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Sketchbook: Chapter 25 concepts

| Peter Ahola

I’ve started bringing my sketchbook to work so I can sit down and draw at lunch. I do this one because I finish my lunch too early and hate doing nothing and two it’s pretty hard to draw in the book at home after a rough day of work and then do the comic and illustration work. So of course a primary focus in the sketchbook is finalizing concepts and designs before they are put to paper.

That being said, here’s some of what to look forward to in chapter 25. You already saw the kid versions of Hideyoshi and Karou, but here’s a better look at their outfits, as for the other… well.

Old Art Dump

| Peter Ahola

Lunchtime break and I sadly brought the wrong art bag today, so I can’t draw in the old sketchbook today. So here’s a little Art Dump of some old images previously put up on the site. I think all these images can be found on the gallery section of the site. The first one might not, just be the last page of chapter 23. Anyway, enjoy the mini gallery!

Kalwa Bathhouse
The Pack Hunts at Dusk

20 followers

| Peter Ahola

Yet another milestone hit today. We got 20 followers (21 actually), which is a great milestone from where we were before. This year has really been a pickup for the site, more traffic and more readers, so it’s really feeling like all the work me and my co-writer have been doing is really starting to pay off. So I want to say thank you to everyone who follows this site and the support you give. It’s all very much appreciated by the two of us!!! Thank you so much!

Kalwa Halloween 2021

| Peter Ahola

Happy Halloween everyone, hope you all enjoy the day and get plenty of sugar in your system (lol). Well here’s a special celebration drawing for the year. I’ve been posting some teasers of this in previous weeks but wanted to hold it back for this particular day.

So a little commentary is that I’m a MAJOR Naruto fan, or at least I am of the manga, I kinda like the anime but not by a whole lot. In fact I have three books fo artwork right next to my desk, and actually Kishimoto has actually been a great influence on my coloring style. Naruto himself is my favorite fictional character alongside Peter Parker, and he just had a birthday earlier this month. So this year, I’m dressing my own characters as a tribute and Halloween celebration, poor Reko had to get stuck dressed as Sasuke. Once again everyone, happy Halloween everyone and eat some Candy Corn for me.

Gender Swap

| Peter Ahola

So this week, I started taking my sketchbook to work to draw at lunchtime, since I tend to finish my lunch rather fast and hate just sitting around for about forty minutes doing nothing, plus it’s gotten kinda hard to draw at home amongst everything else I do. So this week, the idea came to mind to draw the main cast if they were of the opposite gender, a gender swap if you will. The original sketch has been uploaded to the facebook page, so if you follow us there you might off seen it. Exclusively here on the site for now, is colored versions of the characters gender swapped, complete with their alternate names for their new genders. So if you like gender swaps, well here’s what our heroes would look like.

200 likes!!!

| Peter Ahola

I just got the notification that this website has officially hit 200 likes! Don’t know how big that is compared to others but it’s a pretty good milestone for us! So I wanted to give a big thank you to the followers and supporters out there who consistently support this site! Thank you so much!

Kalwa Meets Naruto

| Peter Ahola

Consider this my belated birthday tribute to Naruto, as I feel so bad having not done anything for his birthday earlier this month. Naruto himself is actually my favorite anime/manga character of all time, I actually have all 73 books of his series, as well as a number of figures around my room, so I’ve been meaning to do this crossover for quite some time. Also I should note that Kalwa’s favorite color is orange, I actually chose the color to represent her because it’s bright and energetic. This actually kinda puts her a bit on par with Naruto who quite well known for his orange color. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys this piece.

Progress on Chapter 25

| Peter Ahola

Chapter 25 is coming everyone. The script is being written, usually I try to write the script in two days (that I have off) and then try to distance a bit from it for a while before doing a final check on it. So expect the next chapter to start up in early to mid Novemeber. Meanwhile here’s a little preview of the cover as to where it stands and I’ll be uploading some more sketches and some other illustrations coming.

WIP Chapter 25 Cover

| Peter Ahola

Earlier today I posted one preview of chapter 25 by showing off the child versions of Hideyoshi and Karou. Well here comes another preview with the actual cover… at least where it stands now. I’ve had this image in my brain all week and despite wanting to rest a bit tonight from drawing (I hurt my hand working on another work last night), I just had to get it out.

Full disclaimer that this isn’t an actual scene from the chapter, but the chapter is about Kalwa learning fault and overcoming it, so it’s kinda a metaphor you could say. I don’t think every chapter has to actually have a scene from the chapter on it, but make an enticing image that does say something about the story it represents.