I made Fortune Teller for tfc.... but damn, she's so multi-fandom-able that she already has a Dandy's World version concept and I'm HEAVILY considering a Kingdom of Marionettes version too-
She wouldn't be too different, keeping her fortune teller role... really only just changing to be a puppet...
I already have her alternate name of "Divian" which would go with the role of 'diviner'..... It's just too easy-
Fortune Teller, as her name states, has acts that primarily focus on cartomancy and tarot readings, but she also has another act pertaining whip tricks and tight rope (simultaneously)
Her relationship with the rest of the circus members is familial in the sense of her being the 'mom friend' and wine aunt of the group. They aren't blood related, but she treats them as her family. She essentially acts as a caregiver, helping keeping things organized alongside Ticket Taker and Jester... She is also known to harshly scold the problematic reckless members, but she also provides a supportive shoulder.
She calls the MC/YN "little mouse" regardless of gender. She is snake themed, so it only makes sense that she would nickname the player after a snake's primary prey item~
A quote from her actually:
"Some days I can be very proud of them and their achievements. Others, I want to rip their heads off, clean up their skulls, and make them into an ornate new goblet for myself so that they have *something* in their heads that isn't stupidity~🍷"
Once upon a time, she *did* have a husband and beautiful baby boy during the circus' travels... but that's lore for another day 😉 ✨
Let's just say they aren't around anymore and as a result, FT has a hard time getting attached to people outside of the circus again. We love giving our ocs trauma, amirite? /silly
So!! With that being said, if she had a romance route, she would be very very *very* hard to pursue. It would take a lot of effort and not messing up- Hell, even being the lucky receiver of her gilded gold ticket means you really REALLY have to catch her eye.
As for some things she likes... One of the hobbies she has pertains to the circus' travels!
For each location they set up (per state or country), she collects unique, hand-crafted journals as well as bottles of wine.
Each specific journal contains the place and date it was purchased, a tarot reading for how successful their time in that location will go, what wine she bought alongside it + a review of it, and every single reading she does for her guests.
She also includes personal readings, a few diary entries, some general daily matters, and the like.
Bonus fun fact: She will also go by the name (Aunt/Auntie) Divian, or Divvy! This is usually only limited for those she considers family or that she has interest in. (yes, she will also accept "mommy")
Chaîné, is an easter egg NPC added into the game by Terryn as a "thank-you" to Clara, their cousin, for being there for them!
In real life and in circus, she comes from a toxic and controlling family... Luckily she gets kidnapped by a badass pirate lady and learns what real freedom looks like.
Some Pirate AU shenanigans, but honestly, it's basically just how NPC Yuri (sharkatha x chaine) started (a cross-over adventure created by Caine)
Chaîné, is an easter egg NPC added into the game by Terryn, Clara's cousin, as a "thank-you" to her for being there for them!
Both irl and her circus NPC counterpart are from a toxic, controlling family... but luckily, in her circus adventure, she gets kidnapped by a badass pirate lady and she learns what real freedom feels like
Some Pirate AU shenanigans, which is lowk just NPC Yuri's (Sharkatha x Chaine) origin but not a crossover adventure and canon to them✨️
Felt like if I'm gonna try to be more active on this app, I should start with my current main oc!!!
Introducing my tadc oc Stripes (aka "Virus" aka etc etc etc), who was named Terryn Thomas in the real world!
They might look a little intimidating and off-putting, but I promise they're a treat!!
A little bonus comic of Terryn and their cousin Clara when she first locks eyes with her eventual girlfriend, Agatha ( @nixpainting ) 💜
Clara ("Claire") also has a circus version of herself! Just, y'know, not *her* specifically. Instead, her circus self, Chaîné, is an easter egg NPC added into the game by Terryn as a "thank-you" to her for being there for them <:]
From our little corner of the fandom to yours, TADC OC’s want to wish you a Happy Holiday season! ⭐️
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This was easily one of the biggest collabs I’ve ever hosted, but also one of the merriest! Everyone here really showed the true meaning of Christmas ❤️
(Can you spot a bonus decoration for both Amanda and Micheal?)
Guys, thank you so much for doing this silly trend with me, It was so fun to see yall cook up. This thing might be posted a month late but I still cherish what we made 🫶🏻 lovely work everyone (and little shotout to Sabrina, even if she couldnt make it 🫰🏻)
song: Love Me Not (feat. Rex Orange Country) by Ravyn Lenae
Yk I should really like... do something with this account
Got a lotta ocs... even though Tumblr likes fanart more than oc content, I could still dump those here... (not like I expect a following or anything HSHDHFHF)
I do make a lotta doodles and art for my friends...
I'm in the midst of developing a twst-inspired comic of my own. I've created a whole new school, cast, and added some of my own flair to the already existing world of Twisted Wonderland.
Of course, it's all still in development and nothing is completely set in stone (especially since the in-game story is still ongoing and the world is being built up with it).
Onto my primary question: What are some things you like in Twst's story or would have liked to see be done differently? Perhaps some conflict ideas you would like to see?
I want to write something the community can enjoy that both feels "realistic" to Twisted Wonderland's world, but also unique and special to the setting I'm building. And what better place to start than getting into the nitty-gritty details of the pros/cons of the original story!
I'd really appreciate any and all feedback you may have!
Hi there! I really love your comics and how expressive they are. How do you go about making the characters in your comic so expressive?
thank you! 💚💜💚 I am REALLY bad at explaining things, so my apologies if this doesn't make a lot of sense, but maybe there's something helpful in here somewhere. :')
1. warm up! drawing is a physical activity, after all! so if I'm planning on sitting down and drawing for a while, I usually start off by taking a couple of minutes to doodle a bunch of circles and lines and random shapes, just to get my drawing arm goin' again and get back into the physical groove. just stuff like this:
and just do that for however long you feel like! you can kind of feel when your arm starts to loosen up and your strokes get more confident. it makes it a lot easier to get those swoopy big lines and gestures!
2. play around with how you use your lines! paying attention to the shapes that they're making will change a lot about how much force and life your drawing feels like it has. (no way is better than another, it just depends on what effect you're going for and how it looks as part of the larger whole.)
and you can also use lines against each other to get different vibes:
it's not really a matter of "you need to make sure all your lines are always doing this all the time", it's more like...being aware of it, and getting that into the general thrust of a pose, if that makes sense? like a lot of smaller lines of action, beyond the big one that goes through the spine.
(just gonna use my own art as examples, apologies)
if you have a good foundation of tension, then all of the little bumps and contours of a character's details won't get in the way of it, and it'll still come through.
and don't forget about negative space either! the spaces between things have their own interesting shapes too!
I don't mean this to come off as, like, all these extra things that you need to be constantly thinking about and stressing over. more like...just try different stuff and then see how it works and how it changes the feeling! if you find a good shape, see if you can exaggerate it and make it more interesting, and how that affects things! angles and shapes are a LOT of fun to experiment and mess around with, especially when you're going more cartoony. :D
3. acting!
just...spending a little time to think about what the characters are actually doing! (aka the "figuring out what everyone is doing with their hands" bit.) this is more a personal preference, but especially in multi-panel comics, I like to have them be in the middle of doing stuff. not just big actions, but smaller things -- like even just how they're sitting or standing -- so that it feels like we're looking in on the middle of a scene, instead of a couple of characters just standing around neutrally and staring straight ahead while talking at each other.
this probably sounds really obvious, but it is one of the most fun parts for me! I love trying to find some little action or something that they can be involved in, especially if it's relevant to their character or adds an extra joke. (for some reason this usually involves me being mean to Sebek) (I'm sorry)
it doesn't need to be everyone Always! Doing! Something! all the time, especially if starts becoming distracting (sometimes they do actually need to just be standing around neutrally and staring straight ahead, especially if there's a bigger action going on that you want the audience to focus on instead). but even just figuring out some kind of non-neutral pose for them to be in can add a lot and make it feel less generic!
3. thumbnailing!
this is, again, very much a personal preference; unfortunately, every artist really is different, and we all have different processes that work better for us. so I can only speak to my personal experience! but I find what helps is to start REALLY rough -- not so much as in messy, as in not trying to start right into actually drawing everything out. like, literally just starting with stick figures and :O faces.
it probably doesn't sound relevant when talking about Drawing Expressively, but I find it's really, really helpful to have already figured out what everyone should be doing (acting!) and what the overall general layout and flow of things should be, before getting into the actual meat of drawing the characters. like having a sketch for the sketch!
(good compositional flow is something I struggle with, and text layout especially, so this stage also helps a LOT with making sure things are fitting where I want them and staying consistent/not breaking screen direction/etc.)
then after that, I can go ahead and focus on getting those Shapes and Lines and Angles and all that, without having to think too much about the layout or where things should go!
(of course, the downside of that is that my thumbnails are usually way better than my actual drawings, alas alas.)
4. this is more philosophical, but...give yourself some slack. the stress of Making Things Look Good is, ironically, often the biggest problem. (see: thumbnails looking better than the actual drawings.) so...let yourself draw shittier and without regards to accuracy. make things just for yourself without thinking about posting or showing them to anyone else. draw stupid faces and wrong proportions because they feel better that way. focus on what's fun and not on getting a perfect end result. "draw expressively, not well", as they say -- you can always tighten up things like proportions and details later, if you really want to.
that's all WAY easier said than done -- god knows I haven't really managed it -- but even just aiming for that attitude really, REALLY helps. if your lines are confident, they'll look a lot more alive and expressive than lines that are exactly technically precise but have no rhythm in them. (this is why tracing photographs tends to look so weirdly stiff and unrealistic, by the way -- even if you're drawing realistically, you usually need to exaggerate and stylize a little bit so it doesn't look lifeless.) it's a balance between caring about what you draw, but also being willing to let things go a little bit.
↑ I hope some of this helps! I don't know if any of this was actually what you had in mind, let alone much of it actually made sense outside of my head. :') but hopefully you (or other people) will be able to get something out of it!
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