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🕑 Added 2020-04-03 15:01:01 +0000 UTCThe first two pages of design roughs might be familiar if you're on the $5 tier or higher, as I posted 'em Wednesday for the DISTRESSED DAMSELS feature. Last weekend I drew a two-page story fragment featuring a winsome half-orc lass bedamseled by a hostile Dryad Druid, for a DiD commission request that ultimately went astray. (Turned out the premise wasn't really what the commissioner was looking for; I'm reasonably confident I can eventually unload those pages to somebody down the road.)
Howeva, I liked the look of the half-orc heroine, and in the course of this week started thinking about spinning her off into an actual comics project of some sort. The result is a still-in-development pitch for a fantasy RPG romantic comedy/ sex farce I'm calling Party of Two—as in, D&D adventuring party of two.)
Here's the basic concept:
HE is a fierce, axe-swinging dwarf barbarian, manfully cultivating the stoic hardheadedness, bloodthirsty rage, and apocalyptic worldview required of a valiant but furiously death-seeking warrior bound for Valhalla—and soon.
SHE is a half-orc cleric worshipping a goddess of (tough) love, a good-natured healer whose relentless warmth, sweetness and affection—and horniness!—inadvertently but constantly undermines her dwarven partner's dogged attempts at steely discipline and coldblooded detachment.
Can this starcrossed pair of dungeon-raiding, hanky-pankying monster slayers ever become more than just "adventurers with benefits?" Find out in Party of Two, folks!
To be honest, not really sure where I'm going with this sucker. Right now I'm just thinking of brief little anecdotes with the obnoxiously cute couple, along the lines of the early shorts that started off Empowered. (In fact as I type this, I'm finishing up a page rough in Clip Studio Paint.)
I do quite like the bite-size premise underlying this concept, as opposed to the much more sprawling and epic storyline I have in mind for my other fantasy RPG action-comedy pitch, which features a much larger cast and far more ambitious long-term plans. Party of Two is a modest enough "buy-in" that I could theoretically draw it myself, despite the slight technical issue that I do not currently have a viable means of producing finished artwork; I need to do much more experimentation with CSP to find some brushes that actually work for me.
If I could find a workable art technique, though, I might consider trying to run this by, say, Webtoon, as I'd like to test the waters with a modestly scaled project that doesn't involve 200+ pages at a time. (As opposed to Empowered vol.12, which I am currently stalled out on for reasons I'll likely discuss here at some point.)
OTOH, it occurs to me that Karla Diaz (Empowered and the Soldier of Love) could draw a mighty cute half-orc waifu, in fact probably cuter than I could pull off. So maybe I'll run it by her, if I don't end up drawing it myself. Who knows, folks? In any event, this pitch will likely go somewhere, I'm hoping.
Lemme know if you'd like to see more of the still-unnamed half orc and her dwarven kinda-sorta boyfriend, won't you? In the meantime, I'm off to finish a Party of Two page rough before the end of my morning shift.
Next Monday on this here Patreon: Mo' life drawings, as usual!
Comments
KranberriJam
Late reply, but gods, I love this idea.
Adam Warren
Well, the dwarf is a straight-outta-D&D-5e barbarian who never wears armor, but the half-orc might well have some defensive gear stored in that backpack of holding; I'll definitely consider drawing her armored up in the future.
Sabrina Pandora
For the $1 and $3 tier, more of this please. I'd like to see their adventuring 'armored up and ready' looks?
Dean Reilly
For what it's worth, I think the heart-shaped head on the mace would be a little bit much. Go with the flanged design.
Bruno Simón Rodríguez
A new comic from you is always great news .
Joe Crawford
100% Yes Please!
Aidenke
These two are already a hoot. Looking forward to hearing how these concepts come along!
Joshua Wolfe
I love all the playing against archetypes. The setup is chock full of comedic potential. The character designs look really fun.
Stuart Little
Like it. Question: Does her orc jaw/teeth affect her speech in any way?
Wayne W
Would love to see this come together with Karla Diaz doing the art. The question is ... will ruffles come in to play? And yes to the question of wanting more of this on here.
Jenka Tamar
Yes Please!
WulfMan72
The banter between the two of them when she’s handling his innards is priceless!
Erin O'Loughlin
Same
PixelThis
I'd buy that book
Paul Milligan
Love the character designs!
Eric
Sounds fun!
