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Artifice Happy Ending
🕑 Added 2022-09-01 15:00:10 +0000 UTCHowdy, everyone!
So, while my artists are taking a week to recharge their batteries (and build our buffer of pages), I thought this would be a great time to send out another pin-up to y'all!
This is called the Happy Ending Print, and it features Jeff and Deacon from my first graphic novel, Artifice (which you can still read for free.)
The art was actually done by my Artifice co-creator, Winona Nelson, way back when I had my first Kickstarter (for printing the Artifice books). While I've always been happy with how that graphic novels ends, even I have to admit that the concluding page is a bit abrupt, so I wanted to create something that proved that our heroes had their happy ending. I had a vision of our heroes sharing a sweet kiss as they rocketed away from Noneco Corporation to freedom and I hired Winona to create the art for that, and I'm really happy with the digital painting she came up with!
I've shared many pin-ups from my previous Kickstarters with y'all, but I realized that I hadn't shared this one yet. And it's actually one of my most favorites. (I think the rendering of the kiss is really beautiful. And I especially love the colors overall—so vibrant!)
I really hope you like it, too. :)
You can download the desktop wallpaper version here:
https://downloads.yaoi911.com/AMW-Comics-Artifice-Happy-Ending-1600x1200-FRdyF.jpg
And you can download the mobile wallpaper version here:
https://downloads.yaoi911.com/AMW-Comics-Artifice-Happy-Ending-640x960-gyyfE.jpg
High-Res Wallpapers
And, as always, there will be high-res versions of this art for $10+ backers available via itch.io for the next month -- so if you'd like to see a version of these two pin-ups with over twice the resolution, you'll be able to do that here.
Do you want to see more pin-ups? Are there other artists you'd like me to commission?
There was a time when I commissioned pin-ups for y'all fairly often. With the pandemic, support here got reduced, so I wasn't able to afford to keep doing that. But I think it's a wonderful way to say thank you to y'all, and I'd like to try to do this more often, like maybe every few months. And if support picks up, then I'd do it more often.
So, I'd really like to get some suggestions of pin-up artists who you love, including NSFW artists, who you also think might be open to commissions. While I probably wouldn't be able to tempt someone making $20,000 a month on Patreon, I do pay a good rate to all my artists, so I think it would be a good experience all around. And it's always fun to see another artist's take on our characters.
Are there any artists you think I should reach out to?
Please let me know!
I really hope you enjoy this pin-up!
Artifice is a story that's still dear to my heart, and seeing this art again brings up a lot of happy memories. I hope it does for you, too.
Please let me know what you think in the comments!
Thank you so much!
And finally, thank you for all your support and sticking with me. I wouldn't be able to make these comics without your help, and I really appreciate it. I hope y'all had a great summer.
More soon! :)
(Oh! And the next comics page for Double Cross will be posted tomorrow night! Hope to see you there!)
Comments
Malik M.L. Williams
Can’t tell you how many times I’ve read and re-read Artifice at this point. Still love seeing my boys get their happy ending…
rippingoffmyface
You're welcome!
Alex Woolfson
Yay, Theadora!
Alex Woolfson
I'd love it if this encouraged folks to give Artifice a re-read!
Alex Woolfson
Yep! This was a previous Kickstarter reward (and I might have sent it out on an earlier iteration of my mailing list around that time, too), but I've never posted it here for Patrons, and like Nadin says, I thought it might be something new Patrons would enjoy. :) (And I don't think I ever sent out a high-res version back then, so even some long-time folks can have something new if they are interested in that.)
Alex Woolfson
Thank you, rippingoffmy face! I'm glad you think so. Winona is an amazing artist!
Alex Woolfson
Thank you, Arthur! I will check those artists out! :)
Theadora
Yep, I join the crowd re-reading "Artifice"!
KendallPB
Some great suggestions there, especially St. Jinx and AKE and David Cantero!
KendallPB
Yes! I loved "Artifice" and I love this piece, which I remember from the Kickstarter. :-D
Nadin Brokop
yep, I owned it before, too, but it's really great art and there must be loads of new patrons who'll be hyped to get this, too :)
Passthecass
Oooo, I do love a good throwback. Makes me want to grab my copy and re-read the whole thing right now
Alex, you did share this at the end of Atrifice - my copy is dated 2/13/2013. I like it, too!
rippingoffmyface
This is beautiful!
Arthur
I have a few ideas for pinup artists which I may have suggested before, but anyway, here goes: St. Jinx https://www.patreon.com/stjinx ; David Cantero https://www.patreon.com/davidcantero ; AKE https://www.patreon.com/akeart ; Ismael Álvarez http://www.ismaelalvarez.com/ ; Iván García http://www.ig-studio.com/ ; Jezza Smilez https://www.patreon.com/jezzasmilez ; Joe Phillips https://www.patreon.com/user?u=681828 ; Ego Rodriguez http://www.egorodriguez.com
