Dreamkeepers

Plush articulated Vi auction is live!

If you missed our limited plush for the 2016 kickstarter, Vi is available (with clothing options) for a limited time (7 days) here!

Mace Motion Map

Our coder was over the other day, with news on the video game front- the ground-up physics engine is virtually complete.    I realized that I'd only animated one run cycle for one character, Mace, in the past couple years.   And we needed to start developing the range of character motion before we could start experimenting with gameplay effectively.  Level design can't be done in a vacuum, it has to complement precisely player capabilities- which means those must be...

PSD Download- Prelude 373

And for the PSD backers, your download awaits:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-nsNunMwFGYYUtDRkV5NE1uSEk/view?usp=sharing

Prelude 373

This week's Prelude update: http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/Prelude.php?pg=373

We may soon discover just how many things curiosity is truly capable of killing.

Also this week:  UberQuest Volume 2 is Kickstarting here- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/839048152/uberques...

Playmat- City Side pencils

Lineart for half of the SKIRMISH playmat- the counterpart will be a Starfall wilderness scene.   Hopefully with fewer columns.  X D    Also working on original art for the Tendril and Bast decks this week.   

The playmat, and SKIRMISH boxed game, are available for Pre-Order now:  https://www.kickstarter.com/pro...

UberQuest Volume 2 preview video

Wow!   They weren't kidding- Skidd, Phuufy and the voice actors did spectacular work, this was fun.

I lol'd at "Trash Panda."

Scuttles Desktop

Double-barrel announcement for today-

First, the UberQuest Volume 2 Kickstarter is launching!   With some animation to boot, featuring talented voice actors from such productions as 'Freedom Planet.'  https://twitter.com/uberquestcomic   Watch their twitter to get the earliest notice- I'll be coming through to signal-boost later in the day.

Second- the smashingly succ...

Vi Sunset Prelude

Sometimes even a horrible rickety orphanage can appear pleasant, if you look at the precise right moment.

This illustration is featured on the back cover of the Prelude Collection 1 hardcover- currently for sale on Amazon:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/097869905X

And of course, Vi & the rest of the cast continue to get into trouble every week:   2017-07-17 21:27:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Prelude 373 early sample

The lineart for this week's upcoming Prelude.

Dreamkeepers Saga page 364

 This week's Volume 4 update:  http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/GNSaga.php?pg=364    

Nobody has told me yet that there are too many stalactites in Dreamkeepers...

I must push further.

Streaming

 Today I'm having a Prelude stream-a-thon:  https://picarto.tv/dreamkeepers  Hoping to finish 2, maybe even 3 comics today.   Kicking things off in 10-30 minutes, swing by if you'd like to watch for a spell.  8 )   #Streaming #webcomic  

Prelude 372

PSD download for you right over this way:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-nsNunMwFGYYm9ZWlJPamFmaEU/view?usp=sharing  Should be live for at least a week.  8 )   Thank you for keeping us working!

Prelude 372

The latest Prelude is colored and live:  http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/Prelude.php?pg=372

...Krin is being such a good sport.

V5- pages 34, 35 blue sample

V5 work is rolling forward- Igrath, Scinter and Nainso are engaging in coordinated shitposting online.    Or something to that effect.

Which imageboard / site would be the home base for each of those characters, I wonder...

Looking forward to getting these pages penciled- Chapter 13 is a big one, I think 51 pages total- but we're creeping up on it.

SKIRMISH custom card template

Hey folks!   Just posted the SKIRMISH public use policy over on Kickstarter-  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2083757038/dreamkeepers-skirmish-shadow-wars-of-anduruna/posts/1935747  Figured you might be interested in seeing the custom template we're submitting to the public.  8 )     PSD available her...

V4 page 363

This is one of my favorite backdrops in the book- I'm a sucker for layers of depth and phosphorescence. 

Available in high res from Vivid- plus a few new things are in our store this month:  http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/Store.html   Wayward Astronomer novel, Whip plush, SKIRMISH pre-order- and UberQuest Volume 2 on the horizon.

While I'm here, brief rambling update on my...

Prelude 372 early peek

The lineart for this coming week's Prelude.

Streaming

 Streaming a spot of Prelude tonight- https://picarto.tv/dreamkeepers  Probably for about 40 minutes. 

Prelude 371 PSD

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-nsNunMwFGYdVhUeU1pQ0RxSUk/view?usp=sharing

And a download for the PSD backers.  8 ) 

Prelude 371

The one where Krin wasn't fast enough.  http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/Prelude.php?pg=371

Also this week, we updated our store page with Wayward Astronomer and plush 'n stuff.  http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/Store.html

Plush Drawing- Mace Mannequin

Another of the drawings that went out to the high-level Plush backers.

Sometimes Vi needs a model to get the stitches just right...

Whip's opinion is not relevant to her work.

Sketch of the Month- Cast Encouragement

This month's Sketch of the month idea was:

The DK cast encouraging David to finish Volume 5.    

...I'm not sure they quite thought their request through. 

Crazy Eights- AC 2014 commission

Another commission from Anthrocon past, featuring Sapphire and Makato in an anniversary pic.  

Dreamkeepers Saga page 362

 New V4 page live: http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/GNSaga.php?pg=362 

Enjoy the arrow-key navigation on our site, and learn more about Kalei on the cast page:  http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/cast.php?char=Kalei

Streaming

https://picarto.tv/dreamkeepers  #Streaming some Prelude tonight.

V5 page 32- Fae lineart

We just posted a Dreamkeepers short story- actually finished May of last year for the Dogs of War anthology, but they had to trim it due to space limitations.

I've been meaning to post it, but forgot until yesterday.  Enjoy!   Also today, V5 p. 32 pencils are done- posting one of the drawings here for fun.

In the final page this panel is going to be cropped, but the pose came out well enough I thought it would be worthwhile to finish the whole thing.  

Fear for the Faithless

Her mask gazed dispassionately down  upon the figure as it straggled closer across the sweep of black.  Behind the serene golden facade, Serapis bore a rictus of panic.     

Avitus, her beautiful Avitus.  She didn't want to kill him.  She wouldn't.  Would not.   A lifetime of sweet prayers, veneration poured lovingly into her idols, adoration, love, aching prone abasement.  A nation flowing with worship, yet his was finest.  &nb...

Prelude 370 PSD

Download ahoy:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-nsNunMwFGYaVFSd3NYV1ZhLU0/view?usp=sharing

Prelude 370

New Prelude up: http://www.dreamkeeperscomic.com/Prelude.php?pg=370

It was fun diverting from our typical layout style to deliberately do something more static and repetitive.   

As a general rule, we aim for variation in panel layout and camera angle.  But the idea here was to observe the changing content of a static locale, so going for the more traditional 'Sunday morning' newspa...

Vote time- Sketch of the Month

What should we draw for the sketch of the month?  Only one way to find out.