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Raisans | He/Him | 24 | Trans&Pan | Artist/Writer | Commissions open! Ask box: 14 | Blog where I post art (no real commitment to any one fandom rn)

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!!RAISANS COMMISSIONS!!

All prices are in USD

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I sincerely hope you consider me to draw some art of your little guys!

Sketch:

Bust — $20

1/2 Body — $25

Full Body — $30

Coloured:

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Full Body — $50

Rendered:

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1/2 Body — $55

Full Body — $60

Backgrounds:

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Extras:

Animals/Pokemon:

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Rendered — $25

Additional Characters/Animals: 50% of the base cost per character

Extra Effort:

Prices may increase if the commission requires more time and effort than normal.

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Extra Effort includes but is not limited to: hand lettering/text, complex composition/scenes, extra polish, full painted style, etc.

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OCs

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GOD, I love your TADC comic! it's so fun!

Thank you! ^^

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ga-ha! Late! My victory this time (i was like 40 minutes late so that was close lmao)

You mention the fact the computer doesn't have native internet access in another ask, this leads me to believe one of the people who visited put one in! Would you say it was likely one of the people in the circus or do you think it was someone who didn't put on the headset- for how many people put on the headset, I imagine there were those who didn't.

I could see it being Abby trying to see if she can surf the internet on this old-ass PC from the 90s

Did one of the cast put in a wifi-dongle or is there perhaps another explanation in your AU?

Not late! Because I'm not posting >:) (I didn't start the shading, it's late, I'll get to it tomorrow after my Call of Cthulhu campaign and groceries)

I definitely think it's another random UrbX guy for this au that gave the PC access to WiFi, though they took the dongle with them when they left (can't just leave behind your wifi dongle that's money) given Abby would've long since left the building when Caine had access to Internet and I can't think of much reason she'd go back after about a month of total elapsed time. This would leave Caine, at the current moment of the comic (aside from being OoS), unable to access Internet unless Grant put in a different WiFi dongle or if Grant had Dial-Up still in his house. He could! Seems like the kind of guy (will probably go for an Ethernet connection honestly)

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I have the feeling it'll be a battle between kinger and the original on Caine's files before Cauane eventually gains enough time to block access to not only his file, but to everyone else's files as well.

We'll just have to see :)

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Loving your TADC comic so far! My husband knows a few things about computer science though, and says that actually zipping the mind files would cause data (most likely memories) to be lost in order to be compressed. What Caine is more likely doing is creating save states for each mind file. Though the visual of him "zipping" the cast into their rooms is spot on.

The cast's original brain scans would actually be lost -- he would have to load the "backups" later -- similar to how transporters work in Star Trek (deconstructing the beamed person, then creating a copy on the surface of the planet). Like Trek characters, it's probably best the cast doesn't think about it too hard.

I would think this would be "standard procedure" for power outages too. There's no way that computer was sitting there for 20 odd years without the occasional blackout.

Yeah probably XD I have my reasons for how and why I'm approaching the technical sides of the computer stuffs, but I do appreciate the information provided!

My major drawback is that I am a 24 year old artist first who had his older brother and father buy and assemble a PC for him and when he tired to ask if he could help, was relegated to "hold this thing in place and cut these zip ties". I am certainly not a bastion of computer knowledge =w=; sad, I know. Though, my knowledge base is larger than average (my whole family except me works in tech in some way) so I try to use that to make it more realistic than usual, but I am still very limited in my perspective and understanding. Plus, I do prefer to handwave when narrative interest and fun visuals are more compelling than reality.

Zipping the files gives me a fun visual gag AND gives something real for Grant and Destiny to SEE happening in front of them to clue in that something is going on behind the scenes, lest we be resigned to another 20 pages of waiting for the outside world to notice something. That's the kinda main issue with the save and load that is more realistic. It's background processes. Things that, without opening a terminal and directly prompting the program for a status update, they wouldn't know is happening. It severely kills the pacing, taking the story either to a crawl just waiting for anyone to instigate or to a sprint if I had Caine pulling up windows left and right. The zip files let me have an even pace of discovery and reaction between both sides and set up a good conflict for Caine and The Bests to spin around.

And also, I think the least of my worries the real side effects of file compression when one must ask: who in fuck put a wifi receiver on a computer from 1996? Wifi wasn't even established as a trademark until the year after, let alone when it was affordable and available for a company that, in canon, shut down after it failed one project???? Not to mention companies are notorious for being slow to integrate updates if they might be a security risk to a revolutionary project like highly advanced creative AI in the 90s. Also are they just gonna quit their entire Dial-Up service that they would've been relying on? My boyfriend brought this up to me once and I haven't been able to let it go since. WHO PUT THE WIFI DONGLE ON??????? WOULD THAT COMPUTER BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE ADAPTER??? THIS IS WINDOWS NT AND I DONT KNOW MAN IM JUST A DESK LACKY WHO DRAWS FOR FUN. I DID RESEARCH JUST TO BE SURE I WASN'T TALKING OUT MY ASS ABOUT THIS

sorry I got really long winded. I like talking about my thought process. If I had any more spoons I'd make a great YouTuber.

Thank you for the ask, I like learning about things :)

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Recently I've read a response to a comment I left on a fic where they pointed out that Cain was childish because he was an unfinished project.

Will Grant and Destiny notice that? Or will Destiny just be wrapped up about Cain (unintentionally*) killing the project?

* I realize she doesn't likely know that.

They will certainly have thoughts about Caine and his actions later

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YOOOOO THIS TADC COMIC IS SO COOL!!! love the concept! Out of curiosity, did the computer get auctioned with the headset?

Thank you! And yes, you can see the headset on the auction table with the monitor, though the headset won't be cropping up much

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Yooo I really like your comic!!

It very pretty (also thanks for adding in transcripts, I find the writing hard to read sometimes lol)

Also question: is the person in ur header gaster? :D

I'm glad you like it! Thank you!

And nope! Not Gaster. It's just a swamp monster I created for that watercolor painting back in 2019. If anything, it's more based off The Beast from Over the Garden Wall

The painting proper:

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Hey, Just found your comic, and I want to favorite it so I can find it again easily, so what is your TADC Comic called? I don't use Tumblr often so I'm not sure if I'd be able to find it again.

I have a tag for it! It's #tadc repossession comic. You can find it as a tag under this post

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Hi! I just found your TADC comic today and I LOVE it! The concept is so sick! I’m excited to see where you go with it

Thank you! Glad you're enjoying it!! I'm having a great time with it and glad others find it cool too!

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AM LATE (woke up like an hour 35 ago), W chapter

Makes me curious, can you give us the exact sequence of events in your AU of Caine's creation, abandonment, subsuming of blue and shut down of C&A? My perspective is they were up against an incoming hard deadline (based on the calendars) and Caine absorbing Blue basically meant they didn't have enough time to make another cuz they were already down to the wire, but the way Grant speaks makes it sound like there might've been time to do something but morality was too down to do anything about it? He implies making a version 3 or investigating why this happened was a potential avenue, I'm curious for if this is the case, what did they spend their time doing?

(i tried sending this like 15 mins ago i dont think it went through, tumblr was just infinitely loading lmao)

I win this time! Haha! (You're good XD sleep is good)

So.. I got some of my own theories and headcanons around C&A and the AI project. Some of which will definitely come up later but a major thing I have in this comic is that C&A is still a company, and the Bests still work there. The branch they were working at, and the corresponding building, were closed due to the failure of the AI project. In my head, C&A is Computing and Accessories LLC. (I know it's a Cain and Abel reference but I don't think a company would just name themselves that, so yeah it's my au I can do what I want ^^) They are a company that makes computer parts and suchlike (SSD cards, external hard drives, webcams, etc (think SanDisk or Logitech)) and they opened a Assistive Software branch (where Grant/Destiny worked) Grant as (obv) a software engineer/programmer, and Destiny as a technical writer (the one who writes the manuals for the products/creates internal documentation)

Says he won't talk about it but then talks about it. But that's all I'll say! The exact how and why Caine's deviance caused a shutdown of the AS branch will become obvious later down the road. Grant thinks he deserved more time and the execs didn't. He and Destiny at least got transferred to another team rather than let go

(also two came through but DW about it ^^)

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The girls are fightiiiiiing

Enjoy

Transcript:

Zooble: ... How long do we gotta wait for Kinger?

Pomni: Hard to say...

Kinger: Huh? What's–

[turn]

Kinger: Oh. I see.

Kinger: Gimme those, Ragatha.

Ragatha: Is he gonna be ok?

Kinger: Oh, he's fine, on a technical level. It seems like his program stopped suddenly. Give me a sec.

Grant: A lot more went into the closure.

Destiny: You just can't admit that it was a failure.

Grant: It was a set-back!

Destiny: Grant, the Caine AI flew off the rails so quickly that it broke the subsequent attempt at a second itteration.

Grant: And no one bothered to follow up! Make a third! Figure out how 1.0 broke containment OR how it subsumed 2.0!

[Task Manager: Still good fam]

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Please let grant and kinger talk in the comic, please they need to revive Caine again—

They'll talk eventually ^^

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Quick tip about our mutually appreciated and oft used exclamation of dismay, it's just one word, "alas!" A lass is a young lady! 😉

The "a lass" is a deliberate choice, because I find it funny :)

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AHA, NOBODY'S (confirmed) LATE YET BECAUSE *I* AM EARLY!

I'm curious how long has passed between the end of the series and the start of this comic- can it be presumed that all the events we saw in the credits have taken place?

Looking forward to the devastated reactions of the cast in the next chapter, along with whatever the fuck Grant and Destiny are going to see/do next!

I was busy adding transcripts provided by lovely @hyperfixations-go-brr so I haven't been able to work on the next part XD quality of life updates 👍

Im not sure about exact times =3= but it is definitely after all the after credits stuff! I'd say like ~5 months or more. Long enough to be closer together but Caine is still working on himself

Hoooopefully I can get it done for today, but no promises (=w=)b

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Without Caine to protect their files, the gang is at risk of having their files messed with in the real world. If he had known this would happen, he'd have placed everything under a password.

A lass, he is but one little guy who has never had to deal with so many external conflicts before

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I was rotating your comic in my mind cause I couldn’t figure out what Caine closed when he was shutting down the circus, until I rotated to the part where Kinger says “Remember to close all your windows” and I realized Caine was literally closing windows. Also just realized as I was typing this that Destiny and Grant freaking out over the mind files after Caine wakes up and calmly checks everything is directly mirrored by Destiny and Grant reminiscing about Caine 1.0 while the circus freaks out about Caine’s shut down.

Yes yes, I like trying to do fun visual puns based around computer terminology, and the windows bit was exactly that!

Haha isn't it funny how reality and fabrication reflect and oppose, trading places but not quite meeting in the middle :)