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Weekly Update - 254 - 1/20/25

It's still 2025 right? We didn't go back to 1725? Not yet? Okay good.

It's voting time plz! This time it's all about environments. Planning to deliver something that's... hopefully a good learning experience for me!
WHAT Should I Draw Next? - Round 12 | Patreon

Comic this week? I think so? Two in a row, on a week with bonus art?! Weird I know, but I'm pretty sure I can get it d...

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WHAT Should I Draw Next? - Round 12

ENVIRONMENTS edition. Yep! You heard that right.

My backgrounds could use some work... and one way to improve them is with practice, so I was thinking, which environment would you like to see me draw? I've done a lot of worldbuilding but I haven't really SHOWN much of it off via art outside of the occasional establishing shot in the comic. So this time, the bonus art will focus largely on really fleshing out and giving some matter to the environment you guys choose, at lea...

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God Slayers - Page 217

Thanks for reading.

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God Slayers - Page 217 - High Res

Thanks for reading.

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Weekly Update - 253 - 1/13/25

Hey, I'm not late. YOU'RE late! Why are you even up this late? Sleep is important, go to bed! Unless it's early for you. Then... DON'T go to bed... drink some coffee or have a healthy breakfast or midday meal or dinner or read a good book or partake in some other form of self care! You deserve it.

Also construction lines. I dunno, something still seems off about this face to me. I'm gonna play around with it a bit more, see if I can't nail down what makes this angle feel... more correct...

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Weekly Update - 252 - 1/6/25

First week of 2025! I don't know what to expect from this year, but I'm hoping for the best.

So I've been sharing a lot from this page with the many shades of Pyre. Thing is, I drew the page with the intent for it to become The Next Page quite soon. Then it got pushed back. Now it's been pushed out of Chapter 12, and, I've started having second thoughts that it belongs in the story at all.

Why? Well, simply put, this page doesn't actually accomplish anything. The pag...

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God Slayers - Page 216

They make quite the trio so far.

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God Slayers - Page 216 - High Res

Somehow I feel like Skye is going to have her hands full with these two.

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Weekly Update - 251 - 12/30/24

I still don't have much to show from The Next Page yet apart from just a rough sketch. So... here's some more Pyre I drew before we left for xmas. I think I shared this one before awhile back as just a sketch, but I colored it. I don't remember if I shared the colored version.

I really want to get a comic out this week. But, this is probably a short week for me bookended by extra travel. Travel that somehow got piled on top of the normal travel that occurs this time of year when literal...

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Weekly Update - 250 - 12/23/24

I know how much you all just LOOOOOOVE this sweet and precious wittle kitty cat! So here, have some more Pyre!

There's still time to vote! I'll end the poll when the holidays are over.
Who Should I Draw Next? - Round XI | Patreon

It's been pretty interesting to see how things are shaking out with the side characters! Clearly I need to give some of them ...

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God Slayers - Page 215

Really.

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God Slayers - Page 215 - High Res

I really had no idea how Skye and Kiera were going to act upon meeting each other. This is what ended up feeling natural to me. And I kinda love it, ngl.

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You No Take Coffe

Not even sponsored but I would highly recommend all of the three brands featured in this image for some whole-bean deliciousness. The one in the back that's hard to read is Dragon Roast. They're kind of a fun, furry friendly brand that delivers quality beans and I'm pretty sure they use actual artists for all of their art.

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You No Take Coffe - High Res

When you open your coffee pantry and this is the last thing you'll ever see.

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Weekly Update - 249 - 12/16/24

Skye is less pleased than her statistical mean when considering the standard deviation of her historical average.

Let's all give Lera a warm welcome! Thank you so much for subscribing! Happy to have you with us!

I also want to give a quick shoutout to our free members, which, I don't normally because they can't like... actually see these posts, but we've gained 7 new free members in the past couple of months and that's always lovely to s...

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Pillow Fight

There's this... silly idea in my head somewhere that Kiera, with her overpowered time travel Vim, gets hard countered by Riley, who is just smarter.

Vote for the next one here!
Who Should I Draw Next? - Round XI | Patreon

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Pillow Fight - High Res

I don't recommend inviting Riley to your pillow fights.

Vote for the next one here! (Don't forget to vote like I forgot to link)
Who Should I Draw Next? - Round XI | Patreon

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Who Should I Draw Next? - Round XI

Character art poll time! Side character edition!

The Rulez:
1. Vote for as many as you like.
2. Poll runs for a couple of weeks.
3. Winner(s) gets full color art, usually within about a month or so of closing the poll.
4. I reserve the right to break ties, but I might also draw couples or crowds.
5. The winner(s) goes on cooldown and won't appear on the next poll or two (Usually).
6. Spicy variants possible, but not guaranteed.

Many of these characters I've not d...

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Weekly Update - 248 - 12/9/24

Why am I posting so late today? Could it be that I spent the morning drawing so that I would have something to share with you in this post? Shhhh... no, of course not that's ridiculous!

No really, while I had done a rough sketch for the 5-character bonus art y'all voted for, I found myself hating it this morning so I started over from scratch.

The Max dakimakura is a little further along at this point, but it's... well... gonna be a super ton of work! Per recommendation from Fenri...

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God Slayers - Page 214

What do you think? Can we trust her?

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God Slayers - Page 214 - High Res

Skye be all like, "who da fuq"

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Weekly Update - 247 - 12/2/24

He DOES still have all of his teeth.

I'll admit it was optimistic of me to think I could get a comic done on a holiday week. Even though we didn't actually go anywhere this year, there's always just... more stuff to do. More people to see, cooking and chores and socializing and such. And it continues into THIS week, but... because I ended up making decent progress last week, I'll definitely get a comic done THIS week!

Comic This Week? Yes!

Drawing: Page 214-217, Max dakimaku...

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Weekly Update - 246 - 11/25/24

"This world is a wasteland where nothing can grow.
If it weren't for you I'd be here all alone."

He's fine.

Anyway, the end of Arcane Season 2 dropped this weekend and gods. Just gods. I need to gush about it a little. Spoilers free, because seriously, Arcane is worth your time, and going in blind for the first watch makes the second and third watches even better.

I had high expectations following Season 1. I didn't expect Season 2 to be quite AS good, but I still expecte...

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God Slayers - Page 213

"Damn it, Kiva, why are you never happy to see me?"

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God Slayers - Page 213 - High Res

Ended up redrawing Kiva's face in the upper left like four times. >.<

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Weekly Update - 245 - 11/18/24

You know if I didn't know any better I'd almost say he's happy to see her.

I'm actually really excited for these next few pages. I wasn't sure at first where they were gonna land, but I love it when everything kinda lines up in a neat little row and makes me giggle with glee over just how well the puzzle pieces fit together. It's probably my favorite part of discovery writing, honestly. If I'm doing my job right, building out my characters right and letting them behave naturally, as the...

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God Slayers - Page 212

Skye is a great mercenary. The type you regret buying instantly.

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God Slayers - Page 212 - High Res

Ooooooh, there she is.

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Weekly Update - 244 - 11/11/24

Watch where you're waving that knife, Skye.

Comic this week? Yeah, I'm gonna try.

Drawing: Pages 212-217, that thing you guys all voted for (I can't believe you all made it a five way tie. You guys are EVIL. :P)

Playing: Not a ton of stuff. Rivals 2 still kinda, but honestly Kevin's getting scary good. Factorio. Mostly just been drawing because drawing makes me feel better than playing video ga...

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Weekly Update - 243 - 11/4/24

Am I anxious about something this week? Something kind of important that's happening this week? No. NOT AT ALL WHY WOULD I BE ANXIOUS ABOUT IT.

But seriously, if you live in the US and you're over 18 and you haven't voted yet, please do. Make some time, get your voice heard tomorrow. It's important.

OH ALSO! Speaking of voting!

It's not too late to vote! Or to change your vote if you wanna tip the balance any which way. I'll probably close the poll in another day or t...

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