Like I said, I have NO idea where this is going. But hey, steampunk flower!
Month: April 2018
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The Most Holy Place
Ref: St Catherine’s Monastery | Mt Sinai
Ah, this (mis)adventure! There’s a bit more of the story than I can feasibly do in the weekly comic, but I’ll save it for next week. As for this particular bit, we did not get to ascend to Mt Sinai as planned. I was out for the rest of the morning, but at least Meagan got to go see the monastery grounds.
The font in panel(?) 3 is Vaporized by Blambot, and it worked great. The shadow started as an accident, but I really like it.
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AA18: A Magical Plant Sorcerer
Mariam is not having a good time, is she?
For the record, I am making up this story as it goes. I have no idea if/how she will get out of this.
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AA17: Castle in the Woods
Oh, I’m sorry, did you think that bird spell would wear off over time? NOPE.
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AA16: Taming a Giant Forest Insect
Over halfway through the challenge!
I was really looking forward to this one because of nostalgia. The first time I played D&D, my friend Josh tamed a giant beetle that we named Fluffy and I rode it for the rest of the night. As soon as I saw this prompt, I knew what I had to do.
Really happy with how Fluffy turned out, especially since I drew this in in under a half hour. Chadwick’s outfit shows he is no longer a paladin, but not quite a pirate either.
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AA15: Bird Witch
Bird Witch was one of those prompts that I looked at, and went ‘well, what the heck does that mean?’ First the witch was going to be a bird, but then I realized that outside of Percival I haven’t shown the protagonists much. So Mariam got cursed. Found some fun brushes to add to the effect.
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AA14: It’s Snack Time!!
I was dreading this one because I knew I wanted that overhead shot of a dragon chasing Percival, but I’m really happy with how the dragon turned out.
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AA13: Angry Traveler Looking for a Beer
I got really stumped on this prompt, but I like how it turned out.
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Miracles
So as noted in this comic, I decided to take Meagan to Mt Sinai for part of her visit. The first thing we both noticed was the QUIET. SO QUIET. This was especially nice for her, because she was not used to the clamoring ruckus that is Alex and found it a little overbearing.
To get to the mountain, we had to fly into Sharm El Sheikh, then a bedouin driver I had arranged for took us around the mountain range (there is no direct path) to the town of St Catherine. The drive took about three hours, and only had one stop on the whole route. DESOLATE. Luckily, aside from construction at one point the roads were good, and was actually four lane divided roadway for half of it. And note because I know someone will ask: the current conflicts are in North Sinai, we were in South Sinai, and there are several military checkpoints on the way and especially at the mountain. It was quite safe.
I was fascinated by the landforms. I teach about unconformities, but I had never seen it so obvious and frequent in the landscape. It was clear that the mountains had been pushed up at an angle, and the different types of rock eroded at different rates, which was neat as well. I’ll be using that as an example for a long time!
But outside of geology? It’s a whole lotta NOTHING for miles. Very pretty nothing, but nothing nonetheless. I can’t imagine crossing this on foot.
