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quickest javier doodle ever

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WE BUILT THIS CITY🎵🎶

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I haven't checked up in a while is white horse luno?

Why yes, he is!

I changed his name to better reflect his culture and the evolving symbolism ^_^ in Diné folklore white is tied to east and dawn. The horse. well. If I started talking about the horses I would stumble into a 10 page ramble

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me when im just straight up fucking evil (black winds howl and brook's parting)(happens because indian agents want to arrest black winds and have him hanged for like either stealing books or his participation in the navajo wars i dontknowwww. i need to reread the conditions of the treaty of bosque redondo)

theres some missing panels, between the first and the last three there';s supposed to be an interaction they have where brook breaks down crying and begs him to stay but hes like please you have to let me go. live your life and dont sacrifice your future for mine. and shes like ok :-( and then they kiss and saygoodbye. whatweeverrrr

the dialogue on this needs moar work but its not my priority rnnnn

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aaahhhh ohhh fuuuckk i dropped my portrait auuhghhhh fuckkk ohhh godddddd *imps drag me into hell* aauuuuhggggg auhhhhh fuuuucckkkkk the imps the imps oh hgod they're torturing ,me it hurtsssssssss

aaiuuuhhhh my skentches ssauiauhughuhhhnhhhj *writhes*

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everyone say hello to my new burning staables character gun lady (placeholder name because shes only like a day old and it can take me weeks or months to name my characters)

im really tired rn but later ill reblog with more details about her backstory and situation, and her dynamic with white horse. cause ive already got that worked out

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needed to draw him. so bad. i was having white horse withdrawals

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something of a warmup doodle i did before i got back to work in the comic dungeon

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Burning Stables: Vilomah - Part 3 (sketch)

Part 1

Part 2

Black Winds Howl recalls the harrowing path he took to become a warrior

Content Warning!

This comic touches upon alcoholism, child abuse, and colonial violence. If this upsets you, please don't read!

Sorry that I'm only uploading in 9 page increments >_< these take a lot of work. like. a lot. this took me a few weeks to put together! Thankfully that means I have a lot of work done and the next few parts will be a bit easier. Have a bit of the concept art I did for this part!

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theeee peace talk at narbona valley (brush test) + the other landscape concepts ive done of the chuska mountains near that whole area andddd the ponderosa pine brush assets i made

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Guess who's stuck in concept art hell. Guess who thought this was going to be a simple project. Guess who was Wrong. Guess whos having the time of his life not in spite of, but because of the challenge

Plus a little preview of some monologue!

"For every trickle of blood I’ve felt run down my arms as I held the fallen, I gave those white men hell. Rarely did my arrow fall without a heavy heart, but for that I hold no remorse. It was us or them, and in a world that wants us gone I chose to protect my people." - Black Winds Howl regarding his time in the Navajo wars of the 19th century

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heyy so little announcement for burning stables- all the comic updates for vilomah ive been posting are just loose demos but eventually they're going to culminate in a full issue release! which. is also going to be just a demo since the official version is going to be up in more like. 3 years once i get my associates in radiology. but yeah, im planning to have a full issue out by the end of the summer :-D

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new art supplies! graphite pencils that i thought were charcoal (im mad), new pens, and a calligraphy dip pen that im really enjoying! i wanted to take an opportunity to explore brook a little more because i miss her. and barboncito because ive been reading wikipedia again

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ik you probably spent a lot of time picking it but the shade of red background makes it incredibly difficult to read the comic

thank you for inboxing me about this, i appreciate the feedback a ton and im sorry to hear that! honestly, ive been having some issues with the red lately and how that affects my viewers experience. right now burning stables is in something of a test phase where i'm trying to work out all the kinks like pacing, tone, and in this case, readability. a lot of that depends on feedback just like this and its something that i highly encourage

Looking back at it, I'm going to take a leap and assume that the low brightness here is the main problem? on the left is the original color pallet i used (1), in the middle is a lighter (albeit, more saturated) version (2), and on the right is also a lightened version with the saturation toned down (3).

Let me know which one you (not just anon but also everybody else) think is best, or if I'm missing out on some other factor! I don't want to kill peoples eyes anymore!

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brook doodle/warmup b4 i get back to work on part 3, trying toget familiar with her face and make her look Right

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Burning Stables: Vilomah - Part 2 (sketch)

Part 1

Part 3

Unable to bring himself to take a life, White Horse considers the unthinkable. In his most desperate hour, an old friend returns to bring comfort.

Content Warning!

This comic touches upon suicide, alcoholism, and child abuse. If this upsets you, please don't read!

To be continued... stay tuned for part 3!