No update today...

The last three days have been alternatingly 1) stressful, 2) nerve-wrecking, 3) hectic, 4) crazy and 5) amazing - but most of all they were busy. As these three days happen to be crucial to my ability to post an update of The Darkest Hour, I'm afraid there will be none this week :/. There is plenty of material, but I haven't got round to preparing it for posting. Hopefully that means that there will be an extra large instalment next weekend :).

The Darkest Hour 74-75

This part is less than ideally executed, I'm afraid. It's a bit clunky, and pretty short for an update :/. The difficulty is that I have to skip ahead to the next great event and I don't seem to manage to do that elegantly. I could have let it lie longer and looked for a less clumsy way to handle it, but I don't want to delay the end of the story. My priority is to get the tale finished. I'll go back and edit later. I'm sorry for not giving you a better read this week... I'll do my best to make up for it next time :-).

The Darkest Hour 70-73

A while ago I estimated that the story would probably end around page 75. Seeing as we have arrived at page 73 now, that's not very likely anymore. 95 then? :-)

The Darkest Hour 67-69

I would have preferred to post more in one go, but unfortunately I had no time to draw more this week. Also, we are nearing the end of the story and I need to think very carefully about how it is to be wrapped up nicely. There are still a few important events to be told, but the difficulty is that they require leaps in time. Making those smoothly is always a bit of a challenge. So: three pages this week.

The Darkest Hour 65-66

Ygraine does not find it easy to cope with her new responsiblities. Look what happens...

The Darkest Hour 61-64

It's that time of the week again :-). Click for readable views!

The Darkest Hour 58-60

I so hate having to kill characters. But sometimes there is just no escaping it ;_;.

Also, after sixty pages my brush pen is empty. Is it me, or has it run out of ink really quickly? All the large areas of black, and the lettering and the thin lines were done with another pen, too, so... I dunno, but sixty A5 pages of pure line art doesn't sound like a lot to me. *frowns at Faber-Castell*

You know the drill: for readable text, click the images :-).

The Darkest Hour 54-57

These pages have been really difficult. I took a bit of time over them, but I'm still not happy with them. This episode is important, but hard to get right. I chose to continue with the tale rather than to linger over the difficulties; I'll edit later. Suggestions are welcome!

As always, click the pictures for a readable view.

Kundry

Because sometimes I need to use a pencil, an eraser, a Staedtler pen and some watercolour paint, to prove to myself that I can still do more or less finished pictures.

The Darkest Hour 51-53

I'm sorry about the delay. Here are the next three pages. They are inked in a few different styles, with pens and brushes, just as a try-out. I still haven't made up my mind at to how to ink the definitive version :/. Opinions?

As always, click the images for a readable view.