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February 2021 Sketch Tier Sketches 7-12

Here's sketches 7-12!  Let me know your sketch choice by Sunday, since these will go in the mail on Monday.  If you don't have a preference, I'll send you one at random.

The sketches are:

7. Right Hand Samsid and King Cannon

8. Merritt's Story 3 - Citizen trade negotiation

9. Jackal exercising in his socks >....

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February 2021 Sketch Tier Sketches 1-6

As always, big thanks to everyone who waited for these sketches!  Quarterly sketches are hard to fit in at any month, but February is especially challenging.  I keep thinking about shifting the sketch months by one month, but by now I'm too set it my schedule, haha.

Here are sketches 1-6!  If you were in the Sketch Tier, Ske...

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Chapter 4, Page 100

New page!  We also have a new public page:

https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p336/

We only had one month left for public pages, but I decided to extend it by 4 pages so that the public pages end at the end of a scene (and at the e...

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Chapter 4, Page 99

Okay sorry, couldn't resist. XD  But we all know what happened the last time Merritt said he wouldn't make that same mistake again.

And also, since it's been like 5 years since the events they're talking about, chapter 3 part 1 (toward the en...

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A few scheduling updates!

Hey patrons!  I just wanted to give you a few quick updates.

1. January's Secret Gallery art went out yesterday, along with a little Merritt's Story book 3 excerpt! 

2. The January monthly letter will go out today to Pen Pal tier folks and up!

3. We also have a new public DOTU page today!  Big thanks to everyone ...

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Chapter 4, Page 98

New page!  And a new page also just went up on the main site:

https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p330/

Also, we got some detail shots for this one.  Since Merritt is a big nerd who can't keep his mouth shut, we don't get to ap...

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DOTU Scene Compilation - Ch4 P88-97

This scene ended up longer than initially scripted, so we're getting an especially beefy scene compilation today! :D  Big thanks to my $2 patrons for waiting! <3

And here are the pages!

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Chapter 4, Page 97 (2 of 2)

And NOW, we've reached the end of the scene!

Here's the spread:

Watch for a scene compilation in a few minutes!

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Chapter 4, Page 96 (1 of 2)

I ended up splitting this update into two pages for the sake of pacing, so expect page 97 in just a couple minutes!  This is also why I ended up updating today, Monday Part 2, instead of yesterday, Monday Part 1. :P

It's also a two-page spread, so I'll include the spread in the next update.  And we'll have a scene compilation com...

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Happy holidays from these two goobers!

So, the "Goober Family Christmas Card" was one of the sketches I did for the last Sketch Tier round, and I decided I wanted to make it a finished illustration.  So, happy holidays from my goober family to yours! :D

I attached a free, printable, high-res, un-watermarked file for all patrons.  It's 5"x7" and 600dpi, so you'll be ab...

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November 2020 Sketch Tier Sketches 13-18

Here's sketches 13-18!  If you're in the Sketch Tier, Sketch+Secret Gallery Tier ($20), or Custom Card Tier ($50), please let me know your sketch choice by Sunday so I can pack November letters on Monday.  If you don't have a preference, I'll send you one at random.

13. Horny reindeer Pogo

14. Goober Family Christmas Card View Post

November 2020 Sketch Tier Sketches 7-12

Here's sketches 7-12!  If you're in the Sketch Tier, Sketch+Secret Gallery Tier ($20), or Custom Card Tier ($50), please let me know your sketch choice by Sunday so I can pack November letters on Monday.  If you don't have a preference, I'll send you one at random.

7. Belmont's pole dancing class

8. The Queens and Mr. Beakm...

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November 2020 Sketch Tier Sketches 1-6

Big thanks to everyone who waited for these sketches! <3  Catching up after my Big November Project was an ordeal, but things have developed since then and I should have some exciting news to share in about two weeks' time.....

Anyway, here are the belated November sketches 1-6 of 18!  One patron will be requesting 2 to make u...

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Chapter 4, Page 95 (+sketch slot is open!)

New page!  One page left of the scene! (meaning we get a scene compilation in 2 weeks!)  As usual, click on the image for a better quality version. *grumbles about Patreon's compression*

Also, a Sketch+Secret Gallery slot is open!  December isn't typically a sketch month, but since I'm still working on belated November sketc...

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Secret Gallery Art is Up!

Patreon messaging is down/glitchy right now, and I can't tell what it's doing, so I apologize if anyone ends up getting multiple copies of my message!  But in case none of the messages went though, I'm posting here too.

November's Secret Gallery art is up at last, and the remainder of November rewards will be coming over the next few ...

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THANK YOU for the Cintiq!

A couple weeks ago, my awesome DOTU readers on Discord talked me into letting them crowdfund the Cintiq 24 Pro I'd been planning to buy for years but kept postponing due to money-spending anxiety.  I want to give you guys a big thanks!  I know you've probably already heard me say it a million times if you follow me on multiple platform...

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Chapter 4, Page 94 + November Reward Schedule

And now we know Merritt's definition of "speaking freely." >.>

There's also a new public page!

https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p324/

I wasn't expecting to fit this page in till December, since, as I mentioned before, I'm ...

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Chapter 4, Page 93

Samsid, playing favorites?  NEVER!

Also, here's a detail shot of Merritt in panel 4:


New page!  Also, a new public page just w...

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Releasing this full Merritt/Belmont art at last...

Reminder: Merritt's Story book 2's final chapters went up last Thursday! 

I posted the sketch for this image a few years ago, then fixed it up and finished it for the Secret Gallery this year.  I've also posted some cropped teasers her...

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Devoted - Merritt's Story 2 - Chapters 27-29

This is the end of book 2.  I can't believe we made it. XD

Since this is the end of the book and a lot of people want to escape into a story right now, we voted on Discord to move this release 3 hours earlier so folks wouldn't have to stay up as late to read.

WARNING: These chapters include some dark, upsetting content.  If...

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October Letter! (for snail mail patrons)

October letters just went out to email patrons (you guys are going to get this twice; bear with me XD).  But I'm holding onto snail mail letters till next week to try to ease the load on the USPS while they're still processing mail-in ballots.

But I didn't want snail mail folks to have to wait, so I'm posting the letter here if you'd ...

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Chapter 4, Page 92

Sorry for the late update!  This page took forever, and I wasn't able to start it as early as I would have liked.

MERRITT'S STORY BOOK 2 FINISHES THIS THURSDAY!

Also, new public page: https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p320/

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Just a little Merritt...

This was actually just me playing with colors, and I hadn't planned to share it, but then I figured it would probably be a good idea to share whatever happy Merritt content I have right now. XD

Merritt's Story book 2 finishes in just about 5 days!!!  This post is for $2+ patrons - just something extra since I'm taking the extra week t...

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Mirror Sites are Back! Plus Merritt's Story Update

I've been a little quiet lately because, yet again, I've been doing a whole lot of under-the-hood updates this month.  But now I have some new stuff to unleash!

DOTU's mirror sites are back!

TAPAS

Ch4 mobile...

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Chapter 4, Page 91

New page is here!  Also, a new public page just went up: https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p318/

We're already done with 1 of our 6 months of public updates!  After September's pledge processing, we're 10 patrons away from permanen...

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Chapter 4, Page 90

Patreon was down all day yesterday and I couldn't log in.  Glad it's up and running this morning!  This page uploaded a little blurry, so I think it benefits from some detail shots. :D  Look which two friends are back that we haven't seen in a long time!

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Bonus: Environments of the Underground

I checked in on Discord's patron lounge for what type of extra might be good for the $2 tier this month, and I wanted to do something along the lines of wordbuilding.  A post about different architecture and environments by sphere was suggested, so here it is!  This is going to all $2+ patrons, but it'll also be filed in the "The Under...

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This week's new stuff!

I didn't think I'd have so many updates today, but a lot has been going on since last week!

-Chapter 4, Page 59 just went up on the main site!

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Chapter 4, Page 89

New page!  Also, in case you missed it in the other post, public updates are now live on the main site:

https://www.demonoftheunderground.com/comic/p314/

If anyone's in the mood to leave a comment to help warm up the site for new and return...

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The Revamped Secret Gallery is Live!

If you're a Secret Gallery Tier patron, you might know that the previous gallery kinda died last month because I upgraded to the latest version of PHP and the Secret Gallery CMS was no longer compatible or supported.  The old gallery can still be viewed (for now), but I can't log in or add/edit new content.  So I had to do an emergency...

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