"But at the last the gates of Utumno were broken and the halls unroofed, and Melkor took refuge in the uttermost pit. Then Tulkas stood forth as champion of the Valar and wrestled with him, and cast him upon his face; and he was bound with the chain Angainor that Aulë had wrought, and led captive; and the world had peace for a long age"
2019-01-23 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Starting to the get the hang of Clip studio. Much easier to mix colors compared to Photoshop.
2019-01-16 23:18:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Of all the Valar, Aulë and Yavanna are my favorites, the ultimate husband & wife combo. Aulë is functionally the god of craftsman, and is said to be most like the villainous Melkor in personality (his servants Sauron and Saruman both turn evil, plus he trained troublemaking Fëanor) but Aulë himself remains virtuous and humble. Even when he created the Dwarves in defiance of Eru, it was meant to be a tribute to the Elves & Men (Eru’s...
2019-01-16 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The verdict is in: I very much prefer Clip Studio's pencil tool.
2019-01-09 00:50:52 +0000 UTC View Post
The first proper chapter deals with the details of the shaping of Arda (Earth). In the beginning, the Valar attempted to assemble Arda, but were constantly at odds with Melkor, who warred against them to a standstill. This persisted until the last of the Valar, Tulkas, descended into Arda as well, and together they managed to scare Melkor off for the time being.
What followed was an era of peace, and to light the world (in addition to the stars), the Val...
2019-01-08 02:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy New Year! Also surprise the comic's coming along fast
2019-01-01 10:30:56 +0000 UTC View Post
The accompanying illustrations are of the Enemies:
Fiddling with paint brushes. It's a lot easier to maintain vibrant colors compared with Photoshop. I think it may also allow me to paint a lot faster in general.
2018-12-28 20:21:20 +0000 UTC View Post
I very much like the pencil tools. Also the inks and watercolors have potential.
2018-12-28 01:49:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Fiddling with Clip Studio Paint, here's a quick doodle. Considering switching away from Photoshop in the New Year, I'm just getting sick of it.
2018-12-27 02:51:41 +0000 UTC View Post
The second chapter of The Silmarillion introduces us to the various divine beings (Ainur) who enter Earth (Arda) at its conception: the Valar (a godlike pantheon), the Maiar (lesser spirits) and the Enemy, who at this point is called Melkor. Although Melkor is mightier than any individual Vala, he is not counted among them, as their mission is to craft and preserve the world, while Melkor is hell-bent on twisting it to his will.
Se...
2018-12-24 01:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I put these on my Instagram, but you folks deserve the hi-res versions too. The Silmarillion Project was me illustrating each chapter of the Silmarillion. I never finished it, but one of these days I'll probably do some more.
The Music of the Ainur is essentially the beginning of Tolkien’s creation myth, where the Earth is slowly formed into being by ethereal song. Nothing too fancy just yet, but tune in next week as things heat up!
It has not been a good year for my brain. I’m hoping I can better sort out mental health things and bring you all more Dark Science than ever before, because there’s nothing on this planet that I want more than that.
2018-12-21 16:42:52 +0000 UTC View Post
I am alive, not dead. Comic's up for $10+ patrons, it'll go live tomorrow.
2018-12-21 04:33:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Chugging along. Had to do some rewrites, but we're back on track.
2018-09-24 22:18:03 +0000 UTC View PostI know I normally post warmup sketches and stuff like that in between pages, but unfortunately literally everything about this next page is a spoiler. Thanks for your patience, the new comic will be up soon!
2018-09-16 21:03:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks so much for sticking with me, hope you all like the new page!
2018-08-27 07:31:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Comic's almost done, it'll go up tonight or tomorrow!
2018-08-23 22:21:58 +0000 UTC View Post
I drew this like two years ago and I can't remember what it was for, nor do I remember why I was doing a Cowboy Bebop reference.
2018-08-20 22:56:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Getting pretty close. I like the idea of carrying around a big spellbook.
2018-08-18 02:17:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Gettin' closer, mainly need to settle on a design for the glove.
2018-08-11 03:46:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Gimme some of that dark 80s fantasy, baby
2018-08-09 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
90% of what makes a good Zelda is monsters, I says.
2018-08-06 23:39:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Getting the mysterious "interior" of the city right took some work. It couldn't look like any of the previous architectural styles in the comic. I eventually went with sharp, unusual angles made of nothing but concrete, as this place shouldn't look it was ever meant to be seen. Not even the physical inner-workings, something even more basic than that. Kim is frequently an intruder, but I wanted her to feel as if she was intruding harder than ever before.
2018-08-06 18:30:17 +0000 UTC View Post
