The Salmon Shack

Happy Month of May-bel! The prompt was "your pick" so I picked something... incredibly obvious to anyone who knows me 😅 Anyway, Mabel is obviously the best character in Gravity Falls because she is a Ghibli kid. sorry i don't make the rules.

She was already my favorite when I got back into Gravity Falls, but then i read this in Journal 3 and I knew we were kindred spirits:

This leaves me with so many questions. Has she seen other Studio Ghibli movies too? (Studio Libeccio...?) Like has she seen the ones that are generally considered cuter, like Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service, MORE than 82 times? If not, why did her parents only show her the one that was generally considered terrifying according to most kids??

I bet Mabel would be the type of kid to try to fly on her own witch's broom. Or make her own Mehve out of foam and cardboard. Or put her hand in fire and get burned, pretending it's Calcifer. Or bring a wolf pup home after seeing Princess Mononoke. The hospital visits would be numerous XD

What is that, you ask? Could this also be subtle propaganda to peer pressure @hkthatgffan into watching more Ghibli movies? Maybe so....

Special Waddles edition, cause I couldn't resist:

May-bel week 3: Iconic 🌟

I was pretty stuck with this one until I realized I could draw this moment... It's so perfect for her character, and gave me chills when I first saw it!!

TWO WEEKS UNTIL THE SALES FOR OUR COMIC CLOSE (7/15)!! thank you to all 144 of you who have bought it already!! go to https://ko-fi.com/s/03a889cc8e to get yours today🗣️🗣️🗣️

All done!

They’re a bit wonky, because I’m not the best at printmaking, but it was still fun to make

Hey artists, C. Spike Trotman, founder of Iron Circus Comics, just posted an invaluable thread on depicting different types of black hair. I’d do the thing where you screencap the whole thread and post it but it’s just too long (which is great because it’s a whole lot of useful information!) Give her a follow while you’re there.

It's finally time!