A hero, really. (DD4, Chapter Three, Pages 1-5)

It's CHAPTER THREE time!

There is a non-trivial number of readers who support this Patreon campaign who are waiting until the end to read it. To you, I say, first of all, "good gracious, thank you." And: I am not sure how to "protect" you from these updates, considering that I must also send them out to people who are (presumably?) reading along as we go. I'm not sure what the solution is, and so I'll leave it there, as an admission: I don't know how to solve that problem! The only one of life's problems I do not know how to solve (snicker).

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When we left off, Vignelli had just arrived back in Archipoli. Upon meeting Alexandra and her family, he invited them to a ball, ostensibly to celebrate Alexandra's birthday. Alexandra — feuding with her mother and distanced from her new friend Katerina — decided that the best way to have revenge on her mother and repair her friendship would be to learn all her Proper English Lady Skills from Katerina, who just loves that sort of stuff.

And so Chapter Three begins!

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And this Patreon becomes a comics-update account for the next, oh, three months or so, with four to six pages going up every week.

I'm excited. Things are going to get TENSE.

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My only notes on these pages:

• Honestly very pleased with how that football splash page turned out.
• Dappled light! It never looks right until you close the file, take a breather, and open it up again to discover, "oh yeah, that's working fine."

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Reminders:

• Please fill out the Patron Acknowledgement form if you have not done so.
• If you are eligible to vote in the Will Eisner awards, please consider voting for PRACTICAL DEFENCE, even though I must begrudgingly* admit you have some really good options in that webcomic category. 

Until next week,
I remain,
as always,
an adventurer in this town,

TC

* No, actually, I am honestly very happy to admit this.