#pen!tem

Title: Paracusian Princeps

Plot: An innocent question from Princeps Frisk leads to Queen Mother Toriel recounting the story of when Nib visited the UnderKeep AU and managed to deal with kings, knights, court ladies, and vampires, all while wearing a princess dress.

Pages: 1 to 8 (https://nib-mettaton.tumblr.com/post/635619769120358400)

Pages: 9 to 17 (you are here)

Full uploads on Comic Fury: nib-mettaton.webcomic.ws

Credit where credit is due:

@underkeepau​ designs by @rotodisk​

Title: Deviancy (Page 10 to 16, out of 36 pages) 

Plot: In another universe, a King Mettaton decides to stop following the script, resulting him to incur someone’s wrath, and it’s up to Nib and Pennie to save him.

Credit where credit is due: Physical design of Errorton by prettypeepers (Tumblr reference: prettypeepers.tumblr.com/post/136243710626/).

I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but it needs to be said:

If you are new to this comic and have no read the preface: please be aware that the dialogue of this comic may be seen as parallel to hot button topics. Understandably, not everyone will be in the best mental or emotional state right now due to what’s happening in the world, so please use your best judgement when deciding if you want to read ahead or not (if you wish to read the preface for more info, the preface can be read at tumblr.com/dashboard/blog/nib-mettaton/619762811195817985)

If you have already read the preface and want to continue reading: scroll down, pages are under the cut.

If you have already read the preface and do not want to continue reading: It’s totally okay, I understand. Be kind to each other, and stay safe out there, okay?

Title: Deviancy (Page 27 to 36, out of 36 pages)

Plot: In another universe, a King Mettaton decides to stop following the script, resulting him to incur someone’s wrath, and it’s up to Nib and Pennie to save him.

Credit where credit is due: 

Physical design of Errorton by prettypeepers (Tumblr reference: prettypeepers.tumblr.com/post/136243710626/).

Physical design of Inkaton by whitearubino (no longer active, but a copy of the reference can be found at tatzebea.tumblr.com/post/146499276930/)

I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but it needs to be said:

If you are new to this comic and have no read the preface: please be aware that the dialogue of this comic may be seen as parallels to hot button topics. Understandably, not everyone will be in the best mental or emotional state right now due to what’s happening in the world, so please use your best judgement when deciding if you want to read ahead or not (if you wish to read the preface for more info, the preface can be read at tumblr.com/dashboard/blog/nib-mettaton/619762811195817985)

If you have already read the preface and want to continue reading: scroll down, pages are under the cut.

If you have already read the preface and do not want to continue reading: It’s totally okay, I understand. Be kind to each other, and stay safe out there, okay?

Title: Deviancy (Page 17 to 26, out of 36 pages)

Plot: In another universe, a King Mettaton decides to stop following the script, resulting him to incur someone’s wrath, and it’s up to Nib and Pennie to save him.

Credit where credit is due: Physical design of Errorton by prettypeepers (Tumblr reference: prettypeepers.tumblr.com/post/136243710626/).

I don’t want to sound like a broken record, but it needs to be said:

If you are new to this comic and have no read the preface: please be aware that the dialogue of this comic may be seen as parallels to hot button topics. Understandably, not everyone will be in the best mental or emotional state right now due to what’s happening in the world, so please use your best judgement when deciding if you want to read ahead or not (if you wish to read the preface for more info, the preface can be read at tumblr.com/dashboard/blog/nib-mettaton/619762811195817985)

If you have already read the preface and want to continue reading: scroll down, pages are under the cut.

If you have already read the preface and do not want to continue reading: It’s totally okay, I understand. Be kind to each other, and stay safe out there, okay?

Still working on "Deviancy". In a very rare moment, here's the work-in-progress cover, which looks very similar to the original cover I did. I can't get over the fact that the invert color of cool black is a yellowish off-white. But I'm pretty sure once I get the dark background color on, it will look less weird.

For those of you who have been following this blog for some time, you already know my plans to retcon the “Deviancy” chapter (aka, the Nib!Mettaton vs ErrorTale!Mettaton chapter).

I’m still working on the thumbnails for the pages, but I have a rough sketch of the cover done. It’s actually very similar to the original cover I did, but I went a little crazy with the finger strings this time around. 

Okay, maybe a whole lot crazy. XD

Reference sheet and dry run draw test for next upcoming comic, wherein Nib enters @swingtale (made by @ghostofpokeninjager).

One of the stipulations for entering SwingTale was that visitors would end up having pie-cut eyes (like you see in the 1920s cartoons) and that everything would be monochrome. 

I do my comic in black-and-white monochrome, but more in a manga/comic style. So sepia-monochrome would be a bit of an interesting art challenge to tackle. I had a jar of faux walnut ink and did some testing with that using a dip pen, in combination with colored pencils and markers. I think it looks okay, but I found that doing the line art in dip pen was an unnecessary time sink, so I’ll need to invest in some brown fine liners. I also need to figure out how to get a greyish brown for Undyne’s skin color, but that’s more of a color-mixing problem that I can tackle later.

I ended up giving Nib a different outfit here. His default outfit actually did fit the 1920s era, but that of the Victorian Era and not the Swing Era. I couldn't have Nib step into SwingTale looking like he just came from Downton Abbey, so I took off his tailcoat and gave him long pants and Swing Era shoes. Ended up playing with the shoe styles of the SwingTale characters also for fun (because, why not?). 

Nothing too special, this is just proof I am still working on the "Deviancy" comic, albeit very, very slowly due to life circumstances.