#Softboy Pillowman

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Halloween is over, and now it's time for Chris, Makena, and Lorrie to do some intense napping after their post-candy binges. All of their candy combined made quite a big haul this year!

This year's theme for their costumes was indie horror games. Chris is Rambley Racoon from Indigo Park, Makena is Amanda from Amanda the Adventurer, and Lorrie is Huggy Wuggy from Poppy Playtime.

And with that, the October drawing challenge will come to a close! I hope you liked the daily drawings and had a Happy Halloween.

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At the risk of sounding selfish for wanting the blood prompt done with one of my characters: blood-covered hands (or forearms, either actual forearms or swords-hands) a la lady macbeth for Dirk in his anthro form, please :3

Damn your eyes! I'm tired of this game!

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I just participated in a super fun art challenge with @gaymarriedinspace and @chiropteracupola! Our theme was “Softboy Meets Something I Love.” We’re posting our own parts of the challenge individually before the finished pieces (and their previous sketches and lineart) are posted on the Softboy blog this upcoming Saturday.

First pic: My own sketch

Second pic: @gaymarriedinspace‘s sketch and my lineart

Third pic: @chiropteracupola‘s sketch, @gaymarriedinspace‘s lineart, and my colors

Many thanks again to my incredibly talented art friends! This was a blast, and a cool insight into how we all work as artists.

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So, in case you ever wanted to learn more about Figaro, the main character of the Softboy universe's Tailwind Tales franchise, this Gravity Falls audio (from the short "Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained: Stan's Tattoo") should tell you all you need to know about his personality.

Note: The Tailwind Tales franchise is set during Figaro's childhood. In this clip, he'd be Soos's age. His personality didn't change much!

Also, in case you forgot, Figaro is this lil guy:

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Softboy's been catching up on his reading recently! Unfortunately, it hasn't been able to l̶̖̔ë̵͉a̷̭͝v̵̡̔e̵̪̅ ̵̩͆h̵̰́i̴͔̚s̴̯̅ ̸̞͐m̸͔͌ï̵̫n̶̖̄d̷̦̐...

This week's comic is inspired by the fact that I recently purchased (and binge read) the new Gravity Falls book The Book of Bill. Two elements (the... interesting texture in the fourth and fifth panels, and the cipher text) were downloaded from the website connected to the book. See if you can figure out how to get them too!

Grq'w zruub, hyhubrqh. Vriwerb'v mxvw kxprulqj Eloo. Wkh hylo Grulwr zrq'w gr klp dqb kdup.

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Thank goodness... that Leo has been able to relax and play a video game recently. Although he's been thinking about it so much that now, it's popping up in his dreams.

This is something I just had to draw after playing the game Thank Goodness You're Here! What can I say? Smol helpful characters make me think of Softboy.

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So... the artist might've been reading/watching a lot of Dungeon Meshi lately.

Still, the question remains! If Softboy were to imagine himself as Laois Dungeonmeshi, which form would be the best for this purpose? On the one hand, the left form is the most like our lovely little guy. On the other hand, the right form allows Softboy to properly embody Laois's nature of being the party's big ol' tank.

By the way, this post doesn't necessarily mean that I'm certain Softboy would play Laois in a Chrisville casting of the story. I just think this idea is fun and cute.

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If you've ever felt like drawing your own Softboy, but didn't know where to start, then this handy chart is for you!

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It's funny. You'd think a show about smiling friends would be for kids, but it really isn't.

Just a fun bit of fanart/animation this week! And here's some context in case you haven't seen Smiling Friends.

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Guess sometimes beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, huh? Haha, heh...

... this is also me venting about how hard it can be to draw BB's eyes without making them look a bit scary.

Hopefully no one minds the sketchy style! It was the only way I could get this comic out on time so that it was still relevant to the indie video game chapter that inspired it.

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He tried!

This is based off of how I wanted to post a drawing I made of Dirk as Wolverine, but was kinda sheepish at how much I traced the pose of my reference photo.

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Yeahhhh I might've not had time to draw much this week. So here's a sketch of Softboy cosplaying as Caine from The Amazing Digital Circus!

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Happy Pride Month!

Pride month is a time for members of the LGBT community to feel seen, celebrated, and loved. Sadly, the world has been making this feel harder to do now, even during this special time of year. Remember to find the places where you can be yourself all year round, and to keep on loving who you are.

And remember: you're always welcome in Chrisville.

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Today's October challenge prompt was inspired by a spooky musical that I've gotten into recently. I had a lot of fun trying to decide who would get the lead role, Softboy or Dirk, which led to this art! (Honestly, I think their non-canonical fusion Birch would be best of all for the role, but either of them could take a crack at rocking the character's you know... whole being dead thing?)

You may be asking why they bothered to include full makeup and costume as part of the audition process. The answer: I wanted to play dress-up with 'em.

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... yeah, Softboy's a sucker when cuddling with cute lions is on the line.

Don't worry, everyone! Chris has just been getting into That's Not My Neighbor recently. This moment is totally imaginary and Softboy is A-OK.

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You know what? Softboy and co (and I) want to put on a real existing show for the foreseeable future, so maybe that's what we'll do. It's not like they're gonna try and make a profit off it, and the show's leaving Broadway in a couple months anyway.

Stay tuned to see if we all stick to this crazy plan.