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Should I like. Return…? To tumblr…? Is anyone out there

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Definitely some posts missing from this blog... I don’t care enough to go through my main blog but I do remember just about every piece of art I’ve posted here and when, and I know exactly which posts are gone. Not that it matters bc I’m not doing anything. I likely won’t be posting here anymore. I’ve made an alt instagram for posting comic art so if any of y’all are inclined, you cAn head over there.

I’m more upset tbh about this blog than my main, because Ive put so much work into this comic that isn’t documented anywhere else... and I don’t really have anywhere else I can post all my junk thoughts, worldbuilding, shitposting, and self-indulgent garbage shipping. I’m just not inclined to waste any more time or energy putting content on tumblr that never had a wide reach to begin with, and is likely to become completely invisible now.

You can find my comic Instagram here:

https://www.instagram.com/supernovas_stuff/

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I’m feeling pretty good about my progress lately!  I’m about halfway through thumbnailing the second chapter, which I have mostly done on my iPad so far. (actually got 8 pages done.)  Some final editing has to be done in photoshop but I can just about work nonstop on pages from my iPad, which is amazing. a couple pages from the first chapter were colored and finished on there.

bonus: Nova’s first appearance! wow, a handsome dude. my thumbnails are always worth looking over.

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Finally getting to work on chapter two. Folks. I love this iPad SO MUCH I might die. I have gotten so much more done in the last two weeks. I literally finished two entire pages today at work bc it was slow. I can do about 95% of what I can do on my desktop. Easily the best investment I’ve made in my art.

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Supernovas :: 1-1 . pages 11-13 | Tapas

Thanks for reading! This brings the first chapter to an end! Chapter 2s release date is TBD. You can keep up with the comic's progress and my other doings in any of these places: https://www.patreon.com/elliemars https://mastodon.art/@elliemars http://ellie-mars.tumblr.com

this update brings the first chapter to a close!

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LISTEN,

the very CONCEPT of bodyguards is so narratively juicy and excellent, and I don’t just mean like “character x is character y’s bodyguard so they can be in the same place and fall in love”, I mean the protectiveness, the tension of trying to balance personal and professional, the unified dichotomy of devoted guardian/loyal servant!  the power dynamic.

and even platonically speaking??  again: loyalty!!  personal/professional!!  the sheer delight of watching someone kick righteous ass in defense of their principal!!  honestly it’s even good when the two people in question hate each other.  it’s always good.  write more bodyguards into your stuff, I’ll read it.

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Supernovas :: 1-1 . pages 9-10 | Tapas

Thanks for reading! As always, if you like what I do, you can check me out on these other platforms: https://www.patreon.com/elliemars https://mastodon.art/@elliemars http://ellie-mars.tumblr.com

New pages are up!

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Supernovas :: 1-1 . pages 6-8 | Tapas

Our villain makes her first appearance. Thanks for reading! As always, you can check out more of my art if you like it! https://www.patreon.com/elliemars https://mastodon.art/@elliemars

New pages are out!

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Supernovas :: 1-1 . pages 1-5 | Tapas

Thanks for reading! As always, you can check me out in any of these places for more good Supernovas and other art stuff! https://www.patreon.com/elliemars https://ko-fi.com/elliemars https://mastodon.art/@elliemars http://ellie-mars.tumblr.com

The first new chapter is officially heeerrree!!! 

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Morality Challenge - Nova Van Tegan

Bold all the things your muse has done (will / would do is in italics, bolded italics means they’ve done it before and will probably do it again)

Ok this was kind of fun because… really there’s almost nothing Nova wouldn’t do, given the right set of circumstances.  He’s not a “bad guy”, but he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal, whatever that may be at any given time.  (like, literally he would do anything on this list and then some if it were to help/save Rayleen.)

Murder / manslaughter / assault / robbery / breaking & entering / theft / embezzlement / kidnapping* / torture / blackmail / arson / trespassing / treason / libel or slander / obstruction of justice / lying to law enforcement / creation of a weapon / espionage / riot / escape from lawful custody / contempt of court / public intoxication / conspiracy / accessory to a crime / harboring a fugitive** / bribery / perjury under oath / resisting arrest / identity theft / corporate fraud / tax fraud / document forgery / destruction of evidence / assassination / counterfeiting / sale of a controlled substance / purchase of a controlled substance / failure to pay child support / hacking crimes / threat / pick-pocketing / shoplifting

*it’s questionable, really, whether he kidnapped Rayleen or she kidnapped him. **the fugitive was himself.

thanks @adalheidis for tagging me!

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I wanted to do a little project, I made a timeline of Rayleens, starting with the earliest drawing I could find of her back on my blog.  my art style has evolved a lot, although looking back not as much as I might have expected.  it’s only around the bottom first one that she started to look like my current ideal Rayleen.

bonus: my very first drawing of this character, ever

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splash page for the new chapter of Supernovas, which goes live this week!  (god it’s been so long.)

click for better quality!  (please.  it’s killing me what tumblr doing to this gif.)  I like doing these animated panels but I wish I could post them at a higher quality.  

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I was up at 1:30 this morning.......... but on the bright side I’ve gotten a lot done on the comic

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what-hos-there replied to your post “i have some kind of… genetic inability to draw things not colorful and...”

I think it's a fine balance. My eye doesn't get lost anywhere and I like the color-coding of the terminal voice matching the screens.

thank you!  as always, after leaving it for a while and then looking at it again, it looks pretty much fine to me.  mostly I’m like annoyed at myself because I’m having trouble conveying the gritty, seedy atmosphere in some other parts of this story.  I need to make efforts to tone things down :/

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i have some kind of... genetic inability to draw things not colorful and saturated