#thankfully they only contain one brush each all of which are from the newer episodes as labelled

[genericpuff]

Ahem. I know what other brushes LO uses ;)

(Forewarning: most of these brushes are from early LO and as such aren't used anymore. I will put an * next to the recent brushes Rachel uses.) Pastels, Gouache, and other textured brushes (used mainly for backgrounds):

Pastel Palooza (Kyle's Megapack)

Pastella (Kyle's Megapack)

Fat Fun 100 (Kyle's Megapack)

Fat Fun Spongy (Kyle's Megapack)

Hard Square Pastel (Kyle's Winter 2019 set) *

Pigmentia (Kyle's Fall 2021 set) *

Sheriff Coal (Kyle's Spring 2022 set) *

Watercolors (used for backgrounds like clouds and texture)

500 Giant (Kyle's Watercolors)

Medium Wash Texture (Kyle's Watercolors)

Soft Irregular Wash 150 (Kyle's Watercolors)

Soft Wash 120 (Kyle's Watercolors)

FX:

Kyle's Splatter Brushes - Splatter Bot C (Kyle's Splatter set)

Stars 1 and 2 (Kyle's Splatter set)

Pressure rake (Kyle's Rake set) (warning: while this brush can be imported into CSP, this brush only properly works in Photoshop and Procreate because of their specific brush engines that allow 360 brush tip rotation)

Wet Ink Dynamic (Kyle's Splatter set)

Wet Ink Random (Kyle's Splatter set)

Bird Mix (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Bird Mix Vintage (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Break Glass (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Crackup (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Downpour (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Gulls 1 and 2 (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Manga Line Varied (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Manga Lines Broken (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Any of the smoke brushes (Kyle's Concept brushes) (warning: like the pressure rake brush, they work properly in Photoshop or Procreate)

Get the concept brush set. I'm not joking.

The entirety of Kyle's Winter 2022 set (Rachel is using these for how winter looks in the mortal realm) *

Foliage:

Fall Color Save (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Foliage Color Mix (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Foliage Mix 2, 3, and 4 (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Foliage Mix Dry 1 and 2 (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Brancher Big, Medium, and Small (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Foliage Pro 1 - 8 (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Foliage Small Color (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Foliage Ground cover (Kyle's Concept brushes)

Maddy Bellwoar's Ghibli-inspired brush sets* (can be found on Gumroad for the cheapest price)

Hope that helps!

listen here my dear sweet anon

first of all, there is no forewarning needed here that these are mostly from early LO, early LO is what I'm dying to recapture so you already struck gold and you can stop digging (or don't, because holy shit finding this in my inbox was like christmas for puff round 2)

second, i hope you're happy choosing this timeline where you're my new bestie because goddamn this is COMPREHENSIVE

and third (and most importantly) how in the flying FUCK did you know about some of these

like it's clear at this point rachel uses a lot of the kyle webster brushes, i kinda figured that out ages ago and it was just a matter of figuring out which ones she uses which you've done me the solid of putting together for me

but the ghibli background set?? the brushes that are exclusive to the newest episodes ??

either you've just become the champion of being the most hyperfixated on old LO orrrrr you know something we don't and there's a reason you're using the anon tag-

[randallatha-blog]

A few things before you read chapter one of my story.

The first horror novel I read was Stephen King's Salems Lot, it scared a ten year old me and the three movies based on the book, one adaptation in 1979 and a sequel in name only in 1987 and a remake/adaptation in 2004 were scarey as well. Darkness is in a way my love letter to that book, this is a first draft. Enjoy.

Authors note:

During the writing of this I lost my wife who was in poor health,I found myself a single father with no direction, I was lost but then I met a woman who helped me pick up the peices of my life and I helped her in turn with hers, katy has been an angel to me . I am an extremely lucky man,how many people find true love twice? So it is to the two women who have in their own special way shaped my life, to clara who helped make me the man I am today and for her love,she will always be missed and to katy who has saved me from the dark,loves me as hard as she can and puts up with me........katy you are my angel and I am forever thankful that the God lord brought us together, he saw two broken people and knew that we could mend each others hearts. I love you baby.

Darkness

The house was older than dirt almost, built back in the coal camp days of West Virginia, it once belonged to the mine superintendent but that had been close to one hundred years ago and needless to say the house needed repair but the current owner either did not care or was not able to do the upkeep and in reality it was both thus the house looked abandoned and in reality almost was.

If one were to enter the home they would at first glance think that the owner was a hoarder ,newspapers yellowed with age and bundled together with twine covered most surfaces as did old movie magazines with the smiling faces of actors long dead, yes the owner was a hoarder but only a hoarder of her past.

Gloria Hallow sat on her bed, scattered on it was pictures some old, some new, her aged hands moved over them as if she was unsure about which one to choose, passed over were pictures of a younger her posing with Cary Grant and Henry Fonda, she picked up a picture of a young man, the Picture was newer, the man was mildly handsome, wearing jeans and a Ratt t shirt holding a hard cover book and looking proud, Gloria smiled, the picture was her son John who was one of the few things in her life that she did not regret, what she did regret was poor career choices that took her from a list movies to b list movies and then to stage work and cameos on love boat in the 80s, her last role had been in an episode of ER Almost twenty years ago but now at age eighty she could look back on those days and smile, they had been fun,well mostly fun except for that time in Romania back in the 60s when she played Lucy in a poor attempt to film a honest adaptation of Dracula..... The film was considered the second worst movie ever made after plan nine from outer space.

'That's where the trouble started.' She thinks and at the thought her eyes go to the old weathered box on her lap.

"Yes" she mutters "that was where it begun"

She knew what was in the box and its content terrified her and she knew that she couldn't protect it anymore, she was too old, the terrors it caused her had taken its toll on her,her career and her family, the box protected it but any box could be opened and this box should never be opened, it was a Pandora's box. There was those who wanted it,needed it and they had found her despite her best efforts and she couldn't fight them off not at her age.

The first signs of her being found began a few weeks ago with phone calls, the caller said nothing then there was the scratches on the sides of the house, she could hear the scratching now,they began always after dark.

They couldn't just take the box,she had to willingly give it to them,there was rules and she feared that she would give it to them just to end it all,that was why she had the 38 special and that was why she slowly took it and placed the barrel into her mouth, she did not pray,she did not cry, soon the box would be some one else's problem, at that she did pray for her son,he would need it.

She pulled the trigger and all was gone,her past brushes with stardom, her fears and the weight of what that box contained which was not her weight to bare anymore. the box fell to the floor along with her body,a silent witness to her death although she would have called it an escape.

Chapter One

John Hallow was uncomfortable, no not that he was bored . He always was in situations like this. What was the situation? One of the worst in John's mind. He was on a PBS show called adeptly Book Reader. Next to him in a plush leather seat in front of a faux reading room facade was Mary Shields the foremost expert on all genre of books...on PBS she was anyway, she was beyond geriatric, had hosted the show for over thirty years and with her vain attempts to look younger she. Looked like a. Mummy dressed in a power suite covered in jewelry, she was nice enough but she rarely had horror genre authors on because she simply loathed the genre unless the horror novel was written by Stephen King and despite early in his career being compared to Stephen King John was not King, John was a indie author who's first three novels were hits and thus he was now signed with a publisher.

His newest novel Dead West,a novel vampire novel set in the old west was both being torn apart and praised by Mary. john glanced at Danni his agent who stood off camera, she smiled meekly as if to say "sorry,this was the best I could get to promote the book."

John loved Danni and she had been his agent for years but they were going to have to have talk about book promotion.

"While I am impressed by the research you put into the book," Mary said "your style does tend to show your amateur back ground."

John inwardly growled he wanted to tell her that this was his fourth book ,he was far from a amateur and she could take that holier than thou attitude and shove it up her brown hole, but what he did say with a clearly forced smile was.

"I don't think that the style is amateurish." He replied " Every writer grows as he or she writes, dean knootz is not the same writer today that he was when Watchers was published,so I would have to disagree with you on that statement."

Off camera danni beamed a smile at John. He had taken the right approach with the high and mighty Mary shields.

"I also understand that your second novel Ghoul is being made into a movie." Mary said changing the subject, it did not escape john that she had said Ghoul like someone would say sewage. "You must be excited."

"Yes." John said " its exciting to see something that I created being turned into a film."

"Yes I bet it is." Mary said in a tone teachers use for their special students "although most books poorly transition to film."

"I wrote the screenplay." john defended " and one of the top genre directors is attached to it."

"Well.." Mary stated " the film should be a blockbuster movie that will forever change lives."

John had enough and was about to say a few things that would end up getting him banned from PBS and probably all TV when he saw Danni on her cell phone and it did not look good, worry and shock covered her face like a mask suddenly John was very uncomfortable, thankfully Mary wrapped up the program.

"Thank you for joining me for Book Talk," Mary said beaming a fake TV smile "I assume that you can find Mr Hallow's other books in book stores online and physical."

The camera man motioned that they were off the air and Mary turned to him.

"I can not believe the slop your publisher sends me." She said with contempt "honestly your books are little more than bloody porn."

John looked at Danni who was motioning for john to come her way he then looked at Mary.

"There are many things I could say to you," john almost growled "but I won't because what you call slop is how i make a living but I will leave you with this...that sloop...my books have made me money and while you tear apart horror novels they are flying off the shelves so I guess thousands of my fans trump your views on the genre."

John stood up and left before a very shocked looking Mary could say another word and made his way to Danni who was looking worried, maybe the movie deal had fell through, john could have cared less about the movie but it had been Danni's baby, she had fought hard for it.

Danni Wynn was a cute ,short bundle of energy that made her the perfect agent,she didn't just go to bat for her clients,she went to war and once many moons ago they had been lovers but not for the last few years, Danni had moved on with a marriage and two kids,she always wore a smile but her frown looked as out of place as a man at a lesbian convention.

"What's wrong?" John asked expecting to hear that the movie deal was off.

Danni said nothing for several moments as she looked at John like she was not certan of what to say .

"Your mother." Danni softly said "she's dead"

It felt like a blow to his soul,john felt his legs go weak, he had not spoken to her in months,not because of a fight but life happened,writing a screenplay while finishing his new book had taken all of his time.......the woman that had dragged him from movie set to movie set when he was a child till settling down in a middle of nowhere West Virginia town was gone.

"How...?" John croaked as he felt tears beginning

"I don't know." She replied. "I spoke to your aunt."

"Aunt Margret" john said

"Yeah,she wants you to call her," Danni said "listen,I can cancel the book signings so you can go home."

"Yeah." John said his mind else where

"I'll book the flight." Danni stated

"No." John sharply said " I don't fly...I'll drive it."

Then john realized the tone he took, it made him sound like a asshole which john could be but not now.

"I'm sorry Danni" he said

"Its alright,I forgot you hate to fly.," danni said "but its going to be a long drive you know."

"Its fine." John said " I can use it to clear my mind."

Danni hugged him which took John by surprise, she was not know for any display of affection,she wasnt a vulcan but Danni was not known for hugs.

"I'm sorry john." She said softly "I really am."

Danni handed john her cell phone.

"Your aunt's number is on the phone call her." Danni said

At that john left.

2

The phone rang and rang, john considered hanging up

"Hello?" Came an answer

"Aunt Margo?"'john asked

" johnny?" Came the reply " oh johnny it is you!"

John was fighting back the army of tears that he knew was coming but his voice ....his voice contained all the hurt.

"What happened to mom?"

There was a silence on the other end to the extent that John thought maybe the call had been dropped.

"She......" Margo began, her voice suddenly breaking "killed herself honey....."