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varokai · 1 year

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Moomin and Snufkin may not fully understand the language of the cave bats, but they know trouble when they hear it. If only there were somewhere for them to hide!

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#moomin #snufkin #moomintroll #wow i definitely have a new appreciation for the people who do this for a living. hat's off to you!#spelunking #cute bats #bats #bats speaks #yes those two bats are talking in unison that's a thing they're going to do #QUAMBLI!!!!!! gets a little confused sometimes....#breakfast #hot breakfast #moomin's eyes are still difficult to get right. so expressive in the books.#FUN FACT: most real bats frequently use the phrase “Hot Breakfast” for their echolocations. Just ask them literally any question!#echolocation #half-making it up as I go along #tove jansson #varokai #fan comic #i hope my sketch does justice to moomin #action #thriller #adventure #danger #thrills #scares #cave #lost in a cave #this was nearly impossible to draw at a car dealership but I got a really good deal on the one I wanted. Tricked them into extras as well ;

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varokai · 1 year

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"I don't think I remember falling this far..."

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varokai · 1 year

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"Goodness, down the well again?"

(there's no reason Snufkin wouldn't have a bucket, right?)

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varokai · 1 year

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"...as a matter of fact, no it wasn't."

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varokai · 1 year

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Oh, what sorrow! Oh, what misery! To be swallowed whole by the earth itself? Was there ever truly sun, or was that, too, a dream?

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#moomin #snufkin #moominpappa #moominmamma #snorkmaiden #spelunking #please check my grammar for I am a very abstract person #i hope my sketch does justice to moomin #lost in a cave #woe is me #another way #overly dramatic #expressive #fan comic #varokai #i am trying to explore the character of the original moomin #it is impossible to find these books in my city but I managed to track down the only extant copy of the first volume. mine now.#every time I draw a comic I am even more impressed with the people who do this for a living. bravo you true artists!#not sure what I was doing with the backgrounds here but I overextended the time limit I gave myself

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varokai · 1 year

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goodness gracious! how will poor, frightened Moomin and patient, resourceful Snufkin ever find their way out? and what of the eyes in the bucket?!

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#moomin #snufkin #moomintroll #i hope my sketch does justice to moomin #no timelapse this time - i tried a different program that doesn't do timelapses very well. i'm as sad as you are.#tove jansson #varokai #essentially i'm trying explore the basic forms and style techniques on my own to get back into this sort of thing.#as i'm reading more of the originals (because = unbelievably far behind!) i'm also trying to get a feel for their personalities #1/2 in a way I am quite lucky to be introduced to Tove Jansson's wonderful creations so late in the game #2/2 in this sense a person can rebuild their own magic with the most lovely of blueprints #thank you tove #<3 #spelunking #lost in a cave #lostcore #despair #fan comic #comic strip #i don't sketch coherent scenes very often and i'm so pleased with how this one came out #i need better halftones if I'm going to keep doing the B+W ones.#i love the classic B+W strips! but I promise i'll do more watercolors for bigger moments #is anyone reading these tags?#RANDOM WORDS! languid turtles in all their lazy majesty soaking up the ultraviolet and chasing off the fish. :D

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varokai · 1 year

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FWUMP!

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#moomin #snufkin #quambli #i hope my sketch does justice to moomin #fan comic #continuing story #spelunking #lost in a cave #talking animals #vampire bat #i've been writing one of these each day stream of consciousness and I think I know how to bring back the guy with the bucket finally #some bats really don't know their names even if you ask them #names #new friends #stream of consciousness #varokai

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varokai · 1 year

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You could either make a hot breakfast or be a hot breakfast. It's important to make a good impression!

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varokai · 1 year

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Goodness! What a labyrinth! Why not wander deeper? Someone must have been here before?

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varokai · 1 year

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It's a party! A party in the Cave! A party in your mind... in the Cave! And all good neighbors are invited! (to the party in your mind in the Cave!)

also the talking bats (not pictured)

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varokai · 1 year

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...it was a VERY deep well they fell down a few days ago...

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#moomin #snufkin #quambli #moomintroll #fan comic #i hope my sketch does justice to moomin #spelunking #fell down a well #lost in a cave #talking animals #action and adventure #it's only fair #hot breakfast #the edge #close to the edge #long way down #confusion #i promise they're almost out of the well #out of the cave i mean

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varokai · 1 year

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Oh my...

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varokai · 1 year

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Yeah! Hop on in! (How big is this place?!?)

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