#drawing affection makes me so happy tho wah

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[yuhengbeidou]

hm I was thinking....jiang meng...idk doesn't sound so good

but jiang ziming,,, that's GOOD

Yesterday, 1:11 PM

jiang ziming

you have done something

THAT SREALLY RELALYYGODO

Yesterday, 1:14 PM

ahahah am I still on a good strike?

Yesterday, 1:15 PM

WAH THAT WAS SO GOOD

Yesterday, 1:15 PM

,,,au in which jiang ziming is a THING

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Yesterday, 1:15 PM

AU in which madam qing told jiang xi about the child and jiang ziming was raised between the two sects

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Yesterday, 1:15 PM

HOLY FUCK YES PLEASE

please, jiang xi and xzy and madam wang talk and....and :((( aaaaaaaa mengmeng with tWO DADS

amazing

Yesterday, 1:17 PM

MENGMENG WITH TWO DADS

god he would be SO MUCH MORE ARROGANT ahahhahaa but still the core of goodness

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and his fashion sense would be TOP NOTCH

and maybe he would get a holy weapon for once

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Yesterday, 1:17 PM

bitch ass desktop twitter keeps refreshing and changing to the ugly blue color I'm gonna qi deviate

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anyway, please, him wearing maybe, both blue and dark green robes or smt?

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Yesterday, 1:18 PM

eww no ugly blue please

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Yesterday, 1:19 PM

his getting more educated in medicine!!!! idk was it ever mentioned in 2ha? if he got anything passed on from madam wang or he was just...study the blade (be gay)?

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Yesterday, 1:19 PM

ohhh god what if what if he starts wearing jiang xi's ribbon that hao draws

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but in blue

1

but same style

clipped to the sides of his hair

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Yesterday, 1:19 PM

i think he was just studying the blade HELP

SO FUCKING GAY

now he gets to play with herbs and be a little less gay

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jk that's even more gay

Yesterday, 1:20 PM

 madam wang feels a little weird but xzy laughs and pats her back and says "like father like son eh, I least I taught him manners"

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Yesterday, 1:21 PM

or something :(((

Yesterday, 1:21 PM

Omg xzy the fucking best always

Yesterday, 1:21 PM

and mengmeng,,,,so good with medicine pfff shi mei who

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Yesterday, 1:21 PM

He’s not at all jealous

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Yesterday, 1:21 PM

HE'D MAKE FUN OF THEM HELMP "oh, my little peacock came back from the big boss peacock?"

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Yesterday, 1:22 PM

And Xue Meng would whine “a-die!!!!!!” And run to hug him

Yesterday, 1:22 PM

...are we doing like...a divorced couple type of sharing custody of a child now? because it feels like it

Yesterday, 1:23 PM

He still wouldn’t call Jiang Xi daddy though but maybe something a little friendlier than Jiang Xi

I think so omg

Yesterday, 1:23 PM

adhjsks I LOVE IT

Yesterday, 1:23 PM

It is a shared custody thing

Yesterday, 1:23 PM

hm

how would he call jiang xi...he's very rude now lol going all JIANG XI

probably? jiang yechen or sect leader jiang, keep the formalities but

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Yesterday, 1:24 PM

I know right how dare he just call jiang Xi like that so rude

Jiang Xi is so indulgent of him honestly

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I say he can say jiang Yechen though

Jiang Xi doesn’t know how much affection he’s allowed to show Xue Meng

So he just keeps teaching him nonstop and working him to the bone every time Xue Meng visits

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Yesterday, 1:26 PM

yeah really idk by the end of the blind dates I think jiang xi was like "eh, ,,,let him call whatever Idc"

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Yesterday, 1:27 PM

Xue Meng needs money and jiang Xi will hand over the entire bank account

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Yesterday, 1:28 PM

agagahahahaha I CRY but, also xue meng maybe goes too far and he hurts himself and jiang xi sighs and goes "can't you be more careful?" and heals him and then goes off in a 3 hours long lecture about idk, how to be careful, and how not to do that enxt time, and how to TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

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Yesterday, 1:28 PM

oh do you think jiang xi also pays him child support?

THATS MY LOVER AND HER HUSBAND

1WAHH I LOVE IT JIANG XI BEING A CHIDING PARENT

wait... can this be a thing

please god i want a happy AU so bad

jiang xi definitely pays child support. sisheng peak is not super rich but xue meng basically has a trust fund

he has everything he ever wanted

including several ponies

Yesterday, 1:32 PM

agdhsjs YES I WANT IT TOO, the,, the family being such an amazing family like, madam wang MADAM WANG SHE'S THE BEST,, xzy he is THE BEST, jiang xi he is TRYING

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can you...imagine it tho,,,the entire sisheng peak fire aprty wouldn;t happen,,,jiang xi would step the fuck out he WOULD SO MUCH MORE, that's my SON and the woman I LOVOHFEIEHHSsomethingdik and hER HUSBAND FUCK OFF MU YANGLI BITCH

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or is it mu yanli? idk

Yesterday, 1:35 PM

yeah mu yanli FUCK OFF

JIANG XI COME PROTECT UR FAM

 hgsnfgfhgjgg except they haven't done anything in 20yrs

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jiang xi puts gu yue ye's reputation on the line for family

we love to see that

Yesterday, 1:41 PM

MY LOVER AND HER HUSBAND IDK SOUNDS RIGHT

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Yesterday, 1:44 PM

do you think...................after some time, when xue meng is a little older like idk 10 or so and jiang xi shows that he's a good ish father or....ya know, xzy just talks with madam wang and asks "do you still love him?" and what can she say....he was her first love as far as canon tells us and "I, still care about him yes" so, xzy on a personal adventure to make them talk~ and shit~ sure he wouldn't want her to sleep with him again but..

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what if he bullies jiang xi into admitting he CARES too it doesnt have to be love but, them meeting at gu yue ye and drinking tea and talking about medicine and she feels like she's back home in her youth and :((

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Yesterday, 1:46 PM

WHY IS XZY THE ONLY HUSBAND EVER

IM CRY

Yesterday, 1:48 PM

please and....WAIT AND when jiang xi adopts the son,,, of course the sisheng family knows about it and they are all so excited well maybe not xue meng lol he doesn't want to admit it but ya know, COMPETITION is COMPETITION no matter what

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but in the end things work out and, sometimes the adopted son shows up with jiang xi at sisheng and xue meng spars with him and teaches him things cwn taught him and ufffffffffffff

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Yesterday, 1:51 PM

BROTHERS

THEY ARE BROTHERS

EXCEPT XING'ER CALLS XUE MENG GE

WHAT IF I CRY

Yesterday, 1:53 PM

GE

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

xue meng bosses him around but xing'er is such a sweetheart he smiles and ENJOYS it then he goes to jiang xi and he's all shining and he can't stop talking about xue meng honestly...that poor guy was probably an orphan so...

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Yesterday, 1:54 PM

i'm fucking crying about a character with ZERO BACKGROUND lol

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XING'ER HE IS PRECIOUS

maybe in this AU there is no yifu fuckery just soft daddy son interactions

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jiang xi puts one hand on xing'er's head and rubs it a little when xing'er tells him about xue meng gege

he is so happy his sons get along

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Yesterday, 2:01 PM

please this is too sweet for me I'm going to die

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yes, the entire family!! together!! +ranwan by extension

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I also love how you just went XING'ER like,,,without a second thought you said XING'ER I LOVE IT

[cto10121]

so i can barely type this as i am still beating myself up for not thinking about not downloading the video when i had the chance, (*uwe kröger!maxim voice* oh my GOD i’m SUCH a FOOL) but still i have opinions(tm) so here’s the quick run-down of pros and cons:

hector king’s translation still slaps. so. hard. spanish just goes so well with the show and the music, you have no idea. my favorite is mort de juliette, it’s so impactful. verona is strong too; in fact, it draws you in very well to the show

the choreography of le bal made me cry TEARS of JOY, it was so nicely done; it was basically a lower-key version of redha fitted to a smaller stage. it’s been years since i’ve seen a decently choreographed le bal—the hungarian was wut, the revival an awful eyesore, and even the takarazuka was simplified. there was some dubious high-kick action, but overall this production did it right. also liked the choreography of les rois du monde

julieta, tybalt, and the prince had the nicest voices. lady capulet was good too. the friar had range, but he had the typical sollozo/sob style—ymmv.

“y tú tan TORPE como SIEMPRE, ehhh?” Iconic. Unmatched. Historic. The Sass Heard Round the World. Mexican Mercutio>All other Mercutios, sorry, I don’t make the rules.

seriously, tho, this was a genuinely affecting mort de mercutio. the “aime-la, roméo” sounds so affecting in spanish.

the costumes are tasteful for the most part—i’m particularly happy about the nurse’s costume, as i’ve never recovered from the revival’s neck brace. alas, though, the men’s costumes are still all over the place. probably benvolio’s was the worst

THEY HAD LA MUETTE, oh baby, how i’ve missed thee

but now the cons sadly

that orchestra sounds like it was made of tin foil and of course the sound doesn’t help matters. some fool especially miked the trumpets too loud so of course during the aimer riff in le bal you get this overly loud anemic trumpet of a WAH WAH WAH-WAH-WAH WAH WAH and something in me shriveled up and died

la mort being played by a man was a bit more successful than i thought it’d be, which isn’t saying much as it isn’t ideal. i mean, la muerte is feminine in spanish too, so where’s my supernatural clingy bitch at??? maybe they thought it was too sexy for mexican audiences. get your eroticized death out of our family-friendly entertainment, i guess

romeo was a weak point, obviously, and a damning one as that is the biggest role, but i was most disappointed in the nurse, who kept. changing. the. notes. “cuando lo besó” would have been an affecting line if it weren’t for that made-up riff. ay ay ay

king must have had a hard time translating le duel, because it’s so...off. romeo sounds unintentionally polite. “¡basta ya! que locura, ya no digas más” sounds like something your grandmother would say after hearing you curse while clinging to her rosary and reciting a prayer to the virgin

“te amo, y es lo más bello”—what would have been wrong with “amar,�� i wonder? just a minor quibble

la demande en mariage was cut. :((( also sans elle and le chant de l’alouette. :((( but mostly la demande en mariage :((( they also didn’t do the stop-freeze moment of le bal 2

so yeah, overall, if this production had the money and the production values it deserved as the first major spanish-language version of presgurvic’s musical, this could have really been something. it has good bones; there is thought and care in it that you don’t find with, say, the production that must not be named (all right, so that’s not saying much, but you know what i mean). i feel particularly gyped that they didn’t at least do a CD. now i’m thirstier than ever for a spanish-language version. fortunately we latinos are unashamed sluts for this musical, since there are dozens of amateur productions on yt and les rois du monde even became a quinceañera favorite (because of course a song about three sexy boys singing about kings of the world fits in with your sweet 15 coming-of-age party. personally, i approve.)

[memedokies]

(almost) every anon ask since fall 2016

if u havent noticed i am BAD at answering asks so here’s a Big Dump of most of the asks i’ve gotten in the past few months

ps; i’ve excluded pokemon suggestions bc i plan on getting to them at some point

Hihihi!!! What brushes do you use in fire alpaca??  i dont do much in firealpaca (esp not lately lol) but when i did use it a lot i just used the fill bucket and the standard/default brush to fill in gaps n such lol! i dont really draw in it, i used flash/adobe animate for the lineart and just fill in color in firealpaca :3

when did you start animating?   uhh when i was around 11 or 12 when i started digital art i guess? i just used photoshop for the longest time then got flash when i was like 15 or so

 How did you get flash?  i got the creative cloud dealie, its technically required for my school :—-0 

 hello!! what are you majoring in in vcu?? im thinking about going there for college  im in communication arts! omg cool lmk if u come here ill tell u where to get the best bubble tea

 how many fps do you use for your wiggly animations? i work at 24 fps in flash on twos but just end up using photoshop’s 0 second frame delay/ “no delay”?

 Hey love your animations! What do you animate with?  adobe animate 2017! (previously flash) 

You mentioned a YouTube channel but I can’t seem to find a link to it? Do you post processes on there? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCovvoZxlQjFaIA7A3w_94Zw theres not much atm but i plan on posting a lot more, including process/speedpaints! 

i really like your art style gosh darn!!! everythings so fluid and stylized and nice aaa (also ur animations are goals) do u have any tips for someone still developing their artstyle????  WAH TYSM!!!!! compile art you already like and incorporate aspects from their styles into yours, BUT dont limit urself to one style! if u like something then try it out! do straight up copies (as PRACTICE, DONT CLAIM IT as your own ofc) of stuff you like to see how they work and what you’re clicking with. spending time on fundamentals is MEGA helpful so keep going back to that too! USE REFERENCES!!! draw …from ur soul…what makes u ..FEEL good

 how do you make that burn effect on your lineart? it makes it your pieces look sharper and even more interesting, it’s super cool!!  when i used to use flash for lineart and firealpaca for coloring a lot, setting the lineart layer on BURN with the coloring layer seeping a lil past the lineart would get this effect automatically 

(like on the whiskers. u can see it gets a brighter brown(?) and the warmer yellow on the ears)

but since then i’ve been using sai+photoshop more so i just do it manually! i’ll use this funny pic of me and my cat as an example lol

^i select the lineart/everything i want the funky color around

^slam that INCREMENT button a couple times

^make a new layer under the lineart

^fill that puppo with ur preferred color! something brighter works best, or even straight up white

that’ll give you something like this

then i open it in photoshop

and i mess with the pink line layer’s blending mode..color burn usually does the trick but depending on the Look you’re going for, saturation, multiply and overlay have some similar effects that look cool. 

i also usually get rid of the outermost edge of pink line that’s visible around the lineart, just so it looks a little cleaner? to do that you just select around your lineart, increment/expand selection, and delete/erase in the selection of the pink line layer

uhh yeah! lmk if anyone needs clarification on this, i have some other #TIPS on makin ur art look crusty and funky so…lemme know if you’re interested :—3

What do you use to animate? And, a more specific question, how do you make transparent animated gifs? adobe animate 2017! (previously flash) i export my animation from flash as a png sequence then open it in photoshop, where the background will be transparent and save it as a gif from there nyaaa

if anyone needs more clarification lmk and i’ll make a proper walkthrough :-0

 Hello!! Ur art is rlly pretty and so inspirational and nice to look at!! 💗💗 I was wonderin’ if ya had any tips on choosing shapes for characters? Like, when you draw shapes for a certain character, it looks rlly like it fits with the character’s personality n stuff!! ( e.g: Your Love Live! drawings!! The characters look so good in your style.) I’ve always admired how u did that n was hoping for some tips maybe?? Anyways, have a good day!!💛💖💟💜💝💞💖 HOOGA!! TYSM!!! and YEA you basically guessed it, i mainly just think about the character’s personality and translate that into a shape or Pheeling… 

especially for anime characters i look at the Very Subtle differences in the character’s original design..or possibly canon implications…for example kotori has slightly different eyes (it also says on her wiki page she has soft droopy eyes!) so i make sure to incorporate that Detãile

 anime wiki pages that have details like that is nice, for love live they have cute lil “charm points” which is really cool n helpful! listening to how a character is described in their world can give clues to what differentiates them which you can make more clear in your design

taking into account each characters context is good too, what they do/hobby/personality and how that could affect their appearance/posture/attitude

 YEAH its really fun to figure out certain characteristics and make it evident in their appearance! or. idk thats just what i do lol. hopefully this helps!

Have you ever seen the anime jojos bizarre adventure? alas i have not..i have some friends whom are into it so i’ll prob end up watching it sometime lol

sorry if this is obvious but!! are you the creator of Fork and Knife: Food Fighters?? your gif of fork is super cute btw!! yes i am!! wah tysm!!

Hey my little sister found your animation on an online art gallery and she really loved it! omg cool, thanks so much!!

Your style is so lovely!! OHG thanks!

your blog is so precious i love it a lot! your art is so cute too ^u^ waa thanks!!

Your art and animations art really cool! Keep up the good work! You are amazing!! aahg thank you!! :’333

 your art is fuckening amazing hh broe…tysm

 Oh my gee, I used to follow you on Deviant Art, and now here I am, finding you on accident. You’re still as talented as ever. =w= b hUIOpugh deviantart, my homeland..my origin.. thank you!!!

- O mg I love your art! 💕💕💕 thank you!! heart emojis!!! 💖💖💖

- your art and animations give me so much inspiration, thank you! everything about your style is so fun and it cheers me up omg this validates my top tier goal in life, im so glad!! thank you SO much!

Your style is so charming and adorable ;__; thank you!!

ur art is so gross in the best way possible this is the biggest compliment ive gotten thank u so much. i love making gross squishy awful drawings

IM SO HAPPY I FOUND YOU!!!! IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU FOR AGES!!!!!!!!! I LIVE FOR YOUR BEAUTIFUL ART!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! BHOLY CRAP THANK YOU!!!

 your art style is very cute ! 🌱 oohg thanks!! thanks for the little sprout emoji, i love her

GOOD ART!!!! good art good art good art EVERYWHERE I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! OHHGG THANK YUO

how do ya draw such cutely its driving me nuts Nuts NUTS !!! I LOVE SPARKLES AND BRIGHT COLORS AND FUNNY ANIMALS..its my lifeblood..thank u.. 

You’re a really rad artist! I’m Glad there’s some cool artists that are local! Have a good time at VCU! oh wow thanks!! 

Ur shapes r so good thanks i LOVE a nice wholesome shape!

I rlly like ur art style my dude thanks!! 

hi! just wanted to let u know that you’re wonderful and i wish u well in everything u do this is making me bVERY HAPPY THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

 Im love You!! IM L OVE YIOU

that meowth boy is so good. i love him as he is my son THANK YUO i too, love meowth a Lot

 I love how your art is basically lines and curves, it’s very cute oo thanks! 

i love your art style so much!! it’s so zesty? i cant think of a better word to describe but its like. zesty & refreshing & rly rly cool !!! THATS A BEAUTIFUL ADJECTIVE I LOVE IT thank u so much!!!

You seem like you would watch Osomatsu-san. I could see you drawin dem bois in you hella rad art style. osomatsu was the wildest ride of my life. tho i dont think i could physically be able to sit down and draw them seriously ever… 

 Pls make more angry cat comics theyr so halarious plllls 👀 more are on the way!!!!!!

Have you done a meet the artist i sketched one when the meme was still poppin..is it too late lol? maybe i’ll still do it

[aquacure]

all of them

all of the character design questions? my god thank you i owe you my life

under a cut because THIS IS A DOOZY

1. Who’s the oldest character of yours that you still use?

O’Malley, for sure. I’ve had him for many, many years. About 8 years or more, if I’m remembering correctly. He’s my favorite.

2. Who’s the oldest character of yours, defunct or not?

Athena Sakamoto. She started off as my self insert oc back in 5th grade, and I used her a lot, even after she evolved from being a self insert. She didn’t evolve that much, though…. In design, she definitely did. I lived out my hair color fantasies in her… (She started out with purple hair w/ a green streak, then black hair with a purple streak, then black hair with a brown streak. Now, it’d be back to purple, except like. a lavender purple.)

3. Has creating a character ever made you realize something about yourself?

Definitely! Plenty of times! An example I remember; with the creation of Tau (and fleshing out Athena’s character outside of being me) it made me realize I had no other Asian ocs besides them, and kind of made me more aware of white dominance in media and how it was starting to affect me. 

4. Any minor characters that have either taken over or branched off into their own stories?

Ivan, for sure. I made him a while ago, but he’s got a surprisingly sad backstory, which my characters didn’t seem to really have then. Quick rundown: He used to be an assassin, he had a wife and kid, wife got painfully sick and died, daughter is now estranged, he’s now alone and too afraid to approach his child and also afraid to take someone else’s life. wah waaahh. i should mention him more.

5. Do you prefer to make human, animal, monster, or _____ characters? Why?

I like making human characters! I used to make all kinds of funky demons and angels and whatnot (i still do, but to a lesser degree), but human characters can have a really interesting depth to them, just with backstory and personality. it’s like creating someone that could be out there right now, who has their own interests and life, experiencing life. that’s kind of cool to me!

6. When creating a character, do you come up with the visual concept or the written concept first?

most of the time, it’s visual! I like to build a personality out of their design, it’s rarely the other way around unless i’m really inspired to make a certain character.

7. Do you have characters that you know you’ll never use, but can’t bear to get rid of/recycle?

Of course… Ma’atie, Isaac, Kelpie… the list can go on and on

8. Is there a character that embodies your good traits, or traits you wish you had?

Athena, Tau, Nel. They’re all absurdly confident, Tau and Nel are fashionable, fat (nel moreso than tau), and love to smile. they’re free of insecurities about their physical appearance and just do whatever is comfortable or makes them feel pretty.

9. Is there a character that embodies your bad traits? Several characters? Which ones and what traits?

You have noooo idea. Teddy has my bpd, Craig has my anxiety, O’Malley has my old anger issues, yadda yadda… Though my anger does flare up again on rare occasions, but almost never outloud.

10. Is there a character that explores your interests or fetishes (orrrr is that just all of you characters)?

Interests? Yeah, all of my characters embody my interests! Ma’atie is Egyptian Religion, O’Malley is History and English, Tau is fashion, etc.

11. If you have characters that embody certain traits of yours—good or bad—has writing them changed how you view those traits? Has it affected you in any way?

Ok, spotlight time. Nel was deliberately made to make myself feel better about myself; she was made with large, flabby arms, a belly that sticks out, hairy legs, cellulite, a bunch of stuff I was so insecure about. But I’ve never drawn her upset at herself for being this way. I’ve always drawn her loving herself being who she is, embracing it, not caring about how she could be perceived. She just loved herself.

12.   Do you fantasize about being any of your characters, or are you more detached?

ye…. i wish i were tau, man, being in fashion sounds like so much fun. also being o’malley minus his booze problem and having two cats and one dog? and also being surrounded by children who love u, even if they’re like, really rebellious and weird? nice.

13. Do you create playlists for your characters?

YEEEE i made one for o’malley on 8tracks before it went to shite, if you’re willing to go there, here’s the link (btw if there’s a playlist maker/creator that’s like 8tracks that isn’t playmoss or spotify, hmu. making playlists is my goddamn jam)

14. When writing for specific characters, is there anything you have to do to get into the right mindset?

Music for the mood helps a lot, and writing down or drawing how they’d express themselves in different situations is a good way to go.

15. Which character is your guilty pleasure?

what do you mean…. guilty pleasure……. *sweats….* it’s anyone in glasses and every tall character that’s a sweetheart. which is most of them.

…the main guilty pleasure is o’malley for sure tho

16. Is there a character of yours who’s a real struggle to write/draw? Why do you think that is?

it’s hard to draw Kara and Ivan, because I draw them differently every single time. Ivan, I understand, because I don’t draw him nearly as often as I want to, and he’s got a more vague/indistinct design bc i haven’t fixed him up, but Kara? I know what to draw, but doing it makes something different all the time… siiigh

17. Which character is the easiest to draw/write?

O’Malley for both, because I just know him that well. Teddy with writing because he’s chaotic and selfish, pretty much. Tau is both bc he’s the nonbinary aunt i’ve always wanted to be. also i love his design. very cool.

18. Is there anything you really wish you could do, character-design-wise, that you feel is outside your current skillset? A concept that you wish you could pull off but are uncertain about?

i want to make more unearthly and horror-esque monsters that are symbolic, like Silent Hill monsters, but i’m.... no good at making monsters. I want to. but i’m not that cool or good at art yet. (also monster angels. i want to make monsterous angels)

19. What’s more important to you: visual design, unique personality, a trendy character aesthetic, etc? If you’re not sure, then what’s the first thing you usually nail down in a character?

i like a unique personality, then the unique aesthetic of that character. you can make a visually stunning character and have them be the most uninteresting and bland pile of crap that ever did walk by. so, that being said, a character built on nothing but tropes is generally a no go for me. give me reasons, give me something new, give me spins! i want something different!!

20. Do you ever plan to do anything (comic, animation, etc) with your characters? Or are you just happy to have them?

yes to both. some characters are definitely just there for me to love, like Nel, but people like O’Malley, Teddy, Kara, Craig, Tau... Those guys have a story ahead of them. Will it be in comic form or in a novel...? Who knows! Whichever one I like better in the end! But I need a while longer to establish who they are, their stories, and the conflict that’ll bring them together... or apart? whichever happens to happen.