Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short (13 page) full color comic set sometime between the end of the first volume of Oren’s Forge and the next. I wanted to collect all the pages in one post to make it easier to find and read.
I also wrote a post-comic breakdown about it if your curious! Find it here!
2021-11-10 23:40:13 +0000 UTC View PostThis comic is short enough I thought I’d break down my thought process in a few places and share a few panels without text bubbles in the way. (Hey, I drew a lot of grass by hand and someone is going to see it, alright?)
I am constantly in my own head justifying the choices I make to an imaginary (and unsatisfied) reader. It’s a part of impostor syndrome and one that can hit me pretty hard ...
2021-11-08 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short 13 page comic set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
I hope you guys liked this short comic! I had a lot of fun making it-- it was great to delve into the wolves and work out a deeper understand of them, not to mention Oren.
Next week, I have a wrap-up of the One-Eyed Wolf to post and then...
The main storyline is going to pick up again on November 15th!
2021-11-01 21:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short 13 page comic set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
Final page ill be up next Monday, November 1st!
The main storyline is scheduled to continue November 15th!
2021-10-25 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short 13 page comic set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
Next page will be up October 25th!
The main storyline is scheduled to continue November 15th!
2021-10-18 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short 13* page comic set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
Next page will be up October 18th!
*I thought I could make it in 12 pages, but after playing around with layouts and finding what I think works best, it'll end at lucky number 13.
The main storyline is scheduled to continue November 15th!
2021-10-11 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short comic (~12 pages) set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
Next page will be up October 11th!
2021-10-04 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short comic (~12 pages) set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
Next page will be up October 4th!
I'm skipping a week to put some work in on the main storyline!
2021-09-20 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short comic (~12 pages) set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
Next One-Eyed Wolf page will be out Monday, Sept 20th!
2021-09-13 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short comic (~12 pages) set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
Next One-Eyed Wolf page will be out Monday, Sept 13th!
2021-09-06 21:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short comic (~12 pages) set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
Next One-Eyed Wolf page will be out Monday, Sept 6th!
In other news, happy to say I made a lot of progress on the script for the second volume of the main storyline this month. It will pick up right about where page 199 leaves off. The script is in a place where I feel confident to start working on actual comic pages (that is to say, I expect no major rewrites at ...
2021-08-30 21:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short comic (~12 pages) set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
Next page will be up on Monday, August 30th!
2021-08-27 21:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short comic (~12 pages) set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
Next page will be up on Friday, August 27th!
(Sorry for the delay between pages this time around— I have family obligations and will be out of town for a fair chunk of August. I will be back to normal/a page every Monday in September!)
2021-08-06 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short comic (~14 pages) set between the events of the last volume and before the next.
Next page will be up on Friday, August 6th!
2021-07-30 21:12:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Time for Oren to tell that story he eluded to way back on page 119!
Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is a short comic (~14 pages) set between the events of the last volume and before the next. Next page will be up Friday, July 30th!
2021-07-26 21:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone! Excited to say the short story Oren and the One-Eyed Wolf is starting up tomorrow!
I’ll be posting the first page tomorrow (Monday) and the next page later this week on Friday. In total, it’ll be around 14 pages.
It takes place sometime after the events of the first volume and will shed a little extra light on Oren and the wolves before we head into the next chapter of the main storyline later this year.
I’m s...
2021-07-25 20:30:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Some more art revamping for print-- this section is probably going to see the most change (it was done after a long hiatus from the comic/art in general.) I didn't have solid reference for anyone other than Rask, which is why Oren's eyebrows evolve dramatically over about 10 pages and Sprig is all over the place.
I really wanted to bring the character design in line with the latter half of the comic, but also go back and make better use of space in some panels.
2021-06-14 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHere's a few more of the before/after artwork updates I'm working on for the print edition. A couple are from the stream on Saturday (if anyone's interested in a time lapse video of that, let me know and I'll put it together!)
This whole section I'm going through now (pg ~64-85) was a weird transition after a long hiatus from the comic-- I was really out of practice drawing Rask. It's also when Hemlock and Sprig show up and neither had a reference sheet or final designs at that...
2021-05-31 22:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
High on my list of things to do for the English print version of Oren's Forge was a new prelude image to go opposite the first page.
I've been primarily working on layout for the book. Mostly, unremarkable but necessary little things like re-laying out text from the first 65 pages (I didn't have standardized text it until page 65, so the kerning/leading is all over the place,) and adding art to full bleed panels since I'm making the print version a touch wider than the American Co...
2021-05-28 23:30:01 +0000 UTC View PostFormerly unnamed, known only as Delta in my notes, he now has a part to play in the next chapter!
Here's his 'new' look and the original reference I had from 2015. I'm also open to suggestions in the comments if you've got something really dynamite! (Preferably a single word rather than compound name.)
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(I may have told you all this, but it's likely been years so apologies if you've heard it before!)
Way, way back in 2014-2015 when I was working on the first chunk of Oren's Forge, the story was going in a very different direction. Bears were going to be the main antagonists, and the wolves were only in the first 10 pages to establish the stakes of the story (things want to kill and eat you, ...
2021-05-07 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Some Rask and Egg artwork I did for vinyl stickers as additional Stretch Goals for the KickStarter! They'll be included at no additional cost to all physical reward tiers should the goal(s) be met!
(There's a Blackfoot too, but I'll post him later this week with a poll for wolf-related things.)
2021-05-05 18:46:23 +0000 UTC View PostHere's some of the questions you guys sent in earlier this month! I think I answered most, and I combined a couple where multiple people asked the same or similar question.
STORY QUESTIONS:
Will there be more stories with these characters in the future or other stories set in this world you have created?
(~Dyxxander)
Yes! I plan to pick up the next volume where this first one left off, with Rask as the main protagonist. I also ha...
2021-04-30 22:28:56 +0000 UTC View Post
To clarify— yes, that’s the one-eyed wolf from pg 119, just a little older and worse for wear. The other wolf is the same as from the first ~10 pages of the story with the bison— her design is a bit different just because my style has evolved since 2015 when I originally drew her. (No idea what I was thinking with how I originally drew her neck rough, to be honest.) Redrawing the early wolves is high on my to-do list, as far as updating art for the print edition.
New epilogue page tomorrow!
UPDATE!
I had a longtime Patreon message about missing out on the top tier with the original artwork. I honestly didn’t think they’d go so quickly!
I do want to make sure you guys who’ve supported the comic’s creation for a while can opt in for something special. Here’s my...
2021-04-27 21:17:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the very dramatic KickStarter video I put together, by the way! Enjoy! :]
2021-04-25 20:15:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe first volume/chapter of the story is finished and (I hope) it’s time to put it into print!
Here’s a quick breakdown of the KickStarter Tiers/basic info!
Kickstarter will launch Tuesday April 27th at 3PM MST
You can go to the pre-launch page to be notified when it launches, but I will also post here!
Here’s the different Reward ...
2021-04-24 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
First of two epilogue pages! Plus, the KickStarter was approved and it's due to launch next Tuesday, April 27th!
I'll make a separate post this weekend with more info on the KickStarter's rewards/tiers so you guys know what's coming, but in the meanwhile, you can check out the pre-launch page! From there, you can have KickStarter notify y...
2021-04-21 21:33:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe KickStarter for an English print edition of Oren’s Forge is off to review (as of a couple days ago). Hopefully we’ll be launching next week if everything goes according to plan!
One of the Tiers in the KickStarter will be a signed/hand numbered (#250) edition of the book with a KickStarter exclusive bookplate:
More on the KickStarter as soon as it's approved!
Also, rem...
2021-04-19 20:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Well guys…we made it!
It’s been a long journey--nearly six years(!) to get here after a lot of starts and stops. Wow. Honestly, I’m a little overwhelmed to be putting a period to the end of this chapter.
It ended up very different story than how it was originally conceived (I wrote about it a little bit last year if anyone missed it,) and for that, I’m gratef...
2021-04-12 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post