Past!Kirsty: “Let’s make this a crowd scene! By the time I draw it I’ll love crowd scenes” Present!Kirsty: “I hate you past self” And you bet I just flashbacked you. Ha-HA! In site news, I’ve switched the comment system[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Character FAQs always seemed fun to me. If you have any questions for my characters put them in the comments and I’ll post them answering them over there next few pages! TWC vote piccy is a modernised Ysendra doodle
INTERIORS. TWC vote piccy is Ysendra dress doodle time
It says page 24 but this is actually my 200th comic page, (not including Chapter covers or the prologue). I’ve made a lot of progress, and I have a lot more to make! We’re not even halfway through the story[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wil seems to make a habit of being pushed around. Sorry for the late update, my internet died for at least 6 hours last night (and then I feel asleep).
It’s a trap! TWC vote is Ysendra pulling a funny face. My favourite kind of incentive. Thank you to everyone who votes for me on this list – it means a lot and it really does help me to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Many things conspired against me to finish this page. I fully expect to look at it tomorrow and pull this face: D8 But for now, it does the job.
Everyone either is Wil or has a friend like him, that you have to whack with the ego stick every now and again.
So the background to this utterly killed me but I did learn a lot about the perspective tools in Manga Studio. Arghhh. (If anyone wants to know how that worked I probably could do tutorials… about anything to do with the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So… next weeks page is a boring text filled explanation in which Ysendra falls asleep. That’s okay, right? This week I learned some new things about Manga Studio, namely reference layers. TWC vote incentive is a WIP where I’m[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, at least she’s not trying to kill YOU right now, Wil. TWC incentive piccy is cold weather Jakob doodles.
Talking of small powerful things… TWC vote piccy is Ysendra’s Weather Witch clothing idea #245345
Ysendra has her magic, Jakob has his…everything. Wil has books. (I know the website looks a bit off, the theme updated. I’ll tinker with it later) TWC vote pic is pencil and paper doodle time with the brothers.
Bye Wil. TWC vote image is cold weather outfit doodles for Wil
Gonna be a bad person again and finish the background off tomorrow. Aim high, fall short. (Was called into work and lost time I expected to be comicing.) TWC incentive is one of the old draft versions of the comic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you ever wondered if I like raising more questions than answers, yes. Yes I do. New TWC incentive pic is sketchy Ysendra
It took me AGES to lay out this stupid page. In the end I cut the script in half and made it into this page and next weeks. Then I questioned my sanity because I decided to draw so much[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
#comicproblems – deciding on sound effects. I can’t wait to move the story on now, it’s going to be a fun ride! :D And welcome to anyone new who found me in 2015! *waves* TWC vote incentive this week is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jakob is just a lot of fun to draw. :X New TWC vote picture is Ysendra’s lovely peaceful dreams. Also I’ve started trying to collect together character moodboards – mostly for outfit design, on Pinterest, if anyone’s interested!
Well, the peace wasn’t going to last long, was it? I’ve been rewatching the original Avatar:The Last Airbender TV show… I can’t believe it first aired 10 years ago! It still holds up as one of the best series[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
– Putting this up unshaded, will finish shading tomorrow – LANGUAGE! K
And who’s to say he doesn’t deserve it. Trying new better shading/colouring this page. I like it, but it’s more to keep track of haha. TWC vote incentive changed to a thank you :) Seriously, I never expected[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello and a Happy New Year to you all! I hope you had a good Christmas/other winter holiday celebration you may celebrate. I spent mine throwing up due to a virus. Huzzah.
Ugh I hate to have to do this but I’ve been doing this comic since 2011 with barely a break and this year I really need one! I’ll try to update with things, especially on Tumblr, but full pages are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wil actually did a lot of airship costing research before deciding to buy one. He likes to be prepared.
After Jakob vanished Wil felt bad for pulling that face at him every time he interrupted his reading.* Apologies for lack of update! I went to Thought Bubble and got thoroughly inspired instead. I may have bought a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wil, I think you’re being judged. Today I am off to London to see Ben Aaronovitch do a talk! I highly recommend his books.
That’s right, Ysendra is THE AVATAR. …or not. Seriously though I wrote the glowing eyes detail in years ago THEN watched Avatar. But hey. It’s a good show. Watch it.
Obligatory silly Halloween drawing :P We rarely ever get trick or treaters here. I’ll have to follow Ysendra’s example and eat all the candy myself!
Chapter 4 begins! Woohoo! Today’s TWC incentive pic is another future character design drawing. I think this is pretty close to how I’d like her.
Yes! New chapter! Thank you to everyone who has stuck with me so far! I can definitely promise you more adventures to come. And hello to any newer readers! I love you all! :D TWC vote incentive is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NEW CHAPTER NEXT WEEK. Tell your friends! I am rather excited that I’m onto number 4 now. Side note – I am proud of Jakob’s face in the last panel. I feel like I’m drawing him properly now.
Stupid cough. I love Autumn but I always get a stinking cold.
I both eagerly anticipated and dreaded drawing this whole scene.
This comic caused me much headaching, so I’ve split the scene between this page and the next. Hopefully it will make sense on it’s own until next week!
If you’ve ever sat and wondered: is Ysendra the kind of person who dodges a gunshot then pops back up, regardless of danger, to taunt someone? You now have your answer. Long on guts, short on common sense.
Foreshortening is hard. But effective.
POW POW POW. Action scene learnin’ time.
Tried to finish the page in time but I’ve been on holiday and am away again this week so I’m putting up a pretty picture for you instead. Comic will resume next week!
Been on holiday to London ^_^ yay. Went to the House of Illustration to see the Quentin Blake exhibition, I’d recommend it!
A wild quest appeared! Ysendra will be pleased, she’ll feel like a Real Adventurer again. TWC incentive is a WIP of Ysendra that I’ve been messing around with painting techniques on.
That makes all the difference. TWC vote incentive is a Ysendra doodle, for those of you who miss seeing her (like I do)
Wil, you’re getting sassy. Just because Dad is behind bars! TWC vote incentive is a sketch of Ryuko from Kill La Kill. The finished piece is on Tumblr. —-reposting Patreon info in case you haven’t seen it yet below—[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Things are falling into place? After much nagging I have started up a Patreon! What the heck is that, I hear you cry? Well. A Patreon is a little like Kickstarter. It allows readers like you to give money[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wil is 210% done with his family by now, I’d think. FYI, I love reading people’s theories in the comments :D TWC vote pic is a scribbley drawing of my Aurin Esper from Wildstar because they are fun lookin’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had to add the sparkles to the rainbow just because of reasons. One of my friends has suggested I look into Patreon so I will ask ye wonderful people – if I did something like that, what sort[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not ill anymore! And wahah yes scene change. Thank god, I missed the sky. And the snark. TWC vote incentive is a doodle idea for a character you might meet in a few years – hah.
Still ill. Shading later. :( Comic is done! TWC vote image is Ysendra window shopping.
Go Wil go! TWC Incentive changing is back and this week its my very first concepty drawing of Wil and Jakob’s Dad. James Andersen, in case you wondered what his actual name is!
Sorry I had to delay a week – I wanted to get this character intro RIGHT. Behold: Daddy Andersen.
But for now have a Ysendra in a crazy game character outfit.
Sorry, more scene setting ;D TWC incentive pic is my first ever attempt at drawing a Superman.
Sass-off continues. Can you tell I love Ysendra/Jakob arguments? Don’t worry, we’ll see Wil shortly. TWC vote incentive is a dragon/wyvern I drew for a friend’s birthday. It turned into a bit of a painting experiment.
Another page, another shading experiment. You would not believe how much conversation I have to cut out of these sorts of scenes. TWC voting incentive is a drawing of Ysendra using Frenden’s Manga Studio brushes. SO PENCILLY.
(Sophia is, of course, below decks, looking at the pictures in some of Wil’s books to amuse herself.) This weeks TWC vote incentive is one of my very old page layouts that shows little!Wil and Jakob interacting in a flashback.
Colouring might look a little different – I had fun with this. TWC vote this week is an old Ysendra character sheet!
Wahahaha. TWC vote doodle this week is a smiley Jakob because he is a lot of fun to draw.
Ill and work tomorrow so I need to sleep so yes you can just imagine the lab until I get to putting it in properly.
Clonky. Vote on TWC for a WIP painting attempt at a more realistic Ysendra!
Sketch page for now. So busy. Why. At least I suppose sketch pages are interesting. If you like process. Proper page now! Vote incentive has changed to Wil being a real big brother! I’ve broken into the top 200, so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hooray! Scene change! Also major happy squealing – I got my lovely sketch of Ysendra from Nicole of Feywinds webcomic fame from the fanart contest I entered. :3 YAY. I might just have to add a fanart section into the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not many happyfaces in this page.
Hello! Happy belated New Year!
Hiatus for the festive season! (I imagine some of you saw this coming.) I’ll probably be back around the 6th or 13th of January.. watch the Facebook, Tumblr or Twitter for updates :)
Finished comic later. Shaded!
Working so much. Unsure of page quality anymore. But hey ho. STORY CONTINUES REGARDLESS.
Smash bang wallop. Work is doing a number on me so expect pages to be later than usual (like today).
Unfinished page – LIFE happened. Will finish later! All done. Rawr.
You’re surrounded by dangerous people, Wil :/
One does not mess with a lady in fancy PJs.
That middle panel was HARD. Arghhh.
Been ill this week. So have a moodily lit sketch page.
I’ve gone and updated/improved the archives, added more art to the site and had a bit of a clean up on the new version of Comicpress. Hopefully everything is working okay!
Phew okay action scenes are very hard to suddenly flip to. Happily next weeks page will be a lot easier for me to draw after this one! Next up is some archive maintenance.
Always look on the bright side of life. (dee doop. Dee doop dee doop dee doop!)
Today’s new vote incentive is a mini Ysendra.
Please excuse lack of decent background – I’ve been super busy! Yay for more story.
Well. TWC vote incentive is a totally legit preview of next weeks page.
:C Now I’ve hit Chapter 3 I feel like the comic has really BEGUN. With Plot and everything. In other news, I started trying out Project Wonderful; it seems fun… so if you run an Adblocker, and you want[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Huzzah! Chapter 3 now begins. :D TBH I can’t believe I’ve made it this far, since I started this as an exercise in getting better at comics, learning stuff along the way. Thanks for reading!
And here we end Chapter 2! Next week will be a cover page for 3.
