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This ends in just a few hours!

Sara and I are auctioning off 4 iconic original Warriors: The Prophecies Begin Vol 1 inked pages for charity!

We've never sold originals online before, but are excited to get these pages out of our closet for some good causes. Check out Sara's thread here on Bluesky (or here on twitter) for more information and updates!

FAQ and links to listings under the cut:

"Fire Alone" Prophecy (Page 4)

ThunderClan Camp (Page 26)

ThunderClan Life (Page 65)

Fireheart and Graystripe (Page 260)

FAQ:

“I want to buy one, but I missed out on the auction/want a different page!”

Situation permitting, we will be selling more of these later down the line. We want them out of our closet and into paws that will appreciate them! Further sales will not be auctions and will be priced in the $100-300 range depending on complexity. We’re thinking ko-fi but haven’t settled on a storefront yet.

“Will you be doing more auctions for different charities?”

I would like to, but let’s see how this one goes first!

“I don’t see a page I really want-- will you be selling X page?”

Once we start selling more originals, you’re free to ask us to list a specific page, but we can’t promise it.

“Pages look a little different than they do in the printed book– what’s up with that?”

The lineart gets edited a bit once they’re scanned before color. You (might) get to own versions of these drawings no one else has ever seen before!

“What are the blue marks on the page?”

Sara uses a blue pencil to transfer rough drawings to the bristol board for inks, which are edited out for the final page.

“Do these come pre-framed/matted?”

No, but they will be bagged.

“When is the auction running from?”

Monday, November 11, 2024 - Monday, November 18th, 2024

“Do you ship internationally?”

Yes! The buyer will have to pay for the shipping, same as domestic.

“Will you ever be selling originals from other books (Dungeon Critters, Bawk-Ness Monster, Dibbit and Boo 2, etc.)?”

Let us know if you’re interested in these, actually! We still have most of the original pages for EVERYTHING Sara’s inked in the past several years, and would love them to go to good homes.

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WOW!!! The auction is already going way better than either of us could have guessed, thank you all so much! This runs until next Monday, so check it out if you’re interested. Thank you!!!!!!

Sara and I are auctioning off 4 iconic original Warriors: The Prophecies Begin Vol 1 inked pages for charity!

We've never sold originals online before, but are excited to get these pages out of our closet for some good causes. Check out Sara's thread here on Bluesky (or here on twitter) for more information and updates!

FAQ and links to listings under the cut:

"Fire Alone" Prophecy (Page 4)

ThunderClan Camp (Page 26)

ThunderClan Life (Page 65)

Fireheart and Graystripe (Page 260)

FAQ:

“I want to buy one, but I missed out on the auction/want a different page!”

Situation permitting, we will be selling more of these later down the line. We want them out of our closet and into paws that will appreciate them! Further sales will not be auctions and will be priced in the $100-300 range depending on complexity. We’re thinking ko-fi but haven’t settled on a storefront yet.

“Will you be doing more auctions for different charities?”

I would like to, but let’s see how this one goes first!

“I don’t see a page I really want-- will you be selling X page?”

Once we start selling more originals, you’re free to ask us to list a specific page, but we can’t promise it.

“Pages look a little different than they do in the printed book– what’s up with that?”

The lineart gets edited a bit once they’re scanned before color. You (might) get to own versions of these drawings no one else has ever seen before!

“What are the blue marks on the page?”

Sara uses a blue pencil to transfer rough drawings to the bristol board for inks, which are edited out for the final page.

“Do these come pre-framed/matted?”

No, but they will be bagged.

“When is the auction running from?”

Monday, November 11, 2024 - Monday, November 18th, 2024

“Do you ship internationally?”

Yes! The buyer will have to pay for the shipping, same as domestic.

“Will you ever be selling originals from other books (Dungeon Critters, Bawk-Ness Monster, Dibbit and Boo 2, etc.)?”

Let us know if you’re interested in these, actually! We still have most of the original pages for EVERYTHING Sara’s inked in the past several years, and would love them to go to good homes.

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Sara and I are auctioning off 4 iconic original Warriors: The Prophecies Begin Vol 1 inked pages for charity!

We've never sold originals online before, but are excited to get these pages out of our closet for some good causes. Check out Sara's thread here on Bluesky (or here on twitter) for more information and updates!

FAQ and links to listings under the cut:

"Fire Alone" Prophecy (Page 4)

ThunderClan Camp (Page 26)

ThunderClan Life (Page 65)

Fireheart and Graystripe (Page 260)

FAQ:

“I want to buy one, but I missed out on the auction/want a different page!”

Situation permitting, we will be selling more of these later down the line. We want them out of our closet and into paws that will appreciate them! Further sales will not be auctions and will be priced in the $100-300 range depending on complexity. We’re thinking ko-fi but haven’t settled on a storefront yet.

“Will you be doing more auctions for different charities?”

I would like to, but let’s see how this one goes first!

“I don’t see a page I really want-- will you be selling X page?”

Once we start selling more originals, you’re free to ask us to list a specific page, but we can’t promise it.

“Pages look a little different than they do in the printed book– what’s up with that?”

The lineart gets edited a bit once they’re scanned before color. You (might) get to own versions of these drawings no one else has ever seen before!

“What are the blue marks on the page?”

Sara uses a blue pencil to transfer rough drawings to the bristol board for inks, which are edited out for the final page.

“Do these come pre-framed/matted?”

No, but they will be bagged.

“When is the auction running from?”

Monday, November 11, 2024 - Monday, November 18th, 2024

“Do you ship internationally?”

Yes! The buyer will have to pay for the shipping, same as domestic.

“Will you ever be selling originals from other books (Dungeon Critters, Bawk-Ness Monster, Dibbit and Boo 2, etc.)?”

Let us know if you’re interested in these, actually! We still have most of the original pages for EVERYTHING Sara’s inked in the past several years, and would love them to go to good homes.

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A life-size “story mountain” map I made for a class Sara and I are teaching this weekend!

I have to finish prepping haha, more photos of this thing later!

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✨✨✨ BITSY AND BOOZLE TELL A STORY is out TODAY!!! ✨✨✨

Thanks to everyone at Harper Alley for making the book real and of course to my brilliant and hilarious wife @smgoetter ✨💖

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Who is this delightful little wizard...?

Find out TOMORROW when my and Sara Goetter's newest storytelling-focused graphic novel BITSY AND BOOZLE TELL A STORY comes out!

Due to some shipping situation, the hardcover book will be available a few weeks before the paperback- however, if you'd prefer the paperback edition, you should still be able to preorder one!

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BITSY AND BOOZLE TELL A STORY comes out in just a few weeks, so it's time to POST!

A new graphic novel from Sara and me, B&BTAS is about a young cyclops named Bitsy, the youngest of the three Point-of-View sisters. With her grumpy wizard pal Boozle, she sets off to tell her first story! A meta-narrative adventure for young readers about story structure and the fun of telling stories with others.

Really excited to see what folks think of this one! Barnes and Noble is holding a preorder sale now, so if you don't have a copy yet and want one now's your chance!

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Release date for WARRIORS: THE PROPHECIES BEGIN VOLUME 2 is still several months out, but if you wanted to preorder it early Barnes and Noble is running a preorder sale this week!

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Release date for WARRIORS: THE PROPHECIES BEGIN VOLUME 2 is still several months out, but if you wanted to preorder it early Barnes and Noble is running a preorder sale this week!

[natalieriess]

BITSY AND BOOZLE TELL A STORY comes out in just a few weeks, so it's time to POST!

A new graphic novel from Sara and me, B&BTAS is about a young cyclops named Bitsy, the youngest of the three Point-of-View sisters. With her grumpy wizard pal Boozle, she sets off to tell her first story! A meta-narrative adventure for young readers about story structure and the fun of telling stories with others.

Really excited to see what folks think of this one! Barnes and Noble is holding a preorder sale now, so if you don't have a copy yet and want one now's your chance!

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HUGE NEWS!!! Thanks so much everyone!!!!!!!!

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FIRE ALONE...CAN SAVE OUR CLAN...

Full illustration from the hardcover jacket cover of WARRIORS: THE PROPHECIES BEGIN Volume 1 + some details!

Process, WIPs and detail rambling under the cut:

Sara and I rarely get to do detailed, non-comic page illustration work, and wanted to get some painterly texture to set this apart from regular comic panels. We did some tests early on in the process:

(inked lineart on the left and graphite lineart on the right)

Sara used some soft, chunky (8B!!!) graphite pencils to get the storybook texture we ended up going with. I also used a gritty digital "gouache" brush to softly paint the whole illustration, and used a watercolor texture overlay I had on hand for added crunch.

These are the rough sketches I sent in to our editor and designer- I normally do a rough color pass at this stage. It's a little extra work, but it's worth it to not feel totally lost on color later in the process.

(Pencils by Natalie, printed and handed off to Smo, who "inks" with a heavy graphite pencil)

More WIPs...I think it looked pretty good in black and white too, honestly!

Thanks everyone for all of your kind words about the book so far! I'm already drawing volume three ;w; see you in a year!

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These ones are gifts, but maybe someday. I usually bring a couple little paintings with me to shows but I don’t think we’re doing any for the rest of this year.

On that note, we do have plans to sell some inked original pages at some point once we figure out a safe and affordable shipping method for 11x17” sheets of bristol board

Some little warriors paintings, for fun. Colored pencil, watercolor and a little bit of white gel pen. It’s nice to get to paint characters I normally only work with digitally.

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Some little warriors paintings, for fun. Colored pencil, watercolor and a little bit of white gel pen. It’s nice to get to paint characters I normally only work with digitally.

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Now that I’ve seen how readers reacted to volume 1, I can’t wait for people to read volume 2…there’s a little info in this interview we did…

…but I don’t want to spoil anything, so, see you next year! ;3

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WARRIORS: THE PROPHECIES BEGIN VOL 1 IS NOW OUT IN THE WORLD!!!

Thank you everyone for the amazing response!!! Thanks as well to the whole team at Harper for their hard work getting this book made, and to my wife @smgoetter for making this book with me.

Looking forward to signings this weekend, and digging into pencils on volume 3 ^w^

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It occurred to me that new followers interested in our animal fantasy work might not know about DUNGEON CRITTERS, one of me and Sara’s other graphic novels! It’s about a group of animal adventurers trying to solve a botanical conspiracy. It’s 200+ pages long!

You can read the first act of it here (online, for free!) as a webcomic, and then buy the whole book to find out how it ends : 3

Contemporary apple date Rose and June + details…I miss them! I’m also enjoying messing around with a more painterly approach to digital illustration.

Using the lesbian tag mainly so I can see the cute rainbow effect lmeow ^w^