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Early Bird Tier Update 2/11/25

For starters, I'm sorry for the lack of updates lately. I chose to devote my time to the comic instead of Patreon updates. I hoped that I'd have the entire thing finished and that I could surprise ...

Early Bird Update - 1/30/25

Here's a HUGE update. I still have so much to do. I'm at that point where I'm going back and forth between pages to make adjustments. Some of these pages I've posted before, but they've gone throug...

Zuri Character Suggestions

Hey there, apologies for the lack of updates. I missed my deadline and decided that the next update would be big, so I'm working on several pages at once. I am happy with where things are going. Th...

Early Bird Update - 1/17/25

I am changing the name of these updates because they were neither daily nor weekly. It also gives people an idea of what they're getting. This week, I've come to realize that I won't hit my deadlin...

WIP Update 1/15/25

I'm calling these WIP updates now as I never seem to stick to a Daily schedule. Truth in advertising and all that. That said, I'm happy with this pass on these pages. I may make some adjustments la...

Weekly Update 1/9/25

I am back from vacation, and shaking off the rust. This is the next pass. This one is about touch-ups to the render. I add specular highlights, fix shadows, add ambient occlusion, a core shadow, an...

Daily Update 1/8/25

First couple of second passes. The goal here is to clean things up, fix lighting, add post processing, and keep the overall aesthetic consistent. Eventually, the goal is to do two to four a day. Ri...

Daily Update 1/6/25

Christmas Vacation is over, and it's time to get back to work. I needed the break even though it was hard to follow through. The urge to "just do a little bit" kept cropping up. There's a lot more...

Weekly Update 12/26/24

Hey everyone. Didn't get as much done as I wanted to thanks to the Holidays and what I did get done feels a little sloppy. Things are starting to feel... formulaic and paint-by-numbers. That gnaws...

Weekly Update 12/19/24

Mostly happy with this batch. I even broke my rule to redraw a panel or two. I see a few rough spots besides those panels that need cleaning up, but that's actually a good thing. It's the errors ...

Daily Update 12/18/24

I think I should stop calling these Daily Updates even though I am working on these daily. WIP updates maybe? There is still some clean up needed, but once again, I am very happy with the direction...

Daily Update 12/14/24

I'm pleased with these pages so far. Generally speaking, the more recent the drawing, the easier it is to render. I'm looking forward to the clean-up/post-processing phase of these. Once again, I o...

Weekly Update 12/12/24

This week went pretty well for rendering. I've been excited to see how the glow would look. I missed a daily update or two because of some family stuff, so this week I'm including a couple of befo...

Daily Update 12/9/24

The blending continues and my edge control improves. As usual, I feel these need more clean-up, but we'll get to that in the next pass. Also, the glow in these pages is temporary and will need some...

Weekly Update 12/6/24

Here are the blended pages for this week. I'm pretty happy with how things turned out. These pages are on the right track. I still need to do some clean up and post-processing, but that will be han...

Daily Update 12/4/24

Today was a pretty good day. The art of these two pages turned out pretty close to how I intended, which is pretty much the best you can hope for as an artist.

Once again, I offer a before an...

Daily Update 12/3/24

I spent the weekend taking a break for health reasons, so I don't have as big an update as I'd like. These two pages need more clean-up, but we'll get that on the next pass. I always find it diffic...

Build-a-Comic Poll 4

Winner of poll 1 - Fantasy

Winner of poll 2 - Dark Elf

Winner of poll 3 - She's an Empress/Queen

Poll 4 - What "class" is she?

This poll is about her abilities and will a...

Weekly Update 11/29/24

I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving. I have some stuff to talk about, but I want to start with the blended pages from this week. I got much more done than I thought, and I'm pretty happy wi...

Daily Update 11/26/24

I'm sorry I was away yesterday. I spent a few hours in the hospital. I'll talk more about it in the weekly update, and I still need to talk to my doctor, but the test results I got are terrifying a...

Build-a-Comic Round 3

Winner of poll 1 - Fantasy

Winner of poll 2 - Dark Elf

Poll 3 - What's her job?

It's important to note that this is different from class. Poll 4 will be about class. So like if ...

Daily Update 11/24/24

Sorry for updates not being so daily. I've been too busy to post these past couple of days, but I have been keeping with the schedule. I don't have before and after for these though. I look forwar...

Daily Update 11/22/24

I wasn't able to get a second page done today. I was still dealing with the snowstorm. Luckily, this page went pretty easy. Sometimes I really have to work to get the blending to work. Other times ...

Weekly Update 11/21/24

Technically it hasn't been a week since my last update, but the update was late last time so we only got what I've done since saturday/sunday. This week I started rendering a page a day. These page...

Daily Update 11/20/24

Part 3 - Chapter 5 - Page 6 blending

I'm pretty happy with this one. The post-processing lighting effects aren't there, but I see the vision. I think I need to refine some structure here and ...

Daily Update 11/19/24

Part 3 - Chapter 5 - Page 5 blending

I'm really happy with these feet. I'm not a foot fetishist, so I don't have a natural inclination to the anatomical structure of feet, and feet can be qui...

Daily Update 11/18/24

Part 3 - Chapter 5 - Page 4 Blended

 This page has relatively simple shapes, so the blending should have been easy and I should have been able to finish two pages today. Unfortunately, w...

Daily Update 11/17/24

Part 3 - Chapter 5 - Page 3 Blended

I'm pretty happy with this, but I may make some adjustments when I revisit it in a month or so. Here's a before-and-after.

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Weekly Update 11/16/24 - Cel Shading Complete

Alright, so I "finished" the cel-shading step. I worked at a very fast pace and just did broad strokes. That means that shading is a bit sloppy. That's fine because the whole point was to light the...

Build-a-Comic- Round 2

The winner for setting is Fantasy. Which means our next selection is race. This isn't every race, obviously, but I'm making an executive decision as to what I'm willing to draw.

Once again, t...