Round Two: FOX!
Before any fans of literal foxes send a deluge of comments my way, I'm aware that Fox's ears aren't shaded very foxy-like. I experimented a lot with different ways of shading it, but I didn't think the more-foxy results looked very good. Maybe it's because of my style, maybe it's the angle, maybe I just FAILED MISERABLY, I'm not sure.
As suc...
2023-11-04 03:03:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Super easy.
- "There are no points." (Grace talking to the Emissary of Magic)
Once again, I tried to make this less wordy.
I felt I needed to elaborate on why Cheerleadra was applicable, however, and it took me a while to sort out just how the heck to fit that...
2023-11-02 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
What next?
Okay, I know this is all sorts of wordy after I said I'd avoid making wordy comics, BUT!
I originally wrote less.
What happened was I kept editing it for clarity, and it just kept getting longer.
Admittedly, I could have left out the detail about getting some energy back when she unsummons fox. Given that Fox is supposed to be a costl...
2023-10-31 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostSusan and Sarah as girlfriends, except...
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Can vote for more than one, spookily ends with the end of the month.
"Figures" could also be referred to as "body shape." Weight, proportionate leg length, measurements, etc.
Next sketchbook posting early November.
2023-10-28 20:23:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Absurdly Powerful Arthur?
I saw the question of whether Kevin's last assertion meant Arthur was "absurdly powerful," and it made me want to write this.
I'm going to avoid anything this wordy or tangential going forward (I'm boldly assuming that will be appreciated), but once I thought of the example Kevin gives, I knew I was going to make this comic.
...
2023-10-28 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostNaïve me thought we'd have a clear winner in this poll, but there's a tie!
In fact, it's a LOVE TRIANGLE! ...Hm?
Susan has informed me that's it's a FRIENDSHIP triangle, and that we are all to refer to it as such (regardless of what the final image might suggest).
In any case, I want to toss up the poll by tomorrow evening, so vote away for which pair will be in the final poll!
... 2023-10-27 19:41:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A dastardly villain!
Ashley's self-insert characters should never assume they're going to get the Mary Sue treatment. They've only got, like, ten percent odds of being that lucky.
Ashley's Job
In this storyline, I basically consider it Ashley's job to take the exposition I want to include, and use it for nonsense like this.
Whic...
2023-10-26 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI'm not satisfied with what I'd written for Wednesday, and I want to improve it. My apologies for this delay.
2023-10-24 16:12:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Wifi Fox! Do your best!
Gonna level with everyone: I basically just went with "doggo" for the last panel. Foxes are in the same family as domesticated dogs, sure, but they have their own nonsense going on.
I, however, just wanted Fox making a silly face with a wagging ponytail.
Apologies to enthusiasts of literal foxes who would have preferred her... ...
2023-10-24 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostDoing something a bit different in which I'm asking about pairs of characters.
Ashley isn't in this poll because there are a bunch of sketchbooks with her in them coming up, and she's also been in a bunch of recent ones. She'll be back, I assure you. I just felt she shouldn't be in the polls this month.
Please also note that these aren't necessarily shipping pairs (in the context of this poll, I mean).
Can vote for more than one, and I apologize for the lack of order, wrote ...
2023-10-22 19:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
But how much science, exactly? - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-018
EDIT - Minor eyelash corrections
I felt like I should define exactly what they're even doing from a "science" standpoint.
SO I DID.
The answer is "not much." They don't even have a hypothesis. They ju...
2023-10-21 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Wand Perception.
I continue to enjoy exploring differences in perception, and how different people, animals, etc. experience REALITY ITSELF!
I don't want to commit to how exactly Kevin perceives reality. For all I know, future me will have a story relevant idea for how he's doing it, and I'd rather not contradict him. He's likely older and grumpier than cur...
2023-10-19 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Proper testing!
EDIT - Shadow correction.
Fox sticking her tongue out amused me. That's the full extent of the logic behind that.
If I HAD to justify it, however, it reflects Nanase resisting a desire to poke fun at Tedd, but failing to keep Fox from expressing it.
I think custom-made puzzles would be best for this, but Tedd is a general going to war ...
2023-10-17 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally meeting, and openly sharing information, Rhoda told Ashley of her magic, and all the things she could do with it.
Ashley, not having much in the way of unique magic, wanted to share something personal with Rhoda. Awkwardly, she spoke of various stories she's written, and how Rhoda's spells could be used in them.
Unbeknownst to either of them, their minds then went to exactly the same place.
2023-10-15 03:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Thinkiness Test
I enjoy writing someone trying to be scientific, and doing better than average when compared to many characters in fiction, but still an amateur who, to a degree, is muddling through things with statistically insignificant data sets.
Completely unrelated, but I like Mythbusters.
MATH!
Grace, meanwhile, wo...
2023-10-14 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostI want to get a moment that comes soon in the story right, and I feel like I need a little extra time to do that.
Friday's page will be posted as planned, but after that, the next story page will be Wednesday.
So my apologies for the delay, and I hope you'll like the moment I'm plotting.
2023-10-12 21:21:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Woo! Fox!
I originally thought it would be funny for Ashley to describe how the process of summoning Fox looks, and for Nanase to react with "what? Really? I had no idea!"
Which would have made SOME sense... Right up until it made NO sense.
Nanase closes her eyes when casting the spell, and even if Nanase could see through Fox's eyes before Fox was fu...
2023-10-12 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Epic cool backstory.
- The scene shown in panel two
- Ashley's concern about Nanase's intentions...
2023-10-10 03:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Learning opportunity!
One could easily think the reason Ashley is in this story is because we're going to be exploring trades to make spells cost less, which is definitely something she should take advantage of as part of her training.
Instead, it's something I realized after the story had already started, and the ACTUAL reason Ashley is here is because I t...
2023-10-07 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI’m sorry about not having one sooner, as was planned, but I’ve had a bad week health-wise. Not so bad that I can’t work, but I’m barely going to manage (hopefully?) to get everything else I need to get done to finish the week, and properly rest this weekend.
2023-10-06 16:00:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Meanwhile, in Ashley's brain...
EDIT - Reworded part of the comic (addressed below)
On that day, the towel mages briefly thought they were about to have their moment. Once again, however, it was stolen by the clothes mages.
The clothes mages always looked down on the towel mages, as did everyone else.
The towel mages, however, knew that they,...
2023-10-05 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Spell casting budget
EDIT - Added a "for" in panel one ("a few times FOR testing")
For the record, I did not work backwards from that last option! I was legitimately brainstorming ways to make the spell less costly to cast before getting "trades" involved!
Creating a smaller duplicate? Makes sense!
Creating a duplicate that doesn't do...
2023-10-03 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
A Curriculum In Need of An Update - https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-009
I didn't originally plan for Kevin to have a reaction to this, but once I got to the subject of trades, it became retroactively obvious as all heck that Kevin would have a personal interest in it.
Kevin'...
2023-09-30 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAfter discussing Rhoda's abilities, and Ashley's stories, Rhoda and Ashley are, unknowingly, imagining the exact same thing.
What are they imagining?
Can vote for more than one. If unable to vote for more than one in the app, might need to vote in a browser.
Poll Ends 12:30 pm West Coast USA time October 1st.
2023-09-28 19:23:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Light Reading
Tedd's expectation is that people will check their spell book once they discover, by accident, that they have a new spell, then immediately forget about it again.
2023-09-28 03:17:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Coolness!
"Admit it. You don't think I'm cool. You just like my sunglasses."
"No, that's not true!"
"Then why do you insist I wear them at all times?"
"..."
"I thought so."
2023-09-26 03:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe next end of month poll is soon, and I've decided to ask what variety of nonsense one might like to see on the ballot.
The actual end of month poll will begin midday Thursday.
Next Milestone image will be October 9th.
(To clarify, Elliot and Tedd are, at least technically, "not together in canon." "Together in canon" refers to dating, married, etc.)
2023-09-25 21:25:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Elliot and Tedd didn't know why Ashley and Grace encouraged them to do certain things, but they never questioned it, either.
(Possibly non-canon. It can be difficult to tell sometimes.)
2023-09-24 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
You can WHAT?!
"It's like there's someone standing just behind you humming slightly off tempo TV show themes."
If people are allowed cookies for predicting reactions, this may well be one of the easiest cookies ever earned.
Not that you shouldn't be proud!
Figuring out foxes.
A lot of advice boils down to "just don't do this, OBVIOUSLY," but I rarely see people consider states of diminished mental capacity and/or fortitude when suggesting these things.
Things that could contribute to poor decision making include hunger, anger, stress, intoxication, distracting environment, lack of sleep (have I said to get en...
2023-09-21 03:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post