The Happy Helmet.

Greetings again all! We're back this week with another very unique post from Keeper of Pots! Those of you who have been following the blog should no doubt be aware of Keeper, but as a quick recap he was the one who helped design the graphics for the blog itself, as well as just generally being a fantastic artist in general. This picture in particular however, is more on the sketch side, as he did it fairly quickly and on a whim. That doesn't take away from how much personality shows up in the piece however.

To be quite honest with you though, I actually don't have much to say on HOW this picture came to be. You see, I remember at the time that I was upset about something. I couldn't tell you what because I'm usually upset about something new everyday haha... Though that being said, Keeper randomly felt inspired to create this piece after hearing about how frustrated I was about whatever it was at the time. Due to that, I actually managed to get an extensive quote from him about this piece that will hopefully answer some questions about it!

"As appreciators of fine culture will undoubtedly notice, this comic is pretty much a word-for-word recreation of a scene from The Ren & Stimpy Show, more specifically the episode "Stimpy's Invention".  I typically don't get to indulge too much in pure cartoony drawing when it comes to hypno drawings, so it was nice being able to show what I'm made of... Even if all of the expressions and poses are essentially replicated from the scene in question.

I think the idea was born from the fact that Erika was unhappy about something at the time, so I thought it'd be funny if she was forced to wear Stimpy's happy helmet. Had I done this comic today, I would've probably included an EdgeTech logo on it, in reference to Edgeofthemoon, another hypno artist and good friend of mine,

The last line about the Republicans was lifted from a completely unrelated episode ("Ren's Brain") and it lead to some people thinking I was actually making a political statement, which was pretty funny. Especially since I considered it a complete non-sequitur, but I s'pose I shouldn't expect everyone to catch my obtuse references.

Also, I made sure to include the animation error of having the dial being operated like a button. To be honest, I never noticed that until I studied the scene more closely when making the comic."

 

As you can see, there were a lot of references about Ren and Stimpy! Though I do know that now, at the time however, I was not familiar with said references. I did know of the show, but to be honest I've never been a fan of it. And actually, catching some scenes of it when I was young somewhat spooked me and really off put me from the show itself. That stigma has stuck with me even to this day, where I can say I'm not the biggest fan of that series.

All that being said though, the picture itself is solid! Granted, I can't in full honesty say that it's something I'm absolutely in love with. The style of this comic is a bit too reminiscent of the show itself, plus the jokes don't really hit for me, as I'm not a fan of the source material to begin with. But even still, I'm almost always happy being included in a hypnosis based picture. On top of that, Keeper made this for me when I was feeling sad, so I can't ever really dislike it! So funnily enough, I think this post might possibly the least Erika-like picture on this blog that I actually like.

P.s I feel stupid even adding this, but I did see some silly comments on this picture when it was initially released many years ago. Since some people tend to be very serious about politics, I'll add this disclaimer: Keeper mentioned in the quote, the whole thing is a reference to various episodes of Ren and Stimpy. The lines mentioned in here do not reflect my actual political views. And to be straight up with you guys, I don't have any political views. Heck, I don't even know what a Republican party is.

 

Art by: Keeper of Pots

Fun For Everyone.

Greetings again! We're back this week with not only another Erika post, but the return of one of my favorite fictional characters AND an artist we haven't seen in quite awhile on this blog. That's right, for those of you who have read the earlier entries in the blog, this artist might look familiar. It's StormFedeR! I went over him before in the previous entry, but needless to say the main draw of commissioning him is that it's VERY difficult to get a slot. Actually at the time of writing this post, May 21st 2023, he opened commissions just yesterday, and I missed my chance. Oh well...

But even though I failed recently, I didn't fail many years ago when I got this picture as we can see. I managed to luckily snag a spot, and I already knew what I wanted. As evident by some of the previous posts, I was on quite a Blazblue high at the time. This was due to the fact that it was early 2015, and the newest version of the game Central Fiction, was coming out in about a year. That, coupled with the fact that I had recently awoken to my love for loli vampires and Rachel Alucard in particular. So we'll probably be seeing a lot more of her in this time period of commissions!

So with that being said, StormFedeR immediately got to work on my idea. It wasn't anything special, but rather I just wanted an idea that Rachel comes to invade my room and hypnotizes me into some hot yuri action. Actually, the basic premise of this idea came from Keeper of Pots who helped me brainstorm the setting, as all I had was just an Erika x Rachel picture. And fun fact about that, Keeper ended up making a Rachel bedroom invasion comic with me in it later down the line, but more on that whenever we get to it on the blog.

I'd like to say the commission progress went smoothly, but actually it's time I address the title of this piece as well as the alts... the completed product I got from StormFedeR actually was the third picture in this post. The one where Rachel has giant breasts! To be frank, I'm not only not really a big fan of huge honkers, but I also like to keep characters on model so I wasn't too satisfied with the end result. I asked if it were possible to reduce Rachel's bust size, but I wasn't sure if Storm would do it as he doesn't usually do post commission reworks. Luckily, he was alright with it! However, the second version was still a tad too big. So he shrunk them down to as far as he said he could, and we ended up with Rachel bust size alts to please everyone! Small, medium and large.

I opted to keep the small version as the definitive version, but if you look for this picture on Storm's gallery, he opted to go for the bigger boobed version to be the definitive piece. So it really is a "pick your own option" scenario. As a side note, the original final piece also had my hair colored wrong, but I chose to not have that alt uploaded here. Overall though despite the hiccups, I'm still very satisfied with how this commission turned out!

Art by: StormFedeR

Commissioned by: Erika

The Wrath of YandEr-ikaa.

Here we are, we are now in the post 100th picture world! Just because I hit my initial goal, doesn't mean I was going to stop getting hypnosis pictures of myself. That being said, I didn't have an immediate goal anymore. It's not as if I was thinking "Alright! Time to get two hundred pictures now!" Rather, I was just going to keep going until... I didn't want to anymore I suppose? And hey, I'm still here getting pictures of myself even now.

Goals aside though, I did slow down somewhat on actively commissioning stuff myself though. That holds true even to today. And following that train of thought, we have a gift from Zorro once again! This time, it's featuring Yanderika! To be honest, I don't actually have any lore as to what Yanderika is... Is she an alternate character? Or just me hypnotized into being a Yandere? The world will never know. In this specific example though, Zorro actually wrote out a mini story featuring how this iteration of Yanderika became a thing. It even gives us the name of the protagonist in this picture, Sean. You can read it in the description of the picture on Deviant Art here.

 

The reason why I worded the previous paragraph the way that I did, is because while this seems like a one off gag, Yanderika does actually appear on multiple occasions in the future. As for how she came to be though? Well, I do like mixing my name with words if I can get it to fit, and one day "Yanderika" just came up when I was talking about Yanderes. Yandere are an archetype of anime character that I personally REALLY love as well, and I do admit that sometimes I can be a little possessive... so hey, I'd say it fits.

 

Zorro apparently liked the pun enough to make a picture out of it, and this picture spawned at least two other instances of her/me, so it's funny how that works out. As to whether or not Zorro made this picture because he legitimately thought the pun was funny enough to make a picture, or the fact that I did tend to display some possessive personality traits way back when... well, I suppose we'll never know the answer to that either!

 

I should probably have put this at the top, but just in case you don't know what a Yandere is, it's an archetype of character that is crazy obsessive with someone. So obsessed that they show signs of stalking, paranoia, or even intent to hurt others around them just so they can keep their beloved to themselves. The term itself is Japanese and see in some anime/manga characters, but the crazy stalker type is not limited to just Japanese media. Hope this helps~

 

Art by: Zorro-Zero

The Big One Hundred!

This is it, we've reached the milestone... the one that more or less got me mass commissioning hypnosis pictures in the first place. The goal of reaching 100 tagged pictures of myself on the Hub! And this picture was done by Keeper of Pots to celebrate the momentous occasion. It was definitely a major goal of min achieved at the time, and it meant so much to me to have reached it. So buckle up folks, this blog entry is gonna be a doozy to reflect that!

Probably around the Hypno Raptor arc from Zorro, I realized I was approaching the big 100 picture goal quickly. It was around then that I mentioned the idea to Keeper of Pots that I'd like to have a celebratory picture to mark the milestone. With a fair bit of time to work with, Keeper of Pots agreed to it. I had already an idea in mind as well, which is rare for me. Though to be specific, I suppose I had a general outline more so than a specific idea. I wanted a big collage of hypnotized interpretations of myself in one picture. After brainstorming a bit with Keeper, he decided to take that idea and turn it into a big call back for previous Erika drawings rather than mash up of random iterations of myself.

At this point, I was more or less hands off for the rest of the project. We had a fair bit of time to work on this, so Keeper worked on this during his spare time. I couldn't really speak for the decision making process that went into him picking the pieces he chose to highlight, but I did get a few quotes from him about working on this piece in general. He had this to say:

"Picking what drawings to re-create from the vast pool of Erika art was a mix between choosing what was memorable, or included things I personally like - like Kaa and tentacles - to making sure that at least a handful of artists would be represented. Any empty spot I had left on the canvas was filled with little props that were self-evident without having to show a full picture, like the Zorro laptop or Rachel with the green evening backdrop."

 

 And what kind of celebratory post would this be if we didn't specifically highlight each and every piece referenced in this picture? It's gonna be a long one, but starting from the upper left corner and going clockwise we have:

1. Erika and the Hypno Raptor by Zorro. Specifically the second encounter, based on the torn outfit.

2. A mysterious tentacle trench coated man from a personal hypnosis story I wrote.

3. Erika in the Hypno Team outfit by Psi. Technically the Mr. Mind specific interaction never happened, but more on that later.

4. Erika being hypnotized by a hypnotic visor by Medri. With a small cameo from an annoyed tentacle monster, and a floating hypnotic orb from these two posts respectively.

5. Erika being penetrated by the purple tentacles by Vahn. There are a lot of purple tentacles in the blog, but the heart eyes and penis shaped bulbs are referring to this post in particular.

6. Erika and blowjob training with Mrs. Erickson by Zko.

7. Erika plunged by the hypnotic plunger by Psi.

8. The hypnotic metronome from a picture by Vahn.

9.  Erika delivering ink to her master while wearing a slave outfit by Keeper.

10. Jungle Erika coiled and hypnotized by Kaa.

11. Erika and the purple tentacles... again! By Sugar-Slime. This is the third species of purple tentacles in this post alone, but this one is distinct because of the eye color pattern.

12. Zorro's hypnotic laptop by Zorro.

13. Rachel Alucard from Blazblue in her nightwear outfit by Keeper of Pots. 

14. Evilka hypnotizing Erika with a pendulum by Edge.

15. And finally... a tiny, off colored Erika in the middle drawn by me.

 

 Hoo boy, that was a lot to list off there! Keeper of Pots definitely didn't skimp out on the references to the past one hundred pictures, picking out some of his favorites. Not to mention the seamless background transitioning between all the individual pieces, blending together what would normally be many individual pieces into one giant cohesive masterpiece. I cannot thank Keeper of Pots enough for doing this for me out of the complete kindness of his heart. Because yes, this was not a commission. Once again, I just asked if he'd be willing to do it, and he did. No questions asked. What an amazing fellow!

In the list above though, I did mention a little blurb about the Mr. Mind reference in there. While that is something has never been a thing, and will probably never be a thing... we do have some additional comments from Keeper of Pots about that as well:

"I like including references to games, cartoons and comics I like into my work, but this one is a bit of an anomaly... It includes a reference from a comic I haven't personally read - but I liked the design and idea behind Mister Mind enough to include him in a drawing. I might've first come across him on Hypno Hub since one of his canonical powers include mind control."

 

So yes, you aren't crazy, it's just something that's never been a thing. But as I've said before, I also like including characters who have the canonical method of hypnotizing people, so I'm not against his inclusion. That being said... I still don't actually know who he is.

This post has been pretty long already, and between hunting down each individual blog post to source a direct reference to, writing this all down on the spot, and running into many formatting errors because this site is funny, I've been writing this for about an hour and a half or something. So it's about time we come to a close here folks! But while this was the 100th picture and the realization of a goal, it's not the end of the journey. The adventure of having myself hypnotized in various art forms and scenarios is something that continues to this day, so look forward to further blog posts!

And with that, we'll close this post with one final quote Keeper of Pots had about this piece. Only fitting we end it off here, since this is picture was all him.

"It's always a little difficult to look back on past works, and while there are things I like about this one, like the colors and layout and MOST of the drawings - it has a bit of a janky quality in places. The aforementioned MIster Mind portion has a rather strange looking Erika for instance."

 

 Art by: Keeper of Pots

Day of the Tentacle.

Hello again! We're back this week with a new yet somewhat familiar piece this week. What do I mean by that? Well, stop me if you heard this one before... I find myself hypnotized by disembodied purple tentacles with hypno eyes! All jokes aside though, while purple tentacle eyes seem to be a common thread, this time we have a friend along for the ride. The second girl featured in this picture is none other than Noel Vermillion from the Blazblue franchise. And on top of that, the picture is done by everyone's favorite artist: Keeper of Pots.

 

All that being said, this was actually a joint commission between myself and Roxa. This is the first of a few joint commissions that we'll see on this blog. By that I mean both Roxa and I split the cost of this commission and both pitched the idea together after some brainstorming. At the time, Roxa was into Blazblue as hinted before by the two previous Erika x Rachel pictures we've seen on this blog. And of course, I'm ALWAYS into Blazblue. So when Roxa opted to include Noel Vermillion, I was definitely down for it. We also chose to use her outfit she wears in Blazblue Chrono Phantasma and onwards because we liked her having her hair down.

 

After we had that part down, we had to think of an idea for Noel and myself to be in. I was the one who chose the tentacles (no surprise) because around this time, I had come across a different hypnosis tentacle picture where a character was in the process of being hypnotized. The Kaa eye spiral forming in their eyes specifically, but not fully entranced. That was a rare moment to see in a still picture, and I was inspired to include that idea in my next commission. It was Roxa's idea to have Noel already be fully hypnotized though. He wanted her to be fully entranced, so we decided on having me being the one in the process of being hypnotized, while Noel would be molesting me.

Those of you who are familiar with Keeper of Pot's art by now though might notice this picture looks slightly different than his usual works. And luckily I managed to snag a comment from him about this piece:

"This image marks a bit of a shift in the way I approached illustration. I typically worked with traditional means when producing the lineart, but after getting a tablet it was more efficient to do everything digitally. This image WAS inked traditionally, but I can tell by the coloring that I was having fun exploring the capabilities of using a tablet, hence why the coloring is softer and more gradient-y. I would typically employ something a lot more cel-shaded than this."

 

Funnily enough, all the way back when I commissioned this I remember being slightly annoyed that Keeper of Pots opted to try out this new coloring method on MY commission. Usually when I commission someone it'd be because I like their current way of doing things, so it felt weird to me that the artist would change up how they usually do things when I happen to be paying for it. But Roxa was completely fine with it, and this was a joint commission so I never bothered to go further than that. Though even now it's something that I still look back and think "I'm totally right about this." You'll never convince me otherwise Keeper!

This post has gone on for a lot longer than usual, but there is one more tidbit I'd like to add. Keeper of Pots is usually a rather patient artist, but both Roxa and I were rather indecisive when it came to this picture. It was one of the few times I remember him getting somewhat frustrated with all the changes we were applying to the picture in its infancy. One of the many changes was debating whether Noel should have panties or not, and in the end we went with "no panties and visible penetration". I bring that point up specifically because years later, I'd find out that Noel may or may not just go commando normally. Accuracy is important after all!

 

(By the way, Keeper of Pots came up with the title for this blog entry. Absolutely a reference to one of his favorite games.)

Art by: Keeper of Pots

Commissioned by: Roxa and Erika

Logistical Issues That Arise During Mutual Hypnosis.

Greetings everyone! This week, we have a comic done by a good friend of mine, EdgeOfTheMoon! Or just Edge for short. Definitely not a new face to the blog, but this will be the first comic by Edge. And actually, this comic itself is the first in a series that Edge used to work on a long time ago called "Hypno Hub Theater". As the name implies, it was a comic series that was done in a 4koma style featuring antics of various Hypno Hub characters and/or OCs. I do speak in past tense though, since at the time of writing this blog entry there hasn't been a new post for Hypno Hub theater in over four years or so? I guess I could've asked Edge if the series might ever make a comeback, but I suppose we will all have to wait and see.

But on the topic of this issue in particular, I was of course super happy to be included in the debut of the series right along side the Hub mascot Hypno-tan. And in a rare event, this picture actually might more or less debut dom Erika. Something that you very rarely see in any hypnosis based picture featuring myself! Though fun fact, I studied psychology and hypnosis in school. On top of that, I've tried and succeeded in hypnotizing a few friends and strangers in real life. So dom Erika isn't something that's completely unheard of! ... Though I don't know if Edge knew that information when making this comic. He probably did, but I can't say for sure since it's been so long!

But yes, the comic itself features a fun little skit of two doms hypnotizing each other into a cute little head bonk as we were dozing off! Honestly not too much to say here, but I can say it was a fun idea that I haven't really seen replicated elsewhere. As this was the first comic in the series and Edge was a budding artist at the time, in future issues of this series we will definitely be seeing more of the Edge-like humor he's known for as well as more refined art. But as a starting place, this is definitely a fun start!

 

Unfortunately, not all issues feature me so not all of them will be posted on this blog. But there ARE more that do indeed have me, and they will be here when it's time to post them! If you're curious about seeing all the other issues, I'll leave a link here if you'd like to see them all for yourself. Granted, all the Erika related posts will be on the blog sooner or later!

Art by: EdgeOTM

ER-iKaa Animated.

Hello all! We're back again this week with something rather unique, if I do say so myself! This is a fully animated comic done but the forever awesome Zorro. When I say this is something unique, I do think that animated comics are somewhat of a rarity in the grand scheme of things, but also if my memory serves me right, this is the first and only time (as of April 9th 2023, the time of this post) that Zorro has ever done an animation before. Let's elaborate!

As the release of the 100th hypnotized Erika picture drew closer and closer, Zorro asked me if there was something in particular I wanted for the milestone celebration. To be honest though, I had already planned out what I wanted to be the 100th picture at the time. More details on that when we get to uploading it though! Anyways, I didn't really have any creative juices left to come up with yet another celebratory post. I just kind of casually mentioned that I'd like an animation, since who doesn't like an animation right?

Maybe that was a bit mean of me, since animating is a lot of work. Never the less, Zorro decided to do one for me, and even did more than I expected with it being an animated comic! This apparently took a full weeks work for him to do, which may not sound like a lot based on some other artists you know... but if you recall, Zorro usually released pictures regularly. So taking one week on a piece at the time was definitely unprecedented! In the end, when the picture had been finished and uploaded though, it was the 97th completed Erika picture at the time. Just slightly off the mark! Funnily enough though, this is the 99th blog entry though, so also once again slightly off the mark.

Since the only input I gave for this picture is "Maybe I'd like an animation" the contents of this image were once again done completely by Zorro. Those of you who know me will know that I'm actually not the biggest fan of the whole "hypnotized hypnotist" tag. So it was definitely surprising seeing a whole comic about it! Not that I dislike this image though, it's just not something I'd go out of my way to ask for on my own. Regardless about that though, Zorro did a very interesting job showing off different angles and even included two animated inductions here with the pendulum and the Kaa eyes!

In case you were wondering though, it's not your internet or browser that's acting up and making this image play slowly. As I mentioned before, Zorro has never made an animation before or since. And because of that, there must've been something weird that happened in the creation process to make it run at such a low FPS. I don't know how to fix it, and I wouldn't feel comfortable editing someone else's work anyways. In the end, I still think this a cool picture all things considered, and I can never thank Zorro enough for going so far out of his comfort zone to make this in celebration for reaching my goal!

Art by: Zorro-Zero

Watch out for Spiral.tv!

Hello again! We're back this week with our proper blog post for the week, this time featuring a whole new artist but not necessarily a new idea hehe. This lovely picture was a commission of mine done by Midori-chan, a classic hypnosis artist from a few years back. As far as commissions go, this was a fairly straightforward transaction, where I contacted the artist simply because I like their work. I handed them an idea (this time I came up with what I wanted beforehand!) and the work was delivered in a timely manner with no issues.

Because of that, there's no drama or funny/interesting backstory behind this picture... So instead, let's talk about the picture itself! As stated above, this is one of the rare times that I personally already had an idea of what I wanted to commission beforehand. The idea itself isn't anything original, rather you could say it's really played out actually. Classic spiral on a computer hypnotizing unsuspecting victims! ... Wait, wasn't there a post almost just like this like the other week...? Regardless, this time it was my idea, and it was unrelated to the last one!

 

The idea for this, and previous commissions, plus commissions to come in the future all more less stem from the same source. I mentioned it in a blog post from a long time ago, but there was a scene in a hentai called "La Blue Girl" where a girl is hypnotized by a monitor suddenly turning into a spiral. Afterwards, tentacles shoot out from the monitor and well... you know the rest! Actually, that scene was a big inspiration for me in terms of hypnosis related content, and so I find myself gravitating towards that idea, and I even wrote a story that was a direct homage to it! Whenever there's a classic spiral on screen hypnotizing someone, I recall that scene rather than the generic hypnosis set up, and that's why we see it a few times in my commissions.

 

As for the picture itself, it's an interesting mixed bag for me personally. I commissioned Midori-chan because I genuinely really like their art style. That being said, I do find it to be rather inconsistent at times. And that inconsistency is something that can be seen in this picture for me. The way I'm depicted in this picture is great. Fantastic expression, unique hypno eyes, moderate sized breasts, spot on hair style, and no anatomy issues to speak of! Heck, we even got the navel piecing, which a lot of first time Erika artists miss. On the other hand, the background is literally a very pixelated copy and paste spiral, and the furniture and the laptop itself look like they were drawn as an afterthought. The spiral on the screen itself also looks rather... lazy. And to top that off, I'm not even looking at the monitor!

So this picture has a lot of ups and a lot of downs from me. Granted, I do not regret my commission at all, and I am satisfied with the product I received for the price I paid. All in all, I commissioned this because I liked the artist, and we were VERY close to the one hundred picture goal at this point, so I was pumping those commissions out! And as a slight side note, I never once gave it any thought at the time, nor many years after until just today when I was writing this blog entry... I have no idea why my shirt is yellow in this picture. I can't believe I never really gave it any kind of thought until now, but hey, I guess it's a unique outfit for me!

Art by: Midori-chan

Commissioned by: Erika

April Fools Special Edtion Post!

Hey all! We'll keep this post on the shorter side, since we will still have a proper post tomorrow. Done by Keeper of Pots, this is a picture that has existed for quite awhile. In fact it existed a bit before the first Keeper of Pots Erika comic, I just wasn't sure if it should be uploaded here. By the time I decided on it, we had long since past the upload date and I also wasn't sure about dedicating a full blog post to this... but hey, with April Fools here, this gives me a perfect opportunity!

To summarize, Keeper of Pots once told me that he does mock up drawings like these when coloring something for the first time to give him an idea of what the colors will look like altogether. So he drew up this quick rudimentary drawing of myself and Saalim as practice for the actual comic that we saw on here before. I don't know if he still does these as this is the one and only time he's sent one to me, but I've held onto it all this time at least!

 

 Art by: Keeper of Pots

Saalim is owned by: plsgts

ER-iKaa Cosplay: Foxy Girl

Hello again! Sorry for the inconsistent blog releases, I've actually been rather sick this past month. But more importantly, we do have a new entry this week from a rather frequent face, Zorro! Once again, we have a picture done solely by Zorro with no input from me whatsoever, and I can't help but always crack a smile whenever someone is willing to include me in personal projects like this! But of course, since I have no idea as to where the context behind this picture came from, I can only really talk about it from my point of view.

 

As I stated earlier, I just more or less woke up one day to this picture existing. It was quite a wonderful surprise to see that's for sure! And while the premise itself is rather basic, it's actually one that I really like a lot. Sometimes simple can be best after all. Just minding your own business when suddenly you're sent a suspicious spiral, and you find everything goes black? Heck yeah! Actually, there's a very brief little story about this picture that Zorro wrote in the description for this picture on Deviant Art, for those curious.

 

For the picture itself, we actually have a rather rarer case of bottomless, while still having a top on. Granted, the top is being stripped off, but we've already discarded the bottoms at some point. Usually, it goes top off first, then bottom. Seems like a strange thing to take note of, but I did realize just how different it was. And hey, I actually kinda like it like this to be honest! If I had a choice between topless or bottomless, I think I might pick the latter. We also have the Zorro-like fox cosplay tail and ears as well. I'm assuming whomever hypnotized me in this picture (probably Zorro) had me get them! Animal girls are usually hit or miss for me, but I can appreciate there being some sort of back story for the cosplay though!

 

And actually this picture kind of reminds me of the good old days, when I spent a lot of my time browsing hypno related stuff on my laptop in my bed. I met all my hypnosis related friends through those nights of just snuggling up in my bed with my laptop on, and this picture invokes those feelings! Unfortunately, the laptop I used way back then is no longer with us, and I have to sit at my desk with a less comfortable desktop...

Art by: Zorro-Zero

Is This Yours?

Welcome back again everyone, this week we have the debut of a new artist to the blog! This picture was done by Nell-Chrome, and while it was something that I personally commissioned, the idea wasn't mine. For those veteran readers of the blog, we have once again found another commission which suffered from the classic syndrome of "I want to commission you, but I don't know what I want from you." And so, this picture was more or less planned out exclusively by the artist.

Speaking of the picture though, we have myself hypnotized dressed up as Hypno Hub's mascot Hypno-tan. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I think this might be the first time Hypno-tan would've even been mentioned or brought up on this blog? Regardless, this picture is actually sort of a sequel/alternate version of a previous picture done by Nell. It had Hypno-tan in more or less the same pose saying the same line, Though in that picture it was implied that she was the dom. You can find the original here. In this picture however, we have myself as the sub with Hypno-tan smiling mischievously in the background.

I am not entirely sure if this is actually a remake or an alternate version though, as from my perspective this picture just seems like a chance for Nell to redo an older piece. However, in the description for the original picture, Nell stated that this is a sequel. Does that mean that in the original picture, it was actually my own first person point of view? Some food for thought I suppose... but yes, I didn't really have much creative input on this piece, but I do love how it turned out.

I found Nell from some pieces he had posted on the Hub, and got to commissioning him ASAP. There's just something about how cutely he can draw stuff while maintaining that anime-esque style that really piqued my interest! We had no issues communicating and the product was delivered without an complications, and afterwards Nell and I stayed in contact as acquaintances for awhile too. Unfortunately it'd be awhile until I got another commission from him, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it!

All in all, a solid commission if I do say so myself. And a great introduction to Hypno-tan on my blog if I'm remembering things correctly at least. I've always been a fan of that outfit, so hey why not have myself in it right? That's definitely part the reason I signed off on Nell's idea in the first place! By the way, this version uploaded here is the original picture. However, there is a slightly saturated version where the blonde in my hair looks more blonde than it does pale. That version can be found on Nell's Deviant Art page which will be linked at the bottom here. I just didn't see a need to upload two pictures that were identical besides the color.

Art by: Nell-Chrome

Commissioned by: Erika

Purple Tentacles Again... Again!!

As you can see I am once again showing off my genius when it comes to making titles! ... But yes, welcome to this week's post! We have a kind of pseudo-sequel to a post from a few weeks back. Though depending on how you interpret it, it could be a prequel based on the state of dress I'm in compared to the previous on. You could also view this as an alternate universe sort of take to. Allow me to explain!

I mentioned it earlier, but this picture is very similar to the previous post titled "Purple Tentacles Again!" I released awhile back. After all, the same artist worked on both pieces and the both pictures feature myself hypnotized by the aforementioned tentacles. There is one very unique and distinct difference between the two however, and I'm not talking about the contents of the picture either. While the previous picture was commissioned by me, this picture was commissioned by none other than Keeper of Pots himself.

Yes, while he is a fantastic artist in his own right, Keeper opted to commission this picture. If I recall our conversation, he mentioned that he was a big fan of the artist who worked on the previous piece, Sugar-Slime. Not just from my own commission, but from the other random pictures from the artist that showed up on the Hub made Keeper of Pots into a fan. That being said, there was something about the previous picture that didn't quite agree with him. In fact to this day, I still don't actually know what it was.

Whatever the case, Keeper of Pots felt like my previous commission wasn't quite tapping into the artist's potential per se. And so he took it upon himself to commission one for himself. Something like that was, and still is a huge surprise to me. Sometimes it slips my mind, but just because you CAN draw, doesn't mean that you always want to. Or perhaps you could really value the art style of a separate artist. Either way, and artist commissioning another artist for art is something that always slips my mind. And with all that being said, we are greeted with this picture!

Now you know what I mean when this is a potential sequel, prequel, or even alternate universe take on the previous picture. Honestly, I never asked Keeper how he wanted to interpret this piece, but all I know is that I was not only super shocked, but also incredibly grateful he chose me to be in his first, and to this date, only commission he's ever done. I guess he really liked that artist! So it makes me sad to report that not too long after this the artist went silent, and then eventually closed their accounts... But hey, at least we got these two pictures to look back on!

Art by: Sugar-Slime

Commissioned by: Keeper of Pots

Smile for the Selfie!

Greetings everyone! We're back this week with a technically two for one special. Well, it's just one picture really, but the alternative version does have a captioned story on it at least! This picture was done by Vahn, who is no stranger to this blog. And of course, this picture was commissioned by myself, for myself! But that being said, I only really supplied the money for this picture. In reality, Vahn more or less came up with everything else himself.

There isn't really much to say on the "how" part of this picture. Essentially with the 100 picture goal so close at hand, I upped my commission game a bit. And what better way to do that than to go with a reliable artist who excels in quality and quantity? Of course that'd be Vahn! So I contacted him for a commission and the rest is history! ... Though that being said, we once again had the issue of me not know what I want, just that I wanted something.

So with that out of the way, I can honestly admit to the fact that Vahn did pretty much everything here on his own. From the base idea, to the pose, the composition of the picture, the body writing, and even the captioned story. I didn't have an idea, so I just sat back and approved of his work after paying him. That's why this piece is very far removed from my usual commissions in terms of theme, but not something I'm actively against or anything. This definitely falls more in line with Vahns kinks though, like exhibitionism, body writing, and slutification. Very different from bimbofication mind you. I actually don't mind slutification, but I'm not the biggest fan of bimbofication...

Anyways, that's more or less the story! I gave Vahn creative reigns after paying him, and he produced this. Of course I looked it over and approved it all though. And with that, another piece was added to the Hub! Though little bit of trivia, the captioned version is actually the original picture and the one that was first uploaded. In fact, it was the version I received as well for my final product. After a few days though, I asked Vahn if he could upload and also send me a clean version. I figured it'd be a good strategy to pad the tag count a bit and inch closer to the 100 picture goal! That, and while the written scenario can be hot, I do like seeing the clean image too, which is why I put it up as the forefront picture on the blog entry, despite it being the second iteration.

 

Oh, and as a last note... please do not call the number written on my body in this picture. It is not mine! I'm not insensitive enough to put a random number on there though, and the number belongs to anonymous friend. The number was posted with their consent, but it came to my attention some people actually called it. So yeah, let's not call random numbers mentioned in porn pictures please!

Art by: Vahn_yourdoom

Commissioned by: Erika

Who's that Pokemon!?

Hello again! We're back this week with another Erika hypnosis picture. And in this picture, we have something rather straightforward, yet a classic. That being Hypno x hypnotized random girl. Drawn by the always amazing Etlabsotwe whom we've seen a few times on this blog already.

 

A rather iconic character, but for those of you who don't know, the small yellow man is named Hypno and he's a Pokemon. And as far as Pokemon lewds go, Gardevoir and Lopunny usually take the top spot in terms of female Pokemon art, however Hypno is amongst the highest in terms of male represented Pokemon. Rather than design choice though, I figure a lot of people like him because of his simplistic and easy to draw design that's moderately humanoid, and of course the ability to hypnotize people and Pokemon effortlessly. That can lead to all sorts of lewd fun.

I'm actually a Pokemon fan myself, though not as much as I used to be... admittedly though, I did enjoy Pokemon Scarlet and Violet which were the newest games released at the time of writing this blog. Getting back on topic though, I've always been a Pokemon fan. And actually, the very first ever hypnosis based explicit picture I saw was one with Hypno in it. It never really occurred to me to use Hypno the Pokemon like that, which goes to show how young I was at the time when I saw said picture.

With that being said, I wanted to get a Hypno based picture on my own. On top of him being a sort of icon as far as Hypno doms go in Pokemon, as well as generally speaking, he was also one of my original inspirations for getting into hypnosis based lewd artwork. And by now, we were about ninety pictures into the Erika collection, so I figured it was high time we got something with Hypno in it! And luckily, Etlabsotwe was happy to oblige.

At the time, Etlabsotwe wanted to draw constantly in order to improve, and would frequently take suggestions from me. The topic wasn't too important (though Etlabsotwe would draw a line when it came to lewds) as long as he got to practice. So the timing happened to line up, as I was in the mood for some Hypno related works. One of the rare few times I had at least some kind of motivation for a picture I suppose!

To be honest, that's really all their is to the story though. I suggested it, and Etlabsotwe delivered. As mentioned above, he was against lewds at the time though. So the picture is rather tame as far as Hypno pictures go. Trust me, if you look up Hypno hypnosis based pictures, I'd bet that 9/10 of them would be lewds. Regardless though, I'm still satisfied with this picture as it carries the Etlabsotwe charm of just making everything cute. Even Hypno, whom a lot of people find repulsive. And you can never EVER go wrong with a mindless and blissful smile on a sub, which is nailed perfectly here.

Art by: Etlabsotwe

Requested by: Erika

Purple Tentacles Again!

Hello again! This week we have a very straightforward commission, it has me being hypnotized by hypnotentacles! I think this has happened multiple times on the blog already, and it will continue to happen in the future, as this is probably one of my favorite combination of things in a fetish picture. Sometimes you just get in the mood for tentacles you know? And of course the hypnosis part is more or less a must! The difference here though, is this piece is was done by Sugar-Slime who is new to this blog!

Honestly though, there isn't too much to say here as far as back story goes. One day while browsing Hypno Hub I saw an image dump of about three to four pictures from an artist I'd never seen before. They were pictures of an OC being hypnotized by tentacles. I was quite a fan of the art style, and I was still looking for commissions. Naturally I tracked them down to Deviant Art and asked for a commission of my own! ... And well, here we are!

I knew what I wanted more or less since the artist had already drawn a lot of hypnotentacles, I figured I'd go with that. The pose and tentacles were all chosen by the artist though, as I once again went with my patented "As long as it has me hypnotized in it, I'm fine with whatever!" but this time with tentacles as a must have I suppose. It was an interesting choice to go with purple though, as the tentacles the artist had drawn previously were green. I tend to have encounters with purple tentacles more so than any other color, so I wonder if the artist looked that up...?

Anyways, the commission was delivered in a timely manner and since I didn't really have any concrete ideas as to what I wanted, I had no corrections to make. Everything looked fine anyways! There are a few points to mention though, this was the first time I had seen the artist drawn a bare crotch though, as previously their pictures had only topless girls. Also it's an interesting note that the artist opts to draw the Kaa-like eyes in a symmetrical pattern. I've stated before on the blog that I prefer the asymmetrical ones, but this commission was done at a time before I realized that about myself.

Finally, another point to note is the artist added a coil around the neck. It's not the biggest deal breaker in the world, but I'm very much not a fan of stuff like that. Which is funny considering I love snake and tentacle related hentai! But despite some of the stipulations I've left, I still enjoy this commission very much! Though funnily enough, a good friend of mine Keeper of Pots felt as though there was something off about it. And he would do something about it in the near future...

Art by: Sugar-Slime

Commissioned by: Erika

 

Wheel of Hypno.

Greetings everyone! This week we have a rather stand out picture for numerous reasons. First off, this picture is the debut of a new artist to be featured on the blog! That being the artist known as Ara. Secondly, this picture, at the time of this current blog entry at least, has the most OC cameos in it. With a total four to be exact! Not counting myself of course. And finally, this picture is actually somewhat rare. Though now that I think about it, is rare even the right word to use though...? Allow me to explain.

This picture was actually one of the first few pictures to be purged from Hypno Hub. It was removed because the artist Ara no longer wanted to be associated with the Hub and thus all their work was removed along with them. I luckily managed to hold onto this picture before that happened though, and thus I can archive it here. Since this picture was removed fairly early on, I suspect a lot of people might not have seen this, because to my knowledge, this hasn't been uploaded anywhere else.

But on the topic of the picture itself, it's a rather fun idea! A parody on the game show "Wheel of Fortune" where you have to spin said wheel, and also guess the phrase by suggesting individual letters. I'm probably butchering the game itself, but I never actually watched the series. I AM familiar with it however, so the reference isn't lost on me at least! And throwing in a hypnotic twist on everyday normal events makes things more fun in my opinion.

 

Though I couldn't really tell you why this picture exists. I never had a chance to talk to Ara to ask why I was chosen to cameo here, or as to what inspirations created this lovely piece. On top of that, since I don't think this picture was reuploaded anywhere else, I can't bring up any comments or artist descriptions explaining the scenario to me. So alas, we just have to take it at face value!

 

Another thing to shout out though are the cameos mentioned earlier. Of course I'm here, but we also have Kassidy and Sierra (the blue and the orange alien girls) from Medri. There's also Betty (the orange haired contestant) from Psi. And I may be wrong here, but the lamia character I believe was named Aurora and belonged to an artist named Jack. That one I'm somewhat unsure of because I was never in contact with the artist, and they also distanced themselves from the Hub. So feel free to leave a comment and correct me if I got that wrong. Funnily enough Kassidy and Betty have already been featured on this blog beforehand as well.

Apologies for the lack of specifics here, this picture has and will probably continue to be an enigma for me. But even so, I still think the idea is rather amusing and I'm glad I was chosen to be apart of it.

Art by: Ara

Kassidy and Sierra are owned by: Medri

Betty is owned by: Psi

Aurora is owned by: Jack 

Weird Science.

Greetings once again! This week we're back with another Zorro picture, but this time we have 100% less dinosaurs. Instead, we have a theme that's actually rather rare in terms of Erika related pictures. Actually rather than one theme, this picture has a lot of things you won't be seeing too often in this blog. But why is this picture so "unique" in that regard you might ask? Well to frank, I actually had nothing to do with this.

Before we get to that though, I should go over what makes this picture so different. I'm actually not the biggest fan of white wash eyes for one. Nor am I a fan of brain/mind transfers, or even robots. Everything about this picture isn't something that I would personally go for, yet I am still happy it exists. Why is that you might ask? Actually it turns out, the whole idea around this picture was a request from someone whom I've never spoken to then, nor now. Weird how that works out right? Well, that's not quite the full story.

To be specific, while the base idea was a request to Zorro from someone else, the actual person meant to be featured in this picture wasn't specified. To my understanding, the requester had a base idea in mind but was just going to go with a generic female. (Actually now that I think about it, that's the complete opposite of my problem where I know I want a hypnotized Erika in it, but not what the idea itself should be...) And since no central figure was chosen for the picture, Zorro "volunteered" my self insert for the job! I suppose he had a lot of fun drawing me at the time, and I could definitely be on board with that!

So yeah, this picture was just as random for me as it was for most other people seeing this. As I mentioned above, this picture doesn't actually do much for me in terms of fetishes, so anyone who knew me would've been surprised to see me featured in such a piece. But even if that's the case, I'm still happy that it exists because it goes to show that at the time, Zorro was thinking about me. And he liked me enough to include me in a picture I had no business in being a part of. And while these kinks aren't my thing, I don't find them to be offensive at all. So hey, I was happy about it then and thinking back on it, I'm happy about it now!

 

As a bonus bit, there is a bit of flavor text that goes along with this scenario featured in the description of the original post. It also has a slight continuity nod to the Hypnoraptor series, so if you're interested in reading it please refer to the original post linked here.

Art by: Zorro-Zero

Requested by: Doctor-Robo

Demons Taking Control.

Hello once again! This week we have a rather enigmatic picture if I do say so myself. I say that because this picture not only blindsided me when it came out all those years ago, but to be frank, I don't know how this exact scenario featured in this picture came to be. Because of that, this blog post in particular may be a bit lacking in terms of details but I'll try my best!

 

To go into specifics, this picture was done by the artist mixx54 who was previously featured in an earlier post on this very blog. In case you missed it though, you can find the post by clicking here. I'd like to call back to that previous post specifically for this one as well. For you see, the backstory behind this particular picture was apparently the artist wasn't too satisfied with the initial drawing he did for me back then. Apparently the artist was just getting used to a new tablet, and it was a rather quick sketch either way.

So with that being said, one day I woke up and checked the Hub only to see this uploaded. Naturally I was rather surprised to see this piece considering I had no knowledge of it prior to this! The picture wasn't even uploaded by the original artist, so I had no real info to go by. Eventually though, the artist did leave a comment on the picture and said:

"lololololololol erikka requested this pic a while when i just started using a tablet and it turned out total shit so i redrew it here... thanks for postin mah stuff btw XD glad you all like it"

 

And that's all the info I have about this piece! It does bring up a certain question though. According to the quote above, this picture is a redraw/remake of the previous image mixx54 had done for me... yet the only resemblance I see is that it has me hypnotized in it. Does that count as a remake then? Who knows!

On the topic of hypnotized pictures of me though, this is definitely a solid one though. It's absolutely a step up from the previous drawing from mixx54 in almost every regard. Definitely really liking how the textures and curves of the picture really make me look squishy. Plus you always gotta appreciate a pair of good thighs! I'm not familiar with the demon lady who is sharing the spotlight with me here, and can only assume she is an OC of mixx54.

The title of this piece comes from the original upload of the picture from Furaffinity, which was then noticed by someone and uploaded onto the Hub where I saw it.

Art by: mixx54

Hypnotic Pajama Party ft. Pompom

Hello all! We're back once again with another new Erika hypnosis piece. This time however, it's not just me who is hypnotized. Rather, I'm sharing the spotlight today with another self insert character, the self representation of Pompom! You might remember the name Pompom from about three posts ago, as she was the one who helped animate "Erika in Hypnoland." This time, she is a "willing" participant in the picture hehe. The art has been done by returning artist EdgeoftheMoon as well, so we're seeing quite a few familiar faces!

And speaking of Edge, as a good friend of mine, I managed to snag some comments from him about this piece. He had this to say:

"In the sitcom Community the character Troy Barnes says ""I’m more turned on by women in pajamas than lingerie. I just want to know that they feel comfortable"" and I agree. This was me trying to show that
Also a chance for me to draw the OCs of 2 of my friends. Eri and PomPom. Couple of injokes in pic as well. One of the posters is a joke label I made for PomPom's home brewed beer. And of course Eri's PJs are a nod to her love of dinosaurs"

 

 As someone who wears pajamas (and I may or may not be writing this exact blog entry out in pajamas...) I can definitely agree that they are absolutely comfortable! I love being able to relax at home, and what better way to relax than to also have some mind melting hypnotic tunes playing? This appears to be one of the very few consensual Erika hypnosis pieces out there. For those of you who don't know, I actually much prefer non-con when it comes to hypnosis! ... Well at least in the fantasy and drawing aspect of it at least.

That being said, I suppose you could twist this into a non-con scenario too. Perhaps Edge sent Pompom and I a cool song to listen to, and that "cool song" was actually music to melt your mind! I say the music was supplied by Edge because if you look closely at the music player, you can see Edge's classic logo on there. Meaning he was surely behind this scenario both in terms of the artist and in terms of the actual setting playing out.

Something I've been avoiding mentioning though is the history behind this piece. Unfortunately I don't actually know how or why this picture came to be. Even though I had asked Edge for a comment, he never mentioned anything about the history. I can only assume it was just a nice gift he made for the two of us. And in that regard, he absolutely succeeded because even all these years later, I still look back on this fondly!

As a bonus tidbit of information, Hypno-tan cameos in this picture as a doll hanging out on my left hand side. I had to mention this bit specifically because in reality, Edge had drawn my hand way too high up. So in order to fix the positioning, he placed the doll under my hand to make everything line up. A rather ingenious solution I'd say!

Art by: EdgeOTM 

Pompom is owned by: Pompom

ER-iKaa versus the Hypnoraptor: Reboot...?

Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a good holiday season (assuming you're reading this as it's been released that is...) because now we're back with a new post, AND in the new year of 2023! That's right, this just happens to coincide with the first day of the new year! But that aside, we have another Erika picture to discuss. This time, we have me being hypnotized by a hypnotic dinosaur! He may or may not be related to the Hypnoraptor from the previous entries... You'd think hypnotic dinosaurs would be more uncommon.

 

 In actuality, this picture is half related to Zorro's series but also not? It's actually hard to say. This picture was drawn by the legendary P.Chronos, and it was 100% his own idea. Unfortunately I'm not really in contact with P.Chronos to ask why he chose this idea to work with, but I can talk about how we got here. Though actually, the story itself isn't all that different from the previous P.Chronos entry on this blog.

As mentioned before, I previously got into contact with P.Chronos through watching one of Penken's streams. That was more or less my only way of ever talking to him, but nonetheless we were still on friendly enough terms to chat whenever we happened to cross paths. And this time being no exception, we met up mutually at one of his streams and once again the topic of trying to reach one hundred pictures on the Hub came out. He happened to be free at the time and offered to draw me something. Of course, there's no way I'd turn him down, and so I agreed and just let him draw whatever it is he wanted to do.

And with that, we ended up with this picture here. The fact that there is a hypnotic dinosaur featured in this picture is quite a coincidence considering the Hypnoraptor series had just concluded. So I can only really say that perhaps P.Chronos stumbled upon the series prior to drawing this and decided to draw his own interpretation of the picture? Regardless this version does enough to separate itself from Zorro's canon. For one, the dinosaur in question looks like a very different species. And on top of that, you could say that this piece is about 110% more lewd featuring a completely nude version of myself, and a big hulking dino cock. Both of which are great inclusions.

I do have to make a special note of how I've been hypnotized completely and am just presenting myself boobs first towards the Saurian Overlord. While at the same time, he has this expression that just says: "Hehehe come here my pretty" or something along those lines. Once again showing that expressions can really tell a story without needing any words! Another great piece from P.Chronos~

Art by: P.Chronos

ER-iKaa versus the Hypnoraptor: KO

After a quick break last week, we're back with the third and final picture of the ER-iKaa versus the Hypnoraptor trilogy by Zorro! Actually much in line with the second picture of the series, picture three was ALSO finished in a very quick fashion following the previous entry. This time, there was a five day gap in between parts two and three. It just so happened the Erika in Hypnoland picture happened to release in between parts two and three of this series, thus we ended up breaking the chain.

Regardless though, I've already spoken before as to how this series came to be in the first image... but back then I never thought it'd be a series. Something I also mentioned in the second post. So needless to say, I was once again blindsided by a THIRD entry in the franchise! Continuing the story, it seems that the hypnotized version of myself has been used as a honey trap of sorts. Luring out the suspecting and unseen employees at this unnamed park of dinosaurs to a very hungry raptor in the background.

The idea and jokes were all written by Zorro, so I take no credit for his amusing sense of humor here! Same goes for the underwear design as well. It seems that underneath that whole business exterior suit I wore, I have some alluring taste in underwear! Also once again continuing the trend I made note of in the previous picture, it seems my speech patterns were completely altered to act very robotic, or perhaps... inhuman. Once again solidifying the thought that perhaps the Hypnoraptor itself is injecting its will or consciousness into me. As if I'd been hypnotized to be it's spokesperson and also it's lure.

I would like to take note of at least two errors in this picture however. Unfortunately it seems Zorro has forgotten my navel piercing in this picture. Funnily enough, this was the first time he had drawn my bare stomach in all three pictures, so missing that detail isn't too big a deal. There was also a mistake in the dialogue as well, specifically with the line "... where there certainly isn't any superior predator hiding and waiting." in the upper right bubble. The "isn't" should definitely be replaced with "aren't" in that case. Zorro is not a native English speaker though, so once again, it's a very excusable error. Both mistakes in fact aren't a problem whatsoever, but I felt the need to take note of them.

Finally of course, I can't end this blog post without giving a special shout out to the final line of the series. You can't NOT have a Jurassic Park reference, specifically one with a raptor, and not have the classic "Clever girl!" line in it. Fantastic job working that into the overall story of the series seamlessly Zorro. And I'd once again like to thank Zorro for going super above and beyond my expectations when he said he would be interested in drawing me. Taking the one picture and turning into a three part series! In the end though, it really does make me wonder what happened to those fellow employees though. Did they fall prey to the Hypnoraptor perhaps...? I suppose we may never know...

Art by: Zorro-Zero

Erika in Hypnoland.

Were you expecting round three of the Erika and the Hypnoraptor series by any chance...? Well surprise! We have a quick break from Zorro this week, and are instead graced by this lovely image done by two different artists! This picture was drawn by a veteran artist of this blog Etlabsotwe, as well as being animated by old Hypno Hub mod Pompom. And actually, this picture was a collab between Etlabsotwe and Pomom, meaning it was drawn with the intention of being manipped into an animation. So the assets and such were draw separately, which makes this animation a bit more distinct amongst animated manips.

As for how this picture came to be... well first, we need to discuss Pompom a bit. Pompom was an old moderator back on Hypno Hub all the way in 2015 or so. She and I became friends and we had some light discussions here and there. Also at the time, Pompom would do a fair bit of animation manips on existing pictures and upload them to the Hub too. Most of which can still be found to this day in fact! She had shared something she was working on at the time with me, that being a manip of Clair from Pokemon drawn by Sebastian. After sharing the work, discussions about manipping an Erika piece came up and the rest was history!

Well I say that, but there's more to the story. As mentioned earlier, this was a collaborative piece between Etlabsotwe and Pompom. In the past, Pompom had also manipped a fair bit of Etlabsotwe's drawings. And at the time Etlabsotwe said that he was going to draw me anyways... so this lead to an interesting collaborative effort where Etlabsotwe ended up drawing this piece specifically with the idea that it'd be animated in mind. I don't know the first thing that goes into animating a still picture, but apparently the fact that Etlabsotwe was able to draw the assets and stuff separately made the process a lot more smooth for Pompom. The specifics on that are lost me me however, as that was something those two discussed.

As for the idea itself though, it's actually kind of funny. As per usual, I didn't have an idea that I wanted immediately, and since Pompom would be working on the image for me I figured I'd let her decide on the core idea. We can see that in the end she decided on an "Alice in Wonderland" type of idea. Of course I approved the idea since there was very little I'd be against... but I wasn't super into it to be honest. I didn't dislike it, and if you had me pick between like and dislike, I'd pick like. It's just the theming wouldn't have been in my top twenty or something you know?

So back to why I said it was funny... it's because while at the time I was fine with it, I'd say this idea actually ended up aging ABSURDLY well. These days, I'm a big fan of the Alice in Wonderland aesthetic. Either Alice herself, or even just the setting... especially when paired with hypnosis! In fact, I more or less named my original character off of Alice in Wonderland too. So yes, this is one of those ideas I really feel like I didn't appreciate as much back then as I do now. And that's saying something, because even back then I still loved it!

Art by: Etlabsotwe

Animated by: Pompom