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a comic/zine about coyotes

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anyway sound off. at what stage do ppl think Han figured out the Force was real. the boring answer is after seeing Obi-wan vanish but i think he could rationalise that away as his eyes playing tricks on him. what do we think.

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What is the relationship between Boots and Hawthorn?

hmm theyre fairly complicated, and their relationship can't really be summed up without going into their story at least a little bit as i have 100k+ words on them at this point. basically they're my adaptation of the fairy tale "the giant who had no heart in his body", and i take a lot of inspiration from the version from the storyteller by jim henson in particular, where the giant (hawthorn) is trapped within a dungeon in the castle and the prince (boots) is tricked into freeing him, thinking him repentant for his past crimes.

following that, boots tracks hawthorn down and gets himself into a situation wherein he cant return home until he frees his brothers (they went to kill hawthorn, who turned them into ravens), but hawthorn is not a very welcome host, and cannot be easily fooled into giving up the location of his heart, and because of its lack he is callous and sometimes cruel. in fact hawthorn generally tries to drive boots away by giving him difficult or impossible tasks, lying about where his heart is and then berating boots for checking, and teasing and beguiling the shy fellow endlessly.

they also spend a lot of time bickering over philosophy and morality, one being nihilistic and utilitarian, and the other being idealistic and humanitarian (those who have read the sea wolf by jack london will understand the dynamic). hawthorns primary redeeming quality is that at the very least he ultimately respects boots' autonomy in a way his own family does not, and over time the daily tasks become less impossible and less of an attempt to drive him away. however there is a very clear limit to how much hawthorn can be won over, without his heart he can only soften so much, and what emotion he does feel is faint and distant. so boots' motivation for finding the monsters heart shifts to do so for the sake of a relationship they could have, rather than to save his brothers so he can return home. but doing so is also a great betrayal to hawthorn.

ill stop there, its a good summation of the bulk of their dynamic i think.

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Harrison Wood Hsiang

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"Oh, do wipe that frown off your face. This is what you wanted, after all."

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"Save us, Hunter, oh please save us... from the horrors of this accursed unsightly beast!"

One of the earlier Soulstober entries. I'll be honest, drawing this freaked me out so bad since Ludwig's design genuinely freaks me out...

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Rain - The Dark Urge Memento Comic

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有些是改旧图

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Nomai and modern speak, ft. Cassava

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The Sound of Water (posted on Twitter on May 7th, 2024)

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To The People I Pass On The Train At Night - Jordan Bolton

My first book ‘Blue Sky Through the Window of a Moving Car’ is now available to pre-order! Get it here - https://smarturl.it/BlueSky

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pye (and ideae)

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Little Companion (2021)

This is the second Outer Wilds comic I've ever done. You can see I was still a student back then, since it's in full colour lmao

This comic's inspiration was from a concept art: As I was cruising online for find references for Outer Wilds character, I found a concept art of the Hatchling drawn by artist Sojyoo, who draws them with a little plushie attached to their leg, showing "their approximative age and how they cope in space."

I found this idea quite adorable, and did a little sketch of the Hatchling hugging the plushie... and with time, I thought about telling a little story about it. I thought it was interesting to explore the idea that a teenager has to live through this, and having a childhood memory by their side for reassurance. After all, don't we all feel a little bit of comfort with an old plushie?

Then I thought about Solanum, who is also not quite an adult yet, and I thought that he would appreciate that childish comfort as well...

I absolutely cheated when drawing Solanum's mask. I believe I drew it in 3 different angles by tracing a reference, then copy-pasted it on the various panels. If I were to redo that comic, I would've probably just simplify the mask... but hey, it looks accurate!

Also, that lullaby that Hatchling sings is an actual polish lullaby. I am not good at writing songs, so I was looking for an existing lullaby that talks about stars or space. I found this one on an obscure website, and found a flute version on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orOmQPHrlp4

A little note on this comic: I technically made an error by making Solanum say that she's happy to see Hatchy "again". I wasn't that strict with the lore compared to now, and I thought that Solanum could remember their previous interactions, which is wrong. It's not a big deal, but also I don't want to modify the original dialogue, because it would feel wrong to me after so long.

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i love this little game <33

while drawing this i ended up subconsciously taking way more inspiration from this work than i expected, so you should go look at it bc it rocks