Ms. Lastnamera, a PC i made forever ago for a campaign that ended up never happening due to scheduling issues :/ i got into a discussion yesterday abt why her old design was kind of bland (The discussion was me one-sidedly explaining all of the shortcomings of her design to a group of my friends who think she’s cute and like her as she is already and were unconvinced by my arguments as to why her design was not strong enough) and i figured i might as well give her an update.
i like the idea of an inscribed character whose epithet is also a common term of endearment, and who technically uses the common definition of their epithet, but who leans much more into the pet-name connotations with their design and personality. Ms. Lastnamera can probably freely summon, like, those little palm-sized pumpkins you get for your window sills, and maybe she can concentrate extra hard to summon a regular sized pumpkin, but her epithet manifests mostly in what i like to call Weaponized Mousiness. She just has that vibe where you want to hold the door open for her and say ladies first, or offer to carry her bags for her. don’t do it though. it’s a trap. i’m so serious. ID under the read more!
[image ID: a rough concept of a character design sheet of OP’s original character, Ms. Darling Lastnamera. The page features two fully lined and flat colored drawings of her, plus several rough concept sketches, other reference images, and interspersed text. The character is a white woman with a 1960s mod fashion aesthetic. She has red hair in a short, round bob with a tuft of hair at the top resembling a pumpkin stem. She also has freckles, and emphatically large green eyes. Her outfit is mostly green in contrast to her red hair. She’s sporting a matching two-piece vest and miniskirt combo in medium green, with a puffy sleeved blouse underneath that has a lime green screentone pattern. Her blouse has an attached neckerchief with a small, stylized pumpkin flower pinning it to her collar. Her outfit is completed with pantyhose, brown leather loafers, and round owl-eyed glasses. She has a gold pen behind one ear. Her old design, featured in the corner, has her in more of an 80s power-suit aesthetic, with duller greens making up her palette. beside the concept sketches, OP includes a gallery of character inspiration images- Annie Edison and Frankie Dart from community, Caroline from Portal 2, Ms Pauling from TF2, Yoomtah from Epithet Erased, Joan Cusack’s character in School of Rock, and Peggy Olson from Mad Men- and below the concept art there is a meme of the roger hargreaves little miss sunshine character edited to look like OP’s character with the title changed to LITTLE MISS INFIDELITY. Notable text on the page reads “Ms. Darling Lastnamera, she/her, 26, 5’4”, voice claim: sarah stiles, stamina 2, proficiency 3, creativity 2, animal: cowbird, favorite food: thinks coffee is an appropriate answer to this question.” at the top of the page, factoids about the character are listed as “workaholic. extremely high-strung type-A. has a degree in journalism. does not work in journalism. low-key does not have a moral compass. she and howie honeyglow would probably try to kill each other. do not offer to help her carry these.” with the last factoid positioned next to an image of her carrying a large stack of papers. OP’s art style is comparable to a comic book or old school disney animation with the way it stylizes human proportions. end ID]
