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I AM EMPOWERED, pt.8: The Twitter-based YEAR ONE prose dealie continues!
<Note: You can check out I Am Empowered's previous installments with this tag.>And now, back to Emp's first-person narration in (old) Twitter-based 140-character format, taking place roughly around the beginning of Empowered vol.1. In this chapter, Emp is continues a lengthy account of a incident involving superheroic rooftop-to-rooftop (or "R2R") jumping: >I AM EMPOWEREDChapter 3: ABOMINABLEMENT DIFFICILE (pt.4)<OUR STORY THUS FA...
DISTRESSED DAMSELS: "Undercover Wenches in Trouble," pt. 3 of 3
(The previous installment of this story fragment can be checked out here.) Per your votes in a recent Patreon poll, here's part 3 (of 3) of a commissioned DiD short story in proto-Empowered format, drawn for a generous friend who appreciated not only my earlier con sketches of a wench-ified Kei and Yuri, but also my depiction of a young Red Monika from back-up stories I wrote and drew twenty-odd years ago for Joe Madureira's comic Battle ...
Sketch dump #2 from $20 art requests!
Behold, another clump o' sketches drawn in in Clip Studio Paint, based on art requests from the big-spending tier of $20 Patrons. Sets #2 and #3 feature plenty of "damsel in distress" content based on Patron suggestions; normally, I would've moved this material to the usual "DiD Wednesday" slot (for the $5+ tiers), but thought I might as well post 'em in a wider-access sketch dump. (Besides, Wednesday already has a ...
Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #41
Yet again, I'm doubling up with this week's set of life drawings from random photoref. (Someday I'll have to downgrade to a single piece per post, but my buffer of these pieces remains reasonably large.) First above is a set from November 2018, while the second is an example from January 2017, fairly early on in the effort.Below, enjoy the higher-res, raw and untweaked grayscale scans as PSD attachments.
FAILED-PROJECT FRIDAY: The sad tale of defunct Cliffhanger pitch BLOOD OF THE MAGI
Welcome to another installment of Failed-Project Friday, folks! (Open to the public, this time, in part because I repurposed much of this post from an old DeviantART piece.)This time around, the failed project in question is one that has no actual artwork directly attached to it, alas. On the other hand, two of the project's characters made cameo appearances in an illo I did for the videogame magazine PSM, so I'll use that stuff as accomp...
Hey, Patrons: What should Friday's Patreon post be?
Wellp, the daily post for Friday's comin' up soon, and I haven't yet decided what it should be. So, thought I'd throw the floor open to you fine folks and check in on what you might like to see!The first option is to keep the ball rollin' with more roughs and script from the unpublished miniseries Empowered and the Giant-Size Issues, the first installment of which was posted on Tuesday. The rest of the options are pretty much ...
I AM EMPOWERED, pt.7: The Twitter-based YEAR ONE prose dealie continues!
<Note: You can check out I Am Empowered's previous installments with this tag.>And now, back to Emp's first-person narration in (old) Twitter-based 140-character format, taking place roughly around the beginning of Empowered vol.1. In this chapter, Emp is kicking off a lengthy account of a incident involving superheroic rooftop-to-rooftop (or "R2R") jumping: >I AM EMPOWEREDChapter 3: ABOMINABLEMENT DIFFICILE (pt.3)Shall I spin you...
DISTRESSED DAMSELS: "Undercover Wenches in Trouble," pt. 2 of 3
(Part one of this story fragment can be checked out here.)Per your votes in a recent Patreon poll, here's part 2 (of 3) of a commissioned DiD short story in proto-Empowered format, drawn for a generous friend who appreciated not only my earlier con sketches of a wench-ified Kei and Yuri, but also my depiction of a young Red Monika from back-up stories I wrote and drew twenty-odd years ago for Joe Madureira's comic Battle Chasers.Quick not...
EMPOWERED AND THE GIANT-SIZE ISSUES #1 thumbnails & script, pt.1
Based on the results from a recent poll of you fine Patrons, today we're kicking off serialization of my page roughs and scripts for Empowered and the Giant-Size Issues, a never-published, two-issue miniseries intended to be drawn by a Special Guest Artist.I wrote the two-parter back in 2015 with the excellent artist Rob "Robaato" Porter in mind to draw the story; later on, as the credits on the cover rough below hint, I ran the propo...
Which EMPOWERED project's roughs and script should I serialize next?
It's been a few months since I wrapped up serialization of my thumbnails for the six-issue miniseries Empowered and Sistah Spooky's High School Hell, and I've been thinking that I should start posting my initial roughs for another Empowered project as a biweekly or monthly feature.This time around, I have a slightly different approach in mind re: posting the thumbnails. I was thinking of alternating each page rough with its accompanyi...
Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #40
Yet again, I'm doubling up with this week's set of life drawings from random photoref. (Someday I'll have to downgrade to a single piece per post, but my buffer of these pieces remains reasonably large.) First above is a set from November 2018, while the second is an example from January 2017, fairly early on in the effort.Below, enjoy the higher-res, raw and untweaked grayscale scans as PSD attachments.
Friday sketch dump of miscellaneous art requests!
The three sketch sets above are based on art requests from last month and the first few days of 2020. Not my best, TBH, but I've been sick like unto a dog most of the g-d week, so these are the best I could do whilst under the weather.Pretty sure I didn't get sick during most of 2019, not because I'm robustly healthy or possessed of an 18 CON, but because it's tough to pick up a cold when you're not around people very often. (...
I AM EMPOWERED, pt.6: The Twitter-based YEAR ONE prose dealie continues!
<Note: You can check out I Am Empowered's previous installments with this tag.>And now, back to Emp's first-person narration in (old) Twitter-based 140-character format, taking place roughly around the beginning of Empowered vol.1. In this chapter, Emp is addressing the challenges of superheroic rooftop-to-rooftop (or "R2R") jumping: >I AM EMPOWEREDChapter 3: ABOMINABLEMENT DIFFICILE (pt.2)To evaluate roofjump routes, I personally...
DISTRESSED DAMSELS: "Undercover Wenches in Trouble," pt.1 of 3
Per your votes in a recent Patreon poll, here's part 1 (of 3) of a commissioned DiD short story in proto-Empowered format, drawn for a generous friend who appreciated not only my earlier con sketches of a wench-ified Kei and Yuri, but also my depiction of a young Red Monika from back-up stories I wrote and drew twenty-odd years ago for Joe Madureira's comic Battle Chasers.UPDATE: These images were already visible at the second link above,...
More pages (and page roughs) from EMPOWERED vol.12!
Behold, some recent pages from Empowered vol.12, taking place well after the damsel-in-distress flashback scene I serialized here earlier. The actual point of those previous pages (besides delivering the book's mandatory DiD content, that is) was that the bad guys couldn't explain why the hell they were distressing Emp so thoroughly; now, in the present-day scene that follows, Emp and Spooky are about to have a Very Significant Conversati...
Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #39
Yet again, I'm doubling up with this week's set of life drawings from random photoref. (Someday I'll have to downgrade to a single piece per post, but my buffer of these pieces remains prodigious.) First above is a recent-ish set from December 2018, while the second is an example from January 2017, very early on in the effort.Below, enjoy the higher-res, raw and untweaked grayscale scans as PSD attachments.TOMORROW: Patrons on the $3+...
Last call for higher-tier December art requests!
December was a booming month for new Patrons joining up—why, the Patreon abruptly surged over the $1000 per month mark, which was unexpected and srsly gratifying!—so I thought I'd doublecheck and see if anyone who's just joined up wanted to get in some last-minute art requests as I knock out a final few 2019 Clip Studio Paint sketch tests.I'm notified of new comments on old posts, so y'all can go back to the December art-reque...
Sketch dump of $5-tier art requests!
We interrupt our usual Friday posts of COMICS RIFFS I LOVE for a Clip Studio Paint sketch dump of art requests from the $5 tier!First up is some animal action; then, a frankly awkward set of sketches based on cosplay of Olivier Armstrong from Full Metal Alchemist; then, a similarly awkward sketch (in pencil, not CSP) of Boston's Liberty Square; and finally, Thugboy and Corgi, Mummified Emp and anti-twerking Emp, and Ninjette in silhouetted su...
I AM EMPOWERED, pt.5: The Twitter-based YEAR ONE prose dealie continues!
<Note: You can check out I Am Empowered's previous installment here.>And now, back to Emp's first-person narration in (old) Twitter-based 140-character format, taking place roughly around the beginning of Empowered vol.1: >I AM EMPOWEREDChapter 3: ABOMINABLEMENT DIFFICILE (pt.1 of many)One thing about capework that civilians rarely realize: The easiest-seeming skills involved in superheroing can be the hardest to master.A case in point, w...
What story (okay, "story") should I serialize for Distressed Damsels next?
As the commissioned DiD story fragment Bizsuit Microskirt Blues wrapped up today, time to think about next week's post. So, I thought I'd post another poll, for the first time in foreva, to see what B&W, proto-Empowered-format damsel comic you fine folks would like me to serialize here next.The ones below are all Kei- and Yuri-starring fragments that I can dig up scans of before next Wednesday rolls around; believe me, there are more wher...
Merry (damsel-distressed Emp) Christmas!
Based on a very specific December art request from the $5 Patron tier, here's a rare analog-media, two-color piece featuring Emp in Yuletide distress! (Feel like I should add a note saying, "That Xmas-ish ball gag on Emp is, like, solid plastic or rubber or whatever, so don't worry that the g-d thing is is a glass ornament about to shatter in her mouth like that apple-or-light-bulb scene from the horror flick Oculus, okay?") So ye...
Distressed Damsels: BIZSUIT MICROSKIRT BLUES, pt.3
Merry Christmas, $5+ Patrons!The previous installment of Bizsuit Microskirt Blues can be seen here (assuming I remember to add this link once that page goes active).From 2003 or thereabouts, here are the final pages of a commissioned DiD story featuring Dirty Pair's Yuri winding up in a most distressing situation; as with most of these story fragments, the narrative just kinda wheezes to a halt, or to a pause, perhaps. By this point, I'd ...
Sketch dump of early design roughs from EMP12 and... PROJECT X?
Behold, some very early design roughs from a story in Empowered vol.12 and... another project.Yeah, Spooky and Emp go on a safari of sorts, during which they have a Very Important Conversation about a certain topic Theresa has conspicuously failed to mention. (Hint: the topic was addressed in a Spooky monologue near the end of Empowered vol.8.)Above are test sketches for a smilodon (saber-toothed cat) that might be appearing in the story.Below ar...
Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #38
Yet again, I'm doubling up with this week's set of life drawings from random photoref. (Someday I'll have to downgrade to a single piece per post, but my buffer of these pieces remains prodigious.) First above is a recent-ish set from March 2019, while the second is an example from January 2017, very early on in the effort.Below, enjoy the higher-res, raw and untweaked grayscale scans as PSD attachments.
COMICS RIFFS I LOVE: BOICHI's suits from SUN-KEN ROCK!
The Korean artist BOICHI is probably best-known nowadays for his work on the manga Dr. Stone, but I first enjoyed his work on the crime/action series Sun-Ken Rock, serialized in full on the Crunchyroll Manga iOS app. An over-the-top gangster narrative featuring Japanese fish-out-of-water Kitano Ken battling his way to the top of the Korean crime scene, Sun-Ken Rock isn't a manga I can quite give an unqualified recommendation, as it's ofte...
I AM EMPOWERED, pt.4: The Twitter-based YEAR ONE prose dealie continues!
<Note: You can check out I Am Empowered's previous installment here.And now, back to Emp's first-person narration, taking place roughly around the beginning of Empowered vol.1: >I AM EMPOWEREDChapter 2: WHAT IS THE SOUND OF ONE HAND (NOT) TWEETING? (pt.2) So, in summary: I've got no one I can REALLY talk to. Not my poor mom, not my erstwhile college friends, and definitely not my superpeers.I certainly haven't made any normal-huma...
Distressed Damsels: BIZSUIT MICROSKIRT BLUES, pt.2
(The first 4pp of this story fragment can be seen here. )From 2003 or thereabouts, here are the pages 4-7 of a commissioned DiD story featuring Dirty Pair's Yuri winding up in a most distressing situation. Had a li'l more direction than usual with this one, as the commissioner in question wanted something featuring, well, a tight skirt, after a recent con sketch along those lines had caught his eye.Notes below:Behold, stripcuffs that conf...
December art requests for the $5 tier!
Wellp, art requests are gonna be tough to handle this month, so time to get started with you fine folks of the $5 tier! Though I'm (still) hoping to get more serious about working digitally in Clip Studio Paint in December, I will definitely try to work in your art-request subjects on the side, or as integral parts of those ongoing CSP tests.So fire away with any character suggestions or situation requests you might have, oh $5 elite! Could m...
Sketch dump of $10-tier art requests!
Posted these in reverse order of creation, so the best-looking one would be the main image you see! (Your Mileage May Vary as to which set looks the best, though.)Anyhoo, behold three Clip Studio Paint sketch sets based on art requests from the $10 Patron tier. Brief notes to follow:So one request was for what Emp's idealized superhero outfit might be, as opposed to her mercilessly clingy and revealing supersuit. I based the image above, and ...
Life drawings from photoreference: high-res scans #37
Yet again, I'm doubling up with this week's set of life drawings from random photoref. (Someday I'll have to downgrade to a single piece per post, but my buffer of these pieces remains prodigious.) First above is a recent-ish set from March 2019, while the second is an example from January 2017, very early on in the effort.Below, enjoy the higher-res, raw and untweaked grayscale scans as PSD attachments.
