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♪Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue

And the dreams that you dare to dream

Really do come true ♪

Dorzma Forever!

It cost me about $200 for this artwork, but it's all worth it for June.

Art commission by @krisdobbinsart.bsky.social

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Yay, i get to draw toh characters as witnesses! Sorry it took so long, i had to make a whole new background and got delayed like...several times. There's like, a lot of characters i want to do but i started off doing requested ones from followers who follow me on insta, so you get to start off with these goobers.

some outfits are from the show, others i did entirely myself, kinda depended on the character.

Which ones are normal witnesses, defendants, accomplices, culprits? You decide.

bg under cut:

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There's an old saying that was used to describe police brutality in the US: A few bad apples can spoil the bunch.

After all, many police defenders insisted that the cops who abused their power are just isolated incidents, that they are just a few bad apples and that the whole system should not be held accountable. I'm sure none of you agree with that stance.

Antisemitism in left-wing spaces is a rotten apple. And the longer you refuse to get rid of that rotten apple out of fear of throwing away the whole bunch, the more likely that rot will spread to the other apples and thus render the whole bunch spoiled and rotten regardless. A self-fulling prophecy.

important to note two things:

1. Boulder Colorado has historically been a progressive liberal part of Colorado. it's blue bubble and Denvers blue bubble is the reason the state, while technically a swing state has been blue. this is honestly the last place I would've imagined a hate crime like this to occur.

2. the victims of the attack were 67-88 years old. On shavuot. at a March for the hostages. this is not some young adults getting into a heat of the moment fight at a protest. this person lit 6 elderly jews on fire.

I don't have any words for this.

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Admittedly, I did this to myself, BUT if I was illustrating someone else's script and it called for me to draw around 100 sunflowers, each with a unique facial expression, I would demand a script revision.

In the book, The Tin Woodman despondently declared that it'd be heartless to chip down the sunflowers, but I changed it. If this is the same Nick Chopper who decapitated 40 wolves in the first book, I think he'd do what needs to be done.

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The Princesses of Oz

Well, for the first week of June, I'm going to be on a long vacation to Orlando, Florida, and visit nearly all the major theme parks located there. As such, I would not have time to make Dorzma artworks as frequently as I want to… and I know of the legal battles between Disney and DeSantis over the "Don't Say Gay" bill or whatever nonsense is going on.

So instead, I make Dorzma artworks in advance. And for this one, I wanted it to be like a book cover, a poster for people to put on their walls. You might say a royal portrait. And indeed, that's what I was going for.

Instead of using the traditional anime-style ink pen and cel-shaded filling, I decided to go for a more painted feeling. This meant the outlines were done with dark sketch pencils, and the colors were painted with digital acrylics, both wet and dry, and maybe a few watercolor brushstrokes here and there. It's meant to give the impression that an artist was commissioned to paint a royal portrait of the princesses to later display in one of their hallways (or maybe in a museum).

For this reason, I had to design a new outfit for Dorothy to be more fitting of a princess rather than a farm girl. Since Ozma was considered to be a princess (despite technically being queen), it made sense that Dorothy would have a white dress similar to Ozma. Given that Dorothy was not the descendant of King Pastoria and Fairy Queen Lurline, I felt she could inherit the original design of Ozma's dress with the Oz emblem at the center of the neck collar.

Obviously, since this would take place after Dorothy's family permanently moved to Oz, Dorothy can now wear the Magic Belt of the Nome King freely. And being a princess, Dorothy out to have a crown of her own. I decided to go with the book design with a nostalgic look back at my very first Oz artwork. Dorothy would have a crown made of silver that glitters so brightly. 

It may not be emerald, but it makes Dorothy feel like a young apprentice of Glinda the Good, and I want the audience to feel like Dorothy is training to be a good witch herself.

The Oz banner, was there to give a finished polish for the portrait. Made it through symmetry tools and careful observation. For the background, it was a pain to figure out what goes on there. I planned windows, thrones, and gardens to go there. But I settled with a foggy, brief glimpse of the Emerald City with Dorothy and Ozma standing by one of the gardens.

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5000 likes!

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Today is Ash Appreciation Day

I just feel this song, because I've been in the same catatonic state since he's no longer the protagonist and I can't get out.

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Not in a "romantic" way but just...I miss the happy way I was before he left. I will never have another special interest/hyperfocus like I have in him.

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Princess Ozma of Oz and Princess Dorothy, her "constant companion"

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Oh I know this pose from last year.

Should have it known it was from @adorkastock

From the murky depths to the shallows

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were you really planning on scrolling past without saying 'pspspsps'?

Team Rocket's Meowth IR illus. Shimaris Yukichi

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Good Ozma of Oz. Here’s hoping to see Dorothy Gale since she did get to play with silver shoes and magic belt.

Day 08

The trans icon herself, Princess Ozma of Oz

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What's your opinion of the Prince of Egypt movie?

i sent a pestilence a plague into your house into your bed into your streams into your streets into your drink into your bread! upon your cattle, on your sheep upon your oxen, in your field into your dreams into your sleep until you break until you yield! I - sent - the - swarm - I - sent - the - hoard - thu'saieth the looooord 

once i called you brother, once i thought the chance to make you laugh, was all i ever wanted (ISENTHEFIREFROMTHESKYISENTTHEFIRERAININGDOWN.) and even now, i wish that god had chose another, serving as your foe on his behalf, is the last thing that i wanteeeeeeeeeed (I SENT A HAIL OF BURNING ICE ON EVERY FIELD ON EVERY TOWN!) THIS was my home, all this pain and devastation, how it tortures me inside, all the innocent who suffer, from your STUBBORNNESS AND PRIIIIIIIIIIDE (I SENT THE LOCUSTS ON THE WIND SUCH AS THE WORLD HAS NEVER SEEN FROM EVERY LEAF ON EVERY STALK UNTIL THERE’S NOTHING LEFT BUT GREEN!) I - sent - my - scourge - I - sent - my - sword - thu'saieth the looooord you who i call brother, why must you call down another blow, is this what you wanteeeeeeeed I - sent - my - scourge - I - sent - my - swoooooooord LET MY PEOPLE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (THUS SAITH THE LORD) THUS SAITH THE LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORD 

you who i called brother, how could you have come to hate me so, is this what you wanted  I - sent - the - swarm - I - sent - the - hoard - then let my heart be hardened, and never mind how high the cost may grow, this will still be so. i will never let. yoooour peeeeeeeopleeeeeee go. (THUS SAITH THE LORD) thus saith the looooooooooord i will not let. (let) your- (my people) gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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"I am Oz... the great and... terrible... But don’t strike me! P-please... don’t... I’ll do anything you want me to!"

Behold! The man behind the curtain. The supposed great and powerful Wizard of Oz... is nothing more than an old humbug from Omaha, Nebraska.

Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs. Or OZ PINHEAD for short. We'll just call him Oscar Diggs because he ain't Oz (but he is a pinhead). As a bonus, here's him with his top hat:

Unlike other Oz characters I drew, I need no Moodboard reference to know exactly who to base Oscar Diggs on. PT Barnum, the original humbug.

I don't know if L. Frank Baum based Oscar Diggs on PT Barnum since there were other showmen like balloonist Washington Harrison Donaldson that fit the inspiration better.

But PT Barnum was known for being a hoaxer and a shameless showman. He's even known as the Prince of Humbugs and is attributed with the phrase "A sucker is born every minute", and this caricature cartoon I found fits better with Oscar Diggs' look in the books than Donaldson's handsome, mustache appearance. I want to make it clear that Oscar Diggs is not a dashing, charming rogue, but an old humbug who is meeker than Dorothy Gale.

Plus, Donaldson did work with Barnum, so I envision that Oscar Diggs did work with Barnum during his young career and used the skills he learned from the master showman to trick the Ozians into thinking he's a genuine wizard.

Anyways, I based Oscar's face on Barnum's caricature and gave him a little shave and the Wizard is described as a bald, old man. I also was reading Eric Shanower's graphic novel adaptation of Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz and got a reminder that the acronym of Oscar Diggs' full name spells OZ PINHEAD, and the artwork of Oscar Diggs gives him a pinhead look not unlike Arnold Wesker from The New Batman Adventures. So, I did a little simplification of Oscar's face and somewhat straight his head and neck to look more like a pinhead while still maintaining the primary features on his giant head puppet (as it's supposed to be based on Oscar's head just exaggerated to be more god-like).

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I AM OZ! THE GREAT AND TERRIBLE!!!

One thing I love and hate about the book version of the Wizard of Oz is that he appears in many forms, not just the giant green head that adaptations simplify to. That means more subjects to draw, and more hair-pulling moments when trying to translate the book text into something feasible in the visual department. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

Big Head. The classic form of Oz. A giant, bald head that sits on a throne, acting all high and mighty to Dorothy Gale. Quite an impression for many people and certainly the best representation of what people think the Wizard looks like. I based the head on PT Barnum and removed his hair. You might notice the eye pupils are hollow and the mouth looks awfully like a wooden puppet's. Hmmm...

The Beautiful Lady. With green hair, two sparking bird-like wings, and long flowing dress. Scarecrow was certainly not expecting the Wizard to be a woman, but Oz is said to take any form he desires. The Tin Woodman would be certainly envious of Scarecrow's encounter. I wanted the beautiful lady to be like my version of Glinda, but clearly not as beautiful or imposing as her. Her face is based on the Force Priestesses from Star Wars: The Clone Wars series, particularly with the glowing hollow eyes and the mask-like face. It gives her a sureal aura to her, almost like she's some marionette with strings attached...

The Beast. This design was a pain to draw. A beast with a rhinoceros' head, five eyes, a woolly body the size of an elephant with five arms and five legs? The limbs in particular were a pain because I had no idea how they're supposed to align. I work better with pairs. At some point, I just resorted to basing the Beast on a large heavy sack with limbs dangling out with no rhyme or reason to biology anatomy. Certainly it would give the Tin Woodman a heart attack if he had a heart. The Lion can't tell if he's lucky or unlucky he didn't meet this particular beast.

The Fireball. This was simple. Draw a ball, like a cotton ball for example, and paint a fire using oil brush on Procreate. Really make it bright like it's burning magnesium. That'll scare the Lion.

Of course. None of these forms are real. They're props and hoaxes to make the Wizard seem more impressive than the humbug he really is. Add some emerald-tinted glasses to make these forms appear green, and you got yourself some fine illusions that hide the strings and stitches to each form.

The big head is a dummy puppet made of plaster, clay and wood that resembles the Wizard's face, Oscar Diggs.

The beautiful lady is just a mannequin dressed in a royal garment found in the Emerald City, given a wig, a customized theater mask, and some swan wings sprinkled with emerald glitter.

The beast is a stuffed rhino head with its second horn removed to make room for light bulbs of sorts to be stuff into the rhino's sockets (and it's lower jaw is decayed to showcase its teeth). It's attached to several bodies of deceased Oz creatures stitched together. These creatures seem to be of giant spiders from the forests.

And the fire ball is just a cotton ball dosed in oil and lit aflamed.

Now what does Oscar Diggs looks like behind the curtain? That's for another time.

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As one of the leading RoyLiko lads in this fandom, I have to say Liko and Roy's bond is awesome. They are comrades who support, admire, and care for the other!

Liko and Roy. They are the Red and Blue. They are the Sun and Moon. They parallel with Rystal and Lucius. Both are curry lovers who introduced Dot to it, and they were also Dot’s first two irl friends. Both traveled, learned, and faced hardship/learning moments, such as facing Rhyme and Grusha. Had each other's back as even Liko risked her well-being by pushing Roy out of harm's way from Rayquaza's Draco Meteor. Roy also stopped Spinel's Beheeyem from using another move on Liko. Roy also stood up for her and wanted to help protect her treasure (pendant) from Amethio back at the island. Both protect each other. They also developed and grew together with admiration, noted by their VAs. Comrades who admire each other! They were so passionate when they battled each other, as evident in their battle at the academy in Paldea. Both Liko and Roy even stated - no, yelled out that they would reach farther if they were together. In the recent arc, it was Roy who ignited that last spark to get Liko back on her feet to clear the RVTs name by battling her and Meowscarada. It’s also funny that Liko and Roy are the only pair to be ship baited with the romantic seasoned joke, not once but twice now while not in an Otaku way. In the lyrics of the recent opening, it mirrors Liko and Roy. Liko’s part of the opening shows she feels behind, wants to reclaim the light that was once lost, and says her future has to evolve and move forward like Roy, as said in the lyrics. Roy’s part of the lyrics says “Come with me, let's get it back together, That's right, our utopia” So, no matter what you say, I firmly Believe Liko and Roy have the closest and strongest bond aside from their pokemon. Their friendship is special and will only get stronger over time, and who knows what it can become in the unknown future ;)

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Since I'm expanding here after reaching 4k followers on Twitter along with the other RoyLiko shippers and want to make a neat post :D

Some neat parallels between Liko & Roy and Lucius & Rystal:

• Both pairs met each other while one was saving the other.

• Both pairs started as friends.

• Both pairs traveled across the world together.

• Both have connections to each other as Liko has Rystal's pagogo, while Roy is on track to get Lucius's Rayquaza.

• Both pairs have the same initials of L & R.

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