Oh, to cuddle the Cosmos

They/Ze || AroAce || PoC || 25. Be careful staring into the void, it may begin to like the company.

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.-`*Commissions are OPEN*`-.

There will be 5 slots open for now (first come first serve) Shoot me a DM with any questions or requests!!

[milfyspamton]

anyone remember what these things are called like little cartoony expressive doohickies i think they have a real name but i can’t remember

[milfyspamton]

im not fucking crazy.

[milfyspamton]

if i have one more person say sparkles on this post im gonna blow i swear to god

[evengirlierballs]

They're squeans I'm pretty sure! If they pop like that anyway. But the term for this kind of "symbol to refer to the general vibe of something in art" is called "Emanata" because it emanates from a person or object.

[creepymutelilbugger]

what the fuck. comics are magic

[charlesoberonn]

somebody put a quimpsy spurl on my blorbo

[eirapparent]

she quimps on my jarns til I nittles

[meri-ny]

Big malewives with cute aprons 🙏

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Love the idea that Yellow and Spamton *HATE* that they have the same taste in partners

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Some misc Hellaverse doodles from two years ago lol Not really in the fandom anymore and the art is suuuper old but thought I might as well share them

[cheezydraws]

Queenie

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QUEEEEEENNN

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Tom & Jerry coded homosexuals

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Headshot of @magpiementality 's oc Ferdinand. He's the kind of character that I enjoy being put in ~*.-situations-.*~ which is unfortunate for him lololol

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Screenshots from the trailer and some first thoughts about them.

Please share you're thoughts an theories! I wanna hear them!

1. the new enemy kinda remind me of the diamond cards to me

2. Trashy, Nubert and new characters fight??

3. Looks like the scene where we me Spamton in ch 2? maybe in reference to the weird route or the solo spam neo fight scene in the winter newsletter?

5+6. Teennnaa. Kinda looks like his boss fight? will we be able to replay the fight like the mini games? or just included because he's a fan fav that we will see in castle town? Also Kris on their own for the cooking game with tenna in the place of Ralsie and Susie? [<- Edit: was reminded that this part does in fact happen the Tennas boss fight in Ch 3]

(Both Spam and Tennas inclusion could also be showing that you get the full game, them being used to rep Ch.2 and 3 respectively as they are probably recognisable characters for non deltarune players)

Hoping for reunion 2 electric boogaloo, now with less foam

7. Cool new enemy!

8. beautiful background art, glowing feather/quill? Wonder what that is about, if we go with the otaku Asgore read, maybe this world is like an old school anime/video game where the protag needs to get 4 magical doodads to fight the boss.

9. katana attack from and unknown enemy, Kris alone *again*

10. more pretty bg art

Some general thoughts:

Excited to see if we get a World specific boss like King, Queen and Tenna or if it will be more like the Titan/knight fight were they are more overarching story relevant.

Could chapter 5 include Carol I'm the dark world? Her link to katana's etc. could be a reason the dark world looks like that. This could be her and Asgore working together?

We see a lot of Kris alone in the trailer, Toby mention how he and the team wanted keep it as spoiler free as possible, and I don't want to try an put meaning where there isn't any. But there could be a possibility of Kris only fights to hide a new party member, weird route shenanigans or we have Kris on their own more so we can see what's going on with them.

[cat-the-comet]

devastating: artist who has not practiced fundamentals enough to execute high concept idea eats shit

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Stop calling me ouuuutttt 😭😭😭

Why did I have to spend so much time drawing anime and mlp instead of some fucking cuuubbeess god damn ittt

[coffinvows]

finished my first semester oufh god finally blorbo time

[kererek]

☀️

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[pixelatedcrown]

It's been just over a year since Deltarune chapters 3 & 4 released! I did the 3D work, which mostly means Tenna 📺 I figured it's been long enough to share some "behind the scenes" stuff, starting with a look at the Maya file for his static poses...

I'd individually render the poses to get that early 3D shine ✨ Here's some of them at their original resolutions! I would work from text descriptions from Toby, and sometimes there'd be a Paint sketch to help out. Gigi drew the concept that I modeled from and some poses too!

I had a lot of fun pushing myself to match the dynamic poses Toby had in mind for Tenna - making him so crazy and expressive was something I couldn't have done without his prompts. He'd draw the faces on afterward too, which really brought Tenna to life!

(lots more after the Read More cut...!)

Here are some of the Paint sketches Toby drew to help me with specific Tenna poses! I love seeing his drawings LOL, genuinely really good and evocative 👍

There was a time when I was struggling to capture what he wanted for these specific Tenna poses… Until Toby acted them out himself, and I thought, "Ah, it's like that. I understand." and then I was able to make them just how he pictured them.

When looking through the renders and choosing what to share, I laughed at these two… Remember when Tenna had a gun? Remember when he bent over in a very specific way that might remind you of another, different image? No? Maybe you don't…? Well. Don't worry about it.

These ones are cute… Tenna is pretty cute sometimes! Has anyone ever thought this? Actually, before people knew he was going to be a strange 3D sprite the Whole Time, I was worried people wouldn't like the style and it'd sour people's views on him. I'm glad that didn't happen.

Toby thought it would be funny to have Tenna do some really smooth, mocapped animations sometimes - specifically free to use ones that often pop up in other things. An extra funny part to me is how many frames these take up in the game, and how his tails are stuck to his legs…

Speaking of mocap, Toby wanted Tenna to use custom mocap animations as far back as 2016 - Ten(na) years ago! I got an Xbox Kinect at the time and learnt how to set this up, but then never used it. Here's a look at messing with mocaped stuff again in 2022. So Normal.

Don't bother trying to help him here, he's just being dramatic 🙄

I particularly like these poses - I think I improvised most of these just based off the context they get used in… I always liked posing his tie and coat tails as if they were also parts of his body he could move. Which I guess they are?

After I rendered out the individual poses in high quality, I'd force the color palette to be limited to just a few shades and then I'd shrink the result down to pixel sized sprites. Like these! I'd tidy them up a little, but they'd really get improved on at the pixel scale by Clairvoire.

As well as Tenna's sprites, I also worked on his intro "movie"…! Seeing people be completely overloaded by this on first playthroughs would always make me laugh. In game, there's a ton of extra editing done by Everdraed, but my unedited cut looks like this ⬇️

This was the entire storyboard I had to work from, and I'm realizing now that there's the note "put him in car etc" that I never did and actually don't know what it would mean exactly. Working on this had me listen to the accompanying audio many times, but it's good so it's okay.

Here are a bunch of random clips of the Maya project for Tenna's intro movie. This is how movies get made, I think!! Yeah… Just like this.

Say it with him, folks!!

For the 3D Ralsei clip from the intro, Toby really wanted it to look a certain way, and drew more sketches for guiding me with this part than any other. They genuinely helped.

Remember how Toby's original storyboard has the note "covered in slime and shrinks"? That meant I had to learn how to make 3D slime. You can see my tech advancing here.

I'm really happy with how the final Tenna animation at the end of the intro movie turned out! It wouldn't look as good if it wasn't for some 2D animation to reference from SmallBuStudio, so thank you to them for the help! Tenna is cute… Huh, I already said that…?

Phew!! That's a lot of Tenna. I hope it was fun to look through my posts! Oh, one more thing - the Fangamer Mr. Tenna Figurine just straight up uses the 3D model I made, which I think is really funny and cool and nice. Check it out if you want! Thanks for reading!

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Waaah!! Some awesome behind the scenes of Tenna's development and intro sequence. I love the ref poses Toby did (shows that you can give an artist real basic doodles to help get you ideas across and they will make the pop!) And overall really interesting to see how the game is made! Absolutely *fantastic* work Pixel!

[skramz0000]

noelley in dark makeupy

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Aaaa I really need to draw Noelle in alt clothing!! DDX

This looks great OP!!

[dipperisms]

my absolute favourite scene in chapter 3 (exaggerating sorry) is when tenna is on the verge of killing himself and ralsei is just feeding him the worst advice imaginable like its the lesson to be learned here. its so miserable i just burst out laughing can someone help this kid

tenna: i dont want to die please dont leave me i want to exist i know im irrelevant i know im useless but i can still be fun right kris im good im good im still good please dont leave

ralsei: dont worry mister our suffering is pointless and futile if not for the enjoyment of lightners so lets not even try. you serve no use anymore and thats ok do you want tea before youre forgotten forever. mister tenna

[daisukoth]

Susie x Noelle fanfiction recommendation list:

(feel free to add to the list in the reblogs or comments)

Normal Route-

The Light in The Dark (Suselle Stories): the absolute peak of suselle fanfics. I recommend pretty much every fic in this series. Total 67k words.

The fics I recommend the most in this series are:

--Tricks and Treats: halloween night fic. Really fun to read ....and also there's suselle making out (//∇//). 6k words

--Jealousy: really good fun and cute fic about Susie dealing with feelings of jealousy because of her crush on Noelle. 25k words

--Worth the Daydream: "Oh, she was so dead. She had one job, one very specific warning: don’t lay a finger on Noelle. One finger, and Mr. Holiday would gut her alive. [...] it would be a problem if Noelle’s dad didn’t like her. And there was no doubt that what she was doing right now would get her on the top of his shit list." Susie and Noelle making out. thats it. Come get your juice. 2k words

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Anyways-

The Show Must Go On: abandoned, but still, its a pretty entertaining fic (although its been a while since I've read it). Its a lightworld fic, and it also has a big word count, if you're on a long fic mood. 51k words

Telltale Signs: cute fluffy fic about the gang going camping. 22k words

Save and Protect: unfinished. A nice fic if you want more lightworld suselle. There's also some conflict between Susie and Noelle's mom, if you're interested in how they would interact. 7k words

her worst idea yet: really cute suselle fic about Noelle buying a varsity jacket for Susie to wear. 5k words

look my way: "Susie finds out about Noelle's crush. She tries to figure out how she feels about it." 1.6k words

Confessions: "Susie is being a gentle-woman and walking Noelle home from the Sadie Hawkmans dance when Noelle wants to tell her a big secret." pre chapter 2, trans girl Noelle. 1k words.

the sweet, still woods: "Whatever happened to that other Noelle Holiday, in that other world? (Whatever will happen to her in this one?)" pre chapter 2. Really great fic about the other possible timelines, and if they may or may not meet... 1k words

Friends Don't Tenderly Braid Each Other's Hair and Bask in Each Other's Presence: "Noelle has a realization while braiding Susie's hair and suddenly loses her brain to mouth filter and says something she regrets. …Actually, maybe she doesn't regret it." pre chapter 2. Really cute fic. 1.9k words

Tail-Pulling: "Noelle finally finds out what the deal is with Susie's tail." Sweet fic, they're already dating in this one. A bit raunchy (light masochism), but its still rated T. 1k words

To Be Vulnerable is To Be Strong: "Lollipop moment (n) \ lol-ee-pop, moh-ment \ - a special moment where one individual positively shapes another person’s life, but may not realize their impact.

An introspective look at Susie borrowing the candy cane pencil, and the ripple effect that it was soon to cause." suselle from Susie's POV. to their first meeting, when Noelle gave her the pencil, to after chapter 2. 3k words

Painful Way (She Makes Me Feel Some Days): timeskip fic, they're both college age (and yet still pinning) 7k words

Die Hard: "Noelle has a chance encounter with an old friend." another timeskip fic. This time they ended up drifting apart, and found each other again... 1k words

Initiate Wacky_Dating_Antics.Exe: Queen helps Noelle in Getting The Girl. a more comedic fic 4k words

Scaredy deer: "Noelle Holiday was scared of a lot of things. In a normal, wanting to avoid them kind of way. She was scared of Susie. But it was in a not-normal, wanting to get closer kind of way. Kinda weird, in her opinion." small introspection of Noelle's feelings about fear, and Susie.. 400 words

favorite holiday: “Hey, uh, Noelle. Which holiday is my favorite?”. just a short fic with Susie flirting with Noelle. 800 words

That Suselle thing: festival suselle. really cute interactions, seeing Noelle and Susie care about each other. the fic is entirely dialogue boxes, which i think is cool.

ACTs of Affection: "Kris pointed forward dramatically, their stone-faced expression as stoic as ever as they gave their next command. “Susie, flirt with the enemy.”" 2.5k words

while i'm in this body i want somebody to want (and i want you to love me): "Susie doesn't think she deserves to be loved." hurt/comfort. Susie POV, so this is a bit of a character study. 500 words

Summer beer: hurt/comfort. Susie and Noelle talking about the future... 1.8k words

~UPDATE 03/06/25~

Come Into The Water: "Susie is a lot like the moon." starting off strong with a chapter 2 suselle fic. Really good fic about Noelle thinking about her feelings for Susie. 660 words.

morning glories, white lies: Susie and Noelle buying flowers for each other. Featuring delicious flower symbolism. 7k words.

Breaking News: Susie Tries To Talk About Her True Feelings! (It Goes About As Well As You'd Expect): "Susie's been feeling really odd around a certain fair haired fawn. And so, she decides to call up her best buddy Kris to figure out what the hell is the deal with that lately. Or Local nonbinary teen attempts to explain crushes to fellow teen in need of counseling over text in the middle of the night on a school night, all the while trying to not punch something in the utter frustration they experience during it." Susie being a huge useless lesbian. 2.4k words

Peach Fuzz: "Noelle has one small, embarrassing secret: she gets cold really easily. So much for being a reindeer!" Susie helps Noelle deal with the cold... (also she shows her something really cool). 1.7 words

i still get a little starstruck (bright enough to light me up): "Noelle and Susie confess their secrets that make both their palms sweaty and shaky. (Maybe they’ll finally get past the mutual pining Kris has been suffering under for a while?)" adorable fic. transfem Noelle. 1.7k words

No Place Like A Dark World (for the holidays): "In a Dark World, in a church, there's a place for them. For Susie, it's a beautiful dream of the world she can win if she only heeds the call only she can hear. For Noelle, it's a glimmer of hope for the future she has barely let herself imagine. On the darkest night of the year, they kindle lights and hold each other close." adorable fic about Susie and Noelle sharing holiday traditions, and dreaming of the future. Has both of their POVs (t4t suselle. and btw, Susie uses he/him pronouns, and Noelle fae pronouns) 3.7k words

Check Yes or No: Susie gets a weird letter on her locker, asking her "Do you have a crush on anyone?". highly recommend. 4k words

Noelle's Drunken Diner Dinner Date: "Susie agreed to meet Noelle on her 19th birthday to share their first drinks together, but neither of them can hold their liquor well." fluff. really cute interactions in this fic! 2k words

Jealous? Over What?: "Susie is a jackass. Everybody knows who she is. Everybody has had at least a small taste of her cruelty. Except one person. Noelle never quite understood why Susie spares her. (...) Noelle hates to admit it. She's jealous." the description is pretty self-explanatory. Noelle is being a masochist... and Susie is confused. 1.6k words

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Snowgrave/Weird Route-

things left behind in the avalanche: beautiful and devastating fic about them running away and dealing with the aftermath of the Snowgrave route, and the trauma that came with it. 2k words

Don't You Wonder?: cute interpretation of the scene where Susie goes into Noelle's room in the Weird route. 1.6k words

A Nightmare Becomes a Dream?: "Susie might not be the best at comforting, but she's the best thing Noelle could ever think of in this nightmare-ish world." Another fic about what happened in Noelle's room in the Snowgrave route. 2.7k words

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Always on the hunt for some suselle fic recs, might check some of these out 👀

[beezah-beez]

somewhat incompatible attachment issues

[beezah-beez]

it's kinda goin bad but theyre getting better!!!!

[i-am-a-lazy-mess]

hate when I type :) and this 🙂 fucker appears. Go away you evil soul

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The exact reason I type my silly little faces like :))) now.

Plus the more smiles I add sound like a pleased hum in my head.