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HELLO!! Been a fuckin minute!!! I've been spending the past several months actually WORKING on the comic so concept art was sparce & anything worth sharing was potential spoilage u_u but today is tha day!!!

Lots of big yummy archive pics, doodles, and even a few thingz for chapter 3...

Big news about today too: I'll be selling dozens of original inks for chapter 1 and 2 TODAY!! The sale is open to Patrons right now, but at 6 pm pacific time (about 3 hours from when I post this bulletin) the leftover pages will be put up for auction right here on the cove! You'll all get a chance to bid on the inks before the general public. And the best part is that the Kelda's Cove member auction is separate from the general auction, so if there's a page you want, you won't have to duke it out with a buncha strangers tomorrow!

Thanks so much for stickin through this chapter, I can't wait to get cracking on chapter 3! n.n

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For those who were wondering why this took so long it's because I had to move apartments out of the blue a month ago :'-] </3 I'm rolling back into a place of stability and spending lots of time at my desk to draw Sun Sprain pages. I'm having a lot of fun with traditional bases for these pages with digital colors (or sometimes marker and some digital edits/backgrounds). Already chapter 2 has a very distinct look and I'm eager for you to see it :-]

Today's upload is pretty brief as I'm mostly working on the pages right now so I don't have much to show that won't be spoily. I'm hoping to have a concrete announcement about when chapter 2 releases in June, but no guarantee. Rest assured I'm trying as hard as possible to get this done in a way that doesn't take forever. 

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Been a bit, hi! I've been taking a long break and it's been very nice. I'm trying to chug back along with chapter 2, and I'm happy to say it's been drafted and now just has to be drawn :-] <3 

Most of today's upload is going to be early scans of chapter 1's pages, pre-cleanup, pre-everything!! Ewww!!!
I'm also including some sketches / doodles I've made over the past few months of Beat and Brad. Chapter 2 focusses a lot on them reconnecting, so I'm mainly practicing expressions. I hope you enjoy them!

As always, notes on everything will be in the image captions. I don't have a ballpark for when chapter 2 will come out aside from in 2023, but when I figure it out I'll share. It all depends on how long these pages take to make. I'm trying to find ways to make them faster and looser without sacrificing the quality (opting for mediums that don't require so much attention to detail like full color digital does). So far I'm finding a few.

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The last upload before chapter 1 comes out on my home site U.U

I'll have more to share after January 10th, and then it'll be on to chapter 2!! thank you all for being here!

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Stretching out uploads a bit, mostly because I've been working so much on these pages and not concept art >:^]
To give you an idea of how busy I've been, from late April to the end of September, I completed scene 1, which was a total of 25 pages. That's about 4 months. However, over October alone, I'm now up to over 45 pages. YEOW!

Scene 2 is now complete, and I'm sectioning the last few bits and pieces. Probably 1 or 2 scenes left until I'm calling this chapter finished.
Pages will start to go up in a little under 2 months, so I've got to get cracking! T.T

I may have 1 more big upload before then, but I can't say for sure. Depends on how much I've been drawin these two outside of my writing time.

Thank you to everyone who's made this possible!!! I'll have another mega art upload soon, I'm currently balancing comic work, commission work, and convention prep. I've got a busy rest of my 2022 ahead of me, but I'm going out with a bang for sure :^} <3
The whole first chapter will be uploaded on Patreon on Dec. 21st, and afterwards I'll upload multiple pages daily on Deviantart and Instagram. When the whole chapter has been uploaded in full, I'll post the entire thing to my website where it'll stay forever, free to read! Then, onto chapter 2!!! Love u all!!!

If you want your name in the thank-you page for this comic (and to read it early) sign up for my Comic Club Patreonbefore December 20th. 

It's been a while since my last upload but there's some good reasons for it :^}c

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Also, I'm not 100% on this, but I believe Toyhouse might not show you my images if you click on them in your inbox. If you want to ever see all my new pieces go to my art tab. I think this just happens because I have my work hidden to un-authorized viewers, and Toyhouse tends to treat inboxes with mixed authorization (seeing thumbnails but not images you have permission to see unless viewing in a character's gallery or art tab, blah)

But for the news - I've been working less on concept art and more on pages! I have 17 finished pages of Sun Sprain in my files and about 10 more sketched out and waiting for their lines/color. 18 may not sound like a lot but for me it's exciting and a big landmark for me, especially seeing as this is, visually, my most detailed comic to date. I've posted a few snippets of pages today that I hope you'll enjoy the feel of :^} Patrons have been getting to see some extra ones.

Another big note is how I'm going to be sharing the comic. I discussed this with friends and Patrons and myself, and I believe I'm ready to set this in stone. This is mostly copy-pasted from my Patreon but it gets the point across.

Basically splitting the story up so you get to see it sooner and in parts! It's killing me to not share my work with all of you but I know I can't rush this story out, so I figured this was a good way to go about it.

I have to work on a few more pages before I can get a feasible release date announced, but I'm hoping to get an idea of when that'll be soon. 2022 is nearing it's end and I'd love to have something to show for it.
Thank you all for bein here, I hope you enjoy today's update :^} Also, for any of you who've been enjoying my soundtracks, I added Beat and Brad's playlists to the Sun Sprain soundtrack page. It just has songs I associate with them / think they'd like.
See ya!!!!

Hello again :^]

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Today had a lot of more in-depth concept artwork for both Sun Sprain and Everything Must Go. I've spent most of this month getting ready & going on a vacation to Canada, so while I had trouble getting pages for Sun Sprain made I did get to make some nice concept art / illusrtations of Beat n Brad. I also had a few sketchbook pieces I forgot to photograph last time that I added in this time around.

For the EMG pictures, the traditional art ones shown were mostly done in one sitting. I'm still years off from making that story but I was in the mood for some furries n things. Still trying to figure out the characters' faces and colors, but it's fun to be in the nebulous phase. 

Sun Sprain pages have slowed down a bit with my vacation thing going on, but I'm hoping to pick back up in July. I'll be working on different techniques of drawing after this first major scene to try and get things done a little faster. Wish me luck x_x 

Hello! My phone is charging up and I'm gathering images for today's upload, which should happen in the early afternoon at the utmost latest.

Also I have some news for anyone following me who's not authorized yet - A few of the story characters from my 2 upcoming comics have been made visible to you!

Their images are still locked to those with cove access, but you have access to their info and trivia. If you'd like to take a peek for yourself, here's some quick links!

Say hi to Beat and Brad, the protagonists of Sun Sprain, which is currently being illustrated.

If you haven't seen them already, Henry, Delmare, and the sea snake Kintal have been visible for quite some time.

I hope you enjoy them! For those with cove access, enjoy today's pile o' pics! If you'd like to get permanent access today and enjoy the art to come, you can donate $15 to my Ko-Fi or join my Patreon for a minimum of only $3. All the funds help me buy time and materials to work on these stories and make them the best they can be, and to help me keep them free to read online forever!

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