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Selfie sticker sheet!

I designed a sticker sheet set for [THE FUTURE]!

The concept is "Percy keeps taking selfies and cutting Leeds out of the shot" lol ... I was looking at a lot of Citypop album/single covers and thought the lines looked so fun and clean, so I wanted to use that as a touchstone. I've never done clear stickers before so I'm going to s...

Chapter 9 / Page 14 pencils

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PAGES IN THIS CHAPTER LOL (there are many favorite pages in this chapter)

Basically Ananth stood over my shoulder while I designed Leeds' outfit for this chapter and was chanting "LESS CLOTHING LESS CLOTHING" - this is exactly how it happened

we started playing Clair Obscur

My brother sent me a copy of Clair Obscur for my birthday and we've finally had the time to start it! So far I've been really impressed, I tend to enjoy things that feel like they had a first life as a pitch for a high-concept short story. (this is also how I feel about my favorite star trek episodes lol)

Anyway we finally just met Esquie ...

Fortuna Design (final!)

YAY she's done!!

I really enjoyed working with all of the diagonals on this one, Fortuna was just begging to be made into a bunch of harmonious shapes! ✨

Originally I was leaning heavily towards using blue and purple tones for this design, but since I've consistently used teals for Leeds when doing these types of illustrations, I w...

Fortuna design!

I did some exploration for a geometric Fortuna design today! Ultimately, I landed on something that felt heraldic and went for a rampant pose.

I love playing with heraldry so this felt really fun to explore... Fortuna is supposed to be a living symbol...

Chapter 9 / Page 13 pencils

Welcome to CAMERON'S BRAIN, also we're in a throwback!!!! Who remembers this page from Chapter 6 when Cameron was first introduced!!! (if you don't, it's added as the last image!)

This was a fun page to do, but also very involved! I wanted a mix of the building Cameron first had his binding ceremony in (which is based off a real church in ...

Percy Doodle!

HI I feel like both Ananth and I have been pulled in 10000 directions lately but we're working hard!!!

I downloaded this brush set lately and wanted to try out the "ribbon brush", I love the wiggly line with the high line stabilization. It's real...

We did a guest lecture for Parsons Illustration senior class!

We were asked to give a guest lecture to a class of about 130 seniors at Parsons College earlier this week! Ananth put together this GORGEOUS presentation and I thought it was too pretty* not to share. :)

We more or less talked about our work history, our processes, and our current ongoing public projects. It's been a while since we got to...

Gesture drawing: shape & character

If you’re seeing this I’m at ECCC (aaaa!!!)!!!! I wanted to make sure I left an update in the queue while we’re traveling for the week.

I was lucky to attend a friend’s online drawing event last week where they shared a bunch of exercises for animators pushing pose and character for maximum effect. It was really fun and nostalgic ...

Chapter 9 / Page 12 pencils

HELLO, it's been a minute since I've shared Barbarous pencils!!

There's something satisfying about hanging Cameron upside down from a big spiderweb. :,) It's been fun finding alternate magical uses for string, though we've been trying to subtly nudge Percy's spider-ness for a little bit. Maybe too subtly??

I'm still working on the c...

🐝 It's BUZZ! release day!!

The color edition of BUZZ is out in stores today! Written by Ananth Hirsh and drawn by Tess Stone, with fresh colors by Tess Stone and Fen Garza, and published by Oni Press! We're super excited to finally have this out in the world! You can find it at your local book store, library or you can pick it up online:

🐝 2025-02-18 18:38:09 +0000 UTC View Post

HAPPY VALENTINES 2025

YAYY HAPPY VALENTINES DAY (later this week)

I saw someone's cute art of some characters dressed as waiters from a bunny cafe and wanted to do something in that vein haha-- I am not below putting my characters in a bodysuit!

Anyway I hope you are all having a lovely week ~ 💐

We'll be at Emerald City Comicon on March 6-9 in Seattle, WA!

We're going to be at ECCC this year, from March 6-9 in Seattle, WA! You can find us on the 2nd floor of the Summit Building, at Organized Havoc booth 20804!

We'll also be doing panels! Check it out:

2025-02-11 17:56:09 +0000 UTC View Post

I didn't do hourlies BUT-

I haven't felt the compulsion to do hourly comics day in a few years but this year I wanted to do a few 'here's an average day' comics to feel like I was participating! I enjoy the act of drawing loose and graceless but haven't had the energy lately to draw for the joy of doing something for myself. So this was a fun novelty for me!

As a q...

Rook is preventing me from working!!!! aaa

For the past week Rook has been dealing with [undisclosed health issues / procedure that aren't necessarily BAD but GROSS] and has been forced to wear a cone. In a brief moment of respite, he was allowed to wear a plush donut which he obviously liked more but it turned out he was able to [bother the afflicted area] wh...

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NEW COMICS FOR NEW YEAR 🔥🔥

Chiaki strikes again 🔥🔥

Chapter 9 / Page 11 pencils

LAST POST OF THE YEAR!! As per tradition, we're traveling out to visit my (Yuko's) parents for the New Year. (New Year is the only holiday my dad cares about because he gets to cook a lot lol)

Cameron has been ~spidered! It's fun to make extrapolations of Percy's magic with different ways to use string. Also if you noticed, I've been tryin...

THE ZINES HAVE BEEN RESTOCKED!

Thank you so much for your patience! It's been a bit of a holiday rush for not just our printer, but the post and our new distro. BUT!!! Now we have a restock of both secret BARBAROUS zines, if you'd like to pick them up!

These books are each about 50 pages long and contain half comics and half color ...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2024!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!!! Thank you all so much for bearing with us while I work on chapter 9. Your support makes all this possible 💖💖

It was really fun brainstorming a goofy holiday illustration this year! Ananth put together such a cute thumbnail and I loved working over it lol... And sorry for not streaming this one, I wanted to ...

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YAY it's so fun drawing lil devil Chiaki >:)

we started playing Infinity Nikki

Surprising no one, a dressup game is catnip for Ananth (and meee) so I finally finished the Elden Ring DLC and we immediately downloaded Infinity Nikki. We were delighted you can choose your skintone (even there's only 3 to choose from) and also that you can almost immediately dress your character in all black lol

I couldn't concentrate on...

BBR 4KOMA 10

OHOHOHO who's that mysterious stranger!

We wanted to get Chiaki in early since we love her so much. These comics aren't following the plot of the regular comic 1:1, we're just doing whatever is most fun lol

doodled a stranger

Earlier I saw a person who looked uncannily like a character I designed for the game Fields of Mistria and I wanted to quickly sketch them out while I still had their look in my head. I was delighted to see someone out in the wild with dyed red hair and black roots haha

2024-12-04 01:08:32 +0000 UTC View Post

BBR 4KOMA 9

We changed the format of the way I draw these (everything on one image instead of individual panels) so now it's easier to share the pencils!

100 years.... (con't)

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cross her .....

a hundred years......

Chapter 9 / Page 10 pencils

YAY we finally get to see the thing that was hinted at in the beginning of chapter 6 and glimpsed at in chapter 8! (you can see it off to the side of Leeds' head in the middle row there)

This is a pass-off page between me (Yuko) and Ananth - we you can probably tell from the art style, he laid out the first 3 panels and I did the final one...

BBR 4KOMA 7

Ah yes, look at that emotive face...

(I tried to upload this yesterday but our internet was down!!!! We're back!!)

Chapter 9 / Page 9 pencils

Oh look see, they're already friends. :)

LOL, Ananth did the thumbnails for this one, I love how he centered Leeds' giant hand as the centerpiece of the page!! I messed with the final panel a bit, which unfortunately omitted the cool perspective on the figures but centered Percy more as the most important figure in the shot. RIP coo...

GREATER SECRETS is out TODAY! Find it in stores and online everywhere!

GREATER SECRETS is out TODAY! It's the latest full-length graphic novel from Ananth Hirsh and Tess Stone.

Maya, Dyno and Cardea all have their own reasons to search for Maya's missing sister, Amara. Amara was a rockstar who was breaking out-- until she suddenly put her guitar down and walked away from everything. GREA...

THE SHOP IS BACK OPEN!! Coupon code & zine links!

WAAAHHH after ages of coordination, our shop has finally moved to its new distributor! We're now set up at CRWN Studios!!! Thank you to them for our gorgeous new shop!

For this weekend our patrons get to have free run of the place, so please don't share this link before we make a public announcement! Take a look, CRWN did such a killer job...