My entry for the newly-released Monster Hunter zine! It was a ton of fun to be a part of this project with so many other talented creatives. I worked hard and enjoy how this piece came out.

Spinel’s backstory is sad and heartbreaking to watch, but it doesn’t excuse the way she acted. It is an explanation for her actions, but not an excuse.

My little sister said exactly why Spinel was solidly a villain in my eyes for most of this movie: “Everyone who was watching at my friend’s house wanted Steven to pay more attention to her though and we were afraid when he didn’t because we didn’t want her to explode and turn bad again”

They wanted Steven to pay attention to her because they were scared of what  she might do if he didn’t.

I’m surprised I actually get this question a lot! Here’s a little photo guide I made, it took me a little while to figure out too and I’m so sorry it takes a while but I do this every time I make new art, it isn’t too bad!

First open the app and draw something:

Aah sorry I was going to make something special for this but work got in the way, I will use this rarity here! Once you’re done, hit manage painting–

> export to sd card > LARGE, the large is important because the small version is really pixelated!

If you export it with 3D on it’ll make two versions, I’ll explain it more later–

Now instead of going to camera, turn your DS all the way off and flip it over and use a tiny screwdriver or a hairpin to unscrew the two back screws:

You’ll hear a pop/click noise when they are unscrewed, the screws keep turning and don’t come out but as long as they clicked then you can stop turning and take the back off!

Push in the microSD to get it to pop out and then you’re good to stick it into a laptop/tablet with the right slot, or if your computer is old like mine then just use an SD card reader!

Then it’s pretty easy, just go to my computer > the removable disk it reads the card as > DCIM(the photo folder) > the most recent photo folder(it makes a new folder every 100 photos) > the latest photo file, that is your art!

I exported mine without 3D on so there is only one HNI0066 but HNI0065 has two copies because that was an earlier art I exported it with 3D on, the JPG is the one you want to use for posting online but the MPO file is a special 3D version of your art! It can only be viewed on 3DSes, if you want to keep viewing it in 3D on the camera app on your DS then definitely keep it but if not then you can delete the MPO version, most computers don’t recognize it anyway and I sometimes delete them when I need more space because they’re bigger than jpgs!

PRECIOUS KIDS SPYING ON THEIR PARENT’S DATE

(also yes i purposely made it so Toshi is giving Inko more umbrella space BC HE’S A GENTLEMEN) 

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