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Business Tactics Cont. (Preview WIP)
🕑 Added 2021-02-20 03:27:31 +0000 UTCaaand the rest of the panels
messy af with wonky perspective that i gotta fix but i'm pretty happy with layout! Gonna need a lot of spit and polish to get to being a finished full color comic
also, hi Smoky. Smokescreen works as a intelligence agent for the Equestrian government, but he's also on Jam's payroll more often than not. Ever since Jam figured out Smoky's unsavory secret day job, she's brought him on as a spy/bit of muscle/bodyguard. Jam is super thrilled about having her very own goon. Smoky is less thrilled about the arrangement, but he's well compensated, and it didn't exactly take much convincing to rope him into terrorizing Filthy Rich. After all, Barnyard Bargains could put Sugarcube Corner and BonBon's candy shop out of business, and then where would Smoky get his precious sweets? Barnyard Bargains?? Sorry Fil but u gotta die
(ps. they're not out to actually kill Filthy. Although if a certain old businesspony were to accidentally be terrified into having a heart attack, Jam wouldn't exactly complain....)
(pss. smoky can't speak, but he makes a whole lot of spooky vocalizations. Sounds like a velociraptor crossed with a chirping insect, a bit like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifgCsFPo3jE )
Comments
forthehonor-ofgayskull
Oh man I love this
FloweryFruitFangs
I'm just gonna add to this with some cassowary sounds https://youtu.be/cpipaUfcnmM?t=168
I love Smokie's feral design so much since you mentioned dinosaur vocalizations i really wanna share this video LOL https://youtu.be/cpipaUfcnmM?t=168
Amber
What is the aftermath of this?
Lopoddity
Ok so I figured Twaddles would end up with Chad (Pan’s tentacle monster clone), but you are making me give VERY SERIOUS CONSIDERATION to the chaos that would be Smoky/Twaddles
Heather
Nix: When I said I wanted my two best friends to start bonding THIS COULDNT BE FARTHER FROM WHAT I MEANT This is...just so good :0 I haven't been this excited for art in A LONG TIME Also, its just occurring to me now that Twaddles would be so into Smokey it'd be painful. Like..monster? Big buff monster? Big buff BUG monster? Big SCARY buff bug monster? Buckle up big boi twink about to pounce
Lopoddity
I’m really enjoying it. MLP has felt like a dying fandom even before the finale aired, with so many artists moving on to new interests. Nextgen stuff in particular was dying down. My own interest was waning, since there was so little new content out there. But now it’s kinda like we’re in a mini-renaissance of pony art, except better this time cuz many of the fandom creeps/hardcore bronies have moved on, and the space has been taken over by more casual (and often LGBT+) fans that are telling fresher, bolder stories. I love to see it! Seeing others create inspires me to keep creating :)
Lopoddity
Thank you! <3
Lopoddity
Love it! Jam and Smoky don’t believe they’re anything alike-Smoky thinks Jam is a smarmy chatterbox, Jam thinks he’s a semi-creepy bore...but they actually have a LOT in common. A questionable sense of ethics, a love of messing with people, a vested interest in making PB sandwich smile. They also both have an arch-rival that they spend a curious amount of time thinking about (Artemis for Jam, while Smoky fixates on Montezuma, long-lost son of Ahuizotl and master jewel thief). They’re not above teasing each other about this “strictly pragmatic” interest either
SmilesPerHour
Me too! I missed our big heckin candy boi. But it looks like his sweet tooth has gone sour, lol
SmilesPerHour
Ooh, I LOVE how this is progressing! Your stories translate perfectly into the sequential art medium! Now we can see every emotion and every action that unfolds! Great work, Lop!
DragonCookies
BEEG HECKIN BOY IS HERE TO PLAY
blackjack .
This very cunning and dubiously moral Jam is SO good, I love the exploration you're doing of their character. They always rang as a bit flat or Pinkie-ish, very similar to PB, but you've really carved out her niche with the last few pieces you've done of her. This is gorgeous! Loving the lighting.
Stef
oh. OH SHIT. I WASN'T EXPECTING THAT. also that p e r s p e c t i v e????? lop, this is G O L D
Vicky H
Seeing Smokey doing his spy thing is so cool
Cam
Yay! So happy to see my boy Smokescreen
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Also god that second to last panel has such a great angle and expression. Amazingly done
Vio_dacreator
I feel there like theres a new age of mlp happening. I mean there are soooo many mlp artists who are doing comics now.
Colbyr
Oh it got better. Didn't know it could do that. (I can totally see Smoky and Jam, two characters with relatively little in common, high-fiving as Filthy hightails it out in terror, Jam honest-to-god giggling and Smoky giving a single, deep, chuffing rumble of a laugh himself. It's moments like these that he remembers why he still works for Jammie, excellent pay notwithstanding.)
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JESUS THIS IS the BEST possible outcome oh my god
