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thought I'd do this with two of my characters that I have had for quite a long time.

I drew Ray probably a year or two before I made my account on here, so it's around 5-6 years. She was a spawn of my love for cartoons and music, especially Gorillaz and horror related stuff. Design-wise, I took a lot from 2D from Gorillaz, and mashed it together with Spy vs Spy. She used to look pretty different and has went through a lot of phases, but here's some of the earliest I could find. www.deviantart.com/z-l-m/art/I… excuse the embarrassing use of internet speak.)

Around this time I was very confused with how I was feeling and came to the conclusion that I was lesbian. Today I know that I'm very much the opposite lol. For a long time I was also a very tomboyish girl and refused typical feminine stuff like dresses and pink. I considered Ray to be a representation of myself for a long time before she became a separate character, and so I still chose Ray to dress more masculine/androgynous both because I think it fit her more, but also because of my own personal experiences.
Later down the line, I have found a lot of inspiration from fashion and disco/funk music, and am currently just expanding on her wardrobe and gender expression.

Angus is when I got into my "im a girl but i listen to rock!!!1!1! 🤘🤘" phase. I think it also had a lot to do with my resentment towards girly stuff that I started listening to rock and metal, so I guess Angus was the most manly thing I could think of at the time. I started to like westerns and cowboys later on, so it all tied everything together with the biker aesthetic. The thought of being alone on the road has resonated with me a lot for the past months, and with that I found a lot of relatability with Angus's travels and wish to be alone. It is only recently that with new discovered music and media that I have tied it to Angus, and so made him one of my favourite characters. For a lot of years I barely drew him, but today is like such a comfort thing of mine. He looks pretty much the same since I first posted him. www.deviantart.com/z-l-m/art/A…

It's a little difficult to think back into my 13 year old brain, so I tried my best to describe my long process with these very personal oc's ^^

Description
thought I'd do this with two of my characters that I have had for quite a long time.

I drew Ray probably a year or two before I made my account on here, so it's around 5-6 years. She was a spawn of my love for cartoons and music, especially Gorillaz and horror related stuff. Design-wise, I took a lot from 2D from Gorillaz, and mashed it together with Spy vs Spy. She used to look pretty different and has went through a lot of phases, but here's some of the earliest I could find. www.deviantart.com/z-l-m/art/I… excuse the embarrassing use of internet speak.)

Around this time I was very confused with how I was feeling and came to the conclusion that I was lesbian. Today I know that I'm very much the opposite lol. For a long time I was also a very tomboyish girl and refused typical feminine stuff like dresses and pink. I considered Ray to be a representation of myself for a long time before she became a separate character, and so I still chose Ray to dress more masculine/androgynous both because I think it fit her more, but also because of my own personal experiences.
Later down the line, I have found a lot of inspiration from fashion and disco/funk music, and am currently just expanding on her wardrobe and gender expression.

Angus is when I got into my "im a girl but i listen to rock!!!1!1! 🤘🤘" phase. I think it also had a lot to do with my resentment towards girly stuff that I started listening to rock and metal, so I guess Angus was the most manly thing I could think of at the time. I started to like westerns and cowboys later on, so it all tied everything together with the biker aesthetic. The thought of being alone on the road has resonated with me a lot for the past months, and with that I found a lot of relatability with Angus's travels and wish to be alone. It is only recently that with new discovered music and media that I have tied it to Angus, and so made him one of my favourite characters. For a lot of years I barely drew him, but today is like such a comfort thing of mine. He looks pretty much the same since I first posted him. www.deviantart.com/z-l-m/art/A…

It's a little difficult to think back into my 13 year old brain, so I tried my best to describe my long process with these very personal oc's ^^