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22 , 26 and 30 for the ask game ❓

22. What physical exercises do you do before drawing, if any

NONE 💥💥💥 which may catch up to me one day but so far is yet to hurt me

26. What's a piece that got a wildly different interpretation from what you intended

Not necessarily a means of intent and not necessarily a widespread interpretation thing, but my friend tricky always reads into pieces in a way that goes deep in a really delightful way and finds layered meaning that I hadn't even considered in my own art!! I think a lot about its recent reply to the twins valentines cards, which absolutely delights me. TRICKY I OWE YOU EVERYTHING IF NO ONE ELSE GOT ME I KNOW TUMBLR USER TRICKYGIMMICKS GOT ME. This one in particular was a delight because I wasn't really intentionally going in with much deeper meaning to the piece other than "it'd be fun"

30. What piece of yours do you think is underrated?

Oooh this is hard because I don't really post my art publically I don't see metrics about them anymore?? So I don't have a reaction to really compare my own feelings against. Maybe my answer then is the gift art that I never really shared with anyone else but the recipient, not because I think the person who received it didn't appreciate it but because I didn't give it the same amount of attention as I normally do a finished piece? So you'll get to see them here :) @iinkstrike 's ash and @visceraversa 's Sirius respectively. Had a LOT of fun with these :)

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thought today was a good day to post art of these two again

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Doodles I made today for Valentine's. Featuring shenanigans from my two buddies

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(all scenes are depicted as platonic)

So every Inktober I try to do something more challenging, and this year I thought I would make a short comic/fanfic. I think I got the idea for this one a year ago but I was already wrapped up with another Inktober. Eventually I solidified the idea by making my own prompt list some time ago.

This comic is split into three parts with 10 days focusing on each of them, 30 in total, everything is compiled here. I wanted to post them after October in case I wanted to change anything.

This first part takes place in the summit. (long post incoming btw)

The comic is basically all improvised, that means no planning for the composition, plot, or sketching any drawings. The most planning I did was write a few scripts ahead of time within the month to save me some time but most of them would be changed last minute anyways.

As for the plot, I won't go too deep into it because I don't want to talk too much, so you'll just find commentary on the making of the comic and stuff.

This first part is a little gimmick-y compared to the next two, with new elements appearing almost every day. It’s because I relied a lot on the prompts (dog, milk, etc.) to keep things happening, eventually I move further away from them.

What is surprising to me is how much the art changes as the days go by especially within the span of one month. I did refine a few things to keep it more consistent but this is nearly indistinguishable from the original drawings.

I should also mention that my favourite aspect of this project was adding references to the game and subtle details (if you can find it all, awesome!!) This may have been done quickly but I like to have those things and put at least a bit of effort into the dialogue.

Part 2

Eventually I figured that drawing the same setting for 30 days straight would drive me insane, hence why this comic is split like it is. I’m glad I did because it makes the story a little more interesting, seeing the characters have different attitudes in different places and whatnot.

This one takes place in the cave directly after pt 1. Admittedly I do better drawing outdoor settings, it's what I'm used to, but the cave wasn't so bad to figure out.

I remember these two days I was streaming drawing the comic to my friends, so I kinda zoned out while we were talking lol

One of the prompts was about napping, so I made Dwarf sleep. I believe I was tired that day too and it was therapeutic to draw and include that. Also they look cute, I think.

18 & 19 have some of my favourite drawings in the comic. The campfire lighting is what we'd get if I had a bit more energy each day, and I like the perspective in the first panel of 19.

I find this last section interesting, because of all the 30 days, it’s the only one in Dwarf’s POV. I felt like it was fitting to do something like that at the time.

Part 3

Since we were approaching Halloween, I wanted to have a special part for it. It’s related to the other two parts but it takes place some time after. I’m really sorry it’s out of season, if it were up to me I would have had this post out earlier (thank my midterms for the delay)

Out of all the other parts this one is my favourite. Maybe because it’s more recent I’m inclined to think that way but it has some of my fave moments that I've written here.

Other than that I don't have much commentary for this part. More thoughts at the end!

I was caught up everyday atp, but I didn’t have much spare time to prepare for the ending (I wrote it the morning of that day). I think this is a decent conclusion though.

I intend on coming back to this story, maybe next year to make a continuation but we'll see what happens. There are definitely things that I want to come back to someday.

Thank you for making it this far btw. It's been an eventful month for me beyond this (Untitled) comic, but there wasn't a single aspect of this that I didn't enjoy doing. It's a silly project and I care about it.

Also, I'm not going to neglect the 31st of October! That day will get an illustration, where I will pick my favourite panel and redraw it. I want to take my time with this one so it's not out yet, but hopefully I can finish by Christmas.

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I wanted to give newhu a drawing

Her design is cool so I wanted to give her a cool pose idk. I love you Michigan 💙💛

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If you're seeing this, it means you have to give Dwarf a shiny gem NOW!

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Krobus feels like causing problems today. He has chosen the victim for his tomfoolery.

Bonus:

Dwarf doesn't know what an "April fools" is, but they've HAD ENOUGH!!!!