The page is about 90% done. Here is panel 1, the rest will go up around lunch. : )

This is the early process work for Page 25.

I have 4 separate sketchbooks that I use in making this comic. They are: my Script-book, my Thumbnails Sketchbook, my Concepts Sketchbook (where I write ideas for the world and story), and my General Sketchbook where I hash out the details of the pages and do any number calculations. I do the colorscripts in Photoshop.

I have a story outline for The Pelkern Cycle, but the outline isn’t set in stone. Sometimes, as the characters develop in the story, I realize that some plot points I’ve planned for my characters aren’t consistent with who the characters have become. When that happens, I shift the plot to match the characters. As a result, I write each chapter’s script after finishing the comic pages for the preceding chapter. I will write the script and do the thumbnails for Chapter 3 all in one batch once I finish Chapter 2.

Here’s another preview of the upcoming page, and the reason this page is taking so long–There are a lot of characters on this page, including 4 who haven’t appeared yet in this comic. This is Panel 5. From left to right, Carolyn’s 3 younger brothers Kevin, Oren, and Vincent, her mother Maia, an unknown man, and her father Myles. 🙂

I’m still coloring this page, but it should go up today (Thursday), probably in the evening.

I haven’t finished coloring Page 28, so it’ll go Thursday Morning. This is a Preview of Panel 1, because I liked how the inking layer turned out.

I’ve been enjoying seeing other artists online pick their “Best 9 of 2018,” so here is my favorite 9 concept art/comic panels from 2018. 😀

The Pelkern Cycle is taking a short page break for the Holidays, Page 27 will be going up January 9th.