A few days late, but here it is.

It’s likely that this week’s page will end up just as late, and I may have to slip to a two weeks out of three schedule for a little while. I shall try to avoid that, though.

This page, I’ve tried out a new way of shading eyes, with the pupil still a black spot, but the iris shaded. (To the character’s hair shade. I don’t know why, it just seemed appropriate.)

Shading is still taking longer than I’d like, and I’m not sure of the ‘2DLT’ (as Manga Studio calls it) image imports. I’m off to find a tutorial that explains them, so I can learn the best ways to tweak them.

Going into the woods breaks up your panels into different shapes, it appears.

A day late, but at least this one got done within the week it was intended for.

I’m quite proud of the layout on this one. I know it’s still a traditional 3×3 grid at heart, but the way the forest takes over the little girl’s panels feels right. Still having issues with drawing eyes (and faces in general, really). I need to work on them.

No Uninvited Guests page this week, as other commitments put me behind schedule. Here’s some sketches I did that are going to be dropped into the background of pages. I drew them from a photo taken at weddings last year.

I’ve got some more that aren’t scanned yet. The first you see of them may be on a finished page.

Artistically, this page was about trying to improve my abilities with faces and consistent likenesses. I’ve still got a way to go, I know.

Story wise, this is an attempt at a montage. William is meeting people he hasn’t seen for a while, updating them on how things are going, and telling the same story to them all (slightly different with each iteration). You get to meet supporting characters, and read some back story as well.

After the cold open, the splash page.

This isn’t as busy as I’d like. Part way through drawing it, I looked at a photo of a table I took at a wedding last year, and realised there should be way more glasses and other stuff. I added a bunch of details in, but it’s still not as packed as I want.

I didn’t pencil this, either, working from 3D models imported into Manga Studio. I think they’ll be useful for background elements, but don’t really work as the main focus of the image.

I learn a bit more with each page, though, so- onwards!

This is the first page I’ve ever digitally inked in Manga Studio. I fully expect to come back and tweak it- maybe even redraw it completely- after my competence and confidence has increased.