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BUP WOTN Page 5 - Step By Step

And progress of page 5!

I really like how Logan came out in third panel.

Last panel is like too. I've been getting into making silly faces again. 

BUP: CH5 What's Our Team Name? - Page 5

We get a bit more serious and the term "pristine" is brought up officially in the comic. Referring to Spirits, who choose not to use nectar. We learn Logan's dad is one, but he is fine with his son's current job. Logan advises Whinter to talk with his family. But that's later! Time to think about...

Patreon Special: Opposites But Equal

Here's another special patreon special! A comic + sketch bonus.

Daisy was born with water powers that heal spirits. Arnick was born with water powers that hurt spirits. This polar opposites got me thinking possible dynamics between these two (along the obvious personality clashes) and my br...

BUP WOTN Page 4 - Step By Step

Here's progress of page 4!

Not much to say here.... Final panel is a reference to HOI panel, where Whinter fantasies about meeting the squid sisters, heh.

You can also see the street from the other side view. And we can see there's a shopping mall on the other side of the cafe.

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Apollo and Cosmo

Here's a little bonus content!

After the stream two weeks ago, I did start doing some sketches of what Cosmo's big brother Apollo could look like. I had to keep in mind Cosmo's design as these two should look like brothers, despite living very different lives. After some sketching (which I ...

BUP: CH5 What's Our Team Name? - Page 4

On to the next topic: team name! We learn that it's not just about coming up with a name, it's branding! You gotta choose not only the name and logo that goes on bottle caps, but also flavoring! We are working on a pretty much soda industry... But the benefits sure sound tempting!

BUP WOTN Page 3 - Step By Step

Here's progress of page 3.

Interesting point about this page is the first panel. Original script just has Marian handing out the phone to Whinter. And as I worked on the page layout, it was clear the second panel needed a lot of space for all the dialog Marian had. Thus, the first panel bec...

BUP: CH5 What's Our Team Name? - Page 3

Whinter is showered with gifts today. He receives a new phone, courtesy of Ambrosia, that comes with handy applications. It was about time to get a new phone I see.

An update on sales tax

Hey everyone. 

I wanted to make a post about this before it goes live and give a heads up. Starting July 1st, patreon is required to apply sales taxes to patreon pledges. I will copy paste the text they sent to me. They'll do a better job at explaining it than I will. Just know some pl...

PSD Library - Spacey Cuties

Here's three PSD files featuring space theme and... cute Tanrine.

AC cosplayers, chibi Tanrine and Oterma and her elgyem/hatenne fusion for DA RPG group. Please enjoy

BUP WOTN Page 2 - Step By Step

Here's progress of page 2.

Still experimenting with coloring and shading. Each page is a new experience I suppose, heh. Anyway, this was a fun silly page to make.

BUP: CH5 What's Our Team Name? - Page 2

Vadelma brings everyone gifts, including Whinter and his little sister. Whinter has a chance to apologize the stunt he pulled when these two met. But looks like Vadelma wasn't offended by it, on the contrary actually! Also, your thirst is showing girl.

BUP WOTN Cover & Page 1 - Step By Step

Here's progress of chapter 5 cover and page one! I did also include just background version of the page 1, as I put lot of effort into the final panel, I thought it would be nice to show it on its own

edit: forgot to comment about it. This was the moment I had to decide on what the center a...

BUP: CP5 What's Our Team Name? - Cover & Page 1

And here we go, chapter 5! It will be a shorter one, but as you can see, an important one! Time to decide on a team name!

Also, let me introduce you the new Bottled Up logo! I wanted to design the logo myself due to personal reasons, and to update it with designs from the series. Ambrosia g...

BUP WIABPart2 Page 32 - Step By Step

Here's progress of page 32!

First you can see that the last panel of this page was different from the final. As I was working on this, I felt it wasn't strong enough to show how happy Whinter was to finally have some friends in his life. So I edited it. I've included the sketch of the new p...

BUP: CP4 A World Inside A Bottle Part 2 - Page 32

We jump to the night and see Whinter admiring his new Bottling card. Also, happy for the new friends he made.

And that's it for part 2 of Chapter 4! We finally got to show the meat of this series. One more "lore" chapter after this, and we're fully ready for just story stuff!

Patreon Special: Team Wind

The cool thing about Bottling is, that even tho all these 4 are from competing teams, there are also missions where 4 of same element get to work together. In terms of wind, Bella gets to lead the boys. 

I think this team would be quite chaotic but they'd have ton of fun together.

BUP WIABPart2 Page 31 - Step By Step

Here's progress of page 31! Originally the story was gonna end on Whinter getting the contact info from his new friends, but I wanted to show him interacting more with his family. So I added this scene (and one other extra as there is one more page left of this chapter)

You can also see som...

BUP: CP4 A World Inside A Bottle Part 2 - Page 31

Whinter surprises his family with a strawberry cake! Yum! And tells them he got a new job. Not going in detail too much... Hmm. Oh well! Time to enjoy the cake!

PSD Library: BUP Posing

Here are PSDs featuring BUP cast, in some dynamic poses! Hope you enjoy!

BUP WIABPart2 Page 30 - Step By Step

Here's progress of page 30. Not much to say about this one. It's a simple transition page. But it's cute one. Also, the original version of the sketch had Whinter just thinking about the celebration and that's it. But I did get the cute idea of him getting something from Vadelma, thus I added the...

BUP: CP4 A World Inside A Bottle Part 2 - Page 30

Time to exchange information and meet up again later! And nice, got Clem's contact info, too! Time to celebrate!

PSD Library: Tired Arnick

Here is the PSD of Arnick piece I made. Fun fact, the original version of this had more blood on his bat, but I decided to down it down for public post. You can still find the original version if you turn off edit layer, heh.

BUP WIABPart2 Page 29 - Step By Step

And here's progress of page 29.

Not too much to say here. I did draw one template of the bottle, with the label in different angles and used that a lot on this page. Drawing Mico looking all seductive was fun too, haha.

BUP: CP4 A World Inside A Bottle Part 2 - Page 29

Mico tells our new Bottlers about another benefit, which is to use part of your payment to buy nectar at employee prices! How handy. Let's celebrate our two new Bottlers too!

PSD Library: ARMSU

Here are two PSDs of the ARMS art pieces I made

Ninjara vs Min Min PSD contains the Black/white version too. Enjoy!

BUP WIABPart2 Page 28 - Step By Step

Here's progress of page 28.

This was a bit challenging page to do, due to me wanting to create pixel art icons of the characters. Which was not hard, but rather was to fit them for the comic page and not resize them so that they'd become blurry. I should have measured the size of the final ...

BUP: CP4 A World Inside A Bottle Part 2 - Page 28

Some of you were curious what these machines seen in previous part of this chapter are. Well, they are B.A.S.K.E.T return machines! They take your B.A.S.K.E.T and calculate how much nectar you collected and your payment! How handy! And looks like Whinter and Tanrine both succeeded in their task! ...

Patreon Special - Bunny Day

Spring and Easter is here. So let the bunnies come! Whinter sure is enjoying this.

I tried something different here. Hope you like it

BUP WIABPart2 Page 27 - Step By Step

And progress of page 27. Got to draw Mico again in general was nice. I like how his expressions on mid panels came out.

And pay no mind of the bottle stand changing into a barrel all the sudden. I'm still trying to think what kind of room this is...