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Here’s something new I’ve been working on, Pocket Witches!
Pocket Witches are magical creatures about the size of your hand, who gain their powers from positive human emotions and spend their time trying to make humans happy. When they’re born, they take on the shape of something that makes a nearby human happy. (They name themselves at their own convenience, so they can be called anything from ‘Janet’ to ‘Paint Water’ depending on what appeals to them.) The very first one was designed for a friend who was going through a rough time and won’t be shared online, but these two are a birthday present for my little sister. So here’s Humblebee who took the shape of a bluebell, and Liliwen who took the shape of a daffodil.
I’m not dead! And I’m back with a new Pocket Witch - this is Sammy’s new Pocket Witch, Gravity! Sammy has drawn a lot of pictures for me recently, so in return I offered her a Pocket Witch of her own. I originally meant to do just the portrait, but things got out of hand and Gravity demanded a two-page comic to introduce herself, she was very excited to meet Sammy! (She’s very excited about everything.) The spot colour on these is actually done in neon ink which naturally doesn’t show up properly in scans, so I’ll post some photos later showing the neons on the original pages.
Here are some process photos for the portrait of Pocket Witch Gravity I posted a while ago. Whenever I post process photos it makes me realise how conventional my process is! I think literally the only thing that’s different to any of my friends is that I finish the line inking after the spot black, rather than before. Look out for some close-up photos of the comic as well!
Do you remember the Pocket Witches? Introducing Pocket Witch Vox! Before she took shape Vox encountered a little girl who loved to sing, she had no ear for music at all and was horribly out of tune, but she was too little to know it and loved to listen to the radio and belt out songs at the top of her voice, pretending to be a pop star. It made her so happy that Vox was able to take form from her happiness, and took the shape of a song! Unlike the little girl, Vox is an excellent singer who can mimic any voice and change her outfit to match the song she sings. She likes to hang around humans who love music and sing along to whatever they’re playing, she doesn’t care if you’re any good, only that it makes you happy. Karaoke bars are her favourite place in the world.