I understand that little Aggy diversion was pretty much all drawn by Cider. Some time ago (like, years) I started following his Ciderward blog too.
He does seem to go through phases where he thinks all he does turns to shit, and he’s in one of those now I guess. Somehow I doubt that, but that’s not my call to make. Still, I think of all the work he’s done for Prequel pro bono (can we say that on a SFW blog?) and I thought I should thank him somehow. He’d been doing commissions a while back but I missed those.
So when Kaz did a barstream I had this great idea – I’d commission Katia + one of Cider’s OCs! Have Kaz draw Cider’s character instead of the other way around! Yeah! That’d be kinda cool!
But which OC? It was really pretty much down to 2 obviously – Flick or Trash Panda.
Flick seems to be his ‘personal’ avatar. But my idea was Katia + (OC) shipping just because she should show some respect for a guy who draws her so often. (some of my fav. panels on Prequel were obviously done by Cider). Both are certainly cute enough. Which to choose, which to choose? These decisions can make or break the intent you know!
Flick… alcoholic skinny no-butt or…
Trash Panda – Full butt, full chest full everything?
It really came down to two things. First, Flick is often miserable. Kaz specializes in making things miserable. Did I REALLY want to have him draw Flick getting more miserable? And also the contrast between skinny noodle-armed Katia and round TP seemed better. And so…
(Katia, let it go. You will lose this fight.)
So thanks Cider, for all you do for Prequel! As for your current lack of new stuff, somehow it just doesn’t seem like a very SIGNIFICANT hiatus compared to OTHERS…
And finally, here’s to keeping the dream alive!!!
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