Seed of Truth
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about.
This comic was originally drawn for the Less than Secret cryptid anthology, from CanonWrite Productions. The original comic was printed in black and white.
Creator: Angela Boyle
Publication Date: August 2021
Format: FC, 4 pages, 11 inches tall x 8.5 inches wide
Drawn using a Carbon Platinum fountain pen, lettered in InDesign, and digitally colored using Clip Studio.
character sketches.
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main characters
I knew this would be in black and white and I wasn’t sure my straight inks were legible enough. In the end, I stuck with straight black and white for the book, but this was my test of how I would do grayscale
enthusiastic umbrella
I made a prompt list of emotion and action or object. And the title was my prompt here. This is the very first drawing I did of the two.
Am I obsessed with umbrellas?
![](https://www.angelabcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/umbrella-web.jpg)
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Fuchs
She appeared almost as much as the killer so I had to make sure this cute little copper was nailed down. As well as the number of buttons she has.
confident Solitaire
Again, I gave myself a prompt to get some practice on the elwetritsch. I think Fausto would enjoy a good game of Solitaire.
![](https://www.angelabcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/E-Confident-solitaire.jpg)
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satisfied swimming with sharks
You guessed it. Another weird prompt. But this one turned out so dang cute that I printed it as a postcard! Digitally inked and colored.
process work.
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maquette
No way was I going to try to figure out those antlers without a model. Since I was drawing traditionally, I made a little model out of Sculpey and held it at a distance and angle that matched the view I was going for. Super helpful.
color palette
This is how I came up with my color palette. I made a bunch from different images but this is the one I liked the most. I use the eyedropper in Photoshop on this Arthur Rackham illustration to pick out the colors I liked and made sure I had lights and darks.
![](https://www.angelabcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/red-riding-hood-palette.jpg)
Kickstarter.
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bookplate
For the Kickstarter, we offered some bookplates and this was my contribution. I love that it looks debossed, but it it is just white and black on gray paper.
mandala
I found the mandala settings in Clip Studio and had to try it. I did this one of the elwetritsch and another of tea. This one was one of the coloring page challenges for the Less than Secret Kickstarter.
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original publication
This is what the pages look like in Less than Secret. I have to say, I liked them in b/w, but I love them in color.
mothman
For the Kickstarter, I offered commissions and two people snapped them up. This is the one of mothman. With little babies. This might be one of my favorite, creepiest things I have drawn. Pen and ink, and watercolor.
![](https://www.angelabcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mothman-painting-w.jpg)
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kelpie
The other commission was this kelpie. They are usually black, but there is also lore of a white one and I thought that made a great visual with the bloody lips. Pen and ink, and watercolor.