#// I actually planned to draw a whole comic with dipper and Mabel in it

[novantinuum]

Jen’s mega list of plans:

Written and posted here purely to keep me accountable, and also bc it’s easier to archive posts than find anything in my thousands of documents on my phone. These are all fan projects, basically.

Gravity Falls

-Draw kiki-kit’s precious flame Mabel, (from the graphic novel), and perhaps a flame Pines Family to go with it. Love her design. It seriously just... is precious <3

-Draw graphic novel like “covers” for @the-ill-doctor and I’s RPs to commemorate our 1 yr anniversary of starting the first RP

-While speaking of RP, push past editing road blocks on The Time We Lost, the Time We Mended so we can finally post TateGate™ (pardon the unintelligible inside joke)

-I genuinely want to continue working on the AU comic I’d churned out a few pages for, and test my ability there more. The graphic novel has inspired me.

-I really want to make a print of that nice piece with three eras of Stan and all the Stan related objects floating over them for myself and hang it on my wall. Simple task, but I know I’ll forget so here I am posting a note to myself. JEN YOU KNUCKLEHEAD, get it done :O

-Just, generally? I want to get more comfortable sketching quick and fast. In traditional. I want to fill up a sketchbook with dynamic poses and expressions and random bullshit and get comfortable getting messy with my art.

-AMVs. Once my brother helps me rip the boxset, I have a special commission to make for @eregyrn-falls , and then after that I had a great, emotional idea for the song Unity by Shinedown.

Trollhunters

-I had a fic I started that I REALLY want to get back into, Death and All That Follows. I just have so many crazy projects rumbling through my head that this is easier said than done XD

-There’s a bunch of dynamic Jim and Toby pieces I have half finished that I’ll prob come back to one day if I’m bored...

-My cosplay prop amulet. Need to get glue and get it all together, plus resin/glow in the dark stuff for the crystal, and maybe paint for some touch up pizzaz.

-Not to mention, if I’m going to cosplay Jim? I need to actually order shoes, a wig, and the jacket. I have a stretch goal for colored contact lenses, but eh if I don’t get there that’s fine.

-I can never draw enough troll Jim, to be perfectly honest.

-I promised @inktheblot that I’d draw Toby in the trollhunter armor at some point and I still aim to do that. I actually kinda have an AU for it too?? So I could prob just make a bunch of sketches for that...

-I also promised myself once that I’d make big two or three inch amulet pins. Mostly one just for myself. But if I had the money to do a small bulk batch, excellent.

-Also mostly just for myself, unless I threw it on like... redbubble or something, I wanted to make a custom Trollhunters shirt with the amulet and some crystals and a quote and shit. Because I’m salty that the only Trollhunters shirts that officially exist are for small children.

AU crossover nonsense

-Write more of A Tale of Two Trollhunters. Probably a given, but I’m behind where I wanted to be. Also, I have a bunch of half sketched out future scene ideas I want to post as one shot snippets bc we all know I’ll never actually get there going chronologically ;D;

-Design troll forms for my changeling Dipper and Mabel

-While we’re at it, make designs for Alex and Gina Pines, my OC Dip and Mab parents who feature in the future stuff for this story.

Other

-Just, in general... develop my OCs more. Make MORE OCs. Challenge myself to just MAKE characters.

-Speaking of that, I kiiiinda wanna make a GF dating sim persona I kiiiinda really do, is it too late for that? XD

So. Anyways. As you might tell from all this insanity, I have a whole hell of a lot I would. Conceptually like to do? I really really love making fandom content y’all, it’s what keeps me going honestly. It’s my one creative outlet in between the stress of trying to pursue a degree in biochemistry, of all the hellishly complicated things I could’ve decided to find fascinating. And there’s genuinely some points where I’m like? What the hell Jen. What the fresh hell, why on earth do you have to give yourself so many project ideas to tackle? Why did you decide to draw AND write AND edit, why can’t you just pick ONE? And I’ve no idea dudes not a s i n g l e fuck. My attention bounces so fast from one idea to the next that sometimes I genuinely marvel how on earth I’ve gotten anything done in the past two years, but eh no matter. Anyways, now I’m just rambling so?

Future Jen. Step your game the fuck up my man. Get some cool fan content done! Stop disappointing your far-too-cool mutuals and followers with a lack of fan content and make something you can be proud of! Be cool, dude.

Be cool.

[gravitysanchez-blog]

So it actually took me a long time to compile and draw my basic sketches for this idea, but basically this is my "pilot" idea for a "Sanchez Falls AU". The idea was based off the Dipper/Morty and Mabel/Morticia Easter eggs found in Season 3 Episode 1, and I thought it would be really interesting to explore this dimension. The basic plotline starts off when trying to adjust to a new single life after divorce, Beth sends Morty and Morticia to Gravity Falls to live with their Great-Uncle Ricardo "Rico" Sanchez. Beth hopes the new atmosphere might help them to overcome their depression over the divorce and become more happy again, and when they do arrive they find plenty of distractions. Morticia plans on overcoming her shyness and finding a summer boyfriend, and Morty finds a mysterious journal explaining the many strange things in Gravity Falls. Together, they go on adventures with their cynical yet clever Grunkle Rico, Morty's new crush Jessica Corduroy, and others. In "Not What It Seems", it is revealed that Rico is actually Richard "Rick" Sanchez, and Rico is the mysterious author who came out of the portal. Rico's and Rick's live and personalities ARE loosely based on Stanford and Stanley Pines, but a lot of changes were added. Born in New Jersey, their father was a Mexican pawn shop owner, and their mother a white telephone psychic. Both of them were very strict and expected the best out of their children, so when both Rico and Rick were shown to have large IQ's, they were immensely pleased. Rico, however, was more doted on. This was due to the bullying he faced outside his house due to his extra finger and his willingness to achieve good grades in school and go to a Ivy League as his parents planned for him. Rick, however, was born as someone a little more cynical - he was smart enough to see through the failures of the school system and the so-called American Dream his parents pushed on him. This caused his parents to be a little more emotionally abusive towards him, considering him a "disappointment". Outside, Rico got severely bullied for his nerdiness, extra finger, and the genetic disorder in his family causing grey hair at an early age (Rick was also bullied for this factor). Nevertheless, the two boys were very close and did almost everything together. Rick would always protect Rico from the bullies and other people in New Jersey, and Rico always stood by with Rick at home. They never did share the idea of sailing around the world like the Pines did, but they did have a dream of becoming rich and famous and moving to Vegas. When, later in life West Coast Tech came to inspect Rico's perpetual motion project, Rick tried to show Rico that going to college was pointless and a waste of his time. Rico and Rick got into a huge argument. When Rico claimed that Rick's was foolish and stupid, and that his parents were right to think of Rick as a disappointment, Rick got pissed. He snuck into the school and broke Rico's presentation, exacting his revenge. However, the backlash wasn't pretty, and his father disowned Rick forever for costing their family Rico's success. Later, they would come to regret their actions and wish they could have had their son back. From here, Rico's story pretty much lines up with Stanford's - going to Backupsmore, getting a PhD early with ease, studying his life's work in anomalies, and eventually meeting Bill Cipher. Rick, however, was led down a much darker path than Stanley's. In his desperation to keep himself upright in his homeless life, he struck up a life up in various gangs and mafias, running from state to state to avoid prosecution. This led him to start dealing heroin, and later becoming severely addicted to it. He lived in this hell for quite a few years. He started making a final attempt in setting himself straight once he met Diane Pines, believing her to be the love of his life. He got a job as a salesman, married Diane, and lived happily with her and their daughter Beth. Around Beth's fifth birthday, however, money started to get tight, and Rick was forced to start dealing heroin again. Due to the stress, he quickly relapsed and became distant and generally unpleasant. Diane kicked him out of the house and filed a divorce soon after. Rick was swept back out on the streets. When Rick got the postcard from Rico, six months after the divorce, he was filled with hope that someone was still able to help him, and that he was still wanted. He rushed to Gravity Falls to see his brother. When he arrived, he learned that the only thing his brother wanted from him was to leave again, and in his anger fought with his brother yet again and accidentally shoved him into the portal. And we all know what happened from here - Rick impersonated Rico, and made the Mystery Shack. He decided to cut off heroin and try to be clean again, instead becoming an alcoholic to cope without the heroin. Later on, a year before Morty and Morticia, Beth reconnected with her "uncle", and started a relationship with her "uncle" as her last link to her "dead" father. Morty and Morticia were the first to find out Rico was actually Rick, their grandfather, and when they returned to their mother Rick decided to come back with them and reveal himself as her father. Afterwards, Rico and Rick spend a lot of time in Vegas on vacation. As you can see, Rick is generally more cynical and rebellious, his genius showing more in reading people and seeing through the "system", as well as being used while surviving on the streets. His cynicism grew as his parents became more emotionally abusive towards him. Due to the events in his life, Rick generally adopts the attitude of Rick from "Rick and Morty", due to his cynicism of people and life in general. Knowing Morty and Morticia are secretly his grandkids, however, he does care about them a lot and does his best to be a good grandfather, though it may be unnoticed. Rico, being a little more appreciated at home due to his anomaly, etc., is more positive and believes he can make his mark as a scientist studying anomalies. Everyone outside his family didn't really affect Rico's dreams, for he always had support where he needed it. Nevertheless, Rico still carried a lot of insecurities and fears - more so after being betrayed by Bill and being sucked into the portal. These insecurities made him very introverted and a little harsh towards those not immediate family and friends. Those he cares about are treated with a little more kindness. Morty and Morticia are basically Dipper and Mabel with a heck ton more of social anxiety. Morty, having no friends to hang out with or do anything with except his sister, gears his interests to cool sciency and mythological stuff such as aliens and ghosts. He's not the smartest kid due to his learning disorder, but keeps a lot of passion for these topics. Morticia is like the shy, girly-girl - she's the type of girl who likes pastel aesthetics, and of course has the love for stickers and glitter Mabel has. She knows a little knitting, and on special occasions wears her favorite homemade shooting-star sweater. She, too, has very few friends due to her shyness. She's more regarded as the shy, mysterious cute yet weird girl. When she meets Candy and Grenda, she learns to overcome her shyness and be more outgoing. These hopes can be quickly shattered by Pacifica, however, who does undermine Morticia and gets on her insecurities. So that's the basic wrap of the whole AU. If anyone likes it I do want to draw more for it in drabbles and maybe even short comics if I do get a drawing tablet, one-shots if I don't. But I do want to explore these characters and I kinda admit I'm already starting to love them. (also this is my first time drawing Candy, Grenda, and Soos, so sorry if they don't look so good haha)