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What's Next?

Now that Exorcism Academy is wrapped up (wow!?) I'm reviewing my to-do list of things I would like to tackle first!

TLDR;

A clay project, finishing current Alternate Universe comics and starting Grant & Grimm comic, plans to refresh my website a little bit, chatting about logistics of printing a book, future comic idea mention, aaaand I have a cold (⁠-⁠_⁠- ;)

A little guy made out of clay

I've been dreamin...

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Ethan & Al

The boys, enjoying the view! Al's improved a lot, I'd say :)

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Epilogue Pages 3 & 4 (Complete!)

When you spend hours inside your blank canvas void space, putting little finishing touches on your art project so your boyfriend will be impressed, and then he eats your sex pollen flower

I hope you enjoyed this factual representation of what Al would be using his powers for: "horny things™"

meanwhile

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Epilogue Pages 1 & 2

Cut to a weekend before the boys pack up for another round of exorcism duty, and Ethan's just trying to relax in the backyard with a good book. Al has other plans!

I figure when you graduate from a cadet to a full fledged exorcist, you get the opportunity to move into off-campus housing for when you're not actively deployed. Malki was always at the campus for his mentorship duties for Ethan, but for the most part, I imagine everyone would be thrilled to get the hell out of the ...

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Page Preview - Pg 581

Well, here we are - the final page of the comic proper (it's one single long page, but I split it up so the uploader wouldn't shrink it down). Comic "proper" because there's still a 4 page epilogue coming! I wanna see Al figuring out his illusion space, as a treat. I quite enjoy leaving Al's old earrings on the dog tag chain (Ethan's memory keepsake of Al) and Al's industrial piercing (Stryder's memory keepsake of Adrian) as the final image to leave with readers - a little nod to the idea tha...

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Al: ....this doesn't look like I wanted it to, what gives

Welcome to being an artist, Al! (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧ (Yakety Sax begins playing)

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Page Preview - Pg 579

What's a relationship without a little ball busting between two guys bein' dudes together in the blank canvas space of a shared illusion, amirite

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Page Preview - Pg 578

Only noticing you exist in a white void after you've gotten to use your partner's stupid sweet nothings at him

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Page Preview - Pg 577

Ethan experiencing the turbulence of all of his emotions all at once at Al, who would just like another hug please

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Page Preview - Pg 576

Perhaps a page preview to start your weekend with a bang? ヾ( ̄▽ ̄)

The next two updates will be 3 pages each, and I'm hoping to get page previews up here a little earlier than usual in the meantime!

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Page Preview - Pg 575

I've come back to this page several times trying to determine if it's confusing or not, if it's rushing the scene or not. I wanted to show Ethan preparing for his pairing ceremony while an earlier, unseen conversation between him and Malki played through captions. I don't want to cut back and forth between the visuals of the conversation and him dressing - that felt clunky and unnecessary. I also don't think we'd really benefit from seeing Ethan looking wizened for another two pages ...

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Al's little jagged sliver of a soul: "I said I'm not done yet" (ò_óˇ)

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Sketchbook - Jigen

Wanted to draw my favorite old man criminal for warmups today!

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Lucifer gazing over his terrible, sad kingdom :/

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Woof - apologies for this page going up so late, the inks are taking forever and I didn't want to leave that bottom panel displaying the expanse of the burned-out demon graveyard as just a sketch for your preview! I have different textured brushes to help with filling in all the space, but I'm still fiddling around with the piles of ashes and what not. Pages should go live on the website tonight! (. ❛ ᴗ ...

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I feel like this meme is appropriate for this page

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Lucifer, father of the year, looking at Al's nearly burnt-out shell: "well maybe if you were more like your brother"

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I haven't talked very much about it because I'm so focused on making these the best comic pages I possibly can but wow, we're in the home stretch now! This 10 years and change journey is going to be wrapping up by the end of August/start of September, and it feels extremely surreal to me. I still have quite a ...

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Page Preview - Pg 570

Al's had enough of seeing his intimate moments with his lover thrown back at him as if it were evidence of a defect.

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C-classes and their hot-headed tempers, amirite

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Proto Al: :staring longingly at a soul through the window: that's the one I want

Lucifer: no, we have souls at home

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Lucifer Design Sketches

I drew the first designs for Lucifer years ago, when I knew I wanted him to have some kind of grunge that creeps up on him over the ages as he poisons himself with resentment. A stain you can't wash off, and grows larger with every soul he takes. He still has some of his crown light, but with every outburst it dims and only returns when he's regained control. I was gonna go with a donkey jawbone floating crown because it was a visual I really liked for whatever reason, but I ended up dit...

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Al being annoyed that he can't even get a second of peace in his grave because Lucifer won't stop talking about whatever was a real highlight of my comic layout sketches, haha.

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Lucifer: Life really isn't fair, for me specifically

Al, crumbling into ashes: ಠ _ ಠ

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The Hussy

I like to imagine anytime we see Ethan reading a book, it's the same one due to all of Al's interruptions and outbursts - it takes him three months to get through one novel lol

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Lucifer you're being real unlikable to the bird and frog fans in the audience, man

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Page Preview - Pg 564

N...not very nice...

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Page Preview - Pg 563

Oh Al's ready to FIGHT

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Running a little behind this week, but pages should hopefully go up Saturday evening!

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Page Preview - Pg 562

Lucifer must have these meltdowns frequently if Al is just completely unfazed by them (。_。)

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Page Preview - Pg 561

Well, that's...unsettling (°ー°〃)

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Page Preview - Pg 560

Malki is a soothing balm, please apply liberally to Ethan

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Page Preview - Pg 559

I know we're talking about Ethan on this page, but I'm also lighting a candle for Malki trying to grow his hair out and being in that Awkward Length phase

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