At the start of the year I made new art for The Beast is a Beauty AU for 4oUr and promptly forgot to post it anywhere after posting it on Patreon lol This piece helped figure out what more of what I want out of making this story. Lyly was right all along; this will be more a book of illustrations than what comics normally are. It will be like glimpses into a story. I was already planning on making it a silent comic (no text) so maybe this was inevitable.
Wip and process time lapse under
Part of what makes this story important to me is that each illustration I make for it is relaxing and peaceful to make even when I end up struggling with some part of it -like the foreground bushes here.
Active fanfic reader here. Thank you for being one of the only few still actively writing in this fandom.
Might check out your other work soon. I'm just trying to make fanner of other stuff along with yours.
I'll be here even if no one else is :3
Most of my other stuff is on hiatus or in development hell except for Mori the Webcomic lol
I'll take this opportunity to explain my current other works if that's okay :3
Mori the Webcomic is a diary comic that posts weekly -sometimes bi-weekly. The past few years have left me with little time so I had a few hiatuses. I'm currently back at it and have several weeks of comics cued. I post that one on @morilucidstories on Tumblr (I post all of my original works on that blog btw) but this comic is also on tapas and Webtoons canvas.
I posted a JJK lucid dream a while ago and I'm working on a trilogy of chapters that is the same story as that dream but from the boys' perspective and actually ends the encounter. I'm on the last chapter in the writing process which is all stuff that would happen after the dream ended
I know I've mentioned Lyly a bunch in my Magi fanfics so I I don't need to introduce my editor sibling here. I bring them up because the 2 of us have a collection of characters and stories we call 4oUr (sometimes 4oU_r) (pronounced "fou" or "4" depending on āØvibesāØ). The characters and many of the stories all originate from dreams we've had so 2 of the characters are based very directly on us. There are 2 stories I've been working on to actually post that are 4oUr.
The one in development hell is The Beast is a Beauty. The intent is to make a silent comic (no text) that should be between 10-20 chapters max. As the name suggests it's a twist on a Beauty and the Beast type story. Albhe is stuck in the form of a dragon, and has been like that for so long he basically forgot he's human. He ends up forming a magical bond with Nera that will eventually lead to him being able to become a person again. I use #biab for that. It's stuck in development hell because I can't decide on some aspects of the art direction
And lastly, Demon Lord AU. It's based on a dream I had a decade ago. A 3 person party adventures to stop the Demon Lord from sending his creations to ransack the country side. And the whole thing is a time loop! I'm almost done the lucid dream chapter which will act like an in medeus res prologue type of thing.
I've been thinking about Demon Lord AU again. While making this I realized that the Mage's carriage never had an animal pulling it. It moved by their magic alone!
I used this piece to test out the rainbow brushes I've been making. I think you can see the hue shifts in each stroke easiest where the light hits on the characters and the wheel in the BG
Lyly realized Albhe would totally be the one to ask "would you still love me if I was a worm" and Nera in all of her dragon loving stupidity would hear "wyrm"
This is absolutely for The Beast is a Beauty AU where Albhe is a dragon for most of the story X3
Nera is a total horse girl if you replace horses with dragons
[Comic script:
Nera leaning against Albhe on the couch. She is sleeping. Albhe wakes her up
Albhe: Nera! Wake up!
Nera: What's wrong?
Albhe: Would you still love me if I was a worm?
Nera excited flailing: Of course I'd still love you if you were a WYRM
Nera imaging Albhe as a wyrm. "So Majestic!" is written under her thought bubble
Art & Character description: digital sketch comic. The panels do not have clear edges. The art is drawn and shaded in indigo violet except for Albhe's hair and wyrm form which is rainbow. Nera has long dark hair. Albhe has long white hair and elf ears. Most of the panels are drawn in a cute chibi style
This time it's a back study! I chose K sleeping as the subject. I feel like I didn't do his hair justice, but the focus was his back so I think that's okay :3
[Image Description: Pen drawing of a man with long hair laying on his side. His back is to the camera and the sheet down from his shoulders. End]
I was playing around with some new rainbow brushes and decided to draw 4oUr
It's low saturation so it's like ⨠essence of rainbow š
[Image description:
4 anime head drawings, each of a different character and at a different angle. Top left has short dark hair and is looking up and to the right. Top right has long light hair and is facing left while looking back at the camera. Bottom left has long dark hair and looking down to the right. Bottom right has long light hair and is looking to the upper right.