TDL Chapter 19 Concepts
Added 2025-01-13 20:00:03 +0000 UTCHere we go!! There are a lot of sketchy comics in this batch of concept art (pretty much all related to the Sambre confrontation), which tells you just how excited I was to get to it. But first, a note about the first page and a half!
As you may have guessed, this one's concept art for Arc 2: Plasma! Danger! Bright! (I don't think I've posted it before, seeing as it's attached to Arc 3 concepts.) Initially, this story was going to take place in Arc 4, but I moved it to a pre-canon time period. (Speaking of Arc 4–I'm now getting into the details of its plot, and it's going to be fun!)
The Arc 3 concept comic is almost beat for beat what ended up in TDL. I think it's the most recent art I did for that scene, so I had the best idea of what would happen.
These 3 pink-bordered pages were drawn a few years ago, by contrast (as you can see, I was contemplating the functioning of the TDL base at the time). The canon Sambre argument was extended (even at the time of drawing, I knew the real thing would be more involved), but I did keep a few bits.
Namely, the final 2 panels of proper dialogue! And for those who are wondering, the double page spread was indeed not planned this far in advance. In fact, I'm pretty sure I first thought of it while drawing the chapter thumbnails, about as close to the actual finalizing of the pages as we can get!
And this sequence is again, fairly close to the canon comic. You can tell I was puzzling through Ambre's weapon design a bit; in the previous 2 pages its shape is different. Also, she only has one!
There are 2 more pink pages to this bit, but they're a bit too spoilery to include right now. (I intended to conclude the entire big fight in Chapter 19, but it ended up way too long for that.) You'll see them after I start Chapter 20!
