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WIP—Magazine Cover #1

I've made a little project for myself to draw a magazine cover every month accompanied with lore <3 Naturally, Hugo is on the first issue. I think I'm going to name the "magazine" KISMET (you can look that word up if you don't know what it means)

I've planned out the rest of the year already!

Hugo's wearing his "formal" academy uniform... normally they don't wear those big bushy epaulettes and cords but they're so fun to draw :D When I was a little kid I was obsessed with them ...

Hugo gets decked during a karmastry duel

Another little sketch from a moment in the book.

"Can you scream a little less loudly tonight?"

In the upcoming book, you'll learn why Hugo's nickname is "Squid" and that he has reoccurring nightmares that wake up his siblings on a regular basis. This is just a rough sketch of Hugo, Felix, and Gretchen I drew while writing.

Flux Destiny: Behind the Pages - Creative Roadblock

Flux Destiny: Behind the Pages #2 - Sneak Peek

56 days to go! I read a tiny sneak peek from the unedited manuscript.

Outtakes! #1 — Testing New Setup

I was testing my new setup and the little lower third graphics and ended up with this little heartwarming moment.

Flux Destiny: Behind the Pages #1 - 12/5/23

57 days to go! <3

Official Color Palettes (as of 12/2023)

Here's the official palettes I use for the main characters. I'm building it out to include the other characters as well! You'll notice that I have a general color palette for things like mouth parts, gold... though sclera of the eyes can vary!

From My Secret Sketchbooks: Delivery Boy Hugo

Before I say anything else on this, notice the date - 6/2020... that'll give you an idea of how long it's taken me to really develop all the background for the universe and the premise for the main book series.

And you know what, all the time has been worth it.

I know so much about the world now, and all that groundwork helps me write much more quickly.

It's important for me for as much of the world and how it works to be sorted out, and more importantly... to be thoughtful....

Chance Concept Sketch

You might have seen "Chance" show up a few times in my art. He's an important character introduced in the upcoming book. Kazuo's best friend and Vice President of the Fortune Telling Club, he's got a thing for dice and cards... his particular form of karmastry is unique and based on cleromancy. He plays a very important role in the series.

In his final design, the beanie was swapped for a trucker hat. This is a rough sketch did of him about a year ago while working on the next manuscrip...

Sneak Peak Snippet #1: Book 1 — Scene 34/64

📚Chris's Note: The following is the first of several little snippets I'm going to share as I come to the end of the writing process of the next book (which should be complete within 60-days). 

I'm trying to be really careful as to not spoil anything for you!

To avoid any confusion, while it's the second following Fortuna's Rings, when I refer to this as Book 1, it's the first in the canon series of 7 books. To be clear, Fortuna's Rings I consider a "pilot"...

Marco & Hugo

Just a quick sketch I did today while writing.

When Hugo creates one of those giant gears using karmastry, they're not heavy like metal, but they're very strong. They have to be used in a relatively short amount of time, or they vaporize.

You can learn about each of the boy's particular form of karmastry here:

🪄✨ Hugo

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Marco, Hugo, and Lucky

This is a tiny sketch from one of my development notebooks. I had to crop it because of all the spoiler information, but I thought it was a fun little sketch lol.

More unreleased art from my concept notebook

Not going to elaborate on this, but this is Kazuo. 

Some of my favorite creative time is when I'm working on the backstory within my sketchbooks. Working in monochrome markers is always fun, especially when I can just add a little color.

Secret Development Sketches

As I come to the last pages of the next book, I wanted to start sharing some behind the scenes development work. I've been working on this book for a while now and mapping out the next 6, so it's taken me ungodly amount of work and time to get things just right.

I have SO much I want to share but can't for spoiler reasons, so I have to be super careful... pixelating my notes, only showing you things that won't spoil the story or series.

So, my next posts here will be secret develo...

"Untitled" Flux Destiny Video Game Project

While I'm finishing up the next book, I've launched the Flux Video Game Project!

And Patrons get to participate and contribute ideas! I'm pasting below the overview of the project, but if you'd like to join and participate, go to the flux-game-project board on discord! If you're a patron here but don't have access, message me and I'll help you get in!

VISION

We’re setting out to make a wickedly cool little game that acts as your personal portal into the ex...

Home Stretch

It's been quite a year. As some of you know, I was dealing with some difficulties in my family life that threw my whole year off, especially the completion of the book which was supposed to be finished in August... coupled with some plot problems I needed to sort out, it was just a perfect storm of bad things... but that's ok, that's life... like Winston Churchill said "the only way out of hell is THRU it!"

I know this particular post might look a little weird, but I wanted to share thi...

Kingdom Hearts Halloween

Here's a sneak peak of the Halloween piece I'm working on for this year. This is Hugo and Marco dressed as Sora and Riku. Hugo has candy corn in his mouth and is saying something like "just kiss me already Riku! let me unlock your heart!" --- something dumb like that lol.

I'll be streaming the completion of this tomorrow!

Happy Birthday, Marco-roni <3

It's my broody's son's birthday-—one he shares with me. I'm sorry I wasn't able to finish this early enough for you guys to get first preview, but I hope the Discord WIP was a good make-up for it. Thank you all for giving me your feedback while I was working on him!

I’m giving away 100 copies of this incredible book to my fans! Claim your FREE copy before they run out!

Hi ya'll -

I'm giving away 100 copies of this amazing book SLAY THE BULLY: How to Negotiate with a Narcissist and Win.

Totally FREE no strings attached.

Rebecca is a top 1% lawyer in the country, and a dear friend of mine. She's going to be one of my guests in an upcoming Main Stage Event.

Before I make this public, I wanted to make sure my Patrons get the first chance to grab.

- You have to be 18+

- You have to be in the USA.

The book will be mailed...

Learning to throw things away...

I've never released this publicly.

Here's an old sketch I did (in PENCIL) from when I first was developing the Flux Destiny idea after the "Battlegate" pilot webcomic.

The characters have changed and deepened so much that they're literally not the same: both physically, mentally, or spiritually.

Hugo and Marco are very different characters now from the early concept. They're much closer in age, only a year separating them. They live in an entirely different universe. Literal...

Concept Art: Flux Destiny "Enlightenment Scale"

It's an understatement to say that karma plays a pivotal thematic role in Flux Destiny's story and in Flux's unique "karmastry" magic system.

Here's a color board I put together as a guide for the color theory in the Flux Destiny universe. Karma has an effect on the physical environment in this universe, and the color can tell you a lot about what you're dealing with!

"I'll be right with you..."

Here's a preview of Kazuo concept art before I post it publicly tomorrow. I might tweak some things, we'll see.

Payback Early Concept Art

The concept of Payback is simple: mess too much with the way the universe works using karmastry, and it's going to slap you.

But illustrating that was harder than I thought.

So began my collaboration with SNAPS. I needed a fresh perspective and I always enjoyed his cryptid art concepts, and his style in general.

I gave him a lot of free rein to take my idea and do as he pleased. That's my style in general when I hire concept artists. The whole point of hiring another artist ...

Early Hugo Concept Art

When I was first developing Flux Destiny through the Battlegate webcomic many years ago, I would create little concept pieces to figure out the style and demeanor of the characters.

This is Hugo with an unnamed girl who I thought would be a young witch he met in that universe.

Flux Destiny story/concept/characters and style have changed SO much since that time, this is unrecognizable. Did you know that Hugo used to have earrings too?

I used to draw the art on paper, scan it ...

Forms of Payback

Here's the latest draft spread from SNAPS for the Beginner's Guide to Karmastry book in progress!

When this page is done, it'll describe the different forms that Payback can take. You're already familiar with the "gremlin" forms... but it can also take the form of "malfunctions" (think Final Destination) or "environmental" payback... (think karma tornadoes, sink holes, etc.)

Karmastry isn't for the faint of heart... and you've got to be quick witted AND fast on your feet... that...

Marco☀️

It's Marco's time to shine.

A little backstory

I rarely share this kind of backstory as it's "spoiler-y," but it's a little insight into Marco and Hugo's friendship that I think is worth sharing for you guys as my biggest supporters.

The next book will reveal the backstory of how they became best friends at a very difficult time in both of their lives.

We'll also learn about Hugo's difficult family life, a family that's crumbling and on the verge of divorce. 

We'll also learn about an incident where 11-year-old Hugo...

Concept Art: Creative/Clockwork Karmastry Types

As Flux Destiny fans, you know that the ancient art of karmastry bends the laws of the universe, granting people superhuman abilities and the power to perform incredible feats.

There are 5 types of karmastry practices in the universe of Flux Destiny:

• Creative Karmastry
• Clockwork Karmastry
• Bio Karmastry
• Machine Karmastry
• Quantum Karmastry

In the concept art above designed by SNAPS, we see exam...

Late Night Bonus: Kazuo Sketch

Some of you might remember that I took this perfectly good Kazuo sketch and ruined it with copics a few months ago. I knew full well that the notebook the sketch was on wasn't designed to absorb markers but I went ahead and threw caution to the wind and literally ruined it.

Luckily I got this photo of it from a while back. Was cleaning out my files this evening and thought I'd throw out this little bonus.