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Printing - getting proofs
This is not my first time printing but this is definitely the first time I've squinted at proof copies with this much scrutiny.I mentioned on Twitter that I had got the proofs for the Kickstarter comic. And they look great at a glance.Howeeveeer. I figured I'll show you guys what had gone wr...
Ch2 - 5 pencils
Page 5! This could use a bit more polishing before I go for inks, but I'm happy with it for now.It feels like Jack's features have already changed since the beginning of the comic, but I'm quite enjoying drawing him like this. Anna's always fun to draw, she's evolved a lot as wel...
Weekly sketch requests - Submit yours
We're gonna start doing these once a week from now on! Every Patron can make a suggestion (or several) and we'll pick one to draw.The suggestions can be either Small Trolls, Tistow or Year in Hereafter themed or character specific (and AUs if you have one in mind). No OC requests this time r...
Skint
..He'll always be. It's early days on his journey but he'll gain confidence at least.I'm going to continue scheduling daily (both older and newer) sketches for $1 patrons and pencilled CH2 pages for $3! Keep an eye out for those. :)
Ch2 - 4 pencils
Page 4! This little kiddo will stick around, his name is Alfie and we've loved writing him so far.Something I haven't mentioned before, but probably is quite obvious, there's a lot of children in this comic. Like Jack, they can see spirits around the city that adults can't.I've b...
Year In Hereafter Monster concept
Back to doing these ones! This fella is part of the same bunch as these three from before:#1 #2 #3I still have 5 more monster concepts I need to make for this entirety of 9, which we've already seen 2 of in the comic itself.They either don't have a proper concept art like this made off of th...
Ch2 - 3 pencils
Page 3 this time. Jack's got roommates!Notes to self: Mrs. Goodwill's tapestry things. Wisps give off smoke and sooty particles Make sure the green isn't gonna get killed off in print. Eugh.
Ch2 1-2 pencils
Sunlight hurts your eyes. What is this orange thing in the sky.Let's start with these 2! I've got these two inked already but I'll show you those later. There's now a new featured tag, so you won't find these pages under Tistow anymore. Trying to keep things a bit neater.Stuff I&...
Chapter 2 planning & Ch1 KS thoughts
Couple of panel previews from Ch 2 for y'all!We are 10 pages in at the moment and I've still got couple of months to finish this chapter off before it starts running online. I'm not quite sure how many pages this one will end up being yet. More than CH1 for sure though, I've estimate...
Spring clean up - No more spam, we promise
If you got spammed by 90 'new' posts uh well. We were hoping this would be a surprise to people but Patreon decided otherwise. We're terribly sorry about that.We've made majority of the old content free for everyone to view and most of the high tier stuff is now available to the lowe...
Archive #7 21/04/2018
New to our Patreon? Is the amount of content overwhelming?Don't worry, here's everything published on the page so far so you can search back easier!If there are broken links, please let us know. :3Comicpages & Downloads: Tistow: Small Trolls Wallpaper "Wheat Fields" Downloads Tistow...
Kekri
Some YIH lore today relevant to the 9th chapter!During the Harvesting Festival there are a few different names to the 7 days of celebration.When otherwise Kalevala knows no years, no months, no weekdays, this is one of the few exceptions where they have a 7 day long "calendar."This sketch is...
Updated map
The finalised map that'll be included in both the digital and physical copies of the 1st chapter. ♥ I've updated this for the website as well, but here's a downloadable full res version for y'all.The coffee/tea stain.. I took a piece of paper and made two cups of tea just to get th...
Year In Hereafter Vol 1 Crowfunding plans
Mikael here, hi! We haven't been able to be terribly active here at the time! Both have been busy with things that we can't update on Patreon, and I don't quite want to spoil what's to come in YIH, so I won't be posting you with preview material just yet. Chapter 8: Shout is comi...
"To Lapland" updated!
Hello there!It's been a while since I uploaded this little extra chapter here, not all of you newer patrons might've even noticed it!There has been some graphical enhancements to this one and a few spelling corrections, but no major changes.Additively, instead of just having a long-scroll fo...
Tank it!
I'm a wee paladin, tall and stout~He screams and shouts alright.Mika asked for some more actiony Jaakko sketches. Here he is in some battle gear.-Elli-
Hello hello!
We just got new postcards ordered up and should be receiving them during next week, if post services are working. So, I don't have the items in my hands and I can't take pictures of them, but I'll do that as soon as they arrive.What this means is that it's time to send some fresh and...
Tistow - World map - WIP
I promised a map and here it is. A work in progress map but these are the first 2 pages of the comic book (and PSD) just to give you an idea where everything is.We didn't want to clutter the map for the first chapter too much, so we've only got few of the more important cities and countries ...
Kirkald Boarding School
In the little hamlet of Heahtta there's hardly other schooling than the essential skill of reading and basic mathematics.After their schooling, the children continue to learn from their parents, and through their craft. Fewer girls attend than boys, as the girls are taught their chores and usefu...
Morrie - Taelic colours
This was a Patron request! ♥ I've shown a little child Morrie wearing her Taelic colours, but realised I have not completed one of her as an adult. Cheers Yuu for prodding me to finish it!Morrie's recently been introduced in the comic and we found out she's Taelic. A map of the regions...
Veeti
Quick scribble of an adult Veeti for the Kickstarter extra comic. Tried to work out his tunic details.You'll see these patterns flying around in the first chapter but I'll leave it for you guys to find them. The patterns also appear in YIH!- Elli -
Tutorial content question
Have a gote boy.We do have an actual question for y'all!Too long, didn't read: What tutorials would you like to see?Drop a comment in the box or email us and we'll make a note of it!We do a lot of step-by-step stuff, but we've had folk request tutorials and ask us questions regarding...
Flower Crowns
Relating to this post right here, we got more flowery goodness for you all!Jaakko is too much of a man for a crown made of 'em though.There are full resolution versions available if you'd like to grab either for a phone background or something like that!It has been a while since we've ma...
Lily of the valley
Step by step of the lily illustration!I'm really pleased with Anna in this one, she looks how I'd like and I hope I can replicate her in the comic in the future just as nicely fghffgjkgfh.Lily of the valley stands for happiness and luck. And I wanted to draw a happy sketch of these two after...
Cemetery walk
'Wild' places in Tistow are a rare treat. You can be sure Jack will seek them out though at the earliest opportunity. There's a lot I'd like to explore with this story wise, as nature conservation is a subject very close to my heart. Much like in Small Trolls, mushrooms and wisps pla...
Festive dressing of the Kalevala folk
Helloo! Long time no see. Here's our Tistow Cameo Anna in her YIH appearance, dressing a little bit differently from how we usually see any characters throughout Kalevala. And there's a reason for that. :3We'll start creeping closer to a major event of the story, which is the Harvest Fes...
Skulls and a holey scarf
Happy Holidays and all that stuff!Here's Jáhko and Veeti exchanging gifts. Little shamanboy Jáhko gives small skulls and dried flowers to Veeti, and he gets back a scarf that Veeti knitted all by himself. A few loops went missing leaving holes in the making of it.- Mikael
Howling caves
A little scene of Ieva and Anna in their Year In Hereafter existence going through a little adventure. And when there's snow, there's cause for concern. Dangers loom in the dark nights and triumph in cold and ice.Not to mention the folk of Väinölä are generally a little ill-equipped to de...
Year In Hereafter: Chapter 7 previews
As you can see, we take a look at most of the maincast, jump around locations, and we'll add 3 new additions, two of which are very dear cameos. And then there's an elf.Chapter 7 will introduce and feature Suzzen, "Sussu", from Bookwyrms, and Anna from our Tistow.We'll have 54 pa...
Patreon overhaul
Wee bit bigger news this time for everyone! We're going to make some changes to the way our reward tiers work come January. There's a couple of reasons for this.The galleries/tags have swollen a fair bit in the time we've been running this profile. There's an awful lot of content and...
