Doc Update 3 (Patreon)

Heya Cubcakes!!

This week’s update is a day late as I was too exhausted after yesterday to post it up. When I tried I fudged it up twice and then gave up. Don’t work if you are too tired. 

Doc’s First Adventure Poll:

Platinum patrons were voting since last Monday on the world Doc would visit in his first adventure. With only one vote for Arcadia preventing a three way tie, it was Ankhrux and Iota that won in the end. The stories I am imagining are self contained so there will be no ‘Just do both’ nonsense here. So it’s up to me to choose the first world.

The winner is:  Iota

I am choosing Iota for two simple reasons.

 1. While all the worlds capture different elements that will be crucial for Doc’s adventures, Iota may just edge the others out by uniting all the elements simultaneously. It has a sci-fi yet adult theme, a quirky landscape and more complex ideas than the simple ‘porno’ sounding premise might let on. Yes, Iota is a world were the citizens exchange information through sex but I can’t wait to examine that through the lens of education, sex workers, entertainment, corporate espionage, human trafficking etc. The story of Iota and it’s world will require a lot of work on my end (and I have not even begun) but I believe it will have substance when it’s finished.

2. Quick and simple information exchanges like the ones present on Iota are a fantastic way to shorthand delivering large quantities of information about Doc in short bursts. While I do need to work out the details it is the one world of the three where I can focus more on the story than setting up Doc as a character.

Monthly Couple Poll:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/29158488

Current Leaders: Professor Hulk and Bulk/Bro Thor

There are 4 hours left on this month’s poll before the couple is chosen. Work begins tomorrow and is expected to be completed by Saturday. 

Doc Wottsit Update:

In terms of Doc Wottsit itself I have little I can share this week. The majority of my work has gone into writing the script for the prologue. You can see a very very rough storyboard for the layout of the comic. Nothing is set in stone and honestly sizing, shaping and other dynamics need to be adjusted. Storywise everything went as well as I could hope. It took two days to write the scenes and dialogue but I was happy with the results. I feel it could use some more editing but I am also hopeful that I will begin sketching out the first couple of pages next week.

Fingers crossed.

Additonally I have been trying out Adobe Fresco. It is my hope that Fresco or Photoshop on the IPad will become my new art program(s) in the coming months. Sadly Procreate simply does not have the tools to make a comic like Doc Wottsit efficiently, and Clip does not have the UI or time lapse features I need. Unfortunately the Fresco beta, while amazing, lacks the same tools that procreate does. I will have to wait until it has been released to know for sure. Still everything above was done in Fresco so that’s encouraging at least.

In addition to the script and storyboard, I also designed the Pladger creature above. The Pladger is a native of the world of Loginue where Doc is vacationing in the storyboard. I have also started a glossary of terms for the Wottsit-verse and begun work on two side characters that briefly appear in the prologue as well.  Before I can fully begin on the mini comic, I will have to design Doc, Doofer, !!! and ??? as they appear in it. As well as design the alien landscape of Loginue. Luckily I took that trip to the Botanical Gardens. I just remembered I did that. Oh past me I love you sometimes, you nutter.

While I would love to share the script with you now, the mini comic is relatively small and I would spoil the entire thing. I’ll hold off and work on more visuals next week. When the prologue is complete I will share the original script to patrons so you can see how my first attempt went. OH and how you will shame me for it. I can feel the shame travelling backwards through time and turning my face red already.

Conclusion:  The prologue comic is well in hand and entering the character concept and design phase. World building is ongoing. Research into the NSFW elements have gone well. The script is written. I feel things will start to take shape next week. Here’s hoping.

Packs: This month’s packs have been updated to include the pictures above, the storyboard layout, and any time lapses I may have.