Ack! Never got around to writing this week's commentaries last Sunday due to layout work taking up the entire morning shift, so now I'm forced to crank these puppies out mid-week. Ack, I say!

Then again, typing is on the menu because I can't draw without pain at the moment, as working too many hours straight on a recent batch of page roughs from The Chaste and the Chained just torched the middle fingertip on my drawing hand. While this is a familiar issue that's popped up hundreds of times throughout my analog-penciling career, gotta say that this particular flare-up of fingertip irritation is the first one ever triggered by excessive use of my Wacom Cintiq's stylus. A "grim milestone," indeed!

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 project The Chaste and the Chained. Golly!

-Adam Warren