Quite possibly yours, GentleLass

Isabel | Italian | She/Her | Self-taught amateur (still working on it) | Traditional & Digital Drawing Jr. specializing in linguistics, I take an interest in all things humanities, 'specially modern history and literature. Lackadaisy contents!!! ❤︎

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I’ve finally gotten around making a proper sheet lining up Marjorie with at least some Lackadaisy characters, those more important to her lore; I did my best to mimic Lackadaisy’s style.

Marjorie was originallly meant to be 4’9, but I’ve changed it to be about 5’0 because I always forget to make her that short anyways - I didn’t want to change what I had already stated too much though so I kept it close to that number.

The more keen-eyed of you readers may have already noticed a few small changes I’ve made in her design, but for the others I’ll list them anyways:

I’ve given her a longer, sinuous tail for a more serpentine appearence

I made her bun look curlier for consistency, the way how I usually draw her hair when it’s down (and because I am sick of drawing it as a black, lineartless blob)

I’ve lenghtened the hem of her dress of a few inches, a bit past the knee, as I suppose that lenght would be more acceptable for the era’s daywear

I switched her claws from black to white, because I noticed all Lackadaisy characters with no exceptions seem to have them like that, and I don’t want her appearence to stand out and be edgy to the point of seeming a straight-up Mary Sue.

I changed the shape of her heels slighty, they’re not quite a décolleté anymore, to fit better into the 1920’s style.

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Merle Oberon as Lady Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)

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Original character belonging to no fandom in particular, very loosely based off Marjorie but she’s NOT in any way tied to her. I’ve more or less gotten her concept clear in mind and am intentioned on drawing the other orginal characters that orbit around her in my idea, but this or that feature of her may change depending on where my train of thought leads.

Under the cut for time period accurate look inspos.

The dress specifically is from the mid 1860s, the hairstyle I’m not sure; it could be from the 1870s pinned high as it is but I don’t have sources telling me about this hairstyle specifically for certain. If anybody knows any better please don’t be afraid to correct me.

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I’ve made one of these. Am I satisfied with it? Not quite. Am I sick of fussing over it nonetheless? Yes, I am. I think I chose a pinscher mainly because, when I was little, one of my aunts did have one of those; she was named Gaia and I was terrified of her. She once bit me in the buttcheek on an Easter… sad short story.

First time drawing an anthro that is not in the form of a cat, hope it’s not too skewed.

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Had I something in mind for Valentines? Yes. Did I finish it in time? Obviously not, because I’m intrinsecally resistant to deadlines. So for now I’m only posting what I have done up to now, which is just the lineart, and the finished piece could very well come out in June for all I care.

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Art dump of stuff I have started in the last few months but will not necessarily finish. Some pieces have a double version or I put both the colored version and only the lineart because I often feel like the latter looks better than the former.

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At the end I didn’t redraw it all from scratch but I did do various touch-ups. I discarded the cloche hat option because it’s too round a shape for Marjorie. Also the way I had drawn it reminded me more of a bowler hat than anything. Oh, and I am aware green is technically the official color for Lackadaisy character sheets, but boy was it hideous.

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Bathing Suit

c. 1954

by Rose Marie Reid of California

McCord Stewart Museum Montreal

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1926 c. Bride in full regalia. From Ask History, FB.

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Hugh C. Knowles. Water lilies, circa 1910.

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1924 Christine Cartwright's grandparents, Ida and Anton Hirschbeck. From Christine Cartwright, FB.

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Evening Gown

c. 1848-1849

by Edward Molyneux

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum

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1918 Chiffon and metallic lace evening dress. From Whitaker Auctions.

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you forgot the best one

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Pros of vampirism: cool commissions from over 100 years ago. Cons? You have to pay to see them.

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Lady in Yellow (1888)

Thomas Wilmer Dewing (American, 1851-1938)

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May, 1917 Two evening gowns, no designer noted. Pinterest.