The Pen Monster Blog

When people call me kind, or sweet, or nice, it confuses me. The only reason I don't do petty vindictive things all the time is because I lack the power and money to do petty vindictive things.

If the Death Note landed in my lap you better believe I'd fill that fucker up with names, is what I'm saying.

I do try to have a live and let live approach to the world. Do as you will but do no harm. But let's be real: This is an easy philosophy to follow when you're powerless. I am self-aware and honest with myself to say that, given the mountains of evidence of how even minor power is corrupting, I likely wouldn't hold the same life philosophy if I had Musk Money. I probably would be all "Fuck you, got mine!" because that's just what money and power does to people.

So when people call me kind, or sweet, or nice, it just reminds me that the bar to get over is so low it's sitting in Hell.

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Buddha here is sitting on a series of outdoor escalators that take you up to Busan Tower/ Yongdusan Park. He's cool, but I'm more impressed by the fact there's a series of outdoor escalators and they haven't been destroyed by people yet. Maybe the bar is Upper Hell?

Since time moves quickly the time to start drawing this comic draws nigh. The main character's previous designs have been similar to this but either too simplistic or too busy. Character design is a battle between having something eye-catching and being something you can draw reliably and repeatedly.

One more design left.

If yah know, yah know. And if yah don't know you can probably still bend down and pick up something you dropped you lucky little bendy back-owner, you.

The pencils: I cleverly put the 2H in the silver one and the 4B in the blue. Or: The light lead in the light one and the dark lead in the dark one.

Eh? EH?! EHHHHHHHH?!

I might start cleaning these up a little better...

I bought two new mechanical pencils the other day. They were all metal and cost about CAD$20 each. This means my art is now $40 better.

I did the Dalek by memory and I'm pretty happy how close I got it. Izare is another redesign for the character because I figured she'd be a lot cooler as a badassed granny. The Cramps because it's The Cramps. The YouTube thumbnail thing because I saw the exact same thumbnail a few dozen times while looking for something to listen to while I drew.

Mr. Beast has a lot to answer for.