I did change my mind. And I'm glad I did. I'd also forgotten to erase the registration marks for the text, so I did that, too. Oops.

 Put in a lot of thought on this one as it's supposed to represent a turning point in emotion and outlook for Silas. This is where he's broken free from the City and feels his work is not only his own but that he likes it, it's successful. Might be it should be even brighter than this. For the moment, it's done and I'm moving on.

The 'script,' such as it is, for "The City Silent" is just lyrics, tracks or songs written out, something I did about eight years ago now. It's the only structure I have in place for the story. Every time I open that PDF, Adobe Reader, now equipped with AI (which I hate) keeps poking me, stating that 'this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?' I ignore it because why would I want that? But a few days ago, I thought, "You know, I WOULD like to see you make head or tails out of this." So I pressed the button.

The AI nailed it. I don't know if I'm pleased that what I thought was possibly a needlessly complex and unclear story was properly 'understood' by this fake brain and that my points were coming across or deep disappointed that something I put so much work into was just a few seconds' work for this thing. I can't tell. But I guess it does give me hope that someday someone will read it and get it and that the story will have done what I wanted it to.

I still hate AI.

 Finished this page yesterday but forgot to post it. Already at work on the next one though it's a bit dramatic and I need to make sure it fits stylistically with the rest of the track. A common problem working the way I do.

This is where it stands as of now. I was channeling some more of "Singin' in the Rain" for this one and remembering some of the stuff I saw in some Will Eisner comics recently.

I've also been posting some of my old cubist/abstract furry work to Bluesky to surprising reaction. One of the more popular paintings I ever did looked more or less like this and was called, "Miko." It was acrylic on canvas, I think, but was sold over 20 years ago. I don''t have a good photo of it at all. Documenting my work back then wasn't nearly as easy as it is now. A lot of paintings are lost in that way, either because they sold or were tossed and never properly photographed. So I tried to digitally recreate the image and that, too got some decent attention.

 Had some time before work to finally get started on the next page of City Silent. Luckily, from the taking of reference photos to sketching and inking, it all came together rather quickly AND I left room for the text! Should be able to finish this sometime this weekend.

 Threw some color on this and ended up rather liking it, even if there's no 'proper' tones. Quick studies can sometimes just be fun. This is one of those.

 Also did a little quick sketching this morning. The top one just a selfie so I could draw something before work. My portrait output has been a lot smaller lately and I miss doing them. I did the freehand sketch above then did a quick and dirty in Procreate. There was an inked layer but I deleted it after deciding I didn't need it.

The bottom image was from a portrait I'd utterly forgotten. It's another of British comedian Joe Wilkinson, whom I've done twice before. I was trying to do a more detailed approach. I don't know why I stopped doing it; I honestly don't remember working on it that much but I obviously did. Perhaps I'll come back to it later.

 I finalized these two pages this morning. Hadn't changed them, just decided they were done. The bottom page does rely on people reading the right hand side first, which is awkward I guess, though that text is higher up. It's ok; likely not the first time I've done that in the comic. And if that's the hardest thing for folks, I'm batting 1,000. Haven't drawn much of anything for over a week. Work has been scheduling me way too heavily for my tastes though that's changing next week. Also had a thick head cold which sapped what remaining energy I had. Also, just too damned busy. When I have time to myself, I want to just do almost nothing, which is sad but I'm drained. Here's hoping I can get back on the horse.

 I have been working on two pages in the background, not sure if I like them well enough in the sequence. So I made a spread of the track so far and decided that they work fine. That being said, I need to try for something new here as I'm going to get stuck in a rut very soon if I don't. Visually I don't think the comic  is as interesting as it could be. Playing with style and color is all well and good but if I can't keep growing in other ways, it's going to fall stale. So, I'll add the copyright to the last two and post them but know that I have to keep pushing the visual metaphor from now on.

 I haven't drawn anything in a long while. I haven't felt it. Between work and depression about the world situation, I just don't feel the fire. But today, I managed to get myself into the headspace and went in a totally different direction than I was. I still have the other drawings and will likely use them later on. This is as far as I got today from scratch. I'm also not feeling well and, as of midnight, have lost my voice. Glad it was AFTER I did some auditions this week. Anyway, still here, still drawing.