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Off For SwarmCon

I'm departing for SwarmCon tonight! And yes, one entire suitcase is nothing but merch and stuff to sell.

Wish me luck!

El Indon 127 WIP & Important Update

Okay. So. El Indon.

As you can probably guess from the state this page is uploaded in, I'm not going to be able to meet the Monday deadline this time. It's just been taking too long, and I'm worn out. My girlfriend is getting ready to graduate, I'm preparing for SwarmCon this week, I'm making plan...

ATW - Painted Claws

Probably not the final version of this GIF, because I expect Tumblr to collapse it in stupid and unforeseen ways.

El Indon 126

Boy, is it ever Monday.

Style Test

You might have already seen this quick piece I did for 

@iboopyeens on Twitter, but this is the super-sharp B/W style I plan to use for the ATW mini comic that I'll sell at SwarmCon. Patrons will get the comic for free.

Back From ECCC!

Hey Patrons, and new Patrons! Seattle was great! And SwarmCon is in two more weeks! You can expect some Cutes to be posted here as I get back in swing and do all the stuff needs doing before the next con. In the meantime, $15 Patrons, please be sure you've sent an email to jeff @ el-indon . com with...

El Indon - Buck Concepts

An awful lot of development went into Buck, but in the end a great deal of it won't be used in the story. He's always been a big blue theropod-like thing, but his face, size, and posture have changed a lot. I was going to give him a beak at one point, but that made him look too much like a tradition...

El Indon 124 WIP

The step-by-step of page 124.

A Busy 2 Weeks

Hey everyone! Good news and bad news.

Good news is, I'm going to ECCC next week, so if you're in the Seattle area we might be able to hang for a bit! Bad news is, because of Lots Of Shit that happened earlier this month, I'm a little behind schedule on ... well, a lot of things, as out...

Convention Banner

This is a banner for me to hang when I table at conventions. I'll be doing that for the first time this year at Swarmcon in Savannah, so if you're in the Coastal Georgia / SCAD area, come say hi!

I'll also be walking around at ECCC in Seattle, so if you're going there, y'know, let's try and shake ...

El Indon 123

aaaaand that's the end of my buffer

ATW - Not Again (Alternate)

Originally I wanted this GIF to have a transparent background buuuuuuut... pixels.

Next time I'll try this in After Effects.

ATW - Very Different Questions

There are many questions that make Blackbird happy.

El Indon 122

If you've been paying attention you'll probably notice that each Guild has a Trademark, a symbol that's used as a visual motif in everything related to them. Originally the Merchants' Guild had that maze pattern that you see in the stamp - but I decided to change it on this page. Now it's a single d...

El Indon 121

Altogether pleased with this one.

ATW - Nobody Else GIFs

Tumblr decided to fuck the colors on the latest Ask The Werewolves, so Patreon gets the blinky light instead.

Also, originally Blackbird's phone had a less abrasive name in it, but I felt that didn't sell the emotion quite as well.

El Indon - Original World Map

Although it's not terribly important to the plot, there is a proper world map of El Indon that will be shown later in the comic. 

The story takes place on a northern continent called the Snowlands (how very creative) dominated by two large mountain ranges and a v...

El Indon 120

Came out a little more Blade Runner than I planned, but hey, some lovely shades of violet. 

El Indon 120 WIP

Oh god my eyes

El Indon 119

a n t s y

Patron Sketches #1

The first set of Patron sketches is done! That was a good Midnight Run we had there, even with two program crashes.

These sketches belong to FoxyDude, Dekopuma, and Vaporial. If you would like yours in a bigger resolution, just email me at the usual address. Though I should point out that of t...

February Wallpaper

Hey everyone! February's wallpaper is up and ready. There are two versions of this one; if you need a bigger resolution, just ask.

Also, $15 Patrons - this is the last call for your first month's sketch commission. Please send an email to jeff @ el-indon . com with the su...

El Indon 118

I went with silhouettes on this page as a timesaver, as I've done with a couple big crowd scenes in the past with mixed success. Here, I think it works quite well. It might look better if it meshed with the rendered background, but then, having the silhouettes stand out is the whole point.

I d...

ATW - Transformation

Here's a bigger, nicer version of the animation that Tumblr and Twitter will get.

El Indon 117

Haven't seen those things in a while.

El Indon 117 WIP

So El Indon's been without a buffer for quite a while, something I REALLY need to fix before convention season starts in March. So regular commissions for February won't be starting until probably the middle of the month. Unfortunately that means if you wanted a commission from me for VDay, it's pro...

January Wallpaper

Hey everyone!

Yeah, the January wallpaper's come in February. I was sick for a while, so it was inevitable that I fell a little behind. Don't worry, February's wallpaper will be on time. 

This wallpaper ended up being different dimensions than I had planned, so in addition t...

El Indon 116 WIP

There are a couple of things to be done on tonight's Midnight Run. In case we don't get to it, here's the WIP of page 116.

ATW Apparel Preview

With any luck you'll see this image on shirts soon...!

On Worldbuilding

Oxley asked this question WRT the last post:

"So...touching on the topic of comic planning, exactly how much of El Indon is already set in stone, and how much--like this--is up in the air or could change? I'd like to start on a webcomic of my own someday...