#evayo asks

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Any sketches of Belville or Maya?

old outdated stuff since my recent sketches are things I CAN'T SHOW

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Draftstravaganza: Double Date with Evayo’s original characters!

To conclude Draftstravaganza, here’s a little thing I wrote but never finished for @evayoblog with some of his original characters. Here’s what I had down as the summary:

There’s nothing like a get-to-know-you dance, especially when you know exactly who to ask. There’s only one problem: sometimes twins think alike more than they want to.

“So do you wanna go- “

“ -to the dance with me?”

Jack lifts his head from Noel with a scowl. “I asked her first.”

Skye rolls her eyes and says, “No, you were talking over me asking first. Rude.”

Noel holds her hands up, palms out and close to her chest. “Now hold on, I don’t know if I’m even going to the dance at all.”

“That’s no fun!” both twins simultaneously pout, crossing arms over chests.

Jack shrugs, trying to let it just roll off. “It doesn’t have to be romantic or anything. If you like, we can just go as friends.”

“Exactly!” Skye confirms, offering a hand to Noel. “Of course, I won’t object if it turns romantic.”

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I like your little empty vessels. They look like they chitter. Do they chitter?

hmm... HMM... HMMMM!!! yes. they do chitter. I will make it canon.

like for the most part the Evies just kinda... laugh??? giggle??? but I always imagined there'd be other sounds mixed in to convey how weird and alien and "artificial" they are. chittering's a great choice, especially if it's modulated a bit to sound more mechanical 👌

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Which oc is the most likely to be a gamer gremlin?

was hesitantly gonna suggest Bunny but then I realized I LITERALLY drew Belville as a gamer gremlin a little over a year ago ASJDFGHKJ

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more bunny pics pls

she snorf you

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Maya as a half-foot. for science.

I adore their huge-ass ears more than anything

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What is Maya's favorite thing to do with Zeke? How do they play? How smart is Zeke?

HEHE Zeke is very playful!! peek-a-boo is a classic, and very fun with hedgehogs bc of their whole like. everything. they also play this game where Maya will hop from one side of the room to the other and he'll quickly toddle after her for treats (or possibly to bite her heel)

Maya also loves to sing him to sleep... this art is super old but it basically goes something like this:

as for how smart he is. well, um. he's smart enough to want to hide it from Maya and everyone else. idk what that tells you but... LMAO

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Most throwable oc?

KSDJFLHGSDF what a question... maybe it's cheating a bit on top of just being kind of a deep cut, but "Gremlin Maya" is so very throwable

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what is Maya's favorite animal? :3

HEDGEHOGS!!! she even has a pet one named Zeke (short for Ezekiel von Pricklepants). he's the best character. obviously.

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Which OC are you proud of making the most ?

Rosaline Belville, 100%. Maya is my baby ofc, she's the one I've had the longest. but Belville's journey from her initial inception into the story to where she is now has been one of my greatest achievements, full stop. AND THE STORY DOESN'T EVEN "EXIST" YET SO NONE OF Y'ALL EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT... AAAAAAHH!!!

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seeing as it's almost valentine's day. any thoughts about a potential romance for your oc Maya? she's sooo pretty and cute and needs like a thousand million kisses 💜

LOL I might have answered this before, I've not really wanted to canonize any sort of love interest for Maya in my story because it's simply not necessary to the plot!

that said, lately I've quite enjoyed the idea of Maya and Cain having an off-screen situationship... 👀👀👀

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bruh WHY are you still playing New Horizons in the year of our lord 2024 😭

because... I like it?? idk man what other reason do I need??  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Less about OCs, but I'm interested to know what your process is like when creating a piece as detailed as that one you posted for Valentine's Day. How do you go about it? And do you happen to do time-lapse videos?

hmm can't say I can give an explanation that's terribly interesting or satisfying lol... I'm almost entirely self-taught, so "process" is a very loose and nebulous concept for me, and it changes from piece to piece. the one common thread among my works is that they all involve obscene amounts of trial and error. I don't have any recent time-lapses because I never think to record them, but if I did you would definitely see how often I feel the need to adjust and redo every little thing.

for the Valentine's Day piece, because it was a "remake" I had the benefit of a much more solid foundation than usual to start out with. however you can still see where I ended up deviating from the sketch phase - most obvious being her pose, the design of her hair, and the details of her sandals. (there were also meant to be candles on the dresser, but I forgot and didn't feel like adding them back in later and so I decided a vague suggestion of candlelight was enough lmao)

anyways, compared to everything else, sketching and linework are fairly straightforward and come most easily to me. there really isn't much to say, just scribble some messy lines and then whittle away at and draw over them till they magically become less messy!

when it comes to coloring and shading, things get a lot weirder and more complicated. this is where my process tends to vary the most, because it really depends on the mood of the piece. for this one I wanted something dark and seductive, so I covered the whole image in a layer of burgundy red, then painted the "lighting" on top across several Overlay layers. additional shadow details were brushed in on Multiply layers using deep purple instead of straight black, but ultimately I didn't want them to be too dark, as that initial layer of red was meant to serve as the primary "shadow" of the piece.

this is also usually where I decide which lines I want to "color" with clipping masks, which can either make certain elements pop or feel softer. it sorta brings the whole image together, giving it a much more painterly look overall. from there all that's left is to keep making adjustments and adding little details - the glittery effect on her dress was one of the last things I added, I thought it looked really nice!

...ok now take everything I just said and throw it all in a blender. because even though it might sound fairly orderly, the truth is I'm constantly making changes to all stages of my works, even the earliest ones, all the way to the end. I'll still be making adjustments to the linework and such after I've already put so much effort into the lights and shading! it's not the most efficient way of doing things... but again, trial and error. my perfectionism gets the better of me...

anyways I apologize if NONE of this made any sense, like I said I never had any formal training in art, so I'm not very good at teaching or explaining it!! at the end of the day my process is less about what makes logical sense and more about finding what feels right in a given moment. at the very least I hope it was a fun read lmao 🥳

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MILO SUPREMACY 🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐🛐

SO TRUE SO TRUE

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So this is a little random and I'm just curious, but what are your thoughts on Superman?

He's my favorite superhero and comic book character, so I thought I'd just ask.

not a comics expert by any means but Superman is highly underrated in my book. it always feels like fans and hollywood misinterpret him or try to turn him into something he isn't, despite the fact that he SHOULD be one of the easiest superheroes to get right. the recent My Adventures with Superman animated series had probably my favorite take on Clark Kent/Superman's character in recent memory.

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*Nods sagely at your ocs* "Ourple."