I don’t really signify in any way that this is the end of this chapter, since the next one picks up immediately after, but I’m not making another 60 page chapter. That’s silly. Plus it’s hard to organize. Anyway, this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been doing tutorials in Blender for the last week so I still feel productive during the winter doldrums, and my graphics card glitches if I have internet browsers running with it, and it’s been really good for my productivity.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry about the down time. My provider switched name servers and I had to manually update them. I did it wrong no less than six times!
I don’t know if theming this chapter green makes the off-putting shade of green of Vandequil work more or less. Probably more? We’ll see in a couple of months, I guess.
Thank you for reading this chapter. I’ll be back next month some time with the next one. I’ll have little bits and baubles for you in the mean time, or, possibly, I won’t. Comics is work.
I used this as an excuse to make Shelley’s office in Blender. This carpet looks ok with toon shading but probably would look like absolute garbage with something more realistic, aka rendering for nerds. Shelley doesn’t have a little sidekick[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t show the reasons Shelley lists, but did I write them? Perhaps, someday you may see… as bonus content.
The first of what may be many very specific references to dealing with programmers I know.
This is referencing something from the start of this chunk of chapters. Coincidentally, perhaps from the segment that, if I were making this to be posted all at once, would have been spread out over more space. If I reconfigure[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I feel like there’s a point where you don’t have to bother coming out any more.
This is the first page of this comic that’s done at digital publishing resolution, which probably isn’t an issue (all the pages are shrunk 25% it’s not like the math is hard), but if I put the comic in a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t remember if I specifically went out of my way to avoid drawing every single character in a lot of panels, but if I did I’m very smart.
How do you pronounce “catch?” because I started making a pun for this page title, and realize I pronounce it three different ways and it made it impossible.
A peak behind the curtain: This and the next two panels were once the same page, but I’m trying to choke my pages with less word bubbles for clarity’s sake, even if it means having to do more drawings. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t think it’s obvious from this page that I had to cobble the entire second floor together for the next handful of pages. And I don’t think I have it written down that the exact same thing is happening[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have been drawing Glowing Hearts set on the same specific 24 hour period for over two years now. I created the files for this chapter on September 10th, 2019. I’ll post some bonus stuff for the rest of this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wistare can have little a misunderstanding, as a treat. Not looking forward to tagging characters in this chapter.
These gradient maps I use for the black and white comics so people are more likely to read them (statistically this is true, I find) are added after the fact, and I went erring on a color I haven’t used[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve lived for the last seven years with port windows. I hate them, so so much. Luckily I no longer live in the northern midwest, because if I had port windows I wouldn’t be living in the midwest.
The entire surface of the Earth could be your kitchen and you’d still not be able to find a place to put your cutting board without having to send a bunch of shit to the moon.
I’ve already designed much of Wistare’s living space, but I will not reveal the shocking conclusion to this question right now.
I’ve had some form of insomnia or another since I was at least 3 so all of my characters have weird sleeping habits.
You can take one look at this site and know I don’t know how to program, so I don’t know if this is actually good.
Relieved that people on social media exclusively gave me softball questions with regards to mentioning programming in the last page.
I’m moving right after I finish posting this comic, so I have no clue when chapter 11 will start. Also I haven’t molded it into an actual working story yet, it just has a beginning and end and then a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Please don’t recommend anyone a game that takes 240 hours unless they asked you for such a thing.
Any time you hear people tell some beleaguered group to “if you don’t like it just move!” remind them that moving sucks. We just moved and I’ve barely been able to stand up the last few days. And we only[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Behold, for the first time, visual alt text.
I’m going to be away next week and I’ll see if I can work ahead enough to schedule pages, but if not, I’ll post them later.
For what it’s worth, I have thought about how my comic has talking animal people, and have decided that cat people do not generally produce the kind of dander another sentient creature would be allergic to, but they ARE weirded[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The thing about having a comic that is meant to be read as a complete story is that sometimes you have to delay posts because you need two pages to be read in close proximity to one another. I also[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I don’t have all of my old drafts any more, since I tend to rewrite on the page, but I’m fairly confident there was an entire chapter that had to be rewritten and paced around Tisl’s unwillingness to apologize. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Is “auto-magically” something someone’s child said by mistake and now people use it seriously in documentation?
I guess she probably could.
I’m still a month out from finishing this chapter here, which is great because I have no idea how I’m going to post the next chapter. It’s a slightly different format. We’ll see. I know how it’s SUPPOSED to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I will pre-emptively explain the joke for those who are not from the US
I don’t know if I’ll do a chapter without Shelley, like I have with Dexter and Jessica, but you have to give characters an out if you want to.
You’re not just getting old wrestling deep cuts in this comic, you’re getting MODERN ones too. When I compile the collections, don’t be super surprised if this set of pages has full backgrounds. They take a little bit to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first pass of the complete story of chapter 12 is done, at last. It was originally meant to be chapter 4, and each chapter was meant to be 24 pages long, no more no less. Anyway chapter 12 looks[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I bet I regret that page title once I see my spam inbox next week.
I debated with myself about how to approach posting this, but: I’m going to start uploading my comic as it’ll appear in the collection, eventually culminating in the posting of chapter 12. However, that’s not the only new content. Starting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m excited to show you chapters 1 and 2 again as they’ll appear in the book. I’m completely redoing this one, and I’m not quite as finished as I’d hope, but I’ve got a few weeks of updates to bide[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Spotify link to the playlist, so you can pretend like you’re in a car sometime.
This page is no longer a nightmare to navigate, if you were wondering. Also if you’re wondering – this is page 11 because of the preface and the table of contents. I’m not actually sure if the table of contents[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s reasons for various design changes over the course of the first book – Shelley’s hair dye changing, Tisl’s leaves falling out and growing just a little taller, Wistare no longer having access to her hair care routine. But Jess’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve recently been doing some research for Glowing Hearts. It’s been very enlightening.
Getting used to saying “my husband” constantly now. It’s nice! I love my creepy little husband.
Full disclosure: I do not think I had settled on a name for Dexter until after I had started publishing this comic. I may have been midway through writing chapter 2 when I thought of the naming convention Dexter’s mom[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I realized that since I’m going to offer the digital collection for pretty cheap, I’m fine indexing the color of this on the site and it looking a little dull. I prefer it over jpg artifacting, personally.
There she is! That’s my girl!
I redid this entire comic to fix the last panel of this page.
In canon Shelley uses the good f-word interchangeably with “um” as many people from North Western Illinois do.
On Friday I went to the courthouse and filed a petition to have my name legally changed. There’s more paperwork to follow later, obviously, but I’m extremely excited. I’ve said it before, but I’ve been using this comic to compartmentalize[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was so confident in my new page numbers that it didn’t occur to me that I might have to add one at some point and it’s already off from book to site. So that’s fun!
Technically speaking, Shelley has been largely reactive after this point in the comic, so she’s not lying here.
I don’t know if I’ve ever shared this fact here, but before I settled on Penelope as my name, I was strongly considering Shelley. But I really wanted a name that could be shortened, and lengthening Shelley to Michelle for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Download the entire side here. “right click, save as” will save the book to the folder of your choice. Take it with you! Read it at your leisure! Share it with your friends! More importantly: Read it the way it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Click here to download ALL of Side 2! “right click, save as” will save the book to the folder of your choice. Take it with you! Read it at your leisure! Share it with your friends! More importantly: Read it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Download the entire side here. “right click, save as” will save the book to the folder of your choice. Take it with you! Read it at your leisure! Share it with your friends! More importantly: Read it the way it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
