I designed witch hunters.
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2023
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The "Dwarf Jar" would be more cursed than witch's curse...
cursed beyond belief
yeah, dwarf curses would definitely look great. or fun, as Simon says
Torture
Put a dwarf in a jar, fill it with broth of some sort, seal it, wait nine months, check on it.
Why? Idk. I just felt like replying with this.
New patreon goal. Get him a jar large enough.
Yakob didn’t go through multiple different versions, all 4 renders are just Yakob at different points in his life as he’s collecting more curses and getting more and more destroyed by his way of life
That's a great way to look at it and it fits very well too!
That's a cool idea
Same, Yakob. Same.
Curses could also amplify each other by magical resonance so they get more extreme if accumulated
Had the same idea too
i love any world where the terms "witch hunter" and "witch survivor" are functionally interchangeable
"The only difference between a Witch Survivor and a Witch Hunter, is the number of curses they've suffered."
@@catgckool428Being a witch survivor implies the witch got away, witch hunter… not so much
Monstergarden shoving his 3d printed Dwarf in a jar is by far the most disturbing thing he has created, truly man-made horrors beyond comprehension we deserved. Even more scary then the "curse of sweaty balls" or "curse of oily buff men".
"Curse of dilf" 👀🗿 "curse of femboy" 👀🗿 "curse of tomboy" 👀👀👀🗿🗿🗿
It had a really "how to basic" vibe
@@lvl99dh Those aren't curses, those are blessings.
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Especially when you know it would fit if it were in that compact mode.
The amount of pain in his voice at 6:48 is so emotional and primal, it made me cry as well.
It was the funniest thing in UA-cam history
“ooOoO oo AAGHHHHH-“ so emotional 😢
Just the crack before you hear the man breakdown is peek comedy, it’s out of nowhere and yet has so much emotion behind it.
Anyone who handled minis or any figurine that are delicate would know this feeling
@@patcunha1 I agree, I nearly died laughing
It’s always a good day when monstergarden drops more inspiration for us.
id like a ttrpg like dnd aswell
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THE LORE
Facts, so much inspiration
@@Ixnito-yy5ytI'm reminded of pathologic 2 for some reason
it releases large amounts of dopamine for me
Headcanon that the curse scars collect mana because of their shape.
I love every single idea that comes from this project
could even be that the collection of said mana would then make it easier for further curses to be inflicted, as the foundational building blocks are already present within the body, meaning that only the most expert of hunters can manage to stay in the line of work for long.
if this were the case, it would also have interesting implications for spellcasters cursing each other with great and terrible effects amplified by the target's affinity for mana, or surviving wizards being markedly more powerful after the fact, or even ones that inflict curses upon themselves in an attempt to jumpstart their development and in many cases dying in the process.
it could also be that the curse needs to be sustained, so having a constant drain on the witch would be undesireable, however, having the curse sustain itself would be amazing
He confirmed this on his twitter, actually. They are natural inputs, which then require a way to output the collected mana or else the bloodstream approaches mana toxicity and you die.
This would mean that the manufactured inputs are not necessarily only inspired by nature, but by dissecting poor souls like these. It also implies that some witch hunters may become witches themselves.
@@quanariin1290 the ideia that spellcasters have a critical advantage and disavantage agaist himself is cool
But it also mean that witch hunters are weak, considering that they have nothing in advantage against the witchs spells except the guns(and theres nothing that doenst allow the witch to use the gun)
But that means it could be further refined with the whole "metal that hurts the bad guys" lore
Some curses that allows you to use the spells also grands you weekness against other types of spells, curses or materials
That could be a good internal trust and rank system(witch hunters and witchs hide or fake their markings to not expose their weak and strong points
Hunters have magic afinity but have a hard time controlling it, still having some advantage
it could be like a balance system for exemple
The more curses you have the harder is to get another one, but also is more dangerous and lethal
That also means that specific curses combinations are more or less dangerous
For example bees for eyes can be more a advantage
But if you get another curse like "boiling body"( you sometimes emmits steam or smoke) it could be dangerous
Also fire n general is dangerous to the bees and you have a hard time swimming
But if you get a curse like "Ant skin"(part of your skin turns in Tree bark) it could be usefull because you can plant a parasitic flower on
Meaning is easier to take care of it
Your work is just so incredible man, keep it up
Didn't expect to see you here
who would have thought a professor of meme culture would be interested in worldbuilding culture
coming from you the professor of memes himself. I am honored. I didn't expect you would be interested in worldbuilding. do you play dnd perhaps?
Just got into Monster Garden and I saw this comment. Never expected to see you here (I'm subscribed to both of you)
I never expected you to be here
I never considered the idea that a witch hunter would probably look like a monstrous amalgamation of flesh, what with the occupational hazards and the high casualty rate; only the ones that can stave off the body warping effects of a witch's hexes survive, scars and deformations included.
honestly i would love this in any game, or show, but what awesome game mechanic that would be?
Although, something I've noted myself is that part of me would think the opposite would be true to an extent. That the witch-hunters who managed to survive and completely avoid getting cursed in the first place were the ones who survived, as in this sort of dark fantasy setting where even relative novice witches can deliver life-destroying curses, the ones who survive are the ones who finish the job before their target can respond.
@@aquamarinerose5405 This implies that the average human HAS the ability, even by a one-time fluke, to kill a witch un-harmed. That's the truly terrifying part, we're so used to having a way that we can win in some fashion as humanity that a story having a hard no in that fundamental way puts a smooth strange terror. I love it.
I did imagine the Warhammer Fantasy witch hunters having at least some form of deformities, especially the veterans but I then read their stance on mutations and yeah, I guess that's why there are no mutant witch hunters in the Empire
@@theppotato1667 I mean isn't that something fairly common in every single story of all time? Heroes come from humanity after all, whether it be from their imagination or past history, and they are never regular people.
I'm not familiar with your world as I tune in very rarely, but I do remember how you based your magic system around different geometrical shapes, so I have a question/idea for you: would commoners and villagers not familiar with magic be somewhat afraid and/or intuitively stray away from symmetry and repeating patterns(?)
really nice idea, and then subsequent effect would be chaotically designed, homes and villages, which suit well with this world vibe
I have an idea (this is just my opinion), i think they probably would know what it is, but they would still be afraid of it, because they know what it does
that is a really good idea for a superstition that would influence the style of buildings wonderfully. when I do cover architecture, I'll keep that in mind. I am still avoiding it cuz I'm just bad at drawing buildings.
this would be a really good way to make witch hunters very unpopular in society, with even minor hunters being shunned for coming back with sores/scars even appearing like they could gather mana
@@Josh-ub5ht it depend, aside their look which already would do that job.
They protect from witches which should help their reputation
In a world of saturation where all stories seem the same its nice to see some actual original ideas and work. Keep it up Monster Garden and let your world grow.
For stories with quite a bit of lore and weird monsters, I recommend checking out the Zeno Clash series and tabletop game Turnip 28.
Turnip 28 has been described as Warhammer Fantasy but if it instead became a Monty Python skit, with Napoleontic elements amongst the medieval ones. Also Hieronymus Bosch vibes.
And Zeno Clash is a series of brawler/fighter games set in a bizarre, stone age-like world largely inhabited by equally bizarre creatures, of which few even resemble each other.
The first two/mainline Zeno Clashgames are played as humans, though the second game allows you to kind of recruit others, human and Zeno alike, for certain fights.
The most recent game, the prequel Clash: Artifacts of Chaos instead has you directly play as a Zeno, and he looks like if a carrot tried taking humanoid shape and then had a nail-less sore thumb with a face on it for a head.
Definitely recommend both for the sake of the bizzarreness and the monsters.
@@jurtheorc8117thanks for the suggestions!
@@CarNerd7 May you find those funky worlds and their ugly inhabitants interesting!
4:49 i love the idea of the Mandelbrot set being the shape of the sores. The idea of the witches having a better, deeper understanding of the world than the rest of the population is great
You know.... it never crossed my mind that witch hunters, and in that regard all manner of people who fight the entities of the night, are always portrayed as your local pretty boys. Your version's actually really interesting. Makes me sad that I can't catch the streams due to time problems. Would love to see this world development in live.
Also, the human teeth in the beak is still the thing that weirds me out the most.
Not alway,warhammer witch hunters do sometime look quite intimidating like for exemple saltzpyre from the vermintide franchise
@@sapateirovalentin348sisters of battle from 40k have hideous battle scars. Primarily the faces. Half burnt, melted. There's the sisters of repentita who used to be glorified pinup ladies but have been revamped to look horrifying and battle harden women of repentant. Having mobile torturing device implanted or grafted onto their body to make them fight faster in combat.
I was going to point out that maybe it was a human who was cursed into a bird.
But maybe it isn't and it's a unfortunate chap who got cursed by a witch to have teeth in his beak and he has to pull alot of them out cause they grow too much and weighs down their head. or the teeth is apart of their anatomy.
I like the idea of there being two types of witch hunters. The 'rabble' like Jakob, deformed and scarred by their past encounters, and those who look like one would imagine a witch hunter to look (aka Warhammer or Bloodborne kinda styled). These 'professionals are in long coats, with clean armor, covered head to toe and equipped with the best gear they can get. Comprised of those who are rich, influental, or just good enough to get the good stuff and be able to deal with witches swiftly. Or able to resist and endure their curses, either by being blessed warriors or naturally resistant.
Or... because they are doing this for so long, that they are able to compensate and hide their afflictions. After all, with these long coats, gloves, masks and face coverings, the tall hats... There is a lot someone can hide away.
"Beware the old man in the profession where people die young."
i love how you just give off totally different vibes when drawing and when showing irl stuff lmao
its a perfect mix of immersive storytelling/narration and then just pure goofiness
I like how the bee eyes look like a fusion of compound eyes and honeycombs.
A lot of people do over estimate the power of professional monster hunters, you made a very interesting and new way to show "scars", nice job thinking outside the box!
LOVE the redesigns.
When someone works a career for years, their bodies begin to show the weathering.
Steel workers, miners, construction workers, blacksmiths, farmers.
It's clever and thoughtful that a witch-hunter would begin to show the signs of the job and the 'wear and tear'.
Would be interesting to see, a newbie witch-hunter showing up for their first hunt, shocked at some of the seasoned hunters' appearances, not yet knowing that they will begin to look just as warped one day.
Not even a minute in and it looks sick already!
Edit: just saw the clip where you try putting the dwarf in the jar. Currently crying from laughter.
Where is that I can’t find it 😂
Omfg I’m so stupid nvm
I like that a character whose entire personality is hunting and persecuting a particular group has been turned into a monster because of it. Very cool as everything you do is
stealth social commentary
I love how wonderfully honest this guy is, without even trying.
" i wanted to do the patreon scrolling thing, but haven't worked out how to do it."
Honestly I'm more surprise they can stand alive for this long. with each battle they go closer and closer to a destiny worst than death. they must have very strong motivations and moral will to even continue moving forward
You're the most wholesome body horror artist I've come across
Man I feel called out for making hot witch hunters lol. For some reason when I think of magic users it's always spellcasting, potions, rituals, etc, but never curses
Watching you design your world has really inspired me with my own worldbuilding, you've made me consider things I would never think of before. Honestly your world is definitely one of the most detailed and interesting settings in any story I've seen regardless of genre, I'd love to read a book/comic or play a game or something like that set in your world.
I'm keeping my hot witch hunters tho
It depends on the magic system if it is easier to cast killing magic then curses then in a fight people will defalt to that if it is easier to defend ageinst curses then fireballs people wont use curses when defending themselves. Its ok to have hot witch hunters but either give the hunters ways to defend themselves/dodge or be able to stealth kill witches
From the sounds of this guy he was learning on the job and that will leave scars no matter what job you try it on
As a body-horror writer, I really must say I love your gritty approach to magic systems and those who fight against those who wield said magic. I'm also just crazy jealous of your ability to sketch out your ideas like this. I've tried for my entire life to draw my imagination and it just never goes well xD
I really like the idea of sores from curses being fractal esque / geometric shapes, as it keeps with the theme of how thimbles and magic also work geometrically. Really cool project, and love learning new things about the monster garden world each video.
Man, i could only imagine like an open world game in the world you're creating.. Let's say you enter a bar and you see a hooded figure sitting in the corner, you speak to some of the habitants and you hear some rude remarks about this hooded figure. That he is "hideous" "a walking corpse" "a melted chicken" etc. So you then speak to him, his trinkets dangling all over him as he hides his face from you to not scare you away.. You ask some questions and slowly get to know him. Then you get a mission to actually hunt a witch and you call up Yakob, you team up and start a hunt. Slowly he tells you about himself and you really get to know him (i feel that he would be a very caring and sweet guy), and once you reach your destination, you fight a witch in this epic and terrifying raid boss battle.
that sounds exiting. Yakob is a sweet guy if you get to know him. I hope I can show that well with the lore videos to come.
You should write a short story from the perspective of a villager living regular life coming across a witch hunter and what the world looks like through both their eyes.
The last design of sores on Jakob's back actually made me uncomfortable and gave me trypophobia alert. Amazing job!
God its so lovely that you just say "I havent figured out how to do that yet"
Really inspires me to do my projects eventhough I am not ready yet
Fun fact: a peculiarity of revolving chambers is the propention to fail in a way known as "cook off", firing all the bullets at the same time, butchering your hand in the process.
“The rule of cool is a powerful tool” bars
Love the dark fantasy setting and the care you put into each and every design.
I have a suggestion for an aberration:
Some mosquito like humanoids that such the blood and gore out of the ground of all the countless battlefields. Should fit the universe I feel like
I love the tiny detail that you tried using a mandelbrot set as a curse wound
Wow... you have a knack for originality when it comes to design. I'm way too generic when it comes to that. If you ever find yourself needing a writer for a pc game or even a board game, then hook me up. I absolutely adore the world you have built so far. It could deliver so many good stories. Sincere greetings from the Netherlands.
Another very interesting video and bits of lore, I really like your world, it itches that rough and dark sort of feeling, something that most projects seem to miss the mark with.
When i saw this come up i screamed "Yes!" And all my dogs and horses looked at me weird
Finally!
I've been wondering about the thought process behind their design for a long time.
I cannot express how much I love your art style and monster design, I feel I need a while universe built in this style, games, books, movies, the whole lot!
It reminds me of Darkest Dungeon, any Soulsborne game and Resident Evil monstrosities all together. It's amazing really.
I like how as he gets more comfortable with his audience his real personality leeks through and I’m all for it
Im not a writer by any means, but a couple years ago I started writing a novel about pirates, something I am very passionate about, but stopped writing because I felt it was a waste of time and no one would ever like it. After coming in contact with monstergarden a month or so ago it made decide to go back and start writing again just for the fun of it, so thank you for inspiring me
Good luck with your story!!
I think the peak of this stuff would be an open world RPG like Dread Delusion, but in this world. It's SO INTERESTING I JUST WANT TO SPEND 100 HOURS IN IT WALKING AROUND IN DRINKING IN THE LORE.
This dude should get hired by crytek to work for hunt showdown holy shit this type of stuff would fit great there
The beauty in your world building is amazing. Also the raw moments when looking into the past before dramatic shifts in character is amazing. It a great reminder for people who do long form outlining that changes can be good! Thank you!
Watching you unfold your worldbuilding and story-telling is honestly so enthralling. I can't wait to see where this goes and what you do.
I just downloaded the dwarf and I'm already wishing there were a Yakob print to sit with him. Your storytelling and designs are amazing. Also, great work by Cameron Bye, making the dwarf sculpt. Cheers!
THE RETURN
This video was really funny, I loved the little cutaways and humor that got meshed in with your usual content
love seeing how jakob turned out
I love this world building project so much, every single bit feels so familiar yet so unique and alien like. I'd imagine being in a fantasy world would be like this
lmao the jar caught me off guard, great video as always
You have some of the most inventive reimaginings of standard fantasy tropes that I have ever seen! It's so creative and unique!
i absolutely cannot wait to see what witches look like, knowing you, youve probably come up with some elaborate idea for a makeover of the traditional witch
I love watching your videos because every time I do, I get overwhelmed with inspiration to write my own stories. I play D&D, so this is actually really useful. It's like a stim shot of inspiration whenever I don't feel like writing.
The amount of thought, effort and creativity you put into your work is as always amazing and I'm loving your dark fantasy world so much
Your channel brings me such peace. I love hearing someone be freely creative. Beautiful art and beautiful work.
3 curse ideas:
1. Immortal but in a constant state of decay and rot. Slowly they get weaker until they are a puddle of guts. Then they infect someone else and the cycle repeats for the unfortunate immortal being. The rot is gets passed down to their children but not their immortality.
2. Any damage they do gets done to themselves. Unable to hurt anything and being used to pain they act more like human shields.
3. They absorb the souls of the witches they kill, allowing the witches to live on inside them. The only way the can put down the witches for good is to kill themselves or slowly get twisted into something even more wicked.
These are curses. They should act like such. Curses should harm the hunters and benefit the witches, not just make hunters look funky.
The algorithm provides! Man I love your style, I’m an amateur 3d artist (mostly minis) and your style is so sick. Really enjoy the storytelling aspect of your process.
That 3D model is amazing! …now we just need all the other characters from your world to complete the monster garden chess set xD
I have a suggestion which could go well with the revolving flintlock idea. When those types of weapons fail, they can cause a chain-fire, resulting in all of the rounds firing at once, even when not in the chamber. As such, with those weapons being prominent in your world, battlehardness could be shown through missing fingers from chain-fire accidents.
You should make the curse video hype us up for an eventual witch video.
I just wanna say, your work is such an inspiration to me as a fellow world-builder. Your dwarf inspired me to change some of my fantasy species to be less human, your manamorphosis inspired me to make some unique and interesting character designs. I love your work and I can't wait to see more.
everytime i watch you i shiver, you are one of my favorite artists of all time. pls keep going with what you are doing
Amazing work as always. Would really love to see what witches are like in the Monster Garden.
This is awesome! I love the fictional world you created and would like to learn more about it.
Dude, it's finding people like you online that remind me that I have a lot of cool material to share. i'm so hesitant to really show anything because i don't think it's "perfect", but seeing how you go over the changes and self critiques you go through is really inspiring. I LOVE the aesthetic of your work and it really pushes me to practice with my own artwork, so thank you for this content! It has helped me gain a lot of inspiration!
u are one of the most interesting artist on yt i've seen so far , love ur work
Words cant even explain the amazing Vibes and feelings I get watching your videos, seeing the world come together with the incredibly interesting and intriguing Lore shown through your absolutely amazing art and Voiceover is just an absolute treat!! Love the way you show the previous designs etc. Too! Oh also, THE 3D MODEL OF THE DWARF OMG wow the end was hilarious
its such a unique experience to see a world being build step by step. Thank you for your incredibly hard work. Difficult to find passionate YTer's these days
“Amazing skincare routines” really sent me 😭
This is amazing. You are so inspiring with the way you manage to squeeze the lore of the world into every little design you come up with. Love it
I'm gonna leave something here...
...These character designs(specially after seeing the dwarf 3d print) would make for a great toy line for adult collectors...
I can never get enough of your art and the reasoning behind every design choice!
the bit with the dwarf right at the end has me in tears, I've been replaying it for a while now
the 3d model looks so well made! An awesome community for an awesome channel
Wish there would be a fantasy book series from your world. I'm hooked
4:05 the pure pleasure in his voice finding out that theirs different weapons like a flint lock but in a handgun form is so me, the guttleral noises i make like this daily 😫
The Mandelbrot scar was such a cool idea!
also love the third design, hope to see more of the chicken people in the future!
I'd highly reccomend the Forgotten Weapons youtube channel, the guy shows off all kinds of old, weird and experimental guns and how they work. seems like a gold mine of inspiration. ua-cam.com/video/J_hnC6x036Q/v-deo.html
I’m so jealous of your artistic talent! Keep up the great work!
Another experimental type of gun you can use are old air gun models, they were muzzle-loaded and used giant ball-shaped metallic containers full of compressed air to propell the bullet. Alternatively, an air gun had a compressed air container for a rifle's butt. Also, does Yakob see through the bees or does he shoot his gun blindly, relying on his hearing to find a target?
he sees through the bees.
I love your designs and just how much thought you put into them. I especially love the little trinkets in the third design- adding holy water bottles or torches or even candles into the mix would be interesting, kind of like the way that vampire hunters have long strings of garlic or silver crosses tied onto their bodies. Wonderful video as always!
The revolving powder rifle honestly brings a whole new layer of horror to the universe considering they were some of the most unstable firearms in history considering chain firing was a thing they could do, a potential way this could be shown is by giving characters hand major hand injuries like missing fingers or entire hands missing
As someone trying to learn art, your videos are very motivating for me. Thanks for doing what you do :)
do you think those sores he has might eventually lead him to using magic himself? I remember your magic system uses symmetrical and repeating patterns. Maybe this could be how witches propagate throughout the world, with witch hunters eventually being consumed by countless curses placed on them and becoming the things they sought to kill.
That 3d printed dwarf.
Omg it's like living in a Dream World.
You got a talent to draw and conceptualize, the other person is talented in 3d sculpting and making real models, and also in love with your concepts, and sends a Gift to you.
World of Creativity, Love and Gifts.
Omg 😂 they way you said “I replaced his little crossbow, for a *GUN* ”
Your channel and all the things you create have been VERY inspirational for me. I've been making my own witch lore (rn it's all just floating around in my head), and I've been able to come up with some really cool stuff! I really love your work, you're so cool, I've seen all of your videos (I don't watch the streams, just not that kind of person)! Keep up the good work man :D
1:32 It's not "weird!" It makes sense from a "stylistic approach." It's like a cell-shaded/comic look (I like it). 🤔👍
I love the way you tried to get the dwarf inside the jar, he is like a bug that needs to be shaken around and examined, so cool to see the design process like this!
I’m not entirely sure what you are making these for but imagine these in a DnD campaign
I saw the comments about the dwarf jar and when I saw the 3d model I thought it was a lid for a jar-
I think it is just a world-building project. not for anything in particular. A D&D campaign in this setting would be fantastic though.
I discovered your channel around the time of the dwarves video and fell in love with your storytelling/ideas/worldbuilding. If I may ask, where did you start working on your world and its lore? and do you plan on writing books about it?
Love this world you're creating, it really inspired me to really give art a shot. You're videos are amazing, keep up the good work!
The flowers on his back were such a dreadful and yet beautiful detail, PLEASE bring them back somehow!
This truly enrich the fantasy characters inside my head... I hope before I die I get them so full and crowded that I would not be before wherever I'll go next.
"Yakob having literal bees for eyes."
Monster garden: "nah, not weird enough"
great design tho, keep up the fancy work!
Poor guy got his arm amputated right before the video ended 😞
I really think a good place to look for this sort of style would be Hunt Showdowns concept art for the monsters and hunters. A good bit too look at first is just all of the bosses they have (Butcher, Spider, Assassin, Scrapbeak, and Rotjaw) and then look at some of the more out there hunter designs. I think there is quite a bit of crossover in terms of style and tone.
I gotta say Yakob's new design goes super hard and I am super excited to see where you go next
I just have one minor correction
The firearm that Yakob wields (going off the reference image) is not a flint lock but is actually something called a match lock
This is an earlier form of firearm where the powder is lit using an active flame, usually via a match or piece of rope, hence the name
A flint lock firearm strikes a piece of flint against a sparking surface (usually steel) to produce sparks to light the powder
You can see this with the design of the striker
The one in the reference image is rather thin with a flat head, as to increase the surface area of the heat source and as it doesn't experience much stress while firing
While a flintlock has a much more robust striker with a clamp as it experiences a lot of stress when firing and needs to hold the flint securely
For a brief and dramatically oversimplified historical reference of when these different type of weapons were in use
When the Malleus Maleficarum (the treatise that started the European witch trials) was first published (1487) matchlocks were a pretty recent invention
By the time of the Salem Witch Trials (1692-93) nearly all European Armies had upgraded from matchlocks to flintlocks
And by the time the Napoleanic wars were over the percussion cap had become the standard
I personally like the matchlock aesthetic for Yakob anyway as it is more true to the witch trials but I just wanted to provide some clarification on termonology
Your content just keeps getting better and better. All the support you have is earned.
I’m big on using tropes as visual shorthand for the audience but that is, honestly, boring. I love your take on witch hunters
man, your art style is just the coolest I love it
I do understand that this type of work requires iteration upon iteration, but the level of creativity you've shown through out each and every update has become nothing short of mastery level. You've clearly shown capability of matching story themes with character design and I wish, I just wish, that this work had more visibility within the wider creative space. beyond impressed, keep it up.