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Volume 3 Cover+ Art
🕑 Added 2023-05-30 01:58:09 +0000 UTCAs promised, (heres nearly) everything thats going in Volume 3, Arrival Vol 3 is just getting finished up—arrival being the coloured spread of how the farm has progressed since we last saw it.
First, we have the cover with Xiulan, Tigu and Big D. Originally the plan for these covers was to have one main human and one main animal, so Jin Big D, Then Mei Ri Zu, then Xiulan Tigu, but later on, we descided to have the chicken on the front of all of them.
Next up is Tigu's Intent, as she introduces herself properly to the patrons of a noodlebar.
Then we have the Golden Road, with Tianlan and best boy chonkers.
"You've got Mail!" has Lu Ri finally delivering a parcel thats taken him an entire volume and a half to complete.
The Tiger Versus the Heron where Tigu and Xianghua both go all out for one final clash
The Hero Arrives: Big D descends on Lu Ban, the moon shining high, and bringing terror to the wicked!
[Break the Rocks] Is all that needs to be said for this one.
Finally, we decided to go with Misunderstandings End, Where Jin and Xiulan finally come clean to each other, and Jin apologises for feeding into her misconceptions. This was originally going to be a scene where Jin hands Guo Daxian a shovel and tells him to fix things, but we couldn't get a good composition, and I noticed that for a volume primarily following her, Xiulan didn't actually have any images of her in the book.
I you have trouble seeing these on patreon, heres drive as well.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11_lwC7SEoJ3ID6zudt7NMXSUKHPfI8wh?usp=sharing
Comments
Drendude
Xianghua vs Tigu looks so freaking amazing! And just thinking about Break the Rocks evokes such powerful feelings, and this art amplifies that further. Holy cow, Tsuu, good job!
Nomjy
Omg the one of Jin receiving his mail lmao
Tsuu
o/
Alimaeus
Good choice on the covers, after all the chicken is obviously the main character.
Philip Hunt-Bull
Lu Ri looks great
Vralnii
Thanks for the scenes CasualFarmer! I love this story, I like it so much, that I re-read the whole thing in the past few days, and had a dream about it becoming an Anime. Ahhh, it was a glorious dream. Don't know if it is even possible; but I could totally see either Hulu or Netflix picking it up to make an original anime. Anyways, thanks for the hard work!
Aaron W. Smith
This was stunning work. And, yes, "Breaking the Rocks" is my favorite, and I had no problem figuring out who and when before I saw the caption. Beautiful work, and well chosen scenes.
Dion Crump
Senior disciple is extremely handsome
Old Dog
I like Tigu introducing herself to the noodle bar. Of course they are all great.
Wolfram Kaiser
My Favorit: Break the Rock!!!
Elliot
Wow, I love these.
Nicholas Grey
Doesn't need music. Already (canonically) has a sutra being chanted to provide background sound!
Jonathan Applewhaite
And of course the beautifully climactic, “Break the Rocks!” Feels like it should come with its own boss music.
mikalman216
"BREAK THE ROCK"
Nicholas Grey
"Every farmer knows what needs to be done, and every farmer hates it"
TygaBeast
Because Travis' voice for him sounds older. The voice he went with evokes the image of an older man - not an elder, but not the fresh-faced young man he is.
Nicholas Grey
He was specifically described as a walking cultivator stereotype
Nicholas Grey
This is EXCELLENT! Evocative, powerful, and beautiful. "Heron vs Tiger" turns the tension up to 11. "The Hero Arrives" shows that even a chicken can be a Big Damn Hero "Your Mail" is a textbook example of using the straightest of straightmen as a brilliant source of comedy.
Teh One & TrueTabi
Artist by the handle Tsuu, she does excellent work.
Osamaru Ta
Who does your art? Is it just Fanart? Or do you have someone commissioned?
WyrdWizard
Why did I think Senior Disciple Lu Ri had a beard?
M
I really like Jin’s expression in “break the rocks”
Thomas Brusilovsky
Break the rocks!
NameGame
Eh. I don't like seeing the art, generally. I have my own view of what they look like based off the text and fleshed out with my imagination, and the art is often jarring or counter to it.
Andrew Denton
I also though of him as older looking.
Modesty Goose
The Aegis of the Full Moon #6
Cyrus McEnnis
I kinda had a mental image of Senior Brother as more generic, but on reflection I guess that for a cultivator he is generic as hell as depicted. (By generic - less handsome, shorter hair, older looking - couldn't tell ya why : )
SkySeeker (definitely not Lauren K in a mask)
I about died laughing at "your mail."
