It's been what, five years?
The pic is loosely based on the episode 'Chess Mom' from S4E06 of Dexter's Laboratory. Even though I dislike the post-Tartakovsky seasons for multiple reasons (drabby visuals, boring stories, rewritten canon elements, new VA for Dexter and so on), this particular short had loads of potential. The initial idea was to recreate Mom's cheerleading show during Dexter's chess game but this time having her wear her old cheer clothes – seen in the photo she looks at in an earlier scene – which no longer quite fit on her (tee-hee)! This also included Dexter in the background being embarrassed as hell and a proper background of the chess tournament hall as well, while Mom would be winking at the game host.
I ended up dropping the original background, plus the wink, and just went for a generic 'reaction background' instead. I also deviated from the original cheerleader uniform as well, replacing her leggings with thigh-high socks and changing the overall colour scheme to match her regular clothes instead of the flag of Sweden (I honestly don't get the colour choices made in the later seasons).
This pic was inked using Wacom Intuos for 95% of all the ink lines and Photoshop's pen tool for the remaining 5%. I also experimented with blur and noise filters in order to recreate a more cel-shaded look for the image (which is something I don't recall doing before).
Yes, the title is yet another ass joke, though you can also interpret it as a boner reference as well!
