#and then some!

[safyresky]

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!

[whumblr]

Any ankle whump in your archives??? 🙏🏿

I was thinking about this for a while and just thought, huh, I'm not sure I have any--

Connor: Am I a joke to you?

Noooooooo.

So yes, have some ankle whump :)) And maybe some threatened ankle whump if that's what you're into.

[ravenkings]

[climbingthefloors]

the us banning tiktok over fears of chinese influence prompting americans to flee to xiaohongshu (which translates to little red book - the same name as the famous red book of mao zedong quotations) and form instant connections with the chinese… you can't make this kind of irony up

[puppppppppy]

filipina miku!! my mom helped me with her outfit ^_^

[tickfleato]

self-love/self-hate

[kazoosandfannypacks]

The company budsies, which specializes in making custom stuffed animals and making duplicates of old or lost plushies, is currently offering to recreate the beloved stuffed animal of any kid who lost theirs in the LA wildfire, free of charge.

Their instagram post said to share this, so please spread this around so that families who've lost everything can receive just a little bit more hope in their lives 🥺

[beholdthemem]

My fellow bitches under 5'5. Whatever the money, do not take a job working at a middle school. A fellow adult tried to put me in detention last month and would NOT give up until I showed her my badge proving Yes, The School Hired Me To Work Here. It's not meant for people our height.

[junglejim4322]

Something that I have noticed is I know almost nobody my age that goes to a food pantry. I know people who regularly run out of money for food and in general have to eat an unsuitable diet because that’s what they can afford and they still don’t go to a food bank, im not sure if it’s because they’re embarrassed or maybe if you didn’t grow up going you don’t know much about it but if you’re financially struggling I really recommend it. And look into other options for food assistance too like community fridges and gardens and other programs that can assist you, where I live Salvation Army pays for an allotted amount of grocery delivery for low income people every month, in the summer farmers take excess produce to the library to be taken by anyone who needs it, etc. There are a LOT of resources for free food that you can look into especially if you are literally not eating because of your financial situation

[beaft]

do genuinely find it fascinating how indeed.com is like the biggest job-hunting website out there and yet manages to be profoundly useless in every possible way

[heywriters]

btw the majority of your life will be lived as a adult. yeah i don't make the rules. go have fun in your 40s or 70s or whatever. no one expects you to accomplish everything at 17 or 27. you've got time and in the meantime get some life experience, it will pay off

[atissi]

locked the fuck back in

[mayhemchicken-artblog]

in the hour or so it took me to draw this op turned reblogs off

EDIT: reblogs are STAYING OFF. op was right and correct and i have never regretted making a post as much as this one. if you want to reblog my art you can reblog something else from my blog. or commission me, lord knows i deserve financial compensation for the nightmare this post has put me through

[lemoncakejay]

pssttt if you see this post tell me what your favorite bird is

[justnoodlefishthings]

The way people demonize seagulls is actually unreal. Almost all of their natural habitat has been destroyed (almost all coastal areas have been developed, destroying natural sand dune ecosystems) and they're doing their best to adapt. They're literally just trying to survive. You're in their home. The vitriol some people have for these gorgeous sea birds just because they're not shy about snatching food if you're not cautious is insane