Stayed up till 7 AM drawing this after going to a fun little party dance thing. I have no idea where I keep pulling this fun lighting from, but it’s definitely something.
I thought Effie could use a bit of a break, so I have her some (relatively) comfy clothes and a large orb she could stare longingly into. The crying is a side effect please believe me.
So glad I figured out what colors I wanted on her main body before this one, B&W would not end up looking as good.
Sweet babies 🥹
And some River's face dump :p
Awww Marí looks so cute 🥹
I cackled when I saw the bird tho, it looks so menacing LMAOOO Maríanne is aboutta get jumped by a bird and she’s not gonna be happy😭
This would be Maríanne’s reaction once she notices her “pet peeve”:
Also yes! Check out UTDM, its such a great interactive story!
I would like to know the most obscure and random Maríanne fun fact you can tell us, please!
Ooo, I shall give two! However, I’m not sure how obscure these facts are 🤷♀️
First fact:
I created Maríanne’s character while reading ‘Under the Devil’s Moon’ from @libras-interactives :> Her original name was Mariànne Paola, she played the trumpet, and was born in Cancun!
Second fact:
When developing her further, I wanted her attributes to be similar to a rattlesnake. Shows her connections back to her brother and his gang. Especially when it finds its way back to her.
I think these two images compared to one another prove my point:
Adding further on to this connection she carries around a rattlesnake tooth, which was given to her by her brother. Her brother attained it after a rattlesnake attacked a bully that was beating him up. Both Marí and her brother see it as a symbol of luck and protection.
Although the glasses was more of a fun idea to insert something of myself onto my character, it added more to these parallels since snakes are known to have poor eyesight lmao 😭
Despite her shitty eyesight, Maríanne is always wary of her surroundings when she feels threatened or tense, or any feeling of discomfort. She’ll literally sit in awkward position where you see half of her body and face.
Her logic: How can someone ambush you when you already have them in your sights? 😎
…😭 Okay Marí
Maríanne also has a “minor pet peeve” with birds (it’s not a phobia, she swears 😀)
I went on a bit of a tangent but thanks for the ask Calamity!! I always appreciate when people ask about Maríanne ❤️🥹
Imagine if Marianne was about to flip me off with her right hand in the dark and her middle finger is black LIKE VANTABLACK I can't even see it like gurl I thought you flip me off why you throwing hands at me—
LMAO I WAS HOPING SOMEONE WOULD MENTION THIS
Like when I first designer and I made her middle finger black, I was thinking about how funny it would be that when she flips someone off you just see her dark middle finger
But the fact that no one would see it in the dark makes me cackle LMAO at that point she’d just use both hands to flip people off
This may seem silly but this is what I needed to hear in 2016, so I’m going to say it now. It’s okay to feel hopeless or angry or scared or betrayed or even just mildly nauseous. However you feel is the right reaction for you. You’re just not allowed to kill yourself. You are too good, too valuable, too important for this to be the thing that takes you. Yes the world is a mess, but taking one good person out of it isn’t going to make it any better.
So take care of yourself. Wrap yourself in that blanket. Get that hug. Eat that mug cake. Find your life preserver whatever it may be and keep going. You are stronger than you realize.
Deciding to do something when you’re feeling defeated is hard. If all you can take care of is you today, focus on doing that. Tomorrow or a week from now you can look at what your community needs to do to weather the storm in the long term. Yes communities are hurting now, but having to grieve one more person isn’t going to make anyone’s life any better. Please keep going. Please don’t let this election take you too.
Old man birthdayyy >:0 (the art looks fantastic!)
I know Im a bit late but ey, better late than never right?
Happy Birthday to our beloved bartender, Viktor Vasko!!
(I know the way I drew Viktor looks terrible and a lil inaccurate, I had no reference that time 😭😭)
AWWWWWWW THEMM! THE GIRLFRIENDS!🥹🥹
This is so cute :>> Thank you so much Batty!! ❤️❤️
I love how you draw Marí 🥺🥺🥺
(I’m not late what are you talking about? 🤡)
Decided to sketch something in regards to Marí and her friendship with Zib.
While it was a pretty late 20th birthday, the band still did some drinking in celebration (after a quick game of poker). In their spur of drinking, she challenged Zib to a drinking race, (yeah Marí try competing with the alcoholic, very smart). The band members placed their bets and uhhh, yeah, she isn’t winning this one.😭
But Happy Birthday to my baby Marí :>❤️
You’re going to make me cry 🥹
I’m so glad you like the portrait! I return the tight hug and I appreciate you as my friend 🥹❤️ The Lackadaisy community is filled with really cool people and I’m so glad to meet you!❤️❤️
And I don’t know what’s going to happened at the drinking party, but I made a sketch of the aftermath 😭 and Maríanne definitely got into the bunny hugs 😭😭
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAURA!!!🎉🎉❤️
I made a little portrait of her for @rudnitskaia as a gift to celebrate her charming LackaOC Maura!
She is such a fun and amazing character and Heldig, you are such an awesome person!❤️ Thank you for being so welcoming to me when I first posted about Maríanne!❤️❤️
I hope you enjoy this gift!
Also Maríanne is inviting Maura for drinks 🤠
(Please keep her away from the bunny hugs. Please. 😭)
I’m going on a trip so there’s gonna be a bit further delay with the next pages of ‘the Rattlesnake and the Jester’ comic, hopefully I’ll have it done around early June or so 🥲
I’m the meantime, I decided to introduce you guys to a new LackaOC :> it’s a friend of Maríanne and her brother since the start of the Rattlers!
Meet Delilah Everlorn
Little facts:
- She’s from the UK ✨
- She taught Maríanne how to box (her father taught her, but she claims she’s self-taught)
- Cuts her own hair
- Born on October 29th, 1897
- Her design is based on a Scottish Fold
Hope you like her :>>
ITS MARÍANNE’S BIRTHDAY TODAYYYY, she’d be 119 years old today 🤧
This is her birthday song🤧
(Also the look was inspired by banana cat, but she’s plantain cat now)