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Chapter 5 last page, first 2 pages of Chapter 6!!

Delivery of the next three pages! I'm just gonna start disregarding chapter separation and stick with 3 page posts for all patrons. Thank you again for continuing to stick by me, I really appreciate it!!!

HOPE YOU LIKE THIS FLASHBACK... ;)

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quick gesture drawings

oof, i need more practice. Technically one should do this everyday, but humans are naturally lazy...

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An Affair in Assumptions - prelim drawings

some drawings and sketches of an upcoming comic I want to work on! A purely guilty pleasure, just-for-fun comic I've always wanted to draw but never felt it was something anybody would want to read. A close friend of mine expressed genuine interest when I mentioned it to her offhand one day, and now... I guess it's gonna become a thing!

Working title is An Affair In Assumptions. It's about a spoiled prince who gets framed for a murder he didn't commit, and then has to disguise himself a...

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Ch 5, p 4-6!

FLASHBACK BEGINS... one more page left, and the flashback will continue in the next chapter! 

Chapters 5 and 6 were originally a single chapter, but that would have been about 11 pages and far, far too long for a webtoon chapter. So I had to chop it up. 

Anyway, Waiting was a nerd :') it's me when i see a bookstore haha

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full res - AAA teaser art 1

I don't think I ever posted the full res for the first part. Here you are!

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full res - AAA teaser art 2

hehe. More teaser art for An Affair in Assumptions, full res!

Hello to new patrons! <3 Thank you so much for your support!

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TRATW, first three pages Ch. 5!

Reaper is kinda like an asian dad... he shows his worry by being Really Angry lol...

Also hello to all my new patrons!! <3 Thank you so much for your support!

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Enlai and Chen Kun

new ocs for a new story i'm working on... ;)))

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Goodbye - full res

Full res png!

This is probably the end of the teaser art for my next (next?) comic, The Half Moon Cried Blood... any more illustrative art for these two and we're going to get into the Spoiler Region, and I can't have that (yet) ^_^ 

So anyway, Madricus breaks up with Yuelu (for now). HE HAS LEGITIMATE REASONS... it's kinda complicated and bloody...  

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Ch. 4, last two pages!!!

Early update for all patrons before the webtoon release (this Saturday)! 

Is this considered a cliffhanger...? 

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter!!! Despite this ending it'll be a soft one next chap... ;)

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Ch. 4, pages 4-6

Update for all my wonderful patrons!! Hope you enjoy these pages!

TWO MORE PAGES UNTIL THE END OF CH. 4...!

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Waterfall Kiss - full res uncropped png!

Full res png for my newest illustration for my most recent OCs Madricus and Yuelu! They share their first kiss under a waterfall.

I am currently working on the next page of The Reaper and The Waiting... if you follow my tumblr, you may know that I opened commissions a few weeks ago. It was a Big Mistake because my speed for everything else slows down. I'll do my best to keep churning out my pages as fast as I can (my goal is to finish the next chap before the end of October).

I'll...

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Ch. 4 - First three pages~!

Thank you all so much for waiting!!! First three pages for all of my wonderful patrons <3 

Hope you enjoy!

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Madricus and Yuelu, Tokens of Affection - Full res png

full res png of my latest illustration for my newest ocs, for you lovely folks!

will have the psd file for violet patrons in a few days ;)

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The Reaper and The Waiting - Ch. 4/5 info

Ok, so I'm going to start numbering the chapters where the first chapter was a prologue. So what is supposed to be "Ch. 5", is actually "Ch. 4", and I'm going to number it that way from now on. Just so there is no confusion.

I've just planned out this new Ch. 4 and it's going to be the longest chapter thus far - it'll be eight pages instead of the usual six! So you sakura patrons will get at least two early updates before the webtoon release ;) 

(I think chapters are only goi...

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waiting in a dress - high res

For sakura patrons!

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Character sketches

Left is my first dnd character ever (name is Tianyu, he's a genasi bard :3)

Right are character sketches for Lanyue, an upcoming character in my Yuelu and Madricus comic! A first peek for you folks, hehe

(Just to let new peeps know about my posting schedule - I don't have one! My current life schedule is a little bit exhausting, so I don't want to promise something like that. However, I can guarantee that while there are days I don't post anything, there are also weeks I post ever...

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Waiting in a dress - sketches

so this is a tiiiiny spoilery scene for an upcoming chapter! :3c I really like this scene, so I decided to just go ahead and paint it beforehand anyway.

Two different versions - which one do you like better? In my own opinion, the left one has a more dynamic and meaningful pose than the right, which looks a little stiff.

When this is done, I'll have a full res for all patrons, and the psd file for violet patrons!

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more wings studies!

for my birdling ocs! 

One cheat I've found for wings is to draw a bunch of ||||||| lines like that in succession, to imply the direction of feathers without drawing all the feathers. Figuring out that wings have a basic shape and set of parts to them, any kind of wings become really easy to draw. 

You'll see that for all these sketches, you can see I divided them all into a basic set of shapes before filling in the |||| lines.

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Ch. 4, last 3 pages!

The last part of chapter 4!!! The plot is finaALLY kicking up :3

There will be a huge flashback to their past lives in two chapters' time~ I can't wait!! It'll be sweet and cute. And sad

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Langwen Mid Autumn Festival - full res

Happy Mid Autumn Festival! Hope you might get a chance to try some delicious mooncake. :3

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Ch. 4, part 1/2

First three pages of ch. 4!

Hello to new patrons - thank you so much for your support! Hopefully the last three pages of this chapter can be done within the next two weeks. :3c

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studies #6

deer! Their legs are SO fun to draw :3c

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studies #5

some big cats

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studies #4

horses today

there may be horses in my comics, so i gotta study them

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studies #3

fabrics, doggos, and mmmuscles for today

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studies #2

more studies! I don't really have a set theme to these; I just draw whatever I feel like at the moment. It feels good to just go with the flow for these sessions.

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studies #1

Studies I did at work. I really need to do more technical drawings and I'm hoping I'll find enough discipline to do one page like this everyday. It's the only way to really improve my art, which I'm finding has recently been plateauing...

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Last two pages of Ch. 3!

Read whole chapter without breaks on webtoon!  https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-reaper-and-the-waiting/list?title_no=311439 

Now on to the next chapter... the plot will progress hehehe

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First 3 pages of ch. 2!

THANK YOU ALL FOR WAITING! Here's the next installment. I've got two more pages for this chapter.

Doing a personal comic while working full time is a bit hard, haha.

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