Chapter 13, Page 13
Middle school class project = years of law school. This statement is infallible!
2021-10-15 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Middle school class project = years of law school. This statement is infallible!
2021-10-15 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The style change in pages 10 and 11 was fun to draw! I wanted to have that noir vibe reappear throughout this chapter.
2021-10-13 18:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's some concept art for the pages from last time! It's pretty much just art of the settings.

The main character Mio's bedroom! I wish I had made it more ghost-y, but environments still aren't my strong suit.

2021-10-09 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Another little tidbit of information that won't come up again for several chapters! Yay!
2021-10-08 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI still like these pages quite a lot. I was struggling a little to work with CMYK colors, though. (I prefer RGB, but they aren't always printable.)



The compositions for pages 4 and 5 were ...
2021-10-06 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I posted some comic pages from a graphic novel pitch on my website recently, so I figured I'd show you all some behind-the-scenes stuff. This pitch went through a lot of iterations, so buckle up for a lot of bonus content!

2021-10-03 18:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Because of those page flips, it was a lot of work drawing the final pages! I had to finish both 5 and 6 before transforming them into those little triangles. And the suits in page 5 had to be drawn full-body, so I could include their fancy shoes in page 4. Lots of planning ahead!
2021-10-02 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
The animation I worked on has been released! I’m pretty proud of this one, so go check it out if you want to!
2021-10-01 19:24:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Animation Friday! I mean- Wednesday?
This video is being released tomorrow! Since this is the last bit of progress I recorded, I wanted to post it before the full animation came out. Keep your eyes out for a link to the animation tomorrow!
Here are the rest of the backgrounds! Though, most of them aren't BGs so much as still images...
Because the stills had no animation, however, I was able to make them more detailed and polished. So I'm pretty happy with the way th...
2021-09-29 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Want to see the full image of TDL's new suits? Here you go!
It was fun looking up reference images to design them, but a little stressful too, since I don't know anything about clothes. Would anyone wear these outfits in real life? Probably not, but they work great for comic characters!
(bonus: the dressing room background art!)
2021-09-25 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Animation Friday!
The full video will be released next week, on the 30th! We've got one more WIP post scheduled before that happens, so keep an eye out for that!
I've been zooming through the background phase of the video, so here's a bit of progress for you! I'd say that these are about half of the total number of BGs I'm going to end up using. (Wow, that's a lot, seeing it now!)
Fortunately, these backgrounds are relatively easy to make. I'm not getting too detail...
2021-09-24 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
"The game isn't over. You still haven't found your parents."
I recently re-watched/read Coraline and it reminded me of that old AU I had on tumblr. So I ended up drawing something again!
2021-09-22 19:06:16 +0000 UTC View Post
We've arrived! How? Don't worry about it.
2021-09-20 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Animation Friday! Here's the coloring stage of the process! I started with a color script- a guide to reference while I filled in the lineart. (Of course, color scripts are usually a little more detailed.) I didn't want the colors to look mismatched or tacky, so I tried to imbue them with a bit of that background pink color. I'll have to see how everything looks with the backgrounds added, but I think these colors are working just fine so far!
(Colored animation!) ↓↓↓
2021-09-17 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Animation Friday! Featuring the last of the lineart stage! I might not be 100% done animating in general, but this a big milestone! (Well, I'm scheduling these posts in advance, so by the time you see this, I might be done with the animation stage after all. Who knows?)
(Low-res preview!) ↓↓↓
2021-09-10 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The chapter begins! Let's go to Spia! ...Or not.
2021-09-06 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Lately I've been feeling the urge to update some of my old character reference sheets, and I was finally able to do it the other day! I didn't want to have to redraw all of them in full, so I figured I'd work smarter (not harder) and compile some panels from recent pages instead.
For some characters who haven't had a lot of screen time recently, I didn't have many panels to choose from, but I managed to make it work! Hopefully I'll have more options soon with these upcoming chapters. 2021-09-04 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Animation Friday! Featuring more lineart! I was getting a bit tired when animating this part. I hope it still has flair!
(Low-res preview!) ↓↓↓
2021-09-03 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This last batch of concept art is miscellaneous! Okay, maybe the TDL base concepts aren't exclusive to CH. 12, but I redid those reference sheets when I was coming up with the TDD ones, so I'm posting them! Also- floor one! Cramped and crowded and homey.
The first picture might actually be the very first art I did of the TDD crew! They look pretty different, but most of the original concepts from that picture made it into the final designs. Jupiter's braid, Eight's eyes, Fae's freckles ...
2021-09-02 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
For the next batch of CH. 12 concept art, we have outfits! I've never drawn a reference sheet of character outfits before, but you know what? It's pretty handy! I think I'll keep it up in the future.
(Also! Do you recognize any of the clothes our TDL crew is wearing? Some of them have been reused from previous chapters! ...Their wardrobes are not infinite, and I am not well-versed in clothing.)
2021-08-31 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's all the concept art I did for the Talent de Dal building! I wanted it to look pretty unique and modern while also seeming somewhat cobbled together. (It's not like it was designed by architects.) I'm not totally sure, but I think Max probably played a big part in constructing it. His Talent is helpful in that regard. (Either way, I know that he definitely built the moving TDL base himself! He's very proud of the mechanics in that one.)
2021-08-29 18:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post