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down with found family. UP with FOUND DIVORCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Please draw your oc x canon please be unashamedly loud about it please post it without embarrassment please make dramatic emotional edits of them please indulge yourself

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hi, i made some of my designs into patches: https://dinahlance-shop.fourthwall.com/

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post by @theeffens on TikTok

I used to staged fist fights with my friends in 711. We would actually punch each other and then end the fight by making out.

People were always really confused and shocked.

The employees didn't really care we were fighting and would laugh.

Years later some guy started a fight with me at a show and once we were grappling on the floor I instinctively started making out with him.

He immediately got up and left the show. Technically I have won every fight I've ever been in 💪

losing my mind over this a little bit. new type of guy.

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Oh so you like to make GROWN PEOPLE CRY AT THEIR 9 TO 5 HUH??!? IS THAT WERE YOU GET YOUR SICK KICKS??? Your gonna have me throwing a fit up in here

Fr this so good, look at you doing COMICS and everything! Full backgrounds!! That's definitely more than I can say for me lol

God I love them your honor. I know I haven't been reposting some of these but I just GOTTA for the finale! I'm glad you had such a good time doing these art IS FUN, and it was even more fun to be able to watch your progress in real time! Can't wait for more of that in the coming year!

Scrimbly Jacqueline 52/52: She's not waiting anymore...

AHAHAHA! AHHH! AHH! I AM SO DELIGHTED WITH THIS ONE!

(this is such a long text dump omg I am SO SORRY)

It was ORIGINALLY just going to be panel 4! My idea was "Jacqueline enjoying an end of year/christmas snowfall" but then. My brain went, omg, she's waiting at the window, THE WINDOW Dani. What if. What if we did a comparison. From when she was little and waiting and Jack didn't come to like, now, and Jack DOES come?? WHAT IF. WHAT IF WE ADDED LIKE, A BIT WHERE THE PARENTS BRING HER SLEEPING BUTT TO BED. BC SHE FELL ASLEEP WAITING FOR HIM. BECAUSE HE NEVER CAME. AND THEN. JACK ARRIVING 1400 YEARS LATER. WHAT IF. DANI WHAT IF

And I went, "Dani! That's insane. Let's do it."

AND VOILA

You can see why it took me so insanely long, this thing was a JOURNEY lmaoooo I sketched it at work like, FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY, and then I spent the last week and a half to two weeks slowly inking it and colouring it! I'm insanely, INSANELY proud of this one. I love it so much. It's so delightful. I'm just. LOOK AT THIS FACE.

BLORBO SHAPED! SHE'S SO CUTE! WHO COULD HURT HER! SHE'S JUST SO HAPPY TO BE HANGING WITH HER BIG OLD BRO! :D

okokok. Let me take you on my wip journey, omg, okay (I had so much fun with this y'all don't even KNOWWWWW)

sketched them over two to three days? Once I got back into work and got paper again it was OVER for these hoes

was ENTHRALLED with Blaise in sketch two. I was like omg he looks so good. so HOT. I did that. NICE.

Man. He kinda looks cravat shaped.

SHOULD I CRAVAT AND COAT TAILS THIS MAN? Lemme ask the general populous

cravat won

he kinda deflated a bit in number 3?? idk how, but anyway

I am INSANELY proud of his hair (deffs have @lmelodie to thank for THAT lmao, mind the tag boo! They way you draw Blaise's hair delights me and I'm kinda glad I was able to sorta replicate it, ESPESH WITH THE COLOURS! Also, thank you for drawing my blorbos so FUCKING GOOD AND INSPIRING ME! OKAY THANKS FOR COMING TO MY DANI TALK 💕)

almost forgot to grey said hair in numero 3 lmaoooooo

how could he NOT have greys at this point given Jack's EVERYTHING

WINTER.

you guys. MY ASS forgot she was FROZEN so I drew her hair THAWED

Was having a whole crisis about how you can't make black hair black you need a lighter black/darker purple or blue or smth and I didn't have a suitable marker when I realize oh, oh SHIT this is POST DoD she is FROZEN. THAT HAIR SHOULD BE FROZEN!

rectified that in numero 3! :)

had a LOT of fun with the little details in Blinter's fits. You guys, the thin tip cheap metallic markers I got at Local Hobby Store were a GOOD DECISION

okay. bb jacquie. she's so cute, what the fuck

I am SO PROUD of how her little peets turned out. LOOK AT THOSE LINES! IT LOOKS REALISTICALLY LIKE THE BOTTOM OF A LIL FOOT TO MY CARTOONY STYLED DOODLES ASS!!!

she is so smol :( and so sad :( and so lonely :( she misses her big bro :( she is so little :( what the fuck is happening :(

THEN ONTO THE COMFORT PART OF THE HURT!

So let me tell you guys about that damn window okay. I...had a lot of fun with it

You can SEE the PROGRESSION LMAO

Note how I forgot the pillows but added a snowball fight and snowman

I may go back and add the snowball fight and snowman to panel 1 of the comfort part I love it so much

I got so into doodling the exterior deets that I completely forgot to add in the pillows and that's FINE because LOOK AT THAT OUTSIDE! IT'S LIVELY! IT'S GOT ACTIVITY! THERE IS WARMTH AND LIFE AND LOVE AGAIN! IT'S ABOUT THE HEALINGGGGGG

(I drafted this post last night at 1am. can you tell. I sure can)

(NO RAGRETS)

BUT YEAH IT WAS SO FUN DOING THE OUTSIDE and then I got to little Jack

WHOA NELLY.

That was hard to do! Things to work on: perspective. BUT! I did my best and I'm quite fond of paper jam Jack there

heehee

ANYWAY. JACQUELINE'S PANTS ARE NEXT ON MY LIST

I was trying to recreate the effect I did on the FIRST bb Jacqueline in this ol thang!

I'd used one of my metallic markers (thicc boy not the new ones I think) that sometimes has too much ink on it to drop a blob and then spread it to get the effect

but I couldn't fucking remember what I used to spread it. White pencil crayon? The blenders? Metallic white-thin tip? Brush tip?

This is bc I did that first Jacqueline LAST THURSDAY and the fourth Jacqueline THIS past Thursday or Wednesday, I believe

In the end I ended up grabbing the metallic blue pencil crayon and using that as the base, then whooshing over it with the white brush tip and THEN using the blender/v light blue watercolour marker.

(Cursed the powers that be that I didn't think of it sooner! lmao)

the pants are supposed to be the same ones from the fit she wore as a bb bc that's what she got stabbed in and B-Man fixed em up for her and they grew with her and SYMBOLISM or something

They were her favourite jammies and still are lol

her sweater is based on yet another Dani sweater! idk man. she steals my clothes, I buy clothes because of her, we are a functioning ecosystem

WE'RE SEPARATE PEOPLE I SWEAR

OKAY SO! I HAD A TREMENDOUS ACCIDENTAL FUCK UP IN THE SECOND TO LAST ONE THAT HAD ME LIKE :O FOR A SOLID 5-10 SECONDS BUT WAS ABLE TO FIX!

You can't even see it but I HAVE to share it it was wildin

I opened the purple to colour her sweater, it slipped out of my hands, and gave her a purple streak

I was like. :O!! marker still in my hand as I QUICK FAST CAUGHT IT

Went for the metallic white SO FAST and was able to COVER IT

But if you SQUINT, DESPITE ME UPPING THE CONTRAST AND SATURATION AS PER THE USUAL (my scanner always dulls the colours), I THINK YOU CAN F A I N T L Y SEE IT!

HANDS AND POSES HANDS AND POSES

Jacqueline is very dynamic and I'm happy for once it SHOWS. Her poses in the second half of this thing were so fun to do!

Her HANDSSSSSS

I used to be like FUCK HANDS but I feel u artists friends, they ARE fun to draw! Finally positioning them where I want always has me DELIGHTED

Her waving hand looks a little off but at least it looks like she's waving now! Originally when I sketched it it was giving tenth doctor and rose tyler touching the wall through dimensions vibes

but now it's giving "THERE'S THE BIG BOTHER, GET IN HERE ASSHOLE, YOUR COCOA IS GETTING COLD! LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE YEARLY LEGATE MEETING GOOD LADY ABOVE--"

And her hand holding the rim of her mostly empty mug in the final panel. It turned out SO GOOD

but see. I have this PROBLEM

When lining I don't think about what thing covers what thing. I'm not thinking in LAYERS

which is why you can SEE the window through the curtains or the cup through Jacqueline's hand and so on and so forth

I need to start thinking in layers

THINGS TO IMPROVE ON!!

anyway, it's getting late and I need SLEEP so I'll cut it here for now and review in the morning to see if I wanna add anything, which will just be popped in below this bullet point if I think of anything!

Which of course I DID lmao

I turned to Richard and was like WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST SOCK COLOUR JACK COULD WEAR

Richard said BRIGHT ORANGE LIKE HIS DAD'S FIT!

And I went HAHA YES WE LOVE TO SEE THE BLAISE-FLUENCE LET'S GOOO

I had like the perfect caption for this scrimble like. A week ago; I did NOT write it down.

I think?? What I put?? Is closest to it? I am pretty sure it had to do with no longer waiting

I also briefly thought the caption "how nice to no longer be alone" or "how nice to not be alone anymore" but that WASN'T it, as poetically nice as it sounds, it was DEFFS something to do with the ding dang waiting but I CAN'T REMEMBER! AH!

I also had no idea how to format these? but the side by side was my fave overall so I went for it :)

HOPEFULLY when you looked at it, you got it read in the right order!

And didn't go the usual comic order bc otherwise this may have been low key confusing 😅

okay right NOW I think that's about it! :)

Scrimbly Jacquelines have been SO FUN. I am so glad for this post and glad for all the cs art the amazing people I am so happy to call my friends have done! It's been so inspiring, and I'm in love with CS all over again and am so, so happy I STUCK TO THIS NEW YEARS RESOLUTION! It's been so, so, fun, and just, thank you artist friends for being so god damn inspirational 💕💕 I love and appreciate you all! I'm gonna keep making shitty little scrimbles and silly sketches, I just. I LOVE IT! I LOVE MARKERS AND SILLY CHARACTERS AND AHHH!

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So you know that Gravity Falls stream they did with the Billford promo art by Alex? Yeah, I saws it and I COMENDEERED IT

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do my dark circles and deteriorating health make me look hot

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"I'm gonna have so much time for art and writing now that the busy season is over!" I say as the looming shadow of The Bachelors Degree hovers over me.

So I'm planning on going back to school in the summer and won't know how that's going to affect my personal projects here, but were gonna find out! In the meantime, here's some 2024 BlackIce: Frozen hair shenanigans and a finished version of the sketch from This Doodle Dump from A WHILE BACK.

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When tiktok is banned, I'm gonna miss getting the occasional Killian Shaped Man for me to look at on my fyp 😔😔

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Yo I know this is a late drop but I just finished these up and I have to get something else posted on my own blog before literally anything else can go up so I'm giving these to you directly lol.

Idk man just Her. Love SHE. It was just the Lava Rock one initially but then I wanted to try a few other ideas lol. Fiera Frost the woman that you will become. High key jealous

AhhHHHHHH LOOK AT ALL THOSE FIERAS 😍😍😍😍😍 Bless u Andie I've had such a shit day and finally cozying up to sleep and seeing BADASS FIERAS has me like 😭😭😭 MAYBE TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER THANK YOU SO MUCHHHJJHJHJJJJJJJJ 😭😭😭

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Welcome to 2025! For the new year I really wanted to get some proper reference images for the whole gang! And to serve as a little introduction to my characters and my interpretations on some canon characters for any new peeps coming around!

And for those who don't know, these are characters and concepts that I've been using in my fic Chance and Choice, which got a brand-new chapter a few months back! But under the cut is a little synopsis of the story for the newbies!

Chance and Choice follows and builds off of the ending of the Junior Novelization of the third movie, which differs from how the actual film ended. In the novel, Jack never got a melt inducing Lucy hug and never thawed, but instead got sent to the south pole in banishment for his many, many crimes.

Chance and Choice takes place seven years after the fact, Lucy now a teenager and struggling to figure out what exactly she wants to do with her future.

But any thoughts about that are thoroughly uprooted when she has a strange dream and gets magic powers and a magic staff overnight, "gifted" by THE Man in the Moon, the god and creator of all magic itself, thought to be dead for eons.

But with Christmas and the end of the year wrapping up, the legendary council has limited resources and volunteers to help learn how to use her new abilities. But Lucy sees an opportunity and asks that Jack teach her.

Her, Mother Nature and Jack strike a suspicious deal as a favors for favors set up where if he did a good enough job he requested either his council seat reinstated or hi holiday requests approved. And he may have broken out of prison for a second and may have gotten put on house arrest in the meantime.

But While Lucy is trying to learn to control her powers, she's starting to get nasty headaches and migraines, and the control doesn't seem to be getting any better and not mention the strange sleepwalking and weird voices from thin air.

Jack and Lucy have to figure out what's going on, while dodging ghosts from Jack's past and consequences of past actions, learning how to come to terms with this, and maybe try and be a better person along the way.

But someone has a different plan for all magical kind when New Years Eve arrives. Where everyone is gathered all in one place, easier to restart the cycle by force.

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If you didn't want to be assimilated into my found family then you should have killed me when you had the chance

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Happy 2025!✨🎉🎆

I think I'm gonna keep this as a new tradition of drawing a Lucy every year. This year is older 40ish Lucy! Prosperous new year everyone!

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he's flashing his award losing smile

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The urge to give Jack ANOTHER tragic love interest from his past is Astronomical

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The ONLY THING I ever want for Lucy in Chance and Choice is to be able to do magical combat IN ROLLER SKATES 💗🪩⛸️

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MERRY CRISIS BITCHES!! We're bringing back Krampus Killian!! Long overdue, love this guy! Originally from this Christmas post TWO YEARS AGO, I needed to bring him back, it was mandatory.

Halloween and spooky season are the bread and butter, but the holidays often do come with very strange and ancient entities that lean into the creepier side and Kills takes advantage of that every year!

Even though Krampus first served as a catalyst for their nasty breakup; after getting back together and figuring it out for a few years, they eventually find the fun in the holidays again and in this weird little tradition. They go on a European tour lol

There's a whole parade that he takes part in, and motherfucker pulls this winter sprite UP and OVER THE BARRICADE to drag him along with him for the rest of the way lol.

With a tiny bonus shenanigan for Mari Lwyd where Lucy gets to tag along as he can be the horse :)