Welcome finally to issue 2 of Tides of Tirnanog! Hopefully the art has leveled up a bit, so the two week hiatus was worth it to bring you the highest quality I can. In particular went through several sketches before I finalized panel 5

I’ll once again mention that Terith’s bag seems to operate on a logic of its own considering he is somehow elbow deep in the thing.

HOOOOOOOORRRRRRSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE

Horses are hard to draw, by the way.

I know “knife ears” isn’t the most original insult for elves (I’m sure it’s been used in other things but it’s a Dragon Age reference to me), and I really wracked my brain to think of something. But I knew it had to be an insult in English because one of the worst things you can do in fantasy is have a bunch of awkward, fakey, made-up words making it difficult to read. Sadly this happens in alot of fantasy.

I debated for a long time about what a galloping horse would sound like. “Clip Clop” didn’t seem to cut it so enjoy one of my famous ridiculous made-up sound effects that my fans so loved to poke fun at in my embarrassing early comics.

I’ll admit, I use 3D objects for basic outlines alot in the backgrounds. Not for trees and such but manmade objects like buildings and this cart. I would go crazy trying to draw this cart over and over again (though I still flesh out details on it in every panel), and since I don’t have a background artist like most comics do it cuts down on production time. It also allows me to mess around with angles alot such as in the last panel.

I liked the angle so much I actually “penciled” the characters directly on the computer to fit them in. Usually I pencil in drawing pads, scan them in, and then ink digitally. It took a little longer but it was worth it.

Oh so many background characters I had to design on the fly here. Terith is supposed to sound a bit like a snake oil salesman here.