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[ content warning for eye-strain ] Complex feelings about competitive. #splatoon #oc #compsplatoon

I bestow the greatest gift I can to my OC, all of my mental issues. Daze has eyesight issues and struggles with stress management and I'm projecting a little bit of my vulnerability onto him to illustrate a bit of what I've been going through.

I want to emphasize that this is how I feel (my bad brain) not how my team feels. But the pressure seems a bit real. I wanted to create a piece that had the struggle of working alone literally rip into the panels a bit and for the conclusive panel to be closer to the clarity of the conversation.

The eye-strain is purposefully emphasized as the set goes on whereas the conversation is soft, muted, and clear. The individual practice is meant to show exactly what it is like "without." Also kinda makes the emphasis that it is questionable how necessary it is.

And the final panel still has slight strain- is not as clear as the admission. Thanks for reading my thoughts on the comic itself- I had a lot more intent with every color decision in this one.