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I end up making them form a little band called Ray Struck!!!

Sunny is mostly the face of the band, she's the main person who appears in videos, preforms for the band, so on.

Bolt is the main lyricist and hard vocals, most charismatic in public, does well on stage.

And Dove is more so the producer. She's the one who puts all the footage and sounds together and the one who makes it sound good, but she is not in the public eye much.

I imagine their music has a similar duality to Electric Cowboys type beat, you know? Real smooth, catchy, groovy, and then it hits you in the fuckin face

And also a little familiar face ends up joining the band... Ry ends up making their set design, any props they need, while she gets to learn music on the side...

The girls have their own arcs they gotta go through - Dove learns to express herself more openly and discovers more about herself, Sunny finds her courage (she is anxious, but through the stability of friends she becomes more confident), and Bolt learns to open up and be vulnerable.

Spealing of Bolts arc tho...

You guys should know what brand of characters I like by now (smiles on the outside, uh oh on the inside)

ANYWAYS, THATS MY OCS, LET ME GET MORE ACTUAL DRM-GRLZ! IN HERE

These here are the first drawings for the girls I EVER did. They weren't even finalized official concepts yet, let alone a comic, so you can see me playing with their designs a bit, BUT YEAH!!! THESE ARE QUITE OLD!!!! ANCIENT IF YOU WILL...

We also have a little critter Splash, and her shiny varient hehehe

I also have this sketch of Minnow. I don't remember what the bit was, but I was in the middle of revisiting my undertale phase, so I think it must have been something Geno route related as a joke... The baby murderers...

Speaking of crossovers tho...

(Sherbet noogied you too hard...)

I can't believe someone would trap the baby in a timeloop... <- more jokey theories

AND THAT'S IT!!! That's for all the semi-finished concepts and sketches anyway....

PHEW- Made it in time for the New Year. In all fairness I started this after Christmas, so it was a rush to get it here!

Hope you all have been able to enjoy the holidays! I know the mood hasn't been strong this year for a lot of people, but I hope this can bring a little bit of holiday cheer.

Anyways, here are some bonus stuff, cause this actually took a lot of concepting to put together.

Happy anniversary In Stars and Time. As a celebration I will draw something that is not the actual narrative of the game!

Anyways, you guys haven't seen them in a hot minute, so let me drop backlogged art for you

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The official refs for the post loop outfits you haven't seen! These are like. A solid 7 years post loops, everyone is quite a lot older

I just thought about when they finally start feeling closer, how they'd protect the other in their own way. Their titles were different after all.

A tiny detail about Roboro's design that I don't think many people noticed.

I also think this one is vitally important to bring up. Isa Post Loops is generally quite anxious around Roboro, even if they, in turn become a lot softer to him in comparison. You are your own worst critic, and having a version of yourself you KNOW is willing to call out all your bullshit and insecurities- it's stressful.

I must reiterate that Isa isn't this anxious around anyone else in the family, as well that Roboro needs to make it clear that it was in the wrong for being so cruel to him.

No matter the timeline, you don't put the sweaty guy in the sweaty season.

Questioning the Fashion Choices of your Clone.

Roboro playing an instrument called the Theorbo (I have so much about this, it needs it's own post)

Isabeau expressions at different points post loops (as soon as days after, to as late as a decade later)

A mild doodle of Roboro enjoying the sunlight for the first time in recent memory.

Lastly, and leastly, an official Roboro ref sheet in all of their stages.

A lot of these I was just waiting until I had enough of a backlog to make a post specifically dedicated to this aspect of the Post Loops story, but I still want to draw Roboro's relationship with everyone else. There is so much to it and I simply haven't sat down to do it. Its relationships with everyone is so important to me.

But as I mentioned I might post the Theorbo stuff by itself, and that has a fair amount of development between Isa and Roboro post loops.

I also have some other absolutely unhinged concepts, that I can't even begin to think how I'm gonna present them to you guys in an understandable context.

The way I formatted the drawing just felt like it could lend itself to wallpapers- Some are better executed than others but I didn't wanna leave anyone out!

I was always aware that this kid was somewhere in me, I recognize the growth they've experienced, the new friends they've made, in a way they couldn't have imagined... I knew my old interests, my struggles, my art- But the way I remembered that kid was always distant. I thought of her only as my worst days, that I've been able to grow past, that I don't have much in common with her anymore.

But for a few months now- I've been revisiting my biggest fixation from when I was young. Undertale. And in my revisiting of the original source media, of the fandom, the good, the bad, the AUs, the passion and love and creativity-

I have come to realize that I still love this game, in a way just as strong and passionate as I did before.

Obviously it's not the exact same way, I understand the characters better, I'm not as tunnel visioned (I am so sorry for what we did to you Sans), and I am not a hormone driven teenager anymore.

But my joy and excitement- It's as powerful as I remember it. I see people showing their love for this game, even the "cringe" sides, the AUs and all, and I am so insanely happy every time I see celebration of the creations we have made.

Yes it's rough around the edges, yes it has unpolished writing, but we were people making things, coming together and showing our love not just for this game, but for each other. And to show all that through art- It really gets to me man.

So 10 years later, I am once again enjoying multiverse content of Undertale, and I had to face that girl inside me again.

And I had to realize that it wasn't me who changed throughout these years. I just got the space to grow into someone I can be content with.

My peers, my friends, my partner, my family, my occupation, my interests. It all helped develop me into who I am today. Letting me have the space to grow that I didn't have when I first found this game.

It wasn't always easy, obviously, it still isn't- But thinking back, I didn't have those things that welcomed me before.

And that kid? The openly cringe, excitable, passionate, artistic kid? The one that wasn't accepted like I am now? She didn't leave like I thought she did. I've been her for years. Openly. And I've been fortunate enough to feel safe being her for years. For her to be loved as she is, flaws, struggles and all.