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California. Just California ^^
Y'know, life's been a giant buzzkill lately, especially 2024 so far, and hopefully that changes soon. To kind of make things a little better, why don't I talk a little about my favorite Scrambled States character, California? Some nice addition to TSSOA content (california-wise, that is. mwahaha)
^ my lovely art of the boio
Okay so, there isn't a particularly solid reason why he happened to be my favorite? When I look at him I associate him more as the character himself and not the state, though it could have just been that I generally love driving to Cali
What some of my headcanons are
So obviously he's still kind of the rich and famous actor, I've been drawing him where he's got Da Drip and those fresh shades Personality wise, he feels his best when socializing or some other situation where he can engage his senses; that is he's very extroverted and flashy. He has a fun, action-loving side but also has a serious and somewhat tempered side. He can be quite impatient with others.
Cal's also got a sweet soft spot for the ocean, his favorite past times would be surfing and hanging out on the beach, but he also Loves marine life, ESPECIALLY seals and sea otters. He'd cry to whale songs /gen
Also his lactose intolerance can really mess him up, so he tries to avoid going through that as much as he can. Some other things are that he loves bears too, and he still ain't a good singer lol.
It's actually fun to draw him like this lol
My headcanons on relations with other states
Wisconsin and him, first of all, not exactly the best fit, but they don't hate each other. I like to imagine she tries to help him get better at singing.
Nevada is like a wingman to him, sometimes they act like brothers even. Will always go to a party with him.
He enjoys going on tour with his neighbor, Oregon
Him and Arizona also have a good friendship but it's one of those where they sometimes don't Get each other. Not in a bad way, they have largely different opinions on each others' interests but they respect it. Either will lightheartedly go "I don't understand how you can like this..." sometimes.
Florida and Hawaii are some great pals of his. He gets to ramble about the ocean and surf with them.
Marty. (Marty's his favorite phone agent)
This singular screenshot of California
my mindspace has a framed photo of him on the left wall next to the portrait of the Psyche spacecraft and my mars 2020 poster. Kepler's Third Law of Planetary Motion.
Silly sketches #002
flroiodia
sum SSOA ocs
neither have an official name but here's a teensy bit about each
Montana - She/fae (thanks to a nice friend for suggesting the fae neopronouns because it was fitting :] )
She loves being out in the wilderness and she has a gentle personality
Nevada - She/her
People person and also very flashy. Quite sly but not maliciously however. If you took the last slice of cake she would follow you and trick you into giving it to her (never give her the cake, its the number 1 rule of the house. never give her the cake - Arizonac)
the beloved goobers of my interests
Rosetta
Kepler
NGC 1499
Scorpius
Florida
California
Pennsylvania
Psyche
c a t
short californium loop
the timing is a little different than i did with arizonac, so as much as i want to sync them up it might take me a little editing lol
short arizonac loop
i cant state how unreasonably long this took lol. its almost 5 AM and i started at 12 AM ish. its not like i have the time and energy for animation memes so why not make loops as if i was doing one :P
first of all i tried doing this in Synfig but the interpolation wasn't looking how I wanted, so I switched to OpenToonz (something im more familiar as ive had it since late 2019)
However the interface sort of breaks on my newer tablet so i couldnt do much in the animation; hoping to find a way to fix it so if you have a suggestion pleas let me know ^-^
Arizonac doodle
Once every blue moon, Arizonac does the impossible and actually goes out and gets social interaction
he's also trilingual, yes. English, Spanish, and Navajo which he usually keeps between him and his brother.
Silly sketches #001
probably the last thing ill do in blender for this year, nothin' too big :P
It definitely was a good year in terms of development,and although i certainly did not make a bunch, i spent a lot of time leveling up my skills and i am ready to see what awaits me next year !
Funny silly SSOA stuff
December 19th, 2023 - started writing at 3:19 AM
So when we were coming home I bought some arts and crafts on the way...and a little bit of context I've been into The Scrambled States of America as a new interest
I'm not stopping all of my astronomy-related stuff ! Usually when I find a new interest, it's a really intense hyperfocus so I may not be as focus on spacecraft n stuff as I usually would be. The same thing happened with constellations it's just states so it feels super different hehe
Anyways, when I got home and later that day I started getting to work and making use of those supplies i bought, and the result:
Meet California !!! Spent over 7 hours working on him non-stop with the power of my dark magic /lh
*He doesn't wear glasses but does wear sunglasses sometimes, I just didn't find any so I used my own LOL
him with the gang:
This is California, Rhode Island, and Arizona !!! I have to prop them up with cut foam pieces because they're so blubby shaped LOL. Arizona was the first I made, then after her I used some extra foam to make Rhode Island (he's freakishly strong for his size !!!)
a very snazzy state, I will say
he wore a lil top hat in the talent show book hehe
Some oc stuff bc why not lol
been making SSOA OCs in my freetime hehe...they're usually based on astronomy but i like including science/wildlife that the state may be recognized for
I've only properly named two so far, Californium and Arizonac, but I'll talk a little more about Arizonac since he was the first I made
As much as the Pomni I've made him out to be he's not like that 24/7, but he's very secluded and prefers to be alone (or with a few close friends)
He's a very skillful and dedicated astronomer, and that's because I've read a lot of notable astronomy-related things about Arizona (ex. its various dark sites, lots of telescopes, Flagstaff's Lowell observatory) and being an Arizonan im proud of that hehe
So with that, he's actually nocturnal and so he's very sensitive to light and sound (and touch). That's also a reason why he prefers to be alone other than his introverted personality because daytime noises and light are discomforting. The little red dots around his eyes help him kind of see in the dark (as with red light when you're stargazing, it helps preserve your dark adapted eyes)
Californium I haven't done much about him other than make him like this futuristic robot-type guy who's just in love with space exploration (because of the JPL, Caltech, Silicon Valley, DSN at Goldstone, the Vandenburg launches, all that jazz) but also other science topics and wildlife because I heard California's quite diverse in that.
December 19th, 2023 - finished writing/posted at 5:55 AM
the hands were the most painful 20 minutes of my life and an extra probably another 20 minutes just fixing them :sob:
the bones decided they wanted to affect literally every single part of the hand EXCEPT the one thing they needed to affect
