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Happened mere SECONDS after his toddler sister interrupted them and ruined the mood in the most embarrassing way possible.

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My markers at work today were Four Seasons themed

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this is canon now btw

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This was supposed to be a part of the latest doodle dump, but I feel as though this should stand on its own lol. Its more portal entrances!

I had concepts for some other legendary portals for YEARS, and since the last one was published YEARS AGO I figured I should probably iron some details lol. And I did NOT get to Easter Bunny because I got too carried away with rendering these first but I'll get to his eventually.

Evey portal entrance NEEDS to have a huge ass gemstone up top because that's how the teleportation runs/works. If they didn't have those it would literally just be a fancy arch to nowhere lol.

And some of the portals have a different swirly kinda pattern on the inside. Father Time's is more circular, Jacks flows straight down, Sandy's is horizonal like sand dunes, eta. eta.

I had a thought that Mother Nature's portal would be four seasons themed (three seasons more like) but I never got to blocking out the rendering for that and focusing on just the mountains and flora was plenty.

Also thinking about adding more flowers to her greenery.

Jacks' portal is straight up not convincing me lol. It doesn't quite feel like his yet and it needs revisions. But the snowflake holding the gem up top stays.

But I AM super proud of Father Time's portal! I think it matches his wizards tower really well and I like the oblong crystal shape he has.

Sandy's was such a strong image in my mind that It just fell out of me. Very straight forward, very simple, the moon has a special place in my heart, might get rid of the floating dream dust though.

Cupids was also very clear in my head and extra fun to do! These are just roughs so I didn't put detail into them, but I had to go with roman architecture and litter his arch with marble statues (might get rid of some of the vines though).

Tooth Fairy, as a spirit in Chance and Choice lore, is the LEAST developed so far. And while I have a general color pallet to work with, and very much like the little teeth up top, this one might also get resigned further down the line.

And I did do just a little redesign on the North Pole's portal too. The golden ribbons and the little self-aggrandizing crown looking thing up top are new, but I think I had the portal colors right the first time! There might be too much red going on there.

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not all ships are For wanting them to be in a happy healthy relationship together. sometimes shipping two characters means you want them to be erotically obsessed with each other and become entwined in a mutually toxic love affair for a few months and then horrifically break each other's hearts and never speak again. sometimes you want them to be codependent best friends with enough repression to explode a submarine who only make out/have sex when they're at their worst. sometimes you want them to pine after each other for years, never say anything, and then die. sometimes you want them to kill each other. this, too, is shipping

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An enemy is just a friend I haven't worn down

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Doodle dump for the SOUL!!

This is a real eclectic collection, some of them are SUPER old, but I wanted to get most of my odds and ends accounted for before really chipping away at the two mega oc pieces I have planned. And there's a few really sick concepts here I've had in the chamber for a WHILE so let's go down the list!

The firs four are a few wips left over from last Halloween, including the second illustration I had going at the time but never finished. Maybe it'll come together this year!

Plus a close up of Autumn who was supposed to be on the balcony of the haunted house, in bat themed dress.

Five is my quick little take on the Frost Family photo that Jacquie has (I love them <3)

And then six and seven is a mushy blackice thing that I just barely managed to line in any decent way. And what Kills is saying is true! His eye color doesn't change when shapeshifting! And most people don't really notice but this winter sprite certainly did.

And eight to ten is a really really dumb, really really OLD mini comic made from a golden girls quote lol. This one is YEARS old at this point and i just didn't have the brain power to finish it beyond sketching. What Kills is saying here is ALSO true, in exactly what capacity he will not say

Eleven is taken from this post about a fanfic because it fit them TOO well not to

And then we just have some Lucy centric gestures! Gotta figure out how in what ways she swings that damn staff around. Answer: Easily.

And a NEW CHARACTER that's supposed to drop with the next Chance and Choice chapter! I don't have a concrete name for her yet, but she's a cutie! She's probably just gonna be a background character for CC but ill hopefully get to explore her more when she gets to be Lucys friend in the Epilogue Series.

OH BOY its DEATH CONCEPT (!!!) The Complient/opposite to our awful Moon Man that Lucy WILL meet in the finale. Her whole design theme is that she's quite literally the inverse of Moon Man. He has the white skin and starry hair, so she has the white hair and starry skin. They are cosmic siblings that have really had enough of each other at this point

And while I was doing the Lucy gestures, Jack snuck in there for potential fight scene between them, but I liked this particular pose of his enough to sloppily render it lol. He is SUPPOSED to be pathetic 90% of the time, that's just who he is. But I LOVE giving him just a few moments to be badass and cool, as a little treat.

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This would require a clean up of the first couple of chapters and then just dumping the whole thing on there all at once I AM SCARED GUIDE ME

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Update: 14 UNIQUE costume designs DONE!!!

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Now I just have to narrow that down to 8 finals 🙃🫠🙃🫠

Season TWO of this magnificent gang Doing Shenanigans is in the planning stages 😈😈

They're gonna be back and better then ever BABYY!

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Season TWO of this magnificent gang Doing Shenanigans is in the planning stages 😈😈

They're gonna be back and better then ever BABYY!

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Finally! Her time has come!!!

It's Spring! Yay! Woo! What--sorry. What was that? There's something--what do you mean there's something up? Top right corner? What? Hang on. Lemme check something real quick...

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Will I forever and always celebrate this fiction man's birthday that I completely made up? Yes, yes I will.

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The Párisi Udvar in Budapest, Hungary. Arcade/department store/ galleria built 1907-1913, in a mix of styles- venetian gothic, orientalism, jugendstil, renaissance.

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I still need to look through My Stash for other asks but one right off the top of my head that I've been thinking about for a hot second. Draw Jacqueline in an outfit that YOU have worn IRL before. Either one that's very her vibe or co.pletely opposite! I wanna do this will Kills at some point too cause I think it's a neat concept lol

The GREAT news about THIS ask is that MOST of my wardrobe is BECAUSE of her, she's been around for THAT LONG! So take two of my fave Jacquie vibe outfits (Pics of the ACTUAL FITS below the cut! 🤭) and one she DEFINITELY wouldn't wear because spring propaganda 🤣🤣🤣

Number 3 would definitely lead to this conversation:

"I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU ARE WEARING SUCH BLATANT SPRING-TIME PROPAGANDA--" "IT'S COZY, CHUNKY-KNIT, JACK!" "IT'S COVERED IN FLOWERS, JACQUELINE!" "IT'S SOFT AS HECK!"

And the fits IRL:

Outfit one is my absolute FAVE to wear in the spring. Summer, too! But it gets hot and I'm like. I need more AIR on my BODY. And while I don't own yellow flats (would LOVE to have a good flat in every colour tbh), I DO own the blue toms and the dark blue booties!

Fun fact: I wore those boots on my wedding day >:) v much Frostmas!Jacquie inspired >:) and also my something blue ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ty for this one! It was SO FUN. Also, love that you have a STASH! I'm always down for stashes and rummaging in them and acting on them 🤭👀

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Me, when I've come to the conclusion that Killian not only worked in Blackbeard's crew, but also FUCKED BLACKBEARD:

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What is your OC's relationship with the moon?

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WHOO the finishing pair to the set of sisters! The first being Winter and Autumn from a while back and you'd be DAMN wrong if you thought I was gonna leave the squad unfinished, I have NEVER.

For these two though, I don't really have any in-depth thoughts about each of the outfits here lol. I dont have too much inspo saved for either of them in comparison to the others, but I scrounged up enough!

Summer was fairly easy, wanted to keep it light and breathable for the most part with choice denim accents, and a sprinkling of florals (because I nearly forgot about that and thought they should be included somewhere). My personal favorites are 5/7/8 and 10.

And Spring...was being a little DIFFICULT. I probably have the least ref images saved for her, so I had to redo and completely improvise some of these for her. Specifically, the willow branches (10) and the purple petals (8). My favorites from her are 1/2/4/8 and 10.