QueenBethari

Thanks so much for the suggestions, @Dacy and @Christopher Robin. Hope you guys like flashbacks. 😛 Move-In Day Annabel was giddy. Her roommate at Salamanca Academy was going to be her cousin, her long-lost cousin, one she never knew she had. On top of that, she was from Arkham, Massachusetts. Yes, that Arkham, Massachusetts. There were so many questions Annabel would ask her, like Does Miskatonic University accept women now? and Have you ever fed a shoggoth? Then she would ask the holy grail of all questions, the one she was dying to know the answer to: Have you ever met a real vampire? Annabel had a passion for everything paranormal, but she was obsessed with vampires. No, obsessed is too mild of a term. She wanted to be a vampire. She practiced her Transylvanian accent daily. She plastered her face in white makeup. She even cut garlic out of her diet! Last year, as a chairperson of her local FMA club, (that's Future Midnighters of America, for the uninitiated,) she even suggested late night stakeouts of the local cemetery as an enrichment activity. Unsurprisingly, her idea was quickly shot down. The aspiring vampire started unpacking with glee. Before long, she heard a knock on the door. She ran to answer it, thinking, I can't believe it! I finally get to meet her! "Hello, I'm Marilyn. It's so nice to finally meet you." "Oh," said Annabel. If you looked up "wholesome" in the dictionary, this girl's picture would be in it, she thought. Marilyn was blonde-haired and rosy-cheeked and smiling, for crying out loud. Ugh. This was going to be a long school year.

@RikOz Recipe for Disaster made me literally laugh out loud.

Thank you so much for reading! Honestly, I'm still trying to figure out why they would be friends. I'm thinking something along the lines of but I feel like there should be more to it, since that makes Annabel pretty unlikable. Do you have any suggestions?

Join me for the continuing saga of Marilyn and Annabel Li!

Hey - not bad!

Cicero from Skyrim Not entirely satisfied with this one...I think I'll have to rework some of the details.

That's also correct! However, schmoe (without the Joe) has a couple different meanings.

Yep! He's a brilliant, yet gullible mad scientist. So, he's a schmoe in many senses of the word!

Hello, @Christopher Robin. You're probably sick of seeing my little green Q all over the place by now. 😛 I played for a few months when CoH was live. I really enjoyed the costume creator. (How many MMO's let you be less that four feet tall or over eight feet tall without class restrictions?) I was so sad to discover a few years later that the game was gone. I'm so happy it's back - and it's far better than I remembered. I'm still pretty new to the game, but the character I've played the most so far is Dr. Joseph Schmoe. He's not the most visually interesting character I've made, but I think he has the most personality.

I made a few pictures this morning. I've been working on my shading - especially in the second one!

This is a little something I came up with. It probably doesn't make much sense yet, but I hope to write more about these two characters soon.

Just to clear things up, do you want submissions here or in the welcome thread?

@Dacy I finished it this afternoon. It was good! (I discovered that I had already downloaded a version from your previous thread, so I'm not sure it was the most recent edition.) It's great that you were not only able to write a good story, but that you were able to write seventy pages' worth - which didn't feel like that much at all. 😀 You've inspired me to try writing fan fiction, too.

I like reading the little installments here. I'm a bit overwhelmed at the number of pages, but I think I might have time to read the whole thing this weekend. I'll let you know how it goes!

"Sorry I can't help you, Ma'am, but I've got a parking ticket to write!" That is both disgusting and hilarious at the same time.

I don't know why, but that line reminded me of this: Thanks for sharing an excerpt with us! I can't wait to see where this thread goes! 🍿

That's really cool. I love the hair shading.

This is Madam Ammut. She's a Mastermind. She runs with two zombie pals: ZomBuddy™ and Sir Ardath. Sometimes they listen to her.

Now that song is stuck in my head -_- I love the concept and design!

That is gorgeous!

That's excellent - for some reason, the characters remind me of Harley Quinn! @Christopher Robin I tried shading her again - digitally, this time. The light source is supposed to be coming from the front and slightly to the left. Is it better? I don't know.

I would say that the light is coming from the front, maybe slightly above and to the side?

Now I've got that song stuck in my head, dangit! Thanks you guys so much for posting these old screenshots. They're really cool!

Oh, cool! I've never gotten the hang of shading, but you've given me a few places to start. 🙂 EDIT: Added the shaded version. I'm not sure if there's much of a difference, but I did try shading underneath her arm, below the jaw, and in a few other places. Below is the original. Thoughts?

I present to you the magnificent René Forrest! ReneForrest.costume I was originally going to go with "Raine Forrest", but then I discovered that Raine was a girl's name. 😬