I love stuff like this with the blacks all melting into one another.

Thank you, Vermi! I'm very glad you like it! : )

Beautiful work.

Thank you!

this is so so fantastic. I love how you varied their texture, that's a really awesome touch.

*rapid nodding* I really wanted to try a different technique.. And I'm happy with how it turned out! It's pretty much exactly what I had in mind, so that's always good.

I'm super glad that you like it!

I like the prose just as much as the work!

*huge smile* Thank you so much! I've been trying to sneak some of my writing into my artwork, or at least put some in the description.. *nods* What I write tends to feel quite a bit more personal to me than the drawing by itself.. so, the fact that you enjoyed the prose just as much as the art makes me feel very happy. ^_^ Thanks again!!

Although I've written next to nothing, I prefer to poetry and prose more than doodling some times, so I can appreciate a tiny diamond in the rough. Which is funny, because English was never my favorite class...

This is fucking killer man! if it's cool with you, gonna use it as my desktop background

|D I love you ink jobs man...it's like ripping the theraphy ink blobs -w-

*blush!!* Awww, I am thrilled that you like it this much, DeWiwi! ^___^ Now I wonder what your desktop looks like with that set as it. XD

Her expression makes me want to hug her :<

*hughugs*

This is such a beautiful piece of work.

Wow Freaking Amazing

Stylish. Good work~!

I cannot begin to tell you how amazing I think this piece is... it's just.... so.. amazing. :O
Missy is such a strong character and I love how much depth there is. Even though you only portray her pics in black and white it brings out so much more of her mysterious aura than if they were high-detail CG or something.

Awesome job! Really infiltrates the psyche

Thank you so much!!

this is so haunting - evokes the twisted ball of nameless emotion that one chokes on in the depths of a psychedelic-induced waking-nightmare.
thanks for sharing

oohh, I like the the words added. Very nice.

Thank you! This is a very personal piece, and I'm glad you like the words, too. ^_^

I can only imagine the the monsters are doing their best to cheer her up. They just look so creepily happy about something.

*smiles warmly* Thank you very much for the comment! It is extremely unlikely that they would be attempting to cheer her up. They generally do exactly the opposite without really even trying... they're just so good at it, you see.

They make her miserable in a variety of different ways. After all, they feast and grow on that which is intangible and, for them, negative anima (bad feelings) are unequivocally delectable.. Keeping her in frightened or angered moods is beneficial for them.

I see..but wouldn't their chosen food supply run low after a while? I mean, constant food woo hoo awesome and tasty, but what would happen if the person committed suicide or just plain lapsed into an unemotional depressive state? you can't really feed on the feelings of someone who doesn't HAVE feelings anymore. It would be like constantly trying to drink out of a straw that someone was pinching, too much effort for not enough sustenance. You would think they would get more out of raising her mood as high as it could go and then creating a downward spiral that grows worst and faster with time until she hit rock bottom and then repeating the process over and over as many times as possible.

at least that's what I would do if I was an angst-eating monster.

but anywho, now that I know that this is a character of yours and not just a random piece, is there any more info on her? she and her terrible monsters sound interesting. c:

LOTS of good thoughts here! Thank you!!

Yes. Yes it would! Their foundation / vessel cannot feed them constantly, definitely not. They take what they need, when they need it.

And yes. They do that as well, by being unresponsive / quiet for some time. They've done it a couple of times ..allowed her to be happy, and then took away that happiness. Another one of their techniques is to provide her with a particularly gruesome / terrifying / heart-wrenching dream, feeding off of the emotions created while she's unconcious.

The manifestations also can feed off of happiness as well, it just does not taste as good to them. It's just ..not their thing, as it were.

Very interesting that you should bring up the idea of suicide or emotional blankness. She actually..well... can't die. Not while the monsters are there. They can give her enough energy to keep her from, just for example, starving. That happened once. Missy normally does not eat enough to begin with, but she ceased eating all together for too long, and They had to step in and provide her with the Must Eat Now sensation, and enough energy to pick herself up and go get a sandwhich or whatnot.

As far as blankness goes... If she experienced a blank state, they could simply wait until she is feeling responsive again, or (and more likely) give her a pleasant dream. There are many other methods, too.

Missy is one of my very personal characters. I write for her more often than I depict her in illustrations. Generally, she is a character I would role play with along with other folks' character(s).

coolies. thanks for the info, It seems you have a really nicely fleshed-out character there :)

Wonderful. Creepy, too. In a good way. The mood is nice.

Thank you sincerely. This is a very personal piece, and remains one of my favorites for that reason. :3 *hugs*

That shows in it. Sad and lovely. *snugs*

*nuzzle!* Her story is a sad one... *nods* But she's a strong girl, really, despite everything going against her (monsters in her head, for one thing.. O.o)

This one is just...beautiful. You are very very good with inks. I must fav this as well.

I love ink, So I love this. Out standing.