#realizing while typing this btw that johnny as a tumblrina would have absolutley insane tag rambling skills

[wr0ngwarp]

fan design for johnny truant house of leaves. yea.

normally johnny's the kind of character i'd prefer to leave designless, but its difficult to do silly joke stuff with a character that doesn't look like anything lmao. my sort of compromise between the two is limiting his palette to the book colors

#house of leaves #johnny truant #mark z danielewski #the internal battle between ''i think it adds to the unreality of the novel to keep johnny ''faceless'''' #and ''i can't put a guy who doesnt look like anything in tomodachi life.'' #also some notes on teh design: #im a sucker for the parallels between johnny and the ~~minotaur~~ (or the idea that they are one and the same) #hence red eyes. however also red eyes are just fucking cool #thats actualy also why i gave him a nose ring bc minotaur -> bull -> nose ring lol #also i just find it hard to imagine a guy who works as a tattoo assistant having No piercings #side note idk if i'd actually think of him as having black hair but limited palette yaknow #also i have. NO idea how to draw burn scars Least Of All how johnny's burn scars are described #but. purple bc pelafina #aside from that i just kind of winged it with the design so its not very complex LOL. i just like talking #realizing while typing this btw that johnny as a tumblrina would have absolutley insane tag rambling skills #ok thats all i'll stop talking now.