Did you hear Oregon is considering bringing back dueling for public officials? That... seems like a bad idea. But let's see how this Cassiopeia Quinn storyline plays out to know what our full take is on it, eh?
Here's something you won't see often when we do these (although it happens more often in the concept art updates we do at the $7 tier): see that character in panel 2? That's a rejected design for him. He's never going to be seen in the comic... at least, the character here is never going to look lik...
2017-04-07 04:36:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Gunwild: I mentioned this in the newspost, but man, the law REALLY hates pirates. Even in normal life. Did you know there are pretty much no laws stopping you from killing pirates?
Psu: I wonder if someone could use that excuse at a renfaire....
Psu<...
2017-04-07 04:31:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Some sci-fi properties out there are telling you to "RUN." But why bother with that, when you can sit back, click a link, and enjoy a new Cassiopeia Quinn update?
Probably should have been putting the months these get POSTED on them, in the first place... corrected now. Anyway, here's the victor of our first pinup subject poll, Dr. Botz! Did your favorite not win? Don't worry, odds are they'll reappear in the next poll, alongside a new option!
Gunwild: This story DEFINITELY made us decide our text needed to be bigger.
Psu: It looks fine when I put my face five inches away from the screen...
Gunwild: If they were humans, Prince Gleb oughta face court martial for striking one of his...
2017-03-31 00:36:28 +0000 UTC View Post
At the very roughest beginnings of a sketch page like this, a lot of what's considered is what takes up space where, how things out in relation to each other. Things are drawn so quickly and intuitively that in spaces like panel 3, it's hard to understand anything other than the shape of a person an...
2017-03-31 00:05:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This page had some re-takes on it, specifically the first and second panels. we had two ways we could go with them, and Psu actually wound up sketching it one way, deciding that it wouldn't work, then doing it all over again! To make sure that the new take fit with what we were going for for the res...
2017-03-24 11:24:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Psu: "Poik!"
Gunwild: I remember one of the comments I saw on this on a forum was about the Talps and Kettering bit. They said "Why is the background gag in the foreground?"
Psu: It's pretty cute. But gosh it raises a LOT of questions. Has T...
2017-03-24 10:35:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Hack! Cut! Slice! Slash! Chop! Other swordy sounds!
Gunwild: We were just talking about tea.
Psu: The first of many of our holiday comic strips...
Gunwild: They're not THAT Thanksgiving-themed, I'm pretty sure they're just a couple of 4koma - which is to say, four-panel gag strips - I wanted ...
2017-03-15 23:02:59 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a sketch that's been approved for redlines but doesn't have them yet. You can see that some characters aren't really drawn in at all, and just have notes on outlines saying where they'll be.
On the other hand, Beebot won't be drawn much more complicated than he is right there in the last p...
2017-03-15 22:57:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Feeling down? Poorly? Out of sorts? Well, at least you won't feel out of swords when you're reading today's Cassiopeia Quinn update!
Redlines for the next page - this reveals that yes, we're putting Maddy in a fencing competition. This can only go well for her, right? Yes? She's good at swordfighting, and does well in structured environments!
Note that when there are big SFX Psu writes in the spaces they'll have to take up, dec...
2017-03-10 03:40:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Psu: I was just thinking about this today
Gunwild: So yes, Nimoo has Star-Lord's Walkman from Guardians of the Galaxy, a movie that hadn't come out when we started Cassiopeia Quinn, but which sure goes to our space-adventure loving hearts.
Psu 2017-03-10 03:34:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Help us pick the subject of this month's sexy pinup! Vote, and feel free to throw some suggestions as to the specifics of the pinup in the comments section.
2017-03-07 19:44:26 +0000 UTC View Post
We do ourselves the pleasure of inviting you to read the latest Cassiopeia Quinn update, available now to all interested parties for their perusal and entertainment!
Gunwild: I like writing silly reveals.
Psu: It might be hard to believe but I'm PRETTY SURE that I never did concept art of the Vanaa looking anything BUT like funny little goobers."
Gunwild: I think this page actually differed from the conc...
2017-03-04 10:49:34 +0000 UTC View Post
And here we go with the main plot of this "chapter," centered around swordfightin'. Could this page mean that Russ and Maddy are gonna duel to the death?!
... well, no. Actually they're just practicing. But it'll be fun!
Maddy's posture in the top left panel is borrowed from the Jet Li movie...
2017-03-03 10:36:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Here you have it, a pinup with the three main Doll-Fins AND Clawlossus! This show is proving their most popular yet, because finally people can say they're going to see those lovely showgirls for the action scenes, the action scenes!
All this cuteness was great, but the plan now is to get back to the serious stuff. Everybody likes it if you can bounce between the two so that you never have too much of one or the other, right? Right? Heh heh. Huhhh.
Psu: Why the hell did I start doing this in color. I would've been paid the same without the color.
Gunwild: Well, maybe fewer people would be giving to the Patreon, which would be less pay! Possibly.
Psu: Oh yeah, that's true... Anyway ther...
2017-02-23 05:40:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Another somewhat mellow page this week before we launch into a Maddy-centric, swordfight-based story... we kind of want to show how Beebot integrates into the lives of Cassiopeia and Zeke. Hopefully it's cute and likable!
Hm, wonder if Zeke could turn my sneakers into rocket shoes...
2017-02-23 00:43:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Again doing something a little different for the WiP this week, here's a look at a preview of the monthly pinup. This time it'll feature the Doll-Fins (and Clawlossus) in a promotional poster for their new, more battle-themed act! Why secretly be a cadre of warriors pretending to be showgirls... whe...
2017-02-17 04:40:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Psu: For all the times I do it, I sure am bad at drawing hands placed on hips.
Gunwild: I don't think I'd noticed the Ditto face in Panel 5. That's a good one.
Psu: Well what I remember liking most about this page is that clearly Maddie alre...
2017-02-15 22:04:57 +0000 UTC View Post
According to our count, fourteen new people have joined up with the Cassiopatreon this week! We're super happy to have you. Please enjoy the backlog o' dozens and dozens of posts, and also this new guest page by our very own sometimes-colorist, Brellom!
Gunwild: Some comments we've gotten on this are like "Why would they found a colony somewhere with unsafe levels of radiation?"
Psu: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION GUNWILD
Gunwild: And that is a perfectly reasonable question, but I think it has a pe...
2017-02-10 21:54:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Brellom's taken another pass at this guest strip, now it's got dynamic new angles and (what may be) finalized dialogue!
As someone pointed out, yes, we are doing a little goof on the backless sweater fad. We think it's cute. Hope we're not being too CHEEKY.
2017-02-10 14:45:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a page in the works from our own oftimes-color assistant, Brellom! Featuring buttcrack... so avert your eyes, young children!
Interesting here is that you can see the first pass at the layout hiding underneath the current one. It was much-simplified, with the characters coming much closer t...
2017-02-04 02:06:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Gunwild: The first panel is really impressive and all, but my favorite thing is the eyebot measuring Cupcake's foot for new sneaks.
Psu: I remember that very specifically from the script and I had a hell of a time coming up with a composition that would fit everyt...
2017-02-03 14:39:26 +0000 UTC View Post