#the shadow: joe disanti

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no flowers for the forgotten

#em draws stuff #oc time again hehe #shipwreck steel #the shadow: joe disanti #<- putting that new organizational system into use yayyyyyy #this is a cropped-down version of something I'd been struggling to resolve issues with for months #and then in the end I've given up trying to find away around it that looks nice #but I was too pleased with how parts of it turned out to leave it in the wip pile forever and ever #so here's. uh. some feet.

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tell me about ur ocs! if they had car radios in their boats/carriages/horses/assorted transportation what would their preset radio stations be....

well there's an approximate boatload of these people from my head (current estimate from my files says there's 34 of them...) so I shall answer this for the fellows that that I really have answers for!

Joe and Spike are both around for the age of recorded music, but they have quite different taste -- this is difficult given that Spike is the one who can actually interact with things that play music. (Joe's ectoplasmic form can exert force on objects, but he's not so good at the kind of precision needed for small buttons, he can't use touchscreens, and he's more likely to just drip slime on something or inadvertently melt it than actually use it correctly.)

so in the end it's usually Spike's choice of music between the two of them, which is lucky because it's their preferred music that actually gets played on the radio more often. shipwreck steel is a story about the Bay Area at the heart of it, and since it's set in the middle 2010s, KFOG is still on the air, since its regrettable downfall in 2019 hasn't yet come about.

most of the time these two spend together is in the RAD room, and that's what Spike will play when they've got a chance to do so -- cheerful alt-rock all the way down, or maybe the local college radio station for some variety! on their own, they prefer more blues and country-influenced rock, while Joe likes most anything you can dance to...

[also they have a playlist, though it's a story-vibes mix rather than entirely what they'd actually be listening to]

#answers from the cupola #em draws stuff #oc time again hehe #shipwreck steel #the shadow: joe disanti #the radiologist: spike padilla #continuing in the tradition of yesterday's jamesandkate post I am actually going to clarify pronouns... #they for spike and she/he for joe #other reason why I answered this one with these two is that they are the only set of my characters that have determined favorite bands! #(los lobos and the black keys for spike and frank sinatra and tony bennett for joe)

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dead sailors and how they work.

#em draws stuff #oc time again hehe #moth and compass #shipwreck steel #still not actually writing shipwreck steel just Thinking About It #thought I should clarify because they're both ghostly boat boys but they operate very differently #they are fun to draw in this chunky cartoon-saloon-esque style and I should really do it more often #joe in particular on account of the bell-bottoms and pointy shoes #really I should get around to inventing spike's casual look so I can have more fun drawing the two of them #the lieutenant: chadwick goodfellow #the shadow: joe disanti

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writing in the mirror steam

#em draws stuff #oc time again hehe #shipwreck steel #the radiologist: spike padilla #the shadow: joe disanti #'I'm not writing it! I'm not writing it! I'm not writing it!' I shout every time #and then I trip and stacks and stacks of drawings fall out of my pockets #originally I colored and lined this but I didn't like how it was looking so I just put on some loud soundtrack music and madly crosshatched #and now I think I'm quite satisfied with it!

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back for proper character designs for the guys from shipwreck steel

#em draws stuff #oc time again hehe #shipwreck steel #which I am still Very Loudly Not Writing by the way #these guys just live rent free in my head though I do not often let them out to play #spike is very fun to draw because they are simply so tired and so done all of the time #and joe is such a little nuisance and enjoys modern memes far too much for anyone's good #imagine a life haunted by a near-endless repetition of 'never gonna give you up' that only you can hear... #anyway yeah these guys are not getting a proper story any time soon but perhaps I will draw them more often since this was pleasant enough #hilarious that I finish this just as people start handing original shipwreck steel around again... the world makes little circles! #the radiologist: spike padilla #the shadow: joe disanti

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so I saw this post and last night my brain finally made its little microwave ding and produced an idea for some sort of story primarily involving a beleaguered x-ray tech and the drowned sailor haunting the radiology department

#em draws stuff #oc time again hehe #shipwreck steel #nautical #I guess? #I am Very Loudly Not Writing This but I very much did spend 3h on it because it wouldn't leave me alone #yes that hoodie is based on one that I saw Worryingly Often while getting my bones examined over most of my life #sailorboy is based on a cursory google of whichever pre-ww2 uniforms involve funky little bell-bottoms #(and post-popularization-of-metal-ships also of course!) #the shadow: joe disanti #the radiologist: spike padilla