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beetle love

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i love bugs and insects.  i'm terrible at drawing them, but i still love to try. on Eravannah, bugs and insects take the place of animals that we would recognize normally, both wild and domesticated. most places at least around here have been invaded for the last few months by ladybugs. i don't mind them too much, i actually like beetles a lot. i've always thought they would make good horses if they were big enough. it really got me thinking a lot about drawing more of them in the story. they would have appeared in Goblyn Issue 18a during the royal procession, but i hadn't found a design I really liked... so I cut the scenes showing the prince going to meet his father. meh. no big deal. this is the major mode of transportation for the people in South Mah' Hu.  it just seems cool to be atop these massive beetles, loaded down with packs, and draped in fancy carpets. just stomping around everywhere. it might be kind of slow though... i'm not certain what the sp

Goblyn issue 19b

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    PREVIOUS    ♦     NEXT  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   an incredible guest cover by Nic Parris aka Zhinzia on dA I can't believe how incredibly long it took to me to finish this issue. but in the end I'm very satisfied with it. *big sigh* i had to work on the issue from various environments while i house sat for people who were all out of town this weekend. a lot of running around which really ate into my work flow. i had to adapt and re-strategize, to get the maximum amount of work out of the minimum amount of time allotted to me.