#crowes infodumps

[crowkacola]

Welcome to another episode of Crowe's incoherent rambles, this week's topic:

Lawn, Lamp, and The Ripper :

The (somewhat) accidental crossover au

By now, you probably have seen Lawn and Lamp, they have become very prevalent background characters since the comic first began; and they have a ridiculous amount of lore tied between them. For those who really recognize them, their connection and lore is no surprise.

Also you probably see this coming, but Death Note spoilers ahead! If you are confused as to why, this message is probably for you anyway.

Lawn as a character was created waaaay back when I was writing chapter 1. My husband and I happened to be watching Death Note (for my first time) around the time I started working on Page 15. I was obsessed with the character of L, so I put him in the background as a subtle cameo. I nicknamed him "Lawn" from his full name (Lawliet) and that is where I assumed it would end.

However, when I started taking character submissions, my partner and I discussed the idea of creating Light as well. But unfortunately, we decided his Canon design was far too plain to even be recognized. So we had to get creative.

We made Light a hoardling, mostly to serve as a counter to Lawn, but it also gave us an excuse to spice up his design by combining it with Ryuk's look. Once again, meant to be a funny one off cameo. Since he was a hoardling, he got a goofier, hoard-worthy name: Lamp

But with a design we poured a lot of love into, stemming from a show my partner and I adored, we started to contemplate what could have happened to these two in this world. How did Lamp (formerly known as Lumen) end up like this?

Those who are familiar with Death Note know that L (or Lawn in this case) is defeated, and killed. But in Craftworld, Lumen (Light) died first. This brought several prompts to mind that became the basis of this new AU:

◇ How did Lumen Die?

◇ What does a "death note" look like in a world w/ life tokens?

◇ Does Ryuk exist? Does Misa exist?

It was all just too fun to think about. But copying the entire cast from Death Note wasn't too enticing, we instead had the idea to pair our silliest little guy patches, with the pair that were trying to find one of Craftworlds most renowned serial killers. What could go wrong!

The idea of Patches secretly being a hardened cop was too funny. This also gave us the excuse to have Patches be close to Lawn. Since they started out as the only two detectives for the knights, having them hang out was expected. This also gave us what I personally think is one of the most iconic panels in UVT's history.

And yes, Lawn does know that Patches eats the pieces. He believes this makes the game more challenging and fun for him to play. But Taffeta is getting really sick of buying these two more chess pieces.

In the end, the tragic story of Lawn and Lumen is one that will be told in the background over time. While I would love to make all the comics in the world to explain it, (and trust me I have PLENTY of ammo) I just don't have the time. Reguardless, they are both surprisingly complex characters, both of them having more lore than some of the main cast. I never intended to accidentally create a LittleBigPlanet x Death Note crossover AU, but I did. So that's something.

Maybe I'll write scenes from the Ripper case as a short story instead if anyone's interested.

[squuote]

i wish more people made video essays talking about things they love. i love hearing people talk in depth about things they love, especially if its something new to me. like cool sure yeah you can talk about the history of something but like, maybe i wanna know your personal connection to it. maybe i wanna know what fascinated you to talk about it in the first place. many such wonders in the world, let me know why it tugs you to speak of it

[drieddpetals]

jesper and wylan: *standing under mistletoe*

jesper: "hey wylan" *points up*

wylan: *looks up* "omg mistletoe! did you know mistletoe is actually a parasite? they grow in big bunches up in trees and slowly suck all the nutrients out of their hosts :)"

jesper: "how romantic"

[ilumel]

crow enjoyers this is our week!!!

[crowliphale]

i was at the mad scientist convention the other day and they didn't even know you...

[kosmicpowers]

Assistant Jogjebi watching Huinjogjebi stare at a looped vid of some trout for the 10000th time this week: "Danm is this what you do ALL DAY!?"

[kayatoastkkat]

guys, may I present to you…

My Owl House x TGS Au

it's been going on for about as long as i started watching it, thought it looked pretty neat. Recently started sketching and plotting for this au madly again, so I just had to post it

this was made before the QNA though, because in light of recent events I'm going to change Lanyon's palisman

[siravalon]

Underrated Corvids

Hello tis I, the bird nerd, here to yap about birds.

Everyone knows corvids: we’ve got crows, ravens, magpies, jays, rooks, and jackdaws. I wanna share some underappreciated corvids and some corvid facts!

🪶

Treepies

Treepies (Crypsirininae) are a subfamily of the Corvidae family who can be found within parts of Southern Asia. A total of twelve species of treepie are known: the collared treepie, grey treepies, rufous treepies, white bellied treepies, racket tailed treepies, bornean treepies, andaman treepies, hooded treepies, sumatran treepie, ratchet (not racket) tailed treepies, malayan and bornean black magpies, (are actually treepies!). Treepies share many similarities with magpies, such as general shape and intelligence.

Choughs

Choughs (Pyrrhocorax) are another lesser known subgroup of corvids. Some species of chough include the red-billed chough, and alpine choughs. White winged choughs do not belong to ghe Pyrrhocorax group, rather another, non-corvid group known as Corcoracidae.

Hooded Crows

I really just wanted to include my favorite kind of crow. The hooded crow can be found throughout Europe and Asia. They share similar coloration with jackdaws, but have a larger body and longer bill. Hooded crows are known by many nicknames: hoodies, scald crow, or grey crow.

Magpie-Jays

Magpie-jays (Calocitta) are a specific kind of jay that can be found in southern parts of North America, (usually Mexico). The two known species of magpie-jays are black-throated magpie-jays and white-throated magpie-jays

Lidth’s/Amami Jays

Native to only Japan, the lidth’s jay is a member of the genus Garrulus, old world jays, which includes two other jays: Eurasian jays and black-headed jays.

Thick-billed Ravens

This guys look so silly, so I had to include them. Thick-billed ravens share similarities with the white necked raven, but can be distinguished by the placement of their white marking, as it it found on the back of their head rather than neck. They are found within the Horn of Africa, Eritrea, Somalia, and Ethiopia.

I may be sharing more of these bird infodumps again this was fun lol.

[c-kiddo]

not sure how many times i've listened to this song over the past few years but its been in at least my top 50 songs each year

the two paintings:

[puppyeared]

When you backread through a fun conversation you had with someone for hours an angel gets its wings

[crowkacola]

Todays topic of my random UVT rambles:

Comic panel teasers

One of my absolute favorite ways to tease an upcoming page or scene is through what I just refer to as panel teasers. This is when I draw a scene I have planned, but without drawing the whole page, usually fully rendered but without dialogue.

Examples from Chapter 2

Each of these panels were drawn weeks, sometimes even months before the actual page was dropped. It may seem that I have all these pages completed early, but this is far from the case. Hence the reason some of these teasers get cleaned up/updated before the final page drop:

This panel from page 52 is a perfect example. This panel was actually scripted/sketched as early as 2022, before the imagiball even began. But when I first got access to Clip Studio and my new art tablet, I wanted to sketch some future pages to test my new program. By the time this panel actually came up, the imagiball had a whole new look and it had to be completely redrawn. The upgrade my art got from the new program is honestly a whole other topic that I'll prob talk about in another post, so I'll move on.

As for other teasers that represent future panels, ones that are closer are less likely to be adjusted,

As an example, this is predicted for page 61 or 62, and most likely wont be changed

However, these much older teasers, while still canon accurate, were drawn with the previous pg 52 panel mentioned and may be redrawn/editted before they finally appear post pg 63

Ooooh we are getting so close to the juicy part of the comic, I'm so hyped whenever I think about it.

That concludes todays ramble, thanks for reading!

[myersesque]

as a disabled person whose disability is genetic and incurable i will never stop celebrating the fact that kaz brekker is offered a cure and Actively Refuses It. a disabled character who is powerful and complex and allowed a relationship w their own disability that isn't just cut-and-paste self-loathing... can every other author pls take notes

[drieddpetals]

the crows: *watching the polar express*

wylan: *whispering* "hey jes, did you know that the polar express was one of the first movies to use motion capture animation? they filmed pretty much all of the scenes with real life models and then animated over them. that's why it looks so creepy."

jesper: *internally* "i love this nerd so much"

[shitpostingkats]

Why are we pitting two bird bitches against one another?

[butchdykekondraki]

curls up in your inbox. cyrus would you tell me something nice. or infodump to me.. or somethng. anything really

hmm uhh. did u know that crows like to hop around for funsies. also they sunbathe sometimes!!

^ look at em ok? :-]

[russell-crowe]

inspired by @footnoteinhistory's lengthy and loving reviews of psh movies, i decided to write one of my own. 🥺❤️