Lackadaisy Oc - Blog Posts
Finally finished with the Åse standee. The flower inb the back is suposed to be Purple loosetrife.
Purple loosetrifes (Lythrum salicaria) are a pink flower that is part of the Lythraceae family. They bloom in autumn tend to grow near water. They're call Kattehale in Norwegian witch translates to Cattail not to be confused with the American Cattail which I don’t think grow anywhere in Norway. They are one of the many plants that grow around the Mjøsa lake. I chose this flower to represent Ace mostly because of it’s location and name. As far as I can tell it doesn't have any specific meaning but the name lythrum might be derived from the Greek word for blood. Red is Ace’s primary color and in general I associate Ace with blood more specifically the blood that gathers under your nails when scratching someone. (its weirdly specific I know but for some reason thats the strongest visual representation I’ve imagined for Ace for the longest time idk) loosetrife also contains the word strife which I also feel ties into Ace and her story allot.
I went for something more stylized for the flowers. I'm not good at painting realism so I think this is the best I can do lol.
Calliope: Recollection
(a poorly drawn mini-comic inspired by a recent convo between yours truly and @ahhhh-118, enjoy!)
Translation:
Cairns family homestead, 1917...
Adeline: Calliope?... Where are you going with that shovel?
Calliope: just gonna go withdraw some money, mum.
Calliope (in mind): just a little money...
A few years earlier...
Robert: Oi, Calli! Where yah goin'?
Calliope: Goin' down to feed the sheep, why?
Callum: *narrows eyes in suspicion*
Robert: You've only got a few more bucks in your allowance, so.yah betta make it count.
Calliope: Yessir!
Calliope (in present mind): *sigh*
Calliope (still in present mind): It's just to keep us fed... I promise I'll pay you back... Someday
For context, this follows an eighteen year old Calliope (aka, when she still had long hair) whose mother approaches her about where she's going. Calliope responds that she's going to withdraw money, but doesn't tell her that she's withdrawing money from the secret stash of money Calli and her brothers had stolen from banks and buried out on their families property (they come from a family of cattle farmers). Calli reminisces to herself about only taking a little, before we're thrown back to a fifteen year old Calli with her two older brothers Robert and Callum. Robert asks Calli where she's going and she responds with lie, of which her brothers catch onto. Robert replying with what he knows she's actually going to do, and says to use the rest of what she has in her 'allowance' wisely. As to make it even they had divided up their loot. Calli salutes him with her shovel before we cut to eighteen year old Calli thinking to herself, this time about how she would pay back her brothers the money she took from them to be able to feed her and her mother while they were away fighting in the great war. If they ever did come home, that is...
Woo, that was a doozy! Sorry for making the post so long 😅, there was just too much info I wanted to stuff in. Thank you so very much to the people that read this far!
With that in mind, have a splendiferous day/night!
I decided to finally make an actual pfp for Tumblr, and although I had plans for a completely different one, I became attached to the idea of it being my OCs of my current fixation(s) simply sharing a space
Aisling Mayfield, my Lackadaisy OC
Aluwyn Ilnond, my Dungeon Meshi OC ((which is the first time I’ve properly drawn the gal))
emery's standee design!
took me a while to finish
Benjamin meets Mordecai’s family once; when Mordecai made an effort to visit home during his mother’s passing. He and his Aunt Rosie got along the absolute best! Esther is not really a fan of kids so the relationship is cordial but kind. He only knew his grandmother for two days before her death but she was very happy to meet him, even briefly.
TW DEATH , TW MURDER
Mordecai was no longer in the business by this point. But as a final act of his former self, he went out on the eve of his mother’s death and killed his former adversaries that were keeping him from visiting. His worry was, if Benjamin ever sought to visit NY on his own, they might mistake him for Mordecai. Plus, the men seeking revenge on him were now significantly older than when they first encountered each other.
Because of social stigmas at the time, Mordecai essentially lied and said his wife had passed during childbirth.
Here’s an old drawing of Mordecai and Benjamin arriving to New York for the visit!
The Goth Mother in this dress >>>
Yes, that one woman I've been simping over (guilty)
References!!!
I just knew this will fit perfectly on her <3
(dang this took me a while I almost forgot her name)
~ 🧊
LOOK AT THEM ! LOOK NOW !!
I can’t get over how people draw Ash- She looks amazing in your style! The cutie !
Third batch of Lack-ocs done!
Åse/Ace Olaug Årud belongs to @acesandocs
Marjorie Ford belongs to @gentlelass
Elizabeth Scott belongs to @akosisab
And last but not least, Aisling 'Ash' Mayfield belongs to @annlytical
Bonus art of Marjorie and my oc Angelique conversing over drinks (most likely in the Savoy's suite).
As always, have an excellent day/night! ✨
As recompense for your crimes, I'm obliged to ask for 24 and 29 on the question sheet plz 😌👮♂️ (even when I had stolen it from someone else first 🤫)
- 🥂Petty Hedonism🥀 -
Uh, yeah, my first q&a in Tracy's style (more or less)! For the record the first picture is my very first attempt at self insert in a comic, please don't be too harsh on me lol.
As pertaining the second question, no. 29, "What is the stupidest thing she has ever done because someone dared her to do it?", I didn't draw anything, but I'd say a large number of senseless endeavors with... you guessed it, the Savoy siblings, yet again. It's always them.
Of the likes of, throwing knives - only problem being, that Margo herself was the one having knives thrown at her like a circus performance. And she was giggling like a blushing schoolgirl, too. Or going rowing with a shirtless, barefoot Nicodeme in a swamp hosting crocodiles as its fauna. Or having voodoo love symbols carved in unnamable places of her body by an overeager Serafine (yes, I do will descend into further details about this in another post sooner or later).
But even after it all Marjorie's still alive and well, isn't she? And as they say, 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger'.
Or just batshit crazy in Margo's particular case, but she's not the only one. Margo, we feel you.
Happy Pride month everyone 🖤🤍💜
This month may have been a bit rocky here and there, but I am happy to have such amazing friends near. I wanted to draw a pride month piece earlier in the month but well, here we are!
The hair things are so cute, and Luna looks so pretty !
Finished!
Here’s the Luna, and the pose I did! I REALLY hope you guys like it!
Took a day and about…two hours?
(let’s pray that this gets noticed-)
The gang indulges in some unrestrained summer fun!
This has been a wip for gosh knows how long, but I managed to get it done. It started with just Maire but then everyone got to join in.
The gang mostly belongs to @libras-interactives Lottie belongs to @maryannsstrawberry i belive. So sorry for misattributing her to Libra. Who has custody of Little Lottie I'm still unsure of tho.
Individual pngs below (theyre suposed to be transparent, but i guess tumblr can just decide not to do that sometimes. free website and all that), as well as art thoughts.
We’ll go from left to right
Jack: I feel like if Jack is going to the beach he need some protection from the sun. So along with a early 1920s style mens swimsuit, he’s also got a sun hat and a housecoat. I based it of a womans house coat as they look very light and breathable which probably helps with the heat while keeping him safe from sun. House coats were also generally not uncomon to wear on the beach. I also just like messing around with gender presentation in my art. I’m sure Marius approves.
Marius: Marius is sporting a mens bathing suit from the late 1920s. As he is very fashion forward I felt it fit him to wear something a bit more up to date. His fur pattern does make it look like he was wearing shorts and a t shirt and got sunburned lol. I based his fur on Eveline’s and the photos of the cat he was based on. Maybe a gradient would make it look a bit less silly idk. Feel free to weigh in if you have any ideas.
Eveline: I know Eveline prefers clothing from the late 1900-1910s more but I really loved how she looked with her hair up. I based her bathing suit on a 1920s version but added a few flairs to give it a bit more of a retro vibe for the time.
The Lotties: I gave Lottie a bathing suit with a belt and a cap. As per the laws of the Lackadaisy-verse her ears are tucked safely into her cap. No ear holes here. I wanted to give her a beach bag but I couldn't find any type of purse specifically for that so she’s got a shopping bag instead. I felt she needed somewhere to keep little Lottie's beach toys and sun screen, speaking of: She is wearing a very normal child's bathing suit. Not much to say on it. I focused more on her posing than her fashion.
Máire: the original name for this drawing when I was just planning on drawing her was bathing beauties… Anyway, she strikes me as someone who uses her time at the beach to relax and look good while doing it. Her swimsuit is based on something I saw on Pinterest. It had flowers painted on it which strikes me more as being ornamental. Shes also a pair of fashionable heals and a parasol.
And last but not least Malwina: Malvina’s bathing suit is technically from 1926, so maybe she is just way ahead of the trends. Her shoes are laced beach shoes. I feel like shed take the opertunity to enjoy the fresh air, and swim in the cooling water. Maybe check out some cute boys. I think shed enjoy having a day where she can just be a normal teenager.
Mc is probably around. Maybe off buying soda pops for everyone.
My main source for most of this was vintage dancer
Folklore
I know Rocky maybe already knows Celtic myths, due to his mythological references in the pilot/comic, but I decided to be self-indulgent with Ash sharing her favorite ones
Still a WIP, but proud and decided to post it before I try an experimental mix of Water color and alcohol markers-
The fae/creatures shown are:
-The Dobhar-chú, or King Otter
-The Muckie
-An Irish wolfhound (whose design is somewhat based off those in Song of the Sea)
-A Selkie
-A Crescent Moon with the Ailm symbol
Messy traditional art of Ash as I work on references of my DnD characters for Art Fight:
The two outfit references for the third drawing as well. I simply combined pieces from each suit and added her southern bow tie, while I kept the dress the same but simplistic.
This took me about all month, though it was sporadic bursts of work and then radio silence, but still.
incase the character card didn’t come in well:
Born: September 15th, 1901.
St. Louis, Missouri.
Sylvia, the devoted nurse turned Smuggler after the wealthy Knight family disowned her and her career went south, is a cool, collected and graceful woman, she has a past as clouded in torment and adversity as the cigar smoke that clings to the ceiling of her Boss’s office, despite this, her confidence is unwavering, and her determination to see an order or operation to a successful end, with just as much desire to insure the well being of her coworkers, is infinite, no matter how….annoying some of them may be….
She worked her way up the ladder and managed to get the attention of the Marigold, and being the opportunist she is, she knew there was no other way up, but through a established and powerful outfit, and now she applies the same meticulous techniques and enigmatic approach as a Marigold Operative as she had in her life as a smuggler, her strategic mind and attention to fine details leading Asa Sweet to pair her up with Mordecai Heller,-Though, the feminine touch and endless reminders of how bad smoking is, is a bonus no one asked for- leading to a successful partnership, even if she wasn’t fond of the idea at first….
I’ll be posting her character card too, which has all this information on it also.
I‘ve been thinking about her none stop honestly, and I want to make a much more detailed sheet one day, but this will have to do, especially since I will have her on ArtFight this year💕
-🤍 Marjorie Ford, the woman behind the smile 🩷-
Hey there!
YUP,
after the embarrassingly LONG time of two months and 19 days after the opening of this silly Tumblr blog and the introduction of Margo’s cute character on the Lackafandom scene, I FINALLY finished her character sheet for all of you sweet folk to witness my delusional fantasies of blood-streaked glamour and romance!
Why did this take me so much time? Simple. As usual, I can’t use Ibis Paint X, and draw digitally with my smol fingers on my equally smol and silly phone.
As such an inept as I am, the background of Marjorie’s illustration is in fact NOT product of my dubious artistic skills: I downloaded it from a free stock of ‘aesthetic garden background, wallpapers and illustration’ I found on Trailsandfreedom.com .
No, I swear I am not being paid to advertise them or anything, I merely feel the urge to leave credits with my pesky moral code nagging at my conscience.
Here is the original picture, on which I then dared to add some filters to get the dull coloring I wanted.
Also, here is the original pencil sketch of Margo’s, this time proudly produced by myself only:
She’s supposed to be sporting some fancy Victorian-gothic style dress, hat and parasol to recall of Mordecai’s own elegant fashion sense. I didn’t add any gloves because at the beginning I wanted her to, like, sting herself with the rose to draw blood and symbolise the assassination business and all that jazz.
And, nada, that’s the end of my interminable poem of thought process! I hope this gave some proper insight on Margo’s otherwise mysterious character, and it it managed to entice your curiosity about her, feel free to nag me in my asks!
-GentleLass.
Aisling’s finalized Character sheet!
that took me way to long to make as someone with an inconsistent art style-
Happy Fathers Day!
color ver under cut
also Ace's dad reveal
✨Dancing Lights✨
with my Lackadaisy OC
Trying to get back into digital art and decided to try to practice lighting
Happy Pride!: Featuring Aisling
Aromantic/Asexual (with what little attraction she experiences being mspec) and Agender!
More practice drawings of her under the cut:
A Practice page for Ash, that contains her spot positions, a human design, and a Lackadog design.
A very messy sketch of younger Ash with her two little brothers
And Ash/Rocky piece cause they’re literally an unconventional Sun/Moon dynamic- ((Ignore how Ash’s eye colors are swapped in the last image,,,))
((Also, all traditional due to my pencil for my tablet decided to stop working-))
FINALLY! AFTER 40 HOURS AND THREE POSE CHANGES:
Aisling’s Bio Pic!
My silly little cat who has emotional issues and philophobia🥰
Mobile has made it a little blurry, so hopefully if you click on it it’ll become clearer-
The illustration was based off of this Saturday Evening Post by Coles Phillips.
I spent way more time than I’d like to admit simply going through an archive and looking at his art, even after I found the one I would reference.
And I did swap the mirror for a bouquet of flowers that I spent way too long looking into the meanings off and also changed the back to a record.
Her dress in the illustration is almost a 1:1 of this one from the Met Museum archive, called Robe de Style made by Jeanne Lanvin.
Of course, it’s fancier than what Aisling would be able to afford, and I added a few flap layers that you can’t see in the illustration. But I’m a sucker for black clothes and I felt it contrasted nicely against her mostly white fur.
There’s not much to say about the portrait outfit. You can’t see most of it, but I’ve decided on a simple beige button up, with a green country bow tie, and long pleated navy skirt. You can kind of see it fully in the small photograph at the bottom.
I also, of course, had to add a small UTDM Easter Egg in it as well. Marius and Jack are the two faceless cats within the photograph underneath the illustration. It’s based off of the Save/Load screen where in the report it mentions how your PC is circled.
First actual art post- woo!
Messy traditional art as I try to finalize Aisling’s design-
[[Mobile camera quality sucks :’) ]]
Jack: I ain’t drinkin’ nothin’ called ‘Bloody Mary’
Aisling: Yeah. You first, Marius
Marius: What? Zat monstrosity?! No-
Máire: A knight on a white horse, quite romantic. A creative spirit, riding to you, or you to him.
Maria/Malwina: Oh! The knight of cups! How romantic ♡
Aisling: *Was thinking of the crazy, eccentric violinist*
Only the calico with short hair is my OC, who for now is names Aisling Mayfield, the others belong to an amazing interactive Lackadaisy fanfic called Under the Devil’s Moon created by @libras-interactives and the UTDM OCs designs I used the designs from @acesandocs
Remember my Lackadaisy Oc, Rita? Well, I finally got around to making her husband, Felix!
Felix is a railroad worker who secretly smuggles alcohol on trains to different speakeasies.
After creating Rita, I decided to create her own little poster and info page. The info page is currently being worked on but for now, here is her poster! :)
(Sorry for the poor resolution, it messed up during uploading)