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Happy Holidays everyone! Here is Henna ready for the festivities.
I did this one last year, but I forgot to post it D:
In MoonSlayer’s world they celebrate the Winter Solstice too. Alfar and Sidhe celebrations are quite similar to Yule (so expect holly and mistletoe) while Grey Dragons celebrate something like Sol Invictus aka Unconquered Sun.
OMG, look at this image of Sol Invictus, he even had 2 horses, like the Arundar Mold. The human world is wonderfully interconnected.
Secret Santa
We did an amazing Secret Santa on SpiderForest, too. I got Bruno Harm as my recipient.
While Sons of the Forgotten was my Secret Santa. My gift was -OMFG- awesome! Erric and Syrma fighting together against snow golems, treants and goblins, so much fun in the same pic!
Music
And finally, I managed to post our first Playlist! (the previous one was on grooveshark, pff) It’s inspired by the comic events and characters.
So, this is all for now. Have a great time with your loved ones! 😀
· December 26, 2016 2:14 pm
Last week I received the proof copy of the test edition of vol1, but some health issues (I was literally agonizing last Monday, those who follow me on twitter know it) and the sudden death of my main computer (currently trying to restore it) kept me from posting it here.
The good news: It looks fantastic. Only a few tones of gray fail in some pages (mainly Alherani’s cloak in night scenes and looks like a printing error) but the overall impression is 8/10. I cannot expect more from Createspace, really. In another world, or another time, if I had enough people interested in a book I could try to do a KS campaign. But I think it’s not the case. Maybe for the complete story?
The size is A5, it has +160pages. So it’s big and pretty.
Anyway, I hope to have the first volume finished next year. I only have to complete the extra stories (Lalaii’s tree got lost and I had it already pencilled) and fix the English version (hey, looking for beta testers!)
And that’s all.
Next week page is finished, my patrons can read it now 😀
· November 28, 2016 8:25 pm
Finally I got a bit of time to work on my part of the SpiderForest traveling sketchbook. Such an amazing project!
Made with brush markers, chinese ink (lines and first wash in greys) and Sakura markers (greys) over a mechanical pencil sketch. This one could be considered my last #Inktober of this year.
Visit SpiderForest, the comic collective which MoonSlayer belongs to.
Comic review
MoonSlayer was reviewed by the lovely cast of the comic My Hero. Check it out!
I only have to say to Lark that my Elven-to-Common translation skills are improving, but my Elven is nearly perfect :_D Also that Syrma wants to punch him in the face XD While Menkar suggested a duel with bare hands.
And I hope to please Hasera in the current chapter. I’ll try to do my best.
· November 7, 2016 4:28 pm
New illustrations for the lore section of the website! I made the linearts during Inktober, trying to imitate classic friezes.
These are the old ones. I think I’ve improved a bit, didn’t I?
Now I only have to finish the Arundar frieze. But that one will be a bit different!
Do you like them? I’m planning to turn them into a set of prints 🙂
Remember, tomorrow we’ll have a new comic page! 🙂
· October 30, 2016 4:39 pm
I made a MS Halloween pic for the very first time!
Can you guess all the small hints and references to the comic?
Why they dressed like that? 😀
Vote right now to see the full pic! 😀 (And you will help MS to be more visible!)
· October 24, 2016 12:50 pm
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If your answer is yes or you collect sketchbooks or artbooks this is for you! 😀
SpiderForest Webcomic Coloring Book!
An adult coloring book packed with high-quality lineart drawn by the amazing artists of the SpiderForest Webcomic Collective!
This Kickstarter is to fund an offset print run of our first coloring book! We’ve collected greyscale lineart from over 20 comic artists in the SpiderForest community.
- Page count: 22 illustrations (or more, if we hit our stretch goals!)
- Size: 8 inches by 10.5 inches
- Binding: Saddle-stitched
- Paper: 70lb matte (colored pencil and marker friendly)
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· October 4, 2016 6:00 pm
Yes. I have to start studying again for the public examinations to apply for a teaching job. That’s my life since I finished my studies.
But this is not a hiatus.
I had put this comic on hiatus before, a whole year, and that was bad for me and for the comic. I had to completely start over and regain my readership.
So this time I’d do a completely different thing. I’ll update the comic once per two weeks (two times per month) or I’ll will try it.
I started a different method to work on the comic. Instead of doing each page separately (draft, sketching, inking, post-process, toning, lettering) one by one, I’ll do that by scene. So I’ll work a bunch of 4-5 pages at the same time.
I did that with the end of chapter 5 and the process was a lot quicker! I have less hours to work on the comic, and I have to finish other projects too, but I don’t plan to abandon MoonSlayer a whole year again!
So please, add the comic to your favourite RSS reader or follow me on your social media of choice. New pages are always announced there!
As always, my Patrons will receive all the pages in advance! 🙂
· September 19, 2016 12:00 pm
We’re back! This time with our favourite bodyguard, former marshal and dragon without honor: Kaeso Cetus Menkar!
Menkar is one of the characters who suffered more changes from the beginning.
These are two of the first sketches I did of him, inspired by Rome tv series Titus Pullo. I have more awful sketches. Just wait for my sketchbook XD
I adore this series.
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But I also used for the early drawings references from Spartacus. Yes. =3 Because, you know, Andy was awesome. The perfect Menkar.
Later I decided that he would have long hair and beard (so barbarian!), and definitely he had to wear a different kind of clothes!
So he became this, with different face features, a good tunic and a wonderful wind sword!
And I’m so happy for that.
· September 8, 2016 5:04 pm
Some illustrations of the Witch of Henna over the years.
Did you know that Alherani had red hair in the first sketches?
Info about the sketchbook
More news about the skecthbook! I’ve finished the book layout and the pages (~78!) with more than 200 drawings, ink linearts and sketches B&W.
Only have to finish the comments about every drawing and the final cover design.
About the cover… uh. I designed it to match the future comics, with the same size (A5). But I’m very indecise about the illustration.
The first design I did was using the “Skies will cry” digital sketch. I like this one very much because this was the provisional cover of the comic, and the color scheme is perfect for the layout. The second one with my latest Syrma’s watercolor. It maybe fits better for a future artbook?
Which one is your favourite?
· September 1, 2016 4:09 pm
Recently Facebook reminded me that I’ve been working on MoonSlayer 5 years! It’s time to celebrate, isn’t it?
All those hours of sacrifice, sweat, ink and tears…
We’ll have some suprises every week! 🙂
Today you’ll see some steps from Syrma’s evolution. Did she change so much?
· August 25, 2016 11:58 pm
