Comic DevBlog #14 (Patreon)

Pages 8-10 reach Line Art & Flat Color stages.

This month, which is shorter than its must be, I had nine orders for Simple Drawings and one for Lineless Drawing. I also wanted to finish the image of a big lizard trainer, which I had prepared two months ago and which you can see in the monthly post. With such a demand, it was quite difficult to move the comic forward.One client required daily edits, and their order is being delayed until next month. Then i simply cancelled one order and refunded the money. And the order for a Lineless Drawing was only completed to the flat color stage and was transferred to next month.

By the end of the month, I only had three days left to get something done. In two days, despite my headache, I managed to prepare three new pages of the comic, and today I finished pic of the lizard trainer.

Previously, it took me one day to prepare one page. But this month, I perfected the technique, and in the future, I'll be able to do four in two days. If i be not sick. However, finishing a page requires a full day, so there's no room for optimization without losing quality. And since the comic and the lizards are just bonus work after completing the planned monthly work, the pace of progress is sluggish. After all, it is the usual commission orders that ensure my existence. And sometimes you need to take a day off although in general I try to work every day.The colors in flat pages may appear off, but they are the exact colors used on the pages in the final stage. They certainly work, but without the shadows they look poor. But that's how it should be. In the future, all colors on flat stages will have this design.

I might potentially have the opportunity to take a month off this year to work entirely on the comic, but that's just a chance...