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drwatson
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Storyteller - Climate Organizer - Bee Keeper - Brewer Of Mead
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drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-04-10 17:05
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 16
Hello, all! It's been awhile. It turns out that moving and unpacking is very stressful and consumes all the time in the world, haha. Don't worry, haven't forgotten about you guys, so here is another page!
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drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-03-08 21:18
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 15
I'm racing to get these pages off to the printer, wish me luck! Digital backers of the kickstarter can probably expect to start receiving the new issues fairly soon this month! I'm actually in some ways
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drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-03-07 14:57
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 14
I think the digital final version of Issue 5 will be ready sometime by the end of today, which means I hope to have the files off to printninja for printing within 48 hours so we can have these printed
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-03-02 18:38
Ithaqa Issue 5 Cover
In order to throw everyone a bone given my lack of posting lately, feast your eyes on the fully colorized cover of Issue 5! I've had to put working on the comic before posting about the comic lately as
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-02-15 17:25
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 13
This scene is a great example about how when you are stuck writing, causing big problems for your characters is a great way to get unstuck. I spent a year rewriting Issue 4, and then wrote the majority
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-02-14 17:54
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 12
Rosie struggles to keep her mind in the present as the local police begin to bust The Band Wagon speakeasy for slinging liquor during prohibition. Meanwhile, in the past, the Ithaca Police Department execute
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-02-13 18:51
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 11
The Nageeshi almost strikes again as Rosie attempts to focus her consciousness back into the present. Neither version of Rosie really knows how lucky they are. Though I suppose it is the single mindedness
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-02-09 16:29
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 10
This page gets more and more intricate as we see current moment Rosie distract the Nageeshi (unwittingly) such that her past self is able to escape unharmed - but Rosie has more pressing matters to deal
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-02-07 18:27
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 9
Splash page! This issue is titled after the major arcana tarot card, The Emperor. It stands in contrast to the previous issue titled, The Empress: This page will also get the crazy color treatment, so
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-02-06 15:15
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 8
The plot thickens! The book is communicating with Margaret and Hazel. We're adding more pictures into those papers in the last panel. It took me until the inks stage to notice that those were blank, but
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-02-02 15:09
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 7
The Four of Pentacles makes its comeback in panel 1 where we see Margaret unintentionally mirroring the painting behind her. We also show on her other shoulder, the two of cups a card indicating cooperation,
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-01-31 18:15
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 6
I was really pleased when this scene bubbled forth from the void in my mind, because it allowed us to spend more time in the living space of one of our main characters. Part of the problem with starting
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-01-30 16:26
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 5
This is a page I would love to see animated someday. There's just so much personality and motion at work here that you can totally see this as a funny sequence in some kind of comedy horror anime. This
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-01-27 17:56
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 4
We got a few splashes of red in there now! It's important in the inking process to keep blood separate from smoke and rot as we plan out the page. These pages in Hazel's studio are really fun because we
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-01-26 13:50
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 3
Maybe I should go on to make the 'noir' tag for the Hive blockchain, most of these pages would qualify. The only question is, would anyone on this site ever search for the noir tag, haha. Buy the comic
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-01-25 17:30
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 2
In this page, Mookie decides to finally flip on the Wharton's since they have been so keen on making him their fall guy. Only problem is that they have their bases extremely covered and Mookie's only contact
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-01-24 17:55
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Inks Page 1
We made it to the inks! I love this part of the process. Everything snaps into a moody clarity, and I'm again reminded that someday Theresa and I ought to work on a manga together and just design for black
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-01-23 18:13
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Pages 34
We're at the end of issue 5, which means tomorrow we start looking at the inks - always one of my favorite jumps in the comic book illustrating process. See you tomorrow! Buy the comic (with crypto) Buy
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-01-20 15:06
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Pages 33
This scene was inspired in my mind by the memory pensive in the Harry Potter series. Except instead of beautiful silver liquid being used to relive memories, William is using gross Rot to create a viewing
drwatson
Alien Art Hive
2023-01-19 17:18
Ithaqa Comic Issue 5 Pages 32
I wonder what would have happened if Mookie had tried to shank William, can William even be harmed by conventional means? In big picture news, I sent another draft of Issue 8 to my editor, we're up to
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