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Helluva Trio 2 pg 2 inks (commentary)

Loona is an impatient person, as well as antisocial, so I imagine that when she realized she wanted to spend more time with this couple, she immediately resorted to the one thing she knows she's good at: sex appeal.

She didn't have much time to think, and isn't particularly clever at navigating relationships, so this little moment is kind of a knee-jerk reaction for her. She doesn't realize that maybe she should just wait.

Helluva Trio 2 pg 3 draft (script)

P1: Millie closes Loona's robe, covering her up.

MILLIE: Now, now, Loona, dear. You need to get dressed. We're leaving for work in 30 minutes, okay?

LOONA: ... Yeah, gotcha.

P2: Loona walks down the hallway. The duo watch her.

LOONA: I need to use your bathroom.

P3: Moxxie leans in towards Millie.

MOXXIE: That was weird, right?

MILLIE: Uhh, she just forgot she wasn't dressed.

MOXXIE: Sure... just an honest mistake.

P4: Millie's eyes look...

The Vast Gap Between Us pg 3 inks (script)

P1: Sylara props herself on her elbows and looks over at Zerina, exasperated. Zerina waves her off with a flippant wrist flick.

SYLARA: She's not just a native! She's the daughter of Chief A'tani! Having her entrusted to us is--

ZERINA: --a great honor, yeah, yeah. Sweet All-Mother, shut up already.

P2: They both look up at the sound of a scream.

HAEUN (off-panel): Aaaieeee! No!

P3: A third Na'vi girl, Talani, walks over while carrying a human girl, Haeun. Haeun ...

Helluva Trio pg 102 inks

Helluva Trio 2 pg 1 inks (commentary)

With the start of a new chapter, I've made a few tweaks to the character designs to be a little more show accurate.

Loona's ears are now rounder and more floppy rather than pointy. The back of her hair is now a more similar shape to the show's. I've also toned down her eyelashes to be less extreme.

Helluva Trio 2 pg 2 draft (script)

P1: Loona swivels around in her seat to face Moxxie.

MOXXIE: Uh. Next time?

LOONA: Yeah...

P2: Loona spreads her legs and rests her arms back against the counter, her robe falling open and revealing her naked body.

LOONA: The next time you decide to feed me.

P3: Moxxie blushes furiously, covering his eyes. Millie looks up at Loona, perplexed.

MOXXIE: O-oh, right. I'll remember that.

The Vast Gap Between Us pg 2 inks (script)

P1: The view is suddenly filled by Zerina, another Na'vi, as she looms over the camera, looking down.

ZERINA: You've got that morbid look on your face again. Let me guess: you're thinking about death again.

NARRATION: Zerina. Sylara's best friend.

P2: Sylara turns her head away.

SYLARA: Actually, I was thinking up a speech of how to introduce Itan'na to class on Monday.

P3: Zerina lies down next to her.

ZERINA: How exciting. To have an actual native come to...

Helluva Trio pg 102 draft

Helluva Trio 2 cover (commentary)

I kinda discovered a long while ago that erotic images where the characters' faces are hidden tend to do a bit better than the contrary. I think maybe the framing and composition is more artistic, or maybe the lack of faces add a little sense of intrigue and mystery to the eroticism.

When I discovered this, I started noticing it in more high-profile erotic literature covers. Typically, when you see the covers with the character's faces, it's usually for the cheaper, quickly produced bo...

The Vast Gap Between Us pg 1 inks (script)

P1: We are at a park, on a paved clearing by a calm river. There are flowery trees all around as several girls, Na'vi and human, sit on the ground for a simple picnic. One of the girls is lying on her back, staring up at the night sky. In the distance, we can make out the shape of a baby Tree of Voices. In the sky, we can make out spacecrafts and structures.

SYLARA (narration): It's been over 200 years since humans first discovered the moon Pandora, and its inhabitants, the Na'vi. Their...

Helluva Trio 2 pg 1 draft (script)

P1: Shot of an empty plate, picked clean of its eggs and bacon.

MILLIE (off-panel): That was delicious!

P2: Millie compliments Moxxie on the food, but Loona is lost in thought, staring at her plate. (The characters should all be on the same side of the island counter).

MILLIE: Thank you, hun.

MOXXIE: Of course. What about you, Loona?

P3: Loona looks up, realizing she's being spoken to.

MOXXIE: Are you satisfied?

LOONA: Wh-what?

P4: Her eyes narr...

Helluva Trio pg 101

Helluva Trio pg 101 inks

The Vast Gap Between Us pg 5 draft (commentary)

Cute Na'vi girl just picking up her tiny human boyfriend.

Her hair is very fun to draw, though challenging to keep in frame.

Also, I just realized I messed up Zerina's arms: they're missing the fin-quality to them.

Helluva Trio 2 cover inks

New logo, new dress, and new kinks.

Helluva Trio pg 101 draft

Helluva Trio pg 106 (commentary)

Final page ends with Loona now determined with a goal in mind.

Although she's pretty smart, she's not particularly clever or subtle. So I wonder how she's going to stumble forward after this?

Helluva Trio pg 105 (commentary)

Loona is still in a daze, really processing what's happened. She could easily go back to her normal self, snap at them, pretend like it didn't affect her at all.

But I think her going silent is how she shows that she wants people to really notice. I think she goes loud when she wants people to ignore her.

At this moment, she's quickly realizing how she feels and what she wants.

Helluva Trio pg 104 (commentary)

Kinda funny how Loona didn't even bother to get dressed in her own clothes before stepping out. She went right back to wearing Millie's undersized robe.

And Moxxie was keen enough to know that Loona would definitely be fine with an all-meat breakfast.

Helluva Trio pg 100

Helluva Trio 2 cover draft

Can't let this momentum die.

Helluva Trio pg 100 inks

The Vast Gap Between Us cover (+alt cover)

The pages aren't ready to post yet, but I'll do my damndest to start posting them this month.

Helluva Trio pg 100 draft

Helluva Trio pg 99

Helluva Trio pg 106 inks (commentary)

As if Loona is the type to let sleeping dogs lie.

She's found something new to want, and this doesn't feel nearly as insurmountable as getting together with Tex seems.

Helluva Trio pg 105 inks (commentary)

This calls back to the beginning of the comic, where Millie wanted to help Loona out of her gloom.

The agreement being that Millie will "show" to Loona what love is, by letting her sit and watch as she makes love to her husband. Everything that happened after was a surprise to all involved, but a pleasant one.

Since the initial idea was to help Loona out of her funk, naturally it wouldn't occur to Millie and Moxxie to then ask Loona to continue these escapades. She's their boss's...

Helluva Trio pg 99 inks

Helluva Trio pg 104 inks (commentary)

As far as awkward mornings go, this isn't too bad. No walk of shame here.

I want a realistic but idyllic morning routine, something that would be pleasant to wake up to and could imagine happening over and over again. Something to make Loona think "am I going to be fed an actual breakfast before work every time I come over?"