A few more!
The Outlier Awakens, 9/2020
Outlier Ace is so cool. I wish I could figure out a way to give him this power in the Tale of Ace Gallagher, but part of what makes him who he is is how he does all that he does without any magical assistance. He learns how to work hard and train and put his heart into what he does, and I feel like giving him the ability to control all water would be a bit much. I do think he'll end up with his mom's totem and the mist spell at some point, but I can only think of one place where he'll use it for plot purposes ;)
Showoff, 9/2020
I think I originally gave Outlier Ace his water horse for a scene that never happened in the final Gemini Archive when he teams up with The Doctor. Like they have to run somewhere and Ace is a complete showoff and makes a horse out of water and rides off and Elliot just rolls his eyes and gets on a real horse and The Doctor is like "wait what??" I just like the little look of HAHA on his face.
Unlikely Allies, 1/2021
Aside from introducing Westfall and reuniting The Doctor and Gemini, my favorite part of the last Gemini Archive was Ace and Elliot teaming up with The Doctor. It was just fun watching how they'd interact with each other.
Into Wildfire, 1/2021
I did not remember this started off as a pencil drawing! But this is one of the ones that actually translated pretty well into digital. I was able to make the fire all fiery anyway. But it's fun to see how it started!
Wedding Day, 11/2020
Awww. Lookit them how cute. I vaguely remember trying to figure out what their wedding outfits will be; ironically I'm not sure their wedding will end up "on screen" after all this because I think I've added a time skip from the end of the jousting tournament story where they get engaged before jumping ~5 years into their marriage. But it's still cute to see them all happy and stuff!
Wedding Day Outfits, 11/2020
More figuring of the outfits without them covering each other up, lol.
Give and Take, 12/2020
And this was RIGHT AFTER the drawings of them getting married and that made it hurt even more... the things the plot makes me do I swear 😭
But I definitely didn't realize I've had the "Athena doesn't make it to the end" storyline brewing since 2020... But, this is it, down to the scene, so I guess I've been trying to figure out if it was part of the plot or not since then. But OOF.
Whittacre, 11/2017
My majestic deer!! Look how gorgeous he is. His proportions may be a little wonky but he looks soft. He always ends up been linked to winter in a lot of my drawings.
Winterbourne, 12/2020
Case in point, lol. More Whitacre winter. The antlers seem... backwards? I'm not sure. But this looks like a prime "turn it digital" territory right here...
Qul'tuq sketch, 2023
The first sketch of Klingon Gemini was in my little sketchbook! I do remember this since I photographed it to draw for the rest of the story, but yeah! No idea what her outfit is doing.
You are a Child of Mine, 10/2023
The last drawing in my book... little Hudson in the creek getting baptised :D There's an epic song by Mark Schultz that fits Hudson's struggles and his quest to be who God wants him to be, and I sketched it out I think on a plane. It will need a "real drawing" one of these days.
Next up; I have MUCH OLDER drawings on random papers in a big folder under my bed... once I scan them I'll have to share the fun ones again!
I'm not sure why but I love this one so much. I think I did a specific medieval set for the 2018 Inktober, because they were all "knight of shadows," "the river maiden," "the dragon queen" and all, and I actually tried to create new characters vs borrowing mine. But of course Ace was pulled in for The Thief and a few others made an appearance. But these ladies heading off for some witchy things is adorable and I love them.
I like his design and facial structure. He reminds me of Merlin a bit :D
I mean, what can be better than an elderly dragon feeding pigeons at a park 😂 Adorable.
Nobody steals the from the church with this guy around. The expressions of all 3 make me laugh.
It's the dinos! I've kinda just let them fade away, but at least I wrote the whole story, lol. At some point I would like to tighten it up and publish it, but we'll see how Ace goes first.
This was most likely drawn after I had the dream that turned into how Ace meets his mother Aurora. I love the columns and the lighting and the curious fearfulness as Aurora reveals herself stayed pretty consistent to when I wrote 
Ah, Ace Gallagher at his finest (and then very quickly at his worst thanks to being tricked into drinking a delirium potion 😅). "The Ambassador" is still one of 
Part of the same story, I forgot I drew when Ace hops on the wall near the end to escape the palace. It's just another... Ace on the wall... ha. haha.
I have no memory of this lady okapi-centaur, but it's a fun concept! I really like creating centaurs but never actually writing anything for them. But, again, it's good that I'm not since I have enough writing without them lol.
Some of these Inktober drawings ended up really cool, and while I would love to translate some of these into digital, there's just something really cool about them being pen and ink. Like this one. I'm not sure I'd have the same dark and light nature of Mr. Edwards here without the stark contrast of ink. Unless I keep it monotone... we shall see.
I love everything about this one; the composition, the linework creating texture and shape, Sapphyre's curious, shy pose... As long ago as this was I am still impressed by my execution, lol. This one may be able to make the transition to digital and still keep the mood and mystery :)
This is one I completely forgot about and I laughed when I saw it... Gemma from the Gemini Archives discovers her son Aiden is a complete mess 😆 It's funny that I have almost nothing with Aiden in it otherwise; I had hopes of a spin-off with him, Diana, Ian, Amadeus, Eliseo, and the others in that generation... but I only ended up with one story of them raiding a base with Aiden being more of the computer nerd of the group - and then Eliseo gets turned into a cyberman... but that did spin Diana off into depression that landed her into the Duchess story, so I guess it helped a spin-off of a different sort.
Another one I absolutely love... the pose, the composition, the depth (ha!) and simplicity are so cool. It's such a strange feeling to love it so much but also want to redraw it so badly? lol
Poor Alias: Jay. I had such high hopes and had such a cool story, but I just have too much going on to give her the attention she needs. I may have to just tell the basic story, spoilers and all, sometime here, since I'm not sure when it will ever happen. It was set in The Tallelands/Fortanya a generation or so before Ace, so there were going to be a few "easter eggs" that made it into his story from this one, and I may still keep them in case I ever do write it as a prequel of sorts. Like spoiler alert - I think Corryn was the Sentinel before James.......
What's with all these amazing Sapphyre-based ink drawings coming out so cool?? I love this one so much, and it features Ms Khalli spying on a ship. She doesn't normally come up to the surface, so this must be after Sapphyre introduces her to the wonders above, lol. It's kind of funny how much Khalli ended up as a nod to Ariel in The Little Mermaid.
I thought Sam may appreciate this one more now: Mioko finally gets Maewyn to fall asleep and then doorknob's squeak pops her little eyes back open 😅 Poor dad, lol.
Not part of inktober but in a similar vein, Khalli swimming through a shipwreck looking for cool things. It's another that I'm just stunned I completed in only pen. It looks so dang cool, lol. I believe I need to post a few of these on my website as is. 💙
