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Suspending all payment charges until we're ready to go!
Recently, I've watched a talk by Bethesda regarding level design, and it blew my mind how I've been approaching modularity in a completely wrong way. What they teach is so much more practical than what I've been doing. So for the entirety of April, I'll be working on building my own Atlantica kit, which...
Cloud Sketching
This is a new drawing technique that was just passed on to me by my sister and I have no idea what it is called, so I am calling it "Cloud Sketching".Please excuse the low quality here. I deliberately half-assed this drawing by using no references and doing everything as fast as possible with nothing but my own...
2021 - THE YEAR OF SHIBI
πππHAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! ππππ₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³π₯³And boy, do I have some exciting news to share with you all on this first day!2021 is going to be the Year of SHIBI!Ever since going on hiatus, I've been searching for ways to produce SHIBI pages regularly. And... I think...
HIATUS
Hiatus is an amusing word to use in this context, considering the rate at which this comic updates, but this one is real.The hiatus doesn't mean the end of the comic. Not by a long shot. The reason I am taking this time off is so I can familiarize myself better with my tools, technique and style. I have been workin...
Stream Incoming!
Patron-only SHIBI Stream tomorrow! September 26, 15:30 BRT (just paste this time on Google and it will convert to your time zone) I'll post the link here and on Patreon when its up.We're going to create some buildings and see if YouTube streams well with my setup. If not, we can all move the stream to the SHIBI...
Resuming work
How are you doing, guys?Everything got back to normal now and I have my equipment back in order and running better than ever!This time away has given me time to ponder and reflect on how to better deliver content to you guys. The way I work on SHIBI doesn't let me have something interesting to post here until the p...
Progress Update - SHIBI Mega Packs
So.... Many of the old posts in this Patreon are no longer accessible to anyone since the complete revamp of the tier system. For this reason, I am preparing two mega packs to make all that legacy content to you again, including some stuff that has never been on Patreon before! The two packs are:1. HD Remastered Pages ...
#08 - Directions
Just because you can see over the buildings, doesn't mean you know where everything is!This one tool a long time to get done. I didn't know hot to do half the stuff I had to use here and this was a hell of a learning experience for me. The best part is that I now have a ton of reusable city assets to apply to a...
The SHIBI Patreon gets a new life!!!
In my previous post, I mentioned that I would be closing up shop to pursue a new career opportunity. Thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak, that is no longer the case.In China, the ideogram for "crisis" is the same one that means "opportunity", it all depends on how you look at it. The outbreak has squandered...
New Beginnings
Today's announcement is a bittersweet one. I have decided to end Patreon support to the SHIBI comic.On Friday, a great career opportunity has been presented to me, and I find it impossible to refuse. I have given this matter a great deal of thought since then. Unfortunately, keeping up my SHIBI work as it is now wo...
SHIBI #7 - YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD
Looks like Alex got himself in a pinch! (Literally XD)And thus begins Alex's life as a macro supervisor! Best of luck to you, my boy!
January Pack Coming Soon
The pack with all the content from last month's Discord updates, along with all the assets used to make them, will become available for you all to download later this month, together with the release of the new SHIBI page. So just hang in there a little longer.If you want to be in the loop of everything that is goi...
How to Access the SHIBI Discord
Hello, Patrons!As part of the SHIBI Patreon 2.0 overhaul, we now offer access to our very own Discord server for all $5+ Patrons. That server is where all comic updates will be published along with most of the rewards. This is to keep the Patreon feed more presentable for newcomers and to keep things tidier in general ...
SHIBI Patreon v2.0 LAUNCH!
Dear Patrons, the time is NOW!I have just taken down the old reward tiers and uploaded the newly remodelled ones. As of right now, while your contribution amounts are maintained, you are no longer subscribed to any tiers. Please, take your time to review what the new tiers have to offer and pick the rewards that most i...
Upcoming Changes + SHIBI Update
Quick progress update and speak peek into the next SHIBI page. Just what the heck is Jackie thinking about.... O_O Full page WIP coming soon for Patrons only.October hasn't been an easy month. It was likely the craziest and busiest of the year. Things got really short handed on the work side of things, with a few p...
FREE OCTOBER
Due to personal issues, I have fallen behind on work and won't be able to keep my schedule for this month. So to make it fair... NOBODY WILL BE CHARGED ON OCTOBER 1st!!That's right! Content will still be made and posted as usual, but there will be no charge this month. Enjoy!Page updates coming soon and hopeful...
SHIBI #6 - TAKING CHARGE
Can a tiny cat wake up a 50 m/164 ft rabbit?Let's find out.......[please download attachment for full quality]
NEW SHIBI PAGE ON MONDAY!!
I don't know who was it that just brought in so many new patrons here, but that fresh injection of support was enough for me to lay off work time on my end so THANK YOU SO MUCH, whoever you are!!Lots of exciting content coming up tomorrow and on the following days! This includes the new strip, new 3D sets and new f...
One More Day...
I have completed the sketching for exclusive mini-strip but couldn't get it done for today, one of the panels took way more time than I anticipated. Only line art remains to be done. But since I teased it for today, I would like you to tell me what would you like me to do...Attached is a preview of the current stat...
Exclusive SHIBI Mini-Strip Coming to Patreon ONLY Tomorrow
This one will be black and white only and will feature a huge macro trope we haven't explored yet! Stay tuned!Only Patrons will be able to read this one!
SHORT PUBLIC TEST STREAM!!!
Come join if you can!https://picarto.tv/KryatEND OF STREAM RESULTSStreaming directly from my laptop has yielded poor results. Everything slows down to the point where it becomes almost impossible to work. I will try to see if there are other ways to do this. So long as my computer is only processing the stream, it shou...
June Updates + Stream
The new SHIBI page has been hitting some bumps in the road, mainly due to my ineptitude when it comes to anatomy. Some poses are really tough to get right. But I finally managed to sort that problem out this last Sunday and I think things can move forward again. I still have my eyes set on delivering two pages this mon...
The First Fork in the Road!
When we reach strip #8, there will be the first multiple choice quiz where YOU can decide what course the story will take. Everyone pledging on $10+ tiers will get the right to vote!Have fun!
A One Week Delay
Hello guys!SHIBI #6 was supposed to have come out last week, but due to the change from Cycles to EEVEE in the way I render my backgrounds, I needed a bit more time to adapt to the new workflow.The next strip will come out by the end of this week exclusively here on Patreon! (and one week later on other platforms)Sorry...
NEW $50 Milestone Celebration!
Hello, my dear patrons!Since I am having trouble with my internet provider lately, it will be impossible for me to host a stream at this time and we are so CLOSE to reaching out first milestone!So slight change of plans... Instead of a stream party, I will hold a FREE REQUEST CONTEST! You can ask me to draw anything yo...
Cycles vs. EEVEE
So this is what I have been working on for the past week.... learning how to use Blender's brand new render engine.With the new version of Blender, a new render engine came with it called EEVEE (its basically a custom version of Unreal Engine 4 tweaked for offline rendering). EEVEE is a very powerful renderer that ...
Legacy Content Coming Over the Weekend
I am gonna take some time off from working on the next strip this weekend, so I can finish uploading to Patreon all the previous strip content from SHIBI. So there might be a little flooding to your inbox, but this will happen just this once.As soon as I am done, its back to work and getting the new strip ready!Have fu...
The road to $50
I got the message loud and clear from the last poll, you guys clearly don't want to interfere in the creative process of SHIBI (Thanks for trusting in my creative vision, by the way). Still, I want to do something nice to celebrate our $50 goal when we reach it!What do you guys want to do to celebrate?
#5 - SNOOZE
If they don't make alarm clocks your size, you improvise![Download attachment for uncompressed file]
The Weight of Responsibility
Concept sketch for a future strip.Alex is still learning about how the hierarchy works at the SHIBI institute. He's a slow learner...Only 1/5 of all SHIBI sketches are public. The others are for TITAN employees and investors ONLY! Sign up to the SHIBI Patreon to unlock them all!
