Pages Inked: 16 of 22
Pages Lettered: 11 of 22

Hot damn.

Okay, so not only did I finish inking two insanely detailed pages of Fenix Gear (this comic is looking better and better all the time), but I've also just moments ago finished the pencils to EVERY page of UTC Phase One.

I've been trying to squeeze in a few minutes during my lunch break every day to draw these pages, while using my time at home to ink on the computer. And 80% of that inking time is spent on Fenix Gear. So that's why the pencils are getting done faster than finished pages. Usually I work on one page till it's fully inked and sent over to Josh, and then I start thumbnailing the next page. But having to divvy up the time so I can maximize production has made things a little lopsided. There are only three pages left to ink now, and I hope to bang them out quickly so that Chapter 4 can be finished by the end of December.

Page 81 is totally finished, but I'm not bumping up the release date because that would widen the gap between it and page 82. 81 updates next Friday and if all goes well, we can get 82 up the Friday after that.

Moving over to the subject of Fenix Gear, Josh has finished a rough draft of the script for the entire six-issue introductory arc. Together with the comic's penciler and several friends, we did a complete run-through of the script last weekend. It was a lot of fun, and everyone had excellent feedback on how to improve it.

This is the kind of thing I've always fantasized about having; a team of people genuinely interested in an idea and eager to help brainstorm, critique, and encourage its growth. I tried stuff like this with friends in the past, but for one reason or another things never fully panned out. I don't know how Josh did it, but he's got himself a killer comic idea and managed to rope all of us along for the ride.

So that's what's been going on these past few days. Fenix Gear is firing on all cylinders and UTC is approaching the finish line. The biggest question now... What am I going to draw on my lunch breaks?

To Be Continued...