#noteblook

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Concept arts for Glam Dummy, Sad Dummy, and Noteblook. Glam Glitter-kun's final design is by @paintedhen but the second-to-last picture here was my first idea before Emerson stepped in.

Noteblook (the Dummy from the Ruins in UNDERTALE) has always been a bit tricky because they virtually have no character to them in the game. Since their Check data is a (very bad) poem we came to the conclusion that they liked writing and poetry, but still had a bit of sass to them like their family (they just leave the tutorial if you're too boring for them). Their name comes from notebook + -blook.

Glam Dummy is not a training dummy, but a clothes mannequin! He wields large scissors and commands an army of mini mannequins. Minniquins. In the Mew Mew Kissy Cutie universe, Mew Mew Kissy Cutie's rival is a familiar-looking bishie cat man named Glitter-kun. The last image is the design on Alphys' shirt, meant to invoke the 2010s anime merch you probably have in the back of your closet.

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Happy end of year! Thanks everyone for the warm reception to OTHERSWAP, here's hoping we'll have even more for you in 2024. In the meantime I'll share some miscellaneous pictures for you all to look at!

Sketches for the snack bar in Clearwater that replaces Grillby's. I thought it would be funny if each town was required by law to have some kind of Christmas tree decoration. I'm really attached to the mascot idea... maybe there's a monster who just looks like that. Talk about a dream job!

The building ended up changing a bit in the sprite but it keeps the sliding doors and walk-up counter I wanted so it's fine. The sprite is a mishmash of roofing from Hometown buildings, the flowerpots from Grillby's, and original work.

Noteblook and Shyra, Shyren's sister who replaces her in this AU. Obviously we never see her in the original game so I had to come up with a design that still says they're related but still distinct from each other. She's a little ditzy but still just as cute! Little fish monsters are fun to draw.

Muffet eating a spear (spider pear), Shyra again, and the Holiday kids.

Speaking of the Holiday kids, a little drawing of them in that one Christmas dress! You know the one.

This was one of the very first things I drew back in 2021 when we were just starting work on OTHERSWAP. In the end we decided to not change Frisk at all, which thank god because the one singular stripe makes me uneasy.

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Happy 5th anniversary to DELTARUNE Chapter 1! To celebrate I've drawn a few festive pictures! I'm playing with the idea that Forestgrove is Halloween-themed to match with New Home/The Capital being Christmas-themed.

In case you didn't check your mail or hear the news, we got a cool little Halloween newsletter from Toby last night! I swear to you I had these sketched before the newsletter went out I just planned to post them today because, well, it's Halloween. I'd say it's too bad that we don't have a newsletter too, but also we don't really have anything to report on.

Admittedly I've been a bit behind on OTHERSWAP things because I've been busy with other interests & hobbies, but maybe we'll have something nice by the end of the year! Maybe. It'd be thematically appropriate at least.

As always, feel free to ask us anything about the AU or even just to say hi! With the news that Chapter 3 & 4 are well underway (maybe even releasing sooner than we expected since 5 is getting dropped from this release?!) I hope we get some more info about the Holidays.