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sovember
Author Notes:
Thanks for reading!
Next episode coming near the end of the month! I hope you guys will like this comic’s new style going forward. Slightly more visceral lineart to save me time. And more reminiscent of Zelda Windwaker I’d say haha. Expect higher frequency of updates after this one!
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Hey y’all! Got some site updates coming soon.
Going to update some sweeping panel layout and character tweaks to all the previous episodes!
Episode 1-2 is already updated!
Episode 1-3 is already updated!
Look forward to the rest of these updates very soon, in the next few days!
Super SSJTwelve
PEAK.
sovember
LMAO. Glad to hear.
Fixed the image link for ya, that’s one of my fav One Piece memes too XD.
SailorJupiter
AAAAA THEY KISSED 😭😭😭
NIA WHY ARE YOU WALKING AWAY NOOOO
WAIT SIN?????
THE TALKING FROGS??????
WHY WOULD YOU END IT THERE dafsdfds
sovember
LMAOO I’m so sorry. I love cliffhangers. Not to scare you but there’s going to be much more brutal ones than this XD
Rosalyn Manning
The dream montage was beautiful. I really liked the way it made the kiss feel like something with history behind it instead of a sudden romance moment.
sovember
Thank you!! That’s exactly what I was going for. Feel their history in a way that doesn’t have to get too deep into a backstory. Economic…for lack of better term haha.
BigShaunArt
The emotions are running high!
sovember
Definitely! Yasha’s having one of those days lmao.
QuintinKenobi
Even super heroes have complicated relationship problems. Wonder did Nia leave because she regrets that kiss, or because she liked it too much? “Zooterkins!”
sovember
Totally! Lol btw I think one of your YT videos on Marvel relationships was really topical for that.
That’s a really good point on Nia btw. One things for sure she’s conflicted! I can’t wait to show y’all more, Nia’s one of my fav characters.
Thanks for reading Quintin!
fIUVEnIGHTSUready
frog boss entered phase 2 way too early
sovember
Very true 0-100 in no time lol.
Davemowry8
Rad. I can see this comic being an animation 😎
sovember
Ayye thank you so much Dave!! You’re in luck cause that’s 100% happening :D. I freakin’ love webcomics but animating a show is what I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid haha!
Alex Le
Grumpy 3D Yasha is a mood.
Thanos
Must be useful to have your characters in 3D
sovember
It is! Not all of them have this level of detail but the ones that do are godsend for consistency/speed when I have more to reference. I ain’t drawing Nia’s patterns from memory all the time lol. Also helps when I make small design changes. Like removing Nia’s flap on the back is just a hovering over it pressing L and deleting it .
Alex Le
Now that’s a D’aww. Had to do a double take with some of the dialogue Nia and Yasha were saying there. I like that the ‘saying multiple things at once’, thing they do at a few lines. Like they’re talking vaguely to submerged emotions while trying to continue the conversation.
And oh great. Circus made horrors beyond comprehension 💀
sovember
They really have a cute dynamic! And you’re so spot on with the multiple meanings! One of my goals here was to have some of their responses to each other be loosely logical..but also saying/alluding to something else at the same time. I can’t wait to go deeper with what’s going on with both of them but lots of breadcrumbs on this page.
Froggo time >:)
Thanos
Why do you hate me.
sovember
Lmaoo bro I’m so sorry 🐸
myname123
Yasha’s head over heels for her!
sovember
She absolutely is haha.
MysteryBearKuma
That kick looks like it would kill most people. Sin is a tank
Alex Le
He physically can’t die while he hasn’t surpassed his rival.
sovember
@Alex Le BUT AT WHAT COST!?
Alex Le
Salient and insightful point yellow cartoon anthro. Knowing you I’m guessing Sin is in for a rough time in this story lol.
sovember
Lmao.
I can’t wait to show y’all that character in Paradise or Else. And yeah, Sin will definitely go through an arc to say the least! Won’t have as much focus as Yasha/Nia/Mina obviously (those three get the most development in this story by far), but his trajectory and trials put ’em through the wringer for sure.
Thanos
Ayo, honestly I can’t read the sarcasm 😂. Can Sin seriously not die or what?
sovember
Ya he was joking XD. Sin can absolutely die, though he’s definitely abnormally sturdy!
Though his current insecurity in wanting to surpass Yasha is definitely a thing. I relate much more with Yasha than Sin in general but hey, outliving those that have slighted me™ is one of my motivations too lmao.
Alex Le
Alex Le
Sin’s motivation always reminded me of Naruto but I remember you saying something about Thorfinn in regard to inspiration for his character arc and now I don’t know what the fuck to expect 💀.
I’m looking forward to Nia and Yasha meeting Mina. Since you’ve teased lore around Mina the most I’m looking forward to her arc the most in this story.
sovember
@Alex Le Yeah, what I can say is the future of this story will be very interesting! And you are correct that Adult Thorfinn is one influence for Sin for sure. Even though I’d say at this moment there’s not much that’s analogous yet haha.
Man I can’t wait to bring back Mina in full too! The way she enters the story will be much different but I hope y’all like it. Quite an intense arc between her and Yasha to say the least haha. Was loosely inspired by Monogatari and Evangelion for stuff related to her (along with Shantae obviously haha). We shall see in the InBetween 😀
sovember
@MysterBearKuma 100%. Sin’s actually a two or three times stronger/sturdy than average for a human. He just doesn’t seem super impressive cause he’s juxtaposed to Yasha all the time haha.
Luz
AWW cute. I’m dig the looney toons vibes of the evil frog =P
sovember
I’m so glad that’s definitely a goal to make them zany like Circus XD.
PiplupWithGlasses
I like the fakeout with the kiss. Was bracing for it to be interrupted by the giant frog.
sovember
Thanks!! Especially at the beginning of this story, I’d say Live Yasha can be a bit familiar in fantasy beats and concept, but I want it to be subversive in subtle ways too haha. Especially as the story goes on longer.
arenadamyan
Lesbians and Karate Frogs. This comic has it all!
sovember
That’s a PERFECT tagline lmao
LemonKing
If Yasha could beat that yellow dragon this probably won’t be hard for her.
sovember
Good point! The Bakunawa is no joke. Hopefully it pans out well for her.
I can’t wait to show y’all this sequence. All the characters here will contribute ;D
Maya
I like how much Nia doesn’t fit in visuallly to the other island people. Her Aztec style clothing is really pretty!
sovember
Right? Not fun to draw XD, but such beautiful attire from her culture!
Yeah, Nia’s standing out visually is pretty apt to her character if I do say so! Despite being very close and outgoing with lots of people on the island, esp Yasha, she is very independent/okay with being alone doing her own thing. She has a big secret dream tied to a custom on her original home island, Cipactli Cay (which she hasn’t returned to yet since she left as a young child).
Cipactli Cay is actually a huge part of the story. I am both looking forward to and dreading drawing a lot of heavily patterned clothing lmao.
Henson
Hang in there, your big sister’s coming! It’s a marvel how much you can output, you’ll have to tell me your secret. Amazing art as usual.
sovember
Definitely. Lalo gots nothing to fear!!
Thanks so much Henson! Trust me I’m not consistent /w my output haha got major ADD, but things have been better lately :). One thing I did that’s helped with my productivity is make a local React based app that helps me plan and schedule things all in one place. I find a lot of the one’s you have to pay for clunky or overpriced so I was like…lemme just make my own lmao.
It helps that I can drag and move stuff around since my energy and motivation can different day by day but it’s really helped me offload mental RAM so to speak and get things done more consistently. I hope to be pumping out pages weekly for y’all soon!
Edit: Uploaded a larger shot of it!
Alex Le
As someone who also has a thousand hobbies you need to hook me up
sovember
Lmao absolutley man, I’ll give you the app code if you want it’s pretty lean. And yeah I’m doing too much lol, luckily it’s not as bad as some of the images show. My major time sinks now are just game dev stuff, comic/animation stuff, and then a bunch of random day to day life stuff! I used to be doing a lot more generic non gaming dev work and certs but that’s done now thankfully.
Alex Le
You’re killing it with the redos bro. I like that little new scene with Nia.
sovember
Yeah I wanted Nia to come in a little earlier haha. Yasha, Mina, Nia, Lalo, and Sin are important players (the first three a more so than the last two), and I wanna give ’em all their spotlight. In a way I try to write them so that in a differently executed story perspective, they could each be the main character :).
And thanks so much bro!! Means a lot finishing these redos here in a day or two is actually a huge milestone. It means I won’t be doing anymore redos for any comics anymore!! All forward from here. This has been maybe my best year for growth in terms of art and audience, really grateful for y’all. Hope to finish the rest of the year strong :D.
Thanos
I know she’s a goody hero and all but I wouldn’t mind if Yasha sent those green abominations to the stratosphere.
Unrelated. But I just noticed that the duck girl in the incentive is windwaker style inspired 🦆
sovember
Lmao. She’s definitely capable of doing that. Though I think this fight scene will flow in interesting ways as we’ll see soon!
YES! For me I want the origin of my deliberate homages to be obvious haha. Y’know I was talking to someone about this on discord the other day. Some characters are straight up homages to duck tales/wind waker. I mean Paradise or Else will have literal Socrates and other historical figures in it, despite taking place on an alien planet. This might be why I really like shonen like Jojo/Hunter x Hunter. Togashi recently just named some character and ability after Yugioh and Full Metal Alchemist verbatim lmao.
I love that kind of stuff, honestly it’s very easy for me to make original character designs straight from my subconscious but I love throwing in random things to nod to my favorite influences.
If my stories ever got big enough where Disney performatively gave a shit about said homages, then I know I made it LMAO.
Alex Le
You check out A Witch’s Life in Mongol btw?
sovember
YES. It’s really great so far. I love the designs and characters as well as how much care they put into bringing the history/cutlure to life.
Spoiler
I am afraid of however they choose to end it based on the historical Fatima’s death, but she did have the historical last laugh so to speak haha.
Alex Le
Yeah, it’s actually possible that the manga won’t go that route so it’s not exactly a hard spoiler. Historically she was too intelligent and powerful so they had to manufacture a way to get rid of her and already suspected she was a witch lol.
SonicTheHedgeD0g__3
This world could be a good video game
sovember
Yoo thanks!! Funny you say that I am making an indie game with a small group of people that takes place in this world.
It’s already pretty far along and pretty nifty if I do say so! I’ll let y’all know when I start seriously advertising it as it’s closer to completion. Eventually I’ll have a comic tied to it too though likely made by another artist I know! I’m already busy with two comics I’m drawing haha. Look forward to the comic version of it probably on webtoons/tapas next year :).
Alex Le
Drawing one webtoon style webcomic already sounds like hell, it’d be insane if you did more than two lol.