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God Slayers - Page 77 - High Res

Riley is so much fun to write for.  But it's also a mind-crushing thought experiment to get it right.

Weekly Update 29

I think it's cute when she's trying to explain stuff.  Not much else to say today, this week should be business as usual.  I've struck a good balance, I think, between drawing a backgroun...

Getting Ready

At what point does a sketch stop being a sketch?

I hate how hard it is to get his face right at this angle.

God Slayers - Page 76

Please bear with me as we explore Riley's mental illness in this chapter and her role in the comic in general.  Other characters in the story see her as "crazy" and "dangerous" but I hope over...

God Slayers - Page 76 - High Res

So high def, you can even see her whiskers!

Weekly Update 28

We've known Riley for all of 2 minutes and she's already done something bad?

In any case, I've taken to reevaluate how I'm promoting the comic and decided to try and do a bit more of that. &n...

Kuserra style D&D

I thought it would be interesting to explore certain elements of the cast's different personalities by thinking about what kind of characters they might play in a casual game of D&D. The DM was...

God Slayers - Page 75 - High Res

Look how cute she is!  JUST LOOK!

God Slayers - Page 75

I really struggled with that top panel here.  Never got the colors right.  Sure it's a bright shiny day, but it's also Kuserra... eh...  I could slave over it for probably another 20...

Weekly Update 27

Back home after travelling!  Fun times had by all!  Then I realized that I wasn't nearly as far along on page 75 as I thought I was, so getting a comic out this week will be pretty tough....

Concept for Riley's Place

This is a rough concept I made when trying to come up with a design for Riley's workshop. I always envisioned it as a kind of warehouse, filled to the brim with *stuff*

Ultimately I settled ...

Comfy Max

Drew some cute pictures of Max this week in the mountains. Enjoy!
Another Friday sketch this week, regular posts resume next Wednesday.

Friday Sketch - Only You

 Max serenades Kiva at the club where he performs.

Just a quick reminder I'll be out of town all next week, so I'll try to post some sketches or something, but no new comic. Thanks for r...

God Slayers - Page 74

Aww, even Betty knows that Kiva's secretly a nice guy.

God Slayers - Page 74 - High Res

I probably should have used this page to practice how I draw hands, but instead I was focused on trying to lay out the order of events so their transaction made sense, visually.

Weekly Update 26

I love her, lol.  I know I've probably mentioned it a thousand times already but it's kind of awesome when a character wrests a bigger role for themselves despite my original planning.

S...

Max Performing

 My sketches are becoming less and less sketch-like. But... I like color, and I also want them to look good, so oh well.

I've had plenty of practice drawing Kiera thanks to Chapter 4, I'...

God Slayers - Page 73 - High Res

I actually wasn't very happy with how that first panel turned out, so I spent almost all day yesterday painting over it with the wreckage you see there.  That aligns a bit more closely with ho...

God Slayers - Page 73

The first page of Chapter 5!  I'm torn whether or not I should actually mention I'm trying some new fonts.  If it's a good change, you shouldn't notice it.  By mentioning it, I'm spe...

Weekly Update 25

Busy busy, travel and packing and prepping, but I'm going to work really hard to make sure a comic goes out this week.

Today:  Trying to finish up Page 73, the first page for Chapter 5!<...

The Max Smile

When I think of each one of my characters, they each have this sort of... default expression in my mind that I associate with each of them. Kind of their default mode. I had this silly idea last we...

God Slayers - Page 72 - High Res

I actually really like how this page turned out.  The characters have talked about the canals before, but I haven't shown them yet at all.  I really enjoy showing off different parts of t...

God Slayers - Page 72

These end-chapter cards are the reason I screwed up my page numbering scheme.  This is technically page 72.  It is also the end of Chapter 4.  When labeling them, I preferred the lat...

Weekly Update - 24

Someone mentioned that the font I've been using didn't quite fit with the comic, and I agreed with them.  Problem is, to me, there's two kinds of fonts.  Ones I can read (Arial Bold), and...

Friday Sketch - She's Okay.

You know I nearly chickened out on posting this, but, well, fuck it. None of you have even met Riley in the comic yet, and I have about four more pages to draw before she debuts in Chapter 5. I've ...

God Slayers - Page 71 - High Res

I should probably figure out something to put here.  Lore?  I dunno.

God Slayers - Page 71

This will wrap up Chapter 4!

Weekly Update 23

I find that this shade of red helps me to identify when the base grey color is leaking out of the lines.  Anyway, you can see this week's page still has a ways to go yet, but if I really focus...

Friday Sketch - Kiva Compliment

 This might be the nicest thing Kiva's ever said to anyone! He must be in a ~good mood. 

God Slayers - Page 70

I dunno, I'm running out of things to say here.  Thanks for reading!