Constellation, page 8

At least Exie is out of the damn poison cave. Just one more circle of hell to go before the end of the story.

I haven't done a page for Constellation since March! It was my Halloween Resolution to get back to work on it, especially since there are only a few pages left (hopefully). I like what I've done so far, though the pacing is almost certainly awful...maybe when I'm done with this one I can do another, better comic.

A look at Exie's evolution in sprite form (Witch)

It's Exie!

So you may or may not know that I’m working on graphics for a simple shootemup called Witch, featuring the character from my pixel art comic, Constellation. Having never done graphics for a game that would have to actually be playable, I’ve gone through several redesigns of the player character’s sprite.

LET’S TAKE A LOOK!! (process chat and lots of pixel art behind the cut)

Constellation, page 7

Exie you have gotta get out of the poison dungeon, it's making you potato-headed!

There are more words in this page than the rest of the comic combined.

Constellation, page 6

Just pretend she took out all the ghosts--I originally had them all in the last panel but it was too busy.

Now that the gem clasp is gone how will she blow everyone up? And what will keep her red shawl on?? IT WAS TYING THE WHOLE OUTFIT TOGETHER

Constellation, page 5

This area probably came from all the King's Field / Shadow Tower I've been playing lately. I wanted to have a sort of inhospitable area that looks like it was once inhabited.

I'm having fun with the different wavy effects for the poison fog! I also kind of love the idea of Poison status giving you a runny nose. Exie needs to get out of there soon though, she's already exploded once.

Constellation, page 4

It's a star, doofus! I've been wanting to explode someone
Megaman style since I first started the comic.

Constellation, page 3

Who's house was it? Why was the treasure chest trapped? What is that lizardman reading? None of these questions will be answered.

Constellation, page 2

Exie continues deeper into the ground, coming across a cozy looking house and a lizard man who doesn't want to be bothered.

Constellation, pg. 1 (animated pixel art comic)

Hi! Long time no see. After the year began, I lost all motivation to make new stuff for a long time. However, I am now making new stuff again.

Here's a comic done entirely in pixel art--I thought to myself, "I want to draw a story, but how can I make it 10 times more difficult and tedious for myself?" Here's page 1.

The comic is about Exie, a "gem witch" that I'm using in some other projects that I'll talk about here later. Mostly this comic is a way to practice with pixel art, varying image resolution (either having a larger canvas to work with such as the last frame here, or a very small work area like the first frame) and especially a way to pack in some fun video game references/sprite designs. Hope you like; the next page will be up in a few days!