* Welcome to my art side-blog! I'm Guzma, but on this blog you can call me Scratch!
* My main/personal account is @frostbite-the-bat so feel free to check it out! I follow from there.
‼️TAG DIRECTORY FOR COMMONLY USED TAGS‼️
* My art in general = "#guz art"
* My videos (usually animatics/animations, video shitposts and alike) = "#video_guz.mp4" or "#animation"
* Character design related things = "#character design concept" and/or "#character design"
* I use a personal art date tagging format, as I may not always post art during the date it is created! If you want to see art from a specific time, look up a "#[month_year]" format tag, for example, "#[april_2025]" !!!
* The "scratch" part of my URL refers to my Delarune self-insert and sona, Scratch! They're the fourth member of SCC! (SSCC...?) They just forgot to add them to the game /silly...
* Scratch also functions as my art brand mascot! So you better get familiar with them! :P
* art by aueua, and teakoodraws! also, dni information is below!
* I don't really believe in DNI's, they usually don't work and don't stop interactions. However this blog isn't a safe space for certain types of people - full list is on my main blog's pinned. Regardless of all that, wish to have one boundary respected: If you selfship with High Roller (TTCC), or ship HR with another character, please DNI! Thank you!
DELTARUNE TOMORROW ANNIVERSARY...?! what a year it's been!
for my own sanity, these are only rough-ish sketches... but one day i may turn these into finished pieces! maybe. anyhoo, i wanted to dedicate something to my favorite piece of media ever, knowing i typically miss/ignore anniversaries...
new guy alert! currently nameless - exists to honor a shitty, lenghty shiny lapras shiny hunt and to function as a secondary character for me to play as on the CMD server. he's a lighthouse keeper!
base lapras model and animations by the cobblemon team, any edits to the model, original modeling/texturing and retexturing are done by me.
i did not take many screenshots but here's an accidental good shot i got!
who is miss boom in your opinion? gerson's wife? daughter? SISTER?!!
your answer is very important to me just dkshvdjsskxhjskshx
and I LIKE HER SO MUCH I HAVE NEVER SEEN HER ON YOUR ARTS BEFORE MMM I LOVE YOU MORE NOW
sorry for being so loud meeee
HEHE i sat on this ask for a few days since it made me really happy to see it!! i am very glad my little inclusion of her in a background detail made you happy. ironically, at first i was unsure of posting it BECAUSE of that detail, but now i don't regret it! thank you so very much 💙💙
this only goes to show that every character no matter how obscure will have a fan out there who loves them very much and that's wonderful in my eyes.
long ramble on this under the cut, you guys know me!
and, that question is a tricky one - though i have talked about her briefly before, my thoughts changed just a tiny little bit.
realistically, she's most likely intended to be gerson's widowed wife! i doubt she would be his daughter, as she is clearly intended to be elderly - way older than alvin! besides, in the files she is referred to as grandma_boom. she's old!
i always complained i didn't like the idea of her being his wife/partner (she is just "ms." boom after all! more on that later) due to them looking similar and i dislike the "two anthro animals who date look similar" trope. but they have plenty differences and there is only so many ways you can represent an anthropomorphic elderly turtle in pixelart. so that one i don't care about anymore if i ever talked about it publicly...
however, i PERSONALLY prefer to read her as his sister instead - knowing my interpretation is just a fan one in my fanwork specifically.
her role in the game's story is probably to be a silly character who fills in the space. one who manages the library, supervises berdly and talks about him... and that's about it! sometimes a side character is really just that and you should not have high expectations when there's a bigger story going on. though i would love to learn more about her and i HOPE we do!
with gerson, they share a last name. with her being"ms" and not "mrs" implies she is not married or did not take the title. her being a sister could easily explain why she is the same age and shares a last name but lacks a married title.
another thing - i always complain, that, if alvin is her son, and alvin is building up to chapter 4's dark world events with gerson and his letter for alvin and the message that conveys narratively... she shows up, yes, but why would she not speak about her son in the same chapter? he is putting himself down during his own sermon. he's old enough to take care of this on his own, but i'd imagine at least a playful comment from her about it. though her heckling you about the shelter is not a bad thing, it shows more adults in hometown regard it as a bad place to avoid. (and it is her first time Speaking so we get some characterization out of it.)
...but. if he isn't her son - there's less of a need or a reason for her to comment on it, isn't it? (and i suppose her role as a character isn't to flesh out the boom family, so there's no reason from that regard...)
if i may- there is a difference between an intention by the creator and how the audience may read it - and cherrypick evidence to make their own personal story/interpretation (COUGH COUGH OR THEORY) work. someone else may read this differently! this is how i read it. though, isn't it wonderful? to have little details, little puzzle pieces put in, for the fans to pick them up and create their own? anyways...
in my own work i am a firm believer of "elderly trans man single father* gerson" headcanon so reading ms boom as a sister is beneficial for this reason - why do i have this headcanon? it just makes me feel happy lmao the world does not have enough old/elderly trans characters, and representation even in the real world is usually kept amongst teens, young adults and middle aged folk... it makes me believe one day, i too will be old, still kickin' and still trans! (PLUS IT MAKES SENSE TO ME WITH WHAT HIS CHARACTER IS ABOUT. THE ULTIMATE PAVING YOUR PATH: TRANSING YOUR GENDER. BREAKING OUT OF AN INTENDED ROLE. CAN ANYONE HEAR ME. the whole story and prophecy to me is so transgender. you get me. looks at ralsei)
*(also yes with this i imply he is the birth parent of alvin and in my oc stuff case, werster as well. this should be normalized.)
ms boom can have a little trans as a treat too, if you wish! plus, with the kind of "family is close" theme i go with alv, wers and gers - especially alv and wers as siblings - would it not be sweet for gerson to mirror that somewhat with his sister? still be close many years later, live together/in the same town and work together? (books)
i certainly have to develop this more - but, as i have said - due to all of this not being canon at all and us having very little on her... it makes me hesitant to work her into my things at all. though, i gotta say, all of this has inspired me and made me a little less worried. she's definitely not gonna be the main focus still (alvin and werster are) but i could work a few things in! besides, i do feel it is a little unfair to her. it's fun to learn a new enthusiasm for a character!
now... thank you for your question and enthusiasm! i hope this is just enough, and not too much for you to read through! i am always happy to answer my thoughts i have about deltarune/undertale, especially in regards to my silly turtles :]
OH WHAT A DELIGHTFUL SURPRISE!! all of these are so adorable, thank you for drawing scratch!!! i really like how colorful the lightning is!! thank you sooooo much 💙
her majesty tsareena from a short pmd based story i wrote, and a friend's request to draw a chespin!
got myself a (shitty) dip pen for my ink, so i can draw with actual ink now! very fun to work with, excellent to use something that doesn't bleed when mixed with watercolors! defo will look into a proper artists' dip pen.
finally after 4 and a something years of having them, scratch has a proper ref sheet! chapter 2 sona/self-insert, and this blog's mascot, and the SCC member toby forgot to add into the game
selfship commission for @lynxsakura of their mercury and mel from TGD! and a bonus doodle page as a gift for being a good friend <3
and a nice excuse to do fanart for things i typically don't draw / something that isn't a hyperfixation and just a light passing interest absorbed from a friend
