Sillies & More!

A really messy sketch of the girlies.

Fun fact. Lorelei doesn't know how to drive and has never gotten her license. I realize now as I'm typing this that I've never mentioned any ages for these sillies!! Well, they're all in their late twenties. (Viola is a born vampire. She's never been human. Don't ask me how the vampires age in this universe I don't know either but she's an ADULT she's not in her teens that's WEIRD.)

Just the girls hanging out 😝

This was the first time Amelie and Viola met! They immediately hit it off as they both have charismatic personalities but some people in their inner friend circle would argue it's partially Vi's vampirism somehow bewitching Ame. It's a big topic of discussion amongst their friends as Amelie is notoriously known for being impossible to "tie down". (For anyone reading this - No, Amelie genuinely loves Viola and it's not a vampiric ability playing tricks on her mind.)

Of course this isn't the only point of gossip for those who know what Viola is but it's the hottest topic, especially for Lorelei who's just as confused about the sudden blossoming relationship as time passes. It's a little odd when your DJ partner goes from having groupies to being committed to one girl she met in the same fashion.

For time reference, Viola and Amelie had been dating for almost a year before the vampire suddenly disappeared. Whenever anyone tries to ask Amelie what happened she'll look confused as if she doesn't know who they're talking about, followed by Lorelei stepping in and privately telling anyone who asks that it's a sensitive topic for Ame so she plays dumb in hopes of forgetting the girl that broke her heart and took her humanity. Most of their friends leave it be afterwards but there's someone out there on the case that doesn't buy it.

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I make his hair fluffier with every time I draw him..

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He is SO pretty like DAMN 😳💚 I'll be drawing the other straw hats soon 👀

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Now onto diff things I can do for ya! Backgrounds have their own price point!! This is not the price of the characters PLUS the background. I bring it up in another "slide" but I cannot do complex backgrounds but I'll still confirm with you what is possible for me!

Sketchies!

And now some neato examples that will def get their own separate posts because I'm very proud of them 😁

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Sometimes I like doing pieces like this where you're having a "man in the mirror" moment and reflecting or seeing a different side of yourself.

Amelie facing herself here though is like she's regretting losing her humanity but needing the power.

I don't wanna get into the details of how exactly she was turned just yet but I'm gonna use this space to talk a little about how the vampirism works in my head lol (I know movies/books have their own interpretations of what vampires are and maybe there's some universally agreed upon rules but whatever those are idk and I don't care I'm just deciding on what's what to benefit the sort of storytelling I'm trying to do with my silly OCs. I'm not a writer so if some things sound wack I'm sorry 😔)

This gonna be a LONG ONE so buckle up.

(What is a Vampire in the Lee n Lie universe?)

Pretty much the same as you're thinking in other stories. Supernatural creatures with bloodthirsty instincts and generally the same methods of defeating them apply here. (Minus SOME religious ways portrayed in some media to deter them like holy water, crosses, etc. Or something silly like garlic. Stakes and sunlight are still effective, however.) Their origin is unchanged here as well. They're either pre-existing or humans that were turned.

(How is somebody turned in the Lee n Lie universe?)

Here it won't be with a bite. It looks silly to me when some things portray people being transformed that way when typically vampires have to bite to feed?? So it's like.. if they don't finish their meal does their meal just become one of them? Weird.

Instead, the method I decided on is very particular so it needs to be done with intent to happen. Someone has to drink the blood of the vampire to become one and it has to be gradual over the course of a week for the full effects to kick in. So it couldn't happen by accident unless somehow a person steals a good portion of the vampire's blood and saves it for that duration.

But usually, it's the vampire's choice who they select and it's a very intimate process so it would be done with purpose and not by chance.

(What is the process of becoming a vampire?)

If done normally as it is meant to be completed for a whole week, the general process isn't painful. Of course everyone is different and their body could experience mild to moderate discomfort because their body might initially try to reject the process. This doesn't stop it from happening however, the rejection just makes it more excruciating the more the body tries to fight it off as if it wasn't taking well to a blood transfusion.

If someone were to stop in the middle of the process they wouldn't become a vampire as they haven't injested enough blood. So there's always time to back out (if the vampire is reasonable.)

On the opposite end, the process could be sped up drastically. It's not that it takes a whole week for someone to be turned into a vampire. It's just recommended that it be spread out through a week as the change can be shocking to a human's body and going through the transformation rapidly could potentially k!ll them!

(So then, how did Amelie turn?)

Uh oh!!

I already mentioned this in a different post but vampy Amelie is.. very violent. So much so, that it's out of her control at times as she's not used to the change in her/doesn't have anyone to help her figure out the whole vampire thing.

She has Lorelei but that's not exactly helpful.

Anything can make her aggressive. Sounds, smells, memories.. etc.

The whole process of becoming a vampire is very shocking especially if done at a rapid rate!

Vampire Amelie again! She's just the silliest. I always draw her with a big crazy smile but that'll end when she remembers.

Anyway,

Since her transformation she's been unable to figure out a way to balance her meal times and she's still not used to her newfound strength. It's very easy to set her off. So you can imagine there's going to be a lot of accidents. She's at least figured out how to cover her tracks well enough aside from getting the stains off of her. But she convinces everyone it's all fake and part of her aesthetic.

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And we're circling back to the girlie that helped my Tiktok pop off lol

This is Amelie! Well, vampire Amelie. I actually designed her first and then her human self afterwards. This is why all the art after this is very cartoony. I haven't drawn vampire Ame in my current art so I honestly have no idea how she'd look now but I'd like to think she loses some muscle mass and has a leaner look because her cells had to adapt to the change when she turned. (She turns sometime after Viola disappears.)

Her first ever "concept art" was a really bad sketch I made on my phone that I'll reblog with this post.

And now for an infodump,

Amelie keeps up the DJing even after becoming a vampire but this time as a solo act. Although it can hardly be called a solo act because her manager behind the scenes is Lorelei but nobody knows this. And if they did know, it'd be strange considering Lee n Lie had a very public falling out causing the two to end their set early.

Very strange.

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A better reference of Viola from the first time I drew her which was just chibi art, but it's not exactly how I wanted her to look. (This is another phone drawing as opposed to how I draw now on the computer.)

At the very least the color schemes are accurate,,

But enough about reference corrections. I'm gonna use this space to mention some random facts about Vi.

She comes from a decently high ranking vampire family name so she's kind of a "big deal" when it comes to supernatural affairs. In the realm of humans, she's equivalent to an Instagram influencer. (So sorta known but not a name known by all.)

All around, Vi is a pretty popular person to those who are in the know. She'll sometimes get recognized when she goes to one of Amelie's gigs both to humans and other beings.

The real challenge is when it's the other beings as they're not always the friendliest. Vi has all the vampire strength and whatnot but she's not exactly a fighter so she's not well versed in combat. So as a precaution her family assigned her (as cheesy as this sounds, I know. But like there are vampires n stuff in my oc world so why would this not exist too y'know?) a werewolf bodyguard.

All the old art of these silly ocs are really bad reflections of what they are now but they're the first references of them so the art persists. How I used to draw things on my phone is a mystery to me 💀

But anyway, here's the first ref of Lorelei ever. She's the only one whose body type is consistent from the start lol I always intended for her to be a string bean.

Amelie and her vampire gf Viola, being cutie patooties.

Ame is insistent that she's as strong as a vampire so Vi likes to pretend she's a dainty fairy to indulge her. But the truth of the matter is, one of them can lift the other with one hand and one couldn't even get the other to budge even if she used all her body weight!

Makes you wonder how vampires are beaten.

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This one has been receiving a lot of attention on my IG and TikTok! So I feel I should say something here because there's a lot more room to talk. First, I'm so glad @partycoffin is getting the love and recognition they deserve from their project! It's not even fully realized but I'm already so excited to see where Welcome Home goes as we patiently wait.

With that being said!! Let's all remember some things, Clown is only one person and he's trying his best. All we can do rn in support is boost their work and make silly fanart. But that fanart should not be meant to hurt the creator either. It's not a difficult thing to respect an artist's wishes and it'd be very sad if his passion for his project became disdain instead. His rules and boundaries are spelled out very clearly on his tumblr, that information is very accessible.

We should be celebrating that Welcome Home has been made public to us! It should be fun! If Clown decides to continue on in private I wouldn't blame them and only hope that they're taking care of themselves.

If you love Welcome Home please show it in the way the creator would like you to! That is all 💜

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