Hi Zoe, I saw a few asks before about a physical edition of Scarlet Lady, I'm curious how you are planning to go about it? For now I saw you talk about volume one, are you planning to make one season = one volume? Will there be any changes to the current comics? (Like color, bonuses etc.) thank you in advance!
Yes, the plan is 1 Volume = 1 Season, with Volume 5 having the finale episodes, so, extra thiccccc.
I have edited the pages to fix spelling errors and made a few changes so subtle that I can't even remember them, as well as trying to make old pages more legible. And there are bonus images and commentary to fill in the blank spots left by page bonuses.
^Here's an example bonus pictures I made for "The Pharaoh". It's the picture Alix joked about sharing with the class of Marinette dressed as Scarlet Lady, and Plagg dressed as the Black Cat statues that the group walks past at the end of the episode.
Because mixam (the ones who'll be making these books) needs pages divisible by 4, I do have some full color pages for the Volumes that happened to not fit that number nicely (so far it's just Volume 2), so look forward to that. I think I'll share those pages later this week.
Additionally, the chapters got new "headers" since they're in a new format:
^Ivan finally got his moment!
So, it's not as easy as just throwing it into a PDF and giving it out like that. I want this to be a special gift for anyone who's willing to put down money for my content - they deserve something extra for their interest, which is also why I'm not trying to spoil everything.
As for the status of everything:
- Volume 1: Final Walk-through. I've gone through one draft and added a few things to match changes I made to other volumes, so after I complete a few commissions I'll be ordering in another (hopefully final!) draft. One book costs me about $60 to order, but that's because I'm not ordering in bulk. But it does mean I take plenty of time between ordering draft.
- Volume 2: 2nd Draft. Volume 1 had very few errors in its first draft but Volume 2 had quite a lot, starting with the cover being so dark it was basically a black blob with green eyes (the covers are the different heroes). So I've been editing saturation on the cover and need to print just the cover locally to find the right balance. Additionally, there were a handful that accidentally got cut off, so I needed to fix those. The cover is really the biggest thing holding things up.
- Volume 3: Ready for it's 1st Draft. Again, these are expensive, and after the debacle with Volume 2 I want to test print Volume 3's cover to make sure it doesn't have the same problem since it also has a lot of black.
- Volume 4: Only the pages have been edited. That means I need to do chapter covers, extras, chibis, and page fillers, as well as the cover.
- Volume 5: Same as Volume 4, as well as not being done with the season.
Additionally, I'm not out here trying to get sued, so I need an original product to sell with the book being a "freebie". I don't do a lot of original content, so any suggestions would be appreciated. A print? Charm? Bookmark? Stickers?...pencil?
Then there's obviously the store to use, launching a page, creating marketing materials~ All super fun -_-
Friendship? Investments? Remanence of family? Callous belonging? unvoiced depths of conscious denial, guilt and regret??? I DONT KMOW IM TOO FAR DRIVEN TO ARTICULATE, YOU BEE MYYY WOORDDDSSS DX🔥🔥🔥
Hello happy pride month, here are some sweet and relatively low-stakes queer reads for you:
Cursed Cocktails by SL Rowland - a blood mage retires after decades of fighting to protect his people, and moves to a small coastal town where the heat will be good for his chronic pain. He opens a cocktail bar and maybe falls in love with his business partner.
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune - case worker has to investigate a group home of very powerful magical orphans. One of them is the antichrist. He tries not to lose his mind. Finds love (platonic and romantic) along the way
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree - badass orc barbarian decides to retire from her life of fighting and opens a cafe in a town where no one has heard of coffee before. Finds a family along the way.
A Rival Most Vial by RK Ashwick - two rival potion shop owners who hate everything about each other find out they have to work together on a potion for the mayor. Find out that maybe they don't hate each other that much after all. Oh and there's a found family in there somewhere.
Any reason you decided not to separate sun and moon and let them have their own bodies, even after the fire and they become teachers?
I know that fandom has widely loved the concept that Sun and Moon are seperate beings, but that has not been confirmed in canon, and I'm not going to lean towards it or away from it in Solar Lunacy by writing things that would use that headcanon when I prefer to leave it ambiginous so people have can their own interpretation of it. Celestial Omens has the seperate being hc, but not SL.
I don't really want to make anything solid until there's more lore, like on the theory where they were two bodies but the Fazbear put them in one for some reason (like endo and mangle?)
You guys have to remember that it's fanon currently, not confirmed. I've talked about it before but I cant find my old post about it so if someone finds it and links it that would be ppreciated!
Absolutely adore her in Secret Life <3 Her and her bandmates wer elike the biggest thing in the WORLD. Like their loyalty and dedication to each other was absolutely INCREDIBLE! Was listening to Cottagecore while drawing this, and honestly? Gem and the Scotts song!!! For real!!!
Thing to appreciate about Green Life Gem: Honestly so impressive how well she adapted to the series! Jumping into the task head on, finding people to make an alliance with... Ohhh her and her bandmates!! Her protecting Scott and Impulse, solidifying their band, ALREADY MAKING HOUSES!! Well, of course, it's Gem! In a server known for builds not lasting too long or simply being practical or bit-orientated, hers was as Gem as it can be: pretty and perfect <3
✿Reblogs would be greatly appreciated!! Spread that Gem love!!✿
What are the rules for power upgrades in ML? (Not that the writers will remember after three episodes, but I'm curious)
Based off how Ladybug starts making Anti-Akuma charms by the power of just "I Do What I Want", and Shadowmoth overcoming those same charms immediately through the "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better", I just made a sort of vague rule that if the holder is ever desperate enough, and focused enough, a power could possibly manifest to fulfill that desperation.
I imagine there'd be some blocks, like you can't manifest a power that will completely replace another kwami's power, and if you use the Miraculous for evil, it'll take more than just desperation to make a new power manifest and for evil holders it may only manifest one time. But these caveats probably won't come up since I only have a few episodes left to write.
Going to start uploading some random sketches I do. Some might not be related to fnaf (most will be though)
For this first one, I have a redraw of Springtrap from The Twisted Ones. Why was he so yellow? I mean, I know he has only been rotting for a year and not 30 but it just looks so... off. Also the way they draw him so skinny sometimes. No hate to the artist, still a great graphic novel.
Then we have Eleanor just... being Eleanor. Probably best not to disturb her.
Then we have my version of Oswald (previously seen in the Palestine drawing) with Bonnie, from one of the teasers of the Into The Pit game, where we see him grabbing Oz from below a table.
Finally we have my own version of Circus Baby. She's just as small as her name would imply. Probably not as harmless though...