I've been dealing with crappy home problems and travel, so I'm taking a bit of comic time off this September on Crow Time and Namesake so I can survive juggling this many plates. The next two updates are these notebook sketches! Here is the first!

I'm been drawing a ton of little Emma and Ozma illustrations in my notebooks for fun. I'm bringing back the Oz scepter from the John R. Neill classic illustrations. Ozma was always assigned a role, and the scepter and magic belt are two items that feel regal and a bit restrictive, so it fits her current feelings.

I love the look of the shopkeeper. In these early sketches the hair looks like antennas a bit, but I felt making them too antenna-like would have people assume she's a shadow, so it's a bit softer in the actual comic pages.

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Hello everyone! I'll be at Otakuthon in Montreal this weekend (August 7th to 9th) @ Table 1734! I'm sharing with a friend. This is my first year tabling at this con, so I'm pretty excited. It's only me (Isa) this time. Come get your Namesake and Crow goodies, Meg sent me a bunch of stuff for the con, including prints!

I love how this illustration turned out. Ozma is Frieren, Elaine is (abstracting) Pomni, and Emma is Chell from Portal. Frieren and Pomni fit Ozma and Elaine almost too well. Emma makes a great Chell, always nice to draw her muscles and think about Portal again...

Thank you to everyone who left well-wishes for me (Meg) last week! My hand is healing well, and surgery was indeed an experience I get to check off the bucket list. The big bandage/splint is off and I get the stitches out next week.

Sorry this one is a little off font wise - the lettering was done by me (Isa) because Meg is healing from surgery!

When I finished the piece, I realized it looks a bit like Jack Pumpkinhead is a shadow. He's not! He's a good boy! I love him!

I'm traveling this week for a few days, so both Namesake and Crow Time are getting notebook illustration updates. Thanks for reading!

Because of MCAF (and work), Crow Time and Namesake will be short updates. Ozma has super long hair, and these little crows are experts!

Here are the details for the festival, for anybody who would like to attend :

https://www.fbdm-mcaf.ca/