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Welcome to MONKIESTUCK! A crossover au between MONKIE KID and HOMESTUCK

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INTRO POST + RULES

Welcome to the Monkiestuck Blog! This is the offical Tumblr dedicated to the AU and subsequent webcomic knows as Monkiestuck, the synopsis of which can be summarized here. The blog is open to questions for the team, as well as any questions you may have about the lore/characters. Character questions can be asked to the characters themselves for their own Q&A! BLOG RULES: No slurs or hate speech, no racism, no spamming, no antisemitism, no homophobia or TERFs, absolutely NO pedophiles or zoophiles (equally, no bullying furries as they are not inherently zoophiles), no transphobes/truscums, no harassment, no ableism, no proshippers/neutralshippers, no incest.

The comic will be released once the team is satisfied with its quality, it will be an ongoing comic.

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Homestuck Heritage Post

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Hello! I was wondering if you have any references for drawing the LMK cast in the homestuck style? I want to give it a go but I've never once been in the Homestuck fandom and don't know how to find what's cannon and what's not a cannon style 😭

Hello hello! So there are three versions of the character designs: Mini-Sprite, Half-Sprite, and Full Design. If you have any more questions, feel free to toss in another ask! MINI-SPRITE:

Your run-of-the-mill tiny sprite, characterized by a compact body type (even if the character is plus-sized, like Jane Crocker or Feferi Peixes). Here's a Homestuck Base Sheet with outfits included! The thing to do here is simplify down the character's features. For longer loose skirts, use Kanaya's sprite for a reference. For shorts, I recommend John's sprite. Dave does well for pants. If you're worried about a more complex character design, take Marvus here for example. That's a lotta troll! But if you know how to simplify things down, his minisprite would look like this. Worried about big hair and a thicker frame like Chahut's? Same concept, just squish 'em down.

HALF-SPRITE:

Half or Semi-sprites are a bit more variable. They're essentially close-up shots or scenes where you want to emphasize the character. The characters typically have thick noodle-like arms in this style now, but not always. Something to keep in mind is that accessories and stuff like horns are line-less and that some lines may be colored. There's a couple pages with sprites pulled from the webcomic here that you can use for reference. Something I've noticed is that there isn't any shading save for scenes with dramatic lighting or a light source in frame with the character. If you don't like the Homestuck half-sprite style, it is highly recommended that you substitute them with the Hiveswap sprites instead, which has a simple, round style while still having necessary detail on character designs. Here's a Hiveswap sprite base!

FULL BODY:

The full bodies are the most irritating part of this, but here we go: Full bodies, as you can see, are lineless pieces of art with notable drawbacks, chiefly being that they're deadlocked to only being suitable for a skinny body type. If you want my opinion, stick to the rather lineless art style but don't comply with the static body type. Feel free to add more of your style here. Should also point out Friendsim's sprites and Pesterquest's sprites definitely weren't done by Hussie but have way more body diversity for your OC needs. I highly recommend using them as references. Here are the Friendsim sprites, and here are the Pesterquest sprites.

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Cover Art

Art by @dynamicsimpduo

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