(Late) #growingpains1994 Fact OTD (#11):

Mary-Anne's art style is very inspired by rubberhose animations. She used to watch old cartoons when she was a baby. She wants to become an animator.

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#oc #growingpains1994 Fact OTD (#10):

Haylee really likes chemistry. She thinks it's interesting how the rules of science work and the mysteries they have. She also likes precision work because it makes her really focus.

#oc #growingpains1994 Fact OTD (#9):

Harry is a stay-at-home father to his baby son, Joey. Considering the story is set in 1994, this is pretty uncommon! Mary (his wife) is the breadwinner. Harry plans to work again when Joey is old enough to enrol in preschool.

#oc #growingpains1994 Fact OTD (#8):

When they were younger, Ally and her older brother, Tony, hit a cricket ball through their glass backdoor. Their parents were very upset.

#oc #growingpains1994 Fact OTD (#7):

Barneby hit cutlery against pots and pans as a kid. He still wants to learn to play the drums, but can't afford a set or lessons. His father is sick to death of all the noise in the house too. Barneby taps his pencil against his desk and bounces his leg instead.

#oc #growingpains1994 Fact OTD (#6):

Jack's favourite subject is fish! He really likes poisonous fish. His favourite fish is the lion fish.

#oc #growingpains1994 Fact OTD (#5):

Lola is very interested in the middle ages. It started when she was a little girl and liked the hennin hats (tall hats) princesses wore in books. Now, she really likes learning about the different fashion styles of the era.

#oc #growingpains1994 Fact OTD (#4):

Mary-Anne is interested in meteorology! It started from wanting to know how different clouds form. Now, geography is one of her favourite subjects.

#oc #growingpains1994 Fact OTD (#3):

Ally has a celebrity crush on Walter Creed, another OC of mine. Her crush is actually how Walter and then his story (Heartstrings and Hairspray) came about! She's a sucker for the big '80s rocker hair.

#oc #growingpains1994 Fact OTD (#2):

Renee is a big fan of German Shepherds! She loves dogs in general, but big ones are her favourites. Small, yappy dogs get on her nerves. German Shepherds also bring a sense of calm to her. She associates them and huskies with protection.

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Lucas has a bottle cap collection! He specifically collects the metal ones. If a plastic one looks particularly cool, he will consider adding it. Because they're the same shape, he thinks they're boring. He doesn't acknowledge that metal ones are also the same shape.

A sketch of a girl. She has long, messy hair with a clip. She has a square band-aid on her cheek. She's looking off to the side. Her expression is both neutral and a little surprised.

Forgot to share this here! A Renee sketch :] I always default to drawing her, haha. I love my girl <3

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On the topic of a #growingpains1994 VN, I want to redo the very defunct Tumblr ask blog I made for the story. I think making dialogue like a VN or RPG would be easiest. I could make a set of sprites for each character so I don't have to draw new things every time.

I don't think I've rambled about Renee and Barneby on here yet. Hoo boy.

My OCs from my story #growingpains1994 who are each other's narrative foils. They make me sick with excitement and evil writer intentions.

Pablo from #growingpains1994 is a native European Spanish speaker. He was born in Galicia and speaks Galician/Galego. He's fluent in English. Kinda required to teach Spanish at an Australian school.

I do have to learn Spanish for this. It sounds fun, but intimidating!

A pixelated drawing of some pink boxes. In the middle box in red is a small, simple, cartoon drawing of a boy with short hair doing a thumbs-up. He wears a party hat and has extremely simplified confetti (they're just lines) around him. Text below reads, "TODAY IS BRETT'S BIRTHDAY!"

A pixelated drawing of my sona. She is a girl with long side tails in her hair and a flipped bob at the back. She has a long fringe. She also has alien antennae and some poorly drawn and simplified deer ears. She smiles and looks to the side.

A pixelated drawing of my sona, almost identical to the second image in the post. Her twin tails are tied into plaits with puffy bows.

A pixelated drawing of my sona, almost identical to the second image in the post. Her flip bob has been left to hang down, unstyled. It almost reaches the length of her side tails.

Only JUST realised it's #growingpains1994 Brett's birthday, so have the world's smallest drawing of him. I also played with my sona's ears and hairstyles. It's all been poorly screenshotted.

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Drawings of six neck-upwards teenagers. They have their names above them in colourful letters. The people are Renee (scowling, green eyes, brunette, and with a pink clip), Lucas (confused but smiling, green eyes, lighter brunet, freckles), Ally (smiling, brown eyes, brunette, slight tan), Mary-Anne (sad smile, round glasses, blue eyes, blonde with long twin plaits with purple ribbons and shorter side tails), Lola (annoyed eye roll, brown eyes, light blonde hair with big curls in a ponytail), and Jack (looking away scared, same appearance as Lola, but with short hair and a band-aid on his nose, blushing/awkward). The title down the bottom reads: "Growing Pains: 1994" and has a cartoon sun and a mostly-dispersed dandelion as decorations. There is a mini version of the title in the other corner, reading, "(Protags of) GP1994". The credits list says, "[Tumblr logo] @esteebarnes94 | [BlueSky logo] @estee94 | No reposting or use!" The background is of yellow paper with a red left margin and blue lines. The lines were freehanded and therefore messy. A number 1 is in in the top corner to signify the art is the first in a series.

An OC info card. It has a bust-upwards drawing of a white man with short brown hair and brown eyes. He wears a green shirt. The logo above says, "GP1994" and has a cartoon sun and dandelion. It has the caption, "Supporting Character | 44-45 | 6th Mar 1949" The name reads Harry in colourful bubble letters. The bullet point description reads, "Father of Ally, Tony, & Joey. Married to Mary. Stay-at-home dad for Joey, but was a bank teller. Country Boy. BBQ Dad(TM). Attached to his hardware store straw hat." Next to the last point is a small drawing of his full-brim straw hat. It has a green and gold fabric trim. The credits read, "[Tumblr logo] @esteebarnes94 | [BlueSky logo] @estee94 | No re-uploading or use!"

A two-panel comic with sketched/unpolished artwork. The first panel has a human character with square glasses, a sweater vest, and wavy/curly shoulder-length 1970s hair. He is pulling the string on a big party popper, sending confetti out to the side. He cheerfully says, "Happy 1976!" A caption reads, "Has been under extreme time dilation--in his 20s." The second panel has two alien characters on the right. The farthest right one is looking away awkwardly. She has an upright, formal posture. The alien on the left has his hands out sideways in frustration/confusion. He yells, "When were you BORN?" to Wesley, who is out of frame. A caption reads, "Also in their 20s." Two social media handles are written: @esteebarnes94 for Tumblr, and @estee94.bsky.social for BlueSky. Below, "No reuploading!" is written.

A rough, coloured drawing of Miko from Transformers: Prime. She has asymmetrical black hair with hot pink streaks. Her clothing is based on 2000s/early 2010s alternative fashion. She's sticking her tongue out and smiling. She's doing the devil horns sign with her hands. A speech balloon next to her says, ">XP" A label has been written. It reads, "DRAWING A DAY: #2 - JAN 2ND | NO RE-UPLOADING, [the Tumblr icon] @esteebarnes94 | MIKO (TFP)."

Hello! I'm Estee! I'm an OC writer and artist and am currently working on multiple stories. The main ones have these tags:

☀️ #growingpains1994
🎭 #heartstringsandhairspray
🚀 #superspacesailor
🍀 #thebutterflyeffect1958

My Tumblr main is @/esteebarnes94.

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Drawings of six neck-upwards teenagers. They have their names above them in colourful letters. The people are Renee (scowling, green eyes, brunette, and with a pink clip), Lucas (confused but smiling, green eyes, lighter brunet, freckles), Ally (smiling, brown eyes, brunette, slight tan), Mary-Anne (sad smile, round glasses, blue eyes, blonde with long twin plaits with purple ribbons and shorter side tails), Lola (annoyed eye roll, brown eyes, light blonde hair with big curls in a ponytail), and Jack (looking away scared, same appearance as Lola, but with short hair and a band-aid on his nose, blushing/awkward). The title down the bottom reads: "Growing Pains: 1994" and has a cartoon sun and a mostly-dispersed dandelion as decorations. There is a mini version of the title in the other corner, reading, "(Protags of) GP1994". The credits list says, "[Tumblr logo] @esteebarnes94 | [BlueSky logo] @estee94 | No reposting or use!" The background is of yellow paper with a red left margin and blue lines. The lines were freehanded and therefore messy. A number 1 is in in the top corner to signify the art is the first in a series.

PROTAGONISTS INTROS!! Finally! I'll chop these up into areas where I can add more info for each of them. Still, the protagonists of #growingpains1994! WOAH! :D

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I've reached 224 characters (excluding OCs that are just surnames) for #growingpains1994. Oh my god.

It's 231 if you count the pets (two of which are unnamed but eh).

A neck-upwards drawing of a girl. She has white skin and long, dark brown hair. She has a pink hairclip and green eyes. Her hair is a bit messy. She looks off to the side, squinting and annoyed.

OC WIP art because CSP is messing up, so I can't finish this. Here's the drawing of the day. It's of Renee (a protag) from #growingpains1994. The full image will have all the classmates in Year Eight.

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The abbreviation "GP1994" is written in bold bubble letters. Each letter/digit has its own colour. In order, they are: orange, green, yellow, purple, red, and blue. Behind the 'G' are the yellow rays of a cartoon sun. To the right in front of the '94' is a dandelion. Most of the seeds have dispersed. Three are still attached to the plant and three fly towards the sun.

No proper artwork of the day today, but I do have a nicer version of the logo for #growingpains1994! Here it is (plus my watermark). I love being able to look at this finally being done. I struggled on a design for ages. I really like how it turned out! :]

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An OC info card. It has a bust-upwards drawing of a white man with short brown hair and brown eyes. He wears a green shirt. The logo above says, "GP1994" and has a cartoon sun and dandelion. It has the caption, "Supporting Character | 44-45 | 6th Mar 1949" The name reads Harry in colourful bubble letters. The bullet point description reads, "Father of Ally, Tony, & Joey. Married to Mary. Stay-at-home dad for Joey, but was a bank teller. Country Boy. BBQ Dad(TM). Attached to his hardware store straw hat." Next to the last point is a small drawing of his full-brim straw hat. It has a green and gold fabric trim. The credits read, "[Tumblr logo] @esteebarnes94 | [BlueSky logo] @estee94 | No re-uploading or use!"

My drawing of the day turned into an #ocintro card! This is Harry from #growingpains1994. I've drawn him a maximum of five times, and this is the first with a solid design.

It's actually David's birthday today. I was gonna draw him instead. Whoops!

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Of my OCs from #growingpains1994, I think I'd get along best with Ally, Mary-Anne, Barbara, Aaliyah, and Erik. This is if I were their age and in their class. I would hate Barneby, Russell, Haylee, Kirsty, and Tom with passion. Too bad for Barneby that he's a favourite of mine as an OC <3

Off the top of my head, for #growingpains1994, James Walwood is the oldest living resident of Halboro (80s, I think). Joey (8 months) is the youngest. I haven't made the residents of the nursing home yet, though. I also have to make Mia's baby, but I have to know when she'd stop maternity leave.

Even for a young teenager, Jack from #growingpains1994 can hit extremely high notes far easier than his peers. He's also just a great singer.

Brett from #growingpains1994 drives most of his classmates up the wall. He has two friends and many more people who actively dislike him. He's a massive wannabe and sucks up to everyone, especially Barneby and Russell. Ironically, they bully him more because he follows them like a wishful puppy.

#ocfact OTD: Renee from #growingpains1994 would love Cocteau Twins' music. She's also inclined to folk, classical, and pop rock. She's not so into grunge, unlike many of her peers.

It's also really enjoyable to be able to find where I want to foreshadow stuff. #growingpains1994 doesn't allow this as much (or at least I don't do so as much) because there are a mountain of episodes to make.

TBE is only gonna be, like, four books. A hell of a lot easier than 365.

Oh, I can also see people ogling over Pablo from #growingpains1994. He's a very tall man with eyebags who never smiles but is by no means a bad person. He's constantly so overdressed for his job as a high school teacher. He needs therapy. He's multilingual.

#wip art of my #oc Renee's house from #growingpains1994. This is perspective practice, which I sorely need if I'm going to draw a comic. It's been surprisingly fun! No background buildings because I need to map the town.

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