and I have to sit there typing away while quaking in my boots like everything is fine. Like I’m not experiencing this child’s entire life be destroyed before his eyes.

What worse is I can’t even fully explain it BECAUSE IT WOULD SPOIL THE BOOKS BEFORE THEY’RE RELEASED!!

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MY BOYS!!!! I'm just going to mass art dump these guys cus I love them so much. Nolan (the merfolk with blonde hair) and Dorian's relationship isn't the main focus of the story, just a fun little add thing. They are adorable, and they do fall into the troupe of literally made for each other because their Goddess Agora loves drama.

Some sketches

This is a fun one in the first book they gain nicknamed for each other. Dorian's is Starfish and Nolan's is Slug Face, I also sketched the scenes where the scenes where they got them.

And here's one last scene from the first book because I love this scene

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Nolan IS A GOOD BOY!