A very big Fox.
Ashley has preferences! There's just a lot of things she likes.
For this comic, I stood around posing in order to figure out what exactly Nanase, Fox, and Ashley would be doing, and yes, that means Fox's pose in the first panel is inspired by some silly nonsense I did while posing.
Obviously, I now recommend cartoonists do stuff like that wh...
2024-01-09 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A fox with the strength of maybe one and a half Nanases
(Edit: Quick eyelash fix)
Extra strong Fox was something I always had in mind for this magic trading nonsense, but obvious flaw was obvious:
Nanase muscle + Nanase muscle still probably wouldn't look anything close to this.
So my solution was to draw attention to Nanase's not-so-be...
2024-01-06 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI'm considering having another game with transformation, but keeping it relatively simple. They would be playing an existing card game, played with basic playing cards, with additional transformation nonsense added into it.
Were I to do this, who would you want playing? (Four players)
2024-01-04 18:35:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Perfectly balanced, as all Nanases should be.
Me: This next comic will be a flick of the wrist to draw with Tedd just talking to Kevin.
Also me: SUPER ULTRA WIZARD NANASE IN A NEW OUTFIT!
Me: Buy why
Also me: PLAID SKIRT!
Me: Okay, FINE.
The idea tha...
2024-01-04 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
"As an example..."
The previous comic wasn't entirely clear on what Ashley assumed about Nanase's actual physical strength, so now this exists.
HURRAY!
It's worth noting that the authorial intent of the first panel is a VERY hyperbolic representation of Ashley's thoughts regarding Nanase. The intent was "Nanase is not as strong as she's making herself sound...
2024-01-02 06:37:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Within four hours of my goal of not posting at 5am! - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-042
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Arms like oak trees, barrels for forearms, and anvils for fists!
(The barrels are filled with water)
(Please do not confuse them for empty barrels)
(Those would be weird to have betw...
2023-12-30 06:52:46 +0000 UTC View PostI'm very sorry for further delaying story pages, but I'm strongly second guessing what's supposed to come next, and I genuinely can't tell if it's because I need to do a rewrite, or if I'm just too tired to be hyped for it.
I need to get a lot of sleep, and do some some thinking while NOT effectively drunk from sleep deprivation.
Saturday EGSNP shouldn't be an issue. I should be able to get sleep before tomorrow (and even if I don't, Ashley can at least do something silly).
Comic here it exists it's a thing that is here for reading
After how ridiculously long this EGSNP took me, I no longer suspect I have ADHD.
I think I have two ADHDs.
Does that make any sense? Probably not, but I'm sleepy.
Anyway, yes, that visual effect in panel two would totally happy in the middle of Nanase returning to normal size. Why would ...
2023-12-28 11:18:11 +0000 UTC View PostBafflingly, Hope really is a princess (possibly not canon), and the head of a matriarchy! With each option, Sarah is present as some manner of subordinate.
(Should be able to vote for more than one, but might not work in the app. Should work in a browser.)
(Ends with the month of December, West Coast USA time)
Larry, Rich, and George weren't entirely clear on what they were meant to be doing as Santa Ellen's temporary elves, but Larry and George immediately agreed to it, and Rich experienced a fear of missing out strong enough to agree shortly after.
Larry's tendency to absent-mindedly tap his own head with the striped magic wand he'd been given (which, for some reason, looked like a drumstick) did result in additional awkwardness, however.
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I definitely wanted to have a Chris...
2023-12-23 03:50:01 +0000 UTC View PostThursday, December 28th. The original announcement said this Thursday.
Something has happened since then. You don’t need to worry about me, I’m physically fine, but I don’t think I can write silly EGSNP comics right now.
I’m sorry for being vague. In spite of a willingness to share a lot about myself, I prefer not to share too much about my personal life online.
Even so, I’m sure the vast majority of EGS readers would have nothing but kind wo...
2023-12-18 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAdditional schedule adjustments might be necessary. If so, I will post a notice above the most recent page, and make announcements elsewhere (such as here).
I'm also planning to take Christmas and the following day off next week (Monday and Tuesday), but I intended to do that anyway for the holidays.
I intend a Christmas sketchbook for Saturday, though I might need to reschedule.
2023-12-17 21:39:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Round... Three? Results.
- Charlotte and Diane theorizing why Fox is relatively good at games
"Now hang on there, Nanase. This isn't a statistically significant sample...
2023-12-16 04:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Puzzle game BATTLE!
Respect for accepting the gaming challenge, Nanase.
I mean, you're going to do terribly. You don't just get handed a controller that's effectively twice as big as what you're used to and still play well. That's not how muscle memory works.
But still.
Respect.
Something I've realized more and more about Nanase is that she has ...
2023-12-14 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Keeping cool
Ashley can have an EXCELLENT poker face.
Her hair, however, will give her hand away every time.
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2023-12-12 04:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Just look at yourself
I could claim that I felt it was worth reminding everyone that Nanase can do this by showing it, but really, that's just my excuse for devoting a comic to Nanase using Fox to pat herself on the head.
Panel two Nanase sort of looks to me like she's expecting a kiss, which wasn't what I was going for. Her eyes are closed because leaving ...
2023-12-09 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Cost measurement
What Kevin's doing to gauge how much energy the spell used is like seeing how much water is left in a measuring cup after pouring some out.
Someone directly sensing how much energy the spell used would be like seeing some water poured o...
2023-12-07 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Surveying the land.
Specifically, half size when you factor in all three dimensions.
"Half size" is good choice when you want a character to appear significantly smaller without being "tiny". There's no doubt she's a lot smaller, but she can still do most everyday things.
She won't have to literally climb the sofa to sit on it, for example.
The ...
2023-12-05 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Transformative fashion!
Magic trades to reduce spell costs, by design, ignore physics. They look at what's being traded, and what makes sense, from a completely different perspective.
As we exist in a physical reality, this can be difficult to accept, and easily seems very weird, if not nonsensical.
Which is entirely what I was going for. I want magic...
2023-12-02 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Safety measures!
- Previous Devil and Angel Ashley
Angel Ashley isn't complaining, mind you. Not really. She just gets bored sometimes?
Like, the most evil Devil Ashley tends to get is pushing for doing something she thinks someone else will appreciate, but for SELFISH REASONS! ...
2023-11-30 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Seer insight or gut? The SCIENCE! will tell!
"Clearly, the priority is keeping Fox at a size adequate for folding laundry."
Literally the only reason Kevin is still "awake" right now is to learn about these trades, so he might have gotten a little impatient about wanting to see them.
Kevin basically has two modes: Do teacher stuff, and sleep. Which is...
2023-11-28 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostNanase summons Fox, and does a trade to reduce casting cost...
Can vote for more than one. Poll ends with the end of the month, West Coast North American time.
"Anthropomorphic" in this poll means covered in fur with a fox-like face, fox ears, and tail.
NOTE: The Patreon app might not allow voting for multiple options. I've mentioned this to Patreon before, and it seems I will need to do so again. Voting in the browser should work.
2023-11-27 16:26:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Fox tier list!
I originally tried to convey Nanase's puzzle game performance with dialogue, but that wound up being a bit confusing and wordy given the number of "Nanases" involved. A Nanase leaderboard visual was much simpler.
Boring Two-Player Mode
The fact that single player can be compared to two-player does suggest a rather borin...
2023-11-25 04:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Nanase's phone was readily available, but why TEXT your girlfriend using a fancy cell phone, LIKE A PEASANT, when you can use fairy doll magic to contact her?
Because for some reason the spell turned you into a fairy this time, and you're in the comic shop with tons of witnesses! That's why!
Also because. for goodness sake, Nanase, you have a phone. Just text her.
An important study!
For some reason, it felt to me like we were overdue to see something happening in Ashley's mind, but we just saw the angel and devil Ashleys four comics ago.
Granted, that was a whole ten days ago. That's like, a thousand years.
In any case, drawing the...
2023-11-21 04:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Yay! That thing I was summoned to do!
Note: I'm taking next Thursday off from EGSNP for Thanksgiving, but there will be a Thursday sketchbook. Story comics return Wednesday.
I thought it would be a fun quirk if the duplicate indica...
2023-11-18 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Foxy blocks!
The more I think about the building block, the more I nod like an insufferable know-it-all.
Which is cheating, because a) I wrote the darn thing, and b) the fact that I'm thinking of reasons it works AFTER I wrote it means I didn't think of some of those reasons before I committed to drawing it, and it's not THAT hard to make up reasons why a m...
2023-11-16 04:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
There's an explanation for everything.
That moment when you want Nanase to have a spell that can give someone fox ears and a tail, but you don't have a GREAT reason for for her to get that spell, but Ellen likes to act like a cat sometimes, so...
That's what you go with.
Nanase wanted to give Ellen cat ears and a tail enough that she got a spell for i...
2023-11-14 04:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Tamed Fox
"How DARE you suggest I wouldn't use this spell to take care of mundane chores?!"
Angel Ashley was going to make clear that Ashley didn't actually want Fox to do that, but there wasn't room in the panel, so I guess that's open to reader interpretation.
2023-11-11 04:51:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Science is weird sometimes.
I saw a couple of people jokingly predict something like this would happen, and it took all of my willpower to not let them know they were closer to right than they probably thought.
In any case, yes, there is weirdness afoot. Believe it or not, Nanase's duplicate spell isn't supposed to have an elevated foxiness option.
2023-11-09 06:09:26 +0000 UTC View Post