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All the others were back in the house by the sunset, except for Iris and Shola. Epona’s mom, Yui, had just left the garden, chatting with Dr. Oyekan. Shola seemed distant, staring at the trees in the garden. Iris, on the other hand, had her eyes on her new friend.

“Shola Oyekan”, she said.

“Yes…”, Shola replied, not entirely there.

“I met your mom when Epona had an appointment with her. She’s a good doctor.”

“I remember that day. I tried to talk to Epona, but she didn’t seem to remember me.”

“What do you mean?”

“We used to go to school together. We even got to be classmates when we were kids, but Epona is… Well… She’s always been an introvert. I guess she forgot all about me, along with most of her school memories.”

“She always told me she wasn’t exactly popular in school.”

“She wasn’t, but everyone knew her really well. You two are dating, so you know what I’m talking about.”

“Well, our relationship status is a bit complicated. We’re more on the non-monogamous side of the spectrum but yes, I guess I know what you’re saying. Were they mean to her?”

“Mean? They were ruthless. Poor Epona. If only we had the chance to get closer, and become friends… I know, deep down, that those things wouldn’t happen to her if I had the chance to be there for her. Not as often, at least.”

“Not as often… Oh...”

“We’re not that different when it comes to terrifying school experiences, you know… And my mom, well, she’s a futanari expert, alright, but she always had me to tell her how it was, how it felt, and so on. This is a secret, of course.”

“Of course! You can trust me, Shola. These lips are sealed!”

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Hello, hello! Quaraci here!

Guys, we had a fun November, didn't we? We had more extra paintings than usual, my new Intuos tablet is here (it's larger, more precise, more sensitive, and it works really great!), and we had a very polarized poll on our abecedaire series! These things make me really happy, because I see how engaged we are, each and every one of us. I've been making some further experiments with different painting software as well (Corel Painter, Rebelle, ArtRage), which means we might see some different brushwork in the future. 

I hope we'll have an even more exciting December! Thank you all for your love and support! Have fun, and stay hydrated! =^_____^=

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Kyropracter

Huzzah Quaraci! You're tickling every one of my fetishes! Another masterpiece and another reason why I love your art so much! It looks like Shola's design changed a bit. Are your characters evolving with each iteration as you progress and improve your techniques, or are they constantly refined? Well done! Well done!

quaraci

Hey, Kyro! I'm glad Shola's pushing the right buttons in your mind, my friend! Mission accomplished! All my OCs have a rather variable design, depending on the techniques I use, the overall mood, theme, etc. I also try to refine them constantly (for instance, whenever I use a new brush and it works really well at some specialized task, like a cock texture, hair texture, or simply blending, I tend to keep it as a favorite brush). Well, this is one reason... The other one is that it's extremely hard to keep all the faces (or bodies...) consistently the same. That's not a problem when working with 3D, for instance (in fact, 3D artists suffer from the opposite difficulty: their characters often lack variation, so they may have a hard time showing anything new with the same characters they've already sculpted). I could invest some time in order to reach this consistency, but hey, what's the point? I believe it's more interesting to see different designs each time. That's one of the beauties of drawing/painting in my opinion: nothing is ever the same, because we never see things the same way as before. Another way to put it (I don't remember who said that, but here it goes) is that taking pictures is like taking notes, good notes, precise notes, but drawing (and painting) is like meditating on a subject for hours. I mean, that's what it is, literally. =^_______^= I'm really glad you like it! Cheers! =^______^=