So, a while ago, I showed you fine folks an old Empowered rough sketch from circa vol. 3 (meaning 2008 or so), that would've been the basis for a commission featuring an unmasked Emp restrained in a King-Kong-style "human sacrifice" pose:
Wellp, I imported that scan into Clip Studio Paint (iOS version) and revised it with the figure proportions and art approach I use nowadays:
Didn't have the time or energy to work up a full King Kong sacrificial setting beyond her, alas.
Several months earlier, in a desperate attempt to work up Distressed Damsels content, I worked up some Empowered sketches based on an old Spider-Woman story from the 70s that had already been the basis of some older commissions:
...including this recent Ninjette sketch:
Anyhoo, here's the Spider-Woman interior page that the ensuing sketch sets were riffing on:
And an earlier sketch set based loosely on that scene, though I didn't bother actually drawing "The Man Who Couldn't Die," of course:
Wellp, noodled around with s'more pose roughs continuing the scene (sorta):
These are decent enough poses that I can reuse for future comics layouts, whether Empowered (down the road) or The Chaste and the Chained (in the near future).
Another sketch set of random Emp DiD poses:
Yeah, Emp nowadays is not only notably more zaftig than in days of yore, but her hair is growing wavier and wavier over time; go figure. If/when I get around to producing new Empowered content, both Emp and the series as a whole will likely look quite different from the earlier installments.
NEXT TIME ON THIS HERE PATREON: No idea, TBH, but something should be coming up in the next M/W/F slot. Let's find out together, shall we?
UPDATE: Saturday should see the release of August's Exclusive Monthly Bonus Post for the $10 and $20 tiers, though at present I'm not sure what content will be included in said post.