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 move to flats. I'll flat the biggest color groups (hair, skin, blue, black, gray, etc) into a single layer, then duplicate that l...
2015-12-20 09:18:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm not sure I can get this up tonight or not... if not, then here's a sketch preview to tide you over~
2015-12-16 05:04:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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.
2015-12-12 08:31:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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 receding waves, and eating the flotsam that washes up). They use their tails as a sort of paddle that allows them to leap into the air to...
2015-12-10 22:59:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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 look as it is. And yeah that little thing in the corner is a bit spoilery but between you and I we are about a page away from see...
2015-12-04 20:07:54 +0000 UTC View Post
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 around your family thighfish and maybe lighting a candle or two... those caves get pretty dark.
For those who lik...
2015-12-04 20:03:21 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much for the support this month!
2015-12-01 07:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Today I am listening to an audiobook of Dan Simmon's Arctic horror novel The Terror* and finishing up this Meek page, then moving onto either more comics, commissions or wallpaper stuff... I will probably go until the aud...
2015-11-28 20:04:28 +0000 UTC View Post
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~.
I was trying to find a ref while working tonight and saw these and thought "what if I actually posted them," and now he...
2015-11-28 06:51:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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 blogs but basically I had a ton of really debilitating full-body joint pain for the past month and a half. It felt exactly like rheum...
2015-11-25 05:35:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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 "barbarism." They're quite used to warfare, high infant mortality, random attacks from interlopers, starvation, etc., and are seen b...
2015-11-21 06:54:43 +0000 UTC View Post
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 comics that start out with a page of text exposition and that just shuts my brain off immediately. Don't start with a text wall. You ...
2015-11-11 22:04:28 +0000 UTC View Post
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 The Meek and Mare Internum, but averaged 11 updates!! ...
2015-11-06 20:54:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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 was much, much different back then... at the time, the premise was that global war had broken out on Earth... anyone who decided t...
2015-11-06 18:30:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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... Personally I love looking at PSDs, so hopefully a few of you find this interesting!
Feel free to rip it apart and do wha...
2015-11-03 03:48:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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 local grocery. As we descend deeper into cold weather I will probably start to venture into winter cabin fever wallpaper notes, but ...
2015-11-03 03:42:41 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much for the support this month!
2015-11-01 06:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Closeup of the spread from pages 222-223. You can right-click to see the entire image~
2015-10-25 09:50:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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 the US government and private funding. She is a commander more in the sense of a mission commander, but her mission is simply to ke...
2015-10-22 19:15:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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?
2015-10-17 06:49:41 +0000 UTC View Post
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 killed. Dagre has been in this iteration a while and has taken a lot of damage. He hides it ~okay~ but under the fur he is falling apa...
2015-10-16 02:27:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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 or watching scifi, I often automatically approve of the credentials of the characters. Unless something really dumb happens (like ...
2015-10-15 06:07:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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 I'm posting it now~
Feels good to finally have the plot pick up after so much setup!
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 because it is useful feedback.
There is also the possibility that I ignore everything and make something crazy that I think you'll...
2015-10-08 04:30:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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 letter. If you voted the entire month, you'd get all the letters, unscramble them, and find not just a new Meekipedia entry, but als...
2015-10-08 04:20:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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 updates (3x a week, every week) goal. I can't adequately describe what a relief it is to know that I have rent and bills covered ...
2015-10-08 04:08:40 +0000 UTC View PostThank you so much for the support this month!
2015-10-01 06:59:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Starting in maybe 5 mins!
Finishing up some Patron commissions, probably gonna stream until I'm done (maybe 1-2 hrs). Testing out some efficiency techniques as well, so stop by if you like that kinda stuff~
