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I got 33 likes yesterday O.O

  1. "Friar Chicken" title is based off a pun.
  2. Title is also based off a dumb moment.
  3. It was originally a comedy with a bit of drama, but changed into a drama with a bit of comedy.
  4. Alec Tryon is derived from the Greek mythical figure
  5. Alec was originally supposed to be a farmer only, but his role was changed later to CEO to raise more conflicts later on in the story.
  6. Humans weren't part of the original storyline, now they are.
  7. This is my first story, and yes, there will be inconsistencies and mistakes. There's a lot of facts/stuff to remember...
  8. Researching facts about chickens is my main source of inspiration for general plot points (example, "Pestilence" is based off fowlpox outbreaks)
  9. Teresa Tryon is deceased at the beginning of the comic. The newspaper article in the first episode hints that it's a little over a month after her passing. I had planned the story to begin Jan/Feb, 2023. So it's estimated that she died around the holidays :cry:
  10. Angel Tryon has been away from home since the start of the comic (except for her appearance in the "Drawcember" episode, cuz I wanted some extra wholesomeness) Still hadn't figured out a reason for why she's gone (and later appears) I'm thinking boarding school?
  11. Alec is from Tennessee, which is mainly why his product was called TFC initially, though Tryon Fried Chicken works better.
  12. Friar originally didn't have a name, but for some reason, I thought it would be interesting to use his religious title as his name. Implies he was named by his humans, who call him a "fryer"
  13. There are social classes in the coop, based off a mix of USDA terminology and Pecking Order behaviors.
  14. There is a whole dictionary containing a mix of terms based on chicken etymology ("Fryer", Roaster", "Capon"), religious terms ("Ka"(Egyptian, "Halakaw"(Jewish)), and others I made up.
  15. The motto scratched above the door in Episode 5 reads "May Only the Pure of Heart Enter Here". The other three henhouses have mottos as well, to be revealed later.
  16. I had a written alphabet for the chickens, but the doc was lost in a transfer. It's technically a lost language now...
  17. My roosters don't say "cockle-doodle-doo" as commoners believe. They say "Ka-Roo", which is a made up cognate of the terms "Ka"(soul) and "Roo"(verb, "to rest"), so it's generally a greeting that means "Rest thy soul".
  18. There is a myth known by all the chickens that if the rooster fails to sound the morning call, doom will befallen the coop.
  19. There are Four Orders of the Roost, each with a Head Roost or leader (a rooster)
  20. There is also the Head Rooster (slightly different and confusing spelling), who also serves as the head of the entire flock. Gallus is the head of the Red Order as well as the leader of the entire coop.
  21. Red, Brown, White, and Black. Those are the Four Orders, in order of hierarchy.
  22. The toughest and most victorious order-currently the Reds- enjoys special privileges for running the coop.
  23. The Orders were originally designated by color of feathers/plummage, but due to intermixing and variations of feathering, the order names are based on values/worldviews.
  24. Anyone can join a particular Order, but must undergo an initiation and fulfill tasks before officially a member.
  25. There are lesser orders besides the Four, but not as highly regarded. One is called the Gray Order, a sect that engages in astral worship, but not much else is known.
  26. Chickens that are not in any Order are Outcasts, and are shunned and ignored by other members of the flock.
  27. Chicken fact: If a coop has many males, they will fight for dominance, The loser will either stay on the boundaries of the coop, or form their own flocks. This fact provoked the Four Orders idea.
  28. Chicken characters are based off real breeds of chicken, though I added unique design elements for better distinction. (example, Buckeyes are black, but I gave Bucky some red coloring to make him stand out and much more fun to draw.) Chantecleer is a Chantecler, Gallus is a Junglefowl, Chickpea is a Serama(Bantam), Fowler is loosely based of an Egyptian Fayoumi - or at least his colors. More will be introduced later!
  29. The majority of chickens do not know about what humans do to them, or will do. A few of them know, but keep it very secret.
  30. Friar is allegedly a Leghorn, and does not know for certain who his father is.
  31. The small chickens (Shmultz, Marek, Chickpea) are Bantams, which are minaturized versions of larger breeds.
  32. Marek the soothsayer was an add-in, to give the viewer some foreshadowing. "The Blind Owls" is also an addin, for a sort of finale for this first year. I call this season/year "The Whites", which explores the themes of enlightenment, knowledge, and religious stuff.
  33. "The Blind Owls" title is derived from the book of similar name, written by Sadegh Hedayat. The book itself explores disturbing psychological themes, and is banned in Iran due to inducing teen-based suicides (read at your own risk, I have yet to) I used the title as a metaphor, for owls symbolize wisdom as well as bad luck, and blind baseless knowledge can be dangerous, as you will learn in my upcoming episode...

Bonus: The owls names are derived from the three wise men in the nativity story. Instead of actual gifts, they bear lessons for the roosters.

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So I kind of got ahead of myself, I got 56 likes yesterday.

so whoo.

hear we go

  1. Like many things, I was originally not planning to make Kattar's parent's divorce relevant, but now it's going to be a central theme with a lot more digging and depth added to that whole mess.
  2. Alicia and her little brother's birthdays are three days apart, so when they were kids, they had double-birthday parties, which they didn't mind.
  3. Alicia and her little brother are both business owners (though Andrew co-owns his with a partner)
  4. Etan's pet peeve about working with warm tones is based on my own. My red paints are always left until last.
  5. Like Alicia, I have a woman in my life who tells me I'm talented and beautiful, somewhat in the place of my mother (though mine is still living)
  6. Despite my having five siblings, nobody has many siblings in this story for some reason
  7. the siblings that are mentioned are relevant characters because my siblings are my best friends (and one is my editor. I have to speak well of siblings.)
  8. Like Alicia I'm an older sister, and her little brother, like mine, definitely spends more time speaking kindly of me than being annoying
  9. the chapter "White Hole" gets its title form my little brother defining a white hole for me. It is an exploded black hole, and the further into it you try to go, the more it pushes you out and destroys you.
  10. black bile is one of the four humors. the one responsible for melancholy.
  11. I don't know what the other humors are, maybe I'll look them up and reference them later in the story.
  12. Alicia loves theatre, though I haven't mentioned that yet. She especially loves the play "For Colored Girls Only Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enough." Which inspired the title of Etan's photoshoot.
  13. my mother acted in the play listed above. She was the girl who wore purple.
  14. When writing Mrs. Moon I decided I wanted to do something different by writing a single Hispanic mom who wasn't poor.
  15. I don't know of any other rich female Hispanic characters who gained their own money just by working from the ground up.
  16. Kattar's injury was inspired by someone I used to know who has Spina Bifida.
  1. if you think about it, "Damsel in the Red Dress" is a rags to riches fairy tale, though I didn't want that to be TOO overt.
  2. Alicia is the damsel/rags-to-riches princess.
  3. Kattar is the prince charming
  4. Mrs. Moon is the evil queen.
  5. I guess Alicia's mom is the mother who died in the backstory.
  6. Alicia has no wicked-step mom, and her aunt who raised her was a good person.
  7. Her cousin Natividad could count as a wicked step-sister.
  8. Natividad is named after on of my great aunts.
  9. I also have a great aunt named Tia Maria (but that's not surprising) which is the name of the aunt who raised Alicia.
  10. I don't know if anyone names their kids Bella in real life (the name if the aunt who raised Andrew) but I used to have a next-door neighbor who everyone called Bello.
  11. I wonder if the name Clara seems a little too childish for Mrs. Moon. It sounds soft and innocent.
  12. After 15 years, Alicia still never calls Mrs. Moon anything but Mrs. Moon or "Kattar's mom."
  13. I don't know if anyone in the world but my neighbor's niece's boyfriend has ever had the name Kattar, but if this book blows up maybe it'll become a thing.
  14. This book is running almost exactly in tandem with the modern day. Alicia and Kattar are currently living in February of 2024.
  15. Because Kattar and Alicia are a full decade older than me, I have to write them remembering parts of the 2000s that are very shadowy memories for me.
  16. Fortunately I watched a lot of shows that were out of date for my childhood, so I made Alicia and Kattar grow up watching these shows and playing these games.
  17. Kattar and Alicia had a GameBoy that they used to play on all of the time as teens. that's inspired by my older brother
  18. They basically shared a phone in high school (spoilers, no more info than that)
  19. Alicia has sat through way too much Chuck Norris content for Kattar's sake
  20. Alicia secretly had a teeny tiny movie crush on Steven Segall when she was younger, which again spawned from having to sit through way too many action movies, thanks to a certain Mr. Moon
  21. I am not Mexican. I don't know why I chose to make Kattar and Alicia Mexican instead of a Hispanic culture I've actually interacted with.
  22. Alicia cannot reach the food in her own cabinets.
  23. Alicia is addicted to tea
  24. Alicia has terrible eating habits, and she loves fried food.
  25. Alicia loves food from Latin American countries, and as of yet, I'm still kind of 'eh' about what I've tried
  26. I don't know anyone personally who doesn't like sweets, Jinho is just inspired by what I consider absolute insanity
  27. Kattar loves Indian food, as do I and my older brother. My older brother used to always want to go to asian restaurants for his birthday.
  28. I don't know nearly enough about Korean holidays or manners, I should probably do more research on that, for the sake of Kattar's story, though it really doesn't come up often for obvious reasons.
  29. Kattar is allergic to being honest.
  30. Andrew and Melissa Xochitl are the two most cheerful characters in the story. Interestingly they both work with overly serious people whose names start with 'J.'
  31. Those people are Jinho and Juana, but their connections to the bubbly people are different.
  32. I don't even remember when I decided to make Alicia part Navajo.
  33. Both Alica and Kattar are mixed-race, or multi-ethnic
  34. Red shoes are probably too much. Don't wear red shoes and a red dress.
  35. Alicia probably still has the red shoes though the red dress was destroyed.
  36. the red dress was rented, so they probably had to pay a huge fine for that.
  37. Kattar often smells like antiseptic, but that should be going away now (hopefully)
  38. Alicia's dislike for the smell of flowers is inspired by my own
  39. Mrs. Moon's love for the smell of flowers is inspired by my mother
  40. Kattar's trauma is partially inspired by my siblings and my own childhood trauma

whooo, okay i did it that's fifty-six!

why did i start this thread?

Soooo, my friend just binge read through the end of my comic and I've got to give 32 facts... Here goes:

1) The first ever drawing of a character from Petrichor is in my highschool diary from 2015
2) it was a drawing of main character Alice seen on the cover, who is canonically 8 years old, meaning Alice as a character is older than Alice in universe.

3) Because of the lack of rain in universe many people have begun to assign mythical properties to water and aquatic creatures
4) because of this belief a lot of government sigils, uniforms and power signs are inspired by sea animals, including police and humanitarian aid both inspired by jellyfish.
5) Mliko the drone is a repurposed police drone redesigned by Finn, hence the cat design and ears with the fish tail
6) the floating fishbots you can see in the background around page 20 are supposed to suck up pollutant particles in the air. There aren't really enough to make a difference though.
7) many people who don't live in air-controlled homes develop asthma, Khay being one of them

8) Aide has Waardenberg's syndrome which is an inherited illness that causes partial or total deafness among other things. She is deaf in her left ear and can sometimes be seen wearing a pink hearing aid. It's also the reason for her blue eyes.

9) Mliko is named that because while I was looking for a name my ex (who speaks czech) suggested Mliko because it means "milk" in czech, but only in the case of beer foam.
10) Mliko can be used as an ethylotest

11) there is a Pokémon hidden in the background once every chapter, no one has found the chapter one Pokémon yet.
12) oftentimes posters seen in the environment are just concept art for the chapter that I've edited
13) Finn loves to play MMORPGs and will play as cats as often as he is allowed.
14) Mina's name is actually more accurately spelled M.I. N/A.
15) The clone serial number is made as follows : "[Model Name] [sex of original specimen] [individual number]".
16) Khay and Mina both had a different irl friend to model them in their early concept stages. Though most of the real people who were their skeleton is hidden now, a couple of details remain.
17) Multiple people in the main cast are doomed.
18) Alice really really reaaaaaally loves orchids.
19) Khay's favorite colour is red.
20) Aide really likes reading romance books, but her girlfriend Sarin is severely dyslexic and can't read. Sarin uses Mliko to narrate audiobooks so she can share her girlfriend's passion.

21) Some of my merch has major spoilers in it if you look close enough
22) I barely drew Alice in chapter 2 so when I got back to drawing her for the last few pages I was out of practice
23) Almost everyone has some sort of robotic prosthesis. For the younger people it's fashion, for the older ones, it's reparative surgery post war.
24) Zica had two daughters before coming to France. Emphasis on had.
25) Alice, Sarin and Finn's mother is a big fan of rabbits.
26) Sarin's goal is to become so good as a cage fighter that she could one day try official MMA fights
27) I realised I hadn't finalised JP's design right before the page he first appears in so I did 6-7 test figures in black and white before settling on this one

28) I often wonder if my scifi story is scifi enough
29) there's a romance subplot I'm very much debating still whether I'll put it in or not. It's definitely juicy drama and can play in really well for the main plot tension, but it needs balancing.
30) if I continue at this pace, the comic will be done by 2030. I hope you're patient.

31) my favorite part to draw is graffiti on the walls in the background
32) please no one ever like my comic ever again doing all of this is SO MUCH WORK

loll, it is a lot of work, i wonder if people do it out of spite

I only have 2 likes today (so far), but I also have 186 posts, so if any of you wished you could my life very difficult. So as a restriction I will only update this for the next 24hrs. And if you sub I'll give some spoilers.

  1. Najm and Alya were created about a year before STS where Rahat and Qam were only created a few weeks before STS began.
  2. The Shadows are also referred to as murder siblings in my notes because I wanted them to have a familial vibe. In the comic as it is they all like each other with a bit of antagonism but I think I could've gone harder with it.

Now go forth and make my life hell.

Okay I got 18 likes yesterday, time to tell facts 11 - 28 :frowning:

11) Kyara's last name is Stormsen
12) Kyara's mother is based on 3D character model called Cathrine Stormsword.
13) Kyara's last name Stormsen is also based on the name of that 3D character, but because I felt "Stormsword" didn't quite fit the world of Trespasser, I used the nothern european tradition of Patronyms and Matronyms and came up with Stormsen.
14) Stromsen thus means "daughter of the Storm"
15) Zack's full name is Zachary Maciron
16) Zack's last name is based on Scottish patronymic traditions, meaning he's named "son of iron." I thought this would be funny considering his robotarm and history of work in the factory.
17) Old Nan's name is Agnes
18) The Citadel Elder's name is Maximillian.
19) I named the Elder after a villainous character from my old "Doluman Empire saga", where a Maximillian stages a coup d'Ă©tas and crowns himself Emperor.
20) Trespasser similarly has a deep backstory of political intrigue, but I decided to not focus too much on that, instead focusing more on the fun adventure aspects of it.
21) Due to the role of the Elder in the political backstory and his machinations I decided to name him after the Emperor character.
22) The name Tordis (of the Buntha raiders) is a female variant of Thor.
23) I named her as such because, well, her design was inspired by the MCU's version of Thor, notably the version inat the end of Ragnarok/start of infinity War.
24) Tordis also uses an electrified battle hammer. (I am a very original person :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:)
25) The uniforms of the Citadel are based on the Catholic church, but with a fascistic twist
26) In the original Chapter 01, the 3 Buntha raiders aren't portrayed with tattoos. This is going to get retconned in Chapter 03, but in a way that tries to maintain continuity. Their designed tattoos are placed on parts of their bodies that were covered in Chapter 01.
27) The name of the deity worshiped by the Citadel, Inzozi, means dream in Kinyarwanda (the language of the country Rwanda)
28) Starting in Chapter 03, a new alien species will be introduced to Trespasser, Catpeople! :smiley_cat:


Not sure how many more fact I have in me :weary:


Five likes yesterday

  1. the last name Palmero relates to the words "Palm" and has roots in pilgrimage, or "a pilgrim to the holy land."
  2. Alicia is actually not my shortest character, even in her own series
  3. I also have characters shorter than Melissa
  4. All of the main characters are at least partly Mexican
  5. Shannon became part Irish, because I really wanted him to have vivid green eyes despite his Arab features

I got 5 likes yesterday :smiley:
1. The very first version of 6,75 was supposed to be 8 chapters long. In the current version, we're at chapter 24. Let's say it grew a bit :smiley:
2. My main character's real name, Blanka, was inspired by [this song] , which title means 'blank page'.
3. The whole story was dropped for two years, until my two friends found it and were really excited about the story and wanted to know what happens next :smiley: I'm basically drawing it for them hahah
4. Rikka is a mix of characters from stories I used to draw when I was 12
5. Once I answered MBTI tests for my main cast. The results were quite surprising to me, however my friend correctly guessed EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. To me, it's like magic.

Wow, this was harder than I thought :smiley:

I like this idea

  1. My characters hairstyles and how they change all represent something. Either a shift or growth in the character. For example Ragna's hair is long on one side, short on the other. The long side represents her good side/friendship with Randy, the good character. The short side represents her bad side/relationship with Ravening, the evil character. Before Ravening came into the picture the short side was shaved bald, then it grew in when Ravening was introduced, now its getting shaggy because they're spending time together.

  2. The first draft of my story had a completely different love interest, but I felt like that character was just that and nothing else... "the love interest". So I scrapped it and went with something much, much better imo.

  1. Yes. I dragged out his death for two books I hated him so much.

  2. Yes.

  3. The entirety of my books are on my hard drive. My favourite part would certainly be when my main antagonist starts his main plan.

  4. I’m not sure. There’s a few.

Aight, I've received 3 more like today, so here come facts 29, 30 and 31:

29) Kyara's infamous encounter with a giant scraprat, where she was almost eaten by the beast, has earned her the extremely clever nickname "scraprat" is some Buntha circles.

30) Kyara is very insistant on the fact that she was almost eaten by the overgrown animal. Claiming that her continued existance amongst the living as evidence.

31) Shortly after moving in with Old Nan, Kyara cut her hair short.

I hope cutting her hair short didn't anger her caregiver, it angered mine

mkay, so I've been out and sick for the last two days and I got 8 likes while i was away so here we are

  1. Etan Sosa gets his last name from "Sammy Sosa" the baseball player. it's also what my father's last name "Mesa" has been confused for before on receipts.
  2. yes, Etan is Dominican
  3. Alicia only dates other Hispanics...apparently, though tbf, she's only dated one person with a crush on another
  4. All of the main characters of Damsel in the Red Dress are Hispanic, and with the exception of Emelia, that trend will continue in book two.
  5. this is not an intentional bias, it just happens to be how I imagined the characters. and not one of the characters that have been shown (just evil little Etan in the flashbacks) or the same kind of hispanic as me, but maybe i'll add another Dominican in later.
  6. Kattar used to dye his hair a lighter shade than it naturally is (chestnut brown from his natural black) and his natural complexion is between cashew and peanut butter brown. Since being hospitalized, he got paler, and his hair grew out very long, in it's original color, so his complexion sort of flip-flopped light to dark.
  7. Mrs. Moon is the oldest sister of three girls, with a single working mom, which explains why she's never seemed to have to submit to anyone.
  8. Alicia's aunt Maria who raised her was sort of the out-cast sister between Alicia's mom, and the oldest sister. She is also the nicest.

Nah, when it comes to stuff like that Old Nan's pretty chill. She's a big advocate for freedom of expression and finding your true self.

Kyara gets into trouble with her with how nonchalantly she throws herself head first into dangerous situations and flagrant disregard for saftey protocols.

(Take this as fact nr 32, since I've gotten a new like today haha)

Two likes today:

  1. The hospital Kattar is in is inspired by Mount Sinai pediatric hospital in Baltimore Maryland where my older brother was hospitalized during his teens. The place is still vivid in my memory, so I can have the characters walk through the setting and know what takes place where, like a 3D map
  2. Kattar's room is (probably obviously) My brothers.

three likes yesterday

  1. When writing the story I was worried it would be too open and closed, but the addition of Mrs. Moon created a whole story with lots of depth and detail to go into, as did the mention of Alicia's parents divorce
  2. I debated given Andrew a Hispanic name but opted against it
  3. the only person named Alicia I've ever heard of is the older sister of Diego (from Nick Jr.) lol

As of the time I wake up, there are only two likes, so...

  1. I originally began writing Reaper's Storm when I was 14, so the original plot was about magical animatronics fighting intergalactic threats. This is not a joke. The story is very different now :skull:
  2. The story of Reaper's Storm started out as a group project on Newgrounds in hopes of making an animation, devolved into an attempt a webcomic, then devolved once more into a solo project to write a novel, only to resurface again a few months ago as a webcomic again. It's been one hell of a development cycle <.<""

I got 8 likes yesterday, so let's go :smiley:

  1. My story's title was supposed to be a pretty big spoiler. However, during those 10 years of drawing I changed the story so much, that it's no longer valid. I just hope no one asks 'so what does the title mean' question on a end-of-series Q&A
  2. A big part of one of the characters' story is highly inspired by one Polish legend. Even the way how this character ends up in the end.
  3. In 6,75's word, cats have two pairs of eyes- one pair is opened during the day, the other one during the night. In the evening or early morning, they have both pairs slightly open.
  4. I love playing 'what if' scenarios for my series- how different would be an end result, if one character didn't say something that seemed unimportant earlier in the story? How much would it change if another character didn't made that one decision? I was actually considering making a game with all those possible endings :smiley:
  5. I tried to give all my characters unique features. While I was already quite far with drawing the story, I've seen in a bus a guy that looked almost exactly how I would image my character Jerzy to look like in real life.
  6. In one chapter cover illustration, on the first glance it looks like two main characters, Jerzy and Blanka, are holding hands. It wasn't done on a purpose and brought disappointment to some of my readers when they realised they are not, in fact, holding hands :smiley:
  7. Jerzy is the only one who refers to Kestrel with her real name, Blanka. Most other characters don't even know her name and never bothered to ask.
  8. Jerzy leaves food for house spirits around the house, it can actually be sometimes seen in the background.

okay, this actually got me curious about your story : D

I still only have a single like for my latest update on Monday, so here's one fun fact:

  1. When I conceived the idea of The Shapes as a kid, the setting was originally supposed to be Sham Island before realizing what sham meant and switching it to Shap Island.

No likes yesterday, so here's one question:

Do you pick favorites? If so, who is your favorite of your own characters?

No likes yesterday either, so here's a question, inspired by someone else's thread (https://forums.tapas.io/t/i-have-a-problem-with-most-villains/81210?u=leyelle)

How do you like your villains? Crazy? Masterminds? Scary? Silly?

I like a combination of them all, so I might comeback to talk about this later with other villains, but I'll just say that the way I've characterized villains in "Damsel in the Red Dress" I would have to call "glamorous insidious." the sort of villainy so subtle and smooth, you don't even realize you're being abused or misused, and even once you start to realize, you doubt yourself. It's possibly the scariest kind of evil, imao, because it's the one you never think to fight against. Sort of like a Kaa the snake in "The Jungle Book."

5 likes yesterday : )
1. In Kestrel's very first design, she had a normal coat instead of a feathered one, and only bird-like accessory was her mask. In the second design, it still was a normal coat, just with cuts on edges that would look like feathers. I don't regret changing the design, but not gonna lie, would be SO MUCH easier to draw if I decided to stick with it :smiley:
2. ...but the character I regret changing the design for from the original draft, is Ellie. Why, OH WHY did I give her pigtails??? in the original design, she had her hair down and swept over one shoulder.
3. At the start of the series, I'd image Kestrel's voice to be like a slightly nightcored Amy Lee. Currently I'm not sure anymore if it suits her. Mayba? Kinda? Depends?
4. The empty dream world where Mergim is, is a connecting place between a lot of my stories, even ones that have completely different settings.
5. Sometimes I forget my characters names. To be exact, if it's Willhelm or Wilhelm (...and sometimes, 'was it William...?'), and Tobias or Tobbias. I'm pretty sure there might be incorrect versions somewhere in the comic.

One like yesterday so:

  1. One of my favorite parts of writing 'Damsel in the Red Dress' has been naming the magazines, and I wonder if anyone can guess the reason behind Mrs. Moon's magazine being named "Gossamer and Ambergris."

Two likes yesterday so:

  1. Melissa is the first character where i've allowed myself to write her dialog how she's saying it, rather than how the words should be spelled.
  2. when i first introduced her character in the form of a letter, i didn't expect her to become relevant, but her personality was so defined from day one that it only makes sense.

Four likes yesterday :slight_smile:
1. Kestrel was supposed to have a backstory chapter, but I removed it completely from the script because it disturbed the story's flow too much.
2. Jerzy was named after saint George, because saint George killed a dragon : D
3. Jerzy's surname was taken from the depths of my family tree. I don't have any living relatives with this surname (as far as I know), but I really liked the sound of it.
4. I came up with name 'Corhir' while studying chemistry & periodic table.

I got one like yesterday so:

  1. I hadn't originally planned for how GIGANTIC Shannon is to be relevant, but I like the contrast it created between how big he is and how tiny Alicia is.

Two likes yesterday:
1. Spoiler: the name planned for book four of "Damsel in the Red Dress" is "Angel with Painted Nails"
2. I debated calling it Devil with Painted Nails, so there is still some decision making needed there.

And Hushabye Prince got 8 likes yesterday so:

  1. In the original draft of Hushabye Prince, Jinwoo was not into Princesses
  2. Kimberly is Melanesian and African American, hence why she has blonde hair (though she could have been yellow-bone.)
  3. Kimberly's fashion statement is going to be the most princess-y thing i could imagine a working adult wearing
  4. Jinwoo is going to be a new fashion statement i created called "Soft Boy Regal."
  5. It took me a very long time to learn which part of "xs and os" stood for hugs and which stood for kisses
  6. Jinwoo find things most people would never even think of amusing
  7. Jinwoo always refers to his sister as if everyone knows who she is
  8. Jinwoo orders the same thing from Hummingbird Cafe everyday


one like yesterday:

  1. Up until a few days ago (read: yesterday) I wasn't 100% sure what Alicia's red cocktail dress was shaped like. Details just added themselves throughout the story.

one like today on "Hushabye Prince."

  1. Jinwoo's favorite food is gingersnaps

I got 5 likes yesterday so

  1. To this day, when Alicia refers to her hair as black, I don't know if it's actually black or very dark brown, but I think it's the latter
  2. I like male characters (okay, and real guys) with very long hair, so even though Kattar's hair was not very long when the story starts, it's getting longer. the excuse is that he got no haircuts while in the hospital, and then staying home as a shut-in.
  3. I don't know why I love making Alicia so tiny, with such long hair, but I think it's because it makes her seem very sweet, and delicate, an idea that I very much want to remain a part of her character. Even as she becomes more assertive, she's still delicate and needs to be treated with love.
  4. This delicacy is actually echoed in Kattar being shrouded by his own black waterfall of hair, because yes, he's delicate too, and this is especially seen in chapters like "Black Bile" and "Tangerine Acedia."
  5. One of my favorite things about Mrs. Moon's character is her ability to be extremely feminine and a girl boss at the same time because they don't cancel each other out.


Aight, final tally for February and then I think I'll call this quits. Got myself 5 more likes since last time, so here goes:

33) Shortly after cutting her own hair short, Kyara strongly suggested Zack change his haircut aswell.

34) Rowyn was named Rowyn, I titled her "the red head" in my scripts. My ex suggested naming her Rowyn, since it means red haired.

35) Kyara's old SenSec partner Raj, never managed to defeat Kyara in their sparring matches.

36) When Kyara left city life and SenSec behind, she did so without telling anyone, including Raj. Raj has not forgiven her for this to this day.

37) Despite me killing off parents in the backstory to get rid off narrative dead weight, Kyara's father is actually still alive at the time of the story. :eyes:



The finale of Chapter 02 is releasing in just a couple of hours! Check it out in here :point_down:

I got 19 likes yesterday :smiley:
1. Despite making refs for locations, I still managed to accidentaly swap places of a sofa and an armchair somewhere in the beginning of the story.
2. A lot of characters lost some details in their design thoughout the story. The change was so slow and gradual that I haven't even noticed it.
3. Karamanczi's hair is dyed, his natural hair colour is black.
4. ...but in the very first design, his natural hair colour was brown.
5. Before I started drawing current version of 6,75, most characters went through a major re-design as I decided to narrow down main fashion style from 'it's a fantasy story, just wear whatever!' to '15th century Europe is our main inspiration'
6. ...some characters still have 'wear whatever' outfits, but change into more 'proper' clothing when they're in the city.
7. The only character whose design didn't change that much right before the current version, is Jerzy.
8. Jerzy is the youngest out of three siblings.
9. Kestrel does not have any siblings.
10. A lot of side characters have their own stories that happen before or after 6,75, however I probably won't ever be able to turn them all into separate series.
11. Monster from chapter 2 was supposed to be killed, however I changed it while switching from inkblazers to tapas due to readers' reactions :smiley:
12. Will is inspired by Werther from Sorrows of Young Werther.
13. He is also inspired by my older OC, who was a sad and underappreciated water mage.
14. ...who in turn was inspired by a rainmaker Charles Hatfield.
15. Of course there were a lot of other inspirations for Will, mostly polish romanticism poems.
16. Out of the main cast, Jerzy is the best as baking.
17. Out of the main cast, Kestrel is the only one who wouldn't have trouble with preparing a campfire without the use of additional tools.
18. Rikka loves poetry and would love to write it herself, but thinks that her skills are not good enough.
19. Out of the whole cast, only Kestrel and Max don't believe in magic in the beginning of the story.

Wow, it was hard to come up with so many points :smiley:

Lol, that's the point of the game

You don't need to be good at it to start, that's how starting works

Five likes yesterday.

  1. The emotions in "Lurid" are inspired by my own, though toned down, which (I hope) rendered realism in the scene
  2. Every Chapter title has a meaning behind it in both books, some are obvious or line explicitly put in the chapters, other's you have to think about to understand, except yk, when I explain them
  3. towards the beginning most of the chapters titles were lines mentioned in the story, or fairly obvious but I got more poetic, and thus unclear, the further along I went
  4. My favorite of all the chapters titles is "Lurid"
  5. "White Hole" is my second favorite, though I didn't understand that concept until my little brother explained it to me, he's a genius.

two likes yesterday

  1. Kattar and Alicia had both recently just moved when they first met as teenagers
  2. neither move was made for good reasons, both happened to revolve around a divorce...