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Monty WIP

him smol

The Power Of God And Anime

edit: added smoky's extremely professional reaction

"Alright, agent, have it your way. No more fun and games."

Monty is PISSED

after a few people politely pushed to see that "buff manly-manly" Montezuma I'd previously considered drawing, I decided to cave, because y'all know i love drawing muscles

(best believe i referenced from DBZ)

Monty likes to think of himself as being rather sophisticated and prefers to talk his...

NEW: IAD! Draft Pages 3-8

mo pages! included the pages i already posted for ease of reading

skyla likes to dig herself into a hole, then grab a shovel and keep digging

IAD! Draft Pages 3-4

Some all y'all have been asking to see sketch preview pages, and I know Loryska does so for patrons of her comic. I was hesitant to do so myself, but I see now that (hopefully), it'll be a good way to get feedback from you guys so I can iron out bugs before drawing the actual pages, and a nice way to provide y'all with steady story content throughout the (slow) comic-making process. This is a lil taste of what's to come, feel free to tell me your thoughts! :)

Skyla probably thought Peac...

'Nother Comic Style Test

minimal shading, simple background, easier to finish quickly....i'm getting closerrr

have some gross ladies flirting, not especially related to the IAD storyline. I mentioned before that unicorns (especially those of nobility) find rivalry really, really, reallyyyy romantic, like the pinnacle of courtship. Thus Luna was smitten with Tempest the moment Tempest dropped her ass like a sack of potatoes during the Storm King's invasion. Luna's trying to impress Tempest here...

IAD! Page 2: Opportunity Knocks

A swing and a miss~

Previous Page

Well this only took a goddamn millennium. This page definitely got away from me. I think y'all are gonna see a steady style shift in the comic as I learn how to draw it more simply and efficiently. Anyway I can't believe Skyla fucking died

Talk Nerdy To Me

"Ah, yer Highness, but you've left out a key piece of Frost's intention in 'Dust of Snow' -- the ending reconciliation with the narrator's understanding of life and death," Trouble pointed out, almost off-handedly. "The snow an' the hemlock tree are meant to be 'bout death, sure, but that some part of the rued day bein' saved by th' beauty of nature, and the natural way that death shines light onto the beautiful qualities of life." He finished easily, only to look over and shift uncomfortably...

Pretty Boy Self-Care

"And then she had the audacity to call me a petty bitch! Me! So then I said, would a petty bitch push you off the side of this mountain? Anyway, uh......that's how the Canterlot Cat Burglar ended up in prison with two busted legs, just in case your agency was wondering what happened."

got a couple mild complaints about montezuma's design being too feminine, or that he should just be a girl. i then considered drawing him all buff and manly-manl...

The Day Is Saved

colored that one doodle

i imagine Montezuma got all fancy to attend a posh gallery opening (to scout for stuff to steal). Smokescreen is covertly tailing him when a random new villain crashes the party, seizing a relic so that he may use it as a doomsday device. Smoky and Monty are forced to team up to evacuate the frightened party attendees, take down the cultist, and blow up the relic moments before it can trigger the apocalypse. Monte is pretty unhappy about 1.) having had to save th...

Wrong Choice

edit: made some art tweaks~

So this would be how Smokescreen and Montezuma first met. 

Monte stole the Sapphire Stone from Daring Do's private collection (along with a number of other priceless relics.....and he might've also burned down his childhood home), and special agent Smokescreen was tasked with retrieving the plundered treasures and bringing Montezuma to justice. Smokescreen easily proves to be too much for Montezuma, so when the villain makes to surrender, Smoky bel...

Love Bites (WIP)

what's a little nibble between best buddies

Lecture

half of Smokescreen's brain: first of all how dare u you're not my mother i am a professionally trained agent of the government i am a honed blade gripped by the hand of my nation i don't need food or sleep this is belittling NO i should break your smug pretty face 

other half: nap sound gud

Sleepy Cozy

i see y'all requested monster cuddles

the bois after a long day. possibly related to my last doodle of them teaming up to save the world.....after all that terror, both (mostly Monty) are maybe a little reluctant to sleep alone.

Boyfrenemies (WIPs)

sketechesss

first 3 are of a scenario where i imagine smokescreen and montezuma had to team up to stop a cult leader from using an ancient relic as a doomsday device. Montezuma fully expected to be able to resolve the situation peacefully, but the cultist was unshakable in his belief that he'd been chosen to bring about the end of the world. Ultimately, Smoky and Monty were only just able to take down the cultist and blow up the relic moments before it could trigger the apocaly...

Hey Stupid, It's Cold Outside

i'm still working on IAD!, promise (in fact i've just begun my spring break, so i'll finally have more time for comic-making), buuuut currently my brain is saying draw some idiot bois

Montezuma gets cold pretty easily, but he's not gonna let something like frostbite get in the way of wearing crop tops. Ahuizotl has gotten him many a sweater.....and Monty grabs scissors and crops them short, cuz gotta. Smoky spotted the Monty shivering and has graciously loaned him his scarf, cuz Smoke's...

Monty Mom and Pop

hooomans

ahuizotl's big dumb weird head presented an interesting challenge to translate into a human design

when i posted the montezuma voice test on deviantart i got a small handful of people suggesting alternative voice actors....some of which, perplexingly, were Spaniard men, or white British dudes. But Montezuma is a pretty strongly racially-coded character, it's baked into his whole backstory and character motivation. Monty is half Tenochca. Ahuizotl is a temple guardian that...

Montezuma Voice Test

well hey uh here's something i've never done before

enough people asked about montezuma's "deep voice" and what voice actor i had in mind for him that i got curious myself! I have zero experience putting drawn frames to sound but i just HAD to try. Pretty excited about the end result, and the potential to do future voice tests! In the meantime, enjoy monty being a melodramatic boi

audio- Keith David, Coraline (2009)

Villainous Monologue

montezuma note to self: always remember to use a gag when your nemesis has goddamn acid spit

Go Away Pandora

was practicing sillier expressions....here's one i liked~

'Nother Preview

sorry to keep spammin' y'all with previews but i'm just really goddamn PROUD of that BARN

GET A LOAD OF THAT BARN

i drew it! using perspective! i drew a building using perspective! and it looks decent! i have literally never managed to get the hang of drawing things in perspective before but it turns out it's not so hard! just takes lots of planning is all. i'm relieved cuz this comic involves quite a few different locations, so it's reassuring that i can draw any setting i want, ...

Redo: Gonna Marry That Mare

wanted to redraw the wedding panel cuz it was bugging me.....i meant to make it more overly anime-y and fantastical......but then i doodled skyla's stupid face in the corner and now i can't not make this the official comic panel

that is a very happy skyla

Preview: You Are Filled With Determination

i'm sorry y'all had to find out this way that skyla is actually fucking insane

Preview: Just Knock

skyla wouldn't be part of the sparkle family if she wasn't prone to paralyzing anxiety

Pick Yo Peachy

Playing around with how Peachy's mane will look in the comic. Which way do you like best?

IAD: Love Is In The Air (Sketch Preview)

Me, drawing page 1: ho ho comic making is so fun! i love this!! why did i ever bother writing stories when i could've been drawing comics???

Me, realizing page 2 requires bird's eye perspective, something i've never fucking drawn before: what. the fuck. comic making is oppressing me and i am going to SUE

(in all seriousness, comic making is still pretty fun~)

IAD! Page 1-New Beginnings

AHHHHHHH I DIDN'T THINK I'D FINISH THIS THIS WEEKEND

so glad to finally share page 1 with y'all! Thank you all SO much for your support and patience, this story's literally been years in the making. I'm so excited to finally begin!

Princess Skyla sets out for Sweet Apple Acres~

IAD! Preview 2-Floriography

pffft y'all gonna get this comic panel by panel at the rate i'm goin

(jk, only page 1 is drawn this detailed, just cuz it's the first page and i couldn't resist drawing pretty ponies for the official debut)

Besides hairdressing, Magnolia May moonlights as a florist. A somewhat nosy, love advice-dispensing florist. I imagine when Skyla asked which flowers were best for a casual date invitation, Magnolia was secretly like for me, right? Is for me? Yes? ....No? haha what the FUCK...