New characters introduced! Lady Maroon and Maroon Mind, or "The Mystic Twins," were some of my favourite characters to develop and it was fun to finally get to draw them. Captain Marauder is the most iconic, but also the most bland to illustrate. Branching out into female form is also a welcome challenge for me.
I tried to ease back on the intense inks this week. I think I might have got it right this time, firstly reducing the contrast of the overall strip (since it always prints darker on newsprint), and using less shadow in general. It seems to make for a less stifling appearance. I'm also really happy with my paneling at this point. I'm getting very used to working with the format so it's coming much more naturally now, I can start experimenting here and there whilst keeping it nice and tight. I made a couple of revisions to some of the drawings, particularly to Maroon Mind's face and legs in the last panel, which I've shown here. A bit too late though, since it had already gone to print by the time I tweaked it. But there are myriad alterations I want to make on all 5 previous strips so far as well... so I can't complain.
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