Chapter 23 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika is now all posted on Arktoons! I'd missed posting a link to the second installment of the chapter because of the site redesign, Christmas, and sickness, so here it is:
And the latest episode is here:
And the whole series is here.
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 25 of Part II,
"Virtue's First Reward", has begun!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Bovodar and the Bears has been updated on Arktoons twice! With Episode 26: "This Could Take All Day" and Episode 27: "One More Night to Say your Goodbyes"
I neglected to post links at the time because Arkhaven redesigned the Arktoons site, so for a while some things weren't working, and because I was very busy with Christmas preparation and with being ill. Now things have calmed down a bit, so please enjoy them!
My Christmas card picture for this year; using methods from my Paper Doll Veronika chapter bonus art pieces.
Have a merry Christmas!
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 24 of Part II, "Dragon of the Depths vs Girl a mile high", is complete!
This is the exciting climax of Part II! It's a very long update, over 30 pages, and this chapter clocks in at the longest yet, at 92 pages!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 24 of Part II, "Dragon of the Depths vs Girl a mile high", continues!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Bovodar and the Bears has been updated on Arktoons with Episode 25: "The Key, I think"!
Bonus art for Chapter 23 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika, "View from High Altitude", which is now being posted on Arktoons!
With this photo-collage, all the photos were taken by myself. The cliff is from Inishmore of the Aran Islands; the land is from near Grand Rapids, Minnesota; and I don’t remember where the sky was.
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 24 of Part II, "Dragon of the Depths vs Girl a mile high", continues!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Bovodar and the Bears has been updated on Arktoons with Episode 24: "Today and Tomorrow"!
Chapter 22 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika is now fully posted on Arktoons!
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 24 of Part II, "Dragon of the Depths vs Girl a mile high", continues!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Bovodar and the Bears has updated on Arktoons with Episode 23: "Release Our Gladiator!"
Chapter 22 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika continues on Arktoons!
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 24 of Part II, "Dragon of the Depths vs Girl a mile high", has begun!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Bovodar and the Bears is back on Arktoons with Episode 22: "To the Squabble Pit!"
It's my hope and goal that we'll now be able to keep the episodes rolling regularly through the exciting conclusion to Issue #2!
Petit Six takes off into the storm! I worked real hard for that rainfall-in-perspective-from-above thing, with silver foil.
Bonus art for "One side will make you", Chapter 22 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika, which is now being posted on Arktoons!
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 23 of Part II, "View from high altitude", is complete!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Chapter 21 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika continues on Arktoons!
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
There is the death of a character in this one.
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
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| Prints available |
Bonus art for "Brinkbreak", Chapter 21 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika, which is now being posted on Arktoons!
I'm really really happy with this one; I drew directly from a page of the comic that had turned out particularly well; the foreground is pen and ink with watercolor, and the background is gouache.
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 23 of Part II, "View from high altitude", has begun!
Another animated page! I learned a lot since doing the last one, namely: anchor down things you don't want to move. Especially since I attempted another animated page in between, but it didn't turn out, so that page ended up normal, stationary.
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Chapter 20 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika is now completely posted on Arktoons!
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 22 of Part II, "One side will make you", is complete!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Chapter 20 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika continues on Arktoons!
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 22 of Part II, "One side will make you", continues!
It's a bit frustrating: I am not showing off the most impressive panels in these posts, because they give away what happens. So go read the comic to see them, they're really cool!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Bonus art for Chapter 20 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika, which is now being posted on Arktoons!
I wanted to make this picture really, really creepy, so the look of the dogs heads is influenced by Watership Down, the animated film, specifically the flashback scene of rabbits suffocating when their warren exits are buried. And I don't think it turned out as creepy as that is.
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 22 of Part II, "One side will make you", has begun!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 21 of Part II, "Brinkbreak", is complete!
I really like Veronika in this panel. I'd been neglecting wind as a dramatic factor; no longer!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
As a comics site, that may not be a headline they want! Haha, it's just the name of Chapter 19 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika, which continues on Arktoons!
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 21 of Part II, "Brinkbreak", has begun!
Despite the fact that you can see gaps between the papers, I'm pleased with this panel. The multi-page backrgounds are hard, man. It'd be easier if I used a bigger table.
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Bonus art for Chapter 19 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika, which is now posted on Arktoons!
The watercolor and scrapbook paper-collage colors of this one melded well with the photo-collage background.
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 20 of Part II,
"These spells will be significant", is posted!
This update is big, 30 pages. And dark. I chose this page to show because it's one of the few that doesn't give away what happens.
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Chapter 18 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika, "Claws", continues posting on Arktoons!
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 19 of Part II, "Lack of Mirth", continues!
I have one thing to say: look very closely.
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
A washi tape collage of an early scene in Paper Doll Veronika.
It was a long time ago I first saw washi tape, in the collages of Japanese artist Ryono. I wanted to try it ever since, and now I've finally gotten my hands on a bunch of it. It may just take over.
Bonus art for Chapter 18 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika, "Claws", which is now posting on Arktoons!
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
Pure papercutting again, simple yet effective, I think. Lighting and depth is difficult in this medium, but heraldic-style silhouette is easy.
Bovodar and the Bears has been featured on the Arkhaven blog, with fascinating information about Slavic myths--from which the tale derives some aspects--that I didn't even know!
Then there is Morena, goddess of Death. But like Maha Khali of Hindustan, she is more complicated than a simple reaper of lives. Morena is the daughter of Lada, goddess of Spring and new life, as such joins Winter and death together into the rebirth of Spring. She represents the different stages of life.
When the Slavs became Christian, Morena would become known as the Baba Yaga.
Read the post here, and get excited, because I think a new episode of Bovodar and the Bears should be coming soon on Arktoons!
Society6 is having a Labor Day sale which includes 40 percent off wall art, and I just added the following images to my shop:
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| This one is available as a Christmas card! |
Please consider buying some!
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 19 of Part II,
"Lack of Mirth", has begun!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
Paper Doll Veronika has updated; Chapter 18 of Part II, "Claws", is complete!
It updates on Fridays on my site and Sundays on Arktoons.
(My site is ahead). I recommend using bookmarking or the "Save your
place" gadget on my site, even once you catch up, because the site starts
at the beginning and updates are several pages.
Veronika Bosch, who's never left her father's estate, has to go on a journey
when envious animals kick her out. Half collage, half puppetry, it's the
traditional media equivalent of an elaborate sprite comic.
 |
| Prints available |
Bonus art for Chapter 17 of Part II of Paper Doll Veronika, which is now posted on Arktoons!
With this one I was really inspired by photographs of sandstone caves in Utah and music from Westerns.
You can also read it on my own website. (I recommend my site for PC and Arktoons for mobile.)
