#jan-oc-tober

[arollingriver]

OC-tober Day 23: community week

I'm mega tired, so this style of quick chibi portrait is making a comeback for the sake of @relayerscomic's very own Marcy c:

[murderfabrication]

I don't think I'll be drawing for OC-tober Day 11: skills, but I'll take this as an opportunity to introduce the Ultimate talents in Murder Fabrication to newcomers!

Akiro Lynn: Ultimate Writer ✍️ Alice Thorsen: Ultimate Trekker ⛰️ Andi Evan: Ultimate Guitarist 🎸 Benjamin Pan: Ultimate Fortune Teller 🔮 Chloe Lloyd: Ultimate Gardener 🌼 Chris Vivas: Ultimate Gymnast 🤸‍♀️ Ciel Stanley: Ultimate Clown 🎪 Emily Drake: Ultimate Fashionista 👗 Isabella Jewell: Ultimate Make-up Artist 💄 Jan Lyons: Ultimate Pianist 🎹 Keith Acker: Ultimate Sexologist 🥼 Lois Davids: Ultimate ??? ❓ Mina Keys: Ultimate Detective 🔎 Noah Landon: Ultimate Soldier 🪖 Oscar Belmonte: Ultimate Bodyguard 💪 Neo Devin, protagonist: Ultimate Voice Actor 🎙️

Read Murder Fabrication to learn more about them! And if you're already doing that... you can ask me anything, always. I won't spoil anything but I'll look at you with sparkles in my eyes

[aseriesofunfortunatejan]

I didn't end up having the time or energy to draw something for OC-tober Day 28: inspirations, which is a shame because for once, I was thinking about going on about an OC other than Hideki for this prompt (￣y▽,￣)╭

And that would be my dear princess Rin! It's no secret that her core concept was inspired by the infamous Daughter of Evil... or rather... the Servant of Evil.

oh sorry i didn't mean to embed a really awesome French cover haha. here's what i meant haha

Like so many good people around the world, it made me ask the question: what if there were a princess and she had a twin brother and they switched places?

But there are no all-powerful deadly sins in my story. It indeed features two young twins: a princess named Rin, and her twin brother, a prince named Ren. Children of a matriarchal monarchy, Ren is to be married off, while Rin is to become the Queen. (Their names are obviously references to Kagamine Rin and Len, so you'd really think I'd use the inspo prompt for this story more often.)

This is a story I'd actually like to write in full someday. Tragedy occurs: the young princess and her father, the King, die in a terrorist attack. Unable to justify remarrying, the Queen finds herself without a direct descendant...

Unless.

Gorgeous artwork I can't stop gushing over by shinoot

The grieving Ren is instrumentalized, dressed up as his sister, so that his mother can maintain power.

But I suppose that's the main difference between my story and that of Evillious. After the switch over, Ren lives on as "Rin".

Ren, become Rin, finds joy in being a princess that her deceased sister had never experienced. Formerly an embarrassing shut-in of a prince, she becomes a bright, talented, lively princess - someone who had always been meant to be a woman.

But was the opportunity to live as her true self worth the grief of losing half of herself? Does she have to be a princess in order to be a woman? And what are the politics that led the terrorists to target her sister?

On top of "and how does her mother, perhaps the person who hates this switch over the most, plan on keeping that a secret forever", those are the questions Rin asks herself and that her story explores.

To circle back to the inspiration prompt, though - Rin's (sometimes referred to as "RenRin" for convenience) colour palette, and that of her dresses, is pink and white.

But when I commissioned shinoot to draw Rin (or RinRin if you have no respect for the deceased) dressing up her then-brother in one of her dresses, I referenced Riliane's palette to come up with hers.

(You can't make me shut up about that adorable drawing...) The fact that RenRin is wearing an orange dress is an important detail! It shows that it's her sister's. For RinRin to be alive, RenRin can't wear dresses in her own palette yet. At the time, she had been assigned a palette consisting mostly of blues.

Of course, RinRin was never an evil princess, so the reference doesn't go all that deep. She was 13 when she was killed, and she was never in power. Perhaps RinRin would have never been able to care for her population quite like RenRin might, some day...

[jkpfr]

OC-tober Day 5 & 6: Relationships & Symbol

To compensate for being late for Day 5, I'll talk about something that mixes up both days. On top of that, to prove that my choice of character for Day 1 was a reasonable one, I will once again talk about something that pertains to Jan.

I'll ask you to first take a look at this old sketch for a sprite edit. This was for my personal project inspired by Mozart l'Opéra Rock, and it uses his old sprite, which features slight mistakes in his palette, but it still comes together fairly nicely in my opinion.

I'd really like to re-use this jacket/colour on him eventually. Still, what I want you to take notice of is the pin on his lapel.

This is not a definite design, just a concept - what it says is "JA DA", and my concept for it would be that the letters be written so fancily that the viewer might not realise they're letters at first.

This is an idea I have for a symbol representing Jan's friend group, which consists of Jan, Adele, Damien and Ashley.

This is part of Murder Fabrication's canon, by the way. Jan is a student in a prestigious music school, in which he studies multiple instruments and genres, but specialises in the piano and classical music. When he joined said school, he was pleasantly surprised to run into his best friend Damien. (If you'd like to know why he didn't know Damien was joining the same school he was ahead of time, I'll have to ask that you wait until a certain arc of Murder Fabrication has been published. Wink, wink.)

Jan befriended their classmate Adele, who happens to be a violinist and share his speciality in classical music. Damien, a bassist, also befriended another one of their classmates named Ashley, a drummer. The four of them quickly became close friends, and together they form the worst band you've ever heard of, consisting of a pianist, a violinist, a bassist and a drummer.

Though they may actually act as a band sometimes, they're mostly friends who happen to each main a different instrument. Still, as fellow musicians in a prestigious establishment, they decided to come up with a symbol or logo they might use to represent them as a group; more so to have a neat representation of their bond than to make themselves look professional in any way. Noticing how the first letters of their names fit together, they decided on a "fancy looking" logo that would use them.

Though this is all worldbuilding/side quests if anything, I have a soft spot for Jan's friend group. Damien, Ashley and Adele are each someone Jan cares about deeply in a different way, and they each love Jan in their own personal way. Neither of them is any less important - either being the person he trusts the most, or the person he wants to spend the most time with, or the epitome of what he thinks is cool, though maybe they don't realise the extent of it, Jan admires each one of them.

His relationship with each of them are perfect examples to use to explore how Jan feels about his loved ones and, generally, those around him, and how they feel about him.

[arollingriver]

OC-tober Day 2: Old OC

Not one of the OGs, but a fan favourite.

(With direct inspiration from Another... obviously.)

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OC-tober Day 4: sona/self insert OC

Love is supposed to be strong, love is supposed to shine on our days Love is supposed to win in the end, love is supposed to save the world ... If only it had been so

I don't really have a sona or self-insert, but Lois' beginnings are the closest I have to that... and I wanted to draw this anyway... so I'm using this prompt. (/ω＼*)……… (/ω•＼*)

[arollingriver]

OC-tober Day 9: inventory

A tiny bit late AND I refuse to explain it

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OC-tober Day 1: New OC

A quick one to start the month off - I had to pay my respects...

It feels like a younger Alice is staring at me.