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Almost to my next phase:
- re-organized Patreon posts
- Page/Finished/Story instead of WIP Previews. (Mini comics, pages and finished drawings instead of WIPs, like Cigarette Break but better)

Adjustment: Some lore will be 'added' when the story reaches the adjacent spoilers.

Sunday GP#11

Compiling the pages,
Here's a glimpse into the 'plot pages' that frame the lore books

Pic 2: Most of the single figure topical drawings are done. Enough for me to finish out these comics. And do more after.

Pic 3: I was saying that redrawing all panels was a waste. Then I showed you the 'polished panels'. Here's a panel with my modern lineart.

Grinding

Killer Elite: Type 2 Altercation (thumbnails)

Sunday GP #10

Was speeding trying to finish pages for another preview, it’s better to exercise some patience.

Slim GP, cause I’m so close to the finish line.

Killer Elite, is gonna be close behind E6 and Crossbones. Most art I’ve ever moved public, well over 40 pages. But a lot of editing and formatting too

More on Sunday

At this stage I'll polish a page to show you guys what's around the corner.

Panel Test (Berserk Forces)

Sunday GP#9

Big Success and a big setback,

Good news, my skills for figures, perspective and shot design have made Berserk Forces much easier to work on. Did some test panels and came in under time budget, secondly all the predrawing gives me sometimes 3 semi-finished panels on a page.

Setback: I tried to ‘update’ older pages as I progressed, and just like E3R, massive time sink so I made a ‘better’ version of my thick line style (episode 1 & 2) and I can just finish these things....

Crossbones Lore book preview

I’m happy to say there’s more pages and lore - this episode will be a resource for creatives I’m working with, both collabs and commission work. In terms of ‘canon’, only the Tigers/headhunter book Killer Elite has ‘story-wide’ info. A mistake here, could mess me up in later episodes. It’s a bit stressful, but exhilarating to see the scope come together

More to show on Sunday

Sunday GP #8

• New Pelican model to be commissioned

• - set pieces and color guides done

• References for pages done

• Now it’s just the page crunch - still doing the lineup I established earlier. I highlighted some key progress to keep you guys updated.

MTIO Archive: The Oceans Great Waves Cartoons

There's more just gotta find em on my iPad

Being a laggard, had a breakthrough with my lineart quality.

Gonna sound like an excuse but I started using techniques I used during episode 1 and 2, the speed is back… 😤. Tomorrow gonna see how a page looks with the thin and thick lines combined and time it.

It's coming together

Cool 4 panel sequence

Surprise sequence, just sharing that this happens at some point

Sunday GP# 7 V2

Next wave of comics are assembled, just finishing the art and editing.

At this stage if I flounder or lose pace I’ll declare a release date and grind! I’ll upload some finished pages as a teaser later this week

Edit 1: More thumbnail/roughs for this comics wave

Training & The Work Schedule

Tested my anatomy skills... (The gestures in the last image) And I still need to use photo/model reference to make competent drawings unlike my other skills.

As I grind panels/pages/and lore I'll slide in a Combatives sketch/drawing to warm up. This way I can gain some good practice overtime without pulling my attention completely away from the comics at hand.

Also to warm down I'll see if I can slot in one panel cartoons.

Currently grinding:
- Episode VI
- Cross...

MTIO Versus Caricature WIP

The Ocean's Great Waves (Marketing Thumbnails)

Got 3 old posters for contrast.

Next step will be some curated works using the available budget.

I'll finish these after the next couple episodes are done.

Ayyy, this why it’s takin a while.

the headpiece of the covenant occupied space arc

Sunday GP #6

Finishing and compiling art, writing the adjacent narratives.

• Mecha

• Versus

• Seoba

• Writing Berserk Forces

• Full Metal brat (Top panel is so good I am not spoiling that with a WIP)

MTIO: 'Oceans' Episode Panel Test & Insight

Covenant Occupied Space Arc WIPs

This week's work schedule
- Every Spartan character has a rough lineart design to refine later.
- Oceans Splash panels done
- Episode VI page-work
- Editing Crossbones Episode (ODST character/unit/lore resource for collabs too)

Sunday GP #5

Working on a some big pieces and pages

These images are thumbnails, refined designs and tight roughs for the next couple episodes. The bigger scale stuff I want to retain for the pages so I know it’s exciting.

The underwater sequence I did omit panels/lines to preserve the plot too.

Episode VI Page Quality

Higher budget, more experience, tighter vision.

Still working on my writing and bubble placement 🤪

The idea behind the dense wording and bubbles was originally trying to emulate the passive annoyance that comes with trying to listen to multiple people argue in an enclosed interior.

Sunday GP #4

The hard part of finishing pages is you can't drip feed this style of content. Especially plot relevant items.

Still adhering to the lineup I posted earlier.

1st Page: There's a mini-comic that deals with Jane's main 'job' within Section III. It's one of the comics I'm combining with the lore/artbooks for a better reading experience.

2nd Page: Tested what Toku City Hunters could look like with monochrome color grading. E:Zero, much like EIIIR opens up my release option...

MTIO Lineup V1

Note: I'm including plot-progressing pages in the lore episodes and consolidating smaller entries for efficiency. (Basically episode VII and VIII of FMB will be spread between these episodes) Also they're more fun to read this way

Wave 1: V/Z Plan
Full Metal Brat Episode VI
Crossbones: Successors
Air Power: Space and Atmospheric Assets of Operation Pacifica
Secret History of the 88th
Episode Zero
Versus 1
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Wave 2: Twilight Paths
Next Full Metal Brat Epi...

Sunday GP #3

Current Lineup:

• Episode VI

• - Episode Zero/Toku City Hunters (Berserk Forces)

• - Crossbones Episode (Seoba Flashback)

I’ll consolidate and post a bigger update after this work session

PSA for new followers

I upload cartoons and progress updates on Sundays, typically at the end of the day.

And to reduce clutter, I update posts with new art and add 'V2 or V3' to signal this.

V/Z Plan: General Update

As I've said before, E3R was a grind, but now I'm far less bogged down, especially since the revision work is just fixing preexisting panels or adding unfinished ones.

This weekend, I'll be reviewing the following comics, lore and content schedule. As well as organizing the collections and archives.

Any significant changes I'll announce and explain.

MTIO: Full Metal Brat Episode VI PV (4 Pages)

Paradise (The Inner Colonies)