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First time trying to draw Rocky from Lackadaisy. It turned out surprisingly well

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Unstoppable Force (my love of seeing other people's takes/stylization on my OCs) vs Immovable Object (my gripping fear of not doing other people's OCs enough justice when I draw them)

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“May I please draw your OC?”

Reblog this message if you encourage anyone that wants to draw your OC to do so.  No need to ask for permission in advance.

Go for it.  Draw my OC.  If you want, I’ll even give you reference posts.  Go to town on it.

You are welcome to draw my OC and surprise me with the result.  Seriously.  In fact, I encourage it.  I will proudly display whatever it is you submit to me regarding my OC.  There is a chance that I will squeal about it for several days.

Even if you feel you aren’t good at whatever artistic adventure it is you do, please feel free to submit it to me.  I want to see what you have done.

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The fear behind the manic grin

I know I have a reputation as a feral Vikdecai account (I mean can you blame me?) but all the characters in Lackadaisy are amazing and the main cast all have their own interesting stories playing out

Case in point the musical, poetic and lovably derranged Rocky Rockaby who thanks to the Pilot (for what will hopefully soon become a full series) a new large audience being introduce to

But there is one moment where the feral energetic grinning persona slips and we see the face a of a broken young man in a state of total despair, before mercifully Mitzi decides to lighten the tone

This is key to understanding Rocky and his motivations

After being abandoned by his father and his mothers death from illness Rocky was raised in his early years for a period of time by his aunt Nina along with his cousin Calvin (Freckle)

However, due to some as yet unrevealed tragedy, Rocky was ejected from the Mcmurray house and spent the following years riding the rails

He stayed in touch with Calvin, writing him letters about his adventures, and as you would expect from a flamboyant personality he exaggerates what a big adventure it was how optimistic he was feeling at this time as he travelled from place to place working various assorted odd jobs between 1921 and 1924

The Lackadaisy Wicki provides a nice breakdown

But of course the reality is quite different. Having no home, no family and no friends outside what brief and fleeting acquaintances he made on the road took its toll

But that changed when he found himself joining Zib's band in 1925 which at that point was playing exclusively for the Lackadaisy Speakeasy. For the first time in years he has not only found somewhere seemingly more long term to be but back in the place he thinks of as home

But even this seemingly positive change does not get to last long. Atlas's death in 1926 throws everything into uncertainty and without its leader and despite Mitzi's best efforts things begin to decline both financially and in terms of manpower.

Those that remain do so for various reasons despite leaving arguably being the smartest option. Rocky does so because he is done with drifting and is determined to hold onto the solid ground he has found no matter what. He makes this desperation clear to Calvin

Though it should be noted while he wants the Lackadaisy to be saved he wants it done on certain terms. Specifically ones where he is the golden boy that saved the day. He is desperate to ingratiate himself to Mitzi. This is in part due to him having a crush on her, but even this is tied to his perception of her as a "damsel in distress" that he can ride in and rescue, and in the process secure a permanant place for himself

This is why in both the pilot and the comic he is so devastated when he sees that she is dissapointed with his efforts.

This is also why in both you can see a barely passive aggresive attitude towards Wick.

Its not just that he is a rival for Mitzi's affection, the friendly wealthy industrialist who clearly has a thing for the beautiful widow threatens to make Rocky and his efforts to be the Knight in shining armour redundant and equally so Rocky himself.

If he invested his money in the Speakeasy he would be the hero and Rocky would just be the clown that tried so hard (risking his life even) but failed, only for some handsome aristocrat to stroll in with his chequebook

Rocky fears being adrift again. Of feeling alone and unwanted again. He is willing to go to extreme lengths to prevent that from happening. To feel wanted, included and loved he will start as many fires and thow as much dynamite and dodge was many bullets as it takes

Lets keep spreading the good word and hopefully our lovable pyromaniac and the rest of the cast will get the long running episodic series they deserve to have their stories told (and of course get more love for the comic)

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when you've been hesitating to gift your girlfriend a rose all of Valentine's Day so she beats you to it 💐

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Introduction To My New Blog

After realizing I can't make a character blog for all the Oc's I created, I from now on am going to have singular blog for whatever new fandom I get interested or want to have for their own focus. I feel a general blog would allow me to be even more creative than I have before and not get cluttered with too much blogs.

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frepper wedding photo

forgot but heres the color version

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depression doesn't stop viktor vasko from taking a bath (sometimes)

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i swear he's happier on the inside

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Mordecai has a rather interesting selection of bedtime stories

something from twitter again because i have nothing new to post right now, bleh :(

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Every Rocky wallpaper I’ve done in order

(Idk what to post and I don’t wanna fall off)

(BTW, ya should check my pinned post out)

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I’ve been meaning to make art for this show for SO LONG

Saw a talk put on by Tracy Butler and Fable Siegel and it was like my love came back full force

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Really ratcheting up the drama in the next installment of Lackadaisy! Rough animation here by the amazing Sam Kessler (who seems to have also written a cucumber into the script). --------------- - Find Lackadaisy on YouTube! - Find extra Lackadaisy stuff on Patreon!

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Doodle I forgot to post last night

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Evening walk 🔆

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The Lackadaisy Volume 1 Hardcover Book is up for pre-order and shipping soon!

Find it here on Amazon

Find it here on Bookshop.org

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BackerKit backers - our distributor is preparing to start shipping all of your books! (Although Volume 1 is scheduled for broad release soon, you will be getting Volume 2 and the Essentials art book well ahead of them being available to anyone else.)

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Finally made a proper character page for my Lackadaisy OC! Maura Venza, please love and favor. :3

The art is based on Girl on a Ball by Pablo Picasso. When I tried to imagine a perfect allegory of the character dynamics between Mau and her father, that was the first thing that came to my mind. So here it is. Picasso, but with cats.