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Wisdom Thumbs


I don't have a muse, I have a mule. Early-onset arthritis in both thumbs inspired the handle. If you like pencil art, czech out my DeviantArt page. http://wisdom-thumbs.deviantart.com/

  • TSwordpony
    (cancelled with a bonus chapter) It was a land where dark defeated light, where an eye cost an eye, and clouds defeated pegasi. It knew not sun nor moon, for steel ruled that land... Until dragons filled the sky, and a knight came to find out why.
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Mar
31st
2016

Bonk · 11:32am Mar 31st, 2016

Progress is accepting that nothing will ever be perfect, so we just have to do the best with what we've got.

Progress also comes in the form of a good editor (providence gifted me TWO of those) and finishing what you start.

Starting tomorrow, I'll be uploading a new Swordpony sketch every day for 1-2 weeks (depending on how long it takes to create a buffer for the next phase of the plan). At the end of the week I'll compile them into a sketchdump and post them all together in a blog post here. Then I'll start Phase 2: uploading a series of real drawings to DeviantArt such as the Lobster Knight below, each featuring a known Shetlander from the story.

Swordpony will resume chapter updates on June 2nd. I say this with absolute certainty because I've built a substantial buffer of chapters since NaNoWriMo ended four months ago. The first several are already completely edited and polished.

If at any point I miss a scheduled art upload this April-May, I'll do a double upload the next day. Should my laptop fail, I'll borrow someone else's computer. Should my scanner fail, I'll buy a new one. Should my will to keep updating fail, I'll slam a shot of whiskey and make it grow back. Should I slam too much whiskey, may Grublingtonfordshire twist my nipples off.

See you tomorrow. Sgt Grub and/or JimJammer89 will inform you if anything should happen that precludes updates.

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Ye verily, that comic is the reason his pauldrons bear that shape. That or the original meme, I forget. One or both!

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