#caramel-bites

[doe-prince]

Just wanted to say I really enjoy all of your work! The pacing in your comics and small things like character expressions really stand out to me. And the Honey narration style is extremely delightful to me as well. I hope today is kind to you.

Thank you so much! Pacing is a hard thing to nail so I'm extra glad to hear people liking how I've done it.

[charseraph]

how would you rate one of the regional trains in my country (844, RegioShark)

Ooh that’s a good shape, love the unusual downturned lamps. Cute livery too, with that red flair at the coupler.

[deathcatcher]

oh oh I think you will be delighted to hear that I just started playing ultrakill today :D

HELL FUCKING YES!!!!!!!!! ANOTHER ONE JOINS THE RANKS

PLEASE please please please feel free to tell us your thoughts as u go along I hope u enjoy it. it's such a fucking cool game. I've never even particularly been the first-person shooter gamer type but ultrakill is genuinely just so fun and exciting to control and move around and learn how to style on shit. and the lore/ worldbuilding makes me a little crazy.

have fun!!!

[unicarcass-archive]

did you. did you guys see. did you see. silksong. skong real. holy shit skong real.

we did. we're trying to be excited for it

at the very least its something to look forward to right now and thats comforting

[wavesalwayscrash]

I am really enjoying the comic, the characters are all fascinating in their own ways. I like the lil' annoyed ear flick Mariner does from time to tome ...

Thank you! I always like when characters have subtle body language ticks that are specific to them. It feels like it adds another small layer of characterization, even if it's not a lot!

Mariner isn't very expressive in most cases, so him doing an annoyed ear flick helps get across his emotion even if he face doesn't always change.

[ursiday]

I noticed in the art fight batch you posted that it looks like scanned pencil lines coloured in, if so, how do you get them so clean n crisp for colouring if I may ask :0

Sure! I actually don't have a scanner so I just take pics with my phone lol. This is what it looks like after I mess with the settings in my camera roll, honestly my pics are pretty crunchy but I think it adds charm LOL I just clean them up in photoshop as needed

Then I put it in photoshop to fix the values a little more and clip out around the character, I don't really have a formula for this I just mess with the contrast and levels etc. I think it helps that I sketch these first with a harder pencil then go over the lines with a softer one so I can crank the contrast and the messier lines fade a bit naturally, though my art is just messy either way so I don't really mind lol. Sometimes I go and touch things up by hand as well by painting over lines I don't want

Then I add flats on a multiply layer, then shading. Also a color overlay above the pencil lines so they arent grey

Then on a layer on top I "enhance" it I guess and render a bit, will vary depending on whatever I think the pic needs but usually I'll draw over outlines and paint over anything that's still too rough. For all this (as well as coloring/shading) I just use a regular soft round brush

[sistarstarly]

Irvin. Ghost and Wound. Chewing on him.

Ghost: Who or what haunts your OC? What happened? How do they live with their ghosts? In his own nightmares, you often will see a companion he once knew from a former life wander around. They are always around, but you may not be able to reach them before the dream ends. Not even he can fully reach them.

Wound: How does your OC handle being wounded? Are their wounds mostly physical? Mental? Emotional? What's the worst wound your OC has ever experienced?

Though many of his wounds were physical, they were always able to heal fully without a scar - except the display around his neck. It has always left him with troubled feelings, but he has learned to brush it away quite easily. It's not hard to repress many feelings, even pain.

[sistarstarlydraws]

Art Trades

... with some friends! @caramel-bites @minnowbit