4-2 Early Morning
stinger9 on Aug. 27, 2024
Never feels right drawing Blake without his hat! (Fun fact, I actually had to include the hat in my sketch layers, just to reassure myself!)
I like to think of these first two pages as kind of a prologue, just setting up a few things for later.
Can see a few small changes to the basement dwelling, like room labels, including Cruci's new room! It's actually the storage closet he was napping in last chapter, although Blake carried through on his promise to clear it out to make room for a bed (The bigger storage room he moved everything to is on the opposite side of the room, just out of view!)
And, as I think I've mentioned in a note before, the basement opens up into a series of tunnels underneath the city, which is where Picka is heading out to! Won't be seeing them just yet though…
Next time, going to be catching up with everyone when they're a little more awake!
J_Scarbrough at 10:12AM, Aug. 27, 2024
I understand completely. When drawing Levana as a vampire, one of my general rules of thumb was she never smiled - it was mostly to illustrate how miserable she was as a vampire, but to draw her smiling with fangs just looks off somehow. Admittedly, it is a little strange seeing Blake without his hat . . . but what's even stranger was his nervous reaction upon being caught up so early by Picka . . . was he watching goblin porn or something? Either way, even before reading your blog post, I could just tell by the homemade sign on the door that Cruci's room wasn't exactly an actual room so much, but at least he does have a place to call home now. Tunnels under the city, eh? Wonder if Picka will run into some pizza-chowin', fun-lovin' dudes who use ninjutsu to fight crime?
stinger9 at 10:46AM, Aug. 27, 2024
Hah, Blake does have his reasons, but I like to imagine he wouldn't use the living room tv for anything like that! And sadly, the tunnels are a lot more boring than New York sewers! May still be the occasional pizza delivery guy using them from time to time, but a real lack of turtles down there!