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CH11P29
Posted on 11 June 2023 by rustyhearts

55 thoughts on “CH11P29”

  1. Charly

    YESSSS we get to meet more Yonique staff!! It’s great we finally get to meet Ari tho I’m definitely excited to meet the eventual goth lady the most 😳😳😳 the gendie ladies are all fun but it’s the unashamed lesbian/bi ladies that I wanna meet..

    1. Ms. Clicker

      Ari looks like a total sis! Like she’s the absolute life of the party, socialite to the extreme. Also: There’s a goth babe??? 😳😳😳 I just wanna see the yonique ladies interact, hopefully they all have a great time before you know what.

      1. rustyhearts


        i believe Charly is referring to the spikey redhead from these teaser doodles I did. She was designed around the same time as Ari (as were the others) so her design may be subject to change before she debuts in-comic.

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  2. Miss Moira

    Me, boiling in anxiety over the idea of more members of Yonique meeting Blaire: This page looks so good bestie! 🥲

    1. rustyhearts

      LMAO! Just keep smiling Breastie. Live in the moment :))) it’s gonna be totally fiiiine :))

  3. Crypty

    GOD Ari looks so cool I’m so excited to see more of her!!!!!

    1. rustyhearts

      Yesss yes >:3
      Thank you!!

  4. Ms. Clicker

    Also Imma have to comment…they have a no shoes house? That’s weird…they’re weird.

    1. Miss Moira

      I’ve personally never met someone who didn’t want me to take my shoes off in their house

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    2. rustyhearts

      I’ve never even consistent about shoes in the house with these ladies, rest easy 🤣🤣
       
      I do have a no-shoes-inside friend who, whenever watching me stream, mourns me drawing anyone wearing shoes inside. CH10P24 put Jacob into legit unforgivable territory 😅🤣
       
      I’ve always been in the “it would be presumptuous to take off my shoes in someone else’s home without prompting, because I am a guest. What if they don’t want me to stay a long time?”.
       
      So the way I see this page – now that they’ve gotten passed greetings and have spent some time opening up the Jeopardy Board box, everyone’s settling into a whole-evening stay. Therefore: shoes off.
       
      That and I didn’t wanna draw shoes at all those different angles 💀💀

      1. Ms. Clicker

        Oh so that’s why. Yeah, I’ve never met nobody who had that as a rule. It’s just not common where I leave and I find it quite odd if it’s not a cultural thing.

    3. DiscountSmirnoff

      I am appalled by the fact that no one here considered that you should take your shoes off so you don’t spread dirt around someone else’s home.

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    4. anonymoo

      Wearing shoes inside your home is absolutely disgusting, no offense. You’re stepping in all sorts of trash, dirt, and shit outside, and then spreading that all over your clean floors? Twice as appalling if you’ve got carpet.

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    5. Wabber Bobble

      Not tryna be rude or beat a dead horse, but a no-shoes-inside house might be the most common kind of house in the world tbh. Maybe a shoes-inside house is the weird kind!

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  5. Nonnie

    Cannot wait the Yonique vs Gendies Knockout.

  6. marci

    is ari perhaps free at 7 on saturday… for no particular reason at all asking for a friend 🏃🏽‍♀️

    1. rustyhearts

      Let your “friend ;)” know she is single – but she may or may not have her eye on someone.

  7. Green

    Just read Ari’s cast page and daaamn she’s so cool! Twelve instruments!! Love her design too, just pure swag 😎

    1. rustyhearts

      Thank youuu. Really wanted to try my hand at a loud, showboat-y, goofball woman. 😎

  8. Mary

    The only essential males to this comic are the lion’s on Ari’s shirt.

    1. rustyhearts

      So true, breastie. You’re so right. ❤

  9. DasFeministMermaid

    Omg, Blaire is going to have soooo many new projects 🙄😩🙏🏻 “a gender for YOU, a gender for YOU. Everybody gets a gender!”

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    1. rustyhearts


      Spot on!!! Yess!!!

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  10. Pam Dang

    Ari looks EXACTLY like my gf and seems to have her personality too omg! I love her already!!

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    1. rustyhearts

      Wow!! Congratulations on that one, breastie🥰🥰

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  11. TDOTNDOT21

    HHRHEVANSUEHGSUWHWGWYSBVEG!!!! EYEGVAYWVRTEGEFWHWCTEHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARI!!!! RHSBUWJSHEGEGGE GUH RYBEGENSNNW SHE’S SO COOOOOOOL

    1. rustyhearts

      🥰🥰

  12. Parniyas biggest fan

    Oh please please tell me we will get a big romantic lesbian ball room dance sometime in the comic!!

    (If so, I will GLADY dance with Parns hahahaha 👀) I love women.

    1. rustyhearts

  13. K

    Hey uh, is Ari single? Asking for me.

    Also, ballroom nights?? What do we have to do to manifest the Yonique into reality exactly as in the comic? But ideally somewhere closer to me, haha. Maybe as a franchise? Every major city gets a Yonique and they all have the same vibe and the same schedule but their own staff of course.

    1. rustyhearts

      Ari is single, yes!
      And I love your idea for Yonique expansion 🥰🥰

  14. Wabber Bobble

    I love Ari already. I’m actually so excited for this party because it sounds like fun, but… oh god, what is going to happen 😵 the anxiety! I know we’ve got a big storm comin’ and I can’t take the anxiety anymore!!

    1. rustyhearts

      That makes me so happy 🥰🥰
      Sorry about the anxiety tho, lmao! Keep any and all blood pressure medication at the ready!

  15. Didi

    Cannot wait for the mess that this party will become. Gimme that conflict! And oh my goodness, Ari sounds like a dreamboat. Manifesting a (slightly older) irl Ari for me. 🙏

    1. rustyhearts

      Manifesting this for you also 🙏🙏🙏

  16. Ada

    New favorite character alert!!! I’m a sucker for huge grins.

  17. Ada

    Ok I loved that speedpaint. I feel like I learned a ton just from watching it and I hope you share more but would also love to hear you talk about your drawing process. The blue shadow layer – is that with a blending mode how you do most shading over the flat colors? It seems to work like magic :O unless I’m missing a step.

    (Incredible watching how your art has improved, the confidence/fluidity of your lines now, etc )

    1. rustyhearts

      I’m so glad you enjoyed it!! I have done speedpaints for all the remaining pages in this chapter – so you’re in luck!
       
      Unfortunately the blue shadow layer is not as magical as it seems. It actually only acts as a Mask layer that all the shadow colours clip to.
      And it’s blue because it’s easy for me to see.
       
      I have a colour pallete I make (usually at the start of a chapter or scene with a new mood) that I select from. It has flat colours, and corresponding shadow colours and lineart colours.
       
      So I create a Base Mask Layer (for foreground/characters), and then a Shadow Layer that clips to it. I used to do flat colours first but I like doing the shadows first now because it helps me understand values more. Focusing less on a highly accurate light source and more on what will convey shapes of the characters best for readers.
       
      After that an individual layer for each flat colour used in the panel. Examples: Jaden Skin/Riley Freckles, Violet Skin/Riley Hair, Blaire Hair, Red Lips N Nails (Many things share colours to keep the pallete cohesive and more simple).
       
      The flat colours all clip to the Base Layer, meanwhile the shadow Layer gets placed in a folder above them. I take the clipping function off the shadow layer, and instead apply it to the folder. This is so it can now act as a Mask/Base layer, while still not going outside the lines of the first Base Layer.
       
      I copy all the flat colours and paste them into the folder with the Shadow Base Layer, and clip them to it. Lock Opacity and use my pallete to change them to the shadow equivalent.
       

      By the end each panel has a folder that looks something like this. Just with more colours at play XD. (Drawn with my giant fingers on a phone at 3am)

       
      It’s a little bit of a process but I like it because it means I can quickly fix and change up colours if needed.
       
      Thanks for your interest! i love talking about my process, so I’d love to know if this made sense/was helpful 🤣
       
      Speaking of progress – here’s an LB speedpaint of mine from 2021 just to show the difference. I reccomend watching it at 2x speed because it’s a LOT slower. Before I was using Clip Studio Paint I used Gimp 2.6, and doing all the colouring manually, no mask layers 💀💀
       
      This was peak performance for me 🤣

  18. Kit

    Your art has come so far and improved so much

  19. optimist

    Is it too much to hope for that in the impending catastrophic showdown between the Yonique and QT contingents, Clancy figures her shit out and finds her real people?

    1. rustyhearts

      1. ...less optimistic now...

        Oh dear

  20. Shez Appreciator

    ❤ Violet’s long-suffering expressions whenever Faith loudly gives her opinion lmao
    ❤ Faith petting Muddles in the top left panel
    ❤ Ari!!

  21. JJ

    If Babygirl gets invited to the party, I’m gonna start swinging. Just warning you now, breastie 😊🔪

    1. rustyhearts

      Some comforting things to remember:
       
      1)It’s not Blaire’s party, highly unlikely she has inviting power.

       
      2) The discussion on CH11P5 about exposing Jaden to trans stuff too quickly.

  22. lady lover 3000

    God I adore how you draw women’s bodies, especially Violet and Riley’s! I can really tell they’re all drawn by someone who truly loves women 🥰

  23. tictactoe

    i just started reading yesterday, and have read it all through twice. to say im in love with this story would be a major understatement. its brilliant! all the characters are really individual and could be inserted into the real world. going to recommend it to my best mate asap!
     
    embarrassingly, i think my favourite character design is brick- her green hair is cute! i pray we get a peaking moment from her, she seems interesting.
     
    and ohmygod blaire- shes so relatable it hurts. year 10 me was her 😭 i hope we see her change and become more receptive to gendercrit stuff. im surprised she hasnt changed her pronouns to she/they to be more ‘interesting’.
     
    overall im just so excited to see more! not normally a fan of slowburn, but these characters r just too good not to love! <3

    1. rustyhearts

      Thank you so much for reading! (twice!!)
       
      Not embarrassing at all lol, I’m glad so many different character I have designed are someone’s favourite <3
       
      Regarding Brick and Blaire's potential for peaking/redemption:

       
      (long-time readers have become very familiar with this gif)
       
      You might also enjoy Actress!Blaire’s take on it here (AU where LB is a television production and the characters are all actors)
       
      Thank you again for giving LB a chance, even if slow-burn isn’t your usual cup of tea. I truly hope you continue to enjoy it <33

  24. Teenage Mutant Ninja Bisexual

    Ari reminds me of that one Jewish aunt/uncle everyone has. Always wearing a Hawaiian print shirt, makes bad jokes (mostly puns), says “Oi vey!” a lot, probably a bachelor/bachelorette. I don’t know why, just vibes.

  25. Norm L. Esbian

    *straightens out my hair and shirt* i am also here to ask if Ari is single

    1. rustyhearts

      She is indeed, queen <3

      1. Norm L. Esbian

        not for long *pushing everyone else out of the way*

  26. Curious&Furious

    I love that Blaire is so used to how insecure the QTs (and Riley) are that people NOT needing her to sweep in and be a savior throws her off. She expected to be a big darn hero like she was last time she played the game, looking all “oh, it’s ok, I know it’s a lot to handle, I can take on this burden” and then getting immediately shut down again like with Star Shifters lol
    You also know the more Faith speaks loudly and with conviction, while wearing (gasp!) pants and having (GASP!) short hair, the more Blaire’s little gendie heart is fluttering; a young NOT-girl in need of a loving ally to help her find herself 😌 🤢

  27. Shez Appreciator

    Revisiting this page via the reminder about the masquerade ball (😍) and I’m loving the top right panel, where Riley looks kinda taken aback that Faith is so outspoken. It makes me happy that Violet is raising Faith to speak her mind, but also I spose that Riley is seeing she doesn’t have to remain downtrodden by her own mistreatment when she was younger and that it’s fine to speak for yourself, even if her role model here is a wee 10 year old 😄

    1. rustyhearts

      Omg I love the idea of Faith being Riley’s role model for speaking up for herself.

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