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The original composition for this page was so bland, I tried to improve it a bit, I think it’s a bit more appealing anyway.

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I kept telling myself over and over that I was only going to touch up the artwork, but for whatever reason I ended up basically re-drawing this entire page. This and an earlier page where everyone’s faces got all creepy were meant to hint at the nature of the Atra’novalis. I don’t know if I… Continue reading Chapter 1.1: Stray Cat ~Lost Child~ 032

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This page would have been done sooner, but before I could finish the last panel I ended up having to work on my illustration for a Mother’s Day card and so it ended up being delayed.

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Qi’nya is probably the most difficult character to draw (though it feels like whoever I’m drawing at any given time is hardest). I’ve always picture him as having a fox face (like Gin from Bleach or Mitsune from Love Hina), but the slanted eyes are surprisingly difficult, and I’m not committed to drawing them closed.… Continue reading Chapter 1.1: Stray Cat ~Lost Child~ 036

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This is one of the panels I had to redo entirely because I had accidentally merged the original at once point… That loose strand for Remiel’s hair is basically a permanent design change at this point. I also had him drop his gun to justify it not appearing in further panels.

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I made the blood pink while in the Atra’novalis… This isn’t for any censorship reason, I just wanted to have fun with the colors more.

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For the life of me, I can’t remember why I mirrored those first two panels. Might have been an attempt to keep left/right consistency again, but who knows.