#alau

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My first few chapters have a lot of Childhood Flashbacks, so, here's a rainbow of children in preparation~

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Are you doing an angelic layer au? I thought I saw some stuff about that. Is it still a thing or was it just some fun doodles.

At the time, I was fully intending to do another comic series with the Angelic Layer AU, but I've just kinda....lost the enthusiasm for it? It's not even the AU itself, Miraculous Ladybug just hasn't particularly inspired me for a while now.

But behind the scenes, I HAVE put a lot of work into outlining chapters and mapping character arcs and got a lot of it done, so part of me doesn't want to announce the AU totally dead, which is why I haven't said anything to the several people who've messaged me about it.

So I think, definitevly, I can say that the Comic Idea is dead, but the AU is not.

Scarlet Lady was made by the seat of my pants, I had the overall intention of the story planned by every chapter was sorta made up as I went (ex: I knew I wanted Alya to stan Scarlet Lady and then be disillusioned by her before finally coming into her own as a hero and journalist, but I didn't choose specifically which episodes I'd focus on that until the timeline hit them)

Because of that, I wanted to make sure the ALAU was veeeeery planned before publishing everything. That does mean that I wouldn't publish anything until it's at least fully written. But the writing is hard when I'm just not as enthusiastic as I once was.

If I do publish ALAU, I think it'll be as a fanfic with artwork breaking up a the paragraphs. So, a very different format than Scarlet Lady.

So I'm very sorry to anyone who's been waiting around for this AU. You might be waiting for a very long time, it might never come out. I do give anyone permission to do what they want with this AU, and take no offense if it is completely different from my vision. This project is not abandoned but it's definitely not being given my attention right now.

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The Kwamis! Some of these came easier than others, but since Angelic Layer has no magic involved, all the kwamis became human~ They won't be very prevalent, they're mostly here to fill in background character roles - shop clerks, MCs Tournament Directors, fans - so they won't have a whole lot of speaking roles (aside from, you know, the MCs who're there to commentate on the fights lol). But I thought I'd give them all a nice nod in the story somewhere.

As expected, Tikki and Plagg are the main MCs. Marinette and Adrien's fights will be going on concurrently so Tikki will be commentating Marinette's fights while Plagg commentates on Adrien's. They'll have the most dialogue of the kwamis, so I do want them to have unique ways of discussing what they're seeing.

Pollen will be working directly for the Bourgeois'. As a VIP with a direct relationship with the international director of Angelic Layer, Chloe has her own private practice layer in her home and Pollen is in charge of it's upkeep and maintenance. She matches Armand the Bulter's levels of competence.

Trixx is a Rena Rouge mega fan. They've been following Alya's blog for as long as they can remember and are mega stoked that Alya moved to their city. When Alya starts to doubt herself, it's Trixx's voice that can be heard cheering her on to not give up.

Nooroo and Duusu are servants in the Agreste Estate. Unknown to Adrien, they are fully aware of his sneaking around to play and the two do what they can to make excuses and deflect Nathalie when Adrien isn't where he's supposed to be. They're rooting him on from the shadows!

Wayzz is the adult son of Marianne and Fu. He brings them to Angelic Layer fights against his will because the two really enjoy them. The two seem to be really invested in Ladybug and Chat Noir's career (and the behind the scenes shenanigans that they secretly spy on).

Longg is Kagami's bodyguard. Like Nooroo and Duusu, they are fully aware of what Kagami is doing behind her mother's back and feigns ignorance when Kagami pulls something..."sneaky" to get to a fight secretly.

Here's where we get into some existing jobs from the show:

Orikko and Kaalki are the "Layer Hot Girls (and boy)". lol I just thought it was funny that Angelic Layer even has them.

Mullo is the sales clerk at the Princess Piffle store (the store where you can buy your Angel and all the accessories). All of them lol. Mullo and her many many sisters who look just like her.

Barkk and Fluff take similar but still different roles (the uniforms are ALMOST the same but there are some tiny differences). So Barkk is the receptionist at the Practice Ring (literally you pay to reserve a mini-layer to practice on) while Fluff is the waitress/cashier at the cafeteria at the Tournament Center.

(and back to making shit up lol)

Daizzi is a nurse where Rose goes to the hospital and she has segmental localized vitiligo. Rose is particularly close to Daizzi since she helps Rose make her donations to the hospital.

Sass is the backstage directory, aka, the guy who makes things run. He has an earpiece that has the same diamond pattern as his pants on it! The anime does show one person who helps backstage, but I wanted to have a little fun with Sass's look and tie in to him being "in charge" of the kwamis.

Ziggy works at Socqueline's family art supply shop, which is frequented by Angelic Layer players who are on a bit of a budget. They love talking with the customers about their angels, though mostly the design part.

Stompp is Ivan's foster mother and Roarr his foster sister (Stompp's bio-daughter). I actually didn't think of what kind of job this outfit would be good for, but I think she'd make a good security guard - usually working at rock concerts, which she bonds with Ivan over, but she's also been hired for Angelic Layer tournaments. Sometimes sore losers get a little...violent.

Roarr falls in love with Juleka's Angel Purple Tigress immediately thanks to her pre-existing love of tigers in general. She's even bold enough to proclaim her love to Juleka herself!

Xuppu is Ondine's sibling and a fan of King Monkey, though they'll go out of their way to make fun of Kim himself. Secretly, they're very invested in Kim's career and get very upset on his behalf when he loses.

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The Sketchbook App is reigning supreme on the iPad App search…at least for warm ups while I’m on break.

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This time I tried Procreate! It’s *almost* there, I just need to fiddle with it so it recognizes Pen Pressure, I’m used to my line art having different weights so this feels one note to me.

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Oh, can't believe I never posted this! Anyway, the Lahiffes and the Cesaires! I said this on the Agreste/Dupain-Cheng page but it's difficult to translate the "cartoon dads" into the CLAMP style which is why Otis looks...like that lmao.

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Alya is definitely the most fun to draw so far

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A first look at the final designs for The Agrestes and Dupain-Chengs for my Angelic Layer AU! It's a special challenge to make some of the more...cartoonish? adults fit the CLAMP art style, so, look forward to that!

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