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"I'll go with you. Just promise me one thing - " - p74 [Old + New hi-res inks]

March's store 15% discount code: R9HLWU - valid Mar 1-30.Hey everyone, here's another glimpse at improvements I made last year to some older pages. Images 1-2 are the new version inks + rough, 3-4 are the older version.Redid this page for fairly obvious quality reasons, and also because it's one of those pivotal moments I really didn't want to under-deliver on.Pardon sending this in kind of late - meant to prep this for posting but I ended up getting knocked flat with pneumonia for 2 weeks. Hadn't been this sick in over 10 y...

Rek & Shar graphite studies

A couple more sketchbook pages from the road.Due to limited scanner access I couldn't really document every stage of the process this time, then realized too late afterwards that I could've just taken phone pics at least. MY BAD. Next time!

Some Ink Sketchbook Scans

February's printshop 15% discount code: FAVHMJGI - valid Feb 1-29.Just some of the drawings done in January. Figure practice, background characters ideas, heraldry crests, etc. All stuff drawn during those periods where I can't be at the computer due to travel obligations, or just needing to think away from the screen.Got some fresh comic page inks coming in the next update in a few days as we enter February, followed by some more sketch scans a week or 2 in, so keep an eye out for those too. Thanks again for another month of steady sup...

Page 147 inks & roughs

January's printshop 15% discount code: VLVWYM - valid Jan 1-31.Happy New Year's Eve-Eve, everyone. Wanna give you a huge thanks for sticking with me for another year. The world's gotten a lot crazier and life isn't as cheap as it was a couple years prior, so it means a lot to me to have your continued support on this book.Here's some inks and process sketches from a scene I'm finishing up. I really liked Wyit's expression in that final panel, so I made prints & stickers of it available here.Note: I've got about 1...

Shar - digital sketch stages

December's printshop 15% discount code: HCCNGGZD - valid Dec 6-30.Just a figure drawing warmup from a year or 2 ago that I had sitting around half-clothed, decided to add a few more lines and some halftone. Posting here in full-res early for you all. Enjoy!

Wyit - graphite drawing process + exclusive print

Quick reminder: if you're in my Discord, make sure you have your Patreon and Discord accounts integrated [link] so you get access to the private Patron lounge there!---Normally I don't get to scan all of my physical media process stages, since a lot of my sketchbooking is done while on the road for work and such. This one I managed to get more stages scanned since I drew it mostly at home, during my evenings when I'm trying to avoid screen-time so I can sleep better. I use Webril pads to smudge/blur out sketch lines into a pleasantl...

Page 149 - Inks & Sketch process

Some recent comic page for you all.Following the inks there, you'll see the old first draft of this page. It was way too busy - too many panels, feels like a bad Modern Hollywood conversation full of jumpcuts. Gross.Next up is the revised rough sketch (in blue lines). Fewer words, fewer panels, which gave me more space to work with and give my eyes time to take in what's going on. After that I did a sketchy but more precise anatomy pass on the characters. This helps make sure everything is accurate with their figure, after which I can s...

Figure Studies 136-138 [and a page color WIP]

November's printshop 15% discount code: PNGDO9GZ - valid Nov 1-30.Happy Hallow's Eve, everyone! First up, a little preview of an in-progress comic page I'm coloring when I need a break from inking. I'll share the full layered PSD/CSP file with you all here once it's done.Also got another batch of poses for you all, with a lot more focus on extreme perspective. Trying to get more and more of an Aeon Flux/Spiderman level of skill with figure angles... We'll see how it goes. As always feel free to use these poses for your ...

Haredevil Pilot

A somewhat more cheery fellow than what we've normally seen from the hares I've drawn into the comic so far. He's not an official character (yet), I mostly just wanted to draw an idea for some flight gear. Not quite where I'd like it, but it's workable for a background character.ALSO, as much as I hate the new Patreon logo, some of the new UI changes are great. I just created two "Collections" for Figure Studies and for Sketchbook, which should make it a LOT easier for newcomers to catch up on old posts by category. ...

September Sketchbag

October's printshop 15% discount code: SKPINS - valid Oct 1-31.Piled up some sketch pages from being on the road a lot this past month due to managing some family issues, attending a wedding, and of course my day-job. Here's the first batch from my ink books. Keep an eye out in a few days for a graphite sketch too!Also, I might be negotiating to do some different hours on my delivery job, so I can devote more time and focus to finishing the book. Will keep you all updated there, and share some more spoiler-safe comic page progress when ...

Figure Drawings 133-135

September's printshop 15% discount code: SKPINS - valid Sept 1-30.Been a while since I posted some figure sketches hasn't it? I'm changing how I number them here, now going by the actual filenames instead of batch number. Hopefully that won't be too confusing from here out.

6 sketch pages and 2 WIPs

August's printshop 15% discount code: CPQO22X - valid Aug 1-31.Bunch of sketchbook pages! Expression practice, GUN, notes on Shar's weird rabbit skull dimensions, figure practice and whatever else I draw when I'm in town waiting for appointments and such.Comic work is chugging along steadily - still lettering and adjusting some digital inks where the artwork needed to be resized to make room for dialog. Generally just raging myself up for the big push on the final chapter's inks.Also been making some new character reference shee...

Discord update, and Radioman Wyit: [HiRes, Layered PSD+CLIP]

Hey everyone! Been toiling away at comic lettering and also setting up a new website, but here's a first-look at the new image I whipped up for the Wyit Discord server, which has been a bit more active lately - https://discord.gg/fnmsGhah. ALSO I have made a "#wyit-patrons🔒" room in the Discord. If you're a member but don't see it, you might need to make sure your Patreon account has Discord Integration enabled. Follow these steps here - https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Getting-Discord-accessIt&#39...

Sketchbook - Shar head perspective & other stuff

July's printshop 15% discount code: FSZNOJEM - valid July 1-31.I know I said in the last update that I'd do a figure drawing post for the next one, but some schedule limitations meant I had to use all my available home workstation time this month into working directly on the comic. So instead I selected some sketchbook pages of drawings done while away from home, traveling or at various appointments. Will definitely get those figure drawings to you all in July though!First off, just some general news:- Currently lettering the book right...

Page 69: Final Ink + Old Ink + Original Rough

Just a little process/progress glimpse for you all. You can see the WAY OLD Procreate sketch I did of this page back in... Geez, 2017 I think, back when the story wasn't quite as smoothed out.Had to edit the inks for this one since that handshake needed to appear elsewhere in the chapter to crank up the emotional impact of a specific scene.Next update will have some figure drawings for you all, so keep an eye out for that!

May ink sketches + InPRNT discount for June

This month's printshop 15% discount code: XZ0JYYA5 - valid June 1-30.Here's some scans from my Leuchtturm A6 pocketbook. I try to keep my notes visible for people to riddle upon, but once in a while have to blur out super-spoiler notes like in that first spread.You'll notice a mirrored sketch of Shar there - I'm doing a rough ink drawing on one side of the page, then a slightly cleaner one on its opposite side. Can't let a single page in high-quality books like this go to waste!Later this week I'll also be posting a (rel...

April Sketches!

This month's printshop 15% discount code: 8IPWOKN - valid May 1-31.Lots of aircraft stuff where I'm refining a few ship designs that have only partially appeared in the pages I've done so far, and a bunch of ships that haven't shown up yet. So it's 2 pages from my main Leuchtturm A5 graphite sketchbook, and a whole bunch from my Leuchtturm A6 pocketbook that I take with me everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE. If I'm doing deliveries and working a palette jack loaded with fruit, this thing is in my back pocket. Been really ...

Sketchbook pages! Teeth & Towers.

This month's printshop 15% discount code: 8HS4KI53 - valid 4/1-5/1Wrapping up an extra dayjob-busy month due to the previously-mentioned double-delivery duty I had to pull, and thankfully getting back to a more stable schedule next week. Here's a couple sketch pages for you. First up some teeth/skull studies of Wyit. Staying in the habit of drawing my characters from the skeleton and outwards to avoid falling into guessing at the anatomy, especially when it comes to teeth. Next up are some locations in the canid lands, and a little Shar...

Maws & aircraft

This month's printshop 15% discount code: QME4M5J - good until 3/30PAYWALL PRICE CHANGE SOON: All of you presently reading this will be unaffected, you're keeping your current membership cost! Due to inflation and my ISP increasing its price again, I need to increase the entry cost for new members soon. If you're a member now (or are reading this later but you joined before the price change) you'll keep the $3/mo subscription for however long you maintain an active subscription. Announcements out of the way, on to the art:I have...

Starting a new sketchbook

Finished up the old Muji book and graduated to a higher quality Leuchtturm hardcover book that I feel MUCH nicer drawing in. Here's the first four pages, drawn while on a short trip out of town.1 - The Sword. I shan't say too much about it, other than I feel compelled to draw it on the first page of every sketchbook I begin now. A bit of 1981 Excalibur vibe with the reflections there.2- Wyit! And some notes on what lead I was using3- Shar stuff, just making sure I felt right about a few minor gear details and got in some skelly practice...

January sketch-drop!

February's print-store 15% discount code: UBB6L5 (valid from Feb 1-28)Progress on the book is coming along great, but the recent pages I've done might be a little too spoiler-heavy for me to post.So while I'm thinking about whether or not to preview those here, have yourselves a fistfulla sketch pages from the previous month, some of them not specifically comic-related. Wyit is the only big work I focus on, but I do have a couple "slowcooker projects" in the background with friends that I'll occasionally draw from. I&#39...

Beatrix sketch, with some process steps

Just now getting over Covid, which I somehow avoided the past few years until New Years Eve of all days. My brain is mush but I'm still drawing!A highly interpretive sketch of Beatrix, Vessy's swashbuckling badger queen. This year I'm making an effort to record more of my physical-media drawing process when possible. Nothing super in depth here, but hopefully this dispels any illusions about me having "clean" sketches right out the gate!In previous years I did do a lot more contour-based drawing, but over time it atrophied m...

Comic page sketch, old inks, and NEW ink + January store discount

Use "CZYTAD" 15%-discount code at my print shop. Effective Jan 1 - 30.Touched up one of the really old pages from way back that really needed some visual clarity, and have Shar's updated ship design in it. So here's the old version, the new one, and the original rough sketch of the page. REALLY rough, wow. I've cleaned up my sketching a lot since then.Hope you're all having a great holiday season. I'll see you in the New Year just a few days from now!

November sketches

15% print store discount for this month (expires 01/02/23): WTHLLXJust got through an abnormally busy fruit harvest season this year with my day job, so I was on the road a lot with my sketchbook. Here's some of those pages - some Wyit practice, aerodyne sketches, Cogsun, pose warmups, a rather dashing rabbit lad, and a HUMAN character!! Yes, I still draw humies - actually find them way easier than animals. This was just a bit of coffee-break fanart of Severian, the protagonist of Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe. Wyit is my #1 focus, but ...

Figure Drawings vol 20

Another batch of figure sketches from my pre-inking sessions, as well as timelapse videos in the .zip. As always, feel free to use these poses for your own characters!Pardon the delay in getting this posted - been pretty sick the past few days.

Page 59, OLD inks vs NEW!

A little spoiler-safe glimpse at the quality jump you can expect in the first chapter of the book. First image was drawn in about 2018-19, second one was finished last month.Not all pages had to be redrawn, but touchups were at least necessary to keep SOME consistency in the visuals (ie Wyit's snout or ears being too small/large, or story-critical items being too sketchy when clarity is required). The extra time spent improving them is resulting in a book I'm even more thrilled about than before, and I was already quite thrilled about i...

Cogsun Portrait

Print link [paywall-only for now]: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/reaganlodge/d2013742/Suggested listening: Circular - Retreat From RealityFirst test-drawing with some new paper I got; nice archival cardstock that I might be using for originals I'll be putting up for sale/auction in the hopefully not-too-far future. Lotta work on the book taking priority right now, but all this recent pencil-drawing has been great for keeping me productive during periods where I can't be at my workstation.This is pretty toothy paper, which I absolutely ...

Figure Drawings vol. 19 + Members-only Printshop Discount

Pardon the delay! Here's August's exclusive sketches, this time back to figure drawings, since it's been a while. See attached zip folder for timelapse videos too.Next update will be a comic page I'm finishing inks on - extremely happy with how this one's coming out.7HIRHRC - use at checkout for 15% off at my InPrnt store. Valid until Oct 1 - https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/reaganlodgeAlso, this discount can be combined with other sales discounts that InPRNT may be running. I think there's going to be one such sale this w...

ALL sketch pages rescanned - BETTER QUALITY!

Got the new scanner and it works GREAT. I can't believe how fast it is, so I went ahead and re-scanned my entire current sketchbook up to the most recent finished page and attached them in a zip file. These are all drawings you've seen already, just in way better quality now.Will have a newer art post soon!

June sketchbook pages

Some sketches from this month, mostly drawn while stopping for coffee in town during delivery runs with my day-job. Anytime I'm at home I'm trying to work on the comic pages, but the past 2 months had me on the road or in the bush a LOT, so I made sure to have my Muji sketchbook on hand for whenever I caught some chill time to draw.Pardon the smartphone quality; I had to snapshot these. As some of you in the Discord, or following my Twitter or Telegram account might recall, my old 2010 Mustek scanner stopped working a few weeks ago.But ...