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Chapter 25 Begins

| Peter Ahola

It’s on everyone. My co-writer is going through some life stuff, and he still hasn’t gotten me the full script, but he’s at least provided me the first batch of pages so I can get started.

Full disclaimer, the navigation menu is a little different than previous chapters, but please don’t let that “scare you.” Something happened with WordPress and my reusable navigation blocks got messed up, resulting in all the menus getting changed and essentially causing mass chaos with page navigation. As such, I had to throw together a quickly made navigation real late a night while making the page. This new menu will (hopefully) be temporary and I’ll privately toy around trying to fix the problem, hopefully it’s a one night issue. This issue isn’t affecting previously uploaded chapters, but until it’s resolved, I won’t be putting a direct link from chapter 24 to 25, otherwise it might mess up everything. Like I said, hopefully it’s a one night issue.

Sorry for that rant, it’s just so frustrating when something like this happens, cause I wind up spending hours experimenting and publishing stuff just to learn how to navigate new issues. Regardless, you can see the new chapter by clicking the thumbnail below right now!

CHAPTER 25 starts TOMORROW!

| Peter Ahola

Sorry for the quiet three days. Just a major update that 25 will start up here on the site TOMORROW! Yes, that’s right tomorrow. The finished cover will go up with two pages, the likes of which have been previewed in the sketch stage. So be on the look out for an official update as we kick off the next part of Japanese Arch!

Chapter 25 Preview

| Peter Ahola

A little preview of chapter 25 from where it stands right now. I’m still waiting for the script, but my co-writer says he should get it to me by the end of the week. As such, I’m just getting a leg up on the first two pages so when the script comes back I can get them out faster. So here’s a little preview of chapter 25 coming real soon.

Chapter 25 Cover Preview

| Peter Ahola

Here first on the website, here’s a a look at the cover to chapter 25, colored and just about ready to go. Still have’t come up with a tag line for the cover yet, but it’ll be something along the lines of “inner strength.” I’m still waiting to get the script back, but I’m working on some other projects under the Green Raptor name and of course practicing in the sketchbook. More info coming as we get closer to the actual chapter 25.

Bunny Girl Kalwa

| Peter Ahola

I got pretty obsessed recently with a scene from Haruhi that involved the character singing the song “God Knows,” on guitar and got the inspiration to draw Kalwa rocking out in a similar way. This is kinda a spin off of the original bunny girl illustration where Kalwa was with Rachel and Ella, all three looking rather displeased with each other. So here’s one of her looking a little more lively and rocking it out.

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

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.

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.