319: Proud Fresh Kill

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The past month has been really rough. It was probably one of the worst periods creatively, with a combination of the lack of privacy, real life issues and world matters that made it so tough to post updates even though I had kept trying to be optimistic and made promises to post an update. Sometimes it creeps up on me, and perhaps, it would have been better to just take a break for the whole month to recharge. But that period has passed and I’m happy to report that I’m past that hump. I’m sorry to you patrons, I will understand if any patron decides to take a pause until you see that I have caught up. For that, there will be a moratorium on me unsubscribing patrons from the mailing list with lapsed memberships until I catch up. But if you choose to continue your membership, my eternal gratitude goes to you and I’ve already seen many who have continued despite my rough September. To many of these patrons, I’m touched at your continued patronage and I thank you all. 

Here’s an update on some active ongoing projects thanks to higher tiered patrons. Once again, if your project is not on the list, please send me a friendly reminder.

• FRUIT BASKET KILLER (new)/ CALIPHATE / OCCULTI VATICANI: CLAUSI CUM CLAVE / MERMAID / THE VANISHING TRIANGLE (new) / MOVEABLE FEAST: XANADU / AGONY OF DEFEAT / & various other works (in periodical rotation thanks to one generous patron!)
• DOOMED RAIDER
• KONGREGATSIYA (new)
• PAINTED BIRD IN LOST CARCOSA
• An active patron who is just wanting me to complete non-story attached scenes I had sketched in previous updates
• Project tentatively titled CHEF SURGEON or DICTATOR involving Asian victims, Korean/Vietnamese in particular (new)
• CELEBRITY HALL OF FAME involving some famous faces collected as trophies and works of art
• Another small commission involving a hunted victim being strung up on one leg

Now on to the art.

Bon appétit!

The story, all names, characters, and incidents portrayed in this production are fictitious. No identification with actual persons (living or deceased), places, buildings, and products is intended or should be inferred. 

I. PAINTED BIRD IN LOST CARCOSA

Here’s one that I’ve done and I’m still ultimately not satisfied with how I’ve illustrated some elements here, perhaps leaving some room for improvement. I’ve even went back and tried a do-over and still it looks like I could have done a better job. The break has rendered me a little rusty it seems but who knows, I may just be overthinking things. So I might as well shared a whole load of these variations.

The first is of the fresh kill in isolation.

Image 1: (1 scene complete artworks in color)

The following are versions with the Nimrod.

Image 2-3: (2 variations of a similar scene, complete artworks in color)

And the following are works in progress of alternate versions of the previous scene.

Image 4-6: (3 variations of a similar scene, works in progress to one complete artworks in color)

And the following are versions with the Nimrod.

Image 7-12: (6 variations of a similar scene, works in progress to one complete artworks in color)

II. MERMAID

Here’s a pair of variations from a scene from the project, MERMAID.

Image 13-14: (2 variations of colored works in progress)

III. AGONY OF DEFEAT

This is one of the PROJECTS I’m working on and expanding this piece with a fully developed background. Usually, expanding on a scene especially with its background is very time consuming. It’s one of those rare moments where I’ve considered enlisting the aid of AI, but no, I must remain steadfast and pure for as long as I can!

First, here’s the main element…

Image 15: (1 work in progress in color)

… and some ideas of different backgrounds on how I’d expand the scene. I’m leaning towards the first one.

Image 16-18: (3 sketched montage works in progress of a previous scene)

IV. LEAVING HER HANGING

One more stage of rendering from a piece I shared in the last update. Project of which it is attached to is still unconfirmed.

Image 19: (1 colored works in progress, possibly final)

IV. BONUS WORKS IN PROGRESS

Here are some works in progress of some ongoing projects of which many you will be familiar. The first is an early scene from the CALIPHATE story.

Image 20: (1 colored work in progress)

This one is from the story, OCCULTI VATICANI: CLAUSI CUM CLAVE.

Image 21: (1 sketched work in progress)

This one below is a new scene from the DOOMED RAIDER story.

Image 22: (1 sketched work in progress)

This one below is from an unattached story featuring the TAILLEUR CUT in a creative spit-roast presentation.

Image 23: (1 sketched work in progress)

And the pair below are sketches from MOVEABLE FEAST: XANADU and the second is a further development from CELEBRITY HALL OF FAME.

Image 24-25: (2 black and white sketched works in progress)