THE PENCILS ARE DONE! Can I sleep now?

Greetings and salutations!

Yes, you read that correctly.  I, Ben Wright-Heuman, notorious procrastinator and misser of deadlines, have finished the pencils for The Letters of the Devil II almost a week ahead of schedule!  Please, hold your applause, you’re embarrassing me!

​Digital pencils have been an incredible time-saver, and the writing changes I made during the thumbnailing stage really paid off.  We’re looking at a crazy story, guys.

What Comes Next?

My next deadline for the book is to finish the inks by 8/1.  Only about 2 months, but inking goes significantly faster than penciling, and, unlike with the first book, I will be inking digitally, which should speed the process up even further.

Before that, however, I will be taking a much-needed break from Letters to work on my other big project,  CosPain!   A major part of the new work schedule that allowed me to finish these pencils on time was the fact that I had established a large backlog of CosPain strips, which meant that I only had to worry about one project at a time.  Well, that backlog is now empty. Before I can get back to work on Letters, I need to get my wiggle room back!  I expect the process to take about two weeks.

As part of rebuilding that backlog, I will be livestreaming the 100th CosPain strip this Sunday, 6/2, at 1:00 PM EDT on my Twitch channel!  Join me for the celebration and watch as I draw the entire strip right in front of you!  That’s right, no breaking it into two streams on two different days! No skipping the lettering and post-production!  Everything in one day, and we go until it’s done.

Anyway, not a full newsletter, so I’m keeping this one short.  If you want to support my work further, please visit my online store.  I also have Patreon and Ko-Fi accounts if those are more your speed.

Rock on, guys, and never stop drawing.