#restlessdipstick

[the-hydroxian-artblog]

I know we've all established that you're just a master at typohraphy 'n unique/funny ways to format speech but, like-

I need to know how you come up with TD's dialouge. I feel like y'just have to be on a completely different mental wavelength to even conceptualize speech like this.

My best guess is that I was inspired by a mix of Half Life's G-Man's speaking style, Portal 2's Space Core's aimless rambling, and freeform jazz/eccentric poetry, where thoughts and sentences are broken down into repeating fragments.

"I would like an apple please, how much would it cost?"

Becomes

"Apple! Many. Would enjoy. Me. Would. How?how much. Many cost. Much? Many much?? How. Would it. Cost. Have. Apple. Red. Apple.! For boy. Me! Would like. Apple. Cost? Cost? Cost? What"

Another way to describe it is that your train of thought normally goes from A to B to C, but TD is so scatterbrained his train of thought goes from A to B to C to B to C to A to D to C, and it happens so fast his speech can't keep up with it.

My brain isn't.. THAT messed up, but I think I have a little brainrot of my own that causes me to blank out in the middle of my sentences, ramble, etc. If I didn't speak carefully and just voiced my stream of consciousness, it'd honestly just sound like a slightly more coherent version of how I write Tails Doll's speech.

That's why he's my son!

[gogglecannon]

First and foremost, I just wanna say that I absolutely love your artstyle, and I don't think words can properly express how just how much I love it. Esspecially the coloring and shading.

With that being said, what and/or who would you say inspires the way you draw the most?

I want to say thank you! So THANK YOU! I similarly have trouble finding the words to express my happiness and gratitude for your compliment. It means a lot to me! I want to say honestly that I feel like everything inspires me, but that’s a very vague and probably unhelpful answer. I’ll say SOME of my inspirations as far as drawing style is concerned are Sonic, Steven Universe, and Naruto most prominently, haha! (And other stuff like Digimon, Pokemon, Muppets, etc too)  

I also like a lot of the way video games, anime and cartoons, and tv shows in the 90s used color. (Cardcaptor Sakura, anything Capcom, Neo Ranga, Powerpuff Girls etc) And I want to study all those things and incorporate stuff from them more into my drawings.

[mugenfinder]

Old demo of Sonic the Fighters Blitz by @restlessdipstick

[the-hydroxian-artblog]

Curiosity strikes. Did Agent AZ's skills as a black-ops agent carry over when he became Pony AZ?

Yes! Everything. Az retains all the skills, wisdom, and memories he had as a human. He's an excellent counter against the members of his old profession, as he knows all the tricks and can physically overpower them, no-contest.

He now also has even better reaction-time and dexterity. Yes, with hooves. The way he reloads a rifle is kind of nightmarish. He now just considers firearms to be.. toys, pretty much. No different than water guns for him, something to be used only recreationally.

He has laser eyes and can slice pillars of solid steel with his eyelashes. He doesn't really need any of the tools he had before, but still flirts with knives and rifles as a hobby of sorts. As a former-military-type, he's actually very pragmatic and minimalist in all but his fashion sense.