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follow @syn7ropy to keep up with the project and ask questions. we will be posting dev stuff there from now on!

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follow @syn7ropy to keep up with the project and ask questions. we will be posting dev stuff there from now on!

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follow @syn7ropy to keep up with the project and ask questions. we will be posting dev stuff there from now on!

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hi all, shelby here! sorry for the total lack of activity on this blog for the past few years. we have been working diligently behind the scenes on our discord server as we wrote the drafts of the novels

if you haven’t heard, danny broke up with me and brian. we are getting neokosmos in the divorce as it has always been my baby and brainchild and brian has done virtually all of the prose writing since 2020. danny has wanted to step away for quite some time, and we are super proud of him for following his own path in life. the two of us will always be best friends but our time as partners and creative partners has come to an end.

we will be changing the name of neokosmos because danny is no longer working on and it is just not the same project that it was back in 2015. its a lot more adult, its a novel, the story and world is so much more developed and honestly we need a fresh start. as soon as we can we will be relaunching everything with the new name and posting the first five chapters for free for everyone to read to see if you wanna join us and make it happen. both brian and i are too disabled to work normal jobs so we need to make writing and selling artwork as our main gigs or we will be kind of fucked.

thank you to everyone who has believed in us over the years and especially our loyal patrons. its been hundreds of thousands of words and concept art and prep over the last 9 years and im so stoked to finally share what we have been cooking with more people. i started this project as a 23 year old recent grad with no idea what i was doing in life, and now at 32 i finally feel confident enough that what i am making is ACTUALLY GOOD????

so yeah, stay tuned, the whole project is about to enter Phase 3. love y’all

-shelby

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hi all, shelby here! sorry for the total lack of activity on this blog for the past few years. we have been working diligently behind the scenes on our discord server as we wrote the drafts of the novels

if you haven’t heard, danny broke up with me and brian. we are getting neokosmos in the divorce as it has always been my baby and brainchild and brian has done virtually all of the prose writing since 2020. danny has wanted to step away for quite some time, and we are super proud of him for following his own path in life. the two of us will always be best friends but our time as partners and creative partners has come to an end.

we will be changing the name of neokosmos because danny is no longer working on and it is just not the same project that it was back in 2015. its a lot more adult, its a novel, the story and world is so much more developed and honestly we need a fresh start. as soon as we can we will be relaunching everything with the new name and posting the first five chapters for free for everyone to read to see if you wanna join us and make it happen. both brian and i are too disabled to work normal jobs so we need to make writing and selling artwork as our main gigs or we will be kind of fucked.

thank you to everyone who has believed in us over the years and especially our loyal patrons. its been hundreds of thousands of words and concept art and prep over the last 9 years and im so stoked to finally share what we have been cooking with more people. i started this project as a 23 year old recent grad with no idea what i was doing in life, and now at 32 i finally feel confident enough that what i am making is ACTUALLY GOOD????

so yeah, stay tuned, the whole project is about to enter Phase 3. love y’all

-shelby

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hi we are always open to new beta readers !

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Concept art (2020) vs. Final (2023)

Illustration for NEOKOSMOS 01: Isolation by Russell Cragg. Lines by Danny Cragg, painting by Shelby Cragg. Learn more at neokosmos.space

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They look at you.

Illustration for our upcoming novel, NEOKOSMOS:01 The First Day. Lines by Danny Cragg, color by Shelby Cragg.

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Neokosmos Stickers now on Etsy! 👽

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Remember the NEOKOSMOS webcomic from 2015? Well, 8 years and over 400,000 words later it's a series of novels. If you wanted to know how the webcomic would have ended, I've got great news. The entire first book has been written and re-written, and is ready for YOU to read! And if you're curious about what happens after that, we're on the last 3 chapters of Book 2, too.

Join the discord today and be part of our community of readers! Liveblog the books, give feedback and critique, hang out in chat or just lurk! We're happy to have you!

We've also got a shiny new website!

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playing around with gouache brushes in procreate feat. RED

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Remember that webcomic NEOKOSMOS from 2015? Well, we are currently working on adapting it into an extremely long series of novels, which you can read before they are published on Patreon. (We have about 500k words of material so far!)

In the mean time, back by popular demand, enjoy these slightly vintage enamel pins featuring the four main characters, Tye, Seven, Zee and Iris and their webcomic designs. They aren't quite canon anymore, but that just means you liked it before it was cool.

Shop here!

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It’s the 7 year anniversary of NEOKOSMOS! 

We’ve made stickers of most of our cast to celebrate!  We’re almost done with the second draft of Book 1 (just a few thousand words left!), and we have plans to finish the first draft of Book 2 this year!  Collectively, we have written over 400,000 words of Neokosmos!!  Come check out the madness! 

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We have been hard at work on Book 2 of the NEOKOSMOS illustrated novels this year! Enjoy these contextless spoilery images, and come see what we are up to only on Patreon! 

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oh my, its the villain cast of NEOKOSMOS. remember neokosmos? it was once a webcomic back in the mythical days of 2015, but it is now illustrated novels! if you like dark humor, aliens, and dealing with trauma, it might be the story for you!  we are hard at work on the novels over on our patreon discord! come follow our progress and join our awesome community of LGBTQ+ and ND scifi nerds. for $2 you have access to everything!

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a good kid having a not so good time 

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updates always come first on our patreon or its discord server (which you can access FOREVER with only 1 simple payment of-- haha ok this isn’t an informercial). you only need to pledge once for all access there! and why not check out this cool art before your pals... and then excitedly share it here after?

https://patreon.com/neokosmos

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WANTED: RED

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NEOKOSMOS:01 is an ongoing illustrated YA novel. Read the full first draft and the ongoing second draft today on the NEOKOSMOS Patreon.

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