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They look appropriately dissapointed.

(Did I say upcoming, I meant release. Apperently I posted this 3 minutes after the last chapter updated)

I don't know why I have decided that Shrike always wears those night vision goggles(?) now but they look cool at least(GOD I LOVE THEM).

I think I've finally gotten a hang of Dani's hairstyle for my design which is a blessing because in order from the easiest to hardest hair texture to draw is Coily>Straight>Locs>Wavy>Braids>Curly with a jump of times 4 from braids to curly(My hubris for giving Cyan short curly hair has and will continue to keep biting me in the ass).

Speaking of Cyan, I've also updated him. He always has eye bags now cause he feels tired now, more so than the start of the fic at least. Since, unless I've missed something, he's still wearing Black's suit I felt I should make it a part of his outfit. One of the issues I was having when I drew him though was that we still call him Cyan but he wasn't wearing cyan anymore which is an issue when I read the story but when I drew him it just felt odd. My solution to that hangup of mine was to keep the suit and belt black’s but give him the gloves and boots so there's at least some cyan still on him since I don't think it was ever stated that Johnny cut those off, there wouldn't be a reason to and they would fit him better than Johnny's anyways. He also isn’t wearing his backpack thing or helmet(not that I ever drew anyone with theirs anyways) since I figured they probably lost it or some shit. In this pic no one is wearing theirs but that’s just because I wanted them to look like they were chilling, Cyan straight up doesn’t have his.

Funnily enough this is the one that took the least amount of time to make, I started it yesterday and finished it like now though I do attribute that to a stroke of sudden inspiration that I was able to draw in my sketchbook so honestly most of the work was the coloring.

Drawing these guys just kinda being silly is so fun it's unfair, especially Purple. This man has done so much bullshit, I should shoot him on sight but the moment I pick up my pen he appears, the motherfucker! A pretty fun aspect of these purple are, as you can see, he's using Grey's skin. While I'm pretty sure in the story he looks the exact same I figured it would be more fun for drawing purposes to mix the two of them together to create some distinction rather than just drawing Grey with a purple suit.

My design for Grey had him as average height but more stout(at least comparatively for my artstyle) while Purple was a little more scrawny and tall which worked well for what I wanted to do. His bangs are center parted when Grey's bangs are gathered in the center. Also I drew their expressions differently, when it's Purple I draw his more bitter/sour, I decided that most of his expressions are squinty and tend to furrow the brows while Grey's are more, I'm not sure how to put it, genuine?

As you can probably tell I really enjoy trying to come up with the character's designs myself but I know when to throw in the towel and admit someone did better than me. I tried to come up with a design for Olive/Finch myself but I just could not come up with one I liked even equally let alone more than @krysmcscience 's design. They really captured their energy well so I’m just using theirs.

Ayy, I drew my take on good old Johnny boy. I think I did a pretty good job making him look older without him becoming a mass of wrinkles.

Drawing Flayer's ship was pretty fun, I've been trying to draw backgrounds and objects more so it was good practice. We obviously don't know what it actually looks like yet other than it is made of flesh and metal so I definitely had to just make shit up. For these bitches sake I hope it's bigger than what I designed because it is going to suck otherwise. Just as I'm typing this I kinda already wanna redesign it though.

I went for something more simple based of the premise that ships are complicated and difficult to make; the whole thing is kinda supposed to look like the flesh is doing a lot of the work to keep it together to compensate for a lack of technical knowledge and skill but just now I remembered that Flayer was the head of the mechanics so she almost certainly has more than enough knowledge and experience to make a good ship on her own even without the flesh. Oh well, I can redesign it when we learn more. I'm keeping its face though, the face was a completely but incredibly happy accident.

Also, I find it interesting that the Imposter’s missions are usually about them destroying biomechanical technology but one of Flayer's named imposter abilities is to use her genetic material to create machinery that fuses artificial and organic material.

Bounus Doodles!

I'm pretty sure these were all drawn sometime before the new year but they were all I had and I didn't want to post one image of doodles so enjoy them now.

While I am still proud of Brown and Devon making out I think my favorite doodle here is Cyan and his judgmental ass face. Why is he staring at Finch like, he is not in any position to but judging like that.

I also borrowed Kry's designs for Red and Umber, I couldn't help myself for Umber, it was just too perfect!

Ignore the other stuff, its a small sketchbook. Its been I while since I've drawn any of these guys. Strong start with Purple getting mad at Cyan, we hate to see it.

And Cyan contemplating his life. It sucks. For that past almost year whenever I hear 'The Moon Will Sing' I think of Cyan. Like that is HIS song and every time I listen to it it makes me wanna sob. Also 'Never Love an Anchor'! Its not AS perfect as the moon will sing, there are some lyrics that apply to Purple more but the whole song is how I imagine Cyan thinks about himself. Like lines like: 'On some level, I think I always understood that these hands of mine were clumsy, not clever' and 'There are times when I still wonder about you. You are someone I have loved but never known' which if you only look at the second sentence applies SO well to Cyan and Purple' relationship but if you take the full quote it fits even more with Cyan and Marek!

It's a shame I kinda hate this doodle the most but I guess that's to be expected with such a complicated pose and no reference.

OMG THIS IS MY FAVORITE OUT OF THE SET!(Best for last!)

So the two at the bottom is of that scene in the last chapter when Finch is like scampering on the ground and says something to Dani(I don't remember its been a while) and then runs off. Big fan of how I drew them(Also the only imp I drew with tentacles. I really need to practice posing with the tentacles, all of these bitches have them!)

So in that doodle I made a mistake, it's that scar looking mark but I thought 'Oh how cute would it be if Dani had a tiny cheek scar' and then I thought 'WHAT IF AMI KISSED HER LIL'CHEEK SCAR?!??!' and then I drew the top doodle and its the best because it made me really happy to draw.

I was gonna draw more but I really need to take a shower and its late as hell and THIS POST TOOK AN HOUR TO WRITE, THAT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME IT TOOK TO DRAW THESE GUYS!

Bonus:

A really REALLY old sketch of Johnnyboy, the first one in fact and I need to draw him more because he's fun to draw.

My only explaination is that I've been listening to Rabbit Hole on loop and the bunny suit brainworms finally got to me, I can't explain anything else. I hope you enjoy it @crinklytinfoil