FAWN: Pages 6-8

Thanks so much for all the amazing votes! I will take the poll into account as well as any comments on this post, Discord, and comments on the fanfic. Stay tuned for the latest chapter to see how things play out for Sonia and Shadow.

Ps. I will leave the results up for any curious future readers.

The longest a Tumblr poll can last is about a week, so unfortunately that is the time limit for this poll. By the end of the week this post will be deleted, and the results will determine Sonia’s fate. I’ll be sure to post the results in the Fanfic.

Thanks again for 20k hits!

do we every find out who gastor was upset at? were they a skeleton? or retired colleague?

We will find out who this mysterious someone is, and eventually what happens to them, later on. It won’t be in this chapter though, so if I only draw this first one and write the rest we won’t get to have visuals on them. If I don’t draw anymore chapters I’ll be sure to at least draw this mysterious someone after they are revealed.

FAWN: Pages 14 & 15

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Okay, so another update. Yay! This one is pretty...heavy. I kinda wanted to keep the artwork vague, but do you think the abuse is being clearly portrayed here?

"I will be going on hiatus on March 15th to edit an original novel." what the novel?

Yes! I will be starting draft 2 of edits on my original novel on that date. It might take me longer than draft 1 since my only focus on the first go was getting the base story on the page. The sentence structures and proses went completely ignored, so you can imagine the state it’s currently in.

I won’t reveal the title of the novel as, currently, I think it’s best to separate my real life pen name from the fanfics, but it will have a lot of the usual elements I write about, just toned down a bit. I love magical realism, and I adore writing about the supernatural; monstrous creatures in our world. I also love writing about the real dark struggles everyday people face. The gritty, the gruesome, the gory too! My bookshelf is filled to the brim with transgressive stories, so much so that I currently have towers of books near my desk that I haven’t yet read, and that I don’t have room for, but felt compelled to buy. It’s an addiction for sure, so I think the darker, icky parts of life will never escape my stories even if I’m writing about 8 feet tall eyeball-headed angels with long sharp fingers and polished marble skin, or aliens, or skeletons because I love skeletons and one day I’ll have a story that I can publish that totally has not-Sans and not-Papyrus in it.

The original novel will have a lot of what you might be used to in my fics, so even though I cannot share the series title or my author name, once book one is published, who knows? You just might come across it in the wild and recognize the themes I love to write about, and if you do, it’ll be a second chance encounter. :)

are their any plans to show off other projects like the salt circle then just fawn related things?

Sorry I’m answering this super late. Tumblr is a bit wonky with the notifications after I turned off the follower alerts (I have been getting back to back bots flooding my notifications that it just became tiresome to block them all).

Will I expand to other projects? I have been thinking about it. It would be a lot of fun to draw the comparisons between the different Sans, Papyri, and Frisks/Charas. I’d also love to showcase the island and the odd infrastructure found within. I’m currently in a mood for experimentation, and I plan to release a blog post soon that will explore the different cultural aesthetics I wish to visually represent in my Undertale stories.

So! Will I expand? As of right now, I don’t know. I need to prove to myself that I can get this project done. If I reach that goal I’d be more than willing to move onto sketches and renditions for The Salt Circle. It would even be fun to recreate a chapter or two in comic form.

Now the poll is unavailable?

Gah! I give up.

Post #14 - The Faces of Frisk

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I went to my first convention this past weekend. It was definitely an experience seeing people in cosplay in real life—I even dared to dress up. While there, I came across so much inspiration for my art that sparks flew through my brain. It was definitely a much-needed trip.

So enough of that! I have finally gotten around to sketching out different ideas for Frisk. These are just rough drafts that mainly play around with hairstyles, (she will still wear the signature bangs and bob. Option B is simply my fun little way of showing her face) and skin shades. I'm open to keeping her a Simpsons yellow too so anyone can easily see themselves in her—or maybe not considering her circumstances lol!

Either way, I think it would be fun to vote on it! (once I figure out how to create a poll, that is).

The previous poll appears to be neck and neck with a suggested AU and an original AU (based on the comments and the poll numbers). We will create from scratch to keep things simple while heavily referencing Underfell, that way we are technically doing both options. Below are the results.

Thanks again to everyone who voted! Once I figure out how to embed a poll in this post I will make an edit to include it. In the meantime, if you like any of the options, feel free to comment, and your vote or suggestion will be noted.

Edit: I’m stupid, all I had to do was edit this post to get a poll in—not create a whole new one. Hahaha…

Rough Draft: Scene 2 Page 7

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Post #15 - Stuck On Onomatopoeias

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I want to preface this post by proclaiming that I'm both a wannabe perfectionist and far too indecisive for my own good. What does this mean? Well, I've been looking over the last few pages of the comic and picking at it like a pimple on a freshly washed face. I gotta get it right, but at the same time these are just thumbnails...right!?

I actually do not know.

On the one hand, I'd love to get the final product on one scrolling page with color, clean line art, and consistency on Sans' face. On the other hand, I am lazy and afraid that if it becomes too much work I'll simply drop it. Quite the predicament. I will say that 6 pages are the farthest I've gone with a comic, colored or otherwise, so who knows. I just might surprise myself.

That said! Let's talk onomatopoeias.

What are they? Google says they are:

The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).

What are they to me? Oh, just the best thing since mango mochi. I found my dream font, learned how to describe a flute playing at a ballet, and now I'm wrestling with myself to not overdo it. Should I add in the sound of the wind for safety measures? What about the click of heels, every breath a character takes, when they pass gas? Ah, yes, I can hear it all now, or rather, see it.

Plus, one of the benefits of describing sound(?) is the filling in of whitespace, and as a lazy artist (how many times will I say it?) this pleases me very much.

Below is a list of just five onomatopoeias that I will reference later:

bloop, blop

ting, tong, tang

twingle, twangle

bam, ban, bang

fwoosh, swoosh, whoosh

Thank you to YourDictionary and this blog for providing examples.

I might sneak in a few more edits to posted pages this week. There could be very small tweaks, maybe major ones. I might try to give Sans reconstructive surgery on his face until I get him just right. I might wait until we get more pages done before I go back for more tweaks.

They say when working on the first draft of a novel you are to write and not look back until the draft is done. Unfortunately, this isn't a novel, so I'm gonna ignore that advice.

Post #5 - Ballet Practice 

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As she flapped her tiny wings to mimic her graceful instructor, Papyrus was made aware of the fluttering in his soul. Sans gawked at the woman’s long slender legs, and Papyrus gawked at cute chubby ones. Sans drooled over perky breast, and Papyrus couldn’t see beyond the baby fat hugging the tiny ballerina in the woman’s shadow. 

Back then it was okay to stare even if she was only 5. Back then he could get away with it, but as he aged, his attraction stayed, and now he'd never have the tiny ballerina. 

My vacation should be work free, but I find myself plagued with thoughts of this comic that whenever I can find some free time between swimming and relaxing, I'm drawing or writing. Good news is, I know the five scenes that will be displayed in the first chapter. The one above is the first.

We’ll open with Sans and Papyrus waiting in a dance studio as their father argues with a mysterious someone in her office. As they wait, the two boys perv on the practicing ballerinas, and Papyrus is made aware of his blooming paraphilia. This scene will be a flashback, and the above is just a quick rendition of what it would consist of. Of course, there will be several panels, I'm thinking perhaps three pages for this particular scene, and we'll get more inside Papyrus’ head through silent visuals.

I may take a break from posting tomorrow. The last thing I want is for this project to feel like a chore since, knowing me, I’ll get overwhelmed and shut down. That said, I do want to thank you (yes, you) for reading these posts and/or liking, reposting, and following. I’m still surprised even one other person is interested in this. 

Post #10 - A Deer in the Snow

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✔ - Vote in the poll.

Frisk was pretty clueless in Lugubriosity. Some of that naivety came from being a child, and some from memory loss. Without her knowledge of the past RESETs, Frisk was literally thrown into a world of the unknown. What are your opinions on Frisk being left in the dark? I debated allowing her to remember—at the very least she should remember Sans, but then again, she has Chara, so is it really necessary?

So let's quickly discuss the above. The last scene will happen slowly. We'll get environmental shots, background monsters interacting with Papyrus, so we'll get some establishing scenes. I want the community's perception of Papyrus to be very clear (regardless of whether it's admiration or fear). Perhaps we'll see a glimpse of Alphys? Perhaps Undyne? Perhaps not. It won't be long before he's in Snowdin's forest.

And then he sees her.

We have done it! We have reached the end of stage one. Despite this being small, I feel like it's a great victory. I definitely didn't think I would keep my attention on this project for as long as I did. Let's cross our fingers and hope I can keep it up! I'm also curious to know your thoughts on the plans for chapter 1.

I will be taking a bit of a break from daily posting. I want to get a few chapters written and up for my Sonic fanfic. Considering all of my free time has gone to working on Fawn, I think stepping back and taking a small breather before diving in head first into stage two might be best!

And lastly, I want to give a big thank you to everyone following along and even adding their feedback! It's exciting to know people have opinions on the story and want to help shape it.