#BEING SICK CAN'T STOP ME MWAHAHAHAHA

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Held in Loving Arms

characters belong to @anactualdump

Background Audio: Rainbow Signs by mewithoutYou

WOOOOO I really like how this one turned out! This was originally just an hour long warm up, but it was extended XD

I took some creative liberties with the designs because bug-like iterators are just 🫶🫶 as well as placing the contid symbol on Ui's forehead rather than it not being visible. I messed around with this a idea on the magma a while ago.

There's actually 3 reasons why it's on his forehead other than it simply being an au alteration.

The most obvious being the iterator markings, with it being there so that it's clear that the contid symbol is related to Ui. This makes Shi Xuan recognizing it in Acceptance Before Depression much more prominent. Finally, it made a beautiful transition into the X of the rot, crossing out his own life and liberties.

Always love using the sketchy style of animation especially with more emotional projects like this one!! It really breaks everything down into it's base components and emphasizes everything else.

I roughed up Ui's can a lot more with general decay from the state that he's in as well as the past battles from him and Polaroid. (Ex: scratch on the wall from when he scratched it in Death Thrice Drawn or a hole in the floor from when Polaroid stabbed a spear in it from one of the Slugbot cringe comics)

The Audio itself was actually a mistake! I was screen recording a wip of the animation and it captured my background audio. Good thing they happened to work together perfectly!

Try not to use mewithoutYou for audio challenge: IMPOSSIBLE.