#lyminate

[C] Rika gets Lyminate Slab'd

Commission for Masterhaend!

Obey Charlie

"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘. 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕?"

Commission for Hayati during today's PWYW stream!

Dempsie stared into the depths of the Harlequin Diamond, gripped by a laugh from the void. The lack of a direct light source made it hard to see the surface, yet it still had an inexplicable sheen. She squinted, then her eyes widened, thinking that she recognized something from a dream… or perhaps even the dream of a dream. An office? Almost... It was like an office in an infinite expanse... all her co-workers moving about in their daily routines as if this were completely normal. For Dempsie, everything was happening from a distance: her body was on Earth, but her mind had long ago made orbit and was living among the stars, the only place that made sense. She looked down at planet Earth, watching things go as they ought to go, observing life in all its orderliness and mundanity. Dogs being walked, office workers in the afternoon, cars driving, newspaper vendors, the city as it should be, when suddenly... a loud noise that came from all directions, like an omnipresent thunder. Or… was it music? Or was it both? In either case, it was a fast-paced beat, each one ever so subtly bringing the corners of her lips to a slightly more defined grin. The music became the answer to all of her problems, the cure to all of her ailments, and nothing else mattered anymore. Dempsie, still in orbit, looked down upon the Earth again and noticed everything had gone in reverse. Dogs walked their owners, for the owners were now dogs. The office building erupted in cheers and laughter as work was no longer work, but play. Cars drove upside down, newspapers were filled with complete nonsense, polka dots in the sky… There was neither love nor loyalty, but neither was their hate nor despair. Further and further, she lost her entire self into the pulse of the diamond, losing her mind so completely that she didn’t even realize her small and curious grin turned into an embarrassing exaggeration, almost fake and plastered on. The diamond knew she would never look away from its gaze again, and so her grin would never have reason to cease. The music of the Diamond stretched over the face of the Earth – joy and lust were no more than pure expression, all replaced with a seething, endless happiness, dumb to all pain and misery of the world. Quasars and Galaxies danced in cosmic rhythm to the spread of their madness, bursting in stars and Nova, black holes ceased their cosmic devouring only to laugh, laughing and hurling away guffawing comets and dancing stars. Dempsie, lost in how insignificant she was in the plans of the Diamond, did the only thing she could do left: she smiled. Her body, immersed in an unnatural darkness, somehow exploded with color and passion. Her fake and plastic grin became the perfect reflection of her mindless, unbothered self, a toy that played without worry or sorrow. Emitting no more than squeaks, she laughed internally and grinned, for the music of the Diamond was now the music of her mind. Her thoughts surrendered to the madness and were lost in it, like a kite in a wind. -- An idea that I had on my mind for most of the year but never drew til now. It's based heavily off of that one Hoffi piece I did, except going in a wayyyy different direction. Boppers are one of many victims of the infamous harlequin diamond - that is, people who succumb to its effects are often rendered into mindless toys, existing only to play and unburdened by the weights of daily life. Boppers are not too different from the harlequin jesters I've done in the recent past, except boppers are more music-oriented and love dancing. It's also worth noting that boppers are lyminate-based, so they're very rubbery and bouncy and smooth to the touch (and don't talk). Eurobeat also had a REALLY big effect on this concept and is half the reason I drew it. I try to imagine the music they hear as something incredibly fast-paced and energetic that's like eurobeat, but more in a dreamy kind of fashion if that makes sense. This concept should see more use in the future. Also would like to expand on the harlequin diamond in the future, too. Above story was written by the fantastic Lobolito and edited by me.

Commission for CrazedGammaMan during today's PWYW stream! More debtcats!!