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Getting To You - Pg. 6 (WIP)

WIP for the last page of Chapter 1. Hang in there, Judy! Hoping to line this tomorrow and hoping to stream it! So here's hopin'.

The Many Regrets of Nicholas Wilde

As the sun set on the affluent neighborhood of Westwood, one red fox could be seen dashing in the middle of snow-ladden Alpine Court, a street that he'd never familiarized himself with and never would after today. He ran on the cold pavement as fast as he could, aware that he had 2 miles to go before he reached any semblance of public transportation. 

The numbness in his feet and chill on his nose made him regret turning down an offer from his client, the mammal who's abode he ran ...

May Updates

Update time! Most of you guys know I like to be transparent with the Patreon funds, so I'd like let you know what's going on since the stakes have been raised.

Starting today, I'm an animation student. Yup, I'm scared too. I've officially started a 4-week course on CG Master Academy on Beginner Animation, and a course taught by art director Patrick O'Keefe (Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse) on 2020-05-16 05:31:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Uncle Nick + Progression

Uncle Nick - friend to older buns, playmate to younger ones. Thank you Gory, Sidefish, Lion and Cas for keeping me company!

Quickie Late Night Stream

Streaming - Animation Challenge

I saw this animation prompt on Twitter and was immediately drawn to it (no pun intended)! Am I an animator? No, not in the slightest. Can I try and ride the struggle bus? Absolutely I can. So let's ride the struggle bus together!

Original challenge:  https://twitter.com/DoigSwift/status/1258016231665414145?s=20 

2020-05-13 00:15:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Getting To You - Pg. 5

It took me a long time to get back on track, but here we are! 

Refresher

 I was very frustrated w/ my art this week, and (thankfully) worked everyday this week, so I could feel myself reaching my burnout point. Instead of shutting down, I decided to try something that Vant suggested I try - rotoscoping. 2 hours of scrubbing through the sky tram scene really improved my understanding of how the characters look within a 3D world and thus helped me better understand how to draw them in 2D. The above GIF is not rotoscoped, but uses the knowledge I learned after a...

Summer in the Sahara

I thought I'd finish this during the stream, but here we are. Looking forward to sun, surf and amusement parks... whenever it's safe to do all that again. 

Someone (I think sidefish?) pointed out that this was similar to my NYE piece and I agree - and I'm happy! I was trying to reproduce that "style" with no luck for awhile until this week. I love making pieces with Nick and Judy just existing and having fun together. Seeing them enjoy each other's company - like they did at the co...

Now Streaming on Picarto.TV

Now streaming on Picarto.TV where I'll be finishing up the summer vibes piece!

Sahara Square Boardwalkers - Snip WIPs

A few snip WIPs of the piece I started on during the 80s Friday night stream - I hadn't planned on it getting this involved but here we are! I also figured this keeps the comic on the Patreon streams :). Rainforest District citizens and up we're shown the whole WIP, but I wanted to share a few of the polaroids in the piece with you all, too!  

2020-05-02 06:44:17 +0000 UTC View Post

Streaming on Picarto.TV

Feel free to swing by my night stream on Picarto . I'm in an 80s mood after re-watching Stranger Things so jazz has been replaced by synthwave, and because I have a sore throat I'll be mic-less. So swing by, bring your chill vibes, maybe your own music and let's see what happens tonight!

Getting To You - Pg. 4 Progression + Pg. 5 Layout

We're burning through these pages! I'm more or less all set for page 6 and one more page away from ending this chapter!

Getting To You - Pg. 4 (Full Res.)

I wanted to know what Judy's top picks were though...

Thank you sidefish  and Lion for catching my error! Note to self: Never edit anything at 4 in the morning -_-.

Private Stream @ 5PM EST

I'll be streaming at 5PM EST on Youtube. This time I promise to actually hit the Go Live button on YouTube.

Stream Schedule

Hi guys! I hope your week is going well so far. If you'd like to come and watch me draw this week please see below for my schedule:

• Mon | Break
• Tues | 8:30PM EST (Private) 
• Wed | Break
• Thurs | After 2PM  (Private) 
• Fri |  After 2PM  
• Sat |  After 2PM  
• Sun |  After 2PM  

Feel free to swing by!

Getting To You - Pg. 3 (Full Res.)

Is this a fleeting annoyance or something more, Officer Hopps?

I think I'll display the WIPs in this format going forward- Nick definitely got the most changes it looks like. Thank you for all of the support you've sent me throughout all of this!

Now Streaming

I'll be doing a public stream on Youtube...and Twitch today, via Restream. I really wanted to see how this system works so I decided to try it since some folks prefer different sites. We'll see how things go. Not shooting for popularity, but I did want to meet people where they are :).

Getting To You - Pg. 2 (Full Res.) + WIP

Frustrated bun is still a frustrated bun and Nick is... not helping XD. We're churning these out together! I continue to underestimate the comicmaking process, but I'm growing more aware of how much work goes into a professional comic (of which this is not). Outlined pages 3 and 4 already, so I'll be ready to hit the ground running at 3. Hope to see you then!

(Started from the bottom, now we're...

Now Streaming on Picarto

Stop by if you like to my public channel for some Saturday night arts! | https://picarto.tv/Qalcove 

Now Streaming!

Now streaming! One half may be on YouTube and then be switched to Picarto.tv for a live stream. Feel free to stop by!

Getting To You - Pg. 1 (Full Res.)

Finished! Thank you so much to everyone for swinging by and for those who viewed the recording! All the help you guys gave me really helped me push ahead and gave me a bit more steam to work on this.

On to page 2!

Streaming: Getting To You (Pg 1+)

Feel free to stop by this afternoon for arts!

Getting To You - Page 1 WIPS

8 hours, guys! That's a long time! Thank you so much to everyone who's stopped by the stream, I hope you guys enjoyed yourselves! I'll be sure to post WIPs ongoing as I make them, but these are the ones we have so far. We just need to color page one and then we can move on to pages 2-6! I haven't made a comic in maybe a year and a half and even then I had no idea what I was doing, so I'm slow as I try to make it as nice as I can. It's also great practice for tackling my main projects!

T...

Stream Schedule

Happy Thursday, everyone! Here is the schedule for this "weekend". I'll try to stream at both times (3 and 8), but may pick one on that day - I'll keep you posted. Not all of these times will be private, but today will definitely be private. But feel free to swing by if you're interested!

Thurs: 5:30pm

Fri: 3pm / 8pm

Sat: 3pm / 8pm

Sun: 3pm / 8pm

Streaming from the Alcove

Streaming tomorrow at 9PM EST if you'd like to see some art and chitchat for awhile!  The theme is random and I'll talk about my upcoming projects while also getting your opinions on a creating a Discord server (The Alcove), Patreon overhaul, comics and more. So take a load off and join my stream if you'd like or watch it later at your leisure!

And I'm making a schedule now due to COVID-19. 

This week's stream schedule is as follows:

• TUE: *9P...
  2020-04-21 01:43:43 +0000 UTC View Post

After Stream Results

Thank you to everyone who was able to swing by the stream! I'm slowly starting to unravel my new  art style with the help of all the new tools and of course a lot of practice - really starting the enjoy the results! Enjoy the mostly silly doodles that resulted from those wonderful 4 hours filled with chat time and sugar :3

2020-04-16 07:17:36 +0000 UTC View Post

Streamy Time!

If you're bored and want to watch art in the background feel free to swing by my little studio. And if you can't make it, that's ok - these are all saved for your viewing pleasure!

Stream Tonight!

Hi guys! I’ll be having a private stream for you all at 9pm tonight on YouTube. I’ll leave a link later today, but if you’re free and wanna see some art you’re welcome to swing by!

Streaming at 9PM EST

Public stream tonight at 9PM! The theme is random tonight so let's see what happens!