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Weekly Update - 184

I find myself in that difficult position again. That one where I need to make a tough decision.

All weekend long I sat on this page, trying to figure out if I had the dialogue just right. And while I think what I've written for this moment in the story is passable, I'm still unhappy with it.

It's a page that's meant to plug a gap between two important story moments, while also being an important story moment itself. Almost like... every page, really... huh. It's almost li...

Everyone Loves Riley! Part 3

Everyone loves Riley, and Max loves everyone, so it only makes logical sense that Max loves Riley too!

The only problem with hugging Max is that you never know what color you might be when he's done.

God Slayers - Page 170

Bloody noses are the most annoying thing ever.

God Slayers - Page 170 - High Res

This is among one of my favorite lines I've ever written. Maybe I'm fooling myself. Who knows!

Weekly Update - 183

Well, it's Labor Day here in the states, and even though I technically don't deserve any time off, that doesn't exempt me from being included in other people's holidays, and that, combined with my own poor planning, has cut into my art time, so I find myself behind today, with no free time allotted to address that problem today.

Comic this week? Uncertain. I will be trying to get it done by Wednesday, but I've still got a lot of work to do and I'm behind by an extra day...

Everyone Loves Riley - Pt 2

This time with Kiva.

God Slayers - Page 169

The moment I'm posting this is, of course, the moment I become paranoid about spelling errors.

Edit: Spelling Correction.

God Slayers - Page 169 - High Res

I like to think the Ancestor genuinely gave Kiva exactly 1000 words, maybe even 1001, just to prove their point.

Weekly Update - 182

Writing for the "Ancestor" is super fun btw. Oh, also this week we're returning to Kiva's side of the story, but that's probably pretty obvious.

Comic this week? Yes!

Drawing: Pages 169-171

Playing: No Man's Sky

Volume#1: Just got sent my round of edits! There's not a ton. I'll have them done and sent back by today most likely!

Ramble:

Had t...

Everyone Loves Riley!

Even Taisuko! Whom we haven't even met in the comic yet. And who Riley might not ever meet, canonically.

But with as much as I struggle with art block and coming up with sketch ideas lately it seems, it apparently still isn't very difficult to find instant and powerful inspiration in the simplest of prompts. This one came from the quick remark by Jamal on Discord, "Hug the Riley"

Now I almost want to make it a series: Every character hugging Riley. Because she deserves hugs. Espec...

God Slayers - Page 168

I wonder what he's gonna sing...

God Slayers - Page 168 - High Res

Why's Lyler always gotta be so mean to poor Max?

Weekly Update - 181

Lyler always looks better with green light behind them. How many pages does a character need to be featured on before they get their own tag? Oh whatever, idk.

Comic this week? Yes!

Drawing: Page 168

Playing: Baulder's Gate 3.

Ramble:

Ah the joys of being a discovery writer. As we wrap up the finale of Act 1 and begin to transition into Act 2, I have LITERALLY NO IDEA WHAT'S COMING NEX...

The World of Tomorrow

Taisuko exploring somewhere new and untouched.

Idk, hope you like it. This is an experiment, something halfway between a sketch and real art. Maybe it's a Skart!  Or an Artch.

God Slayers - Page 167

Pop.

God Slayers - Page 167 - High Res

Pop.

Weekly Update - 180

Woo! Let's get colorful! Or "colourful" depending on where you're from. You're wrong, but I don't judge too harshly. :P

Comic this week? Yes!

Drawing: Back to Kiva's story, continuing with Page 167

Playing: Baulder's Gate 3

Volume #1: Undergoing content review! (Week 2)

Ramble:

Hoo boy if Baulder's Gate 3 isn't the topic of the year. Seems like literally everyone...

Five-Year Anniversary Celebration!!!

Yesterday marked the date five years after I posted page 1, all the way back in 2018.

And while I haven't exactly diligently drawn comics for that entire stretch of time, we stand here today, heading into Chapter 10, about to publish our first book, and I honestly believe there's many more years still ahead of us.

So here, I drew this thing to share with you all. I swear I've seen this scene somewhere before, with the couch in front of the fountain? But here from right to...

Weekly Update - 179

Psst, did you know the comic's first page was published on August 8th, 2018?

Did you know that tomorrow is our five-year anniversary?

Comic this week? Not a comic, but a special wallpaper(?) to celebrate our five years!

Volume #1: Editing in progress, they said to allow 3-4 weeks. (It's only been a little over 1)

Drawing: Special anniversary image

Playing: Baulder's Gate 3 (You didn't think I'd m...

Riley Minicomic - Page 10

As lonely as it may be, she's not in this alone.

Riley Minicomic - Page 10 - High Res

As lonely as it may be, she's not in this alone.

Weekly Update - 178

Gonna post Riley #10 this week, then it'll be time to say goodbye for now to Riley of the future and return to Kiva's story next week. I just couldn't leave her story where it was, though. I didn't want to step away from it without some closure to that arc.

I swear I'm trying really hard not to make us all miserable. But the goal is and has always been to give us all a window into what life is like for Riley sometimes as she struggles with her mental issues, and how hard that can be for...

Riley Minicomic - Page 9

Kiva isn't wrong.

Riley Minicomic - Page 9 - High Res

It continues to hurt me, posting this part of her story. Hopefully this is at least a little bit better than the last one.

Weekly Update - 177

Why hello!

It's Monday. And I have coffee. Which means... everything is going to be okay.

..... IT DOES TOO WORK THAT WAY!

Comic this week? Yes!

Drawing: Riley Page #9

Playing: 7 Days to Die? Or maybe Rimworld idk.

Volume #1 Status: Publisher Content Review (I've been told this could take a bit, so we'll probably be holding on this status...

Riley Minicomic - Page 8

I don't know if I should put a content warning on this or what.

Riley Minicomic - Page 8 - High Res

I don't know if I should put a content warning on this or what.

This one... honestly hurt me to make.

Weekly Update - 176

Let's start off by welcoming a new subscriber, Javier, to Kuserra! Thank you so much!

So you know I like to share with you guys the random crap that goes into my sketchbook whenever we travel, so here's some sketches I did while travelling this past week! Yeah, I'm one of those artists that writes their thoughts all over their sketchbook. I've always done that. It's... probably why I draw comics.

These sketches should help prove to you all that I'm still not a robot. I dread the d...

Weekly Update - 175

Oh crap it's Monday! It snuck up on me!
It's still technically Monday here at least!

As I said we are travelling this week, I'll be back next week and there'll be a comic posted next Wednesday, on the 19th. As well as a character sheet for BorderlineAxo.

And regular comic posts shall resume with hopefully regular regularity!

Volume #1 is going to be swinging into production soon, more details to come as details are obtained.

Sorry it's short this week, I'm posti...

Weekly Update - 174

Welp, I missed my deadline. But that's okay, since it was self-imposed anyway. >.<

It's July 3rd now. And I have only 3 pages left to fix. It's a total of 9 full panels that need to be redrawn entirely, 7 total faces, 2 mostly background panels. All of them are in-progress, and in various stages of completeness. Looking at maybe, 20 hours of work left, total. 3 really productive days.

What's slowed me down the most? It's because I decided I wanted to open the book with a pro...