have you ever talked to a person and all you could think about was how fun would it be to draw them cause they’re just aesthetically pleasing to look at
NEW CHARACTER ALERT... everyone say hi to OMAR!!!!! spotted cuscus, 19, any pronouns, jamie's friend and santiago's roommate
more info and doodles under the cut
so originally i made her just cus i wanted a spotted cuscus oc. and who can blame me these are fucking cartoon animals
but i have ALSO been wanting to develop jamie and santiago more... i originally made santiago as just 'jamie's nice new boyfriend' and didn't develop him further than that which made me bored with him. i have retooled him a bit and he will get his own post soon. but all that is to say that omar is now the reason jamie and santiago met. omar and jamie became friends in freshman year cus they're both in the animation program, omar becomes santiago's roommate in sophomore year, jamie meets santiago at their place and by winter break they're already dating
ok now for more about omar herself. they're a visual artist doing album covers/promo stuff for some in-universe digicore group. think something like webcage but with a smaller roster. i have to draw what his artstyle actually looks like at some point but just know it's very silly and geometric. she is also both a geccer AND a drainer to represent the several people i saw with "DRAIN THIS ⬇️ GANG THAT ⬇️" shirts at the 100 gecs concert i went to
and here are the doodles. omar is 4'9" which means jamie continues to be the smallest mfer in this cast LOL
I'm always seeing this sentiment of "I have got to make my art weirder" or people begging for weirder art but here's the thing, Weird is not a brand. You cannot rack your brains trying to figure out the "Weird" formula. You don't get weird art by artificially forcing whatever you think is "weird."
You get weird art (and I think "weird" is sometimes people groping for a way of saying non-corporatized) by figuring out what you like, deep down, even (especially) if you think it's embarrassing
and wallowing in it like a pig
the idea of public restrooms as "women's spaces" continues to confound me. you know who I hope is in a public bathroom when I go in?? no one. I would prefer no one else be in the bathroom. and if someone else is in the bathroom I am going to ignore them as much as possible. I did not go into the bathroom to connect with other women. I went into the bathroom to piss and/or shit. it's a toilet's space, not a women's space. shut the fuck up and let trans people piss and shit in peace. let's all continue to avoid eye contact with each other and any and all interaction in the toilet's space.