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Here is a handful of sketches I drew for a Cue AMA I did on Instagram:

With how well that did the other day, it makes wonder; should I open up an Cue AMA account on here? ;:Tb

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Just did a bit of rendering, the animation may take a while to be finished so have these random shots from it!

Anyway I’m pretty pleased how these look!

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Uhh doodle

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THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS OC: 🎪 🔮 🎱 CUE 🎱 🔮 🎪

EPISODE CONCEPT Part 1: 'FUNHOUSE FRENZY' (AKA 'Episode Cue'

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(NOTE: The events of this portion currently takes place in-between Episodes 3 and 4 of the show; subject to change)

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Before today's adventure began, Cue had set up his ‘Fortune Tent’ in the middle of the stage area. Confused, Pomni asked what was happening, to which Ragatha and Jax explained that Cue liked to give out fortunes to his friends, usually when a new member joins.

Cue would tell first Ragatha’s fortune, which she came out with a little concern in her eyes. Next, he told Pomni's fortune, though it was clear she didn't quite believe it.

Before Cue could explain himself. Pomni left the tent…… only to be startled by Caine. He was there to announce the next adventure; FUNHOUSE FRENZY!!

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Caine: “Your mission, my everlasting gobstoppers, is to explore the mighty complex that is ‘Felix von Coney’s’ FUNHOUSE OF WINDING WHIMSY & TREACHEROUS TRICKERY!!"

Bubble: “FOWWATT……?”

Caine: "Exactly, my corporeal cohort of varying tolerance!! He needs you to find three keys in order to unlock his Chest of Wonderment to claim the prize within…but his house has many winding turns and challenges waiting. He may offer you hints, but be wary…he may feed you more lies than truths!”

With that, Caine had everyone through the portal. Zooble tried to leave, as they tend to, but Caine wouldn't let them sit this one off.

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There, the group had been settled outside the funhouse, twisting and shifting like a living, breathing thing.

Knocking on the door, they were greeted by Felix von Coney; a large plush cat with cotton candy-like fur, a striped shirt and carnie hat. He spoke with a gravely, yet warm voice and had the vibes of a Cheshire……

Explaining the same rules as Caine, he set them on their way to finding the keys. Though he warned not to stray too far into the funhouse, joking that “it might just eat them alive.”

The gang got to work exploring the funhouse, making their way through all sorts of obstacles set up whilst occasionally splitting off and meeting back up, as the funhouse twisted and converged on itself.

Some of the obstacles included swimming through a gelatin-filled room, hitting moving targets over a bottomless chasm (in which Jax used Gangle's mask as a ‘ball’) to playing Roshambo with an NPC (Zooble played against the NPC but because of their abnormal arm, the game won in their favour despite not doing anything).

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One such room was to ‘give out fortunes to NPCs’ in order to get the first key. Naturally, Cue was ecstatic but again, Pomni couldn't understand why this meant so much to him.

The two got into an argument from there, escalating into Pomni acting in sheer bafflement at Cue's desire to stay at the circus in spite of everything that has happened. Cue retaliated by saying that he “felt like he belonged here” and that “Nobody is waiting for him at ‘that old place’....”

The others looked on at the argument from a distance. Gangle, Kinger and Zooble showing varying degrees of visible concern, whilst Jax was relishing the drama happening.

Ragatha tried to simmer tensions between the two down but, in a moment of letting her optimism down, she opened up to agree with Pomni that staying at the circus was not an ideal move.

Feeling betrayed by Ragatha’s siding, especially given how she was siding with the person who had previously abandoned her, Cue went off on his own to look for the last key. Pomni looked back with some regret, but angrily went back to exploring the funhouse with the others.

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Now on his own, Cue was making some rather bitter remarks about Pomni up ‘til he found his way into a rather mysterious part of the funhouse. Convincing himself that a key would be found here, he decided to delve deeper into the mystery area.

After a while, the regret eventually got to both Pomni and Ragatha. The pair agreed to go looking for Cue, whilst the remaining four continued key hunting.

Eventually, the mystery area revealed itself to be built around a ‘Hall of Mirrors’ attraction. Cue would promptly garner some amusement from the distorted images.

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As they were hunting for the last key, Gangle expressed concern over Cue being lost, to which Jax commented that “he was a lost cause before we even got here.”

Disgusted by the comment, Zooble questioned why Jax had such contempt for Cue, and asked “you used to be friends with him, what the f[%$!#]k did he do for you to hate him?”

Jax, going quiet for a moment, bitterly responded “he stopped being my friend, that's what……”. When Zooble asked how, given his friendliness, Jax pulled out the last key from out of nowhere and played the whole thing off.

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Meanwhile, Pomni and Ragatha found the Mirror area, to which they heard Cue’s amused laughs from afar. Recognising the voice as Cue, they traveled in to find him.

However, once the amusement had past, something about the mirrors was starting to feel off to Cue……Their shifting and distorting nature were beginning to get to him, the reflections seemingly coming to life and coming after him.

In panic, Cue decided to ditch the idea of getting the last key and find a way out of this freaky maze. Alas, there didn't seem to be a way out in sight and in the process, he managed to bash the back of his head in, causing the fluid to seep out of the cracks.

Suddenly, the room shifted into what looked like the real world……from afar, human silhouettes were interacting with one another, cherishing one another. It looked familiar to Cue, but in his panicked state, he couldn't make out what it was.

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Pomni and Ragatha continued, beginning to feel lost in the maze themselves and becoming more concerned for their friend as his panicked screams echoed throughout However, when they noticed the fluid on the floor, they opted to ‘follow the trail’ in order to find Cue.

On the way, Ragatha explained that they'll have to find Cue fast and fix him up, concerned that such an accident will have “dire consequences this time.” Naturally, Pomni wanted to know what Ragatha meant by ‘this time’, but Ragatha instead promised to explain later.

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As Cue looked on at the humans, their words began to echo through him, telling him to “...remember…”, “...don’t be afraid of yourself…”, leading him to panic even more……When he opened his eyes, he was now in a pitch black room, with but a single mirror in front of him.

As he approached it, he didn't see himself…instead, he saw a human…a silhouette …stare back at him…Cue placed his hand on the mirror and blinked…now he was staring at himself, his avatar…as he blinked, the visage would swap between Cue and the human…until finally, he put the two together…

The man was him, his true self…the same human that was being loved earlier by the family…Cue dropped to his knees, shaking, realizing that he had been stuck at the circus for so long, he began distorting his own memories…believing nobody was waiting for him, convincing himself to stay as a means to survive…

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In time, Pomni and Ragatha found Cue, all shook and teary-eyed. They caught him repeatedly saying "I'm sorry......I'm so sorry" in teary whispers towards the visage in the mirror.

Pomni gazed at the lone mirror, seeing a human silhouette of her own. Rushing over to get a closer look, she recognised them as her. However, in frustration, she still couldn't recognise her name and mouthing off Caine over the whole thing.

Ragatha took a look to see her own human silhouette causing her to realize that Cue's fortune to her from earlier came true. When she tried to tell Cue this though, he couldn't bare to even look at them

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He apologized to the two for being “a sham of a person”, passively telling them about his life before coming to the circus and his realization of that. He apologized to Ragatha for being so ‘obnoxiously happy’ and to Pomni for his ‘superstitious mumbo-jumbo’ with his fortunes.

In response, the two tried to reconcile with Cue. Ragatha tried to comfort Cue about his revelation, saying that she once thought his kindness and positive attitude was never not genuine, and that made him “a stronger person than she was”

Pomni also took this time to open up to Cue to say that though she doesn't feel like herself, she still keeps going for her friends. She also brings up how he looks out for his friends, and that doesn't make him any less of the person he really is.

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Feeling touched by their words of encouragement, Cue thanked the two whilst lightly hugging them…suddenly, he started to become light-headed. They forgot about the fluid leaking from Cue's head.

Carrying Cue's head and body, Pomni and Ragatha tried to make their way back out…only for the walls to distort once more and attempt to play into the pair's insecurities…they would stop in their tracks as a result.

Mustering up enough energy to stand upright, Cue, in a fit of exasperated anger, yelled out at the walls to “KNOCK IT OFF!!” and smashed his fist into the wall. This caused a chain reaction of cracks and smashed glass that led the way out.

Barely keeping himself up, Pomni and Ragatha came up beside him, the trio holding each other's hands the way down. As they made their way out, Cue asked them if they still trust him despite “being a fool”. Pomni responded “only if you trust me back for being the same”

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Elsewhere, the rest of the group met up with Felix and his Chest of Wonderment. Having found all three keys, Felix gave away the Chest of Wonderment to the group. When asked if he wanted it back, Felix responded “There's plenty more in the back where that came from…anything could be in there.”

The group briefly pondered what could be inside; Kinger wondered if it had an insect book while Gangle tearfully guessed if it's a new comedy mask. Zooble asked Jax if he wanted to guess what was inside. He cynically responded “Maybe a gun to shoot Caine's teeth out……”

Finally, the trio caught up with the others. Cue had passed out completely at this point, with a slightly panicked Ragatha suggesting they should get back home quickly. Felix bid them farewell through the portal home, saying “Y’all come back soon now”. Jax responded with a blunt “No we won't.”

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Caine welcomed the group back home, though Pomni cut him short by demanding him to fix Cue up. He asked what was wrong with him, Pomni responding by shaking his head to let the rattling dice tip Caine off. Whilst everyone was distracted, Jax took to opening up the Chest……only to be disappointed in the ‘prize’ inside

Caine made short work fixing Cue's head, though as he came to, he didn't seem to remember what had happened. He looked around asking “D……did he win?”, whilst Pomni asked if he remembered anything that happened.

Cue froze in place, trying to remember, all the while Pomni’s face dropped as she was losing hope. Ragatha had done the same, as it wasn't the first time this had occurred……

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Though as Pomni was getting up to leave in defeat, Jax suddenly stepped in, saying “Ohh no, we are NOT doing this song and dance again!” He came up to Cue and shook his head, telling him “Hey, Dice for Brains, the mini jester’s asking you a g[%$!#]n question! Do you remember anything up there??”

Cue's direction then directed towards the ‘prize’ in Jax’s hand; it was a pocket mirror. He took the mirror out of Jax's hands and stared into it, remembering what he had seen in the Mirror Maze earlier.

Finally, he responded “You know what, Jax? I DO remember some things…that, I am Cue, that you’re a jerk…and that, I am who I am…”, he says whilst turning back to her and Ragatha. He went in to give Ragatha a hug. Despite not liking hugs all that much, Pomni awkwardly joined in the group hug.

Jax expressed a sigh of relief, to which Zooble made note of. “Well-well, I guess you still care for him after all…”, they replied. Jax grimaced at Zooble and said “I'm still choosing to ignore you…and I guess that crummy prize got used for something worthwhile”, before walking out.

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Later on, Cue was back in his tent with Pomni. He asked her, “Are you really sure you want me to do this?”, she responded “You’ve done this with everyone else. Let's do it right, this time.”

Cue, looking into his pocket mirror beside him before giving her a reassuring smile, replied “Alrighty then, ‘Pom-Pom’......let's see what your fortune is today……”, carrying on with his fortune-telling.

As the camera pans out from inside the tent, their silhouettes from outside the tent resemble their human selves.

*Roll Credits*

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'The Amazing Digital Circus' OC:

🎪🔮🎱 'CUE' 🎱🔮🎪

(While I have shared him here a few times, I've not given him a proper introduction here. Allow me to fix that ^^;)

A long-time member of the Digital Circus, supposedly arriving after Kinger but before Ragatha, 'CUE' is a former human who, like the other human members, wounded up being trapped inside the virtual game after putting on a strange headset.

He comes off as a kind-hearted and often upbeat individual, albeit one who's not exactly the smartest person you could meet (or rather, in the words of Jax, he's "about as smart as a bag of rocks being thrown into the Atlantic Ocean")

Notably, Cue has a fascination with fortune-telling. He's almost never without his set of tarot cards lining his pockets, always ready to tell daily fortunes to his friends. Also, since it functions like a proper Magic 8-Ball, his head can off of his shoulders and be shaken about, exposing an answer to the plastic window on the back of his head. Outside of fortunes, Cue likes to read picture books and can play the accordion. 

Despite his predicament and the psychological tendencies of the others, Cue adapted fairly quickly to his so-called new home after arriving. Almost too well…..as unbeknownest to the others for the longest time, he had developed a desire to stay at the circus.

In his own words, his time at the circus lets him feel more like "a person who matters", and feels he's been in the virtual space for so long, he's unsure if he could ever go back to his life proper in the real world. He has also considered himself as something of an outcast in the real world, though his memories are fuzzy as to why...........Even still, he has still shown confliction about staying, as he knows that deep down, no matter how hard he can deny it or find unhealthy means to cope, he is still human...... Perhaps what he needs is a guiding hand to bring some proper sense into his head.....

In spite of his unintelligence and personal struggles however, Cue's strong perseverance keeps them going if it means he can be there for his friends. He's even known to personally check up on the others rather consistently during times of gloom, whether its hanging out with 'Checkmate' (Kinger) collecting bugs with him, helping 'Ribbons' (Gangle) fix her comedy mask or giving 'Buttons' (Ragatha) a chance to just get stuff off her chest when barely anybody else lets her.

So if nothing else, though his head may not always be on straight, his heart's in the right place.

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THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS OC: 🎪 🔮 🎱 CUE 🎱 🔮 🎪

EPISODE CONCEPT Part 1: 'What If....?'

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(NOTE: This portion features self insertion of Cue into Canon Episodes of TADC; plot points subject to change)

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What if Cue was in TADC......

Ep. 1 - PILOT:

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Cue attempts to make an impression on new member Pomni upon her arrival.

Whilst Caine gives Pomni a tour of the circus, Cue is shown looking through his deck of tarot cards

Cue expresses his excitement for the in-house adventure of ‘Gathering the Gloinks’, and wishes to bring Kaufmo with him to join in.

After being convinced by Ragatha to go, he accompanies Kinger and Gangle in rescuing Zooble from the Gloinks. Cue does ask her to let him know that he is waiting for him to join.

After finding the hole, Cue insists on jumping in first. Gangle expresses concern over him losing his head, after previous examples.

Throwing caution to the wind, Cue jumps down into the hole before Jax's arrival, only to lose his head on the way down the hole and have his head eaten by the Gloink Queen. He has a brief chat with Zooble inside the Queen's stomach after her head gets eaten.

His body roams around the cave as the other three interact with the Queen. At one point, Jax trips the body over.

Cue’s body retrieves his head after the Abstracted Kaufmo attacks the Gloink Queen. After putting two together, he express great concern over Ragatha, only to be hushed by Jax over ‘the sound of the escalator’

When seeing Ragatha’s glitching body dragging herself on the floor, Cue helps her up, unfazed by the glitchy effects passing over into his body. Caine quickly fixes the two up, to which Cue litts Ragatha up on her feet.

He shows hesitancy towards being friends with Pomni afterwards, sitting far away from her at the dinner table.

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Ep. 2 - CANDY CANYON CHAOS:

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As Ragatha checks on Pomni, Cue checks up on Ragatha, in order to make sure she was really okay with Pomni after the previous day. When Ragatha ‘clarified’ she was, Cue shrugs and walks off to the stage area.

He enthusiastically asks Caine what today's adventure was, completely ignoring Pomni's lack of enthusiasm throughout the adventure up until the tanker chase. When approaching the royal castle, the crew are offered samples of candy; Cue takes a piece and exclaims “Mmm, the slight vague sensation of peppermint!”

Despite not having the best first impression, Cue tries to save Pomni during the chase regardless, but winds up on the other tanker with her.

After the tanker clips into the terrain, Cue's head and body wind up separated again; his body ends up under the map with Pomni and Gummigoo, while his head remains on the tanker, eventually in the possession of Chad and Max.

While he can feel he's with Pomni from 'her floppy ears', he obviously can't tell where the two have wound up.

On the way to the kingdom, as a way to cheer her up over Pomni’s plight, Cue reminisces to Ragatha about their first time bonding, ensuring her that ‘she’ll get to Pomni soon enough…’

Eventually, he gets his body back after Pomni and Gummigoo re-enter the map. He thanks Pomni for 'keeping him safe', which simmered his hesitancy towards her, though something kept nagging at him to not fully drop it……

After Gummigoo gets deleted by Caine, Cue loudly exclaims “OH F[%$!#]K, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT! THAT HAPPENED TO TIC-TAC ALSO!!”, implying he had previously brought an NPC over before who suffered the same fate.

Later, he shares his words (albeit reading from cards) on Kaufmo during his funeral.

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Ep. 3 - THE MYSTERY OF MILDENHALL MANOR:

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As the gang are occupied in the same lounge area, Cue is shuffling through his tarot cards, mumbling about today's fortune.

Jax reveals to Pomni (amongst the others) that when holding his breath, Cue's eyes change into morphing geometric shapes (comparable to old PC screensavers).

Cue overhears the discussion and, wanting to beat his previous record, decided to hold his breath. Unbeknownst to him, he holds on long enough to miss out on participating in the new adventure Caine had set. As a result, Cue is left at the tent with Zooble and Caine, and takes part in the therapy session.

He shares Caine's curiosity of why Zooble doesn't take part in the adventures, which are, in his words, “pretty fun when you don't think about it too hard”.

This results in the two arguing; Zooble makes a comment about Cue's body and how he doesn't have to worry about it falling apart, to which he responds 'if you had my spherical think-cap, you'd want to stay here at the circus too'. Zooble responds with a befuddled ‘What?’, to which Cue replies the same.

When Zooble eventually opens up about hating their body and ‘finding the right pieces’, Cue's eyes were open towards their dilemma and went quiet for the rest of the session (Zooble takes note of this)

Cue approaches Zooble afterwards, wanting to apologize for any and all remarks he made about their body. He presents a gift to them as a further apology, hoping it would ‘help them in feeling more comfy in their body’

Though touched by the gesture, Zooble takes the opportunity to ask Cue something that bugged them for a while; why he insists on staying when nobody else does.

His response to Zooble was that ‘the others treat the place like a prison’, whilst he ‘treats it like he's home….’, before heading off to his room. Zooble stood there looking on, perturbed by Cue's answer…

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lil design exercise sdfghjk been a hot minute since I tackled mecha

Sebastian but transformer

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A little late to sharing this here, but here we are!

November 6 last year was when I first drew Cue and from an uneventful start, his fortunes would only grow. Happy (belated) anniversary, ya goober. <:3

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Ohh yeah, I never did make comment on this here on Twitter, did I?

Well, better late than never. Thank you for including Cue in this epic line-up! This has been a wonderful community to be a part of ^w^) 👍

HAPPY(very late) ANNIVERSARY TO THE GREATEST COMMUNITY IVE EVER BEEN APART OF!!!!!

The time I’ve spent in this wonderful fandom have been nothing short of spectacular to witness firsthand and seeing so many talented artist, writers, voice actors, or anyone in between sharing our love for this funny circus show will always hold something great in my heart that I don’t think we’ll leave for the rest of time. So thank you TADC and thank you to the people who made it thrive and prosperous!❤️

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Don't lose your head, Cue

My take on the head mount idea from the latest TADC episode

(Don't worry, he's fine. He's just mucking about)

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Sorry that the second part's taking longer than expected. I've had my hands full the last few weeks ^^;

If I can make time this week, I'll share the next batch of sketches

CUE AU Designs (Part 1)

Here are the first of a series of sketches of Cue based on a handful of various TADC AUs in the fandom: 🎱🎱🎱🎱

Shared below, we have:

- Dollhouse!Cue + Claire, based on the 'Dollhouse' AU by @raggstosketches

- Dance!Cue, based on the 'Dance Rush' AU by @theamazingdigitaldancerush

- Freakshow!Cue, based on the 'Freakshow' AU by @hootbon

- > R_N_G, based on the 'Bleak Future' AU by @bleakfuturetadc (+ Bonus; 'Cue!Pomni' sketch)

Hopefully they'll be more to come soon, so stay tuned! : D

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CUE AU Designs (Part 1)

Here are the first of a series of sketches of Cue based on a handful of various TADC AUs in the fandom: 🎱🎱🎱🎱

Shared below, we have:

- Dollhouse!Cue + Claire, based on the 'Dollhouse' AU by @raggstosketches

- Dance!Cue, based on the 'Dance Rush' AU by @theamazingdigitaldancerush

- Freakshow!Cue, based on the 'Freakshow' AU by @hootbon

- > R_N_G, based on the 'Bleak Future' AU by @bleakfuturetadc (+ Bonus; 'Cue!Pomni' sketch)

Hopefully they'll be more to come soon, so stay tuned! : D

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"Do you remember the day we first bonded, 'Buttons'?" 🎱 🎎 🎶

A piece I've been wanting to make for a while now, involving Cue's first real bonding moment with Ragatha.

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"Do you remember the day we first bonded, 'Buttons'?" 🎱 🎎 🎶

A piece I've been wanting to make for a while now, involving Cue's first real bonding moment with Ragatha.

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"Do you remember the day we first bonded, 'Buttons'?" 🎱 🎎 🎶

A piece I've been wanting to make for a while now, involving Cue's first real bonding moment with Ragatha.

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gotta do a series of designs for class 1. 🌵

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Cue's Friend-Themed Attire Sketches

Haven't shared these here yet but I had sketched up Cue in outfits based on a handful of TADC OCs:

Based on Vynni (@snuffpuppyart), Puppette (@mr-bagel-dude-that-draws), Emmy (@raggstosketches), Eepy (@nixpainting) and Splottie (@studio-of-woof)