@stanuary Week Three: Fantasy & Memories

"hey kids i think i'm remembering something! i was... tenderly nursing waddles with only the richest of creams? that can't be right."

Week one of @stanuary here we come. The theme was Mystery.

We interviewed members of the shack to find out what the deal is behind Mr Mystery himself.

Uhhh... @stanuary - Week 4: Strangers & Brothers? Maybe?

I think this concept was stronger in my head. I was thinking about that bit in NWHS where Stan walks away from the kids just before telling them about the Portal and what he's trying to do, and he walks by this window and it shows his reflection in it. I was thinking about all the times when the show has used Stan's and Ford's reflections in things as a reference to their missing twin.

Even though in the ep, Stan doesn't look at his own reflection in that moment (it shows his profile), there are other moments when he does. And since he's thinking about telling the kids all of this, and thinking about that line "You're gonna hear some bad things about me, and some of them are true", I thought about him seeing the past in his reflection -- his own past, and then the echo of his face in his brother's face, and what Ford looked like the last time Stan saw him.

“…I miss you, Poindexter.”

After finding Ford’s glasses in his old room, Stan reminisces about the days when things were simpler.

STANUARY 2024- Memories

Low-key aiming to tick off the whole bingo sheet now, haha-

As always, feel free to send requests or asks!

Another beautiful thumbnail:

@stanuary 2024 week one: Lost

Boy howdy! Another year, another butt load of angst for me to draw!

I have had "In this Shirt" by The Irrepressibles for a healthy amount this week, especially considering that I have been in a very emotional mood bc the place I used to work with closed

So I got very emotional and considering how good this song is, I had to draw the most intense moment in the show with the most intense moment in the song, making a short lyric comic.

The Stanuary 2024 Themes have been chosen!!

Thank you all so much for voting! This year our four winning themes have been brought back from the past by your votes, and paired with four new mystery themes hand picked by your humble Stanuary mod.

Week One: Lost & Home (with 67 votes)

Week Two: Possess & Sacrifice (with 68 votes)

Week Three: Fantasy & Memories (with 71 votes)

Week Four: Strangers & Brothers (with 76 votes)

With two themes each week, you're free to pick and choose how to use them. Do one or both, combine themes, or ignore them altogether and do your own thing! There's even more ideas to be found on the Extra Prompts page if you're looking for some added inspiration, and Stanuary Bingo if you want to make a bonus challenge out of it!

Are you a Stanuary newcomer? Check out the About page, FAQ, and Guidelines here for what it's all about and how to participate!

I'm doubly excited to see what you all create this year! Have fun!! ♥

Dada’s baby

Late for both Stanuary and Week 1 of Forduary but here it is anyway: Show and Tell

STANUARY WEEK 2: CONNECTION (+FATHER FIGURE and TWINS)

Gee this one was tricky to figure out! It took me ages to think up what I could do for the prompts, and then I had too many ideas I wanted to do and couldn’t decide which one to go with, so in the end I just did a bunch of ‘em ^^’

This is my @stanuary drawing for the week 3 prompts Fantasy and Memories! The second I read the Fantasy prompt, I just knew I had to do something with Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons (DDaMD?). I absolutely believe that Stan would be a great dungeon master; he’s good at making stuff up on the fly and can tell engaging stories, among other things. Plus, I think it might make for a healthy way to process some of his more negative memories as he regains them. This particular picture takes place sometime during Mabel and Dipper’s second summer in Gravity Falls. As for Stan’s DMing style, I imagine he’d prefer theater of the mind (no grids/maps, figures, etc) since it makes for a looser, more casual game. He’d also put all his focus on storytelling instead of math. I figured that if DDaMD is anything like real Dungeons and Dragons, then the game would support a lot of different settings, including something more modern and up Stan’s alley. And what’s more up his alley than a good old fashioned prison break?

I wound up having a pretty bad art block for most of Stanuary, so I threw all my energy into this drawing instead of forcing out entries for weeks 2 and 4. Hopefully, Forduary will go a bit smoother since I have a specific connecting theme for it in mind already.

Haven’t been as active here lately, but Tadam!

Here is my entry for @stanuary week one Home & lost!

Hope you like!

@stanuary Week Four: Strangers & Brothers

who are you again

@Stanuary 2023 Week 2: Connection. Lyrics from "Birthday" by The Crüxshadows. [x]

@stanuary week 2: Connection, Twins

I had so much fun doing this and was in my feelings about Stan and the twins the whole time :’))

he’s wearing six-fingered gloves with the pinkie stuffed in order to pretend to be Ford

“Who are you?”

“Well- ah- That’s a great question.“

Edited and unedited versions as I wasn’t sure which looked best :))

STANUARY 2024- “Identity”

My gorgeous thumbnail for this piece: 🤣🤣

I’ve been itching to redraw this Lost Legends panel, and I finally got around to it! I’m really happy with how it turned out too, and of course I always love Ford being a good brother 🥹💕

(I guess this works for Stanuary and Forduary lol ✨)

Original panel