Comic Report #123.2 - Illuminating (Patreon)

Hello!  I've got the textless version of this page ready for you to see.  Seeing as this is Thursday night I don't think I can get anything meaningful for a Friday update tomorrow, so this is gonna have to be the update for this week.  As far as things to share go, I feel like this one is pretty good, though, so I hope that's alright this time.

I'm really happy with how the atmospheric lighting on this page came out.  I feel like I managed to capture the depth of the scene and the absence of electrical lighting well, using the distribution of multiple candles as a series of light sources illuminating everyone present around the table.  At times I ask myself why I committed to making such a high-effort comic, and I think about how much easier things would be if I'd just shade it in a normal manner, in regular tones, but I think pages like this remind me of why I put the effort in- because I think the atmosphere is important and it wouldn't be the same without it.  Maybe I'm wrong?  I don't know, but I'm too close to the finish line to stop trying now.  

I almost don't want to cover up this nice artwork with text, but I must, so I'm gonna get to doing that now.  I'm glad to share these textless pages with you, since it offers a unique look at the pages without all the words on it, on just the artwork itself, and I think that's neat.  Thanks for checking in on this weird liminal leap day, I'll be back with more work to share next Friday.  Until then, have a nice weekend!