The Sleeper's Den

I'm working my way back in the direction of the comic... Morgana and Morgause are already looking forward to new pages, it seems ;).



I try to stay away from New Year's resolutions because they never amount to anything and that's just depressing, but this year I'd really like to establish a routine for working on my comic. Already I'm off on a bad start, but - let's just ignore that for a moment and not stay on the ground after stumbling over the first block.

If you were waiting for LJ updates to know when new pages are up, I should tell you that I did carry on for 9 more pages than were ever mentioned here... My last post ran until page 86, but I've made it to page 95 before everything went to hell in a handbasket. So, if you wanted to catch up: it's the birth of Arthur and its aftermath...

The Darkest Hour p. 87
The Darkest Hour p. 88
The Darkest Hour p. 89
The Darkest Hour p. 90
The Darkest Hour p. 91
The Darkest Hour p. 92
The Darkest Hour p. 93
The Darkest Hour p. 94
The Darkest Hour p. 95

Morgause and Morgana are serving as ambassadors for the next part, as it will spend a bit more time on these young ladies and their as yet undiscovered powers.

I've been religiously making teaser pictures for every new page with the intention of posting them here, but I'm not exactly doing a great job of it. I apologise for my lack of replies, too - especially because your comments mean a lot to me. People close to me sometimes tell me to ease down on the self-imposed deadlines for things like the comic, which doesn't make any money and isn't exactly a huge hit. But though it brings its own frustrations, making this comic is something of a consolation as compared to my often thankless job. (Never become a professional writer, kids: everyone thinks they write better than you.)

I'm getting to a point where it's beginning to look as if the early pages were inked by someone else. This bugs me very much, but, um, I can't really afford to start all over again. I mean, I really would like to get to Gawain some day and, you know, maybe do some Green Knight and Loathly Lady and stuff. And I'm positively *aching* for the Castle of Wonder, that Ygraine Payoff in, oh, 2000 pages or so.

...Yeah. Well, if I can keep up this 'a page a week' rhythm, I may not go on Summer hiatus this year. If I manage it, Arthur could be born in September...

Morgause and Morgana find their mother worried and distracted on page 43...



The Darkest Hour p. 43

The Darkest Hour p. 41 is live! This week: the risks that come with fairy children...



The Darkest Hour p. 41

In other news, I'm doing Inktober over on Instagram (ms_sigune) and Twitter (Gawaincomic). I'm using my holidays to draw as much comic as possible... And I need to get a move on, because I have signed up for hoggywartyxmas and snapecase too!

Not to mention that it's Socktober so I'm knitting socks, and the gift season is getting nearer so I have some gift knitting to get done :p.

I drew this Morgause with little Mordred on Day 5, but was really unhappy with her.



I don't know what it is - Morgause is just difficult? :/

Fortunately on Day 12 I managed a really cute young Gawain. I felt a bit foolish for wanting to draw him playing the flute, because it's tricky to get the hands right - I needed reference for that. But I'm really pleased with the result.



Finally, because my Morgause picture convinced me that I'm useless at drawing women, I attempted a Morgana on Day 14. Morgana nearly always works for me, which is just great. I love Morgana :).