Another assortment (Patreon)

I've updated the art for the bookmark (changed the placement of Sunati's iris slightly, to fix the angle of her gaze)

I've also started work on the bonus comics in earnest. I've had the thumbnails complete for a while now, but I wanted to take a complete break from actually drawing comics while I was experimenting with CSP and learning about all the things the program can do (one of the downsides of drawing a regularly updating webcomic is that you don't get to actively learn much because there isn't time to focus on much other than getting the updates done ^^;)

I never really figured out properly what Sunati's apartment looked like, and I drew it wildly inconsistently throughout the comic, so I am suffering because of that now, whoops!

Normally I wouldn't colour anything until I've completely inked a chapter/episode, but I wanted to start by completing one panel, just to make sure I can do something roughly in line with the original Always Human art. These colours feel very nostalgic to me, this is fun :)

Also please have this page of thumbnails (from the Starlight Soldiers bonus comic), because I've been informed that it's better for the publisher and their collaboration with GLAAD if Austen doesn't swear at all (including *%&W-type swearing) which means I'm going to have to ditch the joke in the final panel on this page. Alas! 

I've found I really like thumbnailing for pages (rather than a scrolling mobile screen.)
There's something very satisfying about having panels slot together to form a whole.
I definitely want to do a page-at-a-time comic one day :)

As I wait to hear back from Webtoons about Flowers & Fangs, here's one more batch of style tests:

I'm a big fan of stories which have a deceptively cute style, even when horrible things happen, and that's the aesthetic I was going for here. I have now decided that this isn't the aesthetic I want for this particular story.

Here are some more solemn style tests for the same story. Very happy with how these turned out!

(If anyone's been following me on tumblr since before Always Human, you might recognise this girl? This story - and setting - have changed a lot over the years, but the core of this character and her design have remained constant.)

And finally here are some doodles for a visual novel I've started scripting. 

While I wait for webtoons to get back to me about F&F this story is probably going to be my main focus. I don't want to get too invested in a second comic idea, because I don't want to end up in a situation where my heart is not in the comic world Webtoons says they want. But I think getting invested in this story is fine - there's a separation in my head between stories told in different mediums, so I don't think I'll end up torn between two worlds.

I think that's all I've got to share for now?

Thank you all so very much for the support, and for sticking with me! I really, really appreciate you being here while I am in between projects - and while I focus on learning rather than creating content - and while so much else is going on in the world and times are so rough. Thank you <3

I hope you're all staying safe and healthy :) Take care of yourselves!

P.S. I'm going to get back to sketch requests next month, I just need to re-figure out how streaming works. It's been too long since I last streamed, and I've replaced too much of my technology in the interim ^^;