Dragonrider's Dance

A Moment to Think

5/14/2020

On Character Flaws

Good morning! Thanks again for those of you who keep coming back (and if I’m not mistaken, we seem to have a regular reader from Spain and another from China, so welcome!)

So, as promised, I’m going to write about our least favorite thing about storytelling: character flaws.

It’s a universal truth that humans are terrible. It’s a second…

A Moment to Think

5/12/2020

On Subverting Tropes

I’ve been doing a lot of research on creative writing as the comic’s development’s been going on. There seems to be a common theme in what a lot of writers. One thing that I feel like set me free creatively was Terrible Writing’s Advice video. For those of you who don’t know, Terrible Writing Advice usually does joke videos on writing cliches…

Coffee Makes it Better

5/7/2020

“Didn’t know it was a new thing, but okay.”

Writing old characters is a lot of fun. It’s fun to imagine what it’s like to meet someone who witnessed important historical events taking place hundreds of years ago. On the flipside, if these characters are old chronologically, but youthful and aren’t solidified in their ways, then things that were invented or discovered decades ago…

On Villains…

5/5/2020

Good morning, lovelies!

Last week, I promised a little talk about villains. In fact, the “villain” is what inspired me to write the story I want to write. He’s not going to appear for a little while, but here’s a sneak peak/concept sketch of him:

Joachim, a Dragonslayer

I had an interesting phone conversation with my mother a couple weeks ago about how…

4/30/2020

That was close. Forgot today was Thursday!

So, I’ve been thinking a lot about villains. Unfortunately, I don’t have time to talk about them today, but I’ll write about it for Tuesday.

Take care!

4/28/2020

Happy Tuesday!

So, a little background on Matthias (and it will come up later in the story), but he has very little patience for “highborn” people, and isn’t afraid to tell them off (which is also a reason why he hasn’t stayed in one place very long throughout his adult life).

Ari was a fun character for me to write because she does have a ton of power, so I…

You Shouldn’t Be Here

4/23/2020

Good morning, my beauties!

I hope you’re all feeling better than I am. Don’t worry, no COVID-19 infestation, just muscles not doing what they’re supposed to and wiping the rest of my body out.

I’ve started doing thumbnails for next week’s comics, and I must say, I’m VERY excited! To me, it feels like I’m reuniting two characters after a decade of being apart.…

4/21/20

Putting that art history degree to some amount of use. I based the Cathedral on the Rheims Cathedral in France. The actual cathedral houses the Virgin Mary’s veil that she wore during the birth of Christ, and it’s said that when the first version of the cathedral burned down, a man ran back in to save the veil, though he said the veil saved him from the fire.

I…

You’ll See Me Again

4/16/20

Good morning!

So, one of the many reasons I love Dragonrider’s Dance is because, at least on Tuesdays and Thursdays, it forces me to wake up early, finish what I can, and post for you guys! The reason why it’s important is because since I’m working from home due to the apocalypse virus is because my morning 5 am routine has proven itself to be necessary for the time…

4/14/2020

Hey, look! I made a title page!

Since I started posting on Webtoon, it’s been fun trying to figure out how to best optimize the comics for mobile. It doesn’t always translate well to the website, but we’ll figure it out.

Like I keep saying, thank you so much for reading, leaving likes, and those of you who’ve been leaving amazing comments too. I really can’t thank you…

In attempts to improve my digital art skills (turns out the transition to traditional to digital was not as smooth as I anticipated!) I’m going to be doing a daily 30-minute sketch featuring my characters from Dragonrider’s Dance. 

We’re in Trouble

4/9/2020

Hey, beautiful people. I’m sorry this is late (by a few hours, but still), but it’s up now!

Your Friend’s at the Window

4/7/2020

Hey! We’re on Webtoon Now!

I think I’m starting to get the hang of using the tablet for drawing. It’s really hard learning a new medium practically from scratch, but I think compared to page 1, we’re making quite a bit of progress.

Apparently where you position your tablet in front of your computer plays a huge role in how smooth your lines get. I have to put the…

4/2/2020

Missed the opportunity to do something for April Fool’s Day. Oh well.

When I drew these comics years ago, one of my favorite things about drawing them was writing the titles on Matthias’ books. I remember the very first one I drew (though it’s probably long lost, I might re-draw it).

The dragon asked him a question pertaining to a theory she had (I can’t say…

I’ve been thinking a lot lately is the art of story telling. How magical the human imagination is. When things happen that don’t make sense, we’ve always made up about a story about them.

Ari’s somewhere between two to three hundred years old, so living close to a town with mostly humans, she would have lived through a few of their generations. She might have seen…