What it says on the tin! This is the Bonus comic Mika and I drew together for the Kickstarter campaign. Click on the download link at the bottom to get to it. ♥
The story takes place on the day when Jack leaves for Tistow, in a border town called Kirkald. This is also the canal town that's mentioned briefly by Morrie in Chap...
2018-05-21 13:52:59 +0000 UTC View Post
I've not done updated cast images in aaaages. Here's some coloured ones!
Originally I wanted to stick these on the side of each Cast profile, but I simply haven't had the time to update the page.
I was going to stick 'ch 1-2' in the title but I realised not all of these lot actually appear in Ch 2. ..Can't tel...
2018-05-20 19:31:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Sketches, inks and raw colours for page 358 of Year In Hereafter!
- Mika
2018-05-17 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Ah Mrs. Goodwill. You're a pain in the backside.
Note to self
Couple of things still need amending, but I'll do that for the coloured version. Starting to feel a wee bit more comfortable inking in general! ♥
2018-05-15 22:04:30 +0000 UTC View Post
I really like the dialogue on this page. It's mostly interaction between Anna and Alfie. ..Mostly Alfie talking but still.
Let's see how long that suit stays white.
2018-05-15 12:24:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Sketches, inks and raw colours for page 357 of Year In Hereafter!
- Mika
2018-05-15 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostRight, this is something we've been contemplating from the beginning with Mark (my co-writer) but haven't talked about until it felt more relevant. Jotting my thoughts down on this.
There's a lot of little texts and bits and pieces that we've written as fillers, ones worth mentioning are Morrie's diary and Jack's letters home....
2018-05-13 22:42:14 +0000 UTC View Post
I had saved more steps of this but they got lost in the end, eugh. But here's 4 at least!
Jack and his new roommates.
2018-05-13 12:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This was fun!
I keep forgetting about Jack's freckles. He's not got just the few odd speckles afterall, but he's completely covered in them. Need some kind of memory trick for them.
2018-05-12 14:09:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Bit more context to the pencils now that the wisps are there. ..Except in the first panel since that's painted in during the colouring step.
Note to self:
Alfieeee~ Love drawing them both.
I'm really looking forward to sharing the text version of this eventually. ♥
2018-05-11 09:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
MORNING SUNSHINE. Shout at the pigeons guv.
And our morning lady. Despite the fact I went and coloured one of these Annas AGES ago, she fits in without any amendments.
Notes to self
Sketches, inks and raw colours for page 355 of Year In Hereafter!
- Mika
2018-05-10 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Whei, one done! Quite enjoyed this. Day light scenes still feel a little strange but this is really fun. ♥
2018-05-09 22:23:21 +0000 UTC View Post
It's gonna be interesting to see how this'll turn out. Not done daylight scenes in.. Ages.
Uh note to self
Some colour! And the inks have been finished.
Still a bit to do but we're getting there!
2018-05-09 12:53:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Sketches, inks and raw colours for page 354 of Year In Hereafter!
- Mika
2018-05-08 07:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostHello!
We're currently planning for the next Patron Physical rewards, and we're looking to send new stuff out closer at the end of 2018. We'll also be sending the new Traditional Art Rewards along the same package.
Anyone in the $30 tier, please do let us know if you have any specific hopes for you...
Happy folklore Thursday everyone!
Wanted to share a snippet from Juoksa's little book of folklores.
Adder stones or hag stones, are related to druidic folklore here in the UK. They have similar uses and myths behind them as what the shaman and witches in Tistow use them for.
Veeti has one that he keeps on his perso...
2018-05-03 16:01:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Sketches, inks and raw colours for page 352 of Year In Hereafter!
- Mika
Yup. Braid will see misfortune.
We'll get to it :3
-Mika
Sketches, inks and raw colours for page 351 of Year In Hereafter!
- Mika
Here they are! Unfortunately I don't have the colour steps left anymore as it looks like I merged the serpent's and Jack's layers at some point in the process. Sorry about that, it would've been interesting to show.
1) Really basic sketch to get the idea down. I've got a ref sheet for this guy but unfortunately I can't share i...
2018-04-30 20:12:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I tried to have a throwback to Chapter 2. I'm still keen of the colour setting in that one and I tried to draw Mikael and Veeti the way I used to, their design has seen a lot of development.
Alas. Back in the day when Mikael's hair was full of stuff to keep it straight.
- Mika
This one got quite a bit of attention over the weekend. Here's a wallpaper version of it for y'all!
There's two versions of it for you to download, if you need a different dimension just let me know and I can look at doing it. There's a good chance we'll make this illustration a Patron reward later this year. In fact I can say...
2018-04-30 19:49:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Page 6. Mrs. Goodwill is back and just as charming as before.
Going to start adding greyscale values to the pencil stages.
Note to self:
All righty, here are some shots from the next chapter now that the artwork is done! 30 pages, and we'll be updating this one 3 times per week simultaneously when the book funding campaign is running.
This one starts running at the start of September after a month long chapter break!
We'll look at what Jaakko ...
2018-04-28 20:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Technically not a WIP anymore as most of you will have seen these finished in the PDF. But I thought I'd share them! Last 3 pages of Chapter 1.
The last 2 were originally not in the script, the whole scene was meant to be just the one page. But I ended up stretching it because we had the room in the book and it made more sense...
2018-04-27 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I’ve mentioned before that a big theme in Tistow is going to be ‘identity’. I’ve not felt the need to write any of this down to explain before as I’d like people to find out for themselves as the story progresses.
But there’s one thing I’d like to jot my thoughts down about and in this post it’s Jack. He experi...
2018-04-26 21:28:37 +0000 UTC View Post
