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I began with the doorway scene that Tali asked for as I knew that the backgrounds and perspective would cause some trouble as I am not as experienced in that department.

I will put upfront the timelapse of the whole piece, and then break down the process I took step by step. Alongside this, the images of the process sadly have to have lower resolution and be JPEGs due to their size.

First thing I did was take the example of the layout that Tali wanted for this scene from our conversation. (Said example is below)

And then tried my best to match it while ensuring I had enough space in each panel, because if the panels were to be too squished or small, then it would be more of a struggle to include everything needed into said panels.

I made the panel borders' colours the same purple as the line art to ensure it blends in more with the colours and line-work of the overall piece.

I then moved on to the rough base sketch, which is meant to just get the overall idea across, of the placement of characters, perspective ect.

I made these using the guidance that Tali wrote out for me about what she wishes to be in the panels.

I tried my best to convey what she said, but still wanted to ask for her opinion as I wanted to know if she wanted me to change something. I first tried to clean up the sketch a little to ensure that it was clear what I was imagining for each frame.

I then sent the screenshot of the sketch over to Talisman to ask for her opinion.

Tali said that it was perfect, hence I moved forwards. However, I begun with the backgrounds before doing the final sketch, as I wanted to ensure everything was placed correctly.

There isn't too much to say about this one to be honest. I simply did the line-work, following my rough sketch as a guide. I did the colours in a way to both make the characters the centre pieces, but also for the colours to not stand out too much and still look natural. This is why most of the backgrounds are either browns and yellows, and the only real backgrounds to feature cooler tones are those featuring the town, as I wanted there to be a clear contrast between the town and the castle. The backgrounds with gradients are there to not crowd the panel. For example; the panel with Kikimora and Belos, the main focus is meant to be on Kikimora receiving an order from Belos to open the castle door for the Parade,and as Belos and his throne take up a large portion of the panel, I didn't want to crowd it too much. It is similar with the panel with Kikimora and Adrian, except instead of it being because of the space or one character needing more focus, it's instead because both Kikimora's and especially Adrian's designs are detailed, hence I didn't want to add too much as I didn't want the panel to end up all muddied together. The three small panels are very simple as there are 3 characters within them, hence I wanted to ensure the point of the panels got across, while not taking away the focus from the characters and their reactions.

I showed the finished backgrounds to Talisman at the same time as showing that I begun work on the final sketch, Tali said the backgrounds looked good, hence I was ready to move on to the final sketch.

The final sketch is mainly just added details on-top of the previous sketch, unless anything needed adjustment.

Talisman said she thought it was perfect, so it was time to move on to the line-art phase of the piece.

I tried my best to use the line thickness to show how close or far away something is, alongside trying to ensure there was emotion to the lines, as I didn't want them to look stiff.

When I showed it to Talisman to see if she wanted anything changed she liked it, hence I began right away on colouring the flats.

I tried to make sure any extra things (such as the throne and balloons) were coloured in a way that fit in with the rest of the page, I used the colours from Belos to use for the palette of the Scout soldiers.

I moved right on to adding in the final details, as I believed that it would be easier for Talisman to decide if she wanted anything changed once seeing how the colours interact with the coloured line-work.

I showed Tali the coloured flats & line-work on top of the background to ensure she knows how it would all look together.

She said she liked how to turned out, hence the Doorway Scene page was done! I then took a few days break before beginning work on the Balcony Scene page.

Phillip decided to go to the store and Camila was unsure if he could do it alone, but he convinced her that everything would be fine. Luz was sure that Belos was up to something and convinced Gus to go follow him.

Camila was surprised when she saw that the children were not just sitting in the living room watching TV, but watching the broadcast from Luz's phone, which she gave to Gus.

At first, everything was fine, but then Camila noticed that several women were looking at Phillip, and these women were her colleagues from the clinic. So Camila got very nervous when they approached Phillip. They recognized him because Camila had talked about him, and her colleagues were impressed that such a gentleman lived with Camila, so it made sense that they would want to meet Phillip. But Camila did not expect that this meeting would be accidental and she would not attend it. Fortunately, the conversation was quite normal and Camila had already calmed down, but then her colleagues asked about Luz. They knew that the camp had a positive effect on her, but they were curious what she thought of the man living in her house, especially considering her love of witches and the fact that Phillip is the full namesake of the famous witch hunter.

And then this scene follows

- You won't believe it, but she didn't know anything about him before we met. I think she doesn't like me because she thinks that I'm not just grateful to Camila for her help, but also have some plans about dating her - Phillip says with a smile, and Luz frowns at those words.

- Do you? - It's a pretty logical question that everyone in the living room focuses on to hear the exact answer.

- Hm… I think Camila is a wonderful woman, but I think her heart is still taken, and I respect that. But... who knows? - And then he winks, Camilla's colleagues laugh, Camila blushes, and Luz is very angry.

Yes, I will say again that the idea is very old and I have slightly rephrased the ending. And something else has been added. No one knows, but Phillip knew he was being watched. He could feel Gus's magic, hear the beating of his heart, and the Titan himself was laughing and commenting on what was happening in the living room. Phillip just decided to make a joke, also creating an excuse for why Luz doesn't like him. At that moment, he just feels sympathy for Camila

HEY BELOS REDEMPTION ANON!

SO SORRY TO ANSWERING YOUR ASK SO LATE (despite it being summer my irl has been keeping me busy).

But anyway, AWWWWWWWWWWWW I LOVE THIS SO, SO MUCH! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

So this is a big celebration set of fake screenshots I've been working on since Legends of Avantris hit the 15 million stretch goal to bring Starlight Brigade to the Neon Odyssey D&D books next year as a mini campaign! It's also a fun hypothetical headcanon idea of how Strive, Pyke and the Rhapsody crew could possibly meet. I'm imagining Strive unwillingly separated from the rest of the brigade/twrp crew, somehow ending up in the Rhapsody's neck of the galaxy and soon after being pursued by space pirates while dodging and weaving to escape. Pyke then takes off in his ship, the Sparrow, to engage in the coolest combat scenario in my head as Strive's ship doesn't have any weapons to fight back with. You should totally check out the music videos with these characters and maybe even watch a really cool D&D campaign too :)

I fucking love Tiberius..

(He's not always shirtless unfortunately 🤞/hj)

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