Adam Zee, a rowdy boy with many skills

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Two greyscale ink-and-watercolor comic panels. In the first, a dark-haired girl leans in toward a smiling Suzi Q and says 'Suzi, don't look now-'. In the second, as she says 'two very good-looking boys just came in', the girl leans back as Suzi looks over her shoulder at Caesar and Joseph coming in the door in the background.
A decorative sign that reads 'study art for prestige or spite’
An ink and watercolor doujin cover. Caesar, Joseph, and Suzi are walking away from the viewer down a narrow, lamplit street. Caesar and Joseph are smiling at each other and clinking their drinks together, and Suzi is behind and between them, a hand on each of their waists as she smiles over her shoulder at the viewer.
An ink drawing of a glowing humanoid character with small vines growing on their skin and reaching out from their body leaning down out of the fork of a large willow tree. They are leaning toward a vaguely deerlike creature much larger than them, who is reaching one clawed hand gently up toward them with a passive look on its face.
A greyscale ink-and-watercolor comic panel showing a softly-smiling monstrous humanoid crouching in front of a human child that has ghostly horns and ears, saying 'Everything will turn out okay in the end.'
A greyscale ink-and-watercolor comic panel showing a big hand-paw gripping a small child's shoulder. There are dialogue bubbles saying 'Okay. This is important.'
A black-and-white ink drawing of Suzi Q, Caesar Zeppeli, and Joseph Joestar walking down a narrow street away from the viewer. Caesar and Joseph are smiling at each other and clinking drinks, and Suzi is walking between and slightly behind them, looking flirtily back at the viewer over her shoulder.
A greyscale ink-and-watercolor comic panel of a child's face looking up at an off-panel character. The child has ghostly animal ears and horns. The character off-panel says 'Hey.' and the child says 'Hi.'
A greyscale ink-and-watercolor comic panel of a woman with glowing eyes and fiery hair, wearing a circus ringmaster's outfit as she smiles and raises her hands.
An ink-and-watercolor comic panel of Jake in his horned-beast fae form from the shoulders up, looking back over his shoulder with an awkward smile on his face as he says 'Haha, Lil- Come on-'
A zoomed out ink-and-watercolor comic panel showing Gabriel, Jake, and Lily standing on one side of the empty big top, and a woman and child are standing on the other. Lily looks excited, but everyone else looks apprehensive.
An ink-and-watercolor comic panel showing fairgrounds lit up at night under a starry sky, with dialogue over it reading 'Thank you, thank you! You've all been wonderful! Unrepentantly incredible!'
A black cat standing on his back paws to look out a window.
Two panels of a grayscale ink-and-watercolor comic. The first shows a clawed hand gently touching a man's shoulder with the dialogue 'we see what we expect to', and the second the hand moving to the man's chest with the dialogue 'just like everyone else.'
A black cat curled up with his paws crossed over each other, and one eye just barely open to look at the camera.
A color ink-and-watercolor image of a forest. A person is facing away from the camera and backing away from a creature in the background. The creature is vaguely deerlike but with a massive, vaguely humanlike torso. It has enormous horns and is silhouetted in golden light. 'The God of the Mountain' is written across the top of the image in a leaflike font, and 'by Adam Zee' is in the bottom-right corner. A banner reading 'Ko-fi discounts end June 25th' is printed over the cover.
A greyscale ink-and-watercolor comic panel showing a close-up of two men kissing. One has fluffy blond hair and has dark horns, and the other has dark, short hair and pointed ears.
An ink-and-watercolor grayscale comic panel looking down on the inside of a big top circus tent, from above the trapeze. Two acrobats are swinging toward each other smiling and with outstretched arms. The nearer is human and the other has horns and dragonfly wings.
A partially finished pencil sketch of a comic panel. The character's body and hand are drawn with single, extremely wonky guide lines, but the character's face is fully detailed.
A color ink-and-watercolor image of a forest. A person is facing away from the camera and backing away from a creature in the background. The creature is vaguely deerlike but with a massive, vaguely humanlike torso. It has enormous horns and is silhouetted in golden light. 'The God of the Mountain' is written across the top of the image in a leaflike font, and 'by Adam Zee' is in the bottom-right corner.
A greyscale ink-and-watercolor comic panel. The camera is looking down on the inside of the circus big top from above, with Jake in the foreground hooking his legs over a trapeze as he swings over the crowd. Lily is in the background on another trapeze, swinging toward him.
Two coasters in the shape of sunflowers.
A color ink-and-watercolor image of a forest. A person is facing away from the camera and backing away from a creature in the background. The creature is vaguely deerlike but with a massive, vaguely humanlike torso. It has enormous horns and is silhouetted in golden light. 'The God of the Mountain' is written across the top of the image in a leaflike font, and 'by Adam Zee' is in the bottom-right corner.
A greyscale ink-and-watercolor comic panel showing the head and shoulders of a woman wearing a ringmaster's outfit, smiling and calling 'WELCOME!’ as she makes a sweeping gesture. Her eyes trail fire and her long hair is glowing.
A table in front of a window, with multiple drawing reference books, a binder full of thumbnails, a laptop and second monitor with MORE references, a water bottle, and a bag of cheetos with chopsticks sticking out of it, all surrounding a half-drawn comic page.
A color ink-and-watercolor image of a forest. A person is facing away from the camera and backing away from a creature in the background. The creature is vaguely deerlike but with a massive, vaguely humanlike torso. It has enormous horns and is silhouetted in golden light. 'The God of the Mountain' is written across the top of the image in a leaflike font, and 'by Adam Zee' is in the bottom-right corner.
An ink-and-watercolor comic panel looking over Gabriel's shoulder at Jake, who's smiling as he says 'I can't figure out if you're trying to lure me in or scare me off.'
Two men at a table strewn with papers. The first looks confident as he says 'I've connected the two dots', the second is laughing as he replies 'you didn't connect shit', and the first replies 'I've connected them'
A pen-and-watercolor comic panel showing Jake and Gabriel laying together in profile in front of the firelit backs of carnival stalls and a starry sky. Gabriel is looking at the sky and saying 'She was worried about me changing you too quickly.'
Two panels of an ink-and-watercolor comic. Gabriel's clawed, glowing hand is held up to a starry sky. The first panel it's closed, with the dialogue 'Either you come back to the circus', and the second panel it's open to the sky with the dialogue 'or you go to nowhere.'
An ink-and-watercolor comic panel, showing a campsite at night. A campfire lights the dark backs of carnival stalls in front of a starry sky. Speech bubbles read 'And there comes a point where it gets hard to go back to your old life. In the outside world.'
An ink-and-watercolor image of a forest. A person is facing away from the camera and backing away from a creature in the background. The creature is vaguely deerlike but with a massive, vaguely humanlike torso. It has enormous horns and is silhouetted in golden light. 'The God of the Mountain' is written across the top of the image in a leaflike font, and 'by Adam Zee' is in the bottom-right corner.
An ink-and-watercolor comic panel. A close-up of Jake's surprised face, with Gabriel's hand gently cupping his cheek and the lower half of Gabriel's face in the foreground. Both Gabriel is quietly saying 'It's a becoming.'
A closeup of Gabriel's face in profile, his somber expression lit from below in front of a field of stars. He's saying 'And then there's people like me, who never want to go back.'
A greyscale ink-and-watercolor panel of a campfire at night. The background is carnival tents and rides silhouetted against a starry sky. Speech bubbles read 'You only see what you expect to see, just like in the world outside.'
A closeup on Jake's hand in Gabriel's. Gabriel's fingers are tipped in claws and the tattoos on his forearms have turned into light. Gabriel is saying 'Watch me soar for you.'
A close-up on Gabriel's lizard-like eye, as he says 'I have to go.'
Two panels of a pen-and-watercolor comic. The first is a closeup of Gabriel's fang-filled mouth, and the second is a close-up on his lizardlike eye. He's saying 'You've always been safe with us. We won't hurt you.'
A pen-and-watercolor panel of a comic. Jake staggers backward away from a bright opening in the curtains, into the dark backstage of the circus.
A bust shot of Gabriel and Lily, both smiling and gesturing dramatically. Gabriel has horns, fangs, and lizard eyes, and his tattoos are floating off his skin. Lily has leaves for hair and fully black eyes, and flowers are floating in the air around her.
Five inked lineart pages labeled Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer (again), with grape vines in various stages of growth.
A closeup on Gabriel's face and shoulders. He has horns, fangs, and lizardlike eyes, and the rays of his tattoos are floating off his skin.
A pen-and-ink comic page, showing two panels of Gabriel performing acrobatic tricks, and between them is one page close-up on Jake's face watching him. Jake is of medium build and has short, scruffy brown hair. Gabriel is lanky and has feathery blond hair, and is wearing a trailing sash around his waist and baggy pants that cinch to his legs just below his knees, both decorated with stars.
A desktop with a tablet computer and a second monitor that's bigger than the computer.
An ink-and-watercolor crop of a comic panel, showing Jake in the dark from behind, looking through billowing curtains at Gabriel posing dramatically in the blinding light past them. Jake is of medium build and has short, scruffy brown hair, and is wearing a light tank top and dark cargo pants. Gabriel is lanky and has feathery blond hair, and is wearing a trailing sash around his waist and baggy pants that cinch to his legs just below his knees, both decorated with stars.
An ink-and-watercolor panel of a comic, showing a close-up of Jake's shoulders and lower face in profile. His mouth is slightly open in surprise, and Gabriel is trailing clawed fingers under his chin. The background is dark behind Jake and fades to light behind where Gabriel is offscreen, and Gabriel is saying 'You'll see if you really want to.'
A bingo board labeled BAD HABIT ARTIST BINGO with 'one million WIPs', 'forgot to sleep/eat/etc', 'hunched over desk like a gremlin', 'too hard on self', 'free space', 'where's my pen/stylus', and '100 empty sketchbooks' circled.
A black cat begging from next to a coffee table that has a plate full of cachopos, green beans, and french fries.
A plate with green beans, french fries, and a cachopo topped with sauteed mushrooms.
Two inper panels of Joseph Joestar and Caesar Zeppeli, from the waist up, shirtless, and with lots of chest hair. In the first they're looking down at each other with slightly surprised looks on their faces and '. . .' in a shared speech bubble, and in the second Joseph is grinning at the viewer with his arms spread and Caesar is looking off to the side, whistling and looking bashful.
A grayscale ink-and-watercolor panel of Jake and Gabriel from the shoulders up, eyes closed and foreheads gently touching. They both look conflicted. Gabriel is quietly saying 'I know. I know.'
A photo of a just absolutely excessively tiny brown snake coiled up on some moss.
Two panels done in ink and greyscale watercolor. The first panel is a closeup of Jake's uncertain face looking up, with Gabriel's clawed hand gently cupping it. The second panel is a closeup of Gabriel's shadowed, sadly smiling face as he says "You wouldn't believe me."
An ink and watercolor comic panel showing Jake facing away from the viewer, looking out on an empty area of the fairgrounds between rides and game stalls. Speech bubbles from off-panel read 'If we're lucky we'll be done before lunch. I don't want to be out in this heat!'
A spread of three tarot cards, showing the Fool, the Hermit, and the Empress
A spread of three tarot cards, showing the Hierophant, Strength, and the Devil.
A close-up comic panel of Jake's uncertain face, with a tailless speech bubble in the lower half of the panel saying 'I just...'