You know what - I think for the next 6 or so months (at least while the series itself is being put out) I'll be giving away these old pretties through the Russian Roulette tier. Jump in on the $70 level and get a random piece of art from our initial pitch (or actually tell me which one you would love to get, I don't mind, it's all formality anyway :D)
And if you don't want to mess with your current pledge level ...
2019-12-18 07:42:04 +0000 UTC
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Don't miss the AVClub preview/review here - 5 pages of fun!
Really love Jason's mossy colors on this sequence. In the years since our initial pitch we moved farther from this painterly style, but it works really well with all this ancient stuff here - and with my remaining brush lines and hatches.
2019-12-12 08:00:27 +0000 UTC
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Remember this page? Here it is now! Feel old yet? :D
2019-12-10 07:41:52 +0000 UTC
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Above you could see the version of the page from our initial 5-years-old pitch.
Below, you will find the 2019 version. Weirdly enough, this page endured the minimal amount of edits - one of maybe three less edited pages of the issue!
Still, Mari is just way more fun here:
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2019-12-10 07:37:18 +0000 UTC
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My birthday is tomorrow, and I am very grateful to have you all backing me up monthly thank to this capitalist nightmare of a site. I love you all, you beautiful people!
Gonna spent next 3 days in Helsinki and Stockholm with my wife Katia, and after that - back to work, all (hopefully) rejuvenated and full of energy!
I'll be back in December with new stuff for Nihilism, more commissions, more Protector stuff... And in the meantime - here's a nice big preview for the RPG ...
2019-11-30 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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(Secretly hoping to continue my Female Prisoner Scorpion series after this one :D)
I used a neat silver marker on the background character - you could see the texture "in action" here.
And it looks neat in scan, too:
I'm actually halfway through with my current list of commissions...
2019-11-26 08:59:08 +0000 UTC
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Since Image started showing this page in some ads, might as well post both of the versions here!
Contact me if you're interested in this old piece of original:
2019-11-22 17:00:04 +0000 UTC
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This gnarly drawing should potentially become a cover/header for a new Disco Elysium podcast (and the original of it probably should be gifted to ZA/UM....). I greatly enjoyed the game myself, so drawing this was a heart-warming challenge.
Still not sure if I should color it in the monochromatic style of the game's skills:
2019-11-21 10:01:00 +0000 UTC
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60% or my work time is strictly commissions right now, which is pretty weird. Another 30% is promoting Protector, which is exciting, but highly stressful for no rational reason. And the last 10% are just exhausting, tiring waiting for something.
But hey! Thanks to commissions, I got to draw my favorite (as a kid) movie!
And I just can't resist cheating with screentones in the very end:
2019-11-20 17:41:48 +0000 UTC
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(Yes, 90% of my art begins with a NOSE)
So goddamn happy about this one!
Both Major and Batou are wearing my absolute favorite uniform from "Angel's Poem" here (yeeeeeaaahh, it's probably not even a uniform, considering the logic of the episode, but I love it too much!)
2019-11-14 09:01:09 +0000 UTC
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The drawing above was make around 3 years ago (I think?) as a cover for our first pitching package. Gonna use it in the final book one way or another because I still dig it!
The drawing below was made today:
2019-11-12 20:31:16 +0000 UTC
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Designing female characters is always a struggle for me, but I'm very happy about this lady!
2019-11-10 10:49:56 +0000 UTC
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All I can say for now - it's Slavic alright ;)
2019-11-06 09:09:21 +0000 UTC
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Extended in a way when I'm showing you some inks, that is ;) Including that sweet sweet Stokoe cover!!! Sweet Jebus, it rocks so hard!!!
ALRIGHT, now it's all downhill form here - some actual Artyom material:
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2019-11-01 11:45:24 +0000 UTC
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End thus, Chapter 2 is complete! What do you think and feel about it, people? Without pretense of "real" publication I'm kinda cut from 80% of feedback sources, so getting any opinions in exchange for you work is a real struggle. So any comments are appreciated! <3
Anyway, I'm not sure how long hiatus before Chapter 3 will last. At this point I'm not even sure if I'm gonna mess with the xerox photomanipulation style further, or get back to the ...
2019-10-31 11:59:35 +0000 UTC
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Okay, so, Protector finally got announced last Friday, and after a few days of comatose state, I'm here to bring you a bit more of Protector goodness!
(Also, I went through all Protector-related posts here and created a new tag for your convenience. &n...
2019-10-28 15:28:36 +0000 UTC
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Okay, so this is NOT a Slavic Nihilism per se, but you could guess that there is SOME connection in my mind by comparing this page:
To the opening of "Malice":
Can't tell you anything concrete about the project yet, but I'm still going to share some of the process while keeping a mysteri...
2019-10-24 11:56:28 +0000 UTC
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Just another commission here!
2019-10-21 10:00:01 +0000 UTC
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Just one more page of the chapter left to go! Woah!
Hypothetically, younger/less hairy Meed should have even more of Boris Karloff's features, but I just couldn't resist dropping in some of Vladimir Zamansky, too. Such a dashing lad from "Первороссияне"!
(I ...
2019-10-20 19:20:12 +0000 UTC
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Milo Garrett, ladies and gents!
Still unable to shoot videos because my lightbox is heating so much T___T
2019-10-17 13:32:00 +0000 UTC
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Another commission - which will actually be used as a cover (I think?) for a really great upcoming comics ^___^
But what cover would it be without some colors?!.
And the (at least for now) final version!...
2019-10-16 17:36:28 +0000 UTC
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I draw exactly 1 spaceship per 5 years and this is it, chief <3
2019-10-15 13:25:15 +0000 UTC
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Full third issue is already available for all $5+ patrons, but I'm going to continue posting the Chernobyl part of it at a slightly increased webcomic pace, too! Still - I really hope you'll read the other stories from this issue this way or another.
This page is personally ridiculous for me on so many level. The made-up Cossack song uses a line from my favorite movie, the "Forest Wom...
2019-10-11 12:33:48 +0000 UTC
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You could download it right now here (English version) or here (Russian version), and if you have some social media presence - I would very much appreciate spreading of 2019-10-06 21:52:19 +0000 UTC
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Just finished the very last page of my current book.
Oh dang.
It took us 4+ years (with loooooong-ass pauses and Turncoat and 7 Deadly Sins sandwiched in the middle of it, but STILL!)
I feel like I need a B I G drink.
2019-10-04 17:52:24 +0000 UTC
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Another big commission, wheeeeeee!
Update for all $20 patrons regarding increasing price: after October's charge I'm going to make your current tier private and then contact you all personally asking you to move to a newly created $25 tier (at any time comfortable to you). Most of you are probably halfway through your first or second 7 months term, and I don't want to charge to...
2019-09-26 11:44:43 +0000 UTC
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Couple of cool geezers from one of my favorite manga series for one of my cool patrons! I made Toni Anji look just a little bit like Beat Takeshi for a reson.
(Golden Kamuy zine, anyone? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) )
2019-09-24 18:24:41 +0000 UTC
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Happy feelings!
This actually could be my favorite page I've done in years. And it's fucking digital, damn!
Right now I'm so deep in the story I honestly have no idea how the entire tone of it feels to a "normal" reader. And I don't get that much written feedback to probably ever know, haha. Well, at least I'm Making My "Art Statement" with it!
2019-09-23 09:34:17 +0000 UTC
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Hooooraaaaaaay!
Those are actually the very last panels I had to draw for this chapter, although there's still several pages left to go in the story. The issue itself is nearly wrapped up and ready for print! Producing the English version could take some extra time, but it's coming to all $5 patrons sometimes in beginning of October ;)
2019-09-20 07:53:11 +0000 UTC
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Okay, so I'm finishing two different books at the same time, and you can imagine that it could be just a little bit stressful, but also it makes me experiment even more than usual! In the last issue of this book (fingers crossed for it being announced in a few weeks T_T) one of the scenes called for a different, more surreal approach, and I jumped on the opportunity!
I love to do colored lineart instead of strictly black lines, but damn, everything gray here is supposed t...
2019-09-18 18:30:22 +0000 UTC
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