Round Two: FOX!
Before any fans of literal foxes send a deluge of comments my way, I'm aware that Fox's ears aren't shaded very foxy-like. I experimented a lot with different ways of shading it, ...
2023-11-04 03:03:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Super easy.
- "There are no points." (Grace talking to the Emissary of Magic)
Once again, I trie...
2023-11-02 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
What next?
Okay, I know this is all sorts of wordy after I said I'd avoid making wordy comics, BUT!
I originally wrote less.
What happened was I kept editing it for clarity, and it ju...
2023-10-31 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSusan and Sarah as girlfriends, except...
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Can vote for more than one, spookily ends with the end of the month.
"Figures" could also be referred to as "body shape." Weight, proportionate leg length, measurements, etc.
Next sketchbook posting early November.
2023-10-28 20:23:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Absurdly Powerful Arthur?
I saw the question of whether Kevin's last assertion meant Arthur was "absurdly powerful," and it made me want to write this.
I'm going to avoid anything this word...
2023-10-28 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNaïve me thought we'd have a clear winner in this poll, but there's a tie!
In fact, it's a LOVE TRIANGLE! ...Hm?
Susan has informed me that's it's a FRIENDSHIP triangle, and that we are all to refer to it as such (regard...
2023-10-27 19:41:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A dastardly villain!
Ashley's self-insert characters should never assume they're going to get the Mary Sue treatment. They've only got, like, ten percent odds of being that lucky.
A...
2023-10-26 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI'm not satisfied with what I'd written for Wednesday, and I want to improve it. My apologies for this delay.
2023-10-24 16:12:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Wifi Fox! Do your best!
Gonna level with everyone: I basically just went with "doggo" for the last panel. Foxes are in the same family as domesticated dogs, sure, but they have their own nonsense...
2023-10-24 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDoing something a bit different in which I'm asking about pairs of characters.
Ashley isn't in this poll because there are a bunch of sketchbooks with her in them coming up, and she's also been in a bunch of recent ones. She'll be back, I assure you. I just felt she shouldn't be in the polls this month.
Please als...
2023-10-22 19:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
But how much science, exactly? - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-018
EDIT - Minor eyelash corrections
I felt li...
2023-10-21 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Wand Perception.
I continue to enjoy exploring differences in perception, and how different people, animals, etc. experience REALITY ITSELF!
I don't want to commit to how exactly Kevin perc...
2023-10-19 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Proper testing!
EDIT - Shadow correction.
Fox sticking her tongue out amused me. That's the full extent of the logic behind that.
If I HAD to justify it, however, it reflects Nanase resisti...
2023-10-17 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally meeting, and openly sharing information, Rhoda told Ashley of her magic, and all the things she could do with it.
Ashley, not having much in the way of unique magic, wanted to share something personal with Rhoda. Awkwardly, she spoke of various stories she's written, and how Rhoda's spells could be used in them....
2023-10-15 03:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Thinkiness Test
I enjoy writing someone trying to be scientific, and doing better than average when compared to many characters in fiction, but still an amateur who, to a degree, is muddling through th...
2023-10-14 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI want to get a moment that comes soon in the story right, and I feel like I need a little extra time to do that.
Friday's page will be posted as planned, but after that, the next story page will be Wednesday.
So my apologies for the delay, and I hope you'll like the moment I'm plotting.
2023-10-12 21:21:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Woo! Fox!
I originally thought it would be funny for Ashley to describe how the process of summoning Fox looks, and for Nanase to react with "what? Really? I had no idea!"
Which would have ...
2023-10-12 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Learning opportunity!
One could easily think the reason Ashley is in this story is because we're going to be exploring trades to make spells cost less, which is definitely something she should ta...
2023-10-07 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI’m sorry about not having one sooner, as was planned, but I’ve had a bad week health-wise. Not so bad that I can’t work, but I’m barely going to manage (hopefully?) to get everything else I need to get done to finish the week, and properly rest this weekend.
2023-10-06 16:00:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Meanwhile, in Ashley's brain...
EDIT - Reworded part of the comic (addressed below)
On that day, the towel mages briefly thought they were about to have their moment. Once again, however...
2023-10-05 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Spell casting budget
EDIT - Added a "for" in panel one ("a few times FOR testing")
For the record, I did not work backwards from that last option! I was legitimately brainstormin...
2023-10-03 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A Curriculum In Need of An Update - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-009
I didn't originally plan for Kevin to h...
2023-09-30 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter discussing Rhoda's abilities, and Ashley's stories, Rhoda and Ashley are, unknowingly, imagining the exact same thing.
What are they imagining?
Can vote for more than one. If unable to vote for more than one in the app, might need to vote in a browser.
Poll Ends 12:30 pm West Coast USA tim...
2023-09-28 19:23:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Light Reading
Tedd's expectation is that people will check their spell book once they discover, by accident, that they have a new spell, then immediately forget about it again.
2023-09-28 03:17:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Coolness!
"Admit it. You don't think I'm cool. You just like my sunglasses."
"No, that's not true!"
"Then why do you insist I wear them at all times?"
"..."
"I thought so....
2023-09-26 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe next end of month poll is soon, and I've decided to ask what variety of nonsense one might like to see on the ballot.
The actual end of month poll will begin midday Thursday.
Next Milestone image will be October 9th.
(To clarify, Elliot and Tedd are, at least technically, "not together in canon." "Togeth...
2023-09-25 21:25:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Elliot and Tedd didn't know why Ashley and Grace encouraged them to do certain things, but they never questioned it, either.
(Possibly non-canon. It can be difficult to tell sometimes.)
2023-09-24 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
You can WHAT?!
"It's like there's someone standing just behind you humming slightly off tempo TV show themes."
If people are allowed cookies for predicting reactions, this may well be one o...
2023-09-23 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Figuring out foxes.
A lot of advice boils down to "just don't do this, OBVIOUSLY," but I rarely see people consider states of diminished mental capacity and/or fortitude when suggesting these thi...
2023-09-21 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
