Today, we conclude my introductory scene from the 2013 one-shot Empowered: Nine Beers with Ninjette, which is setting up a main story by Guest Artist Takeshi Miyazawa that kicks off tomorrow.

Panel 2 is specifically referencing Emp's drunken disaster from early on in Empowered vol. 3, but her dialogue here tends to suggest that she's unwisely tried again to keep up drink-for-drink with Ninjette, presumably with similarly disastrous results.

Panel 5: I quite like this side-view shot of Emp, even if the image is employing what I've dubbed "the profile cheat" that technically means that she's staring off into space rather than addressing 'Jette directly. (Note that the profile cheat works decently enough with cartoony art styles like this, but works rather less well with more realistic art styles.)

Today’s Patreon update: Originally done as a means of scratching out more worktime to complete the long-gestating Empowered vol. 12, I've switched over to a Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Patreon posting schedule that won't feature the fixed content format I previously used. So, who knows what today's post might feature? Could be Life Drawing or Distressed Damsels content (both of which are featured at least three times per month), or something in the Work Stages, Vintage Con Sketches or Design departments, or possibly something entirely new, such as updates on fantasy test projects The Last Party and The Chaste and the Chained. Golly!

-Adam Warren