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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 14

New LIFT page! ♥

yeesh what a dump, i would hate to see who lives there

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 13

New LIFT page! ♥

help ME by not helping my father think he needs to help me!

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Happy Halloween 2025

A flashback for Halloween ♥

Hope you all have a lovely Halloween with no shark attacks!

Bonus doodle for planning the costumes:

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 12

New LIFT page! ♥

i hope that was all of your luggage because we can't turn around now

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 11

New LIFT page! ♥

I've never been more relieved to see him

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 10

New LIFT page! ♥

typical Liam, buying a twice-cursed house

We'll be at New York Comic Con this weekend! If you're in the area, stop by and say hi!♥

We'll be at booth #3300 with First Second on Friday at 2PM, then we have a panel and a second book signing later in the day! Here's the flyer for times and locations:

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Sep/Oct 2025: Acrylics and cut outs

From the ToyBox, a blog post from Suzana about recent real media work!

Hello! The last year has been wild, between the release of the first book and helping family take care of a new baby (another beautiful niece!), I've been grinding out comic pages as soon as I have time to sit down at a computer. A lot of time away means I don't sketch as much on the computer lately...

But, the nice thing about that is I've been expanding into real media again! I always find it makes coming bac...

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 9

New LIFT page! ♥

get it? stoked? at the bonfire? sorry I really am trying to get my foot out of my mouth

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 8

New LIFT page! ♥

wait what’s your hunch?? it’s SO wrong, whatever it is, but also what is it??

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 7

New LIFT page! ♥

Iiiiii... see what's happening here.

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 6

New LIFT page! ♥

I am Jack's simple, normal, completely neutral facial expression

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 5

New LIFT page! ♥

check the hair BEFORE leaving this time

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 4

New LIFT page! ♥

hm. i see. fun.

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TOY 1 Launch Party!

Tripping Over You: Book 1 comes out in stores on August 19th!!

If you're in the Massachusetts area or nearby, the lovely book store An Unlikely Story in Plainville, MA is graciously hosting us to celebrate the book release! We'll be chatting and answering questions, signing books, and will have some TOY merch to raffle for attendees!

The launch party is on Friday, August 22 at 6:30pm!

2025-08-15 22:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 3

please nobody call it the clown room in front of him

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 2

maybe he'll find it quaint and charming!

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 3, Page 1

the clowns demand I sacrifice a magic eraser upon their altar

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I started this page thinking I'd have to figure out a quick way to redraw the clown wallpaper, since so far I'd been doing it by hand... but then I realized I'd learned how to make brushes in CSP recently. I had to figure out drawing the clowns on a grid and setting them up to make sure it overlapped perfectly but I gotta say...

2025-07-25 05:45:49 +0000 UTC View Post

[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 36

okay I guess it's a pretty fun distraction people-watching in your own home

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 35

WOAH jumpscare reflection in the monitor as it turns off, sheesh

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 34

let me just anxiously worry about how embarrassed i need to be about how i came across earlier before i go repeating it out loud

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 33

please don't show your little sister that pic.... ugh, and dont let her drink your energy drink! come on

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 32

bonus points if the chicken nuggets are dinosaur shaped

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 31

red wing gives you bullsssss

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And we're back to regularly scheduled programming! So happy to get to introduce more family in LIFT, I had a lot of fun with their designs. I'll include the WIP line up we put together last month for them below. Jack did warn us there were a lot of them and we'll get to know them soon, we've got a neighborhood bonfire coming up after all ♥

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TOY Revisited

We completed the TOY omnibus pages! Hooray!

We've fallen a little behind with LIFT as a result, but I'm so thankful that we were able to give TOY the attention and art updates it deserved. There was a lot of expanded artwork and little panels and additions in the third book as we reworked pages, I can't wait to get to share it with everyone! Here's a sneak peek of a three page sequence, you can really get a feel for how much extra little touches the book received from both Owena and me....

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 30

AND I have to drive into Logan? you're killing me here

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We're going to take a hiatus on updating the public website until June. Updates will continue here in the meanwhile! Owena just needs a little bit of extra help finishing up the last pages for the First Second omnibus project, and I think we can finish that up by the end of next month with all hands on deck. I'll have time to get a page up on here each week, but not worrying about it being done for a certain day...

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 29

this got way too fucking real the second you said the name of the airport

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 28

i know that look...

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 27

don't thank anyone until the chapter is finished

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Dragging myself over the finish line with this page today, but happy April! I'll have passwords and a new post later today with some art for the art tiers, and hopefully catch up and have another page done by the end of the weekend! ♥

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 26

milo would be so proud

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[LIFT Update] Chapter 2, Page 25

closing the distance in a long distance relationship

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A page and a preview of a LIFT cover I've been working on this week ♥ Things have been a little rocky on our end, though everything for the most part is okay. But we're wishing you all the best and we'll keep trucking!

Owena finished the LIFT website this week, if you wanna check it out! Still have some minor things we'd like to add, but everything in due time. TOY is next for a full website update, and we...

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