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[teugihan]

I had a real nostalgia trip the last few hours so storytime...

Back in 2007, when I was a young college freshman, just learning how to be an independent adult (pffft hahahaha), I used to post to y!Gallery. I didn't have a specific fandom that I really wanted to draw for. I just wanted to explore gay smut and lemme tell you, the aughts was a helluva time to be growing up with the internet.

Then I came across Spy vs Spy. I never thought I'd get so enamored with a comic from MAD magazine, but hey, Mountain Dew commercials were surprisingly influential??

I know what you're thinking: These guys are supposed to be Black Spy and White Spy? I drew them stylized at one point because I got tired of one salty user's subtweet in an SvS club. I'm likely going to try another version that's more faithful to the classic Prohias style, but seriously, I like interpreting character designs from simplified shapes.

Moral of the story? Don't let some disgruntled asshat's comments get in the way of your joy. ʅ(ツ)ʃ

Fastforward to 2023, I got inspired to look up an online author who wrote one of my most favorite SvS fic after I found my first attempt at drawing a comic adaptation. So many complicated but positive feelings came up when I saw the familiar icon and the same comic page that I made on a Wacom Bamboo and Adobe Photoshop Elements... And that's how we got to this redraw :)

[teugihan]

Hi all! Do you remember me? No? It’s all good. Here’s a brief summary and re-introduction:

I used to post art to a fandom tag or two. Followed a few IRL peeps. Made a few new friends. Would’ve been a good time, but ultimately got tired of all the discourse that just couldn’t stay in its lane. This was before tumblr started implementing its own tag filters (shh, i know there’s xkit but I’m a simple person). Super unnecessary stress if you ask me.

It’s cool. Setting up healthy boundaries online didn’t seem to be a netiquette for some of the community in the 2010s.

ANYWAYS.

What I’m trying to say is: Hi, let’s try again, folks!

Those of you who are still active and forgot that you had this blog on your radar, hope you’re well. Looking forward to exploring fandoms and sharing some fun together :)