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Some insight into the designs and fashion of the 20s would be so cool, especially since it's kinda hard these days to sift through just costume listing :'0

Yeah, sadly, the usefulness of a Google search is greatly diminished these days. You can still find articles written by actual human beings and genuine historical garments, but you have to wade through a lot of junky costumes and AI bullshit to get there. I can't possibly fully explain 1920s fashion here, though. It's a broad enough topic to write a sizable book about...which is why people have written many books about it. Check out some books. There are things you can get pretty cheap from resellers, everything from academic screeds about the politics behind the fashion trends of the time, to clothing catalogue compilations from the 20s, to giant coffee table books full of glorious photos.

Here's a PDF version of one of those clothing catalog collections. There's an entire preface about 1920s fashion in general too.

There are some pretty well made blogs about the topic out there as well. Vintage Dancer is one of them. The front of the site is unfortunately kind of cluttered with ads for costume apparel and modern clothing inspired by the 20s, but scroll past that to the historical bits and you'll find pertinent things.

There are some great fashion YouTubers too, like Karolina Zebrowska. Although she's not focused heavily on 1920s fashion, she talks a lot about early 20th century fashion in general. She also talks a lot about the historical context of those fashions.

Also, try online museum displays. The Met Museum has a searchable collection, for instance. Look up 1920s fashion, 1920s dresses, 1920s suits, etc.

Cameras were popular and accessible in the 1920s. Look at pictures of what people actually wore. You can find these images in free government photo archives, or licensing libraries like Getty Images (you don't have to license anything to look at it). And there's always Shorpy. Poor old, underappreciated Shorpy. Their archive is searchable.

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Did some practise doodles of @ahhhh-118's wonderfull oc Marianne. These were very quick and rough i really just wanted to draw her, hope i did her justice anyhow😊

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What makes Marianne nostalgic?

YIPPPEEEE A QUESTION!

Thank you for the ask!! 🥹 I love answering stuff about Maríanne!! ❤️

It’s the sounds of train whistles, violins, and the bustling traffic.

Seeing cactuses, sunflowers, snakes, large open fields of swamp, and boats.

The taste of apples and stale bread

They remind her of her life on the road, when she lived back in New York, and her childhood!

…Well they only remind her of the good parts, at least.

I love your art style!! It reminds me of pages from illustrated books 🤩

🌊 Marlowe at the Beach 🌊 Wooooo I’m finally done drawing my Lackadaisy oc, Marlowe!! I’m super proud of this! <3

I would like to know the most obscure and random Maríanne fun fact you can tell us, please!

Ooo, I shall give two! However, I’m not sure how obscure these facts are 🤷‍♀️

First fact:

I created Maríanne’s character while reading ‘Under the Devil’s Moon’ from @libras-interactives :> Her original name was Mariànne Paola, she played the trumpet, and was born in Cancun!

Second fact:

When developing her further, I wanted her attributes to be similar to a rattlesnake. Shows her connections back to her brother and his gang. Especially when it finds its way back to her.

I think these two images compared to one another prove my point:

Adding further on to this connection she carries around a rattlesnake tooth, which was given to her by her brother. Her brother attained it after a rattlesnake attacked a bully that was beating him up. Both Marí and her brother see it as a symbol of luck and protection.

Although the glasses was more of a fun idea to insert something of myself onto my character, it added more to these parallels since snakes are known to have poor eyesight lmao 😭

Despite her shitty eyesight, Maríanne is always wary of her surroundings when she feels threatened or tense, or any feeling of discomfort. She’ll literally sit in awkward position where you see half of her body and face.

Her logic: How can someone ambush you when you already have them in your sights? 😎

…😭 Okay Marí

Maríanne also has a “minor pet peeve” with birds (it’s not a phobia, she swears 😀)

I went on a bit of a tangent but thanks for the ask Calamity!! I always appreciate when people ask about Maríanne ❤️🥹

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Do you have any Amber backstory or lore you'd like to share? np if not. im just really curious about her :3

Hellooo!! I do have a backstory for her in mind, but I was so lazy (again) to write anything on a paper and just basically revise everything mentally. Her backstory isn't final btw but I can share some bits with you.

Since Amber was adopted, of course she has biological parents lmao but that was the other topic for her lore.

Amber was originally named Mayumi Sanchez and was born on September 21, 1902 in Sonora, Mexico. She and her parents left the country and decided to live in Oklahoma for a new life.

(I searched the Mexican History just so her lore will makes sense, but I also make sure to not get too political here huhu. I may not be a Mexican, but their history feeds my curiosity so BAHAHAHAH)

As they landed on Oklahoma, everything went well. They got a house to shelter on, and enough money for their necessities. That is until Amber have to stop studying at school due to financial problems. Her father had to find a better job with a decent salary, yet it was difficult for him to find one. On the other hand, her mother stayed on their house to look after her. Her mother was actually a teacher back in the Philippines so she teaches Amber more things (useful or practical ones!).

A tragedy fell on the Sanchez family when a fire spread inside their house. Not sure how it happened or where it started, but Amber managed to survive. Unfortunately, her parents didn't make it (rest their souls), and Amber ended up being an orphan after that. Amber had a blurry memory of that tradegy until she remembers it again in the main plot (which is another different story).

Amber stayed at one of the orphanages in Oklahoma in around a few months before she was adopted. In her experiences in those months, she didn't have a good time, but that doesn't mean she had a bad time either. She hated the food there, as she can describe them as "stale with a hint of metal", and she missed her mother's dishes. She made some friends but there are some bullies too. There is this one girl who grabbed the scissors and just cut Amber's hair just because she is "weird". Don't worry, she fought back.

I’ve been giggling at this for 5 minutes 😭😭

The absolute chaos these two involve themselves in is just outright beautiful LMAO

The piggy back ride, the serenading, and just Calamity and Tracy dancing 😭😭 (I’m still giggling while writing this)

I also love Maríanne just doing the splits on the Mississippi bridge like girl, no, you’re gonna fall 😭

The question remains…WHEN DID SHE LOSE HER PANTS? LMAO 😭😭

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✨DRUNKEN BIRTHDAY PARTY✨

A few sketches for @ahhhh-118 after Maríanne's invitation to drink some bunny hugs to celebrate Maura's birthday. x))

Featuring:

Rocky Rickaby and gorgeous Tracy J. Butler herself by @lackadaisycats

Maríanne Villanueva by @ahhhh-118

Unknown Creature by @aghostnamedcalamity

and Maura Venza by me 😁

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@ahhhh-118 was very gracious and let me copy her idea for halloween. @rudnitskaia also helped me with the last line of the poem, thank you so much!

I based Åse’s appearance of of Nøkken from Scandinavian folklore. I compare Åse lot with folk myths and creatures, most specifically with changelings. But Nøkken is also a good comparison. With it being associated with water and shape shifting.

I also like the symbolism of Åse kind of embracing the dark and the water. He isn't a naturally mean or bad person I think but he has been treated like an outsider most of his life, which was very dehumanizing for him. After he ran away from home and lost all the people in his life that actually treated him with love and respect he just gave up and accepted his own inhumanity. Being in the water kind of symbolizes him reclaiming the darkness and surrounding herself with it.

The composition itself is based on this Theodor Kittelsen illustration. This was especially fun for me because I was personally horrified of Nøkken when i was little. It didn't help that I grew up near a lake. The Kittelsen painting being a big reason why it freaked me out so much.