Hi!
For this update, let's start off with an update to one of the first drawings of Lecia used in
chapter 9:
New:
Old:
Hair and shading is WAY cleaner in the new ones. I do like her eyes more in the old version, but overall, it's a step up compared to the first time I drew her. I'm sure I can redraw her eyes similarly, but a large part of the sexy side-eye is the angle at which she's receiving Daniel. In truth, that was completely accidental.
A big reason for redrawing of the older image is to keep consistent with a more recent illustration in
chapter 87:
As you might guess, drawing the hand holding the cell phone was the hardest part. Maybe with time, I'll get better at it, but goddamn it, I waste so many hours looking up references, my own, and feeling like an idiot.
Lastly, in
chapter 86, we have the third drawing of the mystery woman (
Reference)
Now, the chapter occurs for the most part in the fog. That's not much of an excuse to hide things, nor the fact that she's supposed to be a ghostly memory. At some point, I will have to redraw this image. Rather than a full body shot, a close up will probably be better. For now, this is one image that I won't be posting to my galleries online.
Next, in the
chapter I posted at this time of writing, we have a new character named Victor Grayson; however, this man, who approaches Lecia and knows her organization's efforts, is not who he seems. In fact, his leaving baffles Lecia as he reveals a truth to the book and the slime creature she's been trying to discover.
Artistically, I've struggled how to approach doing the background. I'll probably have to go over it a few times.
First time I've done facial hair though...urgh, let's just say he most likely won't be drawn for a while. I really need to spend more time drawing males of various ages; although, I don't think I did bad with Mary's uncle, Marlin. (He's bald and relatively young, though, so...not much challenge there.)
