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This is the opening page for The Blackblood Alliance issue #2. It will make more sense in context with the following pages, but it's pretty to look at soooo, thought I'd put it up anyway.

I'd like to dedicate this first page to my best friend and business partner Erin .

I met her on DA, where she drew some fanart for the BBA and I saw how amazing the piece's BG was. At once I got in contact with her and asked if she'd help me out with the comic and she was very excited to do so.

Its probably the best thing I could have done for the BBA. Not only did she motivate me to work faster and take the comic seriously, but she's influenced my art immensely. I dont just slap things down anymore and say "thats good enough," because whenever I did that, she'd see and go "no it isnt." Her critique has made me be dilligent with every frame. I slow down now and pay attention to detail. I think about what goes onto the pages (drawing AND story) before I make them.

Her work on the comic is literally half of what makes it good. The backgrounds arent backgrounds, they are characters in themselves. They have life, and an aura and resonates through each page. And backgrounds are far from the only things she has contributed to the comic. Her compositional skills, knowledge of lighting and sense of color, her feel for character development and good-sounding dialogue have all helped improve the comic. And me.

I appreciate this fact so much that i can honestly say that without her I would not be happy with the comic, and before I had her working with me, I wasnt. I probably would have quit by now, but she kept me going on it and now Im more determined than ever to continue working on issues.

So cheers Erin, congrats on the success of Issue 1 and here's to the start of an even better issue. One that we've learned from all the mistakes me made in issue 1 and are definitely going to improve on this time around. I look forward to working with you on this issue every issue to come. Thank you for everything


P.s. The moth's name is Frank. Er...was. Was Frank.