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Aight, let's talk about the process behind CJ's creation. First up, concept art!

Second, the full explanation under the cut! 🩵

A few months before CJ was even a thing, I got the idea of a character concept. The concept was basically Charlotte having an older brother who is far more calm, level headed and cautious than she is. I liked the idea of it, but I didn't feel like working on it, I simply didn't feel inspired enough.

A while later, I was trying to figure out Milo's lore, and I thought to myself... "Heh... wouldn't it be really funny if there was a character, who is the complete opposite of Milo, and his only purpose is to piss him off?" and then I thought "Hm. I could reuse the old Charlotte's brother concept for that."

In the poems Obverse and Reverse, the line:

"...the concept was a joke at first I gotta admit,

but I think I've gone too far with the bit."

Is me referring to this. CJ and Milo's whole relationship was based on a joke I thought was funny, but eventually I started to actually take it seriously and it just all went haywire from there.

I still find it slightly funny at times... but of course, this isn't CJ's only purpose anymore.

Anyways, let's get into the rest of his creation.

The first design idea I had for him was more surfer dude and Hawaii inspired, which made ultimately no sense considering that Charlotte and CJ are from Vermont. The one thing I kept from that are the hair and the flower.

His hair was a struggle to figure out, at first I wanted to try to make it curly like Charlotte's, but that didn't feel right. I still don't really know what's going on with it even now, but it has that slightly modern, fluffy and messy look I was going for. I guess it's shawed on the sides? I don't know, let's not think about it too much.

He has a flower hairpin on each side of his head, because when I only put it on one side it looked empty. I was debating about the flower as well. I had the idea to make it into a specific flower that has some sorta meaning but I couldn't find one I liked, I also looked up flowers from Vermont and ended up with the purple flower but I didn't like it. Eventually I just looked through the show, found a scene where there was a flower, and took the flower from it and used it for the hairpins. I made it into a flower because in the show Charlotte is often depicted with them.

I did consider giving him a bow so that he could fit in with Charlotte and Grandma Charlene, but I decided against it for a lore relevant reason that I won't talk about just yet. Besides, I think he still fits in just fine the way he is now.

For his color I just took the colors of the whole family and adjusted the settings until I got this shade. I was considering to make the color lighter but he just looked washed out.

His name was an easy decision, it had to start with a C and I was debating between Cody and CJ but I'm glad I chose CJ, I really like it!

The only thing that's really changed is that he used to be far more music, singing and comedy themed, but I scrapped the idea of it.

Everything else stayed the same most of the time... well, I did scrap two characters during the development process, but CJ was always the same.

At first CJ was only supposed to be Charlotte's cousin, and he had a different sister named Carol. Carol had anxiety, and the interest of botany and gardening used to be her thing. She had an intense fear of fiends. She was supposed to be some sorta yellowish color and had a headscarf with a flower pattern on it as well as long messy hair. I had the plan that she's related to Mr. Milk and that would explain their similarities, but I just ended up scraping her cuz I couldn't find a place for her in the plot that made sense. I do wanna make a character like this but in a different font one day, we'll see.

The second character was named Faith, and she wasn't related to CJ or Charlotte in any way. Her name was supposed to be a nod to the word fiend since they both start with F. She was orange/dark orange and she wore a black headband with some sorta black pattern on it. She also had some really tired eyes with eyebags and too much eyeliner, and a messy bag with a bunch of random papers. She was basically the new girl in town who got there a while after CJ, who developed an intense interest in fiends, with the intense desire to study and understand them. She'd spend hours observing them, writing things down, and conducting experiments. After a while her and CJ would form some sorta alliance and they'd slowly become friends. I ended up scrapping her because I couldn't find a place in the plot for her either. I do like her, but I think she'll fit better in a different universe.

Also, random addition that has actually nothing to do with CJ's creation.

I recently went through my sketches when I randomly stumbled upon these, and then I remembered that I actually had a Making Fiends oc idea even before I thought of Milo.

Her name was Megan, she was a sort of dusty blue color, and had long hair that slightly covered her eye. She was literally just Maggie but even more stoic and monotone and instead of poetry her thing was drawing... I thought of her before I watched the show, but after I watched it I immediately gave up on the idea the moment Maggie stepped on screen. I think I tried to make it work with making them best friends? I don't know honestly, very boring idea, dunno why I thought it was a good one.

Figuring out CJ was fairly simple, I took Milo and flipped everything about him on its head, polished it, added new stuff and made it into an actual character and not just Milo but in an opposite au.

Still, CJ and Milo are obviously narrative foils. I tried to make that clear with A LOT of different details. In fact, there's so many of them that I'll have to eventually make a seperate post for it...

No idea when I'll do that since I keep adding parallels to the bunch... I'll probably make a character analysis thing or something one day-

Edit: I've renamed Mina's Aunt from Patricia to Poppy. Her intro post is currently in the works...

OC Lists Masterpost!

[This Masterpost includes several oc lists that contain relevant oc info that I need to put somewhere. I will update this post as time goes on. The info here is canon, but if I end up changing something I'll correct it accordingly.]

Ages

[From oldest to youngest.]

Piper - 46

Molly - 31

Sunny - 28

Milo - 12

CJ - 12

Charlie - 12

Mina - 12

Sexualities

Piper - greyromantic, apothisexual and queer

[Note: Piper doesn't know that she's any of these things. More on that later.]

Molly - panromantic, demiromantic and asexual

Sunny - queer and asexual

Milo - pansexual

CJ - bisexual

Charlie - lesbian

Mina - aromantic asexual

Pronouns

Piper - she/her

Molly - she/her

Sunny - she/her

Milo - he/him

CJ - he/him

Charlie - Mostly she/her but she's fine with any other pronouns as well.

Mina - she/her

Relatives

Piper: ??? ??? ???

Molly: ??? ??? ???

Sunny: ??? ??? ??? ???

Milo:

Maggie (sister)

Orion (father)

??? ??? ???

CJ:

Charlotte (sister)

Charlene (grandmother)

??? ???

Charlie: ??? ??? ??? ??? ???

Mina:

Pauline (mother)

Terrence/Terry (father) 

Poppy (aunt)

Jonny (cousin)

Jonny's mother (aunt)

Jonny's father (uncle)

[Note: Pauline and Poppy are sisters. Terry and Jonny's father are brothers.]

Catchphrases

Piper - "But that doesn't make any sense!"

Molly - "My, my... there are so many hours left before bedtime... I should take a nap to pass the time."

Sunny - "Well make sure to hold onto your socks and put your seatbelts on, because here's the plan!"

Milo - "What a surprise..."

CJ - "That's the spirit!"

Charlie - "Bingo!"

Mina - "I hate you."

Species

Piper - Human trapped in a digital body.

Molly - Puppet + moon being + ???

Sunny - Puppet + sun being.

Milo - Human.

CJ - Human.

Charlie - Human.

Mina - Human.

Neurodivergent or neurotypical?

Piper - autism

Molly - autism and innatentive ADHD

Sunny - hyperactive ADHD

Milo - neurotypical

CJ - autism

Charlie - hyperactive ADHD

Mina - neurotypical

CJ: I have a problem. I accidentally found out about the surprise party the others planned for me. Should I pretend not to know?

Milo: No. Surprise them back, don't show up.

Based on this post.

This post is LONG overdue because I couldn't for the life of me decide what to draw with them but better late than never!

Under the cut is an attempted explanation of whatever the hell these two have going on-

Milo hates CJ's guts and everything else about him, and he's not doing much to hide it. CJ is in denial about it, in a "No, come on. Hate is a strong word. He's probably just always moody and like that in general." kinda way, and is actively trying to figure out why and if he even hates him, since he doesn't understand why Milo would feel that way towards him to begin with.

He's very confused and even nervous around Milo due to his passive aggressive attitude and weird comments that are often incomprehensible to CJ. Sometimes Milo's humor is so dark that it throws CJ off, and/or makes his anxiety go through the roof. CJ never knows whether he should take whatever concerning sentences Milo is spouting seriously, or if it's just him with his dark humor and sarcasm.

Milo always purposefully inserts himself and his comments into any of CJ's ideas, trying to trick and sabotage him at every move, to manipulate the situation to benefit him in a way only Milo himself can realistically understand. They debate over the most random of things, and it's never really clear who's the winner in the end.

What he's trying to achieve with all of this is unknown.

Milo only acts this way towards CJ,

and to no one else.

CJ, in general, just feels...

...let's say, unsure, about Milo.

His opinions and feelings surrounding him change very often and are wrapped in seemingly endless confusion.

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It looks even better in color!! This is so lovely, the way you render your art is very pretty!! ✨✨✨

Thank you so so so so so so so much!!! This is really the highlight of my week!! :DD

I'm still amazed that you actually added all of the details, the stitches on the bear, all of the stars, all of the buttons... I know how tedious it can be to add all of them but I can really tell you took a good look at the reference image!! :'> 💙

And as someone who spends ages on every detail of these oc designs it really means a lot!! 🥺

Thank you for the compliments as well!! ❤️❤️❤️

I just look like this behind the screen rn I don't even know how to write it down properly:

8 HOURS??

Damn that makes it even more impressive, the time definitely paid off!! I'm glad you had fun at least!! You're the sweetest too!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

🌒Goodnight Molly ! 🌘

Drawing Welcome Home OCs: Molly Moon

As a fellow sleepy person, I love this OC! She's adorable, her design is unique so I had fun with this one! And she looks very comfortable!

Time took: 8 hours

‼️Molly Moon belongs to the sweetest: @glitch-pep ‼️