Hmmm… things seem awfully quiet in this car! They must’ve avoided the blueberry gas, even if some of them are still very plump! As for the rest of the cars, on the other hand…

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This is probably the most drastic formatting change I’ve had to make with a comic, but it was very much necessary to include all these fun (and often fatty) characters!

This is a continuation of the Already Baring Chaos Gum commission I did for  Midaras, as part of  Creature_Unknown’s Juicy July prompt list, and I believe this prompt was “27: Influence on Others.”

And here we also have the first appearance of  Creature_Unknown, as a tribute to the fantastic artist and berry fanatic he was. Who better to be driving a train of berrified blimps than the creator of Juicy July himself?

I wanted to give a huge thank you to  Midaras, first of all, for being such a wonderful client and friend over the years, but also for two other reasons…

This piece was a wonderful experiment and challenge to meet, with all sorts of concepts and techniques needing to be utilized to make it work. I pushed Procreate’s canvas size and layer number to the limit with these last few pages, and it was a blast working on a piece so jam-packed with characters!

I also wanted to thank him for selecting me for such an important and personal piece of art involving  Creature_Unknown. Seeing as it’s his birthday, I feel like now was a good time to share this commissioned homage to his work. These last few parts in particular are heavily inspired by his huge YCH-auction pieces, which involved impressive amounts of characters getting into all sorts of expansion related hijinks.

It was an honor to be commissioned by  Midaras for such a personal piece, and I hope you all enjoy this berry bonanza as much as I did drawing it!

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Featuring everyone from left to right:
 SnivyContrarian  SilverFox61  Dubnium5500  Kind_Bunny_20Mx  lobster  Cynical_Gage  Krooki  ArchivesOfHispanicZuoh

The background poster assets are made by  Creature_Unknown, included as a tribute Easter egg.