May reward update 五月份獎勵更動公告

[ TLDR ]

The content of May rewards will be changed. The May reward for tier $2/$5/$30 will include:

- 150/300dpi Scaley demon linework and illustration in 'shading stage'.

- Process images, layered PSDs.

- 'Possessors' DMC4 DanCre doujin comic. 37 pages, ENG+CHT dialogues. Plus cover art.

- Notice the reward is sent based on the May billing cycle, not April.

The illustration reward will be sent before May 10th. The comic will be posted as $2+ posts on Patron during May, the English translation might be delayed a bit. I'll update a more specific date soon.

I hope it's not too late to announce this. However, if you notice this update after being billed, and don't want the reward, you can request a refund BEFORE receiving the download link.

[ 若沒時間看廢話，讀這段就好 ]

五月份的獎勵內容將會做一些異動，以下獎勵僅提供給二鎂/五鎂/三十鎂會員：

- 150/300dpi 解析度的翹臀惡魔插畫之線稿，與「陰影/shading」步驟的完稿。

- 過程圖JPEG、與含圖層的PSD檔。

- 同人誌《Possessors》本篇漫畫與封面，37頁，中英文對白。[詳細連結 - 台灣同人誌中心]

- 注意本獎勵發放是以五月份內進行的結款為準，非四月份。

插圖獎勵將在5/10前發送，而漫畫將直接以文章插圖型式發表與本專頁，二鎂以上會員限定，英文版翻譯可能會有些延後。

如果您不想要收到更動後的獎勵，但已經被五月初的結帳扣款，可以在收到獎勵下載連結「之前」要求退款。

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[ Explanation ]

So...the progress of completing scaley demon illustration doesn't go smooth in the final steps.  *sigh* 

After almost a week of attempting to save this work, I'm thinking it might be better left in shading stage like the top image, and plus legs + tail + hair being finished. 

A work with only shadings is probably not good enough for being a reward alone. So I want to add additional content to the May reward, which is, again, one of my old works: 'Possessors'.

Since it was kept mentioned being one of my fav doujin I have ever made, I should share it here already. You can find a short comedy clip on Patreon which was included in the doujin.

Possessors is a sketch version comic, which was supposed to be the sequel story of my DanCre fanbooks. At that time I was  (and still am) trying to get loose about drawing, and spare more time on paneling/storytelling. The story, in the end, wasn't finished though, due to many plot holes and lack of focus itself. However I really liked the experience while creating it, it was like my drawing progress could finally sync with thoughts. 

I hope by sharing this comic can show what I truly want for a comic. I'm currently still re-write the whole DanCre story, once the story is fully ready, I will also resume the comic project.

[ 下收甭讀廢話 ]

所以呃...翹臀惡魔在最後階段進行得不是很順利。都畫了這麼久嗚嗚。

花了近一週嘗試加上最後步驟，但效果就是不好，估計是這次的構圖包含太多自己不熟怎麼處理的細節。既然後續效果不彰，只好陰影步驟做完就收工，至於什麼是陰影步驟，請參考首圖解說。

這張圖本質上算是未完，拿來當獎勵不太足夠，所以決定附加額外獎勵：《Possessors》同人漫畫。這邊先和已經收過實體本的粉絲說聲抱歉(汗)

之前在編劇地獄中常提到，Possessors是自己目前畫過的本中，最喜歡的作品，倒也不是畫面或故事有多優秀，而是創作過程很自在，有種到了手腦同步的感覺。此本中另收錄了和本劇無關的搞笑小短篇，之前已經發布在本專頁上。

《Possessors》是篇收錄部份未完故事的草稿漫，是那個拖稿萬年沒畫完的DanCre的故事續集，那時本意是畫草稿，但後來發現這樣畫能給予我更多自由調整分鏡和對白、甚至是構思整個橋段與背景。希望藉由分享這部作品，可以向各位更清楚呈現我腦中理想的漫畫...其實根本沒有什麼美麗的畫面(咳)，但能分出更多精力處理故事情節和人物的情緒。

我現在還在整個重寫故事劇本，待劇本完成且確定100%沒問題，會再度開工把DanCre漫畫乖乖畫出來。到那時候大概沒什麼人想看了啦，但我還是會當個人興趣把它完成！