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May Update

Hi everyone! So as I've mentioned before, this month has been a lot quieter, since I was working my tail off finishing projects for my finals over the past few weeks, but I'm finally finished with my work! Over the next week, I'll update you guys with the drawing requests, last 4 bonus panels, my short film progress, and something not very exciting but that's taking a lot of work!

I've g...

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BTS Style Guide

Hey all!! As a reminder, this month is going to be a bit slower on updates since I'm wrapping up my semester next week, so I thought I'd share some old behind-the-scenes style guides I drew up a while ago! This is all accurate for the most part (I draw on a bigger canvas now), and I thought some of you might find some of this interesting!

I've definitely refined the characters a lot more...

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May Q&A Questions (kind of)

Hey all!! It's me again! So I thought I'd switch it up this month, since I'm a bit busier this time, and I'd do some drawing requests instead of a character Q&A! Feel free to request anything(within reason), so you can ask for Duncan and Eddie characters, fanart, or even your own characters (don't be shy!!). Also, since it's only a single drawing, I'll be taking more responses from this set...

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Q&A 5 - April

Q&A for April! I've simplified the drawings for the Q&A a little bit (this is a lot closer to how I actually sketch the characters when I'm drawing them loosely!), so I hope everything still reads clear! There's definitely some personal favorites in this batch, I had a lot of fun with these.

Thank you for supporting me as always!! <3

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Bonus Panel - Audience

Hi!! I thought it'd be fun to try something different this week with the bonus panel! Here's some (very brief) developmental work I did to develop the new badger character, since I wanted to her become a recurring character in the future! Originally, she was going to be a raccoon, then a skunk, THEN a badger.

My original concept was this kinda free-spirited self-confident girl who'd tea...

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Bonus Panel - Revenge

Not much to add for this comic! I will continue my now tradition of making every April Fool's Day comic be about Vicky

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April Sketch Dump (and also updates!)

I started feeling burnt out from the comics for a while, so I took some time to myself to go back and do some art studies! It was so refreshing going back and relearning how to draw (and also traditional just feels more freeing), I hadn't even realized how much I missed it!

I really love storytelling, and I got hit with a huge burst of inspiration after doing these life drawings, so I re...

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Hourly Comics (part 2)

Part 2 of the hourly comics I posted earlier!

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Hourly Comics (Part 1)

I figured I should post these here! I always do hourly comics every year, but I don't usually post them anywhere. These are from February! I think they're pretty cute, let me know if you guys want to see more! I can post some older ones if you guys are really interested.

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April Q&A

Hi all!! I'm back again! As always, feel free to ask repeat questions if you question wasn't answered last time! This time, I'll include your name if you choose to include it in the question. Leave your question in the poll below!

Feel free to include drawing requests instead too!

https://forms.gle/Mi6MVnxCGtB...

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I love you Animation!!

I started working on this short little animation a few days ago for fun! These aren't canon voices for them(it's just me and my boyfriend), but I thought it'd be cool to see these characters in motion! I'll post the finished animation in a week or so!

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Q&A 4 - February

Hi everyone!! Here's February's Q&A for the month! I had a lot of fun writing these ones. Anytime I can sneak in Vicky into a comic, I will take it. Hope you enjoy! Next Q&A, I'll try to include an optional name slot so you guys can pop up!

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Paused Billing for March

Hi guys!! I'm gonna pause billing for this month again since I'm going to be taking a break from posting comics this month! I'll be posting the Q&A for February in a few days and I'll put up any other stuff for secret projects if I finish anything up!

As with last time, if you got charged for this month and you'd like it refunded, just shoot me a message and I'll happily refund it! View Post

Bonus Panel - Beanie

You know how people say writers always write themselves into their characters? I think this might be the most of myself I put in a character. I love getting to draw scenes where Eddie's teasing people.

Also, there's a small change to the format! I've doubled the resolution (so it's a 4000x4000 canvas now) and redid the information around the edges! I'm not terribly fond of how the title l...

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Bonus Panel - Lips

This comic is ENTIRELY based on me and my boyfriend. We met up for the first time last year (HOORAY!!) and I did not realize how much I dislike having my lips wet. I'll actually catch this guy putting on like 3 pounds of chapstick, it drives me NUTS. I said this in the timelapse post, but originally they were going to be in a much more tender position, but I swapped it for what I ended up with ...

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Lips Timelapse

Another timelapse! I'm gonna make these available to all patrons 'cause it's really simple to export haha! I won't make a timelapse for every comic, but I'll try and remember to do it every so often!

I'm REALLY fond of that sketch I replaced in the very beginning, but I scrapped it because otherwise the format was going to end up being almost identical to the kiss comic I made last year. ...

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Q&A February Questions!

Hi everyone!! It's been a little while, but Q&A questions are back! As always, leave a question you wanna ask one of the characters in the form below! It doesn't have to follow the theme, but I'll prioritize those first!

This month's theme is questions about love! Ask them in the form below!

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Vulnerable Timelapse

I wanted to try something new! I recorded myself doing a timelapse for this comic in case anybody was interested in this sorta thing! I like the part where you can see me redesign Phoebe's outfit 4 different times before I settle on the most boring option. Let me know if you guys would be interested in more timelapses! This was also a really simple comic, so normally my comics are a bit more in...

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Q&A 3

FINALLY GOT THIS FINISHED!! I've had these responses sitting in my drafts since November, so it feels good to finally get this squared away! This batch definitely has some of my favorite comics, I hope you guys enjoy!

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Bonus Panel - Vulnerable

I love this comic a lot. A lot of Phoebe's character is pulled from how I saw my sister when I was growing up, so sweet little comics like these are really special to me!

Also, I'll upload the Q&A tomorrow! There'll be an extended section for THE FLOCK tier as well!

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Bonus Panel - Rude

It's Mason again!! I think this is the first time since their debut that they've like actually shown an emotion on their face

Also fun fact! The reason why I usually use she/her pronouns for Mason is because I have WAY more male characters than female characters in the comic, so it helps tip the scale a little more evenly

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Bonus Panel - Family

Not much to add to this comic! Fun fact, this was originally supposed to be a two-part comic and the titles would spell out "Found Family," but I decided to insert another comic inbetween, so it ended up being a little clunkier with "Found Chosen Family"

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Scrapped Comic - Nice

Another scrapped comic! I wrote this comic ages ago (and was actually what started the entire mini-arc), but I decided to scrap it for a few reasons. First, it was a little too similar in format to some other comics and also I decided to spin the comic a little more towards Duncan over Eddie (especially since every arc has been about Eddie basically).

Honestly though, after looking at it...

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Chosen - Bonus Panel

I love this comic. I wanted to have a little bit of a mirror of the True Color comic last year when Duncan comforts Eddie by being all goofy, but I couldn't fit the extra dialogue in the comic, so you get it in bonus panel form! 

Also, I think this is the first time I've ever drawn Duncan earnestly being sad in the comics. That man is so hard to make emote with his mouth.

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Bonus Panel - Found

Whoops! This comic is very late, but I'm back! My partner was visiting the week I was supposed to post this, so I took a short break. Fun fact! I actually drew the family picture wall back on Father's Day last year(and planned out this comic way back then too!!)

This is the first time I've really done like a like story leaning comic strip without like a punchline, so I'm glad it was rece...

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Scrapped Christmas Comic

For Christmas this year, I was going to make a messy Christmas comic with Phoebe showing up with a surprise visit to Eddie! I didn't get around to finishing it in time, so I decided to clean it up and post it here! Enjoy!

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Small Update to Tiers!

Hi everyone! So before billing resumes on the 4th, I've made a small change to the tiers! I ended up biting off a bit more than I could chew this past semester, so I'm giving myself a bit more wiggle room.

Q&As will only occur once a month now, although I'll try to make them a bit longer to compensate! I'll still update any secret projects as they occur, but I'll alwa...

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Doodle Dump

Here are some pages from my sketchbook from the past few months I liked! Let me know if you guys would wanna see more of this kinda thing!

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Paused Billing

Hi all! I'm going to pause billing this month since I'm not confident I can keep up posts with finals and the holidays coming up! I'll still do my best to post Patreon content for you guys regardless, you just won't be charged for it.

I know some folks already got charged for the month, so if you'd like a refund, just DM me here on Patreon, and I'll sort that out for you!

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Bonus Panel - Tie

I really like this comic, I think it's really cute. I really like keeping the locations in the comic similar, even if they're not 100% accurate(the stairs are on the other side in the first time Duncan's house is seen), since I really wanna create a sense of like worldbuilding in the comics!

Fun fact, I originally drew the tie Duncan tied around Eddie like perfectly fine, but I forgot th...

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