#00s jem

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Pizzazz never stopped making Jerrica's life a little difficult. It's just in a different way now. #workplaceromance

I used another drawing base/reference by @albanenechi (link) Of course it was to draw more gay Jem fanart. What else would I do?

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Here, have this sweet snippet of a scene from the second part of my upcoming Like A Phoenix series. It takes place a good while after the show. Pizzazz is living with Jerrica for a few months. Y'all will find out why when I do eventually post the fic. Which... will probably be next year to be honest. Gotta finish Unbreakable first, and then the first part of Like A Phoenix.

“I was serious you know,” Pizzazz said. “It is cute, and kinda sweet you two do this. None of my nannies ever made me sandwiches.” Jerrica searched Pizzazz for any sign that she was insincere and… didn’t find one. “Huh. Yeah, I guess it is sweet. I never really thought about it because I’ve never known any different.” “My dad never had any idea how much a school lunch costs so he’d just leave me fifty bucks on the counter to buy something with.” “I’m amazed they could make change for a fifty.” Pizzazz chuckled. “Well it was a private school for rich kids. Not a public school like the ones your kids go to. And I assume you went to public school too.” “South High School, just like my girls. It’s a good school.” There was a softness in Pizzazz’s eyes. “I wonder how things woulda turned out if we went to the same school. Jerrica had to put down her knife. She laughed heartily and her eyes did that cute crinkly thing. “Oh I would have hated you. And you would have made my life miserable. I was very mousy as a student.” “How’s that much different from how things were when we first met?” Pizzazz pushed the heat in her cheeks deep down into her stomach. “I guess you weren’t so mousy. You called me trash the first time you saw me. And I sure made you miserable.” “That you did,” Jerrica picked her knife back up and dipped it into the sweet strawberry jam. “But at least by then I was more able to stand up for myself.” “You have a lot of fight in you. And it’s pretty cool.”

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I felt like giving Raya a dog in my time skip fics. She moves out of her parents' house and adopts a cute big black dog with icy blue eyes and only one ear sticking up. I decided to look up black husky mixes because him being part husky is a logical conclusion. And I saw so many cuties with white toes or ankle socks and I am in love.

That middle dog might actually be up for adoption. Here's the Petfinder page.

I do want to draw Ace some more, along with Raya. And I'll probably change his design a little bit. Add some white paws because CUTE and maybe change his coat so he looks less like a rough collie. But then again, maybe I'll keep the chest floof because it is cute. He's a mutt anyway soooo why not?

Raya totally has a paddling pool in her backyard for Ace to play in, or drink from. Whatever he wants to do with it. And on particularly hot days she dumps bags of ice into it for him and Ace goes wild for it. You know, because he's part husky.

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After an investor’s meeting

“I must say Jerrica, I’m surprised,” Eric sounded as sleazy as ever.

“By what?” Jerrica asked.

“Dealing with the mob, that’s usually more my domain.”

Jerrica’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “What are you talking about?”

“Oh you know,” Eric gestured as he spoke. “Bright red hair. Pinstripe suit. Huge scar.”

Eric pointing at his left temple only furthered Jerrica’s confusion. “What? That’s Kimber!”

The colour drained from Eric’s face as he looked at the woman who appeared to be so muscular she barely fit in her suit. “That’s Kimber?”

“Yes,” Jerrica confirmed it in annoyance.

“What the hell happened to her? What’d I miss?”

“She was in a car accident,” Jerrica replied.

“And that’s why she cut off all her hair?”

“What? No. I was telling you where she got her scars from.”

“‘Scars?’ Plural? Does she think she can physically stop another car? Is that why she’s built now?”

“Of course not. Kimber just likes being muscular.”

Eric scratched his head. “At least you’re still the same. I don’t know if my heart can take another shock like that.”

Jerrica’s more devilish side came to the surface. “I’m dating Pizzazz now.”

“What the hell!”

Eric was away for a while.

[kujo1597]

[A drawing of an older Pizzazz with a scar from throat surgery looking up “How To Validate A Child’s Work Without Swearing and Saying “Lil Dude That’s Fuckin Sick”” on the computer. Jerrica can be seen in the background looking over her shoulder at Pizzazz.]

That post by adhdbreadbin showed up on my Dash and I immediately imagined Pizzazz looking that up after she starts dating Jerrica.

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I got Colors Live for the Switch and wanted to test just how much detail I could put into a drawing. I’ve been wanting to draw (almost) middle-aged Kimber and Stormer at somebody’s wedding wearing really gorgeous dresses showing off their tattoos for quite a while now. And then I saw them, the perfect dresses. The timing was fantastic with me getting a shiny new art tool.

Seriously, I went from a resolution of 854x512 to 1920x1440. Nobody is even going to see that I shaded their opal rings with pink and blue. But I did! I could so I did! Man, now I won’t have to do small details in Paint and Kimber’s glasses can look nicer than they usually do. 

Anyway, Stormer can do subtle makeup, but that’s boring. Also she’s wearing a pink poinsettia in her hair.

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Been playing around with Jem time skip stuff. Really feeling that "graphic design is my passion" meme.

And for giggles I drew Kimber questioning her new band’s logo.

[Transcript:

Kimber, while squinting: Is that even legible?

Roxy, while stoked: Who cares?! It’s cool!]

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[First drawing caption

Kimber(Age 36) with her hair spiked up in a fauxhawk, several ear piercings, and wearing sleeves short enough to show her sleeve tattoo of sheet music is in a restaurant, her waitress asks her "Are you Kimber Benton?" Kimber replies, "Yes" The waitress then asks "Why?" The next panel is Kimber looking at a loss for words.

Second drawing caption

The same older Kimber is in an airport. The TSA agent is reading her driver’s license. They say, “Benton, like that musician Kimber Benton!” Kimber then says, “Exactly.” The agent responds with, “Cool, I wonder what she’s up to these days.” Kimber looks tired and replies with “This.”]

Just thinking about my 00′s Kimber and how she’d probably end up like Tony Hawk. Except unlike Tony Hawk she can’t just hold a skateboard and become immediately recognizable.

I think my favourite Tony Hawk moment is the restaurant one. But the TSA one is iconic.