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little sketch refs for chapter 4 to help me get a better idea of the new looks!

-ghost/cas have gotten a bit of an update to make them look more like a maine coon (:

-toe beans!!

-paw socks to better furrify outfits

-meet Rose, my shitty old self-insert who is now a plot device!!

Happy PI P.I.E. day 2025 y'all!!!

i wanted to share the sheer difference between the art of my old Venturiantale fic (Elka Highschool/The Binder) throughout the years!

the first is from the start of the original story, written when i was in middle school! i'd estimate it to have been in the spring of 2015 based on the release dates of the Venturiantale FNAF videos and Samgladiator's yandere high school Minecraft rp. i drew every single chapter "cover" on lined paper despite the fact that i absolutely had sketchbooks i could've used. maybe it was easier to use what was accessible at school. who knows? i sure don't remember lol

the second is from the beginning of the not-so-little project i started up in July of 2021, where i transcribed the entirety of Elka Highschool into a proper document before time wore away at its old pages! it was also when i would redraw all of the included art of the OG story, though often with changes to improve composition and supplement the story, rather than the excessive violence and blood i prefered in EHS. it's honestly not terrible! i love it for the angst factor i've yet to shed (:

the third is of course from the current chapter of my newest project for EHS, Bindertales, in which i'm trying to rewrite the story without losing the primary plot! this isn't an exact redraw (which i may go back and do anyways as i love this sort of cheesey setup) but is me doing my best to learn better composition and framing! this one is from November of 2024 and makes me quite proud of how far i've grown since the start of this whole mess.

this is all just a nostalgic ramble no one will read, but i wanted to share it in case anyone's like me and enjoys seeing artists develop over years of practice!! never stop creating :D

Bindertales is moving!

hello!! due to my desire to post more miscellaneous art here and the incessant need to organize things, Bindertales content (aside from misc side art or art from the old writeup) will be put on a side blog, @bindertales from now on :D

my chapter/issue 3 cover! trying some new vibes here, doing my best to improve my overall framing. hope it came off well :D

can you tell i love Cas? i really love Cas. he was and always will be my little meow meow mass murderer <3

if you wanna see my friend's cover and the first 4 pages of the issue, check here

and issue 1 here

back at last!! im doing my best to keep the primary plotlines of the OG Binder while improving on characterization and making an actual functioning story lol

also still working on improving how i make comics overall, pretty proud of these ones :D

this awesome alt cover is by my friend Twizzi!! mine will be made alongside the pages as a de-stressing project since i decided the Pi day cover no longer really works (since i took too damn long to get this done ;; )

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just three pages this month, sorry! i'm a bit buried with finals (this is actually from a month ago, i've just been uploading a month behind!) but will acually be graduating soon! as such, i'll have more time to make sure these coming pages are as good as i want them to be (:

you can even see how i ran low on shading time, it had to use airbrush rather than line. let me know which y'all works better ^^

it's gonna be a lot, and i wanna make it hit!!

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wowee im tired lol

apologies for the delay, but here's the next set of pages for Bindertales chapter 2 :D

im still experimenting with shading, colors, overlap, etc. im proud of some parts, less so of others! either way, what's done is done, and i cant let myself focus too much on making things perfect! i hope yall enjoy!

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Bindertales chapter 2 continues! finally got to draw school mom/nurse Spottedleaf again! and a peek at Cas' usual appearance to Ghost (:

hope yall enjoy!

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chapter 2 arrives with glorious bloodshed! ive waited so long to draw casket in his element: violence (:

i also really prided myself on accuracy in my designs, particularly Toothless' pupils turning into slits when threatened! i take liberties with these designs, but i try to include little details like that. it makes it a lot more fun!

thanks for reading, i hope this reaches yall well and happy holidays!

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the final 4 pages of chapter 1!

i've been waiting SO long to finally get Cas (Jimmy Casket) onto the scene and get some BLOODSHED >:3

i really haven't changed much since the original creation of The Binder, i still crave angst and violence lol. at least i now have the sense to make it tasteful and only when necessary. i think.

the text and the hand-written text are intended, Cas is just a bit quirked up :)c

anywho, hope y'all enjoy (:

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pages 9-12!!

good thing i have backlogged pages cuz, like i said last post, ive fallen a bit behind. turns out life happens ^^;

some more fun character appearances (and one not fun ._.)! jeff the killer, sonic.exe, toothless from httyd, and tigerstar! the... unwanted guest... is only here because my friend Loki won a mini contest i held to name the comic, back when i just called it The Binder 2: Electric Boogaloo. their prize was to get to pick a pop culture character that'll be a recurring bg fella and of course they chose homestuck lol

all love to homestuck fans, it's all poking in good fun, y'all are valid and so are your interests (:

this is also the last of the pages to have dialogue entirely hand-written cuz i realized my chicken scratch isn't ideal for every character to use lol

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the next set of pages 5-8 (: chapter 1 is officially done at this point, but just in case i fall behind, i'll be uploading monthly (the rate which each batch is made anyways), so the next couple batches are already prepared!

of note this time, a reminder that this story was originally heavily based on Venturiantale lore. characters like Sally and her relationship with Slenderman are from their canon, but I am adjusting things a tad. ive found it such painful cringe and ooc to keep the real Slenderman character, so instead a Slendy kinnie ^^

the character of Whispy was my friend's sona that has gradually just become my own character since she's adopted a different one as of recent. she's actually the origin of my FNaF OC Alpha!

also!! im really trying to put more focus on backgrounds and having fun with bg characters, so i hope they'll keep improving as i go!

a couple of the bg characters are recurring from the OG story, others are just fun furr-ified characters i'd probably have included if i wrote it nowadays :D none are made too obnoxiously obvious, but my favorites are Jay Merrik (Marble Hornets) and Bon Bon + Bonnet (FNaF SB)

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a small start (:

and fun fact!! the principle was originally named Scott Cawthon, but i felt it kinda disrespectful to use a real person's name for a fictional criminal huh :/

of note:

-im doing my best to stick to the story of the original Elka HS

-things will be changed to TRY to make more sense

-i am very much still learning and improving, especially in the comic medium and with backgrounds

-this is being made for a "newsletter" sent to my friends, once a month, and 4 pages each

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a little project of mine (: rewrite comic of this: https://youtu.be/8f8y50bkq1U a fanfic of mine based on Venturiantale written in middle school lol

im putting way too much effort into this.

(will include blood and violence :p)

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