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April - State of the current projects + The Bond Sequel + charadesigns tests
🕑 Added 2024-04-04 20:09:12 +0000 UTCHello there,
Little summary of the current projects here:
- Diane Foxington (The Bad Girl): The 800€ per month goal has been achieved, giving us enough funding to try to make 2 pages per month! We're currently trying to reorganise our schedule to make it possible. In theory, we should start to see the results after page 14. No promises. We'll simply try our best to make it happen. Wolfinasuit should start to work on page 15 and replace Spirale then. She'll keep helping me only on the story and story board. (See here for more context)
- Freya Crescent (The Children of Burmecia): The next page is on progress. Sorry for the delay. It appears that having Honi Do working on 3 projects at the same time, plus his job, was too much. Who knew?
- Tempest Shadow (First Time): No problem at all.
- Maid Marian (Wanted): No problem at all.
On the unpublished yet:
- Beelzebub & Loona (Jealousy): The previous artist has been replaced. The new artist, FoxiMoron, is currently trying to remake the cover to fit their style. They started only recently as there was some schedule to handle first.
On queue:
- Tigress (Balance): Completely rewritten but I'm waiting for Honi Do to be closed to finish The Children of Burmecia first, for obvious reasons.
- Blaze the Cat (Heat of Another): May return in May
- Rivet x Ratchet: Planned for Honi Do, it should be the next one we may do after (or during but later?) Tigress comic, depending of Honi Do's schedule.
Currently cooking in the background:
- Mewtwo: Scripting quietly. I don't think people are really waiting this one, as the feedbacks about this particular character have been quite mixed, but I don't really care, I like her and the story I wrote for her.
- Renamon: A big surprise for me! I'm not very familiar with Digimon but Renamon has always been there in my mind. Like "okay, she's sexy, I should do something with her but what?". I had stories but they weren't that original.
But few days ago, a big concept suddenly poped into my head, and I had to dig into Digimon's lore and concept a lot. Now it has easily become the biggest NSFW project I've ever imagined. It's not just a long story, it has a lot of other things too. It could potentially become my main project in the future (the other projects wouldn't be cancelled of course), assuming the success follow the amibition, obviously.
It should be drawn by Feny.
I'll tell you more once I'll have some visuals. I don't want to give you too much expectations, but I'm quite optimistic on this one!
Currently in discussion with other artists (no idea if it'll be made or not):
- Kindred (League of Legends)
- Cynder (Spyro the Dragon)
As for The Bond 2.
The sequel of The Bond was supposed to start around mid 2024 but because of a reorganisation of the schedule, it has been moved way earlier.
I think I'll call it "Memories".
THE STORY HAS NOW BEEN UPDATED THANKS TO YOUR FEEDBACK. NO NEED ANYMORE TO READ THE EXPLAINATION BELLOW:
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Usually, I don't say much about the plot to give you the surprise, but on this one, I have the feeling that it could be controversial. Why would it be? I'm usually all about wholesome and happy vibes comics, after all. What's controversial in that?
- First, the story won't be a Krystal x Fox but... about Krystal and... Fara Phoenix.
Who's Fara Phoenix? For those who don't know, she was Fox's girlfriend in the official Star Fox comics during the 90s. She was even supposed to be in Star Fox 2 before her role has been changed into either Miyu or Fay (both of them sharing traits with Fara). Ultimately Miyu became Katt Monroe in Star Fox 64. We have updated her design (Picture 2).
I'm fairly certain that it's not what you were expected for the sequel.
But wait.
There's more.
- Second, Krystal will have a dick.
Now, what's the big idea? Why a lesbian comic with Krystal having a dick? How is that supposed to be a sequel to The Bond? Am I not supposed to make wholesome comics with canon (or close to canon) pairing?
See, a wholesome comic is exactly what I'm trying to do here, and this is why I'm pitching the story right now. To share with you the direction I'm leaning to.
Allow me to explain:
For those who follow the Discord, I don't make a mystery that I believe Fox and Krystal isn't a healthy couple. They have basically nothing in common aside of being both foxes (not even from the same species technically, as one is from a lost planet no one has ever heard before).
And I like to make comics about healthy couples.
So, what do these two need in order to become one?
They need to know and understand eachother better, and we have to see it so it can feel genuine.
Sure, they could randomly fuck, because Krystal can't help but loving sex and stuff, but it'd feel too cheap to me.
Which leads us to the story I'd like to tell called "Memories".
Basically, because she wants to know more about the one she has bonded with, Krystal will use her telepathy to explore Fox's memories. And because those memories belong to Fox, she lives them from his own eyes.
See? Directly a sequel to The Bond.
It's simple "show don't tell" stuff. Showing them telling their memories to eachother and say "I understand you" would be boring, so it'd be more interesting of having Krystal living them directly.
Thus, the story won't exactly be about Krystal magically getting a dick and fucking Fara because there's a love triangle or something, while Fox is a cuck.
It's simply Krystal reliving Fox's memory of him making love to Fara when they used to be a couple many years ago.
Thus the title of that sequel, "Memories". Pretty staight forward.
I guess that doesn't count as Fox being a cuck.
Having Krystal with a dick, Fox's dick in fact, will simply be a way to show that she's witnessing the memory, and to add to the spice. After all, it's still a porn comic.
Why that memory in particular? Well, I won't spoil everything, will I?
So, technically, that comic is still story about a canonical couple making love, which will help me to have Krystal in the right mindset to be more open to Fox... for another sequel where they'll finally be able to "share their mind".
That's right, Fox X Krystal FOR REAL-REAL THIS TIME is planned after this one.
Merkury will be the one who will illustrate that comic. I know some people said that I did good on The Bond, but I'd prefer to let better artists than myself handle it. I'll still be on the story board and will still supervise the drawing, like for every comics released here.
The Krystal test sketch (picture 1) is hers, and I'm confident she'll do wonders with the visuals!
Fara Phoenix's redesign (picture 2) by Feny.
Little note: I'm aware that futa isn't for everyone, and I'm not a fan either. I just haven't found a better way to get to "Fox x Krystal for real" without that path (and trust me I TRIED. REALLY HARD. FOR MONTHS).
That being said, know that I don't mind if the visual is Fox x Fara, with Krystal narrating "as a ghost". Fundemantally, it wouldn't change the story at all. Krystal is there because it's a Krystal and Fox story. But I'm just not sure if people would be interested to pay us 50€ per page for a Fox x Fara. But if you are, let me know.
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Hope you'll like or will keep liking those projects :>
Thank you, as always for your support!
Comments
ChocEnd
I really admire these long posts, they are very informative!
Jzz
Because Krystal is supposed to live Fox's memories. Having her taking Fara's place would have different consequences, since it'd mean that she actually influences Fox's memories. And Fox re-experiencing a sex memory with Krystal instead of Fara would make it a bit too repeatitive to my taste, as we already had "mind fuck" in The Bond. It would look too much of the same, imo. Besides, I'd need to show Fara because it's really important for what I want to tell in the next sequel.
FastTquick
Good thought, but there’s a big problem with that concept as Krystal would need to enter Fara’s thoughts to be able to experience her thoughts and feelings, and how does she do that from Fox’s thoughts?
Jzz
Thanks! That's what I try to achieve with my comics :>
Ground Writing
Well to keep it along the same lines, why not just have Krystal take the place of Fara in the memories? That was she could still live through it, it could still be the two of them, and as a bonus Fox would get to be there to actually re-experience it with her? Just another thought. It really would have been great to get more Fox and Krystal after the first comic. There’s so much stuff separating them, and I really loved that the first comic had such a cool take on their first encounter.
VibeZerd
Honestly forgot about the nsfw point lol when I was typing. Probably because the writing in The Bond was just so good. It felt just like a mature comic with raunchy stuff added to it
Jzz
Yeah, but that doesn't make for good NSFW material tho :L
Jzz
Yeah, that's the thing. It's super easy to write this for a SFW comic but not as a NSFW comic. Of course I've thought about the things you mentioned, but again, it'd be telling, not showing. Krystal is on a completely different level of tragedy that I'm not sure Fox would be able to understand, so I need Krystal to try to understand Fox instead. Thing is, he doesn't seem to be the kind of expressing his feelings. So I had to find another way.
Ground Writing
They’re both orphans, both warriors/fighters, both seen lots of tragedy, it feels like there’s plenty of common ground for them to get to know each other. I do like the idea of Krystal exploring Fox’s mind a lot, but maybe it could be a piece about them feeling isolated/lonely because of their sad experiences only to find they actually understand each other in a unique way? Could make for a really strong love connection there, finding a kindred spirit. Just something off the top of my head, probably not great for an nsfw comic, and I’m sure that the storyline for this second chapter is already set to go.
VibeZerd
As long as I see Fox and Krystal as a couple haha, Could do something about Krystal getting used to life in Corneria , or Fox learning more on Krystal's people/species, trying to learn her language. Just showing that he's trying to be with her. He did save her after all lol. I'm not so good with stories myself
Jzz
That's the thing. I tried REALLY hard to find a good follow up to The Bond with Fox x Krystal, but whatever I was trying to do, it was always "It doesn't feel natural. They don't know eachother enough." I could simply do ellipses and narrate the thing, but it'd be too much exposition and wouldn't feel genuine enough. I don't want them to fuck for the sake of it, I want to try to make it earned. Thus this idea of Krystal exploring Fox's memory, as not only we have a good ol' "show don't tell", but also it allows to put a heck lot of set up that makes the 3rd story not only easier, but crispier.
Ground Writing
Feels like a shame to make such an amazing Fox and Krystal comic and then not follow it up with more of them… I’m sure that there is another way to help pull them together than this and keep them as the pairing for the comic. I do like the idea of them finding that point of connection, and I’d love to see that explored maybe in a different way. Either way, loved the first comic and hope the third one with them will be good too.
Jzz
I know it's not for everyone, and I'm not really into futa either, thus why I wanted to explain myself. However, I still want to try that, because I just like drawing Krystal, and because the concept was there, I thought "why not. That can be an experience."
FastTquick
To give my bluntly honest opinion, I am not a fan of Futa/Dickgirl stuff at all, so I really hope The Bond 2 doesn’t come to that. I hope it’s more like Krystal being a ghost trapped in Fox’s body. I’m glad to see progress made on the other stories. I’m also looking forward to the new stuff too.
