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The Wizard of Emerald City

Thanks to @p0rc3lina for the idea)))

Over the last couple of months I've rediscovered the Wizard of Oz for myself, so I decided to do a little crossover with my friends' OC’s)))

Yeah, instead of a lion there's a raptor and instead of a scarecrow a stoned skeleton of a dude who got killed by the Wicked Witch

Maybe I'll finish the remaining designs of Glinda, Wicked Witch and the Wizard. Maybe.

P.s. The Woodsman character belongs to @saicio and I absolutely LOVE this boy! Thank’s for inspiration bro, you’re the best!

I don't suppose you have any more Tincrow art, or even just some doodles of the tin man or scarecrow. (I love how you draw them)

I do indeed :] they're all I draw I love their rekindled relationship thing sm 😭😭 Here's them walking Dorothy (little edition) down the yellow brick road + cuddles

Just want to say that love your designs for Dorothy and friends. Love the book-insprired Dorothy, haven't seen much of those around (usually they're based of the 1939 movie), the shapes of on the Lion's fur, the Tin Man having Movie!Boq curls, they are all great, lovely and detailed designs.

But I love your Scarecrow (Fiyercrow), he just looks so whimsy, I don't why, but he is my favorite out of designs of og Oz party, I guess he just seems so silly, and love the little details that you included.

Indeed, it's a thank you, Jonathan Bailey.

They're just happy to be here!

On a serious note: thank you so, so much for your kind words. I have always struggled with character design, so learning that people in fact enjoy seeing my creations and I'm not 'that one annoying user'? Huzzah! I'm really happy!

Also I appreciate that you read ALL that in the character line up post <3

We love 100 year old yaoi in this house

Here it is! Finished character line up with designing process breakdown :)

Cowardly Lion

There's little to no description of the Cowardly Lion in the books, so I always imagined him as rather ironically big with thick, dark mane (the darker the mane, the stronger the lion). He's mainly made of soft, delicate curves, which are incorporated into his whiskers and hair as well. I wanted to incorporate bits of 'you had it all along' in Dorothy's friends designs, so classic tail and mane ribbons were not enough. Such big and proud animal has to have at least a bit of courage to wear lace collar. Lions have darker spot on their heads, which I turned into something fitting for a magical land - star. Since lions can be identified by whisker spots, Cowardly Lion's are little hearts.

Dorothy and Toto

I have carefully noted all descriptions of Dorothy's clothing, which is as follows: sunbonnet, gingham dress with white and pale blue, silver shoes, basket with white cloth and apron. The dress should have pockets. Even though the classic illustrations suggest that her hair was blonde, I decided to go with dark brown. It just fits way better. I added lace to the apron and sunbonnet. All garments were inspired by vintage clothes from early 1900s. Toto is based on Scottish Terrier, since he's been described as small, black and hairy, especially around the nose.

From now on beware spoilers for Wicked part 2

Scarecrow

His eyes will kill you. No, but seriously, they're not dark like other characters, because they're painted. He's made mostly of triangular shapes. Straszek's description is the most detailed: painted blue Munchkin's hat (with little bells), head is a small sack, painted face, blue suit of clothes, old boots with blue tops (I have no idea what tops are, I hope I did well), painted ears and padded hands (that's why his hands are too big + he's the only character with four fingers). Now, I didn't stick to the entire description for various reasons (f.ex. painted ears looked weird and blue hat didn't cooperate with cape), but mainly, because I wanted to add something from myself. And here's where the Wicked part 2 spoilers begin. Fiyero is quite tall, so I have abandoned the idea of Munchkin sized Straszek. He's ragged and dirty, because he was beaten. Torns in suit are remnants of Fiyero's wounds with golden straw spilling out instead of blood. If you look closely straw on his left shoulder should look like epaulet. If it doesn't, then it's my fault. The one shoulder cape was made from what was left of his chieftain outfit and it covers a big rip in the suit (which is his 'brainy' feature). Golden ornament depicts wheat and crows. I wouldn't be myself if I hadn't put unnecessary objects on a big hat, so there you have it: wheat & Elphaba's poppy. And last, but not least: straw sticking out of his face forms light facial hair (everyone say 'thank you, Jonathan Bailey').

Oof. That was long.

Tin Woodman

Standing proudly next to his boyfriend, Tin Man was created from hard, square shapes, quite summetrical as opposed to Scarecrow's absolute chaos. He has his little iconic cap and I can't really say a lot about him. The bowtie is his remarkable feature that I could never take away. It was red for a moment (just like Lion's ribbons were royal blue), but all my friends said that he looked like Freddy Fazbear, so I had to take the red away. I'm sorry, Nick. Let your husband housemate be colorful. Anyway! I might have accidentally incorporated some of Dark Cacao Cookie's armor in here, because that's the only armor I had drawn more than once. He's rusty all over and all that crying turned his eyes brown and left rusty tear marks. His jaw is hinged like it was in the books. If I remember correctly it was never stated that Nick Chopper was a Munchkin, but after Wicked turned Boq into Tin Woodman it would be such a waste to not deisgn a character sturdy, yet small. Spring hair is inspired by movie Boq's curly hair (thank you, Ethan Slater). His you 'had it all along' feature is... Less functional than others. The collar around his neck forms a heart.

Sketch page including some notes:

You still here? Wow. Hey, look!

Wicked part 2 looks great!

Why do feel like I would see some lines like this in one of their smut or fluff ship fic? Like the aftercare or before it even started or just hurt/comfort? Not gonna lie I agree with this person but I also had that thought that someone has said this in a fic of them before 🏳️‍🌈?

Do you think they've explored each other's bodies