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It's basically like Patreon or Substack, but it's all mine and I don't have to worry about their rules or how many Nazis they have on their platform. To subscribe to the paid posts, check out the plans here. I'll be posting various essays, behind the scenes works in progress, things I find nifty. In turn, your support makes it possible for me to keep making art.
Cruel Muse Chapter Fourteen
The next day, Dorothea provided Val with a stack of catalogs with her breakfast, and told her to write down what she wanted. “We must get you some new clothes of your own,” she said. “You deserve the finest, latest fashions. When you are the next darling of the art world, you can’t show up in antiques.” Val whistled as she flipped through the pages, browsing colorful day dresses made of cotton and rayon and polyester, the sort of clothes she’d had in her closet at home. Then,
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23 hours ago
Magical Women Issue 5 Page 18
I've been getting looser and more cartooney with my style again. It's both more fun and easier on my hands. Also been putting more thought into layouts. Updates might be fewer, but hopefully they're better.
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7 days ago
Magical Women Issue 5 Page 17
This is why you should never check your ex's facebook.
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Sep 2
Magical Women Issue 5 Page 16
I've been having so much fun with this comic lately. Really letting myself be more free.
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Aug 26
Magical Women Issue 5 Page 15
High school relationships are hard even when you're not fighting aliens together.
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Aug 19
Cruel Muse Chapter Thirteen
Val’s dreams had been fitful, a montage of Hell, demons and monsters chasing her through flames. No one would help her, and she was alone in her torment. She ran and ran, and came across a faucet. Feeling the slightest bit of hope, she turned its handle, hoping to douse the flames, but it was not water that flowed. It was sticky and dark red, oozing like oil. It was blood. She thrashed herself awake, and laid in the bed, sheets damp with sweat, her body shivering. She despera
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Aug 17
Magical Women Issue 5 Page 14
I'm so glad I didn't give Oak frosted tips like I was considering doing. This scene would've looked ridiculous (as does any image featuring someone with frosted tips).
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Aug 12
Magical Women Issue 5 Page 13
I changed a few things recently, both my hand posture (which was garbage) and Oak's costume. Rather than basing it off a football uniform, I wanted to go with a letterman jacket, and I gave him some good ol' 2000s Zac Efron hair. I'm gonna update the previous pages to reflect this change as I find the time and hand strength.
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Aug 5
Magical Women Issue 5 Page 12
Some lore for you today.
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Jul 29
Magical Women Issue 5 Page 11
I have been the colorful sparkle friend to so many goths. We're just drawn to each other.
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Jul 22
Cruel Muse Chapter Twelve
PART TWO Dorothea smoked a cigarette through red painted lips, blowing smoke rings into the air. “We should talk about the terms of your residence here.” “My residence? I’m only staying for one night. Well, maybe one more.” Val’s head was pounding as she drank her morning tea at three in the afternoon. “We both know you’d rather stay with me here. I can see it in your eyes. You always look so disappointed whenever you leave Ravenswood.” It was true, but Val hadn’t thought she
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Jul 15
Magical Women Issue 5 Page 10
Sunflower and Helebore, fire and ice. Every team of magical girls needs (at least) one lesbian couple.
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Jul 15
Magical Women Issue 5 Page 9
And we're back. Let's meet more of the team. Forget Me Not has time travel powers, a power that could be very overpowered if not given to a complete space cadet.
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Jul 8
Magical Women Issue 5 New cover
I got bored with how I was drawing the covers. This makes me much happier. Also, updates for subscribers return next week!
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Jul 2
Cruel Muse Chapter Eleven
Val woke up to the sound of an argument from the kitchen. “You didn’t even ask me. It’s my house, too, you know. I shouldn’t have to come home to surprises like this,” said a man’s voice. “What was I supposed to do? Her house burned down. She lost her father. She needed a bed and I gave her one,” Jane’s voice retorted. “She’s going to suspect—” “She isn’t. This shit passes by her every time. You’re too paranoid.” “You’re not paranoid enough, Jane. You practically flaunt it. Y
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Jun 17
Cruel Muse Chapter Ten
When Val stepped out of the car onto shaking, jelly legs, the first thing she noticed was the smell. It wasn’t the pleasant smoke of a fireplace or campfire. There was a chemical edge to it, the smell of preservatives that kept the wood from decay, the smell of clothes and books and records turned to ash. Nothing was left, not even the bricks of the chimney. It was charcoal, still damp from the fire hoses that had finally tamed it. She didn’t realize her legs had given out un
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May 15
Magical Women Issue 5 Pages 7-8
Getting a little bit expositioney in the new few pages, but I wanted a little peek at who the other squad members are.
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Apr 15
Cruel Muse Chapter Nine
Val woke to the sound of birds chirping, the sun shining on her face. It took her a moment to realize where she was. A strange bed could feel like an entirely different planet in those first moments of consciousness. Once she was rooted back to Earth, she checked her watch. It was after 11. In a panic, she ran downstairs, worried her father would be grumbling as he worked by himself, but he was not there. Dorothea was in the kitchen in a pale peach nightgown trimmed with lace
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Apr 14
Magical Women Issue 5 Pages 5-6
She comes by it honestly.
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Apr 8
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