Thank you!! I ended up printing that drawing out and putting it on my wall haha i think it's the most accurate I've captured her likeness and so I want to keep it in mind when drawing her... now there is a cute girl watching me all the time feels weird. I love Anatola's work sooo much and would happily own up to an influence but i feel anatola influences me more with their work ethic and enjoyment of art/life rather than visual style (tho im sure some things are there subconsciously) its actually a pure coincidence that our styles have a bit of overlap, I've been crosshatching and such for a very long time.

For that drawing I was actually looking at @/standoodles, specifically how they balance realism and stylization. I really envy their grasp on the human form. I ofc don't want to draw exactly like that but you know, bring some of that in... back when i was drawing in a more cute/chibi style for a while i mentioned how it would make my life easier but it's not what i want bc i don't want to draw humans cute i want to draw them SEXY!!!

I do like the way Anatola draws butches & gnc people tho I probably have them in mind a bit when I draw Lem.

Very much both intentionally mysterious and on the back burner. Lem haunts the narrative, I would say she's not a very established character until Act 3. She has a major presence in Act 1 but there isn't much focus on her still. There are lots of reasons I've not talked too much about them... it's kind of... the blood of the series deep down! And so, it feels like a spoiler I guess, not just letting you experience their relationship for yourself. Lem is also one of the reasons I have to worry about censorship of this game, and it's been hard to try to figure out how to approach that, what's vague in an interesting way and not just a cop out. Truly I don't know how to talk about their dynamic in the game without worrying about people just... making sweeping generalizations about the entire thing sort of like they do with tcoaal, so really feels like I can't talk about it too much and should just let the work speak for itself.

But as for tidbits, I feel like you could pick up on these things for people who've paid rly close attention to IOGW (previously Sugar Pool - now just the title of the first act) since 2022 but im sure thats not rly anyone but me jdhfh anyway some stuff about Lem slightly SPOILERY if you dont just want to experience these things for yourself: She was a dealer when they were kids as a way to make money (they were poor), ofc this resulted in her getting into a lot of sketchy things and knowing a lot of sketchy people and had traumas of her own, she practically raised Jen bc their uncle wasn't really present much (too busy with work), while outwardly she appeared like a very noble and good big sister to everyone in private she's wasn't really coping with things well and as a result took it out on Jen sometimes, Jen loves her but the abuse creates complex feelings ofc as a child she's not really processing any of this it's just all confusing, Lem carries a lot of guilt about everything and basically thinks she's the biggest piece of shit on earth this results in extremely generous honeymoon periods which is ofc all the more confusing from Jen's perspective lol, Lem was often distressed at the signs that Jen wasn't "normal" and worried about the ability to take care of her in the future/already didn't expect her to ever be an independent adult back then, obviously due to events they get separated for the timespan of Act 2. Act 3 is Lem returning to Jen's life.

Every now and then! I record them but I don't put them up to be rewatched - I've done art streams, used to do a regular Digimon World one, and some of the games other than mouthwashing have been Rain World and Yume Nikki. I'm down to stream anything fun - for the Thanksgiving stream I'd love something that would be fun to voice act again since I really enjoyed that - something narrative-focused/with dialogue to read I guess. Not a must would just be fun to do again! :P

My channel: https://www.twitch.tv/8j4xx

i should maybe make a new account since I won't be going by "jax" anymore in the near future... Guess this will be a goodbye stream for this account!

the way this is phrased confuses me lol, did i ever stop? was i supposed to stop? wdym by "still"? Anyway, feel like 80% of what I consume is dark media? I like... mature stuff! I just recently watched ginger snaps, writing my thought on that in another ask. Not sure how I would quantify my favorites... my favorite... books, anime, cartoon, artist, etc???? There's... lots of stuff out there.

I guess I'll talk about the dark media that most influenced me mmm... Gantz and MPD Psycho were big influences on me as a youngin, as well as the work of Suehiro Maruo and other gore artists. The Gunie Pig series of films - and things in that vein like the series "Grave Robbing for Morons" is from that I can't recall the name of. I had a real EDGY PHASE as a teen. More complex dark works, again it's hard to quantify, I'm not sure what you mean - is uh, Paranoia Agent "dark media"? Clarissa definitely is. Megg Mogg & Owl is one of, if not my most, favorite comics ever and it's all kinds of fucked up. I could go on... again most of the things I like are dark... when someone asks me my favorites, ofc my mind goes blank haha. There's lots of artists who inspire my who make unflinching dark work. A big one is definitely What Happens Next by Max Graves right now, a free to read webcomic online you should for sure check it out. Hope that's enough recommendations for you to explore...