FAWN: Pages 9 & 10

Post #4 - Ready, Set, Go

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In the interest of preventing this blog from becoming a place to dump my fanart, I have put together a loose roadmap so I (and you) know what stages are ahead. I will go into more detail in individual posts a little later. 

Starting off, I obviously need a story. I have an idea of what I want this first chapter to be, (and when speaking only in terms of the comic, the first chapter is what mainly matters) but it’s the finer details that are still lost on me. 

What AU will I use? Will the story be a sequel or a reboot? Should the different resets factor into this fanfic, or should Papyrus be a pedo from his very inception? 

For the sake of not complicating matters too much, I will ignore these questions, (bad idea, I know) and instead the above roadmap will only focus on the skeletal structure (heh) of the fanfic. We’re building the foundation of the world, establishing characters in relation to each other, throwing in a bit of foreshadowing for later, and that will be about it. We’ll consider the meat and potatoes as the story develops further, and that will be beyond the comic.

What joy plotting can be.

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when is a new chapter of immature interest coming out??

Good question! I’m attempting to have all last ten chapters written before I post the next one, but I might release a few a little earlier just to knock em out of the way.

So as of right now? I’m not sure. 😅

Post #23 - Fawn's Cover

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The month of June has passed and don't I just feel exhausted. I scheduled way more traveling than I could realistically handle, so lesson learned. Now that I'm back home, it's time to get to work. I want July to be a month of art—yes! A month to put this first chapter to rest, and who knows, maybe I'll decide to just make this a comic and screw the fanfic portion altogether.

I'm just a bit burned out from writing at the moment.

That said, this cover is very much inspired by flash punky, emotional, heavy-feels types of art. Now is Fawn gonna be any of that? Shit, I don't know, but I had a ton of fun drawing it so here we are.

I decided to end Chapter 1 on the previous post so the story doesn't feel rushed. That means we begin drawing the final drafts today, so yay! I get to find a consistent art style that I'll be forced to stick with. I will also be editing some of the text in order to better weave a coherent narrative as the enormous gaps of time between some posts have made it difficult to follow exactly what the heck is going on. The updated pages will be in chunks of five to make readability more seamless, and once we get up to page 20, we'll do the long scrolling format.

If this comic didn't revolve around pedophilia I would consider just uploading to Webtoons, but alas, it'd quickly get the boot.

Post #25 - Lizard Daddy

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The title in the image does not say "Ai", but "AL". I just now noticed that it looks that way lol.

As I continue to update "The Worst Kinda Curse", I thought creating some concept art for Alphys' father, Al, would be fun. In the fic, he's described as big and imposing, but I have this habit of humanizing the monsters. So, I gave him two forms just to visually play around with different ideas. I like his color scheme as it reminds me of a rooster.

Would anyone care to see more sketches of characters from that story? I might make a few for "The Salt Circle" too.

Post #18 or 19 - Get Sans Right!

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okay, so as I was sketching out the next page of the comic, I had to stop! I wanted to really get a handle on Sans so I have less work to do when I'm drawing the finished draft—sure, that's part of it. Another part of it was this strong urge to just get him right for his sake. Like, really right.

So how the heck am I supposed to do that?

I went right down to the bare bones (ha!). I didn't want to get too influenced by all the very impressive fan art out there, and there's just too much to count on this very website, so I used the original Sans sprite as a reference (I realize my version appears as if his arms were cut at the elbows. We'll just silently ignore that...). I then drew a real skeleton because my brain has a hard time with properly tying the two together. I suppose what I mean is, I try to imagine what the monsters of the Underground would look like in our real world, and also with a more humanoid appearance, so when I see Sans I naturally compare him to what is inside our meat suit despite him being a cartoon who should have the freedom to flourish in his art style. Its hard, I'll tell ya that! But I made an attempt here to try something that aligns more with what I want for the comic.

Maybe this will be the final look? I love to see this version of Sans having a more urban fashion sense, aggressive personality, and a bad drug problem that leaks into all aspects of his life. I'm definitely pulling from the images I included in this post, and honestly? I think we need more poverty polish applied to his bones.

I kind of want to make a similar character sheet for more of the UT cast. All in due time...

Post #29 - Big News, Big Changes

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Finally, I’m here with the so-called big post! I might’ve overhyped this a bit, but that comes with the territory of having long stretches of radio silence. 

So what’s up?

I have decided to make changes to the direction of the story (again). Instead of the comic being the primary form of storytelling, it will be the fic instead. What does that mean for the comic? It will continue until chapter 10, and then we'll see where things take us. I rather start small so I can write a conclusive narrative within a reasonable time rather than attempt to manage something far too grand for my current abilities. Depending on how things turn out, I can always start another mini-series in this universe.

So, FAWN the comic will take place about a decade in the past from FAWN the fanfiction. Chapter 1 of the fic will be posted tomorrow, and once it is, I’ll update this post to provide the link. I have a little under 10 chapters written already, but if my brief obsession with Avatar this past month and a half has taught me anything, it's that I can pump out 50k words within five weeks if I really have my heart and soul in it.

To iterate, the fanfiction is not only going to be a rewrite of Lugubriosity, but it’ll continue the story. I know, I know, you might be wondering why would a cancel Lugubriosity in the first place then, and my answer to that? I simply wanted to write a more cohesive narrative, but I might’ve bit off more than I could chew when I initially pulled the plug. All I can do now is take it one step at a time.

The discord is in an unfinished state, but fuck it, I might as well post it so I can gather feedback regarding character backstories, world-building, and all. Below is the link to its beta state. I’m currently in the process of putting together a FAQ for the fic, and already gave a few questions their answers, but if you’d like to add your own, feel free to. I'll slowly piece it into a presentable state within the upcoming weeks.

New pages for the comic coming soon. Thank you to everyone who has been following this very slow journey so far! Honestly, if it weren’t for the pokes I get on Tumblr, I might’ve abandoned this project a while ago.

Discord Link

Fanfiction Link

hope your doing great and you got those beta readers!

Aww this is a such a sweet comment! Thank your for checking up on me. I am currently on a birthday road trip/camping and so far it’s going great—if not a bit horrific in some moments. Hahaha…

As for the beta readers, unfortunately no takes yet, but that’s alright. If push comes to shove, and it’s looking like it, I can find them in a few other places.

do we every find out who gastor was upset at? were they a skeleton? or retired colleague?

We will find out who this mysterious someone is, and eventually what happens to them, later on. It won’t be in this chapter though, so if I only draw this first one and write the rest we won’t get to have visuals on them. If I don’t draw anymore chapters I’ll be sure to at least draw this mysterious someone after they are revealed.

The First Ten!

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Wow! So I can’t believe it’s only been about a week and I’ve already passed 10 followers! This is such exciting news as it lets me know that, yes, people do want to see this project come to life. I want to thank everyone who provided any form of reaction and feedback. It truly means the world to me. 

Here’s to 10 more follows!

Also, I noticed that my last post is doing really well. It surpassed 20 notes, and I must find out why. I assume it’s Gaster’s doing. Damn you sexy abusive bastard! 

Also, also, behold Alphys above. I bet you want more of her, huh? It’s okay, I got you covered. Don’t mind me as I casually slide you a link to The Worst Kinda Curse.