Needle Point

The reason it was so important for narrative purposes, was that the plot concerns the visit of the Astronaut, in his completely opaque spacesuit, to a planet populated entirely by self-aware robots (originally from Earth) who have built their own society and are petitioning to be allowed to interact with Earth again as equals.

They have a democratic government and free choice of careers etc. as the orange robot serving as guide tells the Astronaut.

The Astronaut notices that there are two different types of robot on this world; the orange ones, who are in charge, gifted access to all information and facilities. and the blue robots, who are seen as more limited in function, have less access to information and resources, and are not allowed positions of power or as wide a choice of employment opportunities. Even transportation is segregated.

The Astronaut investigates further and discovers that the blue and orange robots are actually structurally identical, there is absolutely no difference between their potential or capabilities, and it is only because the orange robots are instructed by their Educator system to consider themselves superior, that the difference exists.

The Astronaut tells the robots they are not ready for re-alignment with Earth, until they come to terms with their own unfairness, and how Earth had had to deal with this issue themselves. When that time comes, the robots will be able to ally with Earth.

Then he leaves in his spaceship, and it's only in that one final panel that we see the Astronaut is black.

Not subtle, nor should it be, but for 1950 this was a breathtakingly powerful statement, perhaps the first of it's kind in the genre.

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Simple Retro Half Tones brushes for Clip studio

sorry about the deleted original post! i had to fix and re-upload the brushes because I forgot to replace the brush tip texture from a default clip one and they got delisted ;w; They’re back up now and ready to go! –

I struggled finding many retro resources for clip, all the good brushes and actions are for photoshop only so I researched ways to make my own! I wanted some nice simple vintage ‘ben day’ printing style dot brushes that could layer up, or just be used on their own for a variety of effects. –

I learnt some techniques from this guide, so if you want to make some extra flavours of half tone to customise the brushes some more I’d recommend reading this for some tips! 

Mutant Crisis (drawn sometime in 2020)

"No." Says the tuna, "Do you?"

"I have never seen it." Says the whale, "but deep in my body, I remember it."

"Why do you care," says the tuna, "if you will never see it."

"There are bones in my body built to walk through the forests and the mountains." Says the whale.

"They will disappear." Says the tuna, "one day, your body will forget the forests and the mountains."

"Maybe I don't want to forget," Says the whale, "The forests were once my home."

"I have seen the forests." Whispers the salmon, almost to itself.

"Tell me what you have seen," says the whale.

"The forests spawned me." Says the salmon. "They sent me to the ocean to grow. When I am fat with the bounty of the ocean, I will bring it home."

"Why would the forests seek the bounty of the oceans?" Asks the whale. "They have bounty of their own."

Last year I finally had an excuse to illustrate this simple little Tumblr story I've had bookmarked forever for class.

Trying to capture tension in a pose! 💪 You know, the kind where you can see the muscles and tendons popping out. RAAHHH!! 😤

BUT HE WAS STILL HUNGRY.

ON TUESDAY, HE ATE 2 MAN EATING PLANTS.

BUT HE WAS STILL HUNGRY.

ON WEDNESDAY, HE ATE 3 COCKATRICE EGGS.

BUT HE WAS STILL HUNGRY.

ON THURSDAY, HE ATE 4 LIVING ARMOR.

BUT HE WAS STILL HUNGRY.

ON FRIDAY, HE ATE 5 TENTACLES.

BUT HE WAS STILL HUNGRY.

ON SATURDAY, HE ATE ONE BAROMETZ, ONE RED DRAGON, ONE KELPIE, ONE SLIME, ONE GOLEM CABBAGE, ONE NIGHTMARE, ONE DUNGEON CLEANER, ONE GHOST SORBET, AND ONE BASILISK.

THEN HE HAD A TUMMYACHE

knowledge long forgotten

Penelope (or pibb)