HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO GHOST MCDONALD'S!!!!!! Or, well,,, happy late anniversary! It was actually on May 31st, but uh... better late than never? (Nervous glance at the dilapidated corner where the corpse of last year's project lies)
Anyways!!! I think this turned out pretty much how I hoped it would! Ever since I heard this song I've been wanting to make an animation with GM, so I'm glad I got to!! And actually finished it -w-;;;
Hope you enjoy!!!
Ghost McDonald's is a collaborative comic between myself and @s0ckh3adstudios and @twipsai!!!
Uhhh so,, not to get sappy on main but I guess I can't get any sappier than I already did making this so. Sock and Twip, when I drew that HH fanart TWO whole years ago now I had no idea it would end up changing my life,,,but I'm so glad it did!!! You guys are the best friends and siblings I could ask for,!! I love you two!!!!
Just to see how much my art had improved I redrew the chapter 1 image and WOW
You only notice you improve when you look back on your older art huh?
Some rambles about the various differences/improvements under the cut
Noticable difference #1: the mirror is round now cuz I'm 90% sure that old fancy Victorian esc vanity mirrors aren't square and that the square ones are more modern
Noticable difference #2: EVEN MORE UNHINGED THAN BEFORE- I feel like the old one didn't justify how unhinged Snatcher is as a character especially since he has a more expressive face now so I made the eyes twitchier and made that grin as WIDE as possible (specifically using the Disassembly Drones From Murder Drones as a reference point on how far it should go across the face) that plus adding what I refer to as stress lines near his left eye and mouth really sell the manic glee on his face
Noticable difference 3#: when you point a flashlight at a cat its pupils change color why am bringing this up? because I made his pupils reflect a lighter gold instead of the typical normal black once again to sell the unhinged vibes (and also because let's face it the cryptid creature tendencies never go away including weird physical traits that scare the shit out of Vannesa)
Noticable difference #4: the background felt too plain so I just added some little doodles that hint to Snatcher as well as drew a purple crown as opposed to a gold one to hammer in that this isn't the prince that everyone knows and loves (it's an emo pool noodle-)
Fun fact the scribbled out background is literally just a decently cropped image of outside of Snatchers tree
This took exactly 9 layers and I'm really proud of it
But due to the amount of layers i will share some cursed imagery
Yeah
On a better note here's the shading layers to help explain/give more detail on my shading process
I had a lot of fun with this and it really goes to show how much improvement can come out of just a few months!
Everytime i post about a hat in time and i go to type out the game's name in the tags, one suggested tag that ALWAYS shows up is "a haunting in venice"
Now idk what a haunting in venice even IS but it sounds like something super serious, which is almost the exact opposite of what a hat in time is and i think that's kinda funny so i decided to make this :)))
An A Hat in Time AU where DJ Grooves and the Moon Penguins are the only ones in Dead Bird Studios. They take the place as their film studio despite learning that it was once belonged to an infamous movie director, who died in a messy train accident (in true horror movie fashion).
DJ Grooves and his crew, of course, end up being haunted. Disembodied voices, knifes being thrown from across the sets, the occasional smell of scotch... and the eerie sounds of an invisible train.
After so many occurrences, DJ Grooves decides to investigate and put an end to all of the ruckus. While researching the original owner of Dead Bird Studios, he stumbles upon a strange and secret entrance within the building. DJ Grooves enters inside and discovers an amazing yet terrifying sight:
A disheveled movie set, made to look like the Wild West, and a rusty, broken down train all hidden underground.
Through this discovery, DJ Grooves had opened a mass tomb and awakened the dead.
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@majormeilani and @the-confuktor , I wanted to tag you on this post because I thought it was an AU you would be interested in.
I finished organizing my Vanessa & Moonjumper playlists! Hopefully the song transitions flow together smoothly. Here are the playlists if anyone wants to give them a listen :D
Small content warning: lots of the Vanessa songs talk about toxic relationships, emotional manipulation, and being possessive