And did I mention the kidnapping?
Two more to go after this one
Webcomics from Ayuri
The year is 2227, and interstellar travel has just become affordable for small startups. Join Wanda Otis and her semi-professional crew of merchants as they travel a galaxy of uncontacted planets, humanoid pets, wildmen, and casual nudity.
Barely Hanging On
Since I’m over a year behind anyway, I’m not following any particular upload schedule.
If I still have any readers I don’t personally know, during my hiatus I got married, moved, gained some weight, and have been trying to lose said weight.
We’re All Here for You
Another new strip. I was in a really dark place when I wrote this chapter…
What am I even doing here?
I need to clear my head
I’ve had the whole rest of the chapter scripted since before it started. I’ll finish drawing it some day.
An outsider’s perspective
I’m back
So… That was quite the hiatus. A friend pointed out that the last post was me talking about my depression, and then I just disappear for a few months. So… just FYI, things are actually pretty good.
The main reason I didn’t have time to continue the comic was that I had started dating, and then later I was busy moving in with my then girlfriend (now wife. I know, it was fast, but what can I say? Things just clicked.) But now I’m settled in enough to start things up again!
Really, it’s Okay
I was going to give Nilje’s cousin Havja here full-blown alopecia universalis, but it’s hard enough giving Saye and Fenna good expressions without eyebrows. I didn’t want to try with those beady little weyn eyes.
Also, I would like to apologize to my reader(s) for the first ever late strip. I prided myself on never missing an update, even through weddings, road trips, and hard drive crashes. I was so close to the five-year mark, too…
Finally getting psychiatric help is mostly good, but actually having other concerns in my life does take up some time. (And I think the honeymoon period on my antidepressants just ended, though I’m still better than I was for the first 4.5 years I was making this.)
Is it just me?
Pounding the Pavement
I got a critique video from Brookes Eggleston’s Patreon between the pencils and inks on this.
I added a little more detail on the hair, and calming down on the shading. Among other things, next week I’ll try to do the second part of that last one: using the time saved to do an establishing shot.
I’m surprised at how good the new shading looks. With how I’ve been adding to it over the years, I didn’t think cell-shading would work. The style needs refinement, but it adds a bit of crispness I’ve always wanted.