Hi everyone! Just a quick reminder that there's less than a day left to back this campaign!! If you want Skyset Quest #1, now is the time to get it~!
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported the book so far! After the campaign, as soon as the funding and shipping funds arrive, I'll be sending the book to the printer :) Everyone should be getting it in July / August, depending on domestic or international shipping!
Hi everyone! There's less than a week left to get SKYSET QUEST #1 here on BackerKit! If you haven't pre-ordered the book yet and want it, now is the time to make sure it's yours!
There's also some very handsome art prints I've made available for this campaign as add-ons, one of them being the Arka the Aeon art print - here is the behind-the-scenes making-of this complex art piece:
I was going to paint that monster head statue behind him, but I thought it would take away from his monstrous traits and draw the eye too far that way, so I changed it to ruins and a tree. The painting seemed to need unity, so I added the gold accents everywhere :) It ended up looking very regal. I also softened his expression. Thank you so much for your support for this comic! I can't wait to send it to you and welcome you to the world of men and monsters :) - Aero
Hi everyone! Just a short update to say that we are almost funded!! :D The book is going to be printed if a few more people pledge~!
I also have a behind-the-scenes look at how one of the beefiest pages was made: Bara Tavern page 2 (of 3)! Get a good look at these handsome men via the works in progress and finished page below:
Just a little bit more! When funded, the book will print as soon as possible, just after funds and shipping are collected.
One of the last pages I finished for the book was the short scene [Snake Tongue], in which local monsterfucker Lex flirts with half-monster half-water-elemental Siyang, as Lex's boyfriend Silas watches, lol. Polyamory is basically the default state of the characters' relationships in the Men Plus Monsters comics world, it's all good.
Throughout the campaign I'll be showing some cool behind-the-scenes pictures and commentary of the creation of the pages and characters in the book - here's one of them!
First, here's the initial sketch stage. I only have one layer for it, and I just keep refining until it looks good. I used to ink over the line art, as one can see in the free PDF that comes with all physical pledge tiers, but I realized the art lost something in translation there, so I started putting skill points into pure refinement in the sketch stage.
This is where the character designs also need to be as on-model as possible because mistakes here will be hard to correct after they're colored in!
I was unsure how Lex should look on the second-to-last panel, but I ended up figuring it out at the background coloring stage. I didn't want Lex to repeat his expression on panel 4 or 5, so I turned him to the side, lol.
Since it's a comedic scene without a necessary location for story purposes, I decided to put them somewhere of my choosing for what I felt like painting - I placed them next to the lush greenery of Sarcius, the town where they live, because I like painting trees! Green complements Lex's fiery palette and Siyang's muted purple palette, so I added plenty of it here and there.
I've been thinking a lot about the overall look of the canvas and letting go of the idea of always needing "perfect" backgrounds, ever since I've been looking at real life paintings. If something works in spite of my preconceived notions, why not leave it alone and enjoy how it turned out? It's difficult to not want to fuss over imperfections. I know the background from the last 2 page previews here looks very much like "the rest of the owl" meme, but that's because I basically paint it all on one or 2 layers, directly over the green from the previous version.
If you haven't pledged already, now is a great time to do so :) We're halfway to funding its printing, and since it's already done, I'll be sending it out as soon as possible!
Thank you so much to everyone who is supporting the book so far! Hope you're excited to see more from the world of Men Plus Monsters~ - Aero
