The Secret Garden II (WIP) + Author chat (Patreon)

Someone stop me before I finish this mini-comic in ONE FELL SWOOP, I'm having so much fun, lol.

Ok, in all seriousness. Some random thoughts I had while working on this, just now.

This story premise was born of a general fascination I have with the sex industry, which I thought would be an interesting theme to explore (but in a more light-hearted way). And while working on this comic strip, I realised how much I've missed just losing myself in the process of character exploration, and adding in utterly useless details that tell an entire story about the character, but contribute absolutely nothing to plot development, lol. Much like the earlier MPL season, or even during MPL's Canvas days, I guess you could say. It's the little things, like how I switched up Tora's usual menacing gear into something more laidback and sloppy -- a grungey t-shirt and floppy jeans -- and he appears in a different light, altogether. Throw in a motorcycle helmet slung across his arm, and this picture changes again; now pair all of this with his occupation as a HOT, SEXY ADONIS (ON CAMERA) and the juxtaposition is just... so, so fun. But wait! That's not all! Add Poppylan Wilkes into the picture -- hot little sex-pot bunny (on camera) -- hapless, nerdy and maybe a little immature (in person)... and VOILA! The entire story becomes a cocktail of something...interesting. (English majors where y'all at? Help me put this into words please 😂).

Anyway, sadly, and as some of y'all might know (or have noticed), I've had to give all this up in favour of the MPL plot, largely due to production and time constraints. But not a big deal, just something i'll keep in mind for my next long-term project <3