Sometimes it's fun to just doodle faces without worrying about making the lines perfectly smooth or trying to match the look of a specific character. To just put the lines on the screen, and adapt each new part of the face to complement what's already there.

Which face is your favorite?
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The 34-panel work-in-progress preview of page 36 of Just Cause is ready! Become a Patron for $1/month or more to get access.

Here's a sneak peek at a few of the panels:
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Page 35 of my Undertale fan comic, Just Cause, is FINALLY ready! WOOHOO!
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FINALLYYYYYYYYY. The next time I commit to drawing multiple panels in zero gravity with two strongly colored light sources, somebody slap me and remind me of this page.

On a more story-related note, I've noticed that many people think Sans' decision to snipe you if you spare him was based on anger or revenge, but I think it's more a matter of practicality. Here's my reasoning:
 
1. If you fall short of the requirements of the genocide route by so much as a single monster, Sans won't fight you, even if you killed as many of his friends and family as possible and the monster you spared was a stranger to him. This indicates that his decision to attack you is based on the need to save the world, not revenge.
  
2. By this time, he's figured out that Frisk's backward time jumps are triggered by their death. If Frisk wants to spare him, repent, and undo the damage they've done, they'll need to die in order to do it. He can't just let them walk past him, because he still doesn't know how they're going to destroy the world or if his survival will preempt the disaster.
 
3. Sans' attacks are the most efficient in the Underground, with the possible exception of Flowey and the obvious exception of Frisk. If Frisk has to die, it might as well be at the hands of a person who can get it over with quickly. In that regard, his attack is actually kind of merciful.

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I recently saw a picture in which the artist was trying to use glow effects, but ran into a problem because the shining soul that was casting the light was darker than the shirt it was casting that light on.

I gave them a couple tips, and decided to share those tips here, too.

1. When a dark-colored light source is casting light on a non-black object, especially one with a lighter shade than the light source, make the color of the glow slightly lighter than the color of its source.
 
​When the light source's color is darker than the object on which it's casting light (like the soul compared to the shirt), it makes it look like the soul is casting pure color or even darkness on the object it's glowing on.

2. Add a lighter shade of the base color to the center of the soul, so it looks more like a light source.

Here's a quick demo of what the abovementioned glow effects look like in total darkness and on clothing the color of the shirt they drew, so you can see the difference.
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The two souls on the top are both casting light the same shade as their base color, albeit not at full opacity. Notice how the shirt seems darkened.
 
The souls on the bottom are glowing their base color in the dark, but on the shirt, the glow is lighter than the base color, so they aren't darkening the shirt. 
 
I hope that quick art tip helps!

As you could probably guess, there's a story behind this one.

A few days ago, my dear friend, Mica Kole, sent me two pieces of great news:

One was that her short story had won second place in the Sapiens Plurum contest.

The other was that her boyfriend had proposed to her, and she'd enthusiastically said "yes" - by throwing him in the lake and then jumping in after him.

As the icing on the cake, all this happened just in time for her birthday. And what better way to celebrate her birthday, her engagement, and her literary victory than with a piece of fan art that includes an in-joke from her proposal story?

To my delight, she enjoyed the picture, and gave me permission to share her birthday gift and her great news with my readers.

Here's a version without the dialogue, in case you prefer that:
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If you want to get the context behind this picture, you can read the 3,000-word short story for free here: http://sapiensplurum.org/2018-2nd-place-winner.html

It's about a man whose inability to make basic day-to-day decisions wreaks havoc on his personal life, until he buys a flying robot named Tempest to make those decisions for him. The robot's good at her job, but even she can't do everything for him. Eventually, he's going to face choices that he has to make on his own.

How much of this picture is based on the story and how much is based on the proposal, I won't say right now, because SPOILERS. Just go read the story. Go do it. Shoo.

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Last weekend, I stumbled upon an art contest and decided to participate. This scenario takes place in another Undertale AU called "Underfell", which is basically an edgier and more dangerous version of Undertale.
 

The monster hiding in Sans' sentry station is the contest owner's original character, and she's having a panic attack - which is a perilous situation in an alternate universe where showing vulnerability can get you attacked.

Luckily for her, she's got a skeleton friend who will hold her hand and drive away potential threats with terrible puns.

This took forever, but I'm happy with the result. It was nice to spread my wings and push the limits of my artistic ability like this, and I finally took a lot of people's advice and started using more clothing folds. I probably made Ink's arms a bit too small, but I had to cram them into that little sentry station and make it feasible for her to clamp one of those hands over her torso.

My favorite part of this picture is Ink using her giant claws to hold Sans' teeny tiny baby hand, haha.

Here's a version without the dialogue:
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Warning: I'm about to start overthinking video game mechanics.
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The biggest mysteries about what Undertale’s gender-ambiguous protagonist has in their pants are:

1. How the pie, hot dogs, and other unwrapped food items in their pockets don’t get mushed together into disgusting mutant goo.

2. How the pie’s plate fits AT ALL.

3. How EVERYTHING fits AT ALL.

4. How the snowman piece, bisicle, and Nice Cream don’t melt. (MAGIC.)

5. How Frisk knew that cramming these items into their pockets was a good idea in the first place. I mean, Toriel implies that that’s where the kid keeps their stuff, but when have you ever looked at a piece of pie and thought “That should go in my pocket”?

Did they shove their hand into their pocket, feel the presence of this newfound pocket dimension in their pants, shrug, and say, “Welp, in a world with ambulatory skeletons, talking rocks, and murderous flowers, this is a normal level of weird, so I might as well just roll with it”?

And of course, there is always the most important question of all...

​6. Do they have enough healing items to get through the next boss battle?