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Six of Crows: A Comic Adaptation

Part 1, Chapter 3

Pages 23–24

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New pages tomorrow!

2 pm est

Six of Crows: A Comic Adaptation

Part 1, Chapter 3

Pages 21–22

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#new pages tomorrow!

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everyone is your asks is in awe of you fr

as they should be

hahaha thank you! To be fair, I did accidentally incentivize it (truly not my intention, I just wanted to find a better way to thank all of you who send nice things in my inbox).

Speaking of incentives, wanted to share some of my thumbnails for the next set of pages! These are some of the rare layouts that haven't changed since I first drew them back in December. Usually, I make a corrected second draft before doing the final pages, but I liked these so much, they didn't change that much. I've been waiting so long to do page 23 because I love that very comics-specific gag with the back-and-forth panelling. You guys will get to see how these pages turned out tomorrow :)

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shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals 💙

From my On Repeat playlist! No surprise that the latest Pearl Jam album's on there. I literally made a playlist just to listen to "Won't Tell" on repeat while finishing the last batch of pages (it's also on my kaz and matthias playlists now because it works perfectly as kanej and helnik song). And "RISK, RISK, RISK!" is for sure on my jesper playlist. I'm sure I'll share those one day. They're just too short to be worthwhile right now haha

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The kid in front of Haskell’s desk was hell to look at— a plague orphan, he could tell that much. His face and neck were still marred with the slightly reddish pits that the pox left behind, even months later, and he was gaunt with sickness and malnutrition, bones jutting hard and nasty. They’d have pinned him down as a weakling, before the plague. But that was before. Now, in the miserable, scraping afterwards, not only was he alive, but half the gambling halls and gangs on the Lid were desperate to have him— or so Seeger said, anyway. Haskell didn’t know why this kid wanted to be in the Dregs, when the Razorgulls were practically throwing cash at him, but he wasn’t going to count his chickens. Maybe he preferred crows to gulls.

(the rise of dirtyhands, as witnessed by per haskell)

ketterdam man buys teacup poodle that turns out to be doberman and bites his arm off

#go read!!! #absolute chills for the ending #I love thinking about early dregs and their rise to power #per haskell pov is something I never knew I needed until now

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This post by @dwyntwo has been in my head

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do you think, under a cut maybe, you could add a version with a watermark?? Id love to make your art a phone background or something but I feel weird putting someones wm myself or not using one with a wm!!

Honestly, I have no concerns over what anyone does with my stuff, just as long as it follows my FAQ page. If it's just for you, do whatever you want with it! If you're reposting it somewhere, just make sure to put visible credit in the description. I also just don't like putting watermarks on my work, especially my comics. The reading experience is what's most important to me, so I don't like adding elements that detract from that.

When it comes to my art and comics, I like to conduct myself professionally. I'm still a student comic creator, but when I look at my favorite professional creators, they're not putting a ton of energy into dictating how their readers use their art, so neither will I. That time is better spent making comics!

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Can I make your wylan drawing in your latest sketch dump as my pfp? It's so good I love you're art!!!

Thank you and yes you can! My art can always be used for personal use (pfp, layouts, etc) with credit.

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YOUR ART IS THE COOLEST THING EVER I AM IN AWE EVERY TIME YOU POST A NEW PAGE

GOODBYE

THANK YOU!!! 💜💜💜

Sketchdump for your kindness. Today, we got helnik, backstory wylan, and human mordecai because I’ve been reading lackadaisy recently.

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Six of Crows: A Comic Adaptation

Part 1, Chapter 3

Pages 21–22

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Six of Crows: A Comic Adaptation

Part 1, Chapter 3

Pages 19–20

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your art is SO good, i'm so obsessed with it. you always put so much detail and it makes me want to reread the books!!

Thank you!!! All the little details are a product of how many rereads I’ve done (mainly of ch 2-3) and just thinking up stuff I want to draw from this world. I love how much there is to think about and infer. The 3D models I’ve been using definitely help with allowing me to focus on the details rather than the foundational aspects.

Just finished inking a page today and I thought you all might like to see a certain character… :)

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just wanted to say i adore your comic style and you are doing such justice to the books. every time i open tumblr Im hopeful to see a new page dropped. hyped to see everything yet to come 🩷

Thank you! 💜 Always honored to hear the comic does the book justice. I’m always trying to capture my initial vision of the book, so I’m glad that people share that vision with me. So far, I’m almost done with the pencils on the next pages, so I hope I can finish them soon!

Early days kaz and jesper. Kaz doesn’t have his look down just yet, neither does jes. I always liked to think that jesper joined the dregs before the bank heist, making him the first crow to ever do a heist with kaz. Idk, jesper being the first crow is so special to me.

#sketches #asks #six of crows

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Looking at my inbox now and I know what you guys are doing hahaha (just know I very much appreciate it)

PLEASE DO USE YOUR ASK BOX TO SHARE SKETCHES I AM EATING THEM UP /POS

Will do! Moving forward, I'll share some sketches or something else interesting along with asks that don't have specific questions/topics I can answer. Just my way of saying "thank you" for the lovely words you guys send me. If you ever send something and you don't hear back from me, it's probably because I'm saving it once I actually have a sketch to share! I don't have much time to sketch during the school year, so it might take a bit. :)

#that wasn’t my intention but this will motivate me to use my sketchbook more often #thanks :)

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Hey! Hope you don"t mind me asking so many questions about your process, I promise my style is entirely different, the general theme of your art though is what ive been striving for! Please dont hesitate to share any limits to it!

Anyway, how do you clean up your drawings:0? I believe you said you start out on paper, so how do you get it on digital without it looking messy? Thanks!

No problem! Asking questions is the best way to learn anything, and I don't mind answering them.

I do start off on paper and transfer it to digital. Below is a comparison of chapter 3, page 17's scan file (all traditional, no edits done yet) versus its digitally cleaned-up version (left to right).

The edits on this page are heavier in comparison to some of the other pages, especially since I made a mistake that would affect the narrative (see bottom right panel).

To scan, I usually use the large flatbed Epson scanners provided by my school. When I'm away or on vacation, I resort to using a copier machine (not always great results, but it works out in the end. The first six pages of chapter 3 were copier machine scans). There's a setting called "Gamma" that I like to set to around 1.2. I don't know what it does, but it makes the pages look crisper overall.

After I import my scan file to Clip Studio, I create two correction layers to put on top of the page. One is a tone curve layer and the other is a posterization layer. For the former, I try to make an "S" curve to push the contrast. For the latter, I set it to around 6. These correction layers help the black-and-white contrast shine and define the edges better.

The last step before toning and lettering is the edit layer. I create a new raster layer to make corrections to the page. Sometimes, I have to go in and redraw a large section (like in the last panel), but most of the time, I'm going in and cleaning up areas. My white ink isn't always opaque, so it'll create a gray tone that I have to add digital white over. Other edits include adding in smaller things I forgot to draw or stuff that just would be easier to draw digitally.

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PLEASE DO USE YOUR ASK BOX TO SHARE SKETCHES I AM EATING THEM UP /POS

Will do! Moving forward, I'll share some sketches or something else interesting along with asks that don't have specific questions/topics I can answer. Just my way of saying "thank you" for the lovely words you guys send me. If you ever send something and you don't hear back from me, it's probably because I'm saving it once I actually have a sketch to share! I don't have much time to sketch during the school year, so it might take a bit. :)

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you are incredible!!!! i am in awe of you!!!!

Thank you! :D Have a nina face study I particularly liked

#using my inbox to share sketches? #it’s more likely than you think #sketches #asks #six of crows