Bitch The Boy Is Smitten

Circa 1944, Pianosa

old concepts for jackson/hyde and cleo

Smokes

I love this stupid movie

I love just poking and pinching at my boyfriend's face, idk y he's just so cute and touchable

how would them boyz react to that?

Abner: “i,,i like this uhm,” he’s so touch starved that just you touching his face makes him extremely happy, it definitely helps that his face is very soft and warm <3

Kurt: “what…what are you doing” he’s not annoyed just confused, he starts doing the same to you, it ends up just being a little thing you do as a form of affection to each other

Murdoc: “ah, tiny hands my only weakness” he finds it cute, actually, at first it annoyed him but he eventually got used to it, though he wouldn’t admit that he finds comfort in your touch after a long day

Lonny: he’s like a puppy dog, he just kinda looks up at you with his big eyes as you squish his face

Thomas: “what are you doing?? Why do you keep touching me? is this affection??” he won’t admit it to your face but he likes it, he feels honoured you’d want to give him any form of affection

Bob: starts crying because he’s overwhelmed with positive emotions

Piter: “don’t touch me” he’s like a cat, he hates you when you try to touch his face but then will aggressively demand affection after

Johnson: just let’s it happen, he doesn’t mind it nor does he actively enjoy it, he just thinks it’s sweet that you show your love in such a way

THANK YOU FOR DRAWING THIS! ITS SO GOOD

I had some head cannons for Abner I thought would be worth sharing

The dudes a glow stick, he always subtly glows. Even without the dots, his eyes and mouth glow brighter than his skin and the color varies.

As a kid he always wanted a bunk bed, so I imagine he would have a bunk bed once he lived on his own. Probably has like a single blanket on it that barely covers him

Abner gets sick pretty easily, cause I think the virus would weaken his immune system. He tries to tough it out but it puts him on his ass most the time. His friends have to almost beg him to take a rest

Probably Listens to mitski, jack stauber, and Radiohead

He’s a total lightweight, despite his stature he can’t hold alcohol at all. He’s not a loud drunk tho, he’s more the quiet type who just gets really emotional. Has probably had the drunk I love you speech more than once

His fashion sense is funky as hell (as shown by the movie) but to add to that, he probably wears some platform boots. As well as big brightly colored jackets

Abner is a terrible driver. He goes super quickly and takes very sharp corners, tho he seems to have some fun when he does drive like that

A Guide to Gorillaz Art Styles: Phase 1

Nobody asked for it, but I wanna discuss some observations I’ve had over Jamie’s art style changing as I’ve researched it thoroughly in order to apply the different styles to my own work. Most people are aware of how much the art changes between phases, but naturally it evolves a lot during the phases too. One thing I think would be really interesting is to find an order in which the images were released in order to create a more solid timeline.

Early Phase 1 (1999 - 2000)

Not counting concept art, this is some of the first pieces created for Gorillaz; a lot of it is visible in Bananaz, circa 1999, some even with the older name “Gorilla” instead of “Gorillaz”. A lot of the characters are a little off-model around here, their personalities and designs not fully-formed yet. Most notable tells:

Visible in Bananaz

2D’s hair is very purple here and his skin is a little darker than later on in the phase

Russ’ skin is a bit darker and redder compared to the later more washed-out skin tone

Russ and 2D’s eyes are noticeably smaller.

Murdoc and Noodle’s hair are, for the most part, solid black or with very minimal shine

Little to no colour highlights

Mid-Phase 1 (2001)

(Group art, circa late 2000/early 2001)

(19-2000 promo art, some time after June 2001)

This is pretty much the main Phase 1 style, released alongside the self-titled album. Although naturally there’s still some experimentation, things are more consistent here as the characters are closer to their familiar looks. The images I’ve shown are actually fairly different; as the art evolution is far more fluid than just these sub-phases and you can pick out some of the notable points to place the upper image as earlier than the lower one. You’ll see this style on most magazines released in late 2000 - 2001. Most notable tells:

Far more detailed clothing; more pockets and zips and logos, etc rather than just the simple shirts and jumpers of early on in the phase

Highlights! Most notably on the faces and coats, this adds an extra dimension to the art and gives it a much prettier look

Murdoc is slightly greener. This is something of a trend

2D’s hair is still a simple gradient, but it’s looking a little bluer than purple

Late Phase 1 (2002 - 2003)

(Tomorrow Comes Today single rerelease, 2002)

(Celebrity Harvest concept art, 2003)

Since most of the hype of Gorillaz’ debut album had passed, art from this era kind of slowed down to a near-halt. This makes a lot of the changes far more noticeable as there’s less of a steady evolution here. The Celebrity Harvest-era art is probably the very peak of this, a lot of the colourless pencil art pretty much resembling Phase 2. Most notable tells:

Even more detail! You’ll see more hair lines, wrinkes, stitches and stubble here, along with more detailed fingers

Noodle’s not wearing her helmet! This is a fairly significant design change as you can see her become slightly older

Cortez (or a similar bird) starts appearing around this point, albeit only in a couple of images

Murdoc is basically fully green here

A lot of hair shine, looking a lot more reflective

2D’s hair is clearly blue in a lot of the art from this era, although there’s still a slight gradient look to it

There’s a lot of solid black shadows, Jamie clearly going for a more comic-style look

franz kafka and writer/doctor ernst weiss at the baltic-sea in the summer of 1914.

War’s a bitch

this arts was drawn more than a year ago with special emotions, but now it’s very suitable for my ww2 au