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*quietly splits chapter 5 into 2 chapters*

I'm gonna try to keep this as quiet as possible and see who notices - which will probably be everyone, so whatever. Chapter 5 is just getting out of control, and we're hitting a good spot to do so!

So, to address any immediate concerns that this probably creates: I am definitely NOT taking a chapter break like I usually do. I might use the split as an update to buy some time to produce some pages and try to get ahead again, but that'll be it. 

However, I am stumped as to what to cal...

what have i done

oh boy oh boy

I drew this over a year ago (?), and it's been the waiting game ever since.

BUT GUESS WHAT

WAITING GAME IS OVER 

I WIN

Ch5 Pg54 (BEFORE & AFTER)

I'm not sure if the difference or the motivations behind it are too obvious - by all accounts, the art is solid and the linework is clean, so why even change anything?

It's for the storytelling, dude. It's all for the storytelling.

Before I start working on layouts for a page, I always ask myself what general idea I'm trying to communicate with it. How is this page going to move the plot forward? What step is it taking to drive the story? 

Once I have the answer, everything I ...

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The inks on this page required the most reworking in Photoshop once they were completed simply because I rushed through it - simply because I was angry at myself for falling behind on my page production. But go...

Grand Master Wu (colors)

Time to figure this stuff out.

Man, I really put Yoko through the ringer.

Wallpaper #014 - Light Arrow

CLICK HERE for the Patreon Wallpaper Masterlist (a list of all past wallpapers), or copy and paste the URL below:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/6145505

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Due to popular demand, here is the Light Arrow panel from the latest page as a wallp...

Try Try Try

An example of one of those poses you have to do over and over until it has just the feel you want. I ended up frankenstein-ing two of these sketches together for the final artwork.

hee hee hee hee hee hee hee

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Man, that last panel came out so nice. Hot dang. 

And boy, oh man, we are so tentalizingly close to Wu, guys. Oh my gosh.

Take Aim

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Transitioning back from this vacation has been a bit rocky but I am so much more mentally healthy for it. It's a good tradeoff. 

I owe you guys like 5 wallpapers.

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You got somehing in your eye, Thistle.

...

yas

I CAN FEEL IT CALLIN IN THE AIR TONIIIGHT

oh laaawwwwuuhhhd

(before I looked up the lyrics I titled this post "i can feel it callin at the edge of night)

A Great Weight

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If I/we had more time I think we would have been able to do something a little cooler in that last panel. Cest la vie. 

hey guess what

woooooooooooooo

(I jumped ahead a little bit)

Reference vs. First Draft vs. Second Draft

Reference is important, but it's also important not to get too married to it.

Here's a link to the reference I used. 

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Patreon updated its posting form, and I really miss the drag/drop option for images. It's a silly thing to miss, but eh.

This is one of those pages where I wonder how much sound effects are really necessa...

This is gonna be fun to ink.

uuuuuggghhhh

Power Ballad

Brody prior to some vines again. 

What song is he singing?

This is our shot

Sometimes I end up drawing Lyra strangely photo realistic and I find it somehow unsettling a little. Like, everything else in my style is so cartoony. How does she bring it out of me?

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Good riddance to this dumb fight scene.

Ch5 Pg48

It's been a crazy time, so tomorrow's page is public for all Patrons. I love you guys!

This was the last super crazy draining page I (hopefully) had to do, and I'm glad it had Lyra in that third panel on it.

Ch5 Pg47

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(9 more pages...)

Brody prior to a butt ton of vines

Gonna cover up this bad boy in a bunch of plants. Remember him as he was.

Revenge

chop chop

THAT'S for hitting him through a wall!

(and it's about dang time)

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I woke up feeling sick today! Woo hoo!

Here's a fun fact: I almost forgot that I needed to include this bit with the bag into the fight! I was something I had thought of and made note of ages and ages ago, and I forgot, but ...