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holly “shockingly” pine
@shockpine.bsky.social
TV-MA! Comics & Games!
transgender from vancouver - 日本語を勉強している 😅 少し話せる…

currently: THRILLED TO BE HERE, MANOR OPUS, HIVELETS
Mailbox: https://forms.gle/7oT48Dsas9384ZeQ6
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I did this before, but now that there's some comics out and some actual readers I'd like to try again.
I'm opening up an easy mailbox for people to send whatever they want my way.
MAILBOX LINK: forms.gle/7oT48Dsas938...
it freaks me out because it was about time to introduce her but i really am not yet confident with her. its scary to push forward with projects when you dont have everything fleshed out.
January 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM
not NERDIER but like. overachiever-er
January 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
that second pic is another illegal noncanon mention of america. the states will only ever be mentioned as "across the border" because america is a magical fantasy land to canadians that havent been there
January 10, 2026 at 1:48 PM
i really truly wanted to nervousmax cutemax fluttershymax her but that would actually not make for very fun dialogue and like 90% of my writing abilities are just about writing casual conversations
January 10, 2026 at 1:46 PM
so thankful i get to start using her in comics. i switched her up a bit from the original design because i want her to be nerdier but the groundwork is there.
January 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
OHH I didnt know you can switch gradient maps over to perceptual. apparently i'd set that at some point.
January 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
You should give me money so I can make more comics and you can see them early. www.patreon.com/c/shockpine
January 10, 2026 at 3:49 AM
ive been doing some reader mail strips and it's really entertaining to imagine the reader mail segments as an intermission series within m&z, which is already an intermission series within ttbh. series-ception.
January 10, 2026 at 3:48 AM
ohh shit really. okay
January 10, 2026 at 3:46 AM
yesss i always love peeking at them for this
January 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Using the HSL slider shows you the "true" tone with sat. removed, which is better for utilitarian/technical purposes but for most other purposes you should probably use the one that accounts for how 240,100,100 (blue) is darker than 120,100,100 (green) despite having the same amounts of luminosity
January 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
:P thanks very much
January 10, 2026 at 12:18 AM
:) thank u
January 10, 2026 at 12:18 AM
its peeving me that using CSP's HSL sliders to remove saturation produces a DIFFERENT IMAGE compared to using a filled gray layer with a saturation/color blend mode.

Weighing hue brightness is a normal part of converting to b/w but I always assumed these two methods would show the same result
January 10, 2026 at 12:18 AM
the character heights make no sense because zoey's short legs means she's nearly at standing height when sitting. but then she wouldn't fit in the frame with the others...
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Trueee. Love it
January 9, 2026 at 10:14 AM
if youre feeling lucky, possibly even 3
January 9, 2026 at 8:41 AM
inspiration is ripping off two things at once
January 9, 2026 at 8:38 AM
There are currently 4 strips on Patreon right now. I wanna share more soo bad but I simply shan't. I must be patient.
January 9, 2026 at 8:37 AM
i literally didnt even read your whole post when i commented about sitcoms. im glad we agree.
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM
there are so many wonderful sitcoms out there that are at least just a little less laser-focused on keeping your attention
January 9, 2026 at 4:55 AM
In the past I may have scoffed at this statement but if you’re watching a relatively okay show you’re probably challenging your brain more than if you were watching a quickly edited YouTube video with no downtime about video games.
January 9, 2026 at 12:34 AM
You should try getting into TV tbh. A nice 20 min episode.
January 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
yeasss so awesome
January 8, 2026 at 6:17 AM
For a second I thought you meant you made the original problems clown video and I got really really scared
January 8, 2026 at 5:04 AM