#noodlecruncher

Omg ;O;

Thank you so much, this is such a sweet and surprising ask to receive!!

Those are all elements of art that I care a lot about, so it means so much to hear that they're visually satisfying and enjoyable to look at. ;3; It's also always rly special to hear someone's been following your work for a while- I think that's what all artists hope for!

I've been hunting for the perfect chalky brush forever, but my old faithful and the one I've used for most of my art is this guy (noisy pencil). Other brushes:

Ulle - for super crispy lineless or line art! Watercolor edge off.

SU Cream - The asset store GOAT. Don't use this one as often but it's nice for painterly stuff or bgs.

This magic brush which is no longer available on the clip studio asset store- it's v smooth but I just love the slight texture on it. Good for everything!

I feel like there are probably a few I use less commonly that idr as well. Ftr, anyone is welcome to ask abt the brushes/assets/process for any of my drawings and I'll try to help!

In general, I adjust the brush density and texture on downlooded brushes p often- I don't like having to press too hard for high opacity and don't tend to use a ton of pen pressure variance.

I am experimenting with more artstyles and techniques for this event… and I think the lineless style came out pretty well :> <3

waaa hihi!! ;o;; ooooh that's a really good question lol

since I'm still working on this story and these characters, whatever I answer here may or may not be fully applicable sometime in the future, so just keep that in mind ><;; this story has also changed a lot in recent months and I've since shifted it into a solo project, so the "main three" in question have been adjusted a bit.

gonna put these under a cut because it ended up getting just a bit long lol xD

So I’m hoping that if I start writing as if I’m about to ask you the question I’ll HHOMIGOSH— JOG MY MEMORY YES IT WORKED I REMEMBER NOW LOL— NO THIS IS NOT STAGED IM GIVING YOU MY THOUGHTS IN REAL TIME OMG ASJDHFG

Okay okay it was about khalans mom— I know about his dad but I don’t know anything about his mom! I get the sense that she’s not in the picture at all, but did something happen to her? What was she like? Would her being there have made things better or worse for khalan as a little kid?

hahhaa I'm glad writing it out helped you remember! xD

ah! I actually did make mention of her sometime last year when I finally decided on the whole bakeneko thing for Khalan ;o; here's the post in question, since I technically answered some of this already: [link]

as far as the latter part of this ask is concerned, I'm not sure if Mina being there would've made things better for Khalan. No matter what, he's basically considered an abomination within that world and wasn't supposed to exist, so regardless of whether or not his mom was still in the picture, life would've been difficult for all of them in one way or another. the family dynamic might've been a bit better? but Jal really didn't want kids to begin with, so there still would've been some issues in that regard too. I don't think he'd be as physically abusive with Mina around, but he'd still probably take issue with Khalan being there, unfortunately.

personality-wise? I kinda mentioned it in the post, but I feel like Mina was generally kind, but also incredibly inquisitive and a bit of a trickster who liked to have fun. she wasn't malicious, tho she had a tendency to flirt with danger and play around with things that were considered taboo, just because she was curious.

they say curiosity killed the cat, after all. so that's... kinda what happened. RIP 😔