hello world!

ask blog for a tawog au created and run by @friendly-neighborhood-furry in which Gumball and Rob switch places, creating The Amazing World of Robin. asks are open!

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[Signal received. Gumball is now aware of the Ask Box available for asks!]

official intro post for the roleswap au ask blog!! took a while to set up, but i'm excited to have it up and running!

since this is the first post, here are some rules and tips!

don't ask any rude/gross/invasive things. be sensible, please and thank you

outside of that, you can ask pretty much anything! relationship statuses, feelings towards certain people, favorite things, hobbies, current/past appearances--its all free game!

you can also ask me questions! though i doubt very many of you will, lol

outside of universe, i'll be referring to the titular characters by distinct names to distinguish them from their canon counterparts. i'd advise against using these names yourselves, however. neither Voidball nor Protag Rob will take it very well if you call them these names to their faces.

feel free to ask for everyone's pronouns! they'll be happy to tell you :)

if you want to talk to a character who is currently unavailable, try asking the current character about them!

7. do not attempt to provoke obscured memories. 8. nothing is different. nothing is wrong. nothing is different. nothing is wr̵o̴n̴g̵.̴ ̸ n̴o̸t̸h̵i̵n̴g̷ ̷i̴s̴ ̸d̶i̴f̴f̴e̶r̶e̶n̶t̷.̵ ̶n̶o̸t̴h̴i̴n̵g̶ ̶i̴s̴ ̸w̶r̵o̴n̴g̵.̴ ̸ n̴o̸t̸h̵i̵n̴g̷ ̷i̴s̴ ̸d̶i̴f̴f̴e̶r̶e̶n̶t̷.̵ ̶n̶o̸t̴h̴i̴n̵g̶ ̶i̴s̴ ̸w̶r̵o̴n̴g̵.̴ ̸n̷̡̚o̸̡̿ẗ̵͔h̸̦̚í̸̞ṋ̸̋g̴͕̀ ̵̙̾i̴͈̍s̷̘̈́ ̴̧͘d̸̼̕ḯ̴͚f̵̠̏f̵̥̔e̵̠̚r̴̙̄ē̶̙n̴͖̚ẗ̷̲́.̸͚̂ ̷̝̀n̵̖̕o̶͕̐ț̶͘h̸͖̆ǐ̵̲ň̴̺g̴̹̒ ̵̩̒i̵͈̍s̶͈̀ ̶̘͝ẅ̶͔́ṛ̷̃ŏ̴̰n̴̤̔g̵͎̕.̴̨̏ ̷͙̈́n̸̘͗ò̸̲t̶͚̕h̸̹̓i̵̓ͅn̴̘̕g̷̖̎ ̷̛̯i̶͘͜s̶̬͌ ̵̮̓d̸͙̏i̴͔͛f̷̢̋f̶̣̄ḙ̴͑r̷̤͠ȩ̷͌n̴͇̄t̵͈̍.̸̯́ ̵̹͐n̸͎͘ò̵̼ṭ̶̀h̴̝̀ḯ̸̭n̸͕͂g̶͙̍ ̵̞̏i̵̻͝s̵̟̋ ̸͔̀w̴͙̍r̵̼͂o̶̝͗n̸̩̓g̶̻͘.̸̗̋ n̸̯̊́̅̍̒̃͊̅̍o̶̞͈̳͇͕̣̿͝ṯ̸̨̈͒̏͝ḫ̸̛̠̺̪͎͍̳̇̚͘i̴̞̮͉̭̟̇̒͌̚͘n̷̢̯͈̣̬̺͉͙̟͗̑͗͐͐͘͘g̷̨̗͔͍̈́͊͒ ̸̡̬͚̙̮̥̇̓͐̇̎̔̽͘ͅī̴̝͚̯͕̫̙̙̲͝š̶̡͓ ̶̖̟̣͚̦̟͖̒̓̆̔͘͝͝͠d̶̢̫̺̫̮͓̙̮͍̀̀̉̔̋̚ī̶̹̘̤̝̠̘̺̂͒ͅf̴̞̖̅̽͋f̴̰̱͓̿̈́́́̌̚͝e̵̗̞̽̐̇̔͛̚͝r̵͇̘̅̽̂̏̌̈͌̕ę̴̺̦͈͓̗͔͍͇̊͊̏̑̄n̶͓̳͍̻͈̞͆̌̈́̉ͅt̴͎̲͌̉̓͋̄̌́͒͝.̴̫̬̒͂̎ ̴̪̟͎͓̎̃n̶̞̭̺̱̹̯̍́̔́͂͘͝ͅo̶͉͉̩̞̍̆̓̅̑̿͘͠t̸̛̪̥̲̀͊̑̾͘ḩ̷̨̟͍̟̜͙͒͜͝i̵̛̤͑̄̕n̶͍͔̪̱̤̒̍̾̿̄́͘͠g̵̛̖̱̰̻̬̥̱̬̒̇̐̿͛ͅ ̷̨̘̤̹͇̘̖̻̈́í̶̧̛̱͎̈́͐͐͂͊̂͝ṣ̸̌̾̌͒́̕ ̶̩̳͓̩̓́̉̀w̴̹̲̒̒͛̏͂̃̔̉r̵͙͙̀o̷̞̞͖̾̌̅̋̆̚͝͝n̶̨̩̯̖̖̐̉̾̚̚g̵͕͕̥͈͖̝̉̆̆.̶̯̗͔̐̐̐ ̷̫͓̲̲̥̯̺̪͛̀̄̌͐ṉ̴̹̲̅͗̈́́̌͌͑͆͝ǒ̴̡̝̬̤͐̓̈ṯ̵̘̫̥̤͙̜̆͂̌͂̇̓h̷̢̖̫̮̱͂̂̀ͅî̸̟̖̣͎͌͒́̏̓͘̚n̶͓͕͍̻͓͇͚̊͌g̵̢̛̙̲͕̓̎͛̐͆ ̶̡̳̱̟̖̲̯̍̀͛͑̾i̷̢̢̫͆̀͗͛̒̔͛̉ș̵̪͈̟͎̮͕̭̠̄̍̓̒̓̾͝ ̷̪̎̀̂̀̈́̆̅d̷͓̘̩̈į̷̖̭̲̥̠͚̪́͂̏̈́̀̒̓̋f̵̫͋̂f̷͍̫̝̘͚̥͚͛̀̆̊̇̌̍͝e̵̺͈͊̄͌̉r̵̡̺̘͔͕͕̿́̑͊̀͂̔̀̕e̶̗͙̲̪̰̳̘̎͝n̸̛̝̭̑̓͋̑͝ţ̶͖̖͕̬͎̟̰͍͌͐̄̉̈́͆̆̌.̴̮́̃͝ ̷̝͍͔͗͐n̵̼͚̯͔̒̎́o̸̰̣͐̽̉ͅt̷̨̯̳̮͔̹̙̦̣͋͆͂̽̎̈̏h̸̗͕̹̳̿͂̒i̵̛̲͔̤̺͓̹̝̼̿̃̀͛͘ņ̸̧͕̍͝g̸̗̣̞̟̜̻͚̥̈́̍̓̇̃̐͝ ̷̹̘͊̂́͗̓̚i̸̧̳̹̬̺͗́͋̿̈́̚̕ş̸̫̜̜̗̥̘́̆̀̆̕͝ ̸̻̪̣̟̯͈͇̓͒̄̓͂̽ͅw̵̡͇̟͈̿r̵̯͚̘̞̓̿ő̷̡̤̩͇̰̱̖̤̩̐̌̒̑͐n̴̻̯̼͕͓͂͛̕ğ̴̛̲̻̓̀̉̂̄͝.̵̳̓̈́̓͋̍̀͗͠ n̴̮̰͒̀̏͑̈́͠ơ̵̧̢̡̬̘̱̫̜̹̈̌͂͆̅̓t̴̫̭̦̯̙͚̫͗́̊̄̾̀͆̃̂̕͘ḩ̶̥̔̂͗ḯ̴͎̈́̉̑̀͘̕͝n̷̟̘̭͚̤̠̥̬͔̘͕͊̑͗̈́̀͐g̸̡̨̛͕̝͊̇̈ ̵̨̨̛͍̠̻̣͍͋̑̃̽͑̅̕͜͠͝i̷̼̳̗͉͎̺͒̿̂͆̉͊̕̕͘͝s̵͖̮̱͉͉̳̫̰̀̓̉̊̍͛́̄͠ ̵̧̛̟̣͎̬͙̺͓̇̽͒͝͝d̶̪̠̺̽͊̈́͗͂͋̊͘͝i̸̡̢̳̟͓͖͔͙̪͔̮͗͗̈f̶̡̛̦̤͕̝̠̻̝̠̠̺̎̐͋̿͗̏͛͝f̴̧͙͕͔̬͈͙͔̞͇̀͂̇͊̆̒̇̏̚ȅ̷͍̪͍̼͙̺̱̠͕̕r̵̰̞̟̗͈̹͖͚̓͋͌̊̈́͘ͅe̸̡̥̼̳̜̬̍̓̐͠n̷̞̙̾̊͂͂̐͝t̶̫̥͇̭̯̯͖̪̬̓̿̎.̴̧̭͍͔̮͖͙̣̩̱͇̋ ̶̱̞̗͈͒̉͋̐͐͋͒͑͗̋̕n̶̼̰̟̈́̋̎̈́̒͛̉̆̏̔͂͜o̴͈͓̳̖̒̈́̉̉̐͌͜t̵͚͕̥͙̰̟͖͚͎̭͆̔̏͐́̓̂͛h̵̗̘͙̘͍̮̐̐̅ì̷͚͖͙̲͇͜ǹ̸͚̱̹̲̪̘̼̖̺̠͜g̴̨̭̗̰̰͔͉̱̣͙̈̃͛̇̌̒͂͂̂̽̚ ̸̟̞̻̫̦̀͊͒̀̔̿͝ì̸̧̛͔̏͑̎̀͋̋̑̔̾s̶̛̼̻͓̯͈͓͕͍̼͂̀̃̚̕ ̴͍̻̓ẅ̷̾͊̈́̎̓̏̋͠͝ͅŗ̶̟̲̯̭͇̈́͊̓͐͗͋̑̇̚ͅo̷̥͚̻̟͖̎͐́͌n̶͓͔̹͙̱̪̟̓̀̍͊̿̎̉͘g̷̨̼͎̟͚̻̣͔̪̖̈́̀.̵̲̦̰̼̣͇̮̝̌̂̎̌̋̆ ̴̨̧̨͚͍̳̗̯̫̈͗̾͗̌͂̄̎̚ͅn̷̢̪̝̤̾̀͌̔̄͘ơ̸̧̳͖̖̦̻̞͈͇̣̗̈t̴̢̪̪͚́̿́͂̈́̈́̎͒͂͘ḥ̴̡̠̩̥̲̓i̴̧̺͖̩̱͖̥̰̻͚̋̌̃́͛ņ̵͈̘̜̫̫̎̆͂ͅg̶̠̰̹̗̩̖͚̳̔́ ̴̡͙̺̰̇͛ͅi̶̛̭͖̮̞͔̥͓̔̀̈́̅͆̎̔s̶̳̩͓͉̃̇̉̀́͆ ̸̮͖̲̟͈̗̤̂͆̃́̏̈́͂͝d̸̛͍͓̬̠͉̤̻̂̋̈̚ͅi̸̺̯̟̭̓̍̂͂̓̈̂́͋̒f̵̱̜̤͕̪̜̰̐͜f̷̭͉̊̋͑̅̂͒̕͝͠é̸͓̭̪̮̞̺̝̪̈́̎̇̊̈́͆̉r̵̘͍̜̾̑̇̑̇̉̂ͅè̷͇͙̩̳͕̠̠͎̖́͋̅̈̓̾̂̋̓͝n̴̮̦̠̗̜̭͖̘̬̩͍͐̑̽̽͝t̶̙̽̒̓̈͝.̷̨̗̂̿̌̊̓̽̒̕ ̸͚̮̘͙̝̭̭̯̒̀͐͘n̶̢̲̱͛̅̏̾͗͂͌̈́͗ǫ̶̗͙̬̜̣̤̦͆̆̽̀̈́̈̆̃̅ͅţ̸̡͔̺̦̲͉̊͐̋̍́͗̒̊̕h̷̡̢̗̫̱̓i̵̺͊ṅ̸̨͓̫͚͑̌̔͋̓̊͛͝g̷̢̛̮̣̤̘̠͇͈̗̱͆̎̌̈̌̕͠ͅ ̶̱͉̗͈̫̪̬͒̈́̈́ḯ̵̺̦͇̘͉̐s̸̢̛̤̙̘͇̝̥̥̽̄̈́͐̂͒̀͘̕̕ ̶̧̡̙̼̬͉̦̬̐̎͝w̶͕̎̽̀͑̾̈́̕ͅͅř̸̛͕̘͖̟̭̈́́̓̈́̈́̒̎̂̚ͅȏ̶̭̯̬̮̬̻̘̱͈͚͉̈́̀n̶̨̩̼̹̼̣͛͐̈̇̿̊̇͝g̶̛͉͉̺͐͝.̵̢̛̼͓͇̦̓̉̈n̷͕̲̮̦̮̻̗̼̽ͅo̷̮͚͓̊̑̋̉͛̌͊͌̀̊t̶̢͚̱̻̬̺͒͒̊̓̅̓̾̅͒͝h̸̨͒̈́̾̑̚ĩ̶̡̠͓̮͖̙̣̀͝n̵̗̄̂́̃̈́̐̆̿͒͆̊͂͑ģ̵̩͉̱̾̇̀̎͑͒͛͗̌̈́͘͝͝ ̵̘͖͗̓̀́̎̆̎̾̕̕̚͝ḯ̷̡͎͖̗͊͛͆͌̚͜ṣ̸͚͚̌͝ ̸͍͒͊̎̕͝ď̵̤͍̹̖̒̉͗̓̽͆͒̂̽̕̚ḭ̶̢̟̳͚̥̰̳͙͑̑̂̅̾͗͐͝͝f̵̨͖̱͇̘̒͆̒́f̴̧̺̲͈̲͈̠͋͛̒̀̂̍͘e̵͔̼̰͈̱̯̳̳̱̳̱̋͑͋̈́̈̐̉̓͒̈́̕͝͠ŗ̴̦͙̫̼̝̮͙̫̣̓̾ȅ̷̪̬̠̫̞̖̿̊̑̇̉͐͛̿͗͊̚͠n̴͙̊̊̚t̷̥̮̳̓.̴͈̩̬̺̝̬̗̫̩̯͉̼̈͒̈͆͘͜͝ ̷̛̭̈́̓́̂ñ̷̫̠̊́͊̈́̃̏͋̃ͅo̸̡̨̧̜̹̦̫͉͉͍̹͗̌̈́̓̈́̋̅̃̕̚t̸̢̛͙̼̯͙̪̮̽̽̈́͛͐͘͠h̴̠̍̌͋͑͊̓͘̕͝ĭ̵͈̄͝͠͠ņ̸͎̱͙͍̠̫̌͊͑͗̽̈́̐̈̇̐̄̊͘g̴̦̒ͅ ̴̡̻̜͉̙͖̼̟̠̝̻͕̎̐̊̏͆͘͜į̶̘̭̦̩̱͔͎̠̱̮͋̑͂͘s̸̡̢͙̻͙̲͉̱̻̬̼̊̒́̑͑͗͆͜͝ ̶̡̢̝͉̲̟̑̚ẁ̷̡̢̛̛̳̥͍͇̰̥̩͕͊̉͆̇̿̆̕ṛ̷͇͚͕̟͝ô̴̯̟̳̯͆̓͐̌́̌̉͛͘͝n̵͇̱̫̊͊̌͘͘͜g̶̛̘̲͓̯̼̿͑͒̑.̶̧̥̖̕ ̷̢̛̠͙͎͍͚̙͙̥̯͔͇̐͐̇̊̂͋͌̌̏̒͝ͅn̶̨̖̪̼͓͓͈̮̝̺̎͑̔́̈̋͐̐̐͜͝o̶̡͖̙̱͚̠͈̗͓͈̿̒̽̔̅̉̕̕t̷̛̘͖̐͐̇̑̉͝h̸͇̲̩̜͚͍̞̆́̿̃̉͠i̸̘͎̗̯̣̘̔n̶̨͚̯͎͔̭̊͗̓̔̆͘g̷̨̛̱̪͇̙̰͈̮̥̯͖̀̃̆̌̊̽̓͊̈́̐́͊͜ ̴̦͉̝̯̭̑̈́͐i̵̞͈̘̹̩̅̀͋̑̅s̵͙͒̊̅̈́̎̔̂̽͋̕͘͝͝ ̶̛̠̹͍̉̔̀̏̋́̿̇̔͠d̷̡̧̧̧̞͔̮͍͉̗̻̲͔̾̑̔͛̌̄̑͆̅̏̕͘ĭ̶̢̛̪̪͕͉̙̖̖͕̹͔̬͋̄f̸̹̻̣͚̫͓̬͍̹̣̰̄f̶̛̬͖͚̜̺͋͊̇͑̄͝e̶̩͓̩̪̻̯̻̟̫͆̐̓͒̂̎͝ͅŗ̷̛̗̰̤̪̤̞̫̙͙̦̻͛̋͆̓͂͌̇͗̈́ȩ̵̧̛̯̳͈̬̳̰͉͔̩̌͂̀̓͊̊͂̽̂̒ṋ̷̢̟̳̣͔̝̯̣͚̖̈̎̆t̸̡̨̢̛̼͎͉̭̠̠͒̅̉̉͝.̸̛͉̰͋́͘ ̵͙̪͇͇̱̬̣͇̓n̴̡̢͕̟͍̰̯̥̘͐͠o̷̧̪͚͓̭̺̪̺͕͂͗͌̈̽̍̿ţ̶̡͕̪̳̈́͂̋ḩ̶̦̞͉̙̞͖̂̒̃͋̊̈́̚͠ǐ̶̡͓̱̣̗̱̼͆̾̇̄̂̏͋̔͘͜n̴͐̇͘̚͘ͅg̷̡̛̫̦̝̙͚͎͓̉͌̍͐̎̂̈́͐̑̈́͂ͅ ̴̧̧̬̯̖̟͚͔̜͓̙̟̈́̅̊͜i̶̮͖̮̦̫̺̓̊́̃̽͐͆̈̐̅ͅs̸̭̀̔͛̋ ̸̧̨̗̜͍͇̞̫̲͚͈̭͊͌̀̓̓̍̄͝ŵ̴̲̮͌̈́͐̑̓͘͝r̸̢̯̼̩̠̄́̇͗̀̒͜͜͝ͅo̴̟̗̬͑̒͑̈́̉͋̍͋́͠͠n̷̯̝̞͙̳̩͙̬͑͂̽g̵̩̙͉̯͚̳͐̂̎̍̈́.̵̨̧̨͉̟̱͚̝̣̻̙̾̂͊

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thinking about my plans for this au and giggling to myself. i cannot WAIT for the big reveal >:3

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poor kid thinks he's going insane 💀

been a while, huh?

dont worry, i will be answering the asks in the picture! there's just no way to answer multiple in the same post and this idea was way more fun anyway :3

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LMFAO I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE A POST GOING INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT OVERWRITE GUMBALL AND THEN MY POWER WENT OUT

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sooo i think its been long enough that i can finally talk about what i mentioned at the end of this post! yay!

as i said before, finding fonts for the characters to speak in for Robin's intro comic was suuuper fun because i have a minor hyperfixation in fonts and typefaces (ive even made a handful of my own lol).

on top of choosing a font for Robin and Voidball for the comic, i also got to choose a font for...

lets call him "Overwrite" for now

he is by far the character i went through the MOST fonts for because it was really important that his font convey both the proper tone and context. i really needed to find one that fit him and his situation.

at first, i wanted him to have a font in a similar handwritten style to Robin because they are both the "protagonists" of their respective worlds. but to keep Robin unique and highlight the slight differences between them, i didnt want to reuse the same font i'd given Robin.

so i went digging. in the running for Overwrite's fonts were the following:

however, once i applied them to the pages, i realized there was a problem: they didn't fit the tone of the scene. none of the handwritten ones i tried did.

simply put and without giving too much away: the handwritten fonts were far too clean and lively, both things which Overwrite is not.

then it hit me: perhaps i'm looking in the wrong place. instead of a mirror to the protagonist, maybe he should mirror the style of his counterpart: Voidball.

so i went looking for video game pixel fonts. the top 2 in the running at that point were Pokemon Classic by TheLouster115 and the Minecraft font, the latter of which made it pretty far into the creative process before i ultimately decided to scrap it.

the thing is, both of these fonts are strong in their own right, but neither necessarily fit Overwrite. this time instead of having too much personality, they had too little, and what personality they did have was instantly recognizable in a way that was VERY distracting (i.e. if you read his dialog the first thing your brain would do is go "hey! that's the Minecraft/Gen 2 Pokemon font!" which is not what i wanted lol)

so i went back to the drawing board again, this time equipped with a much clearer idea of what i wanted: a font that was stripped of notable personality and visibly fractured.

i went through the MOST fonts with this iteration. so many that i didn’t even bother downloading all of them. it was quite literally just several hours of clicking through pages on DaFont, saving potential matches in new tabs and comparing all of them to each other.

the problem i ended up having was that a lot of the fonts were either too popular/already recognizable or UNBEARABLY difficult to read. finding one that had what i was looking for on TOP of being legible was a Herculean task, i'll tell ya that much.

after much deliberation, i ultimately settled on the font you see in the final version of the comic: Glass Houses by Digital Graphic Labs

now i know what you may be thinking: if readability was a priority, why would you pick this one?

well simply put: its letters were all mostly intact and still reliably uniform enough to pass as normal at a glance, but are undeniably corrupted on closer inspection. sound familiar?

GH not only fits the character and atmosphere, but it elevates its surroundings and tells you a decent amount about the character without any extra writing or drawing. isn't that cool? :D

i have a WHOLE other rant on the design process for Overwrite himself, but i'll save it for another post. for now, enjoy the crumbs of ~lore~ in this post lol

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animation test thingy i did for voidball!!

the static on their face is constantly dripping, but the droplets always disappear before they hit the ground. one can only wonder what lies beneath...

tools: FireAlpaca SE, some information from Draw With Jazza's "Spookify Art Challenge - Who Killed Mario!?"

[dreemurr-skelememer]

anyway,. back to your usual queue'd posts.

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rediscovered this doodle while looking through an old pocketbook :3 ft an older voidball design from back when they had a tail and anti-gravity body parts

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TW: gore/unsettling imagery

[Signal received. Robin is now aware of the Ask Box available for asks!]

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just realized i forgot to inform you guys that the HARDEST PART of the fourth page has been completed!!

i cant go too far into detail for spoiler reasons but i'm SO happy with how it looks,and even more glad that i've got it out of the way.

i only have two smaller panels left, and those should be much easier to knock out. hopefully i'll have the whole thing done by next friday! yippee!

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update:

i am 1 (ONE!!) panel away from being done with the comic!!!!

listening to fnaf music while i draw always works a trick 👌

2/3 panels are completed and aside from the last panel, there's only the motion lines (?idk what theyre called) left.

at this rate, i might finish this thing today (knock on wood). no promises though, executive dysfunction is a loathsome little beast lol

anyway im gonna go make myself lunch now ^w^

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just realized i forgot to inform you guys that the HARDEST PART of the fourth page has been completed!!

i cant go too far into detail for spoiler reasons but i'm SO happy with how it looks,and even more glad that i've got it out of the way.

i only have two smaller panels left, and those should be much easier to knock out. hopefully i'll have the whole thing done by next friday! yippee!

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oh well, back to the drawing board!

this started as a warmup doodle and then i just kept adding onto it until i realized it was 11 oclock and decided to stop lol. anyway look voidball color pallet drop and roleswap anais reveal in the same post! wowie zowie!!

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page one is now fully complete!

for reference, this puts the number of finished pages at 4/5!

all that's left is the fourth page, which as i predicted, has been the most difficult at every step of this process lol.

i'll be moving on to that tomorrow. for now i'm going to reward myself by taking a break and drawing some non-comic stuff :3

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(heads up: this post might be might be hard to follow if you don't care abt/aren't interested in fonts, so you can just scroll past this if you want to lol)

something that i'm really happy i've gotten to do because of the Robin comic is pick out character fonts!

you see, fonts are like clothes for your words. they can convey all sorts of things like tone, personality, and context! so i think its fun to find a font that matches a character and have them speak in it! (yes i was and am an Undertale fan, fuck off /lhj)

to start and as an example, Voidball speaks in Determination Sans (or the Undertale font).

its a sans-serif font, meaning it doesn't have little extensions or flairs coming off the letters (like fancy/cursive-y fonts). most fonts you see are like this. the words you're reading now are in a sans-serif font! sans-serif fonts are valued for their simplicity and used to communicate clearly/professionally.

so in all respects, if Determination Sans wasn't composed of thick, hard, oddly-spaced pixels, it'd look like any other normal font.

but it isn't, its been altered and given new personality. remind you of anyone?

this is also why i usually use that font for canon Rob >;3

now in the past, i've given canon Gumball the font Comic Sans.

yes i know its a bad font and you should never use it under any circumstances blah blah blah - look, it was just a placeholder until i found something better, alright? /lh

that font ended up being Next Sunday, a font created by Khurasan on dafont.com

Next Sunday has a similar feel to Comic Sans without being Comic Sans. does that make sense?

let me put it another way:

CS and NS both look handwritten. they feel unique in the way that the letters have these slight deviations and quirks that you wouldn't get with more "polished/professional", printed typeface (again, like the kind you're reading right now)

Next Sunday feels round and lighthearted. its relaxed and somewhat familiar - maybe even cute! those qualities make it the perfect font for our amazing protagonist to speak in!

once the comic is posted i'll reblog this and talk about the... ŏ̴̮̙̑ṱ̵́̎h̶̩̒e̶̜̤͆ŕ̷̡͕ font i used in it, but that's all for now!

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so close to being done with this page. oh my god. there's like 2 things left that are causing me PROBLEMS but we're so close. i can feel it.

i think i'll have page one finished either by or after tomorrow :)

[friendly-neighborhood-furry]

after literally four fucking hours i'm finally done with the background,,,,,

y'all better appreciate this comic when i'm finished with it cuz i am NEVER doing show-accurate backgrounds again lmao /lh

as a check-in for page one:

lines ✅

color ✅

word bubbles ✅

backgrounds ✅

lighting ❌

shading ❌

im gonna break for lunch (yeah i know, late lunch /lh) and then start working on the lights/shadows. Me and Michael by MGMT carry me 💪💪💪

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okay comic update since its been a while:

i'm much happier with the composition for page one! definitely makes better use of all the space on the page.

speaking of which, almost all of the line art and color for page one are completed!

the biggest roadblock so far has been constructing show-accurate backgrounds for the first 2 panels. its so hard and god i wish i could just have the actual CG assets from the show instead of just working from screenshots 😭

i'm gonna be throwing myself at it today though. i CANT let this thing still be unfinished in 2025. like i REFUSE to still be working on this come the new year

page four is still being difficult, none of the compositions ive been putting together really worked for me. i need this page to be impactful. its gotta hit. i wont settle for anything less than that.

i'm gonna keep at it. im gonna finish this and i PROMISE YOU that i will do so before the year ends, so help me god