Shout out to long-time reader/commenter LordCastigator for expressing curiosity about this; I’ve mentioned in the past that several designs in this comic are derived from LEGO models, including most of the ships, the Legion, and Dan’s Wraith. I generally start with prelim sketches on paper to nail down the basic shapes of the designs before modeling them in a now-deprecated piece of software called Lego Digital Designer.
Using the completed models, I’m able to pose them in any which way for final layout in a companion program called Bricklink Studio, which allows me finer control over camera positioning, field of view, etc. The renders are then imported into my workspace in Adobe Animate where they form the backbone of my general page layouts and sketchwork prior to inking like so:
Incidentally, if you want to see these pre-color inked pages a day before the full page comes out, and support the comic at the same time, consider subscribing to the Patreon! All proceeds from that and my Ko-Fi go toward keeping this comic going (and keeping me fed).
