...yeah, I'm about three days behind in posting this page.
I'll be cross-posting this at DeviantArt, but it's here as well for the convenience of those of you who don't follow me there.
Download link below:
2020-04-15 14:55:47 +0000 UTC View Post
... Page 9 of Tetsuko's Odyssey #1. I've actually added some background color, but including that would've obscured the figures, so I left those out. (So I'm actually farther along than it looks, and I hope to finish this page tomorrow.)
Just to let you know I'm not wasting all my down time...
And I know Tetsuko looks pretty "normal" in panel 4 (a little disheveled, perhaps); but she'll still have the grime and dirt she picked up from the previous pages on her wh...
2020-04-11 00:26:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Pages 12 and 13 (which form a double-page spread) of Kaijuu Fighter Tetsuko #1 is done!
And I also did a few corrections on Page 11; I found some pictures of a house I thought was cool-looking, and decided I wanted Sonya's lab* to look like it instead of that unimaginative block building I drew before.
Both pages available for download at the links below.
*Sonya has moved her lab to...
2020-04-02 17:59:26 +0000 UTC View Post
For you $5/mo. sponsors:
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2020-03-27 22:02:10 +0000 UTC View Post
It seems Tetsuko bought herself some new lingerie, and wants to show it off. (Or is it the lingerie she's showing off...?)
Download link below.
2020-03-27 21:58:37 +0000 UTC View Post
And here it is!
And as always, if you've got a question for the next video, please leave them in the comments below.
Enjoy!
2020-03-27 02:23:31 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm looking to finish this illustration tomorrow or Friday. Heaven knows there isn't much to do outside the house, since Orange County (FL) will be imposing a "stay-at-home" order starting tomorrow night, lasting at least through April 9.
...which means Walt Disney World will be closed for at least a week past its anticipated April 1 re-opening. In fact, there's at least 2020-03-25 23:20:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, I thought I'd get a lot more done during my "corona-cation", but all I've got to show for a week's worth of time off from my job is about a page and a third of Tetsuko's Odyssey #1 (since Page 7 was already in progress when I started trying to finish it on Monday).
I figure I've been able to spend about half my waking hours on productive drawing; of course, there have been the grocery runs, a couple of meals out (before the restaurants all closed their dining rooms and we...
2020-03-22 18:56:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, as I say in the video, I wanted to let you know how the virus situation has affected me, and decided to do a video post.
And also as I say in the video, this is also the Call for Questions for the regular Q & A video coming near the end of the month. Any questions?
2020-03-16 19:17:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Seems like lately I'm becoming as obsessed with animating Tetsuko flexing her biceps as I usually am drawing her flexing her biceps.
Not quite sure how I'm going to proceed with this one - whether I'll just continue with various other flexing, or turn this into the "hyper flexing" animation I'm thinking about doing.
I suppose I should start working on an actual completed animation; the idea of an animated 2020-03-12 01:38:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I get frustrated sometimes that I have too many projects going on at once, and therefore updates to any one project (such as Tetsuko's Odyssey) are few and far between. But then I think I'd be equally agitated if I put all my other projects aside and concentrated on one project until it's finished, because I'd still want to be contributing to the others!
Anyway: here's one of the things I've been slaving over a hot computer (sometimes it's a hot iPad) to do: Tetsuko's Odyss...
2020-03-11 20:55:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, I managed to this pic done and posted before February ended. (Glad I had an extra day this year!)
I didn't want the month to end without something for you $5/month sponsors; so here's intergalactic justice enforcer Marissa of Mars enjoying some down time after a particularly rough mission.
(Oh, and BTW: that's not a window behind her; that's a digital display on which she can view news, official briefings, entertainment, or (as in this case) a rotating feed of views from a v...
2020-03-01 03:48:31 +0000 UTC View Post
...if you're a $5/month sponsor (and if you're reading this, you are!).
The NSFW POTM will be posted tomorrow night (Feb. 29). Above you see a cropped portion of the image in progresss. (Yes, it's our favorite magenta-tressed Martian, Marissa!)
2020-02-29 04:56:34 +0000 UTC View Post
For your delectation and edification, yerz trooly presents the Q & A video for February 2020. What's a typical day in my life? Why no villainesses or bad muscle-girls in my work? Will Daisuke/David return? How tricky is it maintaining a balance of fun and seriousness in my work? What's my art background? The answers to these questions are just a click away!
And if you've been inspired to ask a question yourself, then by all means drrrrrop it into the comments below!
2020-02-27 21:39:34 +0000 UTC View Post
I was casting about for a subject for the (SFW version) Picture of the Month; browsing my archives I came across the two pics I'd done of "Marissa of Mars" (this one and this one), and thought "hmm. Might be fun drawing her again."
So here she is, on patrol on the Red Planet.
(Edited to add the links to the previous pics... d'o...
2020-02-27 03:17:46 +0000 UTC View PostI've got as many as I think I can handle for the Q&A coming up in just a few days, so if you have any questions, please save them for the March video. Thanks!
2020-02-23 14:41:45 +0000 UTC View PostI meant to post this the other day:
I'm planning out the rest of my month - what I'm going to draw for the Pic of the Month, and when; when I'll be shooting and editing the Q & A video, etc. Since I anticipate having Wednesday and Thursday next week (2/26 and 2/27), I'm targeting those as "Video Day(s)". To that end, I'm asking for questions for the video.
I already have two interesting questions (including one I carried over from the January video), but I'll take more if you ...
2020-02-19 18:52:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This pencil test is also a test of some ideas I had about how to do an animated version of one of my "Hyper Tetsuko" drawings - taking Tetsuko from her "normal" form to her ultra-muscular "hyper" form.
The main problem I was facing was the distortion of anatomy necessary to pack so much muscle onto her frame. For example, her arms would need to lengthen during her exertions to make room for massive biceps and triceps; similarly, her shoulders would have to widen to accommodate huge pecs...
2020-02-14 02:38:24 +0000 UTC View Post
...and here 'tis!
I had some fun at the beginning of the video... and could even use the bit of animation I mentioned in a previous post. (It be fun to do a special short animated clip in every future video, but the process is so time-consuming I'm not sure I'd be able to create one.)
Anyway... enjoy! And if you've got a question for the February Q&A, please do so in the comments below.
2020-01-30 20:43:37 +0000 UTC View Post
And for you $5/month sponsors - Satin Steele's ab flex sans apparel!
Enjoy!
2020-01-28 01:17:07 +0000 UTC View Post
...at least I have the Pic of the Month done!
2020-01-28 01:11:01 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again, I've found myself caught up short on time, with only now through Thursday to get the Q and A video shot, edited, and posted (and I still have to work tomorrow!) So I've got as many questions as I'll be able to answer this time, and I may even have to put off one of the questions until the February video.
I'm hoping I can get the video posted by Friday (which would be the last day of January anyway...)
2020-01-28 01:07:31 +0000 UTC View PostYes, it's that time again. I need questions for the January Q and A video, so: if there's anything you want to know about my characters, my techniques, my thought processes... just about anything, please leave them in the comments below.
And don't worry about whether a question has been asked before. If it has I'll simply rerun the answer from a previous video, unless the answer has changed since then; in which case, new answer!
I'm looking forward to your questions!
2020-01-17 14:43:19 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been working on a new animation... a little 3-or 4-second gag for the Q&A for later in the month. And (as usual for most of my projects), it's turning into a bigger and more involved thing than I anticipated; so it's putting me a little behind my plans for the month. (And I might have to save the animation for February's video; we'll see.)
But here's a rough-sketch, WIP look at at least one of the pics I have planned for you Patreon sponsors for the month:
2020-01-13 20:08:37 +0000 UTC
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The final Q and A video for 2019!
A shorter video this time, in contrast to the 10-question marathon of last month; it might have been longer if I hadn't fallen "under the weather" and called for more than the three question I already had.
But that's OK; there's always January. If you've got a question for the January video, please leave it in the comments below.
In the meantime, enjoy! And please let me know what you think.
2019-12-27 02:40:47 +0000 UTC View PostMerry Christmas to all my patrons!!! Sorry I didn't have time to do any new art for this year, but... there's always next year!
2019-12-25 01:08:25 +0000 UTC View PostThe good news is, I'm over whatever crud was laying me low last week, and my voice is back. The bad news is, you'll have to put up with my voice again ;-)
I've just finished a bit of animation for the video, and I'll be shooting my answers to your questions tomorrow. If I can get the editing done as well, I might be able to post it tomorrow night! (If not, then Thursday or Friday night.)
2019-12-25 01:06:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I put "[something]" in the title because I didn't know if this was a "Picture" of the Month, or if the fact it was animated made it something a little different; and I wasn't sure what to call it. "Animation of the Month"? That would make sense if I actually did an animation every month. (I can't imagine producing a Pic of the Month, a Comic of the Month and an Animation of the Month every month... when would I have time to eat or sleep? (Or work my "day job"?)
I guess I'll jus...
2019-12-21 01:54:40 +0000 UTC View PostIt always seem to happen every winter; sometimes during the holidays, sometimes just after New Year’s, but I get visited by the Laryngitis Elf.
I woke up this morning with a sore throat and difficulty talking. And since these things - unlike an actual cold, which would be over in a couple of days - tend to hang on for a week or two, it means most likely I’ll have to do an(other) all-text version of the December Q and A video.
This would ordinarily be the day I’d call for que...
2019-12-16 16:31:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Update, Dec. 20: I'm retroactively declaring that this animation is the "all-tiers" POTM for December 2019.
This started as a drawing I did for my own enjoyment; yesterday I decided I wanted to see it in animated form, so I spent about three hours doing a rough pencil test. (Animation Desk for the iPad is pretty nifty app for doing rough animations.) I then began to regret spending so much time on something that wasn't for Patreon, DeviantArt or my comics. Then the idea...
2019-12-09 19:21:37 +0000 UTC View Post