By this point, I was trying a new pencil rendering technique to fill in the background skies; namely, I was laying down a fairly flat base layer of pencil before trying to smooth it out with a "stump" blending tool, which did serve pretty well for depicting both the "blue" sky and shaded areas in the clouds. Yay?

Panel 2: IIRC, that's the second or even third time I (re)drew that particular panel, and I still don't care for the results. (Not fond of the tricky depiction of Cap Rivet's head on Emp's shirt, alas.)

Today’s Patreon update: Originally done as a means of scratching out more worktime to complete the long-gestating Empowered vol. 12, I've switched over to a Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Patreon posting schedule that won't feature the fixed content format I previously used. So, who knows what today's post might feature? Could be Life Drawing or Distressed Damsels content (both of which are featured at least three times per month), or something in the Work Stages, Vintage Con Sketches or Design departments, or possibly something entirely new, such as updates on fantasy test project The Chaste and the Chained. Golly!

-Adam Warren