Two bodies, working in sync. Sharing emotions, thoughts, and abilities, pokemon who choose not to fuse in this moment experience physical alterations to their bodies as they adopt traits from their partner. Some call this Synchronized Evolution, some call it Stage 1 Fusion, but most call it Battle Bonding. Pokemon who are especially close to one another experience battle bonding when they successfully begin working in sync, and are rewarded with a secondary typing that serves to buf...
2019-10-02 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I've been really busy with uni. I'm gonna try posting some things more regularly for October, at the very least I'm going to try doing at least 1 Chapter 1 redo page per week, and Chapter 2 updates will be infrequent until I'm further into the Chapter 1 redo.
With that said, Malachi has gotten a bit of an overhaul with his design for both this redo, and in general! I asked for some help from my beta reader with his design to make him re...
2019-10-01 23:40:24 +0000 UTC
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uh oh papa's home
2019-08-13 07:26:49 +0000 UTC
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One of the only thumbnails from my first few go-arounds on the prologue that made it to the sketching stage! Initially I had plans to make the prologue stay more faithful to the original cutscene in the game, before realizing I could create more story intrigue by combining it with other story elements I've added to the plot! It's nice getting to hit two birds with one stone.
2019-07-31 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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A second backstage pass this week since I didn't have time to post one last week!
A good hook for a story is vital for grabbing an audience. It's the first time someone sees your work, and can leave a lasting impression that lasts for a long time afterwards. You really only get one shot at one, so you better make it count. Part of working on the Chapter 1 facelift for OBT was finding a good hook, since I pretty much completely lacked one for the longest time. Without hooking people in ...
2019-07-25 19:25:10 +0000 UTC
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A nice, sizeable buffer for a comic can be both a blessing and a curse. While a buffer can help during weeks where you aren't able to pull out a lot of pages, it also can make it difficult to make last-minute changes to script, character motivations, etc. since pages are already completed. For this reason, I like to try and make my buffers no longer than 20 pages at a maximum. Thankfully I get most of the kinks out of the way with thumbnails, and seeing how the story plays out several pages a...
2019-07-25 17:24:44 +0000 UTC
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yeah I mean now's as good a time to nap as any
2019-07-25 05:16:44 +0000 UTC
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oh that? that's just a big ol lightning bolt hitting the water, pay it no mind.
2019-07-24 22:43:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello! It's time for me to unleash something I've been working on for a while now, a new prologue/modified chapter 1 for On Borrowed Time! I've been wanting to do this since the beginning of the year, and now I finally have the opportunity to! After finding some footing in how I want to tell the story, I'm going to be going back and rewriting the first chapter. And part of that includes adding a prologue! I should also mention that none of these will be released publicly until the entiret...
2019-07-23 21:57:09 +0000 UTC
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Not quite a speedpaint for today, but a speedrun! The first part to the speedrun attempt I started last Saturday, we had some technical difficulties here and there, but otherwise it was pretty fun! I'm kind of garbage at commentary, but I talked a little bit about the game and how the gameplay affects the comic. I'll be sure to upload the other parts when I continue the run!
2019-07-23 00:01:39 +0000 UTC
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Sped up process for some art I did for a stream I will be having on Saturday! Estimated time was about 1 hour. Sorry for the late update, got wrapped up in some commissions!
2019-07-19 04:53:48 +0000 UTC
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malachi, actually being competent?? color me surprised
2019-07-14 07:16:05 +0000 UTC
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As a general rule of thumb (you'll see in a minute my clever pun there), I like to thumbnail upcoming pages of On Borrowed Time to figure out where characters are going to stand, what angles to use, etc. Thumbnailing is a technique many comic artists use that serve as a sort of sketch that comes before actually sketching their pages. These are usually very small, bringing down the scale of everything to a more manageable size where you don't have to focus on details and can hash out ideas ver...
2019-07-13 20:43:20 +0000 UTC
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that bruise isn't looking great, rune!
2019-07-09 23:21:51 +0000 UTC
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Explorer-grade Treasure Bags carry a high market value of 800,000 poké (or $8000 USD) for one very important reason; they are made with Hoopa gold, a very valuable and expensive material capable of creating pocket dimensions when it forms a ring. The size of the dimension varies depending on how much gold is used. The Exploration Federation will upgrade bags that are sent in after a team goes up in rank (for a small fee, of course), with lower-end bags being able to carry 16 items, and u...
2019-07-09 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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A partial speedpaint for Chapter 2, Page 29 of OBT! This one starts a little late since I didn't start recording until after work had already begun on the page.
2019-07-08 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Backstage Pass, a new segment I plan to do every Thursday (and I totally didn't mess up scheduling the correct dates on Thursday and Friday's posts hghkghk) where I pretty much ramble about the behind-the-scenes that goes on while I write On Borrowed Time! These little segments are mostly just ramblings that I think about sometimes, and general advice I might have for people who want to try telling a story. If there's a topic that Patrons would be interested in seeing, fee...
2019-07-06 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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sorry y'all, rune's dead. mollie is the main character now
2019-07-06 08:31:46 +0000 UTC
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i dunno malachi i think that lileep deserved a free hit, you fried her up pretty good
2019-07-03 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Starting a newsletter for this Patreon as a nifty way to keep up on what all I have planned for every month! Next newsletter will be on July 17th!
2019-07-03 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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that's not a great first impression
2019-07-03 05:22:50 +0000 UTC
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While Rune's tails technically can move independently of one another, they're more likely to sync up their movements by default .
2019-07-02 15:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Thanks to some severe storms and a tornado warning, shipment of postcards were delayed a little longer than I had hoped, but they're finally out and shipped! To save on time and get the postcards out, I only signed the most recent postcard. I hope it's alright that I didn't get the opportunity to do doodles this time!
These cards should be coming with some stickers as well as thanks for everyone's patience! Hopefully everyone likes them. I did my best to double check each...
2019-07-02 08:46:05 +0000 UTC
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amazing malachi, you saved her from fall damage just to shock her to death, nice going i'm sure she loved that
2019-06-27 08:42:28 +0000 UTC
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The remaining missing postcards have been ordered! Thanks to everyone for their patience, all postcards from February up until June will all be shipped together. This is a good time for me to mention that if you currently have different housing/shipping situations (especially university students) at this time, let me know so I can get your stuff sent to the right place! I also will be including a little gift for everyone's patience.
Due to time restraints and the fact that...
2019-06-14 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The remaining missing postcards have been ordered! Thanks to everyone for their patience, all postcards from February up until June will all be shipped together. This is a good time for me to mention that if you currently have different housing/shipping situations (especially university students) at this time, let me know so I can get your stuff sent to the right place! I also will be including a little gift for everyone's patience.
Due to time restraints and the fact that...
2019-06-13 15:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The remaining missing postcards have been ordered! Thanks to everyone for their patience, all postcards from February up until June will all be shipped together. This is a good time for me to mention that if you currently have different housing/shipping situations (especially university students) at this time, let me know so I can get your stuff sent to the right place! I also will be including a little gift for everyone's patience.
Due to time restraints and the fact that I just reall...
2019-06-12 15:00:03 +0000 UTC
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you really shouldn't try to grab something when you don't even have fingers, smh
2019-06-12 07:49:05 +0000 UTC
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Sometimes, a big tree materializes out of nowhere and splits a cliff in half.
2019-06-06 07:26:16 +0000 UTC
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Hey all! I'm gonna be starting the patron livestream shortly (at 2:00 PM MST), use the link below to get in or use the stream key for this month, PRIDE19! I'll be working on some future pages of OBT tonight, hope to see you guys there!
https://picarto.tv/Wooled/PRIDE19
2019-06-05 19:58:44 +0000 UTC
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