Bob Appavu

February 2021 Sketch Tier Sketches 7-12

Here's sketches 7-12!  Let me know your sketch choice by Sunday, since these will go in the mail on Monday.  If you don't have a preference, I'll send you one at random.

The sketches are:

7. Right Hand Samsid and King Cannon

8. Merritt's Story 3 - Citizen trade negotiation

9. Jackal exercising in his socks >.> (Discord request)

10. Merritt's Story 3 - Jordana's bad singing

11. Limited edition South Sphere Mantis with optional tuxedo plate (T...

February 2021 Sketch Tier Sketches 1-6

As always, big thanks to everyone who waited for these sketches!  Quarterly sketches are hard to fit in at any month, but February is especially challenging.  I keep thinking about shifting the sketch months by one month, but by now I'm too set it my schedule, haha.

Here are sketches 1-6!  If you were in the Sketch Tier, Sketch+Secret Gallery Tier, or Custom Card Tier in February, please let me know your sketch choice by Sunday, since these will go in the mail on Monday a...

Chapter 4, Page 100

New page!  We also have a new public page:

https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p336/

We only had one month left for public pages, but I decided to extend it by 4 pages so that the public pages end at the end of a scene (and at the end of ch4 part 2) instead of ending in the middle of the scene.  So we have 8 weeks left to hit 350 patrons!  Otherwise public pages will en...

Chapter 4, Page 99

Okay sorry, couldn't resist. XD  But we all know what happened the last time Merritt said he wouldn't make that same mistake again.

And also, since it's been like 5 years since the events they're talking about, chapter 3 part 1 (toward the end of it) at demonoftheunderground.com is the place to look!

Speaki...

A few scheduling updates!

Hey patrons!  I just wanted to give you a few quick updates.

1. January's Secret Gallery art went out yesterday, along with a little Merritt's Story book 3 excerpt! 

2. The January monthly letter will go out today to Pen Pal tier folks and up!

3. We also have a new public DOTU page today!  Big thanks to everyone who's been reading and commenting on the main site, even on pages you've already read!  It helps to rebuild the community over there, which is su...

Chapter 4, Page 98

New page!  And a new page also just went up on the main site:

https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p330/

Also, we got some detail shots for this one.  Since Merritt is a big nerd who can't keep his mouth shut, we don't get to appreciate all the underground scenery.  So here's the page without speech balloons (the B/W version since I liked it better) :

2021-01-19 00:03:04 +0000 UTC View Post

DOTU Scene Compilation - Ch4 P88-97

This scene ended up longer than initially scripted, so we're getting an especially beefy scene compilation today! :D  Big thanks to my $2 patrons for waiting! <3

And here are the pages!

2020-12-29 20:20:57 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 4, Page 97 (2 of 2)

And NOW, we've reached the end of the scene!

Here's the spread:

Watch for a scene compilation in a few minutes!

Chapter 4, Page 96 (1 of 2)

I ended up splitting this update into two pages for the sake of pacing, so expect page 97 in just a couple minutes!  This is also why I ended up updating today, Monday Part 2, instead of yesterday, Monday Part 1. :P

It's also a two-page spread, so I'll include the spread in the next update.  And we'll have a scene compilation coming right after that!

Monthly letters for both November and December will be sent out tomorrow, along with the quarterly sketches!  Then we...

Happy holidays from these two goobers!

So, the "Goober Family Christmas Card" was one of the sketches I did for the last Sketch Tier round, and I decided I wanted to make it a finished illustration.  So, happy holidays from my goober family to yours! :D

I attached a free, printable, high-res, un-watermarked file for all patrons.  It's 5"x7" and 600dpi, so you'll be able to print it up to double size or more without losing much quality.  There was a request on Discord to make actual printed greeting cards, whic...

November 2020 Sketch Tier Sketches 13-18

Here's sketches 13-18!  If you're in the Sketch Tier, Sketch+Secret Gallery Tier ($20), or Custom Card Tier ($50), please let me know your sketch choice by Sunday so I can pack November letters on Monday.  If you don't have a preference, I'll send you one at random.

13. Horny reindeer Pogo

14. Goober Family Christmas Card

15. Samsid snowman

16. Sackley (ahem, Yackley as Santa Claus)

17. Pogo fishing with mistletoe

18. Samsid's pile of trash tree 2020-12-18 01:32:29 +0000 UTC View Post

November 2020 Sketch Tier Sketches 7-12

Here's sketches 7-12!  If you're in the Sketch Tier, Sketch+Secret Gallery Tier ($20), or Custom Card Tier ($50), please let me know your sketch choice by Sunday so I can pack November letters on Monday.  If you don't have a preference, I'll send you one at random.

7. Belmont's pole dancing class

8. The Queens and Mr. Beakman - it's complicated

9. Samsid as a cat

10. Littlehands knitting little gloves

11. Mercury's board as mean girls

12. Neutral ...

November 2020 Sketch Tier Sketches 1-6

Big thanks to everyone who waited for these sketches! <3  Catching up after my Big November Project was an ordeal, but things have developed since then and I should have some exciting news to share in about two weeks' time.....

Anyway, here are the belated November sketches 1-6 of 18!  One patron will be requesting 2 to make up for a sadly mangled-in-the-mail sketch.  If you're in the Sketch Tier, Sketch+Secret Gallery Tier ($20), or Custom Card Tier ($50), please let ...

Chapter 4, Page 95 (+sketch slot is open!)

New page!  One page left of the scene! (meaning we get a scene compilation in 2 weeks!)  As usual, click on the image for a better quality version. *grumbles about Patreon's compression*

Also, a Sketch+Secret Gallery slot is open!  December isn't typically a sketch month, but since I'm still working on belated November sketches, if you grab the slot before the November sketches are posted, I'll do an extra and include you on this round's sketches so you don't have to wait...

Secret Gallery Art is Up!

Patreon messaging is down/glitchy right now, and I can't tell what it's doing, so I apologize if anyone ends up getting multiple copies of my message!  But in case none of the messages went though, I'm posting here too.

November's Secret Gallery art is up at last, and the remainder of November rewards will be coming over the next few days (Sketch Tier sketches and monthly letters).  The password is the same as last month, so you should be able to get it from the last message I...

THANK YOU for the Cintiq!

A couple weeks ago, my awesome DOTU readers on Discord talked me into letting them crowdfund the Cintiq 24 Pro I'd been planning to buy for years but kept postponing due to money-spending anxiety.  I want to give you guys a big thanks!  I know you've probably already heard me say it a million times if you follow me on multiple platforms, but I need to say it here too! :D

I gave my new Cintiq its first test run just a few days ago, and yesterday's new DOTU Patreon page was the ...

Chapter 4, Page 94 + November Reward Schedule

And now we know Merritt's definition of "speaking freely." >.>

There's also a new public page!

https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p324/

I wasn't expecting to fit this page in till December, since, as I mentioned before, I'm still wrapping up a big November project.  But I was able to pull enough ahead to get it done, so yay!!!

November's other monthly rewards -...

Chapter 4, Page 93

Samsid, playing favorites?  NEVER!

Also, here's a detail shot of Merritt in panel 4:

New page!  Also, a new public page just went up:

https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p322/<...

Releasing this full Merritt/Belmont art at last...

Reminder: Merritt's Story book 2's final chapters went up last Thursday! 

I posted the sketch for this image a few years ago, then fixed it up and finished it for the Secret Gallery this year.  I've also posted some cropped teasers here and there.  Now finally, with book 2 of Merritt's Story complete and posted in its entirety (!!!), I'm releasing this full image to everyone. 2020-11-09 17:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Devoted - Merritt's Story 2 - Chapters 27-29

This is the end of book 2.  I can't believe we made it. XD

Since this is the end of the book and a lot of people want to escape into a story right now, we voted on Discord to move this release 3 hours earlier so folks wouldn't have to stay up as late to read.

WARNING: These chapters include some dark, upsetting content.  If you're not in a good place mentally to read that sort of thing, I recommend coming back later.  The chapters will still be here!  And I pro...

October Letter! (for snail mail patrons)

October letters just went out to email patrons (you guys are going to get this twice; bear with me XD).  But I'm holding onto snail mail letters till next week to try to ease the load on the USPS while they're still processing mail-in ballots.

But I didn't want snail mail folks to have to wait, so I'm posting the letter here if you'd like to read it now.  I'll leave the post up at least until the snail mail letters go out.

Thanks, y'all!

Chapter 4, Page 92

Sorry for the late update!  This page took forever, and I wasn't able to start it as early as I would have liked.

MERRITT'S STORY BOOK 2 FINISHES THIS THURSDAY!

Also, new public page: https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p320/

ALSO, compression is killing this page, so click it to see it better quality.  And here are some detail shots...

2020-11-03 03:24:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Just a little Merritt...

This was actually just me playing with colors, and I hadn't planned to share it, but then I figured it would probably be a good idea to share whatever happy Merritt content I have right now. XD

Merritt's Story book 2 finishes in just about 5 days!!!  This post is for $2+ patrons - just something extra since I'm taking the extra week to edit those final chapters.  (They're very nearly done now, by the way.)

Also, in my continued effort to wrangle past art and get it into ...

Mirror Sites are Back! Plus Merritt's Story Update

I've been a little quiet lately because, yet again, I've been doing a whole lot of under-the-hood updates this month.  But now I have some new stuff to unleash!

DOTU's mirror sites are back!

TAPAS

Ch4 mobile episodes start today! (pg-13 version)
https://tapas.io/seri...

Chapter 4, Page 91

New page is here!  Also, a new public page just went up: https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p318/

We're already done with 1 of our 6 months of public updates!  After September's pledge processing, we're 10 patrons away from permanent public pages, and about $11 away from extending the 6 months of public pages to 7!

The final Merritt's Story book 2 chapters are with the beta...

Chapter 4, Page 90

Patreon was down all day yesterday and I couldn't log in.  Glad it's up and running this morning!  This page uploaded a little blurry, so I think it benefits from some detail shots. :D  Look which two friends are back that we haven't seen in a long time!

Also, themed punching bags:

Bonus: Environments of the Underground

I checked in on Discord's patron lounge for what type of extra might be good for the $2 tier this month, and I wanted to do something along the lines of wordbuilding.  A post about different architecture and environments by sphere was suggested, so here it is!  This is going to all $2+ patrons, but it'll also be filed in the "The Underground" album in the Secret Gallery when I add September's art (probably tomorrow, with monthly letters the day after).

By the way, two of the S...

This week's new stuff!

I didn't think I'd have so many updates today, but a lot has been going on since last week!

-Chapter 4, Page 59 just went up on the main site!

-I ADDED MOBILE EPISODES TO THE MAIN SITE!

2020-09-28 18:25:38 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 4, Page 89

New page!  Also, in case you missed it in the other post, public updates are now live on the main site:

https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p314/

If anyone's in the mood to leave a comment to help warm up the site for new and returning readers, that'd be awesome!  Also, as I mention in the comment, web upgrades ate my chance to put together recaps of previous chapters, so if...

The Revamped Secret Gallery is Live!

If you're a Secret Gallery Tier patron, you might know that the previous gallery kinda died last month because I upgraded to the latest version of PHP and the Secret Gallery CMS was no longer compatible or supported.  The old gallery can still be viewed (for now), but I can't log in or add/edit new content.  So I had to do an emergency gallery transplant this month. XD

It took a week of work, but the good news is that now the gallery is a part of the main site!  But it's ...