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Well, as a lot of you know my characters have pretty developed backstories and timelines. I even have their birthdates and specific events planned out in their lifetimes.
Its also pretty aparent that most of my OC pieces are stuck in the past, late 90s to early 2000s. I'm sure there's something to say there about preserving my youth ...or something.
This year I decided to go out on a limb and celebrate the birthdays of a few of my main OCs.
Hardware: iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
Software: ProCreate
Elapsed Time: 8 hours
So, how old is the grouch?
Grim in-story was born October 07, 1977, making him 43 in real time.
As a character Grim was made up sometime in 2005, making the actual existence age of the character 15-ish.. Good grief my idea is almost old enough to drive
For the art piece, judging by the ages I went with for his two foals, Fanti and Eli, he would be turning about 25 in this illustration.
So...who the hell knows, really.
Its also pretty aparent that most of my OC pieces are stuck in the past, late 90s to early 2000s. I'm sure there's something to say there about preserving my youth ...or something.
This year I decided to go out on a limb and celebrate the birthdays of a few of my main OCs.
Hardware: iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
Software: ProCreate
Elapsed Time: 8 hours
So, how old is the grouch?
Grim in-story was born October 07, 1977, making him 43 in real time.
As a character Grim was made up sometime in 2005, making the actual existence age of the character 15-ish.. Good grief my idea is almost old enough to drive
For the art piece, judging by the ages I went with for his two foals, Fanti and Eli, he would be turning about 25 in this illustration.
So...who the hell knows, really.
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Yeah, back in the day I had a strip that was actually syndicated, ran from 79-81 in 52 papers. I had the characters rebooted in a zine and retitled the strip "A Slice of Life". I had one of the main characters return. I was actually bringing up a then untouched subject, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. My one character was a Vietnam vet, in country from 1971-1972. I had his age in Nam at 20 years old, so he was born in 1951. He came home and became a mason and construction. But he would suffer the effects of the war for years. He saw too much shit.
I had him finally getting married, having a daughter, only to lose his wife in a car accident when his daughter was still an infant. I had him remarry, and get a son a few years later. And follow his dads military example, serving in the Gulf war, but unlike his dad, actually made a career of the army.
Part of me wants to reboot the characters, but that "They were born in the following year" still weighs in my mind.
I literally had my characters age in real time, just like the comic strip Gasoline Alley.
I had him finally getting married, having a daughter, only to lose his wife in a car accident when his daughter was still an infant. I had him remarry, and get a son a few years later. And follow his dads military example, serving in the Gulf war, but unlike his dad, actually made a career of the army.
Part of me wants to reboot the characters, but that "They were born in the following year" still weighs in my mind.
I literally had my characters age in real time, just like the comic strip Gasoline Alley.
That detail you’ve put into tour characters makes this sing. There’s unique expressions on everyone, and it’s that depth that really elevates this from just being another piece of furry art to something that’s more broadly meaningful. Because of all the care you’ve put into the faces, the gestures, the clothing, there’s no need to be a furry to appreciate this. This moment is identifiable and heart-warming even if it is expressed through walking, talking horses. Wonderful piece, thank you for sharing it.
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