#gl ben

Ben from Afterschool Slash, inspired by MANTICORE from the Animal Well soundtrack.

I’m a traditional artist and very very rarely do digital but I think this test turned out okay.

Reference photo under the cut.

i said id try talking about the hardware scaling for everyone else so heres everyone else (reasonably) reminder that this is a mix of confirmed canon and speculated theory. :) (if you wanna see charlie, jerma, sneeg, & ranboo check part 1!)

5. Cast - nikki, vinny, ethan, austin Each cast member has a 'basic' character input. their filter items assigning each person being assigned an archetype or an adjective to describe them. - nice - hoarder - sad - family (gay) the cast is mainly cut and dry hardware wise with the exception: austin. the two running theories as to why austin doesnt have a head/face piece and why hes acting more "real" being: A) austins filter item is his jacket and it not being on his head changes effectiveness B) austin is on a sort of holdover. sneeg wasnt wearing a hat in the beginning carousel so we know its possible for showfall to run a character without an item (precarious as it is), but we also need to remember that austin was the most likely showfall pick to die in room one.

6. Hetch Hetch is in his own bubble from what we know. if hes being controlled he could be possessed, manipulated, hetch himself could be a character. at the same time hes an overseer, a cult head, he has a wall of trophies and multiple projects under the Showfall Media branch of generation loss under his belt, clearly exactly where he wants to be. we still dont fully know how much of hetch is even human.

7. Ben

Audience connected

highly filtered

perpetually decomposing

Ben is an avatar. almost entirely on a laden track to an even more literal degree then ranboo was and the only thing constituting a real person in here is a rogue moment of clarity from whoever ben "used to be" and some bones.

8. Employees

little to no independent autonomy

The employees are the current stand for a flat puppet. it does motions when directed, goes where told, its not influence thats being interpreted its just a husk reading through script.