Small Update To Toby's "level One" Mask:

Small update to Toby's "level one" mask:

Ramblings below

I have decided that i'm going for the "claw mark" design [from deleted poll post]

Design thingy:

Ofc instead of making them a single line I wanted to give the stitching a teeth like look to them. To make them look like large yellow teeth and to give the mask a slight angry look to them

Reason:

I wanna keep the mask semi recognizable to Toby while also completely covering his face. I figured that because the spikey stripes design is commonly used to the point ppl can recognize this as Toby. I also kinda feel like that the "Frown design" was alittle silly

[scrapped frown design for the mask]

Concerns:

1. My usual fear is that I'm afraid I'm unintentionally copying a pre-existing fan design [I geniunely swear I am not tryna copy anyone and if I have I'm super sorry 😭]

2. Does the Mask seem threatening?? [Like would you be afraid if you saw this running at you]

3. How long until I change it AGAIN. [I'm super indecisive. It's a geniune problem I have and annoys me alot]

4. Will people recognize this as Toby?? [Not as big of a concern but is still there]

Lore:

"After displeasing his master. The entity slashed it's claws at Tobias, Although not harming him. The claw mark was a warning to never disobey or displease the Watchman. Instead of replacing the mask, He stitches up the claw mark as a reminder of his master's warning"

Inspiration / references:

1: the stitching is inspired by this style for Toby's masks, Where it kinda has the spikey stripe design

2: The Ironbark cult is another big inspiration for this Toby's mask with the symbol on the center of the mask

3: Balaclavs / Ski masks, Pretty much masks that fully cover the wearer's face. I really wanted to hide Toby's face with this mask design

Grimace's first appearance

Grimace "Dominic Remison" official reference sheet

Official art by @peachy-cloudds [commissioned them w/ a 20 dollar miku plush]

Small Lore rewrite:

When moving to a new town at the age of 10. Dominic Gordon Remison and his family move into a haunted house, Made by the very trees that once stood tall in the watchman’s domain. Angered by the slaughter of it’s children, The watchman haunts the very house Dominic now lives in. Slowly but surely waiting for the perfect time to strike his family. One day when Dominic was much older he spotted the watchman in the distance, Within a matter of seconds Dominic had now become a host to the parasitic entity.

With the entity bonded to Dominic it slowly feasted upon the fear and pain it caused Dominic for months until he began Null to it, However when the entity attempted to kill Dominic he managed to survive the watchman’s attack which angered it. Because Dominic denied the death it tried to give him, The entity erased his very being from existence. Dominic was missing from everything, From family or school photos and Old recordings. To friends remembering who he was, Not even his own parents.

One of Dominic’s greatest fears had become a reality. He was nothing more than a distorted face within a dream. He had nothing left. No home to go to, No friends to lend a helping hand, To parents to love him even with his flaws. Dominic was lost and alone. To prevent the watchman from causing any further harm to the people around him. Dominic began to isolate himself out in the woods, to prevent the sickness from spreading. But there was one problem, The watchman hunts within the forest. To keep everyone out of the deepest depths of the forest where it resides. Dominic dawns a masked persona, Pretending to be a serial killer as he scares lost hikers out of the woods so the watchman cannot prey on them

Chat I did more writing for My Ticci Toby rewrite