Art update 23 (Patreon)

Since our earlier endings to book 2's lover/zuko route left something to be desired when it comes to getting closure, we decided to fix that instead of getting an early start on book 3. Now I had already started working on drawings for book 3 so those had to be put on the backburner to make sure our new endings would have something new for you to look at. 

I'm really looking forward to start working on nothing but book 3 content again (the coder has some really interesting ideas for that) but I'm also having a good time getting the final drawings for book 2 ready.

So far I've finished:

-three new scenes(mostly about Mai and Azula), 

-an improved earlier scene,

-new idles for Mai, Azula and Shady guy,

-and the necessary new backgrounds.

I'm not really sure if we can put in more besides those, but what we have right now will hopefully tie everything together in a more satisfying way for anyone who thought the original endings didn't feel enough like a proper ending.

Since the coder/writer has to have enough time to actually work the new pics into the story I had to be very fast in getting them done, but despite that I think they turned out nice.  I usually try to finish new stuff well in advance. That way the coder/writer has more time to figure out how to use them in the most effective way and I get more time to put in corrections. 

I couldn't completely leave the book 3 drawings untouched so these last few days I've also been adding some small corrections to earlier done work and a few quick sketches. Mostly rough work for the idles of the other girls you'll get to see in Book 3 besides Toph. 

The coder suggested adding a particular girl to book 3 which had me surprised but actually felt like a great addition once I thought about it. It's a lot more fun to discover these characters during the game itself, so don't expect me to spoil this particular character just yet. Besides our main girl, Toph, there will be the ones you already expect but also maybe one or two which will be a pleasant surprise.

Speaking of Toph, looking back at my earlier work today I noticed I had used some colors which were looking very desaturated so I've been changing that too. It's the kind of thing I only notice when not looking at it for some time.

An earlier sketch raffle winner has kindly allowed us to share a few of the low res versions with you. I actually forgot to add these the last time, but you can find them in the attachment to this post. 

I'd also like to remind the 20+ tier patrons  to check their messages every now and then. I'm still waiting for a reaction from the latest sketch raffle winner. 

That's all for now!