…in which the Captain acts like a stubborn old pill, and he pays for it.
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This week I've been preparing federal and provincial grant applications. I shouldn't complain abou...
2021-09-10 19:55:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Jillian Tamaki posted insights on how she chooses which tools she uses throughout the graphic novel-mak...
2021-09-08 18:45:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's what the Patron Acknowledgement pages will look like, more or less. There will be revisions, once I receive the final form submissions.
Please take a look through! If you see anything ...
2021-09-03 20:32:37 +0000 UTC View Post
In which the safety of the ship is cruelly, selfishly given greater priority than the birthday wishes of one young girl.
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"Istoria" is not a real island! "Archipoli" is no...
2021-09-03 17:37:50 +0000 UTC View Post
In which our heroine absolutely must know what's going on.
Fun fact, and potential spoiler: Dad shows the captain a precious object. I'm planning for that to be an important plot poi...
2021-08-27 16:31:27 +0000 UTC View Post
In which our heroine re-encounters thoughts of her most hated nemesis.
I think we've only hinted at this in the past. Maybe the books have mentioned, "oh, DD hates the stuffiness of grand bal...
2021-08-20 17:08:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a brief reminder: all patrons, please fill out 2021-08-17 02:36:00 +0000 UTC View Post
In which we discover that our heroine has a vivid imagination.
As an aside, I very much enjoy the line, "I can climb wherever I like… I am an English Lady."
And of course, co...
2021-08-13 18:05:37 +0000 UTC View Post
In which our heroine reveals a very optimistic view of England.
(That "Pirates" page is the kind of thing that would be considered indulgent by the part of me that has been instructed toward ...
2021-08-06 19:53:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's go!!! Let's burn through my yearly quota of exclamation marks!!!
If you're up for a fun game, keep an eye out to see how the text changes as time goes on! (I mean as different versions ...
2021-07-30 21:35:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I was asked to join the lovely folks at the 2021-07-21 23:23:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Every day, we're getting closer to finished pages.
Colour prep (flatting) for Chapter One is fini...
2021-07-14 17:55:31 +0000 UTC View Post
( ^ Colour prep (or "flatting") is the process of painting flat colour on separate layers, which has an...
2021-07-07 20:12:04 +0000 UTC View PostPlease tell me how you would like to be acknowledged within the pages of Delilah Dirk Four!
2021-06-30 20:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a reminder: as always, these posts include spoilers. But you knew that, and if you were really worried, you wouldn't be reading these posts.
Above, you can see the basic...
2021-06-25 23:25:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh man, I was nervous to start colour work, and the big first splash page (ha, "splash page") was the first one I dove into (ha, "dove into"). I'm super happy with how it turned o...
2021-06-18 22:30:02 +0000 UTC View Post
That first image above, with the three increasingly-grimed-up DDs, I had to share, because I really like how it works. In previous books, I don't think DD got filthy enough, considering all the dir...
2021-06-16 23:05:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter One is all lettered-up, and I've shared three of my favourite pages above. I'll share a lot more as I move into colouring. In the meantime, some notes:
Literary References 2021-06-09 22:39:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hoo boy, you know that feeling when you look the same word too much and it stops even looking like a word? Yeah, that's-a-me.
I'm proceeding to letter pages (in Photoshop)!
One of the b...
2021-06-04 17:25:16 +0000 UTC View Post
[ ^ The same page, lettered in Photoshop (on the left) and Clip Studio Paint (on the right). ]
Ch...
2021-06-03 21:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a stack of comic pages drawn on paper, and I need to get them into the com...
2021-05-30 21:42:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we are! Now that the first ten pages are done, the line art for Chapter One of DD4 is complete, all forty-something pages. Here, we learn…
There is an adventurer aboard this ship. Brav...
2021-05-26 23:03:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Folks following along since the start of DD4 will know this is the first time I'm using ink to… ink my comic pages. Previously, I just drew real clean pencil lines, the way they taught us in anim...
2021-05-21 22:56:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Above, I've shared the last two pages of Chapter One, and the first two, all of which I drew this week. Why finish them out of order? Why not start at Page One on day one? I touched on it briefly i...
2021-05-14 23:19:59 +0000 UTC View Post
…in which a disgraced captain is rowed ashore. Young Delilah had warned him about the hidden rocks, but he didn't listen. Delilah's mother tells her, "you'll need to get used to that." Naturally,...
2021-05-07 21:48:13 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't include the panel borders on my paper line art. The reason could be filed away under "idiosyncratic pursuit of consistency" or "lunatic devotion to minute details," or both, depending on th...
2021-05-05 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostI have just sent Patreon direct messages out to the first three members of the TRAVELING COMPANION tier asking for details and reference photos for the cameos they would like included in DD4. Seems...
2021-04-26 22:38:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Please enjoy this smattering of inked pages from chapter one of DD4. Whoof, I thought I had posted more of these than I had! It’s been a busy few weeks.
“What am I looking at,” ...
2021-04-24 00:22:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Would you believe me if I said I was terrified of this panel? Either way, it was true, and perhaps because of or despite that, I am super happy with how it turned out. (I wasn’t sure how to rende...
2021-04-14 22:38:50 +0000 UTC View Post
A selection of recent pages, all inked-up and looking good.
In the last page there, you’ll see an alternate re-draw for DD’s face. Today, when I was prepping pages for next week (see: tig...
2021-04-09 23:11:52 +0000 UTC View Post