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Riley Minicomic - Page 2 - High Res

These pages are a lot more work to do, turns out.  Returning to the main comic will probably come as quite a relief.

Now patched to version 1.1!

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Weekly Update - 115

Ugh, what a week.

So on Friday I was planning to draw but I got to ride in an ambulance and go to the hospital instead!  That was fun.

Except it was the opposite of fun.  It was more like crippling agony that could not be helped no matter how much fentanyl they gave me.

Fortunately after about 7 hours in the hospital I was discharged with a fairly okay prognosis.  Turns out it's just a kidney stone.  I say "just" because it's not all that dangerous, and i...

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Riley Minicomic - Page 1

Here it is!  Honestly it's a little bit before I'm ready for it.  I haven't even decided what to call it yet.  Like a proper name for this series.  So bear with me, there'll probably be a shaky period of time while the details and nuances are figured out.

You know what?  I'm open to suggestions for this comic's name.  Toss them at me and if I see one I like, maybe we'll just go with it!  You'll likely have a better sense for what this comic is about af...

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Riley Minicomic - Page 1 - High Res

Here it is!  Honestly it's a little bit before I'm ready for it.  I haven't even decided what to call it yet.  Like a proper name for this series.  So bear with me, there'll probably be a shaky period of time while the details and nuances are figured out.

You know what?  I'm open to suggestions for this comic's name.  Toss them at me and if I see one I like, maybe we'll just go with it!  You'll likely have a better sense for what this comic is about af...

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Weekly Update - 114

We're finally home again!  Happy Mother's Day (Yesterday)!  Also Patreon has just informed me that I'm now making enough income to be reportable to the government for taxation purposes!  Not because I'm earning more money, mind you, but because the government has decided they need to drain more money from the people who are earning less!

The Redtails need their taxes, after all.  Or else.

Comic This Week? Now I know I said I was gonna post Rile...

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God Slayers - Page 141

So, just in case you missed the announcement, starting the 18th, I'll be doing things a little differently as Kiva's story will be put on a short pause while I explore an idea I've had for awhile now for a mini-comic starring Riley.

I'm gonna try to do something clever with it.  The operative word is try.  Hopefully you all like it!

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God Slayers - Page 141 - High Res

Kiva's had a rough day... time for a nap.

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Weekly Update - 113

Important news!

As we wrap up Chapter 8 of Kiva's story this week, I'm going to set his story aside for a bit to work on a shorter side-comic starring Riley.  I mentioned this on Discord yesterday, and people seemed to be pretty excited about it!  There's a specific way I want to present her perspective that I've never seen done before. It's also a different tone and, I think, possibly a more personal story.  I honestly can't wait to see what you guys thi...

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Weekly Update - 112

No comic this week!

Not much of an update either. The husband and I are vacationing in Florida with a couple of frenz and it's been pretty nice, even despite the travel anxiety.

Also hey it's my birfday today. Neat. I'm suddenly one entire year older today than I was yesterday.

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God Slayers - Page 140

Oof.

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God Slayers - Page 140 - High Res

Ouch.

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Weekly Update - 111

One one one.

Ugh, so... we're travelling a lot this month and next.  It's supposed to be a vacation.  I know it's probably good to get out of the house, see other places and visit family, but that doesn't make it any easier.  Travelling is stressful, made yet moreso by Covid.  Airports suck, finding a petsitter can be really annoying sometimes, and the cats always seem to manage to make the house an utter disaster by the time we get home because they just can't stand...

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God Slayers - Page 139

That's what you get for having yellow eyes!

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God Slayers - Page 139 - High Res

OwO

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Weekly Update - 110

Thank you ROBYN for upgrading your subscription from $10 to $13!  Was that to bring us to an even $150?  Thank you so much!

Comic this week?  Yes!

Drawing: Page 139,140

Playing: Baldur's Gate 3 (omg you guys, just omg I love it, thanks for the recommendation, Quinn!)

Ramble:

Well, I guess I can talk about Baldur's Gate 3 since it's been on my mind so much this weekend!  This ...

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Max Tease

Like I said in the weekly update, no comic today, but here's this instead!

This started as a drawing of Max stretching and getting ready for his upcoming part, but it evolved into Max teasing chibi Kiva.

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Kuserran Heroes Update - 3

Finally finished Lethe's character sheet for Sairr'rai (hopefully I got that right)!  Thanks so much for your support, and I'm sorry it took me so long.  Let me know if you would like me to send you the High-Res image.

It's been a long, long time since I last did one of these, but I'm glad I did, because this was actually a lot of fun to do.  I learn a lot from drawing other people's characters and sort of breaking myself out of my box to match or adapt to a different sty...

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Weekly Update - 109

This week I want to feature a section of the cover art I'm working on for Volume 1!


Comic this week?  No.  The Next Page simply isn't ready.  It's barely a sketch right now.  I've been busy with stuff and my motivation has been diminished and I spent a good portion of my drawing time last week working on the cover art featured above.  I also want to finish Lethe's character sheet by Wednesday.  I'll post that, or a sketch, or bot...

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God Slayers - Page 138

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God Slayers - Page 138 - High Res

Hopefully you all like my new attempt at drawing clothes.

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Weekly Update - 108

Oh! In case you missed it, we got a piece of fan art from my wonderful friend Ashleyfox118 on Discord!  I put up a new Fan Art channel and posted it there, go check it out! https://discord.gg/HKZmH3U

Hoping to see more fan art, personally, it's amazing what I can learn from seeing my characters drawn in different styles!

So I spent my friday looking up references and trying something new with Kiva's hoodie. &n...

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God Slayers - Page 137

Gasp! You can tell this guy is totally evil because his word bubbles are black!

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God Slayers - Page 137 - High Res

Kay, what about "Foxcat" tho?

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Weekly Update - 107

What's that black blob hanging over Kiva's head?  Dunno!  It's not finished yet!

Comic this week: Yes!  If it kills me.

Drawing: Finishing Lethe's character sheet (I sent the WIP to you on Discord! Let me know what you think so far!) Also Page 137, 138 and working on tidying up old pages for book

Playing: Rimworld.  So much Rimworld.  Heavily modded, of course.

Ramble:

No...

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God Slayers - Page 136

Meme guy with the butterfly:

Is this a villain?

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God Slayers - Page 136 - High Res

A battle between gods is often won by whoever acts first.

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Weekly Update - 106

Firstly I'd like to thank Michael for upgrading from Scavenger to Trader tier! Thank you so much!

The Imposter Syndrome always kicks in any time someone subscribes or upgrades or says something nice to me, but there's really no purer or more genuine reply that I can give than "thank you." Actually, maybe that's a good topic to ramble about today!

On the topic of Patreon rewards, I know I've been slacking still on delivering character sheets.  I've just been o...

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Max-tice?

I dunno, I don't draw enough Max.  I'm bad at drawing Max. He's so hard to get right.  The only one of these that looks correct to me is the one in the upper right, and I can't replicate it consistently.

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God Slayers - Page 135

Super busy.

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God Slayers - Page 135 - High Res

They're all super busy.

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