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MTIO PSA

Almost to my next phase:
- re-organized Patreon posts
- Page/Finished/Story instead of WIP Previews. (Mini comics, pages and finished drawings instead of WIPs, like Cigarette Break but bette...

Sunday GP#11

Compiling the pages,
Here's a glimpse into the 'plot pages' that frame the lore books

Pic 2: Most of the single figure topical drawings are done. Enough for me to finish out these comics...

Grinding

Killer Elite: Type 2 Altercation (thumbnails)

Sunday GP #10

Was speeding trying to finish pages for another preview, it’s better to exercise some patience.

Slim GP, cause I’m so close to the finish line.

Killer Elite, is gonna be close behi...

More on Sunday

At this stage I'll polish a page to show you guys what's around the corner.

Panel Test (Berserk Forces)

Sunday GP#9

Big Success and a big setback,

Good news, my skills for figures, perspective and shot design have made Berserk Forces much easier to work on. Did some test panels and came in under time budge...

Crossbones Lore book preview

I’m happy to say there’s more pages and lore - this episode will be a resource for creatives I’m working with, both collabs and commission work. In terms of ‘canon’, only the Tigers/headh...

More to show on Sunday

Sunday GP #8

• New Pelican model to be commissioned

• - set pieces and color guides done

• References for pages done

• Now it’s just the page crunch - still doing ...

  2025-03-09 22:23:22 +0000 UTC View Post

MTIO Archive: The Oceans Great Waves Cartoons

There's more just gotta find em on my iPad

Being a laggard, had a breakthrough with my lineart quality.

Gonna sound like an excuse but I started using techniques I used during episode 1 and 2, the speed is back… 😤. Tomorrow gonna see how a page looks with the thin and thick lines combined and ti...

It's coming together

Cool 4 panel sequence

Surprise sequence, just sharing that this happens at some point

Sunday GP# 7 V2

Next wave of comics are assembled, just finishing the art and editing.

At this stage if I flounder or lose pace I’ll declare a release date and grind! I’ll upload some finished pages as...

Training & The Work Schedule

Tested my anatomy skills... (The gestures in the last image) And I still need to use photo/model reference to make competent drawings unlike my other skills.

As I grind panels/pages/and lor...

MTIO Versus Caricature WIP

The Ocean's Great Waves (Marketing Thumbnails)

Got 3 old posters for contrast.

Next step will be some curated works using the available budget.

I'll finish these after the next couple episodes are done.

Ayyy, this why it’s takin a while.

the headpiece of the covenant occupied space arc

Sunday GP #6

Finishing and compiling art, writing the adjacent narratives.

• Mecha

• Versus

• Seoba

• Writing Berserk Forces

• Full Metal brat (...

  2025-02-23 22:14:56 +0000 UTC View Post

MTIO: 'Oceans' Episode Panel Test & Insight

Covenant Occupied Space Arc WIPs

This week's work schedule
- Every Spartan character has a rough lineart design to refine later.
- Oceans Splash panels done
- Episode VI page-work<...

Sunday GP #5

Working on a some big pieces and pages

These images are thumbnails, refined designs and tight roughs for the next couple episodes. The bigger scale stuff I want to retain for the pages so I k...

Episode VI Page Quality

Higher budget, more experience, tighter vision.

Still working on my writing and bubble placement 🤪

The idea behind the dense wording and bubbles was originally trying to emulate the ...

Sunday GP #4

The hard part of finishing pages is you can't drip feed this style of content. Especially plot relevant items.

Still adhering to the lineup I posted earlier.

1st Page: There's a min...

MTIO Lineup V1

Note: I'm including plot-progressing pages in the lore episodes and consolidating smaller entries for efficiency. (Basically episode VII and VIII of FMB will be spread between these episodes) Also ...

Sunday GP #3

Current Lineup:

• Episode VI

• - Episode Zero/Toku City Hunters (Berserk Forces)

• - Crossbones Episode (Seoba Flashback)

I’ll consolidate an...

PSA for new followers

I upload cartoons and progress updates on Sundays, typically at the end of the day.

And to reduce clutter, I update posts with new art and add 'V2 or V3' to signal this.

V/Z Plan: General Update

As I've said before, E3R was a grind, but now I'm far less bogged down, especially since the revision work is just fixing preexisting panels or adding unfinished ones.

This weekend, I'll be...

MTIO: Full Metal Brat Episode VI PV (4 Pages)

Paradise (The Inner Colonies)