And! We need cashiers. And convenience stores. And I think it's kind of broken that society says people who want to do stuff like that have "low" ambition (not you OP, I get you're using it illustratively because that's what society labels said jobs) and don't deserve to live at the same standard as people with "high" ambitions.
If we need someone to do a job, that job is a role in the community and deserves not just a salary but cultural respect for the role.
"high" ambition jobs are all jobs that involve domineering and controlling others. "low" ambition jobs are all jobs that involve service to others. Have you noticed? Because I have noticed.
But serving others is actually more needed than controlling them.
NEVER GIVE UP even though most people see their ships on this piece because the characters faces arent visible, this artwork sent SO MANY people looking for who the characters were, reading my comics, sending me asks, and falling in love with Sully and Caro just like me. It's been an amazing ride. DO IT! Post your ocs!
and by the building, I mean finishing my drawings on my phone, with my finger, in ibis paint. because I have unresolved issues with my iPad and I'm to scared to work on it.
Anyway, here's cat boy/neko Virgil, cause I'm thinking of old fanfics I read and thinking "I can do better"
(And also spreading propaganda for my "give cat girls/boys more cat looking traits" agenda)
I have a concept of the world and story and such. A quick summary under the cut
for most of the worlds know history nekos been believed to be lesser than humans, and been treated as pets/property. But there's been a lot of push back on that the last decade or so, and recently (like a few years ago) owning/selling nekos has finally become illegal, as they've finally acquired rights. However there still exists a black market for it. And that's where Virgil grew up, until around the start of the story when he finally gets away.
He ends up with the other sides, who've been Champaign for neko rights for years, and are closely connected to nonprofit/organisation who focus on the rehabilitation of nekos and their integration into society. And with their help, throughout the story he has to learn and accept the fact he is a person, and not lesser than, as he's been raised to believe he was. Along with unlearning a lot of other things. and what that means for him. Part of that being learning to walk upright, as he was never allowed to. (Hence the crutches)
And who knows, maybe trouble shows up along the way. Like his ex owners/buyer still looking for him, trying to get him back somehow.
I also have a concept of Janus if I ever get around to drawing him properly.
Anyway, the drawing turned out better than I expected. :)
I think the cheek fluff turned out really cute (I'm a huge believer in cheek fluff) I ended up making it the same colour as the skin, as I thought it just looked cute (reminiscent of peach fuzz :]) I will say the sketch was definitely better on the full body, you could actually see the weight of the pose and stuff (I drew a pretty good body)
Although now I realise why I was originally upset to see procreate only had the smudge tool, and not the blur tool. And that's because the smudge tool on Ibis fucking sucks! I was unable to do my typical shading techniques 😔
Also for those curious, my unresolved issues involve it crashing and permanently loosing 4 months of artwork, and it not restoring any of my artwork (5 years worth) 🙃
Me: *minding my own business chewing some ice cubes*
My brain *with a megaphone*: YOU KNOW HOW VIRGIL'S EYESHADOW TURNED PURPLE?!?!?!?!
NOW IMAGINE THAT BUT FOR REMUS! HIS EYESHADOW TURN NEON GREEN WHEN HE'S EXTREMELY HAPPY!
THE SAME WAY WE HAVE DECIDED JANUS'S SCALES GLOW YELLOW!
Me *drops the ice cube I was holding*: Holy shit- YES!
I have no idea what's going on with Virgil and Remus's styles... they're something... I know to little clothing genres and what they look like to say.
I adore all of them so much.
Adorable babies~
Poses by Albanenechi on insta/patreon.
Janus & Logan: [Link], Virgil: [Link], Roman: [Link], Patton: [Link], Remus: [Link]
Random info about them under the cut:
- Virgil's skin is "poisonous" in the way any skin contact will make the one not Virgil grow more and more anxious (kinda like how canon Virgil's room amplified their anxieties in AA) Due to this he's pretty touch averse. Giving the random elbow nudge or shoulder tap, never really touching anyone with his fingers unless he's wearing fingered gloves.
- Janus is smart, but he will give his "braincel" to Logan is he craves some chaos. (the beanie, he doesn't want it to get dirty). He doesn't disguise himself as much as Canon Janus, instead he sneaks into the conversation, making it seem as if he'd always been there. He's quicker to bring up the idea of using an "excuse" as he likes to call it, be it to not go to a thing, avoid doing something or just because.
(Virgil tends to accept the first type, if it means avoiding a social situation.)
- Remus isn't as intrusive as canon Remus.... but he will still be intrusive by being loud and be the bringer of the brain worms/funny sentences/audio from videos that he will play/say on repeat to Thomas at random times throughout the day. He will start gnawing on things if he's bored/understimulated.
- Roman loves Disney, but not for the princes... instead the animal helpers are his siblings. It took him the longest to accept Virgil due to the Disney logic of green = evil.
He loves to sing, and can be found humming under his breath almost constantly if he's not. He feels a bit self conscious about what his animal trait is. Since corvids tend to get a bad reputation at times. So he kinda clings a bit too hard on the nickname "Songbird" that Thomas gave him.
- Logan is the royal in this lineup. He's not as strict and "emotionless" than canon Logan, but he will get frustrated if he's ignored. He's also strong-headed about important things. But, he knows exactly what to use to get the others attention for varying degrees of time. He might even get passive aggressive if pushed beyond annoyed.
He tries his best to be helpful be it to Thomas in person or to Thomas as a whole (the others)
- Patton is full of energy, encompassing much more of Thomas's heart than morality, even if that's still a part of who he is. If you need a hug, he's 100% ready to open his arms and give it. He loves to nap. he can either be found asleep on the banister of the stairs or curled up on the couch using his tail as a pillow. He loves so strongly. He's got some pretty bad rejection sensitivity, he's working on it... but he can be a bit clingy at times. (Not that any of them will complain, Virgil might get stressed out tho.)
He will cry if they watch Turning Red during a movie night. He def fear he's becoming Thomas's panda, he is Thomas's Panda.
(I need to actually watch the movie it looks so GOOOOOD! anyway-)
- On the subject of tails/wings/animal traits... they're only fully visible in the mind space, if they're with Thomas they look much more human.
- Virgil is the oldest of the dark sides and thus kinda became their keeper, he has a 6th sense in knowing where they are. He's pretty chill, but if he's stressed he will start doing his lil frog calling as a warning noise.
- Roman and Remus are much closer in this au, often found brainstorming together to help Thomas come up with creative ideas. If the idea calls for more fluffy happy themes Roman will handle most of that, but if it goes into more darker themes it's Remus's time to shine, after all in a writers terms: "you can't have the angst without the fluff" (you can but shhhhhh)
I love this its reminded me of the Analogical fic Chaos Theory by SoDoRoses highly rec btw. ugh now i need to write something with cheshire virgil. thats so good
Fun fact: I made Patton's flower crown last June in order to wear it to a convention. It's the second flower crown I ever made (after my ace crown) and trust me when I say you can tell
“And when you lo- care for someone, not much hurts more than their scorn”.
Which is why I hope they can be friends. A friend you hiss at, maybe. I mean they can totally throw epic burns around but only if it’s in a friendly way.
