Welcome to Delish High!

A concept inspired by themed doll lines like Monster High, Rainbow High or Ever After High where every character is based around a specific theme; Everyone being a different Monster, Color, Fairy Tale character or in this case... Food! Mostly just a place to post about my OCs and their outifts & lore, all in the format of G1 Monster High were it was all told through their bios and diaries, as well as the concept of different themed "lines" (Sleepover, School Dance, etc). Blog ran by @sketch-the-spectre

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Wave 1

First Day of School / Signature / Core

Miriam Acrònne

Connie Gelato

Catherine "Cathy" Floss

Wyatt Phillis

Marshall Mellow

Wave 2

Debate Club

Miriam Acrónne

Wyatt Phillis

Kaffe Black

Book Club

Marshall Mellow

Camellia Chai

Side-Tracked

Connie Gelato

Xander Poppelwell

Afternoon Stroll

Catherine "Cathy" Floss

Xander Poppelwell

Picture Day

Kaffe Black

Camellia Chai

Xander Poppelwell

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DH Wave 2: Picture Day Xander

Finally, the last post of 'Wave 2' is here!

I really hope these diaries aren't getting too same-y, I'm definitely gonna start advancing the story a bit faster going on forward, but we'll see.

As for comments on the outfit, I decided to give him a slightly different hairstyle than his previous 2 designs, since he's the only character to have gotten 3 outfits so far.

His orbital(?) piercing and hair tie are meant to resemble bottle caps. His earrings are soda tabs, his bag is a soda can, and his sleeves are meant to look like bottles. On the more obvious references, his shirt has a 'splash' design, and his socks have a droplet pattern.

His necklace (as his diary says), and the guitar pick dangling from his bag are both gifts from Vivien, who you will be seeing at the very start of next wave, along with Poppy!

But before I start posting Wave 3, I'll make some fixes and updates to many previous posts, as well as make a little surprise that I plan to use as an intermission between waves going forward.

On the meantime, maybe take a look at the rest of the Delish High posts to get a better grasp on the story, as always, the masterpost with everything in order is down below!

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DH Wave 2: Picture Day Camellia

Cami is back! And without glasses. The ones she wears to Book Club are reading glasses rather than prescription like Miriam's or Wyatt's.

While the flower on her Book Club headband was modeled off a 'Tea Flower', I wanted to model this on Jasmines. Unfortunately I'm a dum dum and instead drew a plumeria, whoops.

I'm kinda throwing a heart motif on these Picture Day looks that will be tied into Xander's too. Here, it's in the handmade purse her sister made her, as well as her nails if you look really, really close.

I like this look but it strays away a bit from the tea theme, so I'll definitely be taking that into consideration for the next time we see her! Her diary speaks for itself, but you can see how I'm trying to make all 3 characters in this line play into each other's stories.

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DH Wave 2: Picture Day Kaffe

Super long diary entry to compensate for her previous one being really short. Also the bios for this wave's new characters are in this new Yearbook-ish format rather than the old one :0 idk if I'll keep this as a definitive layout for all future characters or if I'll switch it out every wave. We'll have to wait and see.

As for Kaffe herself, her outfit is a bit of a departure from the first one style-wise. Her first one is very 'office worker drinking coffee before work' while this one is more 'cool fashionable girl drinking coffee in the streets of new york during autumn', which, yeah I'll mix and match those two aesthetics a bunch I think. Also she's trying so hard to justify herself and supress that rebellious streak. And by 'rebellious' she means not dressing like a teacher I guess.

Notable design details: The frame of her glasses is vaguely coffee-mug shaped with the handles on the sides, her earrings are meant to look like latte art, and her bag looks like a sideways mug too.

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Delish High Wave 2 - Afternoon Stroll

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DH Wave 2: Afternoon Stroll Xander

Hey I just think Cathy deserves a friend who is perceptive enough to notice she's struggling, and Xander deserves a friend who is 100% genuine and with him. The time to meet Viv & Poppy is still not here, but it's coming...

Also I used this diary entry to set up a lot of things for the future, just planting some seeds hehehe

Next up is the finale for "Wave 2" of Delish High, which is gonna come with the character bios for the 3 new guys (Kaffe, Camellia & Xander), as well as possibly a little surprise afterwards to show more insight into the character's designs and inspirations

I've resigned myself to the fact that not many people are gonna really care about my OCs, but I don't mind, I'm doing this mainly for me because I think it's fun, and if anyone else finds themselves interested in this story, then I'm really grateful.

I procrastinated on this one a lot, so feel free to read Xander's first entry and/or Cathy's latest one for a quick refresher on what's going on right now c:

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DH Wave 2: Afternoon Stroll Cathy

Cathy is another victim of the "falling out with my friends made me lose my bright colors and eye-catching style" thing that started with Marshall. She still dresses a lot more extravagant than the average person, but comparing it to her first outfit it's like a way more toned down variant of it.

I felt so sad writing from her POV tbh. She's clearly the one that relies on her friendgroup the most, and everyone slowly drifting apart is really painful for her. I think everyone except Miriam has mentioned her in their diaries? And I was trying to foreshadow how much work she puts into her friendships and how much everyone values her in return. She's trying so hard to keep spending time with everyone and not lose touch.

Also this was kinda supposed to be a red herring. I her first post I said her diary and bio foreshadow her next appearance (she mentions the art club in both) and Wave 2 was all about extra-curricular activities, so of course she would finally join, right?

Nah. But in her bio and first diary entry she does write about not wanting to be left alone or losing her friend group, right?

I think she's the only core 5 member to still be in positive terms with everyone.

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Delish High Wave 2 - Side-Tracked

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DH Wave 2: Side-Tracked Xander

Woo! Last new character from Wave 2. Xander has the least obvious motif from all characters so far, but he's based on soda. He's "cool" and "fresh" at first glance, and his name is a play on "soda pop". The most obvious design element is the soda can tab on his necklace, which you'll be seeing a lot of in his future designs. There's also the bubbles on his shorts, and his goggles and bracelet made to look vaguely like bottle caps (his bracelet is inspired by Ondine's from miraculous ladybug).

It is a bit awkward to spend his whole diary with just one small mention of Connie and talk a lot about these 2 randos that we won't be seeing for a while, but I think it does a bit to set up his character. Connie and Xander are opposites in a ton of ways, but the main one I want to mention is the "wants highschool life to go exactly like teen sitcom tropes" vs. "despises teen sitcom tropes". There's a ton of other things where they differ but I don't wanna spoil TOO much hehe.

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DH Wave 2: Side-Tracked Connie

Oooh Connie. Not much to say about her outfit except I imagine "Freeze" is like an in-universe sportswear brand. I think she looks pretty cool. Also the background looking so over-the-top pretty and fairytale-like is on purpose

Diary-wise... I'm gonna be totally upfront about her characterization because everytime I write her diaries I grow a bit fonder of her. It's true she's kinda obnoxious and ideallistic... definitely a bit "delulu" as people say nowadays, like GIRL why are you simping for a random ass guy you met ONCE because he was the bare minimum of nice.

But I feel like that says a lot about her. First of all, she's 16 so that explains a lot, but also I hope I was able to convey a layer of insecurity underneath. I was about to write a whole paragraph about her backstory and thought process but that kinda defeats the purpose of the diaries. After all there is a long story planned for every character ;)

Connie, you're an icon. Stop latching onto anyone who shows you the slightest amount of kindness

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Delish High Wave 2 - Book Club

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DH Wave 2: Book Club Camellia

Back when I made her I thought she was the best design I've ever made,, and I'm still really proud of how she came out.

The teacup-shaped glasses and the tea bag earrings are *chef's kiss* I'm proud of those ideas in particular.

She's supposed to be half chinese (papa's side) & half indian (mama's side). I reckon maybe one of their parents grew up in america and the other is a 1st generation immigrant but I haven't really set that in stone. I'm don't have too much knowledge on neither culture so I'll try my best to research and be respectful. Please tell me if I ever mess up (:`,

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DH Wave 2: Book Club Marshall

I'm making myself upset writing these misunderstandings and problems within the friend group lmao

"WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS" I say to my oc, whom I made like that on purpose

Listen, his outfit is not the best, I was operating on the mindset of "the main five dress so colorful and pastel because that's something they have in common and do together", so for this small bump in the road where that friendship is put into question, some of them like Marshall kinda lean towards less eyecatching clothes and more neutral colors.

Specifically his shoes and pants are colored to resemble roasted marshmallows, to show he's been "burned" in some sort of way.

That's also the reason he's holding a book that says 451 as areference to 'Fahrenheit 451' (Although I think it would be funny if in the DH universe instead of a dystopia it was like a recipe book with a goofy name like 'Preheat the oven to Fahrenheit 451' or something. Monster High has monster puns so I can have food puns.)

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Delish High Wave 2 - Debate Club

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DH Wave 2: Debate Club Kaffe

First new character outside the main 5. It took me some time to actually write her diary. I knew from the start what her character was like, but only today it hit me what to actually write about. She's of course coffee themed and a grade above Miriam and Wyatt :) I have a lot of stuff planned for her.

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DH Wave 2: Debate Club Wyatt

I love the dichotomy of him going "I don't even know what to do in this diary I have no idea what to write" on his first post and then suddenly going wild and writing the longest entry ever,, my boy had a lot to say I guess

His outfit isn't really that different from his signature one, and that's because I think it was the weakest out of the five, so I wanted to update it a bit, and now the waffle pattern is actually on his outfit and not his bag,,

Also what's going on w Marshall...

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DH Wave 2: Debate Club Miriam

Miriam my bby I made this drawing so long ago its been MONTHS ive been CRAVING to upload it I just dared myself to finishing the other eleven ones before uploading anything sjdkfhjsa

Mir is actually pretty opinionated and cynical but hides under a layer of sweetness, acting more dainty and quaint to get people to like her. Over the years she has kinda grown tired of putting on that act.

That sassy side does kinda slip through the cracks though. Like in her bio where she drops quips like "I'm not your damsel in distress, sorry." "Just because I look like a cartoon librarian doesn't mean I like to read."

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