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 I'll be sharing here wi...
2021-03-27 00:58:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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 no...
2021-03-22 17:35:44 +0000 UTC View Post🎉🎉🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
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And 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 I got it! Just in time for th...
2021-01-01 20:35:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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 working on these pages, from the very beginning, using methods that have never b...
2020-10-26 13:23:12 +0000 UTC View PostPatron-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 Discord.
See you all tomorrow!
NO...
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 page is nearly done. So I thought about grabbing the vast majority ...
2020-09-07 04:04:59 +0000 UTC View PostSo.... 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 [+ Bonus] - Available to all Backstage Pass 2020-06-30 21:26:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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 all future pages! WOO!!
Starting now, I will be producing 3-4...
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 my career opportunity, but it has just given the SHIBI Patreon a new...
2020-03-23 12:37:50 +0000 UTC View PostToday'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 would very much get in the way of achieving the necessary requisites to grab...
2020-03-11 14:00:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
2020-02-03 21:22:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe 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 going on with the comic as it happens, join our growing community on Discord!...
2020-01-06 11:02:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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 newcom...
2019-12-04 13:19:30 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2019-11-29 18:59:55 +0000 UTC View Post
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 people no longer being a part of the team and forcing the rest of us to pul...
2019-10-26 23:35:49 +0000 UTC View PostDue 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 hopefully some sketch goodies!
2019-09-29 20:38:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Can a tiny cat wake up a 50 m/164 ft rabbit?
Let's find out.......
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2019-09-03 02:21:51 +0000 UTC View PostI 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 files and fonts.
See you all then!
2019-09-01 04:10:48 +0000 UTC View Post
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 state...
2019-06-26 01:42:12 +0000 UTC View PostThis 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!
2019-06-25 01:39:45 +0000 UTC View PostCome join if you can!
END OF STREAM RESULTS
Streaming 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 proc...
2019-06-21 02:41:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe 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 month!
Some of you Patrons on the Lead Researcher ($10) tier are probably ...
2019-06-17 15:27:24 +0000 UTC View PostWhen 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!
2019-05-22 00:00:35 +0000 UTC View PostHello 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 to keep you waiting, but I hope the new system will spe...
2019-05-21 21:58:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello, 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 you want with any character or theme you want. (...
2019-05-18 18:45:30 +0000 UTC View Post
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 is capable of generating lightning fast realistic looking results. But it ...
2019-05-16 13:09:44 +0000 UTC View PostI 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 fun with the rewards from the old content! There will be a few ne...
2019-05-09 11:57:42 +0000 UTC View PostI 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?
2019-05-07 13:00:30 +0000 UTC View Post
If they don't make alarm clocks your size, you improvise!
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2019-05-04 17:52:11 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
2019-05-03 12:56:57 +0000 UTC View Post