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[Love Triad]

I initially thought this was a Valentine's Day piece, but you originally posted this back in June and then again here in November, so I'm guessing this was some kind of event in the game itself. Glad to see even your "quickie" stuff still receives the love and attention any and all Cami art deserves. Kind of curious what sort of emotional theme the remaining idols would represent together.

ICam2k responds:

Yeah, it was definitely an event. Something that had to do with Money Vs Fame Vs Love. I'm team love.
Dammit, even her quickies get the love?? What does she have anyway??? Whats her SECRET?????
If you mean by the ones presented here and judging by their character, I suppose they go like this: Callie for assurance, Marina for affection (because she's kind and all) and Bigman? Tenderness. This guy pretty much gives free hugs to everyone.

[Lazy Afternoons]

Ah yes. Normal socializing outside on a bench. Wouldn't know anything about that... or having friends, but I imagine the experience is a wonderful one. I wish they had feet or hooves or whatever because the bodies seem half-finished. I love everything else.

Ferrohound responds:

Would Recommend, though it's been a very very long time since I've had a stable friend group to hang out w/ irl especially during the daytime lol
I do remember I did try drawing feet on them and felt eh at the time so I went that route but for the followup winter piece I'll see what's up

[Different goals, same personalities]

Odd to even need an excuse to draw Eggman. Every iteration of him is its own form of perfection. The added text didn't really add anything or make it feel less "plain empty," but it wasn't all that necessary, either. Art of an Eggman of any kind (with or without that pesky hedgehog) carries itself.

ICam2k responds:

You know what? You're right. I can pretty much draw Eggman anytime without having to explain myself and people would just take it as is.
Awww, but I like putting teeext. :( (actually thank you for that, because I often tend to have trouble coming up with something to write on, so if anything, that feels more like a neat suggestion rather than a nitpick)

[[ Gift ] Pepper]

Pepper isn't a particularly unique name for a dog, but is certainly more appropriate for one with orange fur. I love the headband, too. The design reminds me of a chocobo, as well. Overall, it's really cute. I'm positive Ava is proud of the gift.

Ferrohound responds:

Ava was very happy indeed! I'm also a sucker for pets named after food and condiments lol

[Splashing forward]

I don't know enough about anything to suggest any better pairings between the trio and the weapons, though I do love the idea of Big Man casually dumping ink on the ground with a bucket and falling into the mess to reenact Mario Sunshine. It's a shame he's not as excited about it as the other two seem to be with their weapons. Then again, wouldn't Frye be the one to shoot arrows from atop her eel cube thing while Shiver would brandish a sword while riding her shark towards the player? Note: I did just look up these boss battles.

I also went ahead and looked up the two maps you mentioned. They look far too similar for me to appreciate one over the other, but just searching for MM brought up a lot of player threads expressing their dislike of the stage, so I'm going to play it and safe and assume I would have enjoyed SS more, as well.

Overall, it's familiar territory for you. Nothing surprising to look at. All three look fantastic and the background makes me think about Skies of Arcadia for some reason. Five stars for that alone.

ICam2k responds:

That's okay, you don't have to know everything, you just have to follow my art and everything should be smooth sailing (although I suppose there's that website that Nintendo put out that covers up most the franchise... most anyways)

You just pointed out another good part about him (he's another favourite of mine if you couldn't tell). A lot of people deemed his fight too easy compared to his peers (even easier than Shiver), but I say that depends on what upgrade you have available. (I would tell you that because I once replayed the hero mode without any upgrades whatsoever because I felt like challenging myself and that impacted the playthrough... a lot, there was one time where I felt I was locked at Frye because of how stupidly chunky the eels where when I tried to ink them and she kept switching up attacks so they never stood for too long)

That's exactly what I initially thought about them when I was thinking about their main weapons, only to find out that they're swaped out. Their Tableturf cards (yes, that's a mini game) and palletes from Side Order further comfirmed this fact. I supposed the devs did this to make them stand out more. There where posts I've seen that further illustrated this reasoning, like how there's a bow called the Yumi that was used during the feudal period of Japan which I found interesting, although I couldn't ones for Frye's weapon.

Eh, I just went with MM because it seemed easy to draw. Granted, while I don't tend to have that problem, I reckon people were genuinely annoyed by this map because how commonplace spawncamping was. Namely how it was too small and had paths that where too easy for the opposing team to sneak in. (even though I feel Hammerhead Bridge was the worst offender, but I digress)
Had no idea that the background reminded you of Skies of Arcadia because I haven't heard of that game until now. Now I'm interested.

[A major discovery]

Oh, right. Your profile picture! That explains why this Vector looked particularly familiar. A few of your descriptions had links to your dA and I would see drawings there that had yet to be uploaded here, so you probably should have added a spoiler warning. Oh well. I was able to appreciate some of them twice. Revisiting dA also reminded me of how much I dislike its overall layout.

I've never heard the phrase "cut the mix" before, but condensing "selling like hotcakes" to simply calling something "their hot cake" made me chuckle. It's like a weirdly-adorable compliment. We should all strive to be with that special someone who cherishes us as their "hot cake." Sorry, I focused too much on the matter and now I'm hungry. Heh.

There might be a better filter for this, but I've stared at it longer than I probably needed to and I honestly don't think there would have been a difference significant enough for that to really matter. Then again, I have my perfectionist moments, as well, so I understand the feeling.

[Pepper... Man... Show it seems]

Can't say that I get the pun... the pepper pun. "Too perfect to be a Pepper" would have been a great slogan for Pibb to run against its rival's "Wouldn't you like to be a Pepper too?" though.

Should have known you'd eventually do fanart for a game inspired by Wario. Should have also known that it would be of the boss who fights like classic Wario. It's an excellent game.

The strong expressions of Pizza Tower's characters seem like a perfect fit for your style. Phil here is a shining example of that. If anyone among that bunch thought they deserved their own show, it would be Pepperman.

ICam2k responds:

I've had the feeling that pun's reference would be too obscure for many so I might as well break in. There's an animated show released in the late 90's called Pepper Ann by Disney. Saw a video reviewing the show and noticed the title... and then made the connection that only seemed funny in my head. (although I feel like I've seen some snippets of the show when I was young, the art style felt a little similar when I saw it, but I don't know what it's about though)

It was bound to happen. More Wario, the merrier, even if the garlic gobbling fatass wasn't the main star. The characters still sold it enough for me. (I also think the Gus'n'Brick sections where legit the most fun parts of the game)

I might come back to this as long as I can think of better funnies, but from now, I'm gonna need to take a few practices to truly nail down such styles like this.

[Unwarranted meeting]

I suppose this was meant to be. I went to look up these two and even the wiki highlights the similarity in personality between them when I read a little on Gnarly Eddy. Going by what little I read, Nails likely would have been at the foot of Eddy, rather than on his head, though I guess it would be quicker to travel if Eddy carried him to Flow's. The lack of a background means I am not sure if one is visiting the other of if both merely ran into each other while out and about. The void allows the viewer to make up their own scenario, I suppose. My guess is that Flow is looking to borrow a model for her wares.

"actually went out of my way to disassemble it and clean its parts from dust without thinking about getting help (which was scary btw, I kept thinking that the whole thing might fall apart if I pressed the brush even slightly)"

I had to do that with adding thermal paste for my PC once. Terrifying because I had seen my younger brother bend the pins on a computer he was tampering with years prior and I was worried I would make the same mistake.

"Would you be surprised if I told you that I'm still using that same laptop. Even NOW. AND STILL FUNCTIONS just fine. (with a few drawbacks of course) Might be the luckiest portable electronic I've ever owned."

Never owned a laptop but considering how many times I watched my old man leave his in places where dogs could stomp on it or how he'd always have it opened near the edge of his bed or shelf, I am guessing it's rare for one to last long. For me, it's an iPod Shuffle that has continued to function after years of use. Even now, it's what I listen to during clean-up at work or whenever I'm doing yard work. Apple used to make some excellent products.

ICam2k responds:

Now that you mention, it would've been better to draw Gnarly Eddy dropping Nails on accident when he gets caught off guard by Flow. But at the same time, snails to stick on other things thanks to their mucus, so idk which one works best.

Stuff like this is terrifying in general. Motherboards, hard drives or anything that includes pins are so complex yet sensitive. It doesn't help that the components are pretty small too. Even with the intent of fixing can lead to the thought disaster because of the possibility of screwing one particular component that might be essential. Most of us often have to be really be careful about that. I can already imagine the hurdles the people went through when inventing these.

I actually use a lenovo with an amd-fx. Kind of a standard laptop. I've heard others mention about the AMD chips not being as good as others, but it work just fine for me. As for anything Apple related, it's the iPhone (although I used to own Samsung Androids prior to this), but the reason I even got it was thanks to a good friend of mine gifting me with it. It may be version 8, but it still runs pretty good. That's the main one to play my music on and watch videos when I go out.
Even my brother has one, so I guess we twin.

[Little Girls are the Biggest Horror Fans]

Never seen it, but the name sounds like a sequel idea for The Fly... just films about dudes turning into different insects. Very creepy, I'm sure. I only recall watching wrestling events and playing MTG during sleepovers.

I absolutely adore the vibrant color choice though it does imply this home has some truly hideous wallpaper going on. The sight of the CRT television here makes me wish I still had mine (was lied to about having to leave it behind roughly four years ago).

[Stay safe inside]

I still have some windows with no curtains or blinds on them while two have noticeable holes in them and I continue to have this fear of something peering through the windows and staring back at me. Eventually, I will need to save up enough money to get those covered even if it's only to ease one fear. I'll continue to have the other one of "one could still break in without any resistance" lingering in the back of my mind.

MoeAnguish responds:

Kind of reminds me of when i read somewhere that when you feel like you're being looked at, you probably are sensing that correctly. But sometimes your senses "misfire" so you end up just... getting paranoid. I want to verify how true this is but I'm too scared of reading too much.