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CHAPTER TWO — OVER THE WAVES: INTERLUDE

Page 45 — Spurred on second thoughts about sending Sami off on the Mermaid, Root needs — a horse? We'll find out more later, after we find out what Sami's up to!

Page 45 — Spurred on second thoughts about sending Sami off on the Mermaid, Root needs — a horse? We’ll find out more later, after we find out what Sami’s up to!

Pushing the Pause Button

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They told me so. Did I listen? Noooooo!

Common wisdom has it that one should have at least six weeks of buffer pages before starting posting a webcomic. When I started posting the first chapter, it was all pencilled, and much of it already coloured and/or inked, which let me post blithely first once, then twice a week into June. In my customary eternal enthusiasm and almost pathological optimism, I had planned to jump back in at the beginning of August with the next chapter, which I did, and unwisely.

Why? Because I. Did. Not. Listen! Common wisdom is common for a reason.

As you know from my last couple of posts, I’ve been struggling a bit (okay, a lot) to keep up with a regular schedule of pages. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in a couple of big illustration gigs (which I can’t post about yet, it’s killing me!) and life just keeps happening. Which is good, one wouldn’t want it to not!  But it can have a way of thwarting plans based on sheer optimism.

Looking at my workload, I’ve concluded that I’m going to have to back off and obey the Purveyors of Common Wisdom (not to mention the laws of nature that give us only 24 hours in a day): I’m going to pause the comic until I get a backlog finished so that I can keep up a regular schedule and not have to keep apologizing (really, if I have to keep being sheepish on a regular basis, I’m going to have to go live in a meadow)! Realistically speaking, based on the last chapter, this will probably take me a couple of months, so hopefully it will be back up and running in early November.

I want to be able to spend the time on this comic to make it the best it can be, out of respect for you, my readers, and my own vision, so that when I launch back into it, it will be the best I can make it. I’m finding myself slowing down and really putting the love into it; since this is my own project, a labour of love, I need to feel free to do that.

I won’t abandon you entirely, Dear Readers; there will be sketches and news (maybe even some tutorials!), and I’ll try to do that often. So I’m going to leave you for now with a teaser of the next page: Aunt Root returns in a “meanwhile” interlude back on shore. This is the inked version, which will be coloured as I have the others. The story will resume in a couple of months with this very page in full watercolour glory!

Aunt Root is back, and about to find out about that contract she mentioned to Sami back on page 20. The Redwing logo was fun to design, and I'll be playing with that a bit — might even make some jewellery!

Aunt Root is back, and about to find out about that contract she mentioned to Sami back on page 20. The Redwing logo was fun to design, and I’ll be playing with that a bit — might even make some jewellery!

The Artist is Human

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Hello readers, just a quick post here to let you know what’s going on. I’m forced, with much blushing, to admit being human (not that I’ve been posing as a mermaid or anything). My superpowers seem to be on the fritz right now, and I have been too ill all week to do much art. With much regret, I’m going to switch back to a once-a-week schedule for a while to give myself time to heal and address some long-term health issues. The story will continue, though — I have so much good stuff planned! I will post weekly on Monday mornings, beginning this Monday, and hopefully resume the twice weekly postings within a month or so.  Thanks for sticking with me, and Sami and the crew!

Here's a bit of my past seashore art to keep you in the mood!

Here’s a bit of my past seashore art to keep you in the mood!
“Dancing Starfish” — acrylic on canvas

Chapter Two — Over the Waves

 

Page 39 — Sami is starting to get the idea that something fishy is going on here.

Page 39 — Sami is starting to get the idea that something fishy is going on here.

Note: I first published this page while travelling and didn’t have a scanner, so I snapped a not-too-bad picture with my iPhone! This is the official scanned page. Since I had the camera going,  I posted some process stuff, too, on my blog. Have a look!