Shards

I loved working on the purple glow of David’s stones :)

NOTE OF INTEREST: I couldn’t decide whether to have Tin Dorothy still injured or show healing or full recovery so I simply went with the easiest and assume it took them a little bit of time to get out there and a brief pause to look over any injuries and heal them a bit before entering the crypt. Dorothy Conglomerate is actually the source of the healing but I believe she can lend her skills to another persona when it is out although it is not nearly as effective or rapid. Both Cindy and Dorothy can heal but Dorothy’s is the best “field healing” due to its more rapid nature. Humpty will heal to his usual cracked up self no matter what happens to him, due to his abilities granted by the shard (indestructible), but he cannot aid the healing of others unless it is to apply a bandange. I don’t believe Velvy can heal naturally. He’ll need some sewing, but he also does not appear to feel pain. Yay, character insight!

Grab tissues and three… two… one… Yes, you’re supposed to feel for Velvy. His story is tragic! ;)

Artist’s Note: The first panel might be hard to make out because Cindy’s yell is in the way but this is actually a side view of both characters and a cross-section of the door. And as a side note, you might see a few changes to Cindy’s design in the future. She is supposed to be any princess, every princess. I don’t have any Disney style characters in here yet, as far as the drawing style. I did a few head studies of Cindy in the Rapunzel style and they were used as partial models for this strip. They turned out really good so I might alter her style. The only reason is because lately I’ve been having trouble drawing her pretty. It sounds funny but she is supposed to be gorgeous. If my art doesn’t reflect that, it just won’t come across.

Also, if I run out of time for a post for the 9th, I’ll post the Disney Cindy head study instead. If I manage to complete a strip in that crazy time schedule of working as a florist in Mother’s Day week, then it’ll be posted on Mother’s Day instead as a bonus sketch:) Here’s for hoping I can do a strip on the 9th so I can give it to you as bonus content!

Note: The “I” is for Icarus. He’s spying. Just so’s ya know.

I was reading the comments to the newest strip for “Selkie” and realized that you all might like some new background on the comic for each strip… if I have any. Just so happens that I do!

In the strip where Alice uses her baton whips to tie up the werewolves, it was a last-minute decision to add this part in. In the original roleplay run-through, the heroes set off Red’s traps, then discovered her, actually captured her, and took her to HQ. I thought this made Red look weak, because she is truly a formidable character, and wrote it a little different for the strip. It gave the readers a chance to see Red’s character more, and how she despises Velvy and all “abominations”. This left one problem not in the original run-through: what to do with the werewolves? I knew they’d be blown up but the heroes didn’t know that. I also know that Alice will need her batons again shortly so I discussed it with TB and we decided it would be okay to have the whips detachable. Problem solved:)

For this strip where we start to see more of Icarus, I love that I get to show his glowing eyes! He’s pretty silent and has been moving forward stealthily in each panel. I hope that came through for the most part in the art.