A result of 4 surprisingly productive days for drawing~
(Read more for many, many thoughts)
Honestly, I'd have drawn more of them but either:
A) They've already been drawn a bunch
B) They're difficult to draw right, and I wasn't up to it
C) They didn't have a design and I couldn't figure one out quick enough
D) I forgor
Even so? I don't think I've gone through a more intense OC phase before - or, at least, not one quite so varied and quickly-burnt. I mean, 21 drawings of 18 different OCs (holy fuck. I didn't realise I drew so many)? I don't draw that much in any given day, even on my best, so that was...wow.
(Also, to explain why there's two Ryans and three Lukes: The latter is because I wasn't drawing a wall (or 3) of OCs at the time), and the former's because my oldest OC (yes, oldest) deserved at least a full-body~)
...why?
Honestly, I started with just Miles, Damian, and Luke (the first time) without their aids. I was feeling creative for the first time in months and they were the ones I wanted to draw (which always feels so nice; they'll always be my favourite and closest OCs). I drew them one night while I had less access to my usual tech and my QPP was sleeping, and the feeling just kinda...continued.
From there, I just added to the pile. First, more Luke. I said it was "because I wasn't drawing a wall", but to further explain: the first face (first picture) is the oldest I had drawn them (they was between 6-8 before) and they...struck a chord with me.
They're a new generation in a world that, frankly, sucks. They came to me in a dream (funny story, that XD) and then they became a new chapter in Miles' and Damian's life. To see them older - almost in lockstep - was bewildering. It was enough to make me draw them a couple more times~
New Designs
It ain't an OC-fest without a couple of new designs, am I right? /hj
Seriously, though, for a session that was more based off of giving various rarely (but not never) drawn characters another show, it was fun coming up with a couple of new designs~
Devon had a back-angle shown once a few years back, but I was only really drawing front angles this time, so I gave him a new angle. He was mostly designed already, but still...
Seraph, on the other hand, is entirely new (I had written about them before, but apparently hadn't drawn them?). I had ideas on how I had intended to draw them (including them being bald. It was a neat design~), but I opted to just go from the start. I think it worked out well~
D&D - Designs and Draws
Terrence has been here before (and he has more draws than most of the characters here aside from the M&D crew and Harvey) but I still like his design a lot (he's also one of only 2 deaf characters I made, the second being older and just...not well fleshed out, unfortunately). Plus, the potential story he had was so interesting. Perhaps it'll finish in the future~
Kiir, though...honestly, him being drawn on a whim perfectly fits him. He's baby's 3rd D&D character and still shows the fledgling wings in his design (Best sword-fighter in his village and believes he's the best...as a Lv 1 XD) Not the best drawn here, but it was still fun thinking of the memes made of him XD
...Mason?? (And Harvey~!)
I've actually shown him here once before (back when he was called "Guy"), but he's actually been drawn a lot more (just...not in contexts I'm willing to share XD). I decided I'd call him "Mason" instead (it's a surprisingly cute name) and he's officially someone Harvey's close to (whether it's just sex or more romantically/QPP-inclined is up for interpretation XD)
Harvey was a must-draw, to be honest. Semi-self-insert or not (and almost most regularly drawn or not), not drawing him felt off...but, if I was gonna draw him, then I was gonna go for something fun, so now he's screaming his head off in rage. Fun, right? (XD)
Mancers??? (Hey, Shade!)
Smoke's been drawn about 4 times. Sound/Serenity twice (three times now). The rest? Once (Seraph's first time too). I have a whole world for them, but ideas still need execution to become more expanded. Still, aside from Miles and Damian's world, theirs is my second most explored. It'd be nice to do a YA novel series for them (I've even got an outline for series 1 of maybe 3 or 4 written out), but for now, it's nice to see their faces~
I've seen them before, right...?
If you're talking about Keenan, Milton, and "Modern Warrior", yeah. It's only been a few times each, but they still exist~
Keenan, I drew a bunch of times when I designed them originally, but he hasn't been drawn that much (publically) outside of then any time recently. I still hold them dearly, but he's still a fictional character, and when my mind has little capacity for it? They're not always my first thought. Still, he's up in the ranks for memorable characters for me~
Milton? He's similar, but he was designed for a game idea that ultimately hasn't gone anywhere yet, so he's kinda been left in the shadow for now. Still, this wall of OC was begging for him, so here he is~
Modern Warrior is an odd one. They're an old "OC" who was given the moniker "Modern Warrior" because they held a sword and a gun (like combining old and new warfare). "Lead and Steel", and all that. They still have the best "aura" out of my OCs, but...it's hard not to compare him to Kris (Deltarune) these days XD
...they're new. Who're they?
Ahh, the one OC on this board that is genuinely new and disconnected from anything I've show (...even if his design might feel otherwise XD)
He has no name (and it'll stay that way for legacy-type reasons), but he's one of the first original characters I've drawn. There might be 1-3 others, but once you reach 30+, the past becomes a little hazy to remember the exact first. Still, that he exists as an OC and is the only legacy OC to not have a name is a rare position to be in for me.
...I'm honestly surprised how well he came out. He existed before any kind of consistent style came to me. Hell, he existed before I was even drawing semi-regularly, let alone when I was doing my dailies. Anatomy (or even general facial structure) wasn't something I had much handle over.
So for him to not only come out well with my current skills, but to also still look distinctly like he did so many years ago? Even with that oh-so-pleasant smile and floof hair? It warms me so well that I not only drew him again after so long, but that he feels as good as he did back then? It's the best part of drawing, I swear~
Hey, I recognise that deaf demon..
Barty's fun to think about from time to time. He's not number 1 (like Miles and Damian) and he's not number 2 (like either Keenan or Harvey), but he's number 3. Using ranks feels wrong since things are always more complicated than that, but him being a solid 3rd is useful.
He was designed as a horny OC (I've...got a couple of those XD), but even as an incubus, he still has a lot of that "I'm awkward, and oh! You like me? Well, I hope you like 'me'~" energy (just more horny-directed). Drawing him with such an innocent, exubiant expression, though? It's pleasant~
(Also, remembering he's supposed to have a pernanent blush? It's funny to me, is all XD)
And we all know and love...
Miles and Damian (and Luke)! They started this, and I'm winding down with them as well. No other OC has such a fleshed out world like they do (and even Luke has more lore to them than most other OCs I have). What can I say about my boys, except that I love them?
...well, there's one other thing I can say about them: They taught me how to have fun with OCs and fictional worlds in a personal way. Before them, original characters wasn't really a concept I felt. I mean, I had "unnamed" and Ryan before them, but they weren't really characters in the same way.
Other people wrote stories. Other people wrote fantasies, sci-fi, dramas, movies, and more. It wasn't something I thought I could make. It was something I simply enjoyed. (It doesn't help that I didn't enjoy reading until I was 10. I hated it before then.)
But once I made them? It's like all the things I'd learnt about such things before suddenly had a focus. They became people in a world I made. They became living in a fictional place that lived and breathed as I did. They weren't just "Miles" and "Damian". They became my own story that I could explore and make, all on my own because their lives were my own.
They were best friends, then they were lovers. Then they were timeless, living when I wanted to explore them. Then they were the cute little kids I met when I first made them, once again after I found their kid in an adult future. They're my future, as one struggles with the debilitiating nature of getting old while the other draws comfort from never being alone, even if his loved one were to leave the world.
...I dunno. They may not have had the most interesting art in the set, but they started it for a reason. I can't help but keep thinking of their world when any new character comes to my mind (or old character, for that matter). I figured I'd share a little something personal of them since I'm sharing all of these figments of my mind~
And so...?
There it is. A humongous wall of text likely no-one will see, but who fucking cares about this unexpected weekend of creativity. Hopefully anyone who sees it enjoys it, and if anyone reads this personal wall of mine...? Let me know. I'd love to at least give a "Hey!" to you~ ^^
What happens when nothing you do matters to the people you care about most who matter most to you? When manufacturing a whole horde of people who hate you does nothing?
When all that you say and do is shrugged off like it's nothing?
I don't have anything new for 4/13 this year, but I do have this drawing I made earlier in the year. I might not have drawn much recently, but I've still got it~
Another year comes and go, and you take a moment to look back
All the events that occurred in your life, and the ones that didn't.
All the changes that shook you around, and the things that remained.
All the stuff that you did and made, and the ideas that never fruited.
You wonder: "Who was this all for?"
How many of those events did you want to be a part of?
How many changes were from you or from an outside source?
How many things were made for yourself, or for an idea of yourself?
You wonder what the answer is for any of those questions.
You wonder if those questions need answers at all.
...
Another year spans ahead of you.
New events to spice up your life, or not.
New changes to shake things up, or not.
New stuff to be created...or not.
You have no idea what's in store, or whether to plan for any of it.
You're not sure you want to plan anything.
...but...
You at least know one thing: You want to continue.
Perhaps "continuation" will mean something different this time, or perhaps it won't. Either way, the idea brings some solace.
Even if it results in a repeat year, there'll still be things to look back at, and new things yet to be experienced.
Have you ever come to a point in your life and noticed not that you've come to a fork in the road we call life, but rather that you could see the ones you've taken and the paths you could've picked?
"What if I had continued this job? Where would I be? Would anything have changed?"
"I keep choosing to see this person, even as I'm not sure we're good for each other some days. I wonder if that's because I see loneliness without them and a potentially hopeful future with them...?"
"These urges that come and go...I feel as though they're only going to keep coming and going until I reach a point of doing something about it."
It's interesting, the twigs we step on that remind us to look around.
