art update 22 (Patreon)

if you've been waiting for updates, asked us a question in the comments or sent us a pm you'll know we've been suuuuper tardy in reacting or didn't react at all. We're really sorry about that. We've been dropping the ball on this as if it's covered with snot while keeping our hands in our pockets and that's not okay. We'll try our best to not let it happen again. I'll go and reply to those pm's etc. right after I sent out this update so please hold on for just a bit longer. 

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We were hoping to have the latest build out by now, but some hard to fix bugs were getting in the way of that. The coder says he's getting super close to having those dealt with so here's hoping he's right about that. 

Btw. those are just the ones we know about. Once we send out the bughunter version  there's undoubtedly new ones going to pop up. Hopefully easier to solve stuff though. The further along a route we get the weirder(and harder to track down) some of them are. I spent at least a day helping out to find the cause of just one! 

That's why starting a new book/route will be really nice for us too. Besides new characters to draw and write for, it gives us a new "blank piece of paper" so to speak and less deeply nestled glitches to chase after. 

Anyway, when it comes to drawing new stuff for the next book, I've been putting a lot of time into drawing some idles of Toph a few other characters and some groundwork for two new scenes. I'm always particularly slow when it comes to idles, drawing and redrawing them endlessly and I can't work on new scenes as much as I want since we haven't had our usual brainstorm sessions yet so I've spent most of my time on drawing a buttload of stuff for my own little project which is supposed to replace the fighting mechanics. Mostly backgrounds which always gobble up time.

At the beginning of a new book/route we always sit down and talk about what we'll be doing, filling in details and just throwing ideas back and forth. Except for the really broad strokes we haven't really decided on anything permanent, so I can't run ahead too far. I did do some ground work for two possible Toph scenes though and I especially like what one of them could become with a bit of luck.

I still haven't been able to show the coder my little side project since I don't want to distract him from finishing up the current route so I'm a tad worried once I do he'll say it sucks (in perhaps less harsh words). I think it'll be a nice change of pace, but I've reached the point where I need another pair of eyes to get feedback. I've been on this for too long to trust my own judgement.

I've also been thinking about maybe including an original character in book3(just a small cameo) designed by one of you guys if there's interest. Basically, you draw a girl, include the link to the picture in a comment below(or pm us one) and we'll have a teenyweeny contest in the next art update where we'll present the choices and every patreon can vote on their favorite. 

It can be a horrible  stickfigure drawn with crayons or a photoshop of different bodyparts, as long as there's something visual for everyone to look at when deciding the winner. If you do decide to send something in, don't go all gungho  and spend a crazy amount of time on putting it together(well if you really want to you can of course), but this is just supposed to be a fun little thing for the lulz.