Tag: Last Watch Before Dawn

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 10

Total number of times Photoshop crashed while I worked on this page: 5

Times Photoshop crashed, taking Windows out with it, while I worked on this page: 3

I learned an important lesson about saving one’s work frequently.

On to the page!

Continue reading “Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 10” →

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 9

As usual, I’m the proverbial day late and dollar short, but here it is! This concludes the first chapter. We’ll do bonus art next Tuesday, and the next page (starting the next chapter) should be out next Friday.

Now I’m off to make pie.

Continue reading “Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 9” →

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 8

It’s 4:30 on Friday, but I did it! Two pages before the end of the week!

Below the cut to spare your data:

Continue reading “Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 8” →

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 5

Dialogue! Finally!

Edited to add: WordPress’s suggested tags on this were “Bible,” “Jesus,” and “Christianity.” Why, WordPress? Your AI is drunk.

Below the cut to spare your RAM:

Continue reading “Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 5” →

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 4

I tried all those fancy brushes last page, and I honestly think I like the simpler look better: just the one brush, using cross-hatching for texture and in-between shadows. I’m interested to know your thoughts.

Here we have a big sci-fi reveal. Image below the cut:

Continue reading “Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 4” →

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 3

This page kicked my butt and adding text in Photoshop is not exactly a nightmare, but more like one of those frustrating dreams where you’re trying to do a simple task and your brain keeps generating obstacles.

I’m still working out the art style and used some fancy brushes for this one. Let me know what you think.

Below the cut to save your RAM:

Continue reading “Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 3” →

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 2

I think I’ve been threatening you with this page for like two weeks now. Maybe three.

Below the cut to spare your RAM:

Continue reading “Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 2” →

Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 1

So it begins!

To avoid gumming up your scrolling with a huge image, I’ll put it below the cut:

Continue reading “Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 1” →

Bonus art on Patreon! Comic pages coming soon!

A black and white digital drawing of a three-eyed skull with curling horns on top of a stack of books. Two rolled paper scrolls lie on the tabletop next to the books, and someone's arm is visible behind them.

Here’s a little snippet. You can see the entire image on Patreon! As a bonus art, this is available to paid subscribers, but the comic will be available for free and paid members.

I’m about to start working on the first page, so stay tuned! I should have it out sometime next week.

Comic Update

Pencil sketch of a tall man with large ears and long hair seated behind a desk. He is dressed in a kimono, his arm and shoulder out on the right side, and sarashi bandages around his midsection. He holds a stack of papers in one hand and an ink brush with the other, holding the brush up to his face pensively. A stack of books sits at his elbow. An oil lamp in the shape of sort of a squat goblet sits in the foreground.

I still have to get my drawing tablet set up, so enjoy this pencil drawing. His name is Tomoya Daichi and he is pretty important and importantly pretty.

Also, we have a new title: Last Watch Before Dawn. It better reflects the secret demon-hunting organization at the story’s heart, and avoids some heavy, real-world cultural connotations that will distract (or at least will distract me) from the fictional setting.

I’ll be working on getting the tablet set up this week, which means that actual comic pages are not far off. Stay tuned!