Made some new adjustments based on suggestions provided by the Amazing Were-World.
Stuff like showing more of her visible leg, adjusting her claw in the background, tilted the piece on its axis a bit. 

With this the main 2 figures are complete, hopefully I can get the background completed tonight. 
This piece has been quite the journey and I've learned a lot along the way and its going to be much stronger for the time put into the piece.

Were-World is seriously a great artist and very fast and well worth following and supporting and has helped me quite a bit with mentoring me on some of the pieces I've been working on. 

I cant wait to see this piece complete I'm really digging how its transformed so much along the way. XD

Hoboy. So after discussing matters with my brother and Wereworld I realized that a small change could get the perspective to feel much more dynamic, and that a much bigger change could really push for a bigger moment of anticipation.

Thus despite how disapointed I will be to have in a sense wasted my time over the last 3 days I'll bite the bullet and put in the work to vastly improve this piece. Really it wasn't a waste of time because I wouldn't have gotten to this much stronger design otherwise. Its all part of the process. ^ _^

I'll really only have to redo her arm and legs. I'll have to do more work with the background now though but it will be worth the effort. This feels like it will be so much more epic a piece now, I'm really excited!

I even realized there are some major ways I could improve some of the previously completed pieces that will really bring them all in line design wise and help to strengthen the core of these 2 characters struggle.

Tell me what you think about it all I really want to know, and please don't forget to consider perhaps leaving a donation or at least helping to spread the word! ^ _^

Lotta improvements since this morning. Still though it feels like there are some fundemental errors I need to figure out.

Does anything in particular stand out to you??

Could really use some input to better zero in on the issues.

I suspect its the anatomy of the arms coupled with the extreme foreshortening thats just not sitting right with me yet.

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Still a lot of push and pull to go with this one but its starting to feel more cohesive now. Both claws for Orphan will have to undergo some major adjustments to get the scale right.

Orphan is unique among those cursed with lycanthropy in that her full sized wolf form is many many times larger than what is typical of the Fang's soldiers. 

The problem is that being so small in statue and young still the massive increase in mass is incredibly painful causing her to blank out during transformations. Usually a cause of her body shutting down her human mind in order to protect itself through in newfound lupin instincts.

This makes discerning between friend and foe a near impossibility, but something that she will eventually overcome as she continues to grow into her body.

Can her newfound friends last long enough for her to find equilibrium with herself in that time is the question. 

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Lotta changes / refining to get the anatomy and body language to all match up properly. Started shrinking down Standards face but i think it might be too large now still compared to the rest of whats visible of her body.

Mnrrg accurate foreshortening and perspective can be such a pain sometimes. XD

Man poured several hours into this before taking a step back getting ready to save then realized i'd sucked all the flow of the pose right out of it!  >  .<

So had to go back and bring more of the angles and curves back to the piece.

I'm not quite satisfied with how her head and face looks just yet. I'll take another stab at it tomorrow. I foresee that being the one part of this piece that resists me the whole time. 

The ghost in the background will be played out in such a way that it wont be obvious that its there. Or at least thats what I'm hoping to achieve. 

The idea is that its more a representation of the hatred the Monstress has towards the Crimson Dames for intruding into her echo chamber.

I'm hoping this one wont take too long to knock out, just depends on how badly the pose for the head resists. XD 

What are your thoughts on it so far?

Did up the clothing for a censored version, also adjusted the werewolf's fur a bit and added a bit of jewelry on the shewolf to add more to the Gothic feel to the piece.  Tell me what you think! :D

Wasn't quite sure what I wanted to go with for this one initially but towards the end it all started to click together. 

There are 4 primary phases to how these mannequins will progress in the haunt.

"Normal" = where things seem somewhat normal but the early stages of the haunt are apparent. The mannequins from this point are the ones from when the creator was trying his best to capture the most ideal human forms.

Deconstruction = Where the master having become frustrated with his own sense of inadequacy started to destroy all of his creations violently, perhaps at some point loosing his ability to tell his creations apart from the staff working within his manor and dragging them into the violence.

Experimentation = The point where the creator started adding animalistic features to his creations seeking some new form of inspiration to be his muse, at some point using human bases to speed up the process.

The Arcane = the point were his experimentations with science/magic cross the threshold and give physical form to demonic entities from some other plane of existence. loosing a new form of abomination into the world. 

This particular one would come from the deconstruction period. Where more of the haunted/possessed mannequins come from. 

Almost finished a second mannequin today, it still needs some cleaning up tho will finish it up tomorrow, a stage 4 abomination. :D

Sketch Reward for Keyblademark!

Sketch Reward for Mark Undread! 

Refined pencils for Emperor Scion. Both Pieces have been approved for inking now. 
Moved the shield to his other hand after peeps in the stream helped me come to the realization that it looked like a lefties shield. XD 

I predict this one will still be the more difficult of the 2 to ink but It's been simplified some so hopefully things go smoothly enough. 

Third version for this illustration Is almost ready to start inking.

The Fief Lord Revealed, impressed with what a good girl his Shewolf has been.

I'm leaning towards the Lord falling into the role of Gold Wolf, one of the Four lords, among the Fang. His power will be added to the pack where he himself will gain his lycanthropy via his new bride.

This page still wasn't sitting well with me. Beefed up the look of ferocity of her close up, Tilted the panel border to make her feel less claustrophobic. and re positioned the victim so that the action reads a bit better.

Did another set of Sketch Draw Overs to give peeps a better idea of what you might get after submitting your own sketches.

Don't forget that Gold Tier Patrons get 2 Draw Over Requests per month staring this month!

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Take 2 for Emperor Scion, Got feedback already, wasn't quite what they were looking for yet so will try a new take tomorrow.

Wasn't digging the second panel, anatomy was too off and kind of doubling up on the anticipation. I think this works better, tho i think the eyes aren't scary enough just yet. Not sure if the body of the second thief makes sense yet too. Tell me what you think. :0

I decided to experiment with doing draw overs of sketches provided to me by Peffy, a patron who has gone above and beyond with his support.

I managed to knock out 3 in about an hours time so I think it goes quickly enough that I'll be able to start offering this to all gold tier Patrons. I think I'll experiment with 2 per month.

This will be a perk that will greatly benefit aspiring artists as well as myself in that it will help to re enforce key lessons I might be going slack on.

I'll go ahead and open it up starting today. Gold Tier Patrons will be allowed to submit 2 sketches to the WolfPack Queue and In the Crimson Dames Discord Server.

If your a Gold Tier Patron and don't draw, you can submit works from a friend who you think would be able to benefit from the process and would appreciate it.

Second head meats with physics, as a 4th character is introduced!

A familiar scent snaps her out of her blood lust.

Hrmm I hadn't intended on this guy being anyone of major importance to the wider story line of Crimson Dames that I have planned. Though now I'm thinking.

I do have a few roles that haven't been fleshed out or designed yet.

And if our gal here was a gift from the fang for services rendered, then perhaps it might be ideal if our Fief Lord here is developed into one of the 4 generals of the Fang.

White and Black are fulfilled already. So I'm leaning toward blue or brown wolf.

Though those names don't really evoke any sort of danger. What if I go with Timber for brown. and ... hrmmm.

With Blue Wolf I guess I was leaning more towards a different shade of black. Really isnt working tho.

maybe gold?

hrmm yeah looking up pics now I think gold will work better.

Timber will be a more typical shade of brown with gold wolf being more of a light toasted brown.

White, Black, Timber, and Gold. Or should White be silver or gray?  X0

Tell me what you think, and what you think of the progress thus far. do any of the panels feel particularly off to you? I know i keep sliding off model for the shewolf, which pages do u think I really need to take a second look at? Does anyone read these posts?? ._  .

Shifted some elements around to make more space and simplified the first panel. Also changed up that one panel that just looked... wrong. XD

I'll work in a grisly sound effect into the background for the severed head scene. But I'm not the best at text so I'll likely be playing with fonts to come up with something that looks a bit better.

I do like how the second thief turned out who is literally trying to escape the comic at this point XD

Todays progress with refining the pencils for Lance Thunderhoof. Not sure about his expression just yet, might add in the dragons tail in the background too later.

Was looking at these 2 pages and realized that the final panel of 18 and the first of 19 just didn't gel right, and since they were both somewhat similar I opted to keep the one that fed best into the next page.

I might still want to adjust the 4th panel on page 18, it still doesn't quite feel right yet.

I think maybe 2-3 more pages and a cover and things should be ready to start inking/refining.

Hrmm need to think about how to design her master/groom now. If I make him too cool people will expect to see him more down the line, but not cool enough and it might not be as satisfying a finish. :p

Tell me what u think though, and by all means point out what u think looks stupid and that I need to fix, just be classy about it. XD

Next take on the Lane Thunderhoof sketch.
I felt that the dragon was eating up too much space for the original take so attempted to a version that was zoomed in closer.
Will see what the Art Director decides they like best.
Tomorrow will work more on Scion while waiting for feedback.

Finally getting started on these 2. The first set of sketches is proving to be quite the challenge for finding the right balance between the 3 main figures each of which pulls focus away from the other.

The more of the dragon I show the smaller the riders presence, were as there's only so many poses I can use where that tower shield isn't covering up most of his body.

The next of the emperors throne came together much quicker, but will conversely be the harder of the 2 to ink. T  oT

Will see what suggestions the Art director provides before moving forward.