Oh hey Rikku's here too! This one another reason I never cut to the bakery in this chapter. I didn't want to let the reader in on who all was at the bakery by the time Luna got there to keep the backup a surprise. Initially I was going ot have Lubo be the one to respond to Rikku's appearance in panel 3, but I decided to have ...
2023-10-24 02:59:49 +0000 UTC View Post
I had planned for Team Lubo to be on the losing end to Margrethe. Part of the reason I had Auda go down via overexertion was for this, but it also benefits the story for me in another way.
I hadn't had the opportunity to show what happens if someone is still conscious while in this state, as the only two people so far t...
2023-10-18 07:53:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh hey, the last chapter had a big wave on page 16 and now this chapter has a big wave on page 16. Anyway, i have nothing else to say about this page.
Batuu: WHAT THE?? I CALL HACKS!! >83
I was initially going to have panel 6 with a gradient background. But with how big it was, it seemed like a waste to have it empty, so I put in a minimalistic representation of where she comes from as a bit of a lore drop as it's relevant to what she's talking about in that specific panel.
I'll let the rest of page spea...
2023-10-13 06:31:18 +0000 UTC View Post
With that reveal out of the way, I figured now would be the perfect time to get inside Otto's head. It would most likely be the best chance for the reader to understand what Otto is going through.
Spent more time than I expected on that background in the first panel, but I think it was worth it. I haven't been drawing t...
2023-10-11 19:56:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The reason I had Auda, Otto, and Margrethe all share a cover 2 chapters in a row is for this reveal specifically. Initially Margrethe flubs Akera's name due to the "g" and "k" sounds being extremely similar to make with one's mouth, and could lead to her having to assume which one it was with heir being deaf. Either way she w...
2023-10-09 16:19:51 +0000 UTC View Post
This fight scene was over 20 pages, counting the start of it in the previous chapter. I had forgotten how much simple non-action pages were compared to action ones. There's not as much planning needed when it comes to choreography and I can mostly ignore the 180 rule a bit more often.
If anyone was wondering why I had O...
2023-09-20 05:21:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm surprised this is the first time I've done this for a comic page, but I ended up having the panels scattered and separated. I figured this would be a good way to visually represent Auda's current state of being. This is also why I chose not to have an onomatopoeia for panel 6's impact. I would have used some black for the...
2023-09-16 09:44:51 +0000 UTC View Post
She did it once, and she does it again! Instead of an entire rib cage, however, it's leg bones. I suppose this time it would have to be a mix of the tibia and fibula.
Not much else i have to say about this page. I hope I wrote Lubo trying his best (under pressure) to make the best moves he could have made, but alas, Mar...
2023-09-15 02:13:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I've planned this specific set of actions for actions for a while, Margrethe trapping Lubo like this followed by him reverting back to normal to get out of it. It wasn't until coloring panel 5 that I realized that Lubo's fur in his normal form is nearly identical to Margrethe's bones (and I guess how I'd be coloring bones for...
2023-09-13 06:28:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Did I mention that Margrethe's power is surprisingly fun to write for? Yeah I got nothing much else to say about this page. I guess I could mention that I left the Japanese onomatopoeia w/o it's own subtitle. I haven't needed to do one of those explanations in commentary for a long while. It reads as "Zo!" and it's used for s...
2023-09-08 07:05:40 +0000 UTC View Post
So you might be wondering about the number of bone clubs are laying around. The first one pulled ended up in the water when Margrethe was thrown by Lubo into the ocean and then she was pulled away from it at the end of the last chapter. That club is what she's holding now.
The second club was pulled out in the beginning...
2023-09-01 06:50:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Been a while since I had to do an animated page, eventually I'll get the hang of doing this in Clip Studio Paint next chapter. This one is probably my second best animation for this comic yet (the best, in my opinion, being the one in chapter 22). At first it was going at twice the speed, which was WAY too fast for Auda...
2023-08-07 07:08:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Aw yeah another action page that doesn't require breaking the 180 rule. Panel placement planning sure was difficult for it tho, but I somehow got it work decently. Also something I rarely try doing is putting a character in front of the panel they're supposed to be a part of. I think this is generally an okay thing to do, but...
2023-08-07 07:03:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Now it's sorta explained that Margrethe doesn't want to touch the water. Basically she knows that being in the water would put her at the mercy of Auda's power, so it's best to not step foot in it. Lubo and Tygo have figured this out too, which is why they're pushing back.
Speaking of which, now I've gotten to shown ano...
2023-01-06 06:43:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Now we're back in the action for quite a few pages. It'll elaborated a bit more in the next page, but Margrethe is trying to avoid getting pulled into the water from Auda's power. Hopefully that is easy to understand.
Also hoping it's easy to understand what's going on in panels 3, 4, and 5. But just in case, I was tryi...
2023-01-02 01:29:13 +0000 UTC View Post
And now we pick up right where we left off and the explanation for how Auda got here is very simple. As useful as it would be to wear out Margrethe underwater, Auda had to think fast to get Lubo out of that tight spot, and she would want to ask them both what's going on anyway.
If you're wondering what's going on with t...
2022-12-30 23:20:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Four chapters into this volume and Auda already gets featured in 3 covers. I wonder if poeple will suspect anything because of that. Well have fun speculating. I will point out that everyone on this cover was featured in the last chapter's cover only one's wearing a disquise now. Funny how that works out.
I almost call...
Alright, now you know Auda and Margrethe are on the same chapter cover. There's a bit more to it than just that ending, but I'll get to that later.
If you forgot Auda can move people in the water, she only did it the one time in the previous chapter. Also dang I won't be drawing underwater stuff for a while, I guess I h...
2022-09-08 02:28:06 +0000 UTC View Post
And just like that, Lubo's pulled back under. I'm having way too much fun thinking of ways for Margrethe to utilize her power in this one fight. But boy does it make for her producing things that are tricky for me to draw. This spinal cord whip is deceptively complicated to set up.
Probably hard to notice, but the aura ...
2022-09-01 06:58:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The very first page I've ever had that's completely submerged in water. I felt like leaving out some of the usual sound effects to reflect the silence of underwater.
Hopefully it's easy to tell what's going on in panels 2 to 4. She's supposed to be dislocating her shoulders so she can rotate in an unusual way. I realize...
2022-06-15 19:48:07 +0000 UTC View Post
So I having a lot of fun finally getting to do a beach fight for the first time, as you might have guessed. Good thing it's not quite over yet.
Oh yeah this is the first time Tygo has noticed Lubo's red eye mode. This makes him the 3rd character now, after Luna and Olaf.
Batuu: Geez, its he trying to drown her? ow...
2022-05-17 20:34:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh hey i got to let Tygo speak in blue text due to using a Lunar Spell. This page was very fun to write. I did end up changing some things after sketching though.
The last panel used to be two separate panels and it was going to the left instead of the right. I flipped it to not break the "180 Rule" during a fight scene...
2022-05-17 20:31:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hazzuh! Tygo has casted his first Lunar Spell! And a spell a haven't used since chapter 7. That was such a long time ago, but I did at least use it's Solar equivalent in chapter 19.
I dropped a few hints that a new spell was learnt off screen in pages 8 and 22 of this current chapter. Rikku had basically taught them off...
2022-04-26 17:39:10 +0000 UTC View Post
If you're thinking Margrethe doesn't answer Lubo's question from panel 1 because she couldn't read his mouth, then you'd be correct! Of course, Lubo does not know she's deaf, so he wouldn't be figuring out why she's giving him the silent treatment.
This also means that I don't have to canonically this question about her...
2022-04-22 07:18:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This page was a bit tricky. I knew in my head how the page would go, but the posing was a bit difficult to actually execute. I think I at least got the choreography easy to read, hopefully.
That being said, I'm having a lot of fun doing the "whooshes" for Margrethe's bone club swinging. I might do it on other objects. 2022-04-19 05:56:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This page was kinda fun to make even tho it took a bit more doing than usual. I am glad I don't have to draw that hand trap again after this page tho. It was difficult to keep it consistent.
If you think Margrethe's power is a bit gross and/or disturbing, then Lubo agrees with you.
Batuu: HA! That sure backfired...
If you thought you weren't gonna see Alpha Lubo at all in this fight, then hopefully this is a pleasant surprise for you. Figure I'll take this opportunity to remind you all that Lubo can't use Lunar Spells while he's also in Alpha Form, which is why he didn't transform until now. Plus this gives a decent element of surprise ...
2022-03-12 23:41:18 +0000 UTC View Post
And now the fight as officially begun! But not before giving the reader a bit more information about Margrethe's prison operation. I'm sure it would surprise quite a few that she has kept this knowledge hidden from Usaro and even Dracmore.
Batuu: Whoa, dunno if i should tell Master about that prison. Wonder why she kep...
Yup! Tygo learned his first spell off screen, shortly after Rikku gave him that mask and Moon Emblem. I plan on showing it later this chapter. You can probably guess what it is based on the dialogue.
Some readers might have already figured out that Margrethe was the one that ran the underground prison. Just in case ther...
2022-02-19 22:26:29 +0000 UTC View Post
