Emo but make it 1500s

I really wanted to draw grown up Marino (Maffeo's little brother) and Cristina (Emilio's little sister). Also accidentally shipped them oops

Marino is pretty much bed bound due to having a fragile health, but he sometimes gets dragged to social event (because you gotta show off your sons if you want them to find a wife). Cristina has narcolepsy and it makes also attending these events a bit of a gamble.

Also Marina no jokes writes sad poetry and sends it to Cristina.

And then you passed out, and she hit her head ? / Mh / I'm sure she's not mad- / But her father is.

He can barely stand ! / And yet you like him. / It will never happen. / That's what I thought too when I was your age.

And that's pretty much how they met, I guess they literally fell in love (☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞

Venya and the prince's never ending PDA

I actually forgot to scan the first page in this post (because apparently I'm a moron)

Modern AU Semyon is given too much power to be torture Artsiom. Also I'm going full 90s slav kids aesthetic with this AU you cannot stop me.

 Long time not seen the changeling prince, I wanted to do a little 'oh so that's how the prince ended up knocked out in the forest'. Weirdly enough, without the changeling prince, he wouldn't have met the monks, so. Maybe don't try to kill him next time baby.

Now moving onto the prince and Venya's PDA:

Despite not feeling 'feelings', the prince can definitely feel touch, so once he got to learn what touch is you can bet your ass he relished in the feeling. That's good for Venya who gets to cuddle his crush lol

 Artsiom, or the only sane person who remembers that the prince tried to kill Venya like, two weeks ago.

I just really like the 70s alright

This is a mismatched post with some 70s AU for the far west trio that I did back in january (at first I thought I would put it with some more art I did of them, but then I haven't drawn them since, sooo it's time to post those)

In this AU, Georgie is a mechanic instead of a rancher, Amabel is still a shady backdoor doctor's nurse (while juggling being a mom for the kiddo) and Joaquin is a (bad) undercover cop who ends up falling head over heels for Amabel.

My favorite part from this AU is Amabel's Farrah Fawcette hair stbh, it looks so good on her, I wish I could give her original self this haircut.

Also speaking of 70s, I finally drew the rest of Gracília and Carina's witch coven !

From left to right, there's Madalena, Lurdes, Beatriz, Gracília and Josefa. And the lady with the floral shawl is Amália, which is the one who put the coven together.

You're (not) my dad, boogie woogie woogie

Some snippets of Semyon's childhood, right before the monastery, because I really wanted to draw baby Semyon, Dmytro (ponytail dad) and Semyon's actual dad (dude who's not having a good day)

I haven't talked about this in length before, but Semyon, contrary to the other boys in the monastery, comes from the 'north', which in their universe is separated from the 'kingdom' by the sea. Northerners worship the sea (compared to the people from the kingdom who's main Goddess is the tree goddess) and are a nation of warriors who the kingdom sees as barbarians. Without too much surprise, with only the sea to separate them, and the kingdom disliking the northerners coming too close, the two enters a war. Semyon's dad was the leader of the northerners, and Dmytro saved Semyon from being discovered as being the son of the enemy by taking him away to the monastery.

Anyway, then it's mostly hijinks of them travelling to the monastery while not speaking the same tongue (Semyon barely spoke the kingdom's tongue, but at least more than Dmytro speaks the northern language).

Once at the monastery it doesn't go 100% smoothly, and we all know Semyon remains a gremlin forever.

I will also need to draw the 'before the monastery' of the other boys, so look forward to this… At some point.

Unrelated, but have an AU where Semyon is a selkie and Artsiom is a knight, for aesthetic™

Kiss the cow

I started thinking about how weird it would be to kiss Mythos!Marsilio, so I had to draw it, and it made me want to draw more of the monster gays because it encapsulate all I love in life

But also I had to draw some drama. Because it's the third thing I love the most in life.

 Also a cursed reverse mythos AU where Emilio is a minotaur and Marsilio is a gorgon, The cursed part is that I was not going to give Marsilio a snake beard, as badass as it sounds, but clean shaved Marsilio looks weird. 

(fluffy bull Emilio is sweet tho)

And some merms because I always like drawing them as mermaids. My gay water mammals fools

No homo, just bees

 Venya has such a big crush on the prince, it's almost embarrassing. You go monk boy, live your dreams

 You can't have a monastery without a brewery. Semyon always manages to trick Artsiom into having a drink with him when he catches him drinking the mead, which always ends up turning into many drinks. Artsiom will regret this in the morning, but he'll still get tricked by Semyon the next time.

Even if they're the oldest they're still very much dumb teens.

 Exhibit A of Artsiom being a mom. Semyon likes to wrestle bears for fun, Artsiom hates it.

 Exhibit B of Artsiom being a mom, and a good friend. Gotta make sure your friend eats, even if the cramps are killing them.

Did you know that in the middles ages, when people had period, they would often sit over a fire on a plank with a hole to alleviate the pain with the warmth ? Hopefully Semyon can get his hand on some kind of hot water bottle, it seems easier than that.

 I'm pretty much just illustrating every single artisan good the boys produce in the monastery at this point (too much Stardew Valley will do that to you). They get to treat themselves with honey because life is hard enough as is.

 Also, the boys don't have cows or goats (they get their protein from eggs), but there's a farm not to far away and the lady there sends her daughters to check on the boys and bring them some milk, in exchange of a special favor (I will go into more details later).

And a little fun I had with peeps on instagram. I asked for outfit suggestions for the boys, and that's what we ended with !

It's angst o' clock

I realized I had not drawn a lot of Aimé content, so this page was dedicated to my boyyy

 I don't ever want to hear from you again. You disgust me.

Sadly for Aimé, it does mean that I'm gonna draw angst, because that's what happen when I focus on character: I gotta draw their lowest moments.

S… Stop ! You- You disgust me- / Aimé- / Leave me the fuck alone ! / The only reason you think I'm disgusting is that you see yourself ine me ! Stop fighting against yourself, Aimé ! 

… Oh good lord, Aimé. To hell with it !

This is actually pretty big relationship development for these two, because they're finally having a serious conversation lol. After that Aimé actually starts having a little big more snark towards Benigno's incessant teasing, and it becomes less of a 'I can't stand this guy who won't stop bullying me' and more of some sort of friendship. 

The kids are alright (mostly)

 Finally drew some modern AU for the renaissance folks, an it got mighty self-indulgent extremely fast don't look at me.

 Honestly I think I had just had my appointment to the endocrinologist confirmed to be at the end of April when I started this page, and it got me impatient because it seemed so far away, so I just decided fuck it I'm gonna draw Maffeo living his best life. But I also realized it's weirdly good to draw about subjects that are so close to me, even though it's scary as hell because y'all know how the internet can get.

 All friends are friends with benefits if you're hedonistic enough.

Aaand I'm gonna use the fact that I was finally able to scan those to post these older doodles. I didn't want to just post them on their own, and it's a 70s AU so it fits just right with a modern AU post.

 The idea behind the AU is that Marsilio, Leonello and Lucia are roommates in a shitty apartment during the 70s. So pretty much a sitcom level plot which makes me giggle.

And some cute Polaroids of their life together. Ofc Marsilio took the first one, and Leo the second (right before Marsilio probably smacked the camera out of his hands)

Boys boys boys

Remember the AU where the original prince survived ? I wanted to expand on it, and I might have gone a little ham with it.

I'll let the drawings speak for themselves.

 (surely this is not what he was expecting while going to get some wood)

 That's how you make friends, right.

 So yeah, wanted to expand a little on this AU, ended up with a whole new squad of boys, because clearly I don't have enough OCs as is. 

Expect more, tally ho.

OC Q&A 5: frilly assholes edition (and some more)

It took a while, but here's the post for the 5th instagram OC Q&A, which focuses on the 18th century trio Eugénie, Aimé and Benigno (make it four with Godefroy)

I would have loved to answer more questions in drawings but !! So many where too interesting to merely do a quick doodle for !

1: It's exactly what I keep trying to tell him but he refuses to listen ! / It's true ! You're here to rest, Aimé !

2: Oh I am married… And I do love someone. / Someone complicated.

I simply do not have time for this and- and I'm still young, why rush ? Plus you can't ask those kind of things, this is private- / It's by fear, of course. / NO ONE ASKED YOU !

 I need to draw them in the modern AU more because they're CUTIES

1: Probably this courtesy visit that ended in an… Unexpected way. I was still young, so at the time it seemed 'wild' to me. Ha ! The innocence…

2: In general, I try to work during the day, but inspiration does not have a schedule… I often find the 'solution' at the doors of slumber.

 You're all speaking like I never kissed someone. / Oooooh please Aimé, tell us ! / Come oooooon / NO ! It's private !

We'll deep dive in more serious subjects in actual strips so stay tuned ;)))

I also have a few misc drawings of these clowns from the start of the year as a bonus, I was waiting to have a little more content with them to put it all in a post so enjoy !

 This is hands donw my best Godefroy until now. Look at this perfect boy !

 A morning Eugénie living the life, I tried to keep the food mostly historically accurate, but you know, I'm not food historian. Still, apparently french toast are a pretty old thing !

A young Benigno (around 15ish) when he was still mostly well-behaved, and a parody of the painting 'Cupid wounding Psyche' by François Boucher, because ain't that exactly what happened with these two

All my characters having daddy's issues it starting to say something about me

Had the itch to draw baby Benigno, so you're getting a glimpse of his backstory.

- How bad is it ? / - We don't know if he'll survive the night. / - P… Pa… Pa… ? Papa…  / - Then he's useless.

 Eugénie pretends she doesn't see Benigno have nightmares because she knows he'll close up like a clam if she brings it up.

And a small glam rock Benigno