I have completed an epic Halloween special for patrons. This hilarious 7 page comic has been written and rendered in the style of my graphic novel and will be available to read online here on Patreon.
The first page will be dropping October 10th, with another page dropping each following Monday and Thursday until the completion on the 31st. The first page will be available to the public on Oct 17th with the rest of the comic being exclusive to patrons (both tiers).
*Credit for this Halloween story concept goes to Lieutenant Obvious, who has been a staunch supporter of my Oasi'sFallen series. His comment regarding The Shining-like scenario between my two main characters was a concept that could not be delayed. His valuable feedback throughout the storyboarding process is also greatly appreciated. *
I hope everyone enjoys this fan-inspired creation. I am having WAY too much fun drawing it.
I wanted to draw something soft (sure, figuratively & literally). Mostly paid attention to the lineart and didn't play too much with shadows or anything. The simpler the better for this mood.
I'm currently working on page 9 of Chapter 3 for my graphic novel!
Here's some snippets of completed panels from the last few pages. I had some fun and turned the first one into a joke. This chapter is full of rocks. All the rocks.
Ok honestly, I am having a blast. In the first half we get to see Raina, Brien, and Seth (Mertens) kick some ass. It's looking fabulous so far.
*Re-upload because Patreon is sometimes very ridiculous and won't upload/show fixed files. For instance, correcting Levin's dialogue so that he doesn't sound Scottish when he's mad.*
I remastered an art piece that I had made 2 years ago. I like it too much to let it get dusty. Thought I would share it along with a mid-year patron shoutout. I'll be sharing this on Instagram as well since I've hit 10K followers on there.
I never expected the growth on Patreon or Instagram like I have this past year. It's been humbling and rewarding. And a little nerve-racking if I'm being honest. That's a lot of eyeballs. And a lot of customers expecting more good stuff.
I plan to keep bringing it.
Thanks again for everyone's support. It means so much. And you are the reason I am able to keep doing this.
Specialists got to see my rough drafts of this one, now here is the final.
Sound clip is from the TV show "What We Do In The Shadows". I love this show, and this sound clip is gold. I had to animate Raina to it. Thought it would be funny with the concept of her trying nanites for the first time.
This is the first time I've animated a complete human body in motion as well as animated mouth syllables. I'm pretty happy with it. As a whole, it's choppy, but honestly the 27 frames is all I have time for at the moment. haha! Was fun regardless.
Concept art that displays some Oasian things. The notes on here are memory-joggers for my own use. So I apologize if they are hard to read/understand.
Looking at technological advancement ideas as someone in the medical field, I already find modern-day medical breakthroughs absolutely amazing. But there is also a very messy side to it that many people don't see if they haven't been in it or studied it. I believe this unfortunate side of the medical field will continue into the future as civilization moves forward. Rustmen are my idea of one of the things that could go wrong with a major medical advancement in the Oasi's Fallen universe based on my own studies and observations of medicine and human physiology/psychology.
Regarless of this darker side to my art, I hope you enjoy. lol
It's been a hot minute since I've been able to work on the novel. I'm so sorry! I took about a 3 month break to focus specifically on the Oasi Bit story arcs. But I'm back at the main story, and I'm drawing all the things! RAAAAHHHHHH!!! As a preview, I present to you the completed first page of Chapter 3 followed by the line art of page 2.
I hope you guys are as excited as I am. Tomorrow, Specialists get an extra behind the scenes process of page 2, which is currently completed as well.
I also have an announcement:
I will be making a Tier 3 Patreon membership once I complete Chapter 3!
Tier 3 will be called "Sergeant". This tier will have all the benefits of Tiers 1 & 2, but will additionally have the actual graphic novel pages dropping once a week, starting with chapter 1 and ending with chapter 3. This will give my patrons who I can't ship to overseas yet access to the first part of novel. Along with novel pages, I will occasionally drop exclusive lore blogs/sketches. This tier will be around the price of the books since I believe that is only fair. I want to protect my art from being stolen and uploaded for free elsewhere digitally, so that is why I will only be dropping chapters 1 - 3 on the tier.
Lastly, I've updated my bio to show my money goal and what I'd like to do with it. My goal is to reach 1k a month consistently - this would allow me to make a part time income off of my comics and afford the luxury of hiring a flatter. A flatter would essentially work alongside me by flatting my comic pages (which currently takes up many hours of my drawing time). If I had this step done for me, I'd dish out the graphic novel chapters MUCH faster. I would also be able to do more off-shoot comics specifically for patrons like the Halloween one I did last year (maybe open up an additional spicy tier if enough people are interested).
For those who don't know what flatting is, it's just using Photoshop to trace around the existing lineart with the lasso tool and then using the paint bucket tool to dump in color. It's the tracing around the lineart that takes forever.
I believe I will achieve my goal of reaching 1k a month. Partly because it isn't even about the money. I just love drawing all this shit. I also have A LOT of amazing people in my corner already supporting me (I'm looking at you, patrons). You have no idea how much it means to me the financial and moral support you give. Whether it takes a year or 5, I'll be dishing out these comics until the goal is reached!
Thanks again for all of your love and support. I truly adore the community here, and it makes me so happy knowing you guys enjoy the comics so much! Y'all the real MVP's!
If viewers haven't quite figured it out yet, Raina is transported around Oasi to fix their mechs. The reason being their military has a severe lack of mechanics. Levin is her body guard. I hope this answers the questions as to why she is lugged around with him and his team.
