Probably one of the cooler mid-bosses I really like. I mean, that intro and outro, man... 💗 Interestingly, the 3DS version did away with the ribcage.
This is a one-off, mostly inspired by PoinkYoink on Twitter. But for obvious reasons, this image shall live here. This is me trying to get back...
Phew. Another Poking Around page has appeared and it is stuffed to the gills with a lot of subtext. So much so, I had to trim down to the bone so this page wouldn’t take any longer to produce than it has done. So I say at nearly 2am at the time of writing this entry before posting. (EDIT: In fact, I had to reupload this several hours later because of several typos I had missed! Sorry!)
Anyway, I’ll...
2020-07-15 01:17:09 +0000 UTC View PostOK, so you know that "'thank you" message that appears in your inbox should you subscribe to a Patreon Creator (or change Tiers)?
Well, some time ago, Patreon enabled the ability to make customisable ones for each individual Tier.
I haven't ...
It’s a new month, a new page and a new font for the dialogue; I wanted something that complimented the art a bit more and I think Action Man may just fit the bill for now.
There’s quite a bit of subtext coming, so please look forward to what comes next; we’ll get back to sumo bit soon enough. At least there are plenty of Translation Notes to tide you over in the meantime. Thanks again for your time and support.
TL Notes:
Please accept my apologies for the lateness of this post - my Internet Service Provider went out of commission for the majority of Saturday and didn't spring back to life until the early hours of Sunday morning.
Without further ado, the Wonderfest/Project Redesign Poll results:
My initial th...
2020-07-05 08:53:43 +0000 UTC View Post
I’m unaffiliated with ProjectSNT by the way: I just liked her video series redesigning characters though...
2020-06-27 18:31:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Before anyone comes for me, it's a reference to this video game's first boss. In fact, his name is a corruption of 踊るわ odoru wa, which is literally "I'll dance" (said emotively). Which to be fair, he does a bit of given the chance.
It could be me projecting, but given the higher polygon count used in the remake, did they give him a bit of a gut to match 2020-06-24 10:12:54 +0000 UTC View Post
For those who don't know, Ainsworth would be this fellow from this series. I really enjoyed it since it's quite rare for an anime or manga to be set outside of Japan for the majority of its run. Anyway, this was a 6part one-off mini-comic I mostly drew for cathartic reasons;...
2020-06-23 13:36:54 +0000 UTC View Post
So for those who don't know, this guy is this monster in this long-running game franchise.
As I was working on this image, I found out there are three phases to this creature - I just went with the first since it was the easiest. But it can armour itself up with ice, and as a last resort, inflate itself like a bullfr...
Weak title because I couldn't think of anything, but eh... Enjoy! 👑🦍❤️
(Reuploaded to fix a glaring error - sorry!)
This was originally supposed to appear next month, but truth be told, I really needed the catharsis. So here it is now. Enjoy.
And thank you so much as always for supporting this story.
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Won’t lie; a bit of real world anxiety snuck into this page.
But at least this puts an end to this little interlude. And moreover, the panel recycling!
Enjoy, and please look forward to more next month.
TL Notes:
お待たせしました! Thank you for waiting!
We solve the mystery of how Bo manages to navigate enclosed spaces with his wing-span: he wraps them around himself like a cloak (thank you Gargoyles!)
But in all seriousness, I like playing around with subtext. See if you can get what I'm hinting at. And please look fo...
2020-06-10 21:34:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I wasn't able to finish another project I was originally planning to post up today so please accept this as compensation. It's this guy.
2020-06-07 15:38:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I am completely overcome.
All of you Patrons... so much money... just wow (when I saw how much came in today).
Considering everything that's gone in the world the past month, thank you so so much to every single one of you who still chooses to support me. But I think the fish guy says more than I ever could. You're truly invaluable people - thank you for keeping me safe and sane.
💖💖💖
Thank you very much to everyone who participated in the pin-up poll for June. Here are the results:
EDIT: Fixed because I was a bit out of it when I did the pie-chart in the morning. Sorry.
And that's that. I don't really have any extra commentary this time, so please l...
Man, it’s been a while since I last did one of these, huh? Whoops.
So, as it turns out Kaijune is a thing. Whilst I’m not participating on Twitter, I think it provides an ample opportunity for all you wonderful Patrons to determine who gets some macro niceness. ...
2020-05-26 10:43:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Something random I drew whilst bored on a Saturday night.
Over time he sort of mutated into Anubis. Felt rather pleased with myself since I can't usually draw skulls that well. The title is a reference to the first lyric of an old Simon and Garfunkel song. Alternate here if you're region-blocked, jump 0:37 in...
Title is Norwegian, and it's a reference to this game doing a thing. I'm just a filthy commoner so I know next to nothing about this really; I just thought this bit of the trailer someone linked me was cool, no pun intended. This is a Patreon exclusive because I haven't done any SFWish pin-ups this month a...
2020-05-23 08:13:18 +0000 UTC View Post
And the next part… which veered somewhat the original scenario (whoops). That’s to say, Bo’s own flashback was to be a lot shorter but I wanted to keep the text-to-image ratio consistent. After all, comics are a visual medium.
And I liked the challenge of trying to draw a maturing Bo and Tori – notice how they lost the cutesy aesthetic over time? Granted, I had to do a bit of a Kenny with...
2020-05-15 16:38:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Please accept this as a holdover whilst I continue to complete the other tier images. Inspired by this video and this piece of art This was originally going to be a Twitter drawing but, eh, I think I've done too many freebies lately. Sorry.
2020-05-10 22:50:16 +0000 UTC View Post
TL;DR: Patreon says it will begin charging a sales taxes on pledges from 1st July 2020. However, it is not a uniform policy as this highly depends on where you, the Patron, are based. Patreo...
2020-05-07 10:39:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Thank you very much to everyone who participated in the Patrons’ Den poll late last month, determining where the story goes next. Here’s the result!
I wonder if I’m getting too self-indulgent with these pages…? Let me know what you think. And please look forward to the continuation, including why Bo is so adamant that Kuroki doesn’t get involved. TL notes below as always and...
2020-05-05 14:34:32 +0000 UTC View PostOK, simple poll for those who are on my Discord server. If you're not yet a part of it, here is an invite.
One vote per Patron, poll closes.... let's say Saturday 2nd May 8am BST (British Summertime) - that's 0am West Coast USA, 3am East Coast USA, 9am on the European Continent and if I got my math right, 5pm ...
2020-04-30 09:53:17 +0000 UTC View PostGood tidings to you, irrespective of the time zone you live in.
I write this on the morning of 30th April 2020.
Given the extraordinary circumstances we are all in right now, thank you so very much for continuing to support me throughout April. It can’t be easy for a lot of people right now, with so much mental, physical and financial uncertainty. As iterated earlier in the month (or was it last month?), should there come a time that the apron strings need cutting ( 2020-04-30 09:40:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This was originally going to be part of a journal, but at the time of posting (12:53pm Weds 29 April) Patreon was about to undergo maintenance for a few hours. And I'll be darned if I wasn't going to post something today. So please accept this as a holdover image until I can get something proper.
Thank you again to everyone who continues to support my work on here and elsewhere. Couldn't have made it this far without you. Stay safe. (y...
2020-04-29 11:54:18 +0000 UTC View Post
So without giving too much away regarding the plot, this guy is from episode 3 of BNA, introduced as Mr Yaba.
I'm not too happy with how this one turned out to be honest. But I had already worked on it for far too long to scrap it. So here it is. A slight exaggeration of what happens... but that's all I'll say. I'll come up with something better... But in the meantime, enjoy.
TL note: Rhinoceros in Japanese is sai 犀
2020-04-29 09:39:45 +0000 UTC
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So to give some context here, the fifth episode of Brand New Animal spoofs the ancient US sports comedy film, Bad News Bears. In short, a terrible baseball team (comprised of actual bears in BNA's case), is kept down at the bottom of the league because their manager, and the rest of the baseball league, make money on pre-determined outcomes...
2020-04-28 08:07:13 +0000 UTC View Post
So there was this one security guard in one of the then-New Looney Tunes shorts... (The 2016 one, not to be confused with the 2020 HBO Max hard reboot.)
Felt guilty as sin for being really slow on the Patreon front this month. 6 days to the end of the month (at the time of posting)... yeek... not that I was horsing around or anything... 😓 But yeah, that's what this is for. For you.
So, following the cliffhanger of Part 89 of Poking Around, should Kuroki Yatamori be trialled the Campaign Manager? Poll closes Sunday 26th April, one vote per Patron.
Please do participate as this will influence where the series goes next. Oh, and I've attached a ...
2020-04-20 14:54:58 +0000 UTC View Post