Bird Witch was one of those prompts that I looked at, and went ‘well, what the heck does that mean?’ First the witch was going to be a bird, but then I realized that outside of Percival I haven’t shown the protagonists much. So Mariam got cursed. Found some fun brushes to add to the effect.
I was dreading this one because I knew I wanted that overhead shot of a dragon chasing Percival, but I’m really happy with how the dragon turned out.
I got really stumped on this prompt, but I like how it turned out.
So as noted in this comic, I decided to take Meagan to Mt Sinai for part of her visit. The first thing we both noticed was the QUIET. SO QUIET. This was especially nice for her, because she was not used to the clamoring ruckus that is Alex and found it a little overbearing.
To get to the mountain, we had to fly into Sharm El Sheikh, then a bedouin driver I had arranged for took us around the mountain range (there is no direct path) to the town of St Catherine. The drive took about three hours, and only had one stop on the whole route. DESOLATE. Luckily, aside from construction at one point the roads were good, and was actually four lane divided roadway for half of it. And note because I know someone will ask: the current conflicts are in North Sinai, we were in South Sinai, and there are several military checkpoints on the way and especially at the mountain. It was quite safe.
I was fascinated by the landforms. I teach about unconformities, but I had never seen it so obvious and frequent in the landscape. It was clear that the mountains had been pushed up at an angle, and the different types of rock eroded at different rates, which was neat as well. I’ll be using that as an example for a long time!
But outside of geology? It’s a whole lotta NOTHING for miles. Very pretty nothing, but nothing nonetheless. I can’t imagine crossing this on foot.
These two really combined nicely! And I couldn’t resist shipping Salandra/Chadwick a la On the Origin of Santa Claus.
Before I realized that these two would be combined, my original idea for ‘Soft Barmaid’ was to make it literal and have the barmaid be some sort of marshmallow fluff golem, which of course Percival would be curious about. Given the internet, it’s probably best I didn’t make that…
I don’t care that peanut butter and jelly probably weren’t invented yet. I’m using it.
Ref: “Eh, yargh, don’tcha know?”
Introducing the paladin Chadwick Goodman, who I’m sure will never face an alignment change and become a pirate… Yes…
Percival isn’t TOTALLY hapless. He does have a certain skillset, just not one that gives him much of an advantage in the woods. He’s like Bruce Banner on the helicarrier, minus the whole Hulk thing.
Those little legs get awfully tired. Poor Percival didn’t quite realize what he signed on for. Nor did Mariam in taking him along!
Poor guy can’t even see over the counter, and you wanna give him a broadsword?