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MI234 Preview/ Process notes

I was hoping to finish this up today but, 1am and I have to be up at 7 so I'd better save it till tomorrow...

But, some process notes for these pages!

As usual, after inks are done, I...

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TM434 Preview

I'm not sure I can get this up tonight or not... if not, then here's a sketch preview to tide you over~

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MI232 Preview

Argh, need to go to bed now to wake up early! So page will be up tomorrow instead of tonight, but at least you can get a peek at the lime-green version of the comic instead of the normal blue one.

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MI Stuff- Thrippers

These little guys!!! They are an excuse for me to draw googly eyes on sticks tbh

They inhabit the surf zone, and like "playing in the waves" (ie jumping into the damp sand left behind by recedin...

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November Wallpaper PSD

aaaand, some PSD action. Mike's face always looks so ugly as a sketch XD

I thought about doing more "traditional" holiday colors, but thought our blue cave/ bg cave lights had a somewhat wintery...

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November Wallpaper- Flappy Holidays

It's here: a completely nondenominational, exofauna inclusive holiday wallpaper~ You can grab it in a variety of sizes in the attached .zip file.

I hope you all have a great time gathering ...

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November 2015 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

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Time for a bigass stream

Streaming here on Picarto

Today I am listening to an audiobook of Dan Simmon's Arctic horror novel The Terror* and fi...

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MI Stuff- Old art is the literal worst

I can't believe how ugly this is, lol. At the time I was actually pretty okay with the proportion styling and how everything was coming along. Now, 1.5 years after drawing these, I am ~horrified~ View Post

Health mystery solved/ More upcoming content for you~

Hi guys!

First, a huge apology for the lowish posting frequency lately, I've been dealing with some health issues which are getting resolved now... I mentioned it here and there in the comic blo...

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TM Stuff- The Pasori People

Just a little thing for Meek readers...

The Pasori live in the far North, in the harshest areas of Dia. They are characterized by their black hair, strong  and swarthy features, and "b...

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MI Stuff/ Shoptalk- First page thoughts

The first page of a work is one of the most crucial pages you can do! It sets the tone for the art style, for the feel of the story, and the type of characters in it.

I've read a lot of crap com...

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November State of the Union kind of thing

The above images show a portion of work you guys have supported in Sept and October. We’re at a minimum 10 webcomic updates per month between 2015-11-06 20:54:55 +0000 UTC View Post

MI Stuff- Development pt 1

Again with the nostalgia! I don't think I've shown these anywhere yet...

Back in 2013 I decided I liked this Mars exploration concept well enough to get started trying to draw it out. The story ...

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October Wallpaper PSD

A look into a pretty typical PSD file! I tend to optimize for fewer layers whenever possible because I dislike clutter :D Lots of clipping masks and layer masks and a few adjustment layers when needed...

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October Wallpaper!

They are here~

Since it's finally starting to feel like autumn where I live, decided to start off on a nice wallpaper note and include some of the seasonal fruit that's been showing up at the lo...

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October 2015 Patreon supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

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MI222-223

Closeup of the spread from pages 222-223. You can right-click to see the entire image~

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MI Stuff- Pen Goto

Haha, this is such an old sketch...

Penelope Goto is the commander at Devotion, which sounds like a military title but isn't... the base is scientific outpost built, owned and financed by t...

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MI221 Preview

This page will be a little bit more fun to read once the colors are on :D I wonder what's just around the corner... any guesses?

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TM Stuff- Dagster

I haven't gotten into the mechanics of who these guys are, but they have to follow certain rules. And, despite having a lot of power, they are still  technically "mortal" in that they can be kill...

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MI Stuff- Dr. Michael Fisher

He's a dude

JK. For a protag I guess I haven't really gone into a lot of detail inside the comic, mostly because I noticed that... I don't know if this is the case for you, but when I'm reading ...

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TM426 Preview

This finished page might not be up till next week (I forgot I'm gonna be mostly out of town doing things that don't take place in my room all this weekend, ughghg) but I liked this preliminary work so...

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MI219 Preview

I think this is my favorite page so far

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October wallpaper thread

It's either gonna be MI or TM on this wallpaper... THOUGHTS? Suggestions?? Feel free to comment! Or, if you see a comment/ suggestion that you like, just "like" it and I'll stare at it intently becaus...

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TM Stuff- Wallpaper Archive

What are theeessseee

Check out the ZIP file! These are the wallpapers that were available for a short time to only the most dedicated of readers, who would vote every day to try and acquire a le...

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Milestone 9 and onwards!!

Just a note to say thanks to all of you for your support these past 3 months! We're pretty well established in the 10x updates a month zone, have hit the wallpaper goal and are inching towards the 12x...

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September 2015 Patreon supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

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Quick stream!

https://picarto.tv/shingworks

Starting in maybe 5 mins!


Finishing up some Patron commissions, probably gonna strea...

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MI217 Preview

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