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February 24, 2016
Valley of the Silk Sky page 52 closes out Chapter 5, and Part One
Page 52 is up, and it is pretty darn gay! Observe the gayness:
on the VoSS website
on Tapastic
on Studio NDR
And with that, Chapter 5 is done, and Part One is complete.
NOW WHAT, you wonder.
Next up, I’ll be releasing a digital edition of Part One so you can read it offline. If you are one of my Patrons, this eBook PDF version will be made available for you to download later this week. Otherwise, in short order (next week, hopefully) I’ll have it up for sale on Gumroad for $5.99.
The book has also been accepted by ComiXology for their Submit program. So if you’re a ComiXology user, you will be able to buy a Guided View edition of Valley of the Silk Sky Part One, also for $5.99.
I’ll go into the details of the benefits of the eBook edition once it’s available for your purchasing pleasure. TL;DR: the art looks nicer and your $$ helps me keep doing this comics thing.
Okay, yes, but what about Chapter 6? What of Part Two, you ask?
Chapter 6 is in progress right now, though it’s not nearly as far along as I wanted it to be. Unfortunately, personal life stuff intervened (and by “personal life stuff,” I actually mean, “flying out of town twice to two different states in less than a month to visit relatives in hospice”). So it’s one of those situations where there was nothing much to do about it but accept that there was going to be a big delay.
So but I’m penciling now, and am hoping maybe to get Chapter 6 up and running by April. In the interim, I’ll be posting a lot of work-in-progress stuff to my Patreon for $1+ subscribers, and there’s a couple more world-building posts in the pipeline that I’ll be putting up on the Valley of the Silk Sky website.
Anyhow. Check back next week for an announcement about the PDF book!
Cheers,
Dylan
Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – page 52
Aaaand that’s it for Chapter 5! Also, END PART ONE. What, oh what, shall transpire in Part Two? Stay chooned …
February 16, 2016
Valley of the Silk Sky page 51 is up
Life is being really chaotic right now, and I’ll be traveling on my usual update day, so I’m putting up page 51 here on Studio NDR a day early.
It’s scheduled to auto-post on Tapastic and Tumblr at the usual times (ear-lie in the morning), so if you follow VoSS updates there, check back Wednesday morning.
The good news is that the eBook for Valley of the Silk Sky Part One is basically finished, just needs a couple of minor tweaks. Which I will get to when I’m not once again out of town for unplanned emergencies. I’m still hoping to have that ready for download before the end of February.
Anyway. Yeah. Stuff and things.
Until next week,
Dylan
Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – page 51
Okay, sure, but have you even TRIED licking people’s foreheads to calm them down?
February 10, 2016
Valley of the Silk Sky chapter 5 commences, Feeping Creatures sale closes
Valley of the Silk Sky chapter 5 commences! Yeah, where ARE Hali’s quadmates? Let us find out:
on the VoSS tumblr
on Tapastic
on Studio NDR
pee ess – your periodic reminder that all characters use nonbinary xe/xer pronouns.
In other VoSS news, the digital book for Part One nears completion. All the art is formatted and the covers are done, just gotta do things like indicia page and probably some kind of introduction, stuff like that. I’m hoping to have it available by the end of the month.
Oh, hey, and the Beyond Anthology (which, as I’m sure you know, has a 16-page Valley of the Silk Sky short story in it) got a great write-up in the Onion’s AV Club. Read all about it!
Meanwhile, those feeps:
The sale on my monster art stuffs ends this Sunday the 14th, so these are the last days for snagging that sweet 20% off. Use that code! CarsSureAreGreat20
Also, I should mention that I’m doing a small, local show on Saturday night: Beastival 3 at Mile High Comics, if you’re in the Denver area.
If you can’t make it to the Beastival, be aware that items from the Etsy shop may disappear on Saturday night as they sell at the show. So if there’s a feep you’ve had your heart set on, best to snag it now!
Cheers,
Dylan
Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – page 50
Chapter 5 commences! Yeah, where ARE Hali’s quadmates? Let us find out.
pee ess – your periodic reminder that all characters use nonbinary xe/xer pronouns.
February 6, 2016
Valley of the Silk Sky: “The Long Run” – Chapter 5
CHAPTER 5 COMMENCES.
January 26, 2016
VoSS Year 1 and a little bit of Steven Universe fan art
Now that Chapter 4 is all wrapped up, I’m posting the art I did to commemorate Valley of the Silk Sky‘s first year. This is going up a day early here because I’ll be out of town on Wednesday (my regular update day) and there’s not really a great way to schedule this post. So:
View it here right now on Studio NDR
OR! It’ll auto-post to Tapastic and Tumblr on Wednesday morning.
I’m very close to finished with Chapter 5. Hoping to wrap up the last of the coloring today. My current thought is to start running Chapter 5 on Feb. 3, though that might get pushed back if Stuff Intervenes (fair warning: Stuff is threatening to Intervene).
Anyway. I also did this Steven Universe fan art of Peridot a couple of weeks ago and am just now getting around to posting it here. It’s also up on the Tumblers if that’s your bag.
The important takeaway here is the Peridot is the best gem.
Cheers,
Dylan
Steven Universe fan art: Peridactyl
My hand slipped and I accidentally made this Steven Universe fan art of Peridactyl (she never actually looks like this in this show). Colored pencil on Aquabee sketchbook paper that looks and feels basically like a paper bag. I guess it’s archival paper bag or something.
Anyhow, the important takeaway is that Peridot is the best gem.
I also posted this thing to Tumblr if that’s your speed.
Valley of the Silk Sky: Year 1
I started publishing Valley of the Silk Sky as a serialized webcomic on January 14, 2015, which means thins thing is now one year old! I made this little art to commemorate the occasion.
This scene would fall closer on the timeline to my VoSS story in the Beyond Anthology, hence these two looking a bit older, and Razi’s glasses being intact.
