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Excited for this!!!

Stoked to be asked to do this poster for Floating World Comics presentation of BLADE at the Hollywood Theater in Portland, Or! I absolutely love BLADE! I got a great story about how I found out about it in 1998 lol

BLADE in 35MM Wed, Jan 24 at 7:30PM Hollywood Theatre 4122 NE Sandy Blvd

La Femme Chauve-Souris (The Bat-Woman) 1890

— by Albert Joseph Penot

Stoked to be asked to do this poster for Floating World Comics presentation of BLADE at the Hollywood Theater in Portland, Or! I absolutely love BLADE! I got a great story about how I found out about it in 1998 lol

BLADE in 35MM Wed, Jan 24 at 7:30PM Hollywood Theatre 4122 NE Sandy Blvd

Hi, anon here again just to say thank you for the responce (admittidly didn't expect it so quickly). I was just asking because I saw the Taur art of her and thought it was cool and then saw her human design so I was wondering what the deal with her was. Its all very cool stuff, happy to hear that my question got you excited.

(Quick side thingy/dumb question- would "Taur Alana" have a specialized Mech designed for that type of body? Reffering moreso to the cockpit and not as much the actual design of the mech that is assuming she pilots a mech- if not- just ignore this)

That’s a very good and valid question. All the times I’ve had Alana with her ‘Mech have mostly been as her human form, either with her Elemental power armor or with her Kodiak. I haven’t really thought of an interior cockpit layout for a taur form and that kinda got me thinking that perhaps I should consider it for a future commission idea.

I’m assuming a cockpit accommodating for a taur would need a long command couch to allow them to lay/sit, or more prone, on their belly while also supporting their specific anatomy. I think their lower limbs would be either given more pedal controls or a set of neutral (non-functioning) pedals that would allow their preferred paws to rest or pilot.

Pic by VanHeist2 on Twitter of Alana in her Elemental Power Armor.

Alana out side of her Mechs by @d-tronaustin

And Alana in a portrait piece by @panzebunn

Quick paint on this Patreon big sketch reward for November, a Tsunami Kyubi from Cyberpunk 2077. I don't even use a chopper build but I do like the cynicism in the design philosophy here. 1 slot left on the big sketch tier, get your collection of my original work started in 2024! Links in the place where ya find em!

Patreon big sketch reward for November. Still have one slot left on this reward, kick off 2024 right with starting a collection of my original pieces! Link in the usual spots

Lakota Nation vs. United States (Jesse Short Bull & Laura Tomaselli, 2022)

I stuck 4 of my short comics together into a digestible PDF for the Comics bundle for Gaza's Children. This + my 42 page comic Second Spine are included in the bundle along with 119 other comics for a tenner (usd)

elon musk comic that got me banned off twitter

Asked Cory about adding a color works section to WIRED ZEROS with the book mostly B&W. One option would be to just print the whole thing on a color press cause the machine don't care. I was like then shit I could just go fucking wild on some of the half-tone sections with color.

Pages from PAKLIS #7 (2023)

Writer/Artist/Colorist– Dustin Weaver

democrats and republicans just voted together to censure Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American serving in the US federal government, for calling out the Israeli government’s genocide of Palestinians and Biden’s complicity. you can read her statement here.

they fear us. they know most Americans are calling for a ceasefire. they know the real power lies in the hands of the people. don’t stop talking about Palestine, boycotting, protesting. free Palestine.

Again switching to doing inked line-arts for the big sketch pledge tier for my Patreon. Decided to do a Shion variant from Cyberpunk 2077. Still one slot left at this tier so jump on it and start your collection of my originals today!

My bristol plate that I was using for the Patreon sketch rewards has been discontinued so I've changed up the reward to doing inked line-arts. I think it'll be cool to scan these in and add some half-tones to them or do some digital paints.