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It’s so captivating. I love it 🖤
Thank you so much <3
ughhh i’m so excited!!! congrats on launch! these character designs are super cool.
I am also very excited ((:
HOLY MOLY…. THE FIRST PAGE…… TEARS IN MY EYES LIKE ACTUALLY…… OUGH IM SO EXCITED
WOW! Glad I found this!
Cool.
absolutely beautiful <3 <3
Chapter One RULES let’s gooooooo!! Can’t wait for more
Wow!!!! You can definitely see the progress you’ve made with your art since Unfortunate. I’m not sure I know how to properly articulate every aspect I love… So many interesting character designs, yummy textures, and cool perspectives. Such BEAUTIFUL shading, I love the way you play with contrast so much. Even the way you play with panels and text now shows all the work you’ve put in. I already had high expectations and you blew right past them!! ❤️❤️
ITS HERE!!! 😀 I can’t believe it! Exciting first pages, wondering who those unhooded figures were that were running in the crowd. I’m interested in seeing Dorian’s interaction with Desrey after this failure to capture the shadow mage.
You’ve had great growth in paneling and composition since unfortunate, it’s so cool to see.
LETS GOOOOO THE UPDATE IS HERE!!!! Oh my God, bro, this is literally so insane, all of it. Your art style has SKYROCKETED in improvement, it’s genuinely so beautiful and fits the story so well. I can feel the tension of the moment in every panel even when no one is in it. The line weights, the shading, everything AHHHHH IM GOING INSANE…. this is so crazy I can’t wait to see the next chapter I might explode
UPDATE DAY! Naiya’s design is just so pretty, and I love Thuban around her, it’s a nice swirl of movement. I love her expressions in the three middle panels of the page after her introduction. The shading on the page where she bursts open the doors to the counsel room is really good. Can’t wait to see how the talk between the sisters will go, after such a tense event and people still missing.
Naiya makes me feel things O.O
Congrats on finishing the first chapter!!!! Great conflict set up for the intro, both in external and internal pressures of the nation. Looks like this “discussion” between sisters has been ongoing and repeated.