EDIT: IF YOU READ IT, YOU'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK

EDIT: IF YOU READ IT, YOU'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED TO TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK

Chapter one of the Script/Outline is here!! I’m terrified to share this but so excited I feel sick to my stomach. 

Chapter one of the Script/Outline is here!! I’m terrified to share this but so excited I feel sick to my stomach. 

Lennon always reminded me of Patrick Stump and I always wondered if his appearance was based on his (in a v positive way!).

It's not intentional but I see what you mean, and I used to get this comment a lot? We've (co-writer and I) talked about this before, and his character's face claim is this era of 90s Rivers Cuomo??

But also-- Our two main characters have kind of taken on parts of my cowriter and I. Lennon looks uncomfortably similar to how I draw myself. (loll) and I've been told by random people I dress like pre-hiatus fob soooo????

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56942785

Chapter one, script version is out!

Our comic is called Die Laughing. After so many years, we finally have a solid name!! No longer will this project be called "unnamed band oc comic thing"

This is a scene of Tony and Lennon from the middle-ish of the story. Title drop ftw!!

I saw @bevsi do this meme for her comic Heartstrings and I knew I needed to try it! Part one!!!

(I have all of them completed except for interrupted, I'm having the hardest time with the pose for some reason D:)

so what's ur process for making the oc id's? what part takes the longest?

Omg okay, so I start with lots of research bc I don't have a driver's license lmao...I make sure to have an ID that matches the time period too! Google images has been my friend, same with the Wayback Machine and the internet archive for era accurate images.

I pretty much trace all the intricate details in the ID. There's just so much and it's so tiny it wouldn't be worth my time to draw it all out. I needed to work in SO MANY layers. IDs are supposed to be hard to replicate, so there's lots of overlays and images with half opacity and details with shiny finish and stuff. Each ID was around 30-40 layers in procreate. 😳

Once I have all the basic stuff drawn up, I'll do the character portrait. That's probably the quickest part!

Filling out the character info takes forever because i thought it looked better to hand write it rather than using a font. Once I have a lot or letters I was happy with, I would copy and paste them for consistency. (I really should've just drawn out the whole alphabet to copy and paste from lol)

My final step was to add some wear and tear to the IDs, considering how old they are and if the character would take care of it or not. Ex) Lennon's ID is a mess, but it's the oldest of all of theirs. He probably wouldn't carry it in a wallet, so it's worn out from being in his pocket for years. But I imagine Alyssa keeps her's in her wallet so it's a lot cleaner than everyone else's.

And yes, I stress myself out with these small details to the point where I get nauseous when I can't find the perfect ref or something is inaccurate (like I had to redo Lennon's school ID cause I accidentally used the logo and design from a school I'm Georgia and the comic takes place near Boston. I then spent 3 hours trying to look for a reference 🙃 I've lost my marbles fr)

Anyways thank u for your question!!! I'm glad I got to talk about this!