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[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 12

i'd say ''one of those mornings'' but admittedly i never went to bed....

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 11

milo shh you promised not to tease me about that anymore

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Here's an early update, this will go public on Monday! Getting back into the swing of things, been working on prints in the meantime that I can share soon♥

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 10

this conversation is the exact shape of my social anxiety

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That feel when you love your friends and family but conversation fills you with so much anxiety that you avoid it more often than not... where my fellow introverts at? ♥

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 9

i'm just so bad at small talk, milo,

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A day late, thanks for your patience! We should be on track for the next page to be on time, at least, but this last week really got away from me. I've been getting a lot of things done behind the scenes, a huge chunk of which is design work (which always takes more time than I ever anticipate). Some of that stuff will be easier to share when the assets are finished for the new website, so I can't wait to share...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 8

oh wow. i mean, brisk weather today, ey?

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Happy Autumn, everyone!

I added some sketches to the Dropbox over the last week, but I'll add a few more tonight and update the log (I'm notoriously bad about remembering to update that, oops).

I've been sketching a lot on paper lately, which is great! ... except that I have no easy way to share those. I fell out of the habit for a long time, but recently unpacking boxes of old sketchbooks over the years...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 7

her name is fiona. this joke wasnt meant to carry on this long.

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It feels so good to be uploading this to Patreon right now! This is the first page we've made in a long time, and it's been a dope first step back into the rhythm of making pages. We laughed a lot as we worked on it, and it was really fun to chip away at while life happened around it.

Our goal is to have another 4koma like this up for next Monday, too. We also want to upload that page ea...

Dropbox Update! ♥

Wow, this has been a super busy month for us! Luckily I had a chance to set up my computer to post a lot of sketches I've had building up! There's a lot of new things in the Dropbox to check out, mostly content for the next story as we work out some character design things and a lot of sketches for Take It From the Top (our comic for Slipshine).

The next update for TOY is all inked, but because we're currently in between work stations we haven't been able to color it and get it ready to...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 6

milo, of course, takes his half-eaten bagel with him as he leaves

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 5

dylan, this is exactly why i didn't do this at work, please open the door

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Everything happens so much. Please accept this belated offering of a page, plus some of my fav sketches Suzana has done as warm-ups this week. They're a little spoilery, jsyk! More sketches in the Dropbox in both the $5 tier<...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 4

meeting the lesbian monster from that indie movie milo was in really makes kat's day, y'know?

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Here's a couple relevant links for this page: Toni's movie costume and Kat finding out about the movie.♥

Not sure if I ever posted the original outfit designs for Milo and T...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 3

in fact, i think about it from time to time and have a small anxiety attack, now that you mention it,

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 2

alfons, if you tell me 'good morning' at 4 pm one more time...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] CH 20, EXTRA 1

we are well past surprised, liam.

[EARLY UPDATE x2] PAGES 20.82-83, END OF CH 20!

huh? ♥ what was that? ♥ say that again? ♥ did i hear you correctly? ♥ holds the folder out of ur reach ♥

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Heads up, there are two pages in this update! Scroll through the images to see them both!

I always find that whenever I come close to finishing something, the universe becomes determined to make the final stretch as long and exhausting as possible... but at last, it is finished! Here are the last two pages of the last ch...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.81 - I TRY VERY HARD

y'know, i try very hard to be subtle, but i wanna kiss every single freckle on your body in an extremely sexual way babe

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We're almost there, guys. ♥ We're tired and slow to finish with these pages— but we're very nearly at the end of the last full chapter of TOY, and that's pretty damn cool.

We have one more full page, and then we'll be doing some 4komas between Ch20 and the epilogue. We're so glad to be able to do these again— they're fun to w...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.80 - DO IT SCARED

i just realized i should probably actually ASK you

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Thanks for your patience, guys! This one's going live tomorrow morning; we'll aim for another public update this Monday, and another early update for you this week. ♥

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.79 - THOUGHT IT WAS OBVIOUS

i'm not thrilled about committing so much... or so soon... or so internationally.......

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Suzana and I never paid much attention to holidays when we were living together by ourselves. Some we would travel to see family for, like Thanksgiving or Christmas, and we'd be back to life and work as usual after setting aside 3-5 days.

Late last year we moved in with an elderly family member with special care needs. Ever since, every major holiday h...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.78 - SUCH AN OPEN BOOK

you think im pretty? you wanna kiss me? ♥

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This page was particularly grueling, and I have no idea why. Sometimes pages are just particularly grueling. I'm pretty satisfied with where we're landing for these final pages of Chapter 20, brutal as they've been on us— and we're feeling very fond and nostalgic as we're working on them ♥

I'm including a sketch for you guys; this is a sketch sheet Suzana's been using to do warm ups in. We'll likely use ...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.77 - SHOULD BE OBVIOUS

ugh, don't say the f-word to me. "feeeeel."

Our Page Process: Sketch Phase

Hey lovelies, we wanted to check in with you real quick! Suzana and I are going to take an update off from the public site again this week, so I thought it might be interesting for us to share with you what it looks like during these slow weeks.

Occasionally our caretaking position suddenly and randomly takes up more hours per week than usual. We could try to rush, but we're so close— we want to do this right. We'll remember these pages more fondly if they're not made under duress, to...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.76 - I LIKE YOUR LIST

milo i already know what youre afraid of... germs... burglars... my cat sometimes...

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Here's some sketches for you here on the feed, and some sketches in the dropbox! I also added a WIP of one of the prints we're working on from last year; we're finishing up the inks on them now and wanted to share our progess with you guys. ♥

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.75 - A WHOLE FOLDER

i hear the life of a childrens' show voice actor is inherently full of debauchery

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.74 - AFRAID TO NOT BE READY

milo's half sweating for the upcoming convo, half sweating bc "solution:  " looks like it's an essay prompt on a test

An update ♥

Just a quick update to keep you folks in the loop!

Things have been a little unpredictable for us over the last week or two! We had a little bit of a health emergency here at home (they're okay now, thankfully!), and our focus shifted for a while. Our schedule is finally starting to fall back into a comfy pace, but we could really use a little bit of a breather. :)

At the end of the night on these tough days, sketches are often easier for us to finish— so we offer them to you to...

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.72 - A BIG LIST

sorry this is the quietest i can be
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Here's a couple sketches (dropping more into the Dropbox on both the $5 and $10 tiers tonight, too!) with the new page!

Apologies for how long these pages are taking us lately— we're in the home stretch, so we're being extra fiddly with these. We'll likely take a week off from the public page soon to give us a little more slack, but early updates will continue here ♥

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.72 - MOVING COST ANALYSIS

the tears and the sob in your voice also aren't helping either btw

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New page and pics, lovelies. ♥ A half-dressed Liam and Milo sketch attached here, and a few more in the Dropbox!

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.71 - EVERYTHING THAT SCARES ME

please ONLY read it, and stop making me say the quiet part out loud
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Here's a sketch with this update! We'll drop some more into the two Dropbox tiers as the afternoon goes ♥

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.70 - IT'S A REQUEST

oh come to think of it....... wait, no, don't distract me
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Here's a page and a sketch test of Milo; yesterday was his birthday, Jan 23! There'll be a couple more in the Dropbox on both tiers tonight, too ♥

Dropbox Update! ♥

We've decided to try something new— to start updating here on the Patreon timeline, alongside uploading our sketches to the TOY Dropbox. We'll keep using the update log (link) too, but we figured a notification and a preview of the $5 tier's content might be nice! Something to try out, at least!

Here's some resources for the $5 and $10 tiers:

• $5 Dropbox Link: 2022-01-22 04:52:18 +0000 UTC View Post

[EARLY TOY UPDATE] PAGE 20.69 - IN A DEATH GRIP

are you sure? am i actually safe if i open it, or will i have to fight for my life as you attempt to take it back

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pov: I slide this update to you at 1AM, after trying to find as much time between elder care responsibilities to even physically go into our office, 5 hours before it goes live, before crawling into bed for 6 hours of sleep

Nothing is normal anymore, guys. I know you're very likely feeling that nothing is normal anymore, tooâ...