Part 2 – Chapter 1 – Red Moon Rising – a steampunk fantasy webcomic

Not ringing any bells there, E.

—That’s a wrap for this scene, and chapter 1 of this second arc! I’m really happy with this page turned out and how the art’s going in general. I’m especially enjoying drawing Ezius, but we’ll be moving to a completely different locale and set of characters in chapter 2, so that should be fun.

The keen-eyed amongst you may have noticed a few changes to the site, namely that the comic has gained about 100px in width and height. I thought this would look better in general, so I’m slowly rolling it out through the archive. Additionally, the first 11 pages (i.e. the prologue) of the first arc have been updated with edited art at the larger page size, and I think it’s a huge improvement. This is part of a medium-term plan to update the older pages in preparation for doing a book (yes!) so stay tuned for more news on that. In the meantime, enjoy the improved art.

Finally, the update day for the comic has changed from Monday to Tuesday. RMR almost always ends up updating on Tuesday due to my own personal schedule, so this basically just makes it official.

The Zombie Hunters Kickstarter has less than two days left on it! I’m happy to say they’ve made their goal, so if you want to get a book from them it’s a good time to jump on board.

So generous! So reasonable! —Not much news this week, except that I’m enjoying the hell out of colouring these pages. It took a bit to figure out, but I’m loving this colour scheme. Makes me wish I had a massive garden to hang out in. Edit: Almost forgot, I posted the photoshop file for the previous page on my tumblr a few days ago. If you’re interested in how RMR pages come together it’s worth a look. The Zombie Hunters Kickstarter is still going! They’re nearly at their goal, so if you want what is definitely going to be an incredibly high quality book, chip in soon.

That bird is outta here. —Sorry for the delay on Ezius’ witty rejoinder, it may not come as much of a surprise but hey, I got ill again. Some sort of stomach bug that I actually thought was panic attacks for a while, it was seriously doing my head in. In brighter news, I made a new photoshop brush that’s all over this page and is probably my favourite thing ever. It’s like a textured roller sort of thing, I wish I could marry it. Also, I’m pretty pleased with panel 2. Up the nose shots are pretty hard to draw, but I think that one turned out pretty well. And it turns out spears are brilliant fun to colour. Who knew?

My friends Jenny and Greg over at The Zombie Hunters are still doing their Kickstarter! They’ve nearly reached their goal, so if you’re at all inclined do check it out.