Lavender Gooms

Accept no substitutes:

Its soundtrack is still on my regular rotation. When I played it I remember lingering longer than I needed to within Angkor Wat just to hear its music more.

When getting a story from Monica's perspective you tend to get very particular observations.

She knows what she likes, and isn't shy about telling a third party reading her account what she thinks about it- in very straightforward language. She's happy to share what's in her head.

#WIPSnips

In vague-ish order of when I played them. Rogue is mainly there for being the first video game I played. SNES section for being when I really got into games. After that it's just ones that had a big influence on me at the time.

Should also be pretty clear which systems I owned (and which I didn't.)

I've rarely taken the opportunity to write Lianne as she acts in her normal teaching role, and I'm quite enjoying it. I want to get across that it's not just because of her looks that she's everyone's favorite teacher.

#WIPSnips

Monica meets Raven outside school in the morning and inquires about what she just saw.

It's a tightrope balancing between making Monica's text chats both incomprehensible and comprehensible at the same time.

Coin flip if I succeed, but I also try to give enough context to get the gist.

#WIPSnips

I really like the interactions that come with the time being set when Monica is in high school. One of my favorites is being able to show Mrs. Marten's protective instincts for her students.

An authority figure that actually has her best interests in mind is a new experience for Monica.

#wipsnips

Character physical description time again, one of my favorite things to write.

Monica meets the new teacher for the first time and is temporarily overwhelmed by the sudden reminder of just how much of a lesbian she herself is.

#wipsnips

Writing in Monica's first person perspective is quite fun. She rather wears her heart on her sleeve, on occasions where she's wearing sleeves.

And in the unlikely event #wipsnips selects the f-bomb I'll be spoiled for choice.

A part of her internal monologue when seeing the new English teacher.

Monica thinks pretty highly of her friends/bandmates and never misses an opportunity to hype them up, even in her own head. This is Ash's introduction.

#wipsnips

Thanks very much again, you did a great job!

Half-body drawing of a paladin/barbarian female OC for the 13th Age 2E rpg.

Sketch commission for @lgooms.bsky.social!

The minor villain of the first few chapters is the school's vice principal.

Monica ditches the rest of the school day after an unpleasant interaction and blows off steam at her boxing gym. The owner's daughter helps ice her hands afterwards while commiserating.

#wipsnips

Having a superhero setting finally pays off in the most important way- not needing a synonym for a #wipsnips

Ash defaults to filling the space with idle conversation. Monica doesn't mind, and in fact usually appreciates the heavy lifting.

All Powers are cool. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Synonym- worth

Monica's got good friends.

Ash will use her popularity and knowledge of rules and systems to fight on her friends' behalf officially.

Raven will get up in someone's face to lay out for everyone in hearing range what isn't fair about the situation, damn the consequences.

#wipsnips

I do not want to watch shows about rich people unless it's about their downfall. I will not empathize with them. I care about their problems exactly as much as they care about mine, which is to say I do not care at all.

Looking back at old(er) stuff I've done and imo this is still the best thing I've ever drawn.

Perhaps because it also took the longest to make of anything I've drawn, but regardless.

A pissed-off Monica went to Mad's Pumphouse (her boxing gym) to blow off steam and pushed herself a bit too hard. What follows is an excerpt from the group chat between her, Raven, and Ash. Apologies to anyone with a screen reader for inflicting Monica's terrible typing skills upon them.

#wipsnips

I did not, no. I have a pretty specific tolerance for stories I read, in that once it loses me I give up and don't continue. This one just happened to reach that threshold in the first chapters, so I can't speak to its quality as a whole- just my personal experience with it.

Ooku was a bummer for me because it's a really interesting premise that then disappointed me by having a male protagonist.

Like, it seems that even in a matriarchal society the perspective that is important to focus on is that of the men. Same problem that I had with Y- The Last Man, essentially.

Phaedre and Mme. Jasmine. It's handy that Phaedre's uniform jacket is so large.

#oc #art

it's so fun when girls are gay

it looks better this way

Closeup of Monica and Lianne's faces during sex, as Monica gently bites Lianne's shoulder while on top of her.

Wanted to draw some Monica and Lianne, so I did.

#art #oc

Three panel comic featuring Monica speaking. Panel 1, closeup: "Yeah every so often I get asked if I always use a strap, and the answer is actually no." Panel 2, closeup: "It depends mostly on positioning, but also how long I'll be going for and how intimate I want things to be." Panel 3, zoomed out to show Monica is holding a guitar on her lap: "So I don't need one if we're in a small venue like this place. If I have an acoustic and I'm seated, I can just rest my guitar on my leg like this."

Recently I've been cursed by very dumb jokes that I want to represent in art form but that also require multiple panels to tell.

#art #oc

Three panel comic featuring Monica speaking. Panel 1, closeup: "Yeah every so often I get asked if I always use a strap, and the answer is actually no." Panel 2, closeup: "It depends mostly on positioning, but also how long I'll be going for and how intimate I want things to be." Panel 3, zoomed out to show Monica is holding a guitar on her lap: "So I don't need one if we're in a small venue like this place. If I have an acoustic and I'm seated, I can just rest my guitar on my leg like this."

Recently I've been cursed by very dumb jokes that I want to represent in art form but that also require multiple panels to tell.

#art #oc

Thank you for making it.

Abi in “Identity: A Trans Coming Out Story”

This video came out 5 years ago today 💖 I thought my life would be over the day this video dropped but it was just the beginning. Thank you all so much for walking with me on this journey 🥰

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