Feeling adventurous, are we? Don't worry, the s̶̒͜ḯ̴̦ď̶ͅe̶͖͆ ̷̩͋e̷̙͂f̶̬͝f̴͕͝e̷̥̕č̸̪t̷̹̂s̷̫̉ are mostly temporary.

I made this to participate in Artconomy's ongoing art contest, and I've been planning intensely for it for a while. It genuinely took a bit of a life of its own from the concept to the execution phase, and grew well beyond what I'd initially intended to make.

And wow, I'm so very happy with how this turned out. It all started with the simple idea that if it was a drink, Soul Chocolate would absolutely be a spirit, and the more I researched the idea the more it grew and grew.

Since Soul is a bonded pair with Chocolate, it makes sense that they'd be a pair of drinks too, with the main drink acting as the warmup, and the chaser being what gets you there. When I then found a perfectly fitting drink called "Cocoa à Trois" I absolutely had to involve all three of my chocolate bunnies as part of the whole piece.

I wanted to base them off of real cocktail recipes to make them feel a little more genuine, but I then renamed them to make them a little more "mine," and to better fit the theme of the piece and of the contest this is for.

Also, pay no mind to the strange ingredient in Soul's drink. It's perfectly h̸̟̋a̸͖̕r̴̮̐m̴͔͝l̴͎̕è̶̗s̵̼̅s̷̮̓ - after all, isn't that just the most trustworthy face? - but also serves a little narrative purpose given Soul's whole thing. 💝

Make sure to let me know if you try these two drinks together, and how they taste!

I am so fucking thrilled about this piece, I couldn't overstate just how much if I tried. This'll make for an excellent candidate for my art appraisals, possibly sometime soon.

(Bar shelf background is edited from Jorge Franganillo's 'Berlin: AM to PM' - CC BY 2.0)