Just thought I’d share this here since it is the second day of October, the witching month. Just doing a look back on some previous Halloween drawings. I don’t remember if the second one was a Halloween drawing, it was really done during a Phantom of the Opera craze. I’ve got a few ideas for this year including a remake of Kalwa Witch of Time. So I’m opening this month with a reflection back on previous celebrations!!
We’re there everyone, here on October 1st we conclude another chapter in the Kalwa story. Chapter 24 has now concluded, so as per usual, chapter updates will take a small break while we prep the next script for chapter 25, but be on the look out for art updates and behind the scenes and more coming soon. Meanwhile, check out what we got by click the thumb below.
Only one more page is left before this chapter is finished. As I mentioned yesterday both pages are drawn and I’m working to get the last page up this weekend, so we can check off another chapter in this long journey we’ve taken so far. As usual, click the thumbnail to see the latest page.
The final two pages have been drawn, and I’m planning to start inking tonight. I apologize for not posting an image, but I slept in today and had to hurry to work. But you can expect to see those next few pages over the next few days, with the latter being up on Sunday.
Following chapter 24, there will be a brief break for chapter updates in order to get the next chapter written and going, as is normal on this site. During the break I’ve got plans for some art and behind the scenes work coming, I’ve actually had some ideas and crossovers planned that I just haven’t gotten around to. There will also be a few updates to the site so be on the lookout for those, mainly tie in’s to the green Raptor website!
I’m also planning to work more on volume releases starting on Amazon. I’ll give you all more updates on that as we go. So that’s my general announcement for right now, just to let you
Wow, this title is really weird for this post, but there you go. Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday today. Here’s the next page to chapter 24, which means we only got two pages left for this chapter, and I’m getting real excited. As usual, click the thumbnail below to see the latest page.
Kalwa’s just gotten a major victory in her training, unfortunately… it’s very shortly lived. We are rounding the corner we only got three more pages left for this chapter, and almost done with the second chapter in this story arch. As usual, click the thumbnail below to see the latest page.
So I mentioned a little while ago that there was some behind the scenes story with the recent page 22 and I want to share as a note to future comic artists. So when I’m doing pages, I tend to try to break up the actual drawing process and the inking process. I will usually strive to get the drawing done one night and then do the inking another. The reason being is so I can dislodge myself from the drawing and take a second look at it before finalizing it, as I might be tired and unable to properly judge immediately after drawing.
A primary example of this being the recent chapter 24 page 22. Initially I had a different angle for Kalwa in the original drawing of the page, which can be seen below on the original pencil drawing. However during inking I felt it looked real boring and not very dynamic at all. The viewer couldn’t get a sense of her strength or really absorb the power of her weapon. So in the 11th hour during Inking the pose was changed to what we have today as also seen below. So in my closing statement, I say to all that it’s always good to break up the drawing and the inking in order to properly judge situations such as this. Give yourself some time to gather your thoughts and better judge your work, don’t be so obsessive on timing if it means turning in a product you won’t be happy with.
Sorry everyone for the late post, I was busy shopping this morning for some supplies, and spent longer out than I planned, mostly because I was looking for the stuff in store. This page also took longer to make partially because I was working on some personal hobbies. But more importantly, it involves two characters locked in combat, which always are harder to do. I have a lot of trouble working two people into battle because the poses always get hard to lock together in the way I want, as well as making it clear to the reader what is happening. So that’s just how it works sometimes, regardless, enjoy the new page by clicking the thumbnail.
NEVERMIND!!! Despite my last post, I reliezed that the activity I was about to perform would really just inconvenience recent plans for today and just cause frustrations. Meanwhile the page was pretty much done and I had time to finish it. So here you go everyone, your early “late” page for today. As usual, click the link to see the new page.
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