#behind the curtain

[comicaurora]

Hey Red, I notice sometimes when I try to post a comment on your comic it doesn't show up right away. Sometimes it does and I can see it! A lot of other times, I'll try to post something and it doesn't appear in the comment section. You know what's going on there?

The first time anyone leaves a comment I have to go in and manually approve them, because otherwise you guys would get inundated with spambots. I don't check the comments every day because trying to do anything habitually makes the brain goblins unionize against me, so sometimes I can go as long as a few weeks without approving new comments.

The image filesizes on every page are kind of enormous, and in order to make the loadtimes Not Horrible, they're improved by having several layers of caching, which means someone loading the page is usually getting a saved instance of the page as a whole and not independently loading every asset from the server. Those saved versions of the page update pretty frequently, but not in full realtime, so you'll probably be seeing a cached version that's at least a few minutes old, potentially without the newest comments.

[gluzzo]

We have a couple of companions who are out right now on an errand, but they will be joining us here shortly, I assume.

[keyblack]

We recently hit ONE MILLION VIEWS ON Behind the Curtain!!

Thank you guys so incredibly much!! Here are a few drawings from a recent three-part Off the Cuff special, featuring project director and writer @kaleidraws as cohost, as we celebrate by answering some of the questions we've received about the project! Go check 'em out!

Also - for all you folks curious about the assets used in Behind the Curtain, there's a special download of ALL BTC ASSETS - rigged models, textures, 2D assets, you name it - made available in the description of part 3!! Don't miss it!

[cheesydragonart]

I CANNOT stop thinking about GeneCo’s hypothetical corporate pride line of rainbow organs. “Because pride is what’s on the inside”.

[gooobley]

[a-bold-departure]

#Repost @/alextimbers

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Some @/beetlejuicebway workshop rehearsal photos taken by composer @/edmundperfect 🕷️

[freckleocalypse]

Had to make this after indulging in @keyblack’s Behind the Curtain video she just released.

[updates-from-po-town]

OOC POST:

Just wanted to design some warmer outfits for their Unova trip!

[emerald57]

She’s a quite a gal!

[gay-trashcan-cat]

Sketch wip

Been extra busy and probably will be next week, but have some sketches I'm working on!

Little sneak peek of one I really like so far muahah

Hope everyone is having a good last 2023

[comicaurora]

have you ever thought about slapping Aurora into a book? i think it'd look great on my shelf and it'd be easier to annoy my friends with 😎

oh right I can talk about this now

[detectivechen]

[thekiruchan]

2 questions could you draw toon henry from the toon henry au (if you allow requests)

And 2 would you like to be friends?

1)

2)Yes, I don't mind^^

[keyblack]

"Who's behind the curtain?"

Animation is almost done! I've been absolutely floored and humbled by the heart and dedication our team has been putting into this cartoon. You guys are in for a real treat.

[overlysarcasticpolls]

A tragedy has occurred:

Missed it by one. Gotta delete and start over I guess.

But seriously- I can't believe there's so many of y'all in such a short amount of time! Thanks everyone!

I'll be setting up for the final matches shortly, as it stands they'll feature:

Red vs. Cleo for the #1 spot Cyan vs Blue for the #3 spot And Apollo vs. Domes for an Honorable Mention!

[gooobley]

Derealization. A world’s externality is characterized by no one but the individual who resides in it. The suppressed perception that one’s surrounding is non-existent. A fact we must lay and accept with undeniable certainty. While those who withstand the coercion, those who cognize the facet of reality are able to comprehend the fact that our comprehension can only go so far. Actuality does not equal materiality. Our perceptible reality is none but fictitious, realism lies beneath the pith of your eternalness. Beneath the soul. Thousands swarm you, yet you continue to move. The postulation of the many discrepancies that force abstractions into fact. Empiricism leads all. But never mind that, you are supposed to be your own guide. People lead themselves with unwavering attentiveness, though you somehow are incapable of freeing yourself from this incapacitated state of feeling incognizant of your surroundings. You are current, as all is distorted; you are whole. You are everything and the only thing authentic.

wanderlust