ocs !! ocs !!!!!! cedar (left) and aspen (right),,, they are brother and sister (the Arbors) and they are both trans! i made them for my sister,, she really wanted to see a deer girl who still has velvetted antlers. cedar's antlers are a headband he's wearing. making trangender characters with animals that have distinct gendered features was fun
i have 1 billion design notes about them if you are interested :]
They have a bunch of matching stuff!! Cedar has a necklace of an aspen leaf and Aspen has a pin of a cedar leaf! The flowers Cedar has strung up on his antlers are crochetted,, and Aspen has one on her bag. Aspen has necklaces hung up on her antlers, and Cedar has one hanging from his pocket. They both have the same cat (their cat!) patched on their outfits. Cedar's ears go up! Aspen's go down! They are both clumsy as all hell. Oh oh the elbow patches !! I am a big fan of them (shocker). ily my trans deer siblings
I think they also switch up what they are wearing on their antlers sometimes, too. like maybe Aspen could wear fairy lights, flowers, or ribbons/tinsel. and Cedar might wear keychains or yarn, or like, garlands made of pinecones.
I remembered to get proof of one of my fancy white shirts, BECAUSE HELL WILL FREEZE OVER BEFORE I FLAUNT THESE FUCKERS, but then I realised that my face was in them (and my hair that I need to wash, but my face was a little more pressing), so this was the solution
Just doodle the persona overtop. Takes away a little from the shirt but it was fun so I don't care, and I get to be blue now. Also yes I do wear t-shirts over my Victorian child shirts, my graphic tees are beloved I just can't stand things touching my arms
I actually had to edit the background because my hair is too fucking big and it was sticking over my guy's head 😭😭 no one tells you how hard it is to edit in ibis paint x
You showed up in my dream last night (along with another moot of mine). Literally wHAT are you doing in my brain I did not give you permission to be there-
HUH
Wait what did I look like, my pfp or was a character just superimposed on top of me. Was it my persona or was it
Jonathan Sims with a teenage boy voice: "Guys they sent me a singular bottle of sarsaparilla, what do we do"
Used a new drawing program for it! It was the first app that didn't have 5000000 ads all the time, and has TEXTURED BRUSHES my beloved. It's just called "Sketchbook" and it has a pencil on the icon but I like it.
TW MOTION SICKNESS IN VIDEO BELOW CUT!
The process...
If you ever need proof I'm not AI look at this bullshit drawing process. Motion sickness galore. "Why are you zoomed in so close?" I have joint issues and my phone is itty bitty. Shaky + not much room for error = you gotta zoom in real close.
ALSO, I USED A REFERENCE, which is why it looks good compared to my other art :)