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Fun Fact: Along with the much more important reveal at the end of Episode 77, Martin’s able to switch between his more normal appearance as seen in my PFP and a three eyed form.

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Guess who hit it big!

Despite everything, some things never change.

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Exact same energy

Mario wakes up at six each morning because he feels every second he’s not doing something is a moment of everyone’s time wasted.

Luigi can’t even tell if his sweater’s on the right way.

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I’ve mentioned before that my art style is heavily based off of Total Drama’s (and by extension The Ridonculous Race), and the fact Drewmans don’t have ears or noses allows me to design characters directly after the contestants, my stylization keeping them distinct. On top of that, a side effect of most of my characters originating as teenagers is that most of them are some flavor of high school archetype, which is why most of them are conceptually inspired by TD characters.

And then I realized I didn’t have Owen stand in.

Okay, technically Darrin’s a character I’ve had for a long time; originally a sea green Drewman named something to the effect of Gil, Finn, and Wade with far more of a fish motif with fin shaped hair (his beard, while not an original part of his design as seen below, is a remnant of that; he was also initially based on Milo from Fish Hooks, who also has a similar beard, a dorsal fin shaped hairdo, and green/blue skin). He went through a series of other colors, such as seafoam, salmon, carnelian, and for a long time mustard before I settled on cream. His name, a pun on “dairy”, would have originally been “Darrell”, but “Darrin’s” is easier to work into episode title puns.

He mellowed out and yellowed out as I leaned into the Owen aspects (albeit toned down in comparison since half of my characters are about as sane as he is), even his hair becoming a stylized version of Owen’s. I cut out all the fish parts, his coat instead taking on a waffle cone design motif and his eyes being outlined in yellow in a way akin to Milcery.

There’s another cream colored Drewman since this change happened pretty recently. While characters swapping colors between episodes with nobody the wiser is to be expected in ICT, Darrin and Cree have different enough skin tones and reasons for their shared color motif (one’s visually based around desserts and the other’s based around the old “pie in the face” bit) they I was able to split them into Cream Yellow and Cream White.

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Hey, here’s this sketch I drew months ago that I’m releasing for no particular reason

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And here it is at long last! I’m only a little sorry. Please check out the abridger here.

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Finally getting around to finishing this animatic.

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Surprise.

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Decided it was finally time to update the logo after the whammy that was Episode 77.

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Plot Twist Foreshadowing (Part Two: The World’s Strongest)

Wrath Wraith’s appearance is actually based directly on Martin’s original outfit, with a stitch where Martin’s hood strings should be, a bigger stitch in place of Martin’s “M”, and the same hood.

All of the Masterminds have some sort of asymmetry in the upper left (our right) side of their face, just like Martin’s eyebrow.

Probably the least subtle bit; Formblende specifically turns into Martin to wake Violet up. Granted, this transitions to the real Martin immediately after, but still. In general, all of the Mastermind Titan episodes feature Martin in some capacity.

An exceedingly brief moment of Martin almost blowing his cover.

Tyler turns out to be entirely correct. The fact Martin on two separate occasions proves strong enough to overpower him should be a red flag.

I tried to use the Artist as a red herring, but I also carefully avoided outright stating him to be Wrath Wraith in my own words.

Plot Twist Foreshadowing (Part One: He Knows)

Context: https://www.tumblr.com/enteringdullsville/789270102713434112/huge-late-season-plot-twist

This was written back during Rough Sketch, the very same timeline Martin refers to originating from. The fact he’s highlighted so much, right down to being the icon of the account/channel, immediately pins him as an important figure.

As a certain someone pointed out, Martin immediately recognizes and is understandably wary of this line.

Martin refers to Sylvester’s arrival with blasé indifference. It falls apart somewhat since Martin hadn’t debuted when Sylvester first touched down in the old series, but the point still stands.

Martin’s speaking literally here.

Martin on Violet’s conspiracy board. She had no idea how right she was.

Martin absently refers to Olive as “Elly”. Eloise’s name and turquoise color scheme used to belong to Olive in the old series. Not pictured is the rest of the exchange, where Martin realizes his error and plays it off as meaning to say “Olly”.

Martin refers to Headspace by name without Violet ever saying it to him. He also puts his hood on, making him resemble Wrath Wraith more.

Martin flashes back to his and Skylar’s old selves, Gene and Iris. The “first person” in question refers to the latter.

In what seems to be a nightmare sequence, Martin is the first person Violet sees and the only one who seems to be acting normally instead of shuffling like a zombie.

Everyone else in the background uses their Rough Sketch designs and color palettes, more noticeable before Martin rises into frame. Martin is the only one who appears with his normal color, being purple instead of magenta.

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Plot Twist Foreshadowing (Part One: He Knows)

Context: https://www.tumblr.com/enteringdullsville/789270102713434112/huge-late-season-plot-twist

This was written back during Rough Sketch, the very same timeline Martin refers to originating from. The fact he’s highlighted so much, right down to being the icon of the account/channel, immediately pins him as an important figure.

As a certain someone pointed out, Martin immediately recognizes and is understandably wary of this line.

Martin refers to Sylvester’s arrival with blasé indifference. It falls apart somewhat since Martin hadn’t debuted when Sylvester first touched down in the old series, but the point still stands.

Martin’s speaking literally here.

Martin on Violet’s conspiracy board. She had no idea how right she was.

Martin absently refers to Olive as “Elly”. Eloise’s name and turquoise color scheme used to belong to Olive in the old series. Not pictured is the rest of the exchange, where Martin realizes his error and plays it off as meaning to say “Olly”.

Martin refers to Headspace by name without Violet ever saying it to him. He also puts his hood on, making him resemble Wrath Wraith more.

Martin flashes back to his and Skylar’s old selves, Gene and Iris. The “first person” in question refers to the latter.

In what seems to be a nightmare sequence, Martin is the first person Violet sees and the only one who seems to be acting normally instead of shuffling like a zombie.

Everyone else in the background uses their Rough Sketch designs and color palettes, more noticeable before Martin rises into frame. Martin is the only one who appears with his normal color, being purple instead of magenta.

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HUGE LATE SEASON PLOT TWIST!

It’s Color Theory Episode 77

Boiling Point

Trivia

No orange or gray Drewmans appear in this episode.

As of this episode, Martin is consistently and noticeably taller than Violet.

This is the first episode Crimson and Martin speak since “Love Bites” and “Mother, Must I?” respectively.

After an entire volume’s worth of foreshadowing that will be detailed in another series of posts, this episode reveals Martin to have not only retained his consciousness from Rough Sketch, but to also be the very same Wrath Wraith introduced prior. Despite this, the specifics will not be revealed until the following episode.

Despite appearing at various intervals throughout the party, this is the first time Lyman speaks during it.

As of this episode, the series has a new logo as seen when Martin causes the screen to flash.

Austin is the only character to appear without dialogue.

Most episodes where Violet enters Headspace, she’s tinted the color of whatever Mastermind she’s about to meet. Since the next Mastermind to appear is Retcon, who is already violet to begin with, she appears as normal.

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“Not inside the house!”

“Yes, inside the house!”

It’s Color Theory Episode 76

Dumb and Disorderly

Trivia

Scarlett is the only main character to not appear this episode, while Coco is the only one not to appear but not feature in the crowd shot.

As of this episode, everyone has appeared at least once in the Creative Control Arc due to Aaron appearing with dialogue and Crimson and Martin cameoing in the group shot. As a result, multiple characters of every color family appear, although none of the yellows speak.

This is Crimson’s first appearance since “Love Bites” and Clarence’s first appearance since “Rosie and the Rosebuds”. This is the first time the latter appears without glasses.

As of this episode, Aaron and Amber are redesigned with different skin tones, the latter also having her hair either dyed orange at the ends or simply turned dirty blonde.

Coco’s reaction to Aaron mirrors his prank on her in “Super Dee Duper Powers”.

This is the first time a character uses their powers offensively since “Close Encounters for the Third Time”.

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I got so in the swing of things that I not only completed the writing for Episode 76 (all it needs is sound), but I also completely storyboarded Episode 77. It’s about Lyman, I think.

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Almost done with Episode 76’s production…

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Yo it's me from YouTube. The guy with the super Sonic profile picture. The guy who comments on like half your videos. I'm here just to mention that the guy who just followed you is Me.

Anyways, Hi

Welcome to the party! It’s all downhill from here.

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“Boom, f***ers! Ingrid's the most kid friendly character on this show!”

It’s Color Theory Episode 75

You Wanna Have a Bedtime?

Trivia

This is Rosie’s first voiced appearance since exactly twenty episodes ago, “Rosie and the Rosebuds”.

Forrest has been redesigned with bangs, freckles, and a rounder face. Leaves now fall from his hair whenever he moves.

The audio for this video consistently came out corrupted at the point Ingrid sang the Song of Sitting the Hell Still and Going to Sleep.

This episode reveals infant Drewmans have sketchy outlines. It also shows that the Razbries have lived with Violet and Gordon since Rosie was a baby.

Ingrid and Geneva being childhood friends is brought up again, this being the first time in a while the age differences of any of the leads is brought up after their splash texts were removed.

No violet or gray Drewmans appear.