This took me a while, but it was definitely worth it.
It's not based on an outfit she actually wears btw- it's more of an amalgamation of clothes/hairstyles I liked the look of.
There's just something satisfying about drawing with an actual pencil.
I use a mechanical pencil btw, but this was just on y'know, your average printer paper and I kind of prefer that stuff cause it's easier to rub things out on.
Being and average non vigilante citizen of Gotham is just like: wacky. Joker toxin, that's why you have a color coded collection of gas masks. Is the grocery store open, or was it burned to the ground last week? Or was that the one a few blocks south? How important is that history essay if two face just broke into your apartment?
It's this getting used to the chaos, for the benefit of low rent, and wild stories to tell at parties.
I wanted to do an animatic. But I didn't have access to my laptop, so I did this instead. Goes to the song Meaning by Neovaii. The scenario is in some alternate universe, circumstances don't align well, and Ferdinand thinks Rozemyne will be better off without him. He ends up somewhere beyond where she can reach and has to fight through magical barriers to get back after regretting his decision.
The last picture is during the 'dance break?' bit? Dunno what you call it. Anyway. You know what I mean. Probably.
It switches perspectives a couple of times, and I did this all in my sketchbook so it's kinda cramped. But eh. I wanted to draw it, so I did.
Some more snippets include- the yellow torn thing Ferdinand is holding in 'and I found out I had demons' is the cloak Rozemyne embroidered for him.
Also, just imagine Rozemyne jumping after him in that last panel and rescuing him midair because no way is she letting him die. I just didn't get around to drawing that part.
so my younger cousin is flying in to visit from brazil on sunday, and will be staying here for like, the entirety of july. which, don't get me wrong, is super cool! i love the kid! but it felt like a super weird move, considering his parents are the SUPER strict and borderline helicopter parents. even the smallest prank/roughousing with him/his little sister would lead to a strict talking to from his parents, he couldn't ever do anything without their clear permission, that sort of stuff. so letting him fly at alone at 16 to a whole different country and stay there for a whole month seemed WILDLY out of character. additionally, it just felt like a super last-minute trip. it's not like we have any plans to do when he gets here, and the flight itself and stuff only got booked like, midway through june.
and i was talking to my mom about it, kind of trying to nudge some answers out of her, and after a while she went, "yeah, i think they're sending him over here to get away for his boyfriend. see if the distance breaks them off." which, first of all, surprised me because last i checked, they didn't KNOW he had a boyfriend. literally everyone in the family did EXCEPT for them because while that entire side of the family being semi-conservative, his parents (mostly his dad) are EXTREMELY old-fashioned. so clearly something already went wrong. and considering the only reason the rest of the family knew is because one person found out and it spread like wildfire, i have a sneaking suspicion he wasn't the one to tell them, either.
and second of all. they're sending him HERE. to try to make him forget his homosexuality. i couldn't do anything but just wordlessly gesture to the multiple pride flags scattered around my room, then to myself, because really? he has like two other cousins in the us and they're sending him to me? honey i am about to introduce this kid to queer scenes you have never even heard of. he'll be returning home with labels only shrimp can perceive
I love dunmeshi for the like.. built in horror of consumption. Like they eat to survive, they eat to honor their prey, they eat to possibly mourn someone. Laios eats monsters because he wants to learn more about the things he loves, Senshi eats monsters to feel included in the ecosystem because he didn't fit in with the outside and with most creatures in general, Chilchuck DOESN'T eat as much as he could because eating too much could kill all the party members, Marcille eats monsters and hates it but she still does it because she'll die before she could save Falin.