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How to give Father Eugene an aneurysm, now in one convenient twunky package!

Another comic that I made accidentally, it wasn't in the planned comics list but as usual an idea got away from me!
A mixture of cute/silly and. That's Not Great Actually Cliff.
I have been wanting to show Cliffs concerning attitude to...his life. He's often doing things like this, without any thought or care for consequences. Part of it is undiagnosed ADHD, part of it is attention seeking (prob related to the adhd tho), part of it is a response to trauma*, tbh he doesn't expect to live long and doesn't know what he's doing with his life (thinking about it seriously scares the shit out of him). Doing shit like this makes him feel alive and in control of his own fate for a moment.
I think him pursuing a priest was initially along this same risk taking behaviour, it'll be fun, it's exciting, something to make life interesting when he can't drink or fuck strangers. Anyway that backfired. I think Eugene is a good anchor for him! Eugene is...the opposite of a risk taker, the poor man lives in fear most of the time.

consequences who?

This is literally all I have written for this comic lol, it was all worked out in the page

*I imagine he wasn't doing hot already before he left home because being gay and adhd is Plenty to contend with, but couch surfing, dangerous sex work, drink and drugs sure didn't improve things. (He actually started sex work at 15 or so for easy money, and eventually ran away from home at 16-17(?) and relied on it to live.) I'm not 100% on his backstory, but the general vibes inform how he acts.

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ink

bro is gonna get that poor man fully grey in record time

Cryptidcreature

This is excellent, and the background info and hownyou inform cliffs behavior is so good.

Ashton Mel

rubbing my hands together

Liam

I was in the area (A LIE)

SubserveMoth

ughhh the colors?? ur kidding

Mercury

Wow this is breathtaking. I especially love Cliff's pose as he's leaning back on the bridge. The characters in your drawings always look so alive!!

koo

cliff’s smug little grin when eugene gets him down - boy knows he’s onto something but at what cost!!!!! 😂 (as an adhd+trauma haver, i feel very seen!!!)

Error 43

it made me genuinly sob dear lord OUCH

Alex Keller

UghhhhH!!! Every time I get an update, it always makes my day!! I know Cliff isn't exactly a role model, but I'm a shy gay trans man and I want more than anything to just be this impulsive and do whatever without thinking about what others are thinking about me.

japanelopepe

This 😳 Eugenes kinda faces are my favorite. Did he stare at Cliffs nipples or was he horrified by his suicidal behavior? Youll never guess

eitherpendragon

shut upppp, have you no regard for our poor hearts? this is so well done i can't stop staring at it. and the little dive into cliff's inner world, i can't

Daisy

my heart breaks when I see art like this, cant explain how happy it makes me

Quadrant

Cliff finds no end of way to really test Eugene huh 🤣 Whether it's lust or just putting his heart in his mouth lol

AcuteAir

Poor Cliff man 😭

James

A WHOLE COMIC? ON MY BIRTHDAY? THIS IS A BLESSING 😻

Dom

"God sent you to keep me safe, Father." IM DEAD IM SO DEAD

FlowersHimself

Mmm this colouring style is so pleasing and I want to try it! I’ll have to give it a go next time I draw something 👀

ess

i would like to chew thoughtfully on these colors like a baby with its own fingers

Angela Dunn

The way you colored this is SO RAD and looks so fun! I LOVE the mood it gives this comic. It kinda feels 'drunk'? A bit fuzzy, and lights feel a little harsher. It just looks so damn cool

raspjasp

absolutely love seeing your studies. really motivates me to pick up my pen and try something new myself :) superb art as always

KnightSmudge

The colors on this are actually blowing my mind, my GOODNESS. What a treat for the eyes!

IntoTheVoid

Cliff's grin in the third panel of the second page, oh my god what a little shit (lovingly)

Beth Grey

Eugene looks so cute in that ‘T’ pattern lol

malacandrax

Thank you!! I love having little text blocks to go with the comic haha 😄

malacandrax

Aw thank you! I was proud of that one heehee

malacandrax

When hes drunk he takes Full advantage of it lmao. Oh noo I'm clinging to you because I'm drunk you can't blame me 😈😏

malacandrax

Yeah I understand this!!! No overthinking and losing confidence

malacandrax

It's really fun! Im using the rizzcraft true grit brushes, but maybe screentone or other grit brushes would work- the main thing is needing non overlapping pixels, so I have to use different brushes for each colour so they don't fully cover eachother and lose that rainbow looking grit

malacandrax

Oh what a cool description!!! Drunk!! Thank you 🥰😊

malacandrax

Heehee thank you!! It still blows my mind tbh how it's just 3! always really fun to turn the colour layers on and off and be like :o

malacandrax

Heehee thank you that was my fav expression 🥰

malacandrax

He does!! I love to draw him in casual clothes 😤😤

FlowersHimself

Yeah I can see a slight roughness to the edges that defo improves the look! I wonder if that textured vibe could be achieved digitally, maybe with a texture clipping layer after the fact 🤔