Journal 32: Stops, Starts and Spitroasts

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Dear Patrons,

It’s a little annoying that I’m leaving things late again towards the end of the month. I’ll post another update in quickfire fashion in a day or two and I won’t clean up subscriptions until after the 3rd update is posted for this month (which might run into early next month). I feel that the way to keep me fresh creatively is that for a part of the month that I would have almost a mini-break from updates to recharge, to get into hermit-mode and be creative. It also helps me to break the monotony of constant updates. I’ll see what I can do to make the schedule feel less truncated.

On another note, if anyone has noticed, I’ve spiced up the monotonous thumbnail that follows each Journal style update as I’m still building up content to release full CARTE DU JOUR style posts. It’s coming, as I feel there there’s enough “meat” in some of my project threads to release another illustrated story vignette.

Finally, with this update, in the Odds and Ends section within the secret link download, you will find more “spit-roast” sketch ideas as I feel I don’t have enough of this kind of preparation. I should be doing more of them, thanks to a couple of patron contributions.

With that, on to the content, bon appétit!

The following are projects along with synopsis. It will mostly be repeated from previous journals but I will make some updates as the story evolves. If you see the project name without images, it means there are bonus images available through the exclusive download link found below below.

Bon appétit!

BIZARRE BAZAAR

Young women from around the world go missing. Were some of them kidnapped? Or did they fall victim to a mysterious and cryptic internet rabbit hole concept referring to a trend found in the dark web, the one they call the Winding Stare? Not much is known as all its participants who completed the challenge would vanish without a trace. Selfie photos would eventually turn up through dark web chat rooms, the victim holding a note in various languages, saying “Eat Me”, along with a strange symbol and a tattoo and sometimes a presence of a plush toy pig, deer and various other domesticated animals. Are they AI generated fakes? Are they part of a sexualized stunt of this macabre game? What could this mean? And the meaning of the note can’t be that literal, can it? Internet rumors abound about this tried being connected to a mysterious group called the Spiderfly Society and an event called the Bizarre Bazaar. Nobody but those involved knows.

Featuring, the Chinese…

… the French…

… and the occasional celebrity.

DOOMED RAIDER (more artwork in bonus content)

A trio of female adventurers head into the jungles of Mexico days before the Great American Eclipse of 2024 in search for a lost temple and the legendary city of Aztlan only to find their mission thwarted by a rival faction of expeditioners, local cartel gang and a mysterious Aztec death cult. Will our intrepid heroines survive?

The following are works in progress of an artwork that I’ve completed, and I can’t remember if I’ve already shared these or not. For some reason, I feel that I’ve over-cooked the illustration and I like what I had for these works-in-progress. Not exactly new content here, but I thought they’d make good bonus works for those who are curious. Also, you can see my attempt at laying out a comic-book style page which is still in the works. DISCIPLE tier members will see more unpublished bonus artworks with the secret download link.

1919 aka MISSING IN MANHATTAN aka DAKOTA BUILDING (more artwork in bonus content)

Here’s an older piece that takes place in New York City at the turn of the century, pre and post World War I. I’ve always liked that period as it lends to an air of class, high fashion, Tammany Hall style corruption and mystery. Great for my stories.

HAND-DRAWN WORKS FROM YORE (more artwork in bonus content)

This section is where I revisit and dig up some of my old physically drawn artworks that I’ve scanned. I’ll try to do this once every so often. I’ve not really set up anything officially yet, but I’m slowly opening the door to the thought of selling these original hand-drawn artworks for those who are interested. Full artworks are found in the download link.

I’ve also dug up some occasional comic strip style works I’ve done way way back, one you see here with the uncensored version in the bonus content section. If folks are interested, I could keep posting them in each update, almost like what the old newspapers do for each publication.

ODDS AND ENDS (more artwork in bonus content)

And again, here’s a reminder that there are more bonus artworks exclusive for DISCIPLE members and higher. Some of these include rough sketches, ideas I’ve been playing around with or artworks that are not currently attached to any project.

This time, the theme is spit-roasts.

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