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This month, I’ve been drawing Monster Trucks driving through ancient Chinese Landscapes, for my upcoming Brush with Peril project.  This is the final scene to draw for this mammoth 250+ page project! And I’ve gotta tell ya, these images were killing me, with so much detail! Here’s a sample (Can you find the monster trucks?):

(After Wen Zhengming (1470–1559), A Graceful Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion (Ming Dynasty 1368-1644), Palace Museum, Beijing:)

(After Shen Zhou, Peach Blossom Study (Ming Dynasty 1427-1509), National Museum of China, Beijing:)

(After Wang Meng, Ge Zhichuan Moving to the Mountains (Yuan Dynasty), The Palace Museum, Beijing:)

And here’s how I make page layouts for this project, by picking the images I want on the page, and figuring out how to place them so they all fit together to include space for the amount of dialogue I plan to have:

Once the layouts are determined, I can make the page from those designs:

Ok, enough blabbing. You’re probably interested to see all the great Patreon features I’ve posted this week (month). Well here are a few items:

For YOU great $2 Patrons (and higher),

PDF! Doris Danger vol. 1, Chapter 9 (six pages)

Also, here are a couple scripts – with some “origin story” info about the creation of Doris Danger’s third volume:

Doris Danger (vol. 3, Chapter 30), 003 – Script

Doris Danger (vol. 3, Chpt. 1), page 007 – Script

In addition, I realized that there were four Dr. DeBunko stories that I thought had been posted, but that had been corrupted and unopenable for who-knows-how-long! So I have restored those to readability, which means it’s a great time to check out the Dr. DeBunko page – eight of his eleven published short stories, as well as a fifteen-page never-before-published one!

And generally, don’t forget you’re welcome to pop over to ChrisWisniaArts.com/blog and read all my comics!

For YOU great $4 Patrons (and higher):

HIGH RES GIANT MONSTER Printable: Doris Danger (vol. 1, Chpt. 6), page 037

A Spider Twins audio commentary recorded in 2007: 8. Chapter Seven: Re-Envisioning This Project

As well as our Patreon-only Youtube.com/DiaryOfAStrugglingComicsArtist EXTENDED AND BONUS VIDEOS, which are always listed -most recent at top – HERE.

And of course, don’t forget you can access A PLAYLIST of EXTENDED BONUS FOOTAGE from our Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist video interviews!

HIGH RES: Doris Danger (vol. 1, Chpt. 6), page 037

For YOU great $7 Patrons (and higher),

Brush with Peril – Burning Down the House (Time Lapse Video), including some photo reference of the pieces I’m referencing.

Three selfie videos of me talking about my Doris Danger comics, from exotic locales:

No Men in Black commentary of page 004
Upper Falls of Yellowstone Park

“Originally Published in Issue Number” commentary of page 007
– Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Humanoid Shaped Monsters commentary of page 012
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

And don’t forget you have access to AN AD-FREE PLAYLIST of all our Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist video interviews!

Thanks as usual, fans! Stay safe, and try to spend some time doing something you enjoy!
Sincerely,
Chris