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Moonlit Brew: C5P41 FINAL video!

Moonlit Brew: Chapter 5 Page 41 FINAL

Figured I'd add the ripped clothing to the first panel, since it would make the transition between the previous page and this one a bit more seamless. 

-Insert Smash Bros. Melee bat sound here.- 

Moonlit Brew: C5P41 Lineart Video!

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 8 FINAL

Not sure if Gordon's playing coy here, but I'd agree with Val if I was watching TV and someone just popped up and directly talked to me. :U

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 8 SKETCH

So, Eli may or may not add something else to this page; mainly a background gag that I have planned since I wrote the script; if it can't fit to where it won't make the page busy, then it can be in the next one. ;)

Moonlit Brew: C5P41 Process Video!

First time I get to show off a video for you guys! 

So, what I'll be doing, whenever I get a video like this, will be that I will make it exclusive for the Patreon for a week, just like with the pages, and then when the final version is uploaded publicly, I will also share the video publicly. That way, you folks are still getting early access to stuff. : )

Anyways, hopefully this won't be the last time you guys get to see something like this, so I hope you enjoy it...

Moonlit Brew: Chapter 5 Page 41 LINES

Been a while since I posted a lineart update. XP 

Got to add in that background gag that I mentioned in the sketch! Only other change I'll make would be to add a bit of torn clothing for the first panel, since I want to show she changed in a quick manner. : )

Process video will be linked in the very next post!

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 7

You thought Gordon's ability to jack Alfred's walkie talkie feed was going to be a one-off thing, didn't you? ;)

(Eli finished this page early, since she's going to be camping tomorrow! Hope she has fun! )

What To Expect (February 2021)

Welp, we're already off to a better start; the world hasn't blown up, and pending a mutation or two, we're slowly starting to see that vaccine be available. How long it'll be before everyone can get access to one is still up in the air, but baby steps!

As for me, I've spent January writing the script for the next Moonlit Brew page (Chapter 5 Page 41)... when I wasn't trying to finish Ghost of Tsushima, anyway. :P 

Also, thanks to Eli, we got an early head sta...

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 7 SKETCH

There's Gordon going full "Dad who doesn't know how webcams work" mode, here. : U

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 6 FINAL

Originally, I wanted the middle panel to be just him with the moustache and him scratching on a chalkboard, but Eli spiced it up, a bit. XD

Anyways, these auto dealers will do anything to get you to buy a car. :P

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 6 SKETCH

See? Told ya Val had a good reason to not like him. :P

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 5 FINAL

Now you know this new guy's name. I'll elaborate on how Big Tex came to be: when I was writing this chapter, I was randomly browsing the Gravity Falls wiki, and I read somewhere that Lil Gideon was loosely based on the Family Auto Mart guy that Alex Hirsch saw as a kid, when he went on a trip to Florida. 

I was never fortunate to have vacations far outside of California, when I was a kid (The only h...

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 5 SKETCH

Val definitely has a history with Big Tex, doesn't she? >>

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 4 FINAL

When I was writing the script, I knew I had to introduce a.... for now, let's call the guy at the bottom as a "new character", and if you've paid attention regarding what I've based Val's design and mannerisms off of, you might know where I'm going with this guy. I'll most likely elaborate, later on in the chapter. ;)

Moonlit Brew: Chapter 3 Page 22 TOUCH-UP

To this day, no one ever understood why there was a market for belly lint...

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 3 FINAL

Not too much to say, other than Eli did a pretty good job with the backgrounds, especially with working on the skyline!

Also, I think I've only had room service once, in my entire life; the last time my parents and I were in Vegas, we stayed at the Trump (before you guys ask, it was because all the other hotels were booked when we were planning it out. : <), because it was a bit of a walk to get to most other places to eat. The food was okayish. XD

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 3 INKS

Ohey, their first day on the job, and they already have room service. ;D

What To Expect (January 2021) + A Reflection of "That year".

When I wrote at the end of 2019 that 2020 was going to be "The Year", I was meaning that I was going to finally be able to get stuff done, and be able to start doing things that I've wanted to do for the longest time. For obvious reasons, most of those plans could not come to fruition. In fact, so many things went wrong, that it became no less than a sucker punch to the jaw that would leave you having your mouth wired shut for weeks. 

Some of these setbacks weren't even related to ...

ACES: Christmas Time

This was something extra that Eli wanted to do, and since we didn't exactly have a proper holiday drawing, last year, it's better late than never to have one, for you guys! :D

(Also, I promise that it's named after an actual Eurobeat song, as is the running theme, and it wasn't a lack of a creative title. XD )

Happy holidays to everyone! : )

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 2 FINAL

That book sure needs a few drops of Clear Eyes; maybe he wouldn't have caught Frankie on fire in the dream, otherwise. 

You'll see the rest of the gang, soon enough! ;D

ACES: Chapter 2 Page 1 FINAL

Didn't think the chapter was going to start like this, did ya? ;)

I'm sure you have plenty of questions: What's Frankie doing in a cave? Why were there a bunch of creepy people in front of him? And, most importantly, why is he wearing a snazzy suit? These questions will have to be answered, some other time...

Moonlit Brew: Chapter 5 Page 40 FINAL

Ooooh snap. You dun goofed, random vampire stranger person. 

(I meant to upload this earlier today, but my parents got a new TV, and I almost messed up my back, getting it set up, since it doesn't have any form of bezel, so I had to hold it very awkwardly so my hands wouldn't touch the screen. >> )

ACES: Chapter 2 COVER

Alrighty, now that we have a new artist (and took the time to get acclimated to the art style that perfectly fits the comic), we are now finally going to be dipping our toes into Chapter 2! 

For those who haven't seen it already, we've given the Helios Ray an updated design that now has a more Dieselpunk look; after all, the ACES group was established in 1952! ;)

Chapter 1 establis...

ACES Concept Art: Redesigning the Helios Ray

Those who have read ACES from the beginning will notice that Alfred had a nifty weapon he was going to use on that monster during the very first pages of chapter 1. Needless to say, you're going to be seeing the Helios Ray in more detail, as we get deep into Chapter 2! 

As we were planning out what the cover of Chapter 2 should look like (and yes, we will show that off, once it's finished!), Eli wanted to give the raygun a little redesign; The original design was inspired by the Te...

What To Expect: December 2020

Let me start by saying that I hope everyone had a safe, albeit weird, Thanksgiving for those in the US!  Mine was alright; on one hand, it was nice to have slept in compared to years past, but it was weird that it was just me and my parents, while the rest of my family went camping in the desert. 

So, after a long and uneventful November, this month will make sure we end 2020 right, for a change! For Moonlit Brew, expect to see Chapter 5 Page 40! I won't talk ...

ACES: Chapter 1 Pages 43 & 44 FINAL

What a rollercoaster, this chapter has been!  In a perfect world, this chapter would have been completed a year ago, but at least we are now finally finished!

So, part of the goal with this first chapter was that I wanted to make sure I got the set-up of the world and characters as compact as I could; I didn't want to have it be like Moonlit Brew where it took 3-4 chapters to give the main characters bits and pieces of their backstory before the fun stuff happens; the next chapter ...

Moonlit Brew: Chapter 3 Page 22 TOUCH-UP

Hope this place doesn't become haunted. :U

What To Expect: November 2020

Sorry for being late on this post, but my dad had an IRL medical emergency, last Sunday; he had severe stomach pains to where I had to call 911 late in the night, and paramedics took him to the local hospital for a day, and the doctors there either couldn't figure out what was wrong with him or thought he was fine, so they gave him Dilaudids and sent him home. Not long after, he went to a different, more competent hospital, and the doctors there found that his gallbladder was dead, so he had ...

ACES: Chapter 1 P43 & 44 SKETCH

This is it. The final 2 pages Uma made for ACES. I'll give the commentary this scene deserves once the final pages are uploaded on Saturday. ;)