NightShift

Me: Trying to have a productive Saturday

My brain:

Process time!

1. The original thumbnail I did when storyboarding + an ill-fated spin-off (I have a skyline fetish).
2. Re-thumbnailing the idea (fml look at the bottom right).
3. I redo the lines after I'm ok with the rough painting.
4. The half-rendered layer :>

There's so many more. I'll archive

"Well hey - the plan worked, didn't it?"

Axle is seriously considering just swimming back to jail at this point :>

So excited to keep this story going!! For now, I'm focusing on just the art. Once it's all done I'll go back and compile everything into a book.

Love you guys🧡

"Well hey - the plan worked, didn't it?"

Axle is seriously considering just swimming back to jail at this point :>

So excited to keep this story going!! For now, I'm focusing on just the art. Once it's all done I'll go back and compile everything into a book.

Love you guys🧡

If only his life was as curated as his outfit...

Here's the process of the Riley Fox concept. As always I hope this helps someone :>

#furry #characterdesign

Here's the full outfit lineup for my fox Riley :>

I forgot how fun character ref sheets are haha.

All these concepts are all for the same comic that I'm working on. I have more over on my main page!

#webcomic #furry #fox

Quick repost of my boyes Procyon and Axle. My favorite paintings of them so far :>

I have the next 4 comic pages are done, but I'm serious about quality over quantity these days. They'll slowly trickle out over the next few weeks.

Thanks for sticking with me <3

Quick repost of my boyes Procyon and Axle. My favorite paintings of them so far :>

I have the next 4 comic pages are done, but I'm serious about quality over quantity these days. They'll slowly trickle out over the next few weeks.

Thanks for sticking with me <3

Also narratively it works well because it visually separates Axle more from Procyon in perspective - Axle is pisssed haha.

Ran into a fun problem I thought could be helpful to share.

When I took the ref (left) the lens on my phone made me to take it from farther back, squashing the perspective.

The close-up 3D render (right) made it clear it could be more dynamic.

FOV is really important :>

I was going to post this painting yesterday but it's technically out of order with the rest of the comic (it's about 4 pages early) so have a sneak peak :>

Nakhara is actually my oldest character - circa 2012 ish. Kept bringing him back over the years <3

Something tells me someone might want to see this... hmmmm...

This is a (legitimately innocent) concept for Riley - one of the main characters in my comic. Yes, he wears those briefs unironically.

I have a couple outfit concepts and a full painting for him on the way as well.

Something tells me someone might want to see this... hmmmm...

This is a (legitimately innocent) concept for Riley - one of the main characters in my comic. Yes, he wears those briefs unironically.

I have a couple outfit concepts and a full painting for him on the way as well.

Omg a(n) Boi™*

*Honorary Boi; only raccs are true Bois™.

I'm still sticking to my 2-week moratorium for completed paintings, so although there's a ton in the tubes I can't look at/share it yet.

That being said here's some outfit explorations for my fox character Riley :>

An Guy™ havin a high sit with nefarious (?) intent

This old piece isn't as bad as I thought it was :>

quality spray paint and at a low price :o

yes I have no life outside of art whaddup

Paw day update on this painting because c'mon what is that shoe even supposed to do

I never know how much to share due to spoilers (maybe someone is reading the comic? :D ). But here is some previews of what's in the tube.

Again - I'm going slowly these days to ensure everything is up to snuff, but it'll be soon. Thank god I'm inspired again.

I'll probably fix old paintings too

Slightly different process since I already did one with this-

It kinda bugs me that I can't exactly tell what changed in my head. I definitely realized that using myself for ref as heavily as I was has issues.

I think breaking out of my "production" mindset helped too.

Also what Proc peekin at 👀

This is his 100% off coupon-

(Re-render of a previous painting. No more being afraid of details!)

This is his 100% off coupon-

(Re-render of a previous painting. No more being afraid of details!)

Grrr

As always - a process piece for anyone interested. I hope this helps someone :>

The original sketch I did back in October of '23 as I was training to do my current job. I'm kinda embarrassed at my lack of rendering until now tbqh.

More is coming! I'm just being picky.

Been forgetting to post lately, my bad-

I have resolved to do no more churning out art. Only fussy rendering from here on out.

Also this is Nakhara he is nice i promise

Hello :>

Finally clawed my way out of this art slump. Looking back on my previous art now tho, I realized that I sacrificed a lot trying to get a painting out every week.

Although there's new art, I'm forcing myself to take 2 weeks to review first. Excited to share!

Slowly getting the inspiration tanks filled back up.

Thought I'd share these two paintings side-by-side. Fun character compendium.

Process update for the latest painting. Hope this helps someone :>

Apologies for the slow comic updates - struggling to dig my way out of some intense burnout.

Got some inspiration from @chunie.bsky.social 's incredibly effective character framing method - ends up looking like a GTA loading screen in my style haha!

Our styles are wildly different, but the tight cropping and low POV from their art really pop well.

Thanks Chunie for everything you do :>

Process for page 22 :>