#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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The holiday season is tiring even to the residents of Chrisville. Now’s the time to rest up before whatever next year has in store for us!

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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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This blog has decided to implement a new practice: progress updates!

While uploading sketches instead of fully drawn and colored updates is helpful, the act of drawing has been a lot easier ever since new technology was acquired, and it feels so good to make pieces with full line-art and color. However, that doesn’t mean that full pieces/updates can be completed in a week.

So, the blog is going to share glimpses of the upcoming updates on Saturdays if no finished comics/pieces are available. This can be a sketch, a panel, or whatever we’ve got half-formed.

This week’s upload is the first panel of what should hopefully be next week’s comic.

Note: This is a continuation of the Chrisville Theater Society wanting to put on their own production of Back to the Future: the Musical. Original storylines and character arcs are being put on hold for the purpose of having a little fun. This blog does not own BttF:tM.

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This week was spent testing out the artist’s latest upgrade in drawing technology. Get ready for (hopefully!) even more content! Perhaps there will even be time to give it full sharp lineart and dazzling colors.

Fun fact: This art has visual clues as to A) what the new tablet is and B) which program this piece was drawn with.