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Happy Make A Terrible Comic Day

This is Peregrine

Peregrine works for the government, protecting robot rights...

at least for now?

(last year's make a terrible comic with peregrine)

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Here’s some face design sketches for more of our cast from Mairi! 

Georgie (she/her) - The protagonist team’s boisterous bruiser and legal expert! She’s the resident gym butch and can lift up most of the members of the team (except for robot tank Bob :D )

Kamari (she/her) - In contrast to gym butch Georgie, android Kamari is more of a dapper butch - though she's not afraid to get her hands dirty, digging into the gears while she's engineering - or otherwise.

Hector (he/him) - A big brother to just about everyone. Sometimes feels like he’s the only one who gives a shit about rich, lustrous hair. XD For more on design development for Hector, check out spacecapart on patreon!

Close ups under the cut!

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How your email finds Peregrine, or, I like make a terrible comic day so much I did it twice

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Happy Pride! Hope everyone is finishing up an excellent pride month! Here’s our gang celebrating Pride 🌈 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Close ups under the cut!

Our protagonist gang - from left to right, Georgie (she/her), Max (ey/em), Dan (they/them), Peregrine (he/they), and Bob (he/him) and Cobi (they/them) in the back

Our mysterious Red Shadow! (they/them)

Kamari! (she/her)

Patch! (they/them)

And Hector! (he/him)

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Kamari design! Our fancy & mysterious butch android. 

Also! Some of her outfit options before the latest iteration. Some of those earlier bits of clothing will probably show up in her wardrobe later...

For more on Kamari’s design, inspiration, the iteration process - and to support Mairi’s work and the development of this comic in general - check out spacecapart on patreon! There will be a deep dive post about Kamari’s development upcoming and there’s already several Red Shift Blue Shift posts, as well as more on Mairi’s art!  

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Here's a better look at Patch, another of our robot characters! These are some preliminary sketches that I did to figure out their general shapes, and from here I'll be able to iterate the design a bit and make it look a bit more convincingly tech-y. Patch was originally a spaceship repair bot, which is why they have multiple sets of arms and thrusters built into their feet. The top rear set of arms has magnetisable clamps for latching onto the side of a ship in flight, and all of their limbs are telescoping for maximum reach. 

Patch was inspired by a bunch of different characters that fit a similar sort of vibe and/or look, namely Pidge from Voltron, Peridot from Steven Universe, Entrapta from She-Ra and Penny from RWBY, and if you're familiar with those folks you can probably guess that they're a bit of a gremlin who doesn't really get people and is more interested in tech. They're very fun, and I'm looking forward to developing their design further. - Mairi

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These particular drawings came about because I wanted to pin down exactly what Dan looks like in the main bulk of the story, as well as figuring out what they'll look like in some planned backstory flashbacks. Plus, it's always just a fun challenge to think about how aging affects a face. (They're approximately mid-40s and mid-30s here.) - Mairi

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You may have noticed that we have a silhouette cast lineup as our header image, and here’s a little bit more about the folks that you can see there:

On the left, in orange: Georgie (she/her), the team's legal expert and also boisterous bruiser, equally qualified in legal minutiae and knocking heads together! One of the more experienced members of our main team of agents, Georgie and Dan have worked together for forever and are old friends. Likes: hugs, working out and having a good laugh

In the middle, in green: Peregrine (he/they), Dan's protege and the team's resident paranoid android. Short, trans, grumpy, and possessed of giant bird claw feet (not factory issue). Dislikes: new people, anti-robot bigotry, nodding and smiling politely, and anyone messing with Dan

On the right, in blue: Dan (they/them), our protagonist and team leader. In their 40s, originally trained as a doctor-for-robots before becoming an agent, chronically helpful by nature, and an equally chronic team dad. Likes: their team, bothering their team with dad jokes, and the rare times that they get adequate sleep