#paneling

a small quick shoddy guide to help you avoid one specific problem in comics dialogue presentation. i'm smokey bear and this is my personal forest fire

one additional tip: always send your comics to a couple trusted friends before inking and ask them to honestly describe the scene and dialogue *as they see it* with no additional context. you will find out very fast if your drawings and speech bubble order are clear!

the aforementioned build set! the brick's only gonna have five typical brick swatches, but the rest will be in this palette! i think i'm gonna recolor the carpet that came with the 25th anniversary update, too. edit: just putting the download link on this post for convenience! info and link below the cut:

Colour and design hold equal precedence in this dining room. A wall of cool dark blue contrasts with the cream of the insert panels and ceiling. The gold panel frames, with the tones of the wooden floor, table and cupboard offset the coolness of the blue and cream.

I love forgetting to post anything ever

—anyway had Burn the Circus by Tardigrade Inferno on repeat recently and it just hits different when you can relate to the feelings in a song. And also when ur sona has a clown and fire motif. that helps too LOL