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was just wondering how you chose if/when Riley wears his mask. Most of your pieces have the mask lifted off only his mouth but some have it dully on or fully off. I was wondering if there was a specific reason for that or just what you think looks good?

It's a mix of reasons.

The first is pretty simple: I like drawing expressions, faces and most importantly, intimacy. That's why my Ghost rarely ever wears glasses and usually has his mask lifted. It not only shows his vulnerability with MacTavish, but also allows them to kiss, have direct eye contact and be skin to skin. Speaking of, painting realistic skin is very satisfying to me and covering it up with cloth kills me a little. Same with drawing ears, I sacrificed so many good ears in favor of that mask..

Second, I get bored easily. Drawing the same mask/glasses/headset/jacket combo over and over again without any human features burns me out. I knew immediately I needed a face design and different outfits for Ghost, despite really loving his whole look and actually preferring him all covered up. Unfortunately that just isn't in the cards for me, so I switch between fully masked, half masked, bare faced and medical mask to keep him fresh and interesting for myself. Even his body type changes, he goes from twink to more sturdy builds depending on how bored I am with it.

(MacTavish is less of a problem but I do switch it up by changing his clothes, having him be shirtless or fluctuate his muscle mass.)

To put it into a bit more perspective: my art process is jumping between countless WIPs in various stages of completion and artstyles until something happens to get finished eventually - my SoapGhost WIP folder alone is currently at 339 pieces - and if a painting takes me longer than a day to complete, chances are I'll drop it and pick it back up again in anywhere between a week or a year (it's a miracle I get anything done at all).

So I'll do whatever it takes to actually help me continue drawing and manage my constant burnout. Being chronically ill and creative is the worst combo, I think about completely quitting art every other day :')

And third, well. Sometimes it really is simply about which one looks better.

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First words with Uncle Simon

part 1 | part 2

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limitations (part 1)

early access + nsfw on patreon

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Sorry if someone already asked this but do all monster hybrids shift or is it just some? Like it depends on the species? (Werewolf etc)

Depends on the species! I talked about it before in a previous ask but the monster AU has 3 broad categories for monsters.

Static-type: 1 form, constant

e.g Price, Gaz - what you see is what you get, no transformation.

Shifter-type: 2-3 forms, staggered

e.g Soap, Horangi, Konig - base form is mostly human, can shift to monster form.

Flux type: 3+ forms, fluid

e.g Ghost, or a shapeshifter - mercurial amount of transformation, not really clearcut.

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limitations (part 2)

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Hello Valiants!! I've been lurking and simply obsessed with your art and writing of them for a while and I was wondering if you have ever done a comic about how the rest of the team take ghostsoap's relationship? Or is it a secret? Ignore this if you have hehe

🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 Hmm maybe this or this Price one was close, but here's an update... (I think it's BARELY a secret)

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Been loving these songs... remind me of them

Ghost

Soap

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Some Price requests for Night Fairy & Bayeis 🤍🫡

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For the queer trans anon...

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Tastes

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shots

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ghost the type of guy to say he can’t marry soap at a courthouse cause he’s not sure if there’s a warrant out for his arrest or not

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what sort of music does simon listen to- and what are the others’ opinions on it when they inevitably discover it?

They probably wouldn’t share a playlist

Plus Roach:

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tf141

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I don't think I posted this here? A little colored SimonRileyNeedsGlasses sketch for y'all 🫶

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no one bothers bunny!Price at work because of a certain kitty

part 1

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continuing bunny!Price saga from this post of Price and my OC...

Guard Dog(or Cat...)

rejected doodles

black panther!Ghost heavily inspired by bressy's design over here