Wow this really got away from me this time, sorry about that, you guys!!! <3
I’m starting to realize that as I get older, things seem to be taking me like five times as long to do as it would take a normal person to do, haha. Ugh. Maybe I’m depressed or burned out, I don’t know. It’s hard finding internal motivation these days, without an editor/boss monitoring me and lighting a fire under my ass, I tend to end up doing nothing instead.
It might spill into January but I’m hoping to finish writing TMNT by end of this year, and then come 2024 I’m going to try to focus exclusively on Shadoweyes until it’s DONE. I think I have enough money to take a break from licensed stuff and focus on finishing this book before going back to do more TMNT and/or Godzilla or something.
Anyway, here’s one page and one sketched-out page!
I’m deviating a lot from the original script in this scene. I love following new ideas when they pop up, and doing a comic like this lets me do that since I don’t have to worry about editorial and approvals or doing it in monthly issue format where things are set in stone each month. When I work on my own comics on my own time, it’s a more fluid process, things shift around as I go, I abandon ideas and implement new ones, I get to change things if something starts to feel right or wrong. The book remains in a fluid state until the very end when it’s sent off to the printer.
Thanks for being so supportive and patient, you guys!!! <3
YIPPEEE IM SO HAPPY YOU'RE SAFE <3 I AM SO EXCITED YAY
Thank you very much for this update! :) it's very good to know that you're still working on SHADOWEYES, and thank you for sharing a few new pages from that book. I'm highly looking forward to getting a copy whenever you're able to finish it, even if that may be some time in the new year. <3 --MATTHEW