H.L. Deere

@viciousvenison.com

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Feral artist and part time garden gnome. Creator of Faerietales, a webcomic about magic, memory and bad decisions. https://faerietales.net https://ko-fi.com/viciousvenison

In a comic panel crop from the webcomic FaerieTales, Queen Titania bravely fights off a migraine.

Comic panel crop from the webcomic FaerieTales, featuring Botbot in a big hurry!

Botbot stares innocently at his companion while leaking magical black mist in a comic panel from the webcomic FaerieTales.

closeup comic panel excerpt from the fantasy webcomic FaerieTales featuring Puck, wearing an ill fitting crown and looking frustrated.

Closeup of a comic panel from the webcomic FaerieTales, featuring the twinst Tengu and Karu holding their furious foster mother, Queen Titania, back from an impulsive burst of temper.

A comic panel excerpt from the free webcomic FaerieTales featuring Holly, one of the protagonists, giving help that absolutely no one asked for.

12 beautiful gallons of home made cider ready for the shelf.

A comic excerpt showing an extreme closeup comic panel of Biv from the webcomic Faerietales. Biv is underlit with a magical glow and the mood is ominous with extreme lighting.

A comic panel from the fantasy webcomic FaerieTales featuring Queen Titania, eyes wide with realization.

A large white American bulldog cuddling with his cat friend with cerebellar hypoplaysia.

In this comic panel excerpt from the fantasy webcomic FaerieTales, a pair of feminine hands close a book, its place marked with a plain ribbon.

A comic panel crop from the free fantasy webcomic FaerieTales.

A cropped comic panel of Tengu, a character from the free, original webcomic FaerieTales looking haughty and annoyed.

Comic panel crop from the webcomic FaerieTales, featuring Puck with a cockeyed crown on his head as he searches a pile of junk for something useful. Digitally made in Clip Studio Paint, muted colors and a gloomy atmosphere.

Comic panel excerpt from the free webcomic FaerieTales showing Puck from behind wearing a slightly crooked crown that doesn't belong to him.

Puck from the webcomic FaerieTales looking frustrated and disgusted.

Biv peers at something over Holly's shoulder in a dark room in a comic panel excerpt from the webcomic FaerieTales.

Biv, from the free webcomic FaerieTales, tries to be calm and comforting in a stressful situation in this dark, moody comic panel excerpt.

Closeup from a panel of the free comic FaerieTales.

Watercolor style painting in Clip Studio Paint of a character from the free comic FaerieTales

A plain black and white linework drawing of Biv from the comic FaerieTales. His hair his loosely braided behind him as he smiles faintly.

Botbot turns toward a sound in a comic panel excerpt from the webcomic FaerieTales.

Cover for Issue 03 of the fantasy comic FaerieTales. The scratchily drawn title leaks black mist, which flows into a flock of ravens, a black cat peering out from the middle, and ends in a silver crown.

A glowing hand grasps a mass of blonde hair in a comic panel excerpt from the free fantasy webcomic FaerieTales.

Verdandi, one of the Norns from the fantasy webcomic FaerieTales, glowers angrily from the shadows of a tent.

The Constitution of the United States, rumored to catch Stephen Miller on fire faster than daylight or garlic.

A black cat stares outside after causing chaos in a comic panel excerpt from the fantasy webcomic FaerieTales.

Closeup from a panel of Faerietales, a free webcomic, of a skull faced raven squawking in shock.

A twine boar fetish flies through the air against a dark background in a comic panel excerpt from the webcomic FaerieTales

Biv from the fantasy webcomic FaerieTales looks upward at something over his head, faintly lit by a pale blue reflection.

An excerpt from the webcomic FaerieTales, showing the character Biv reaching for a few cards scattered on the floor while mist drifts in the background.

Tengu, a character from the webcomic FaerieTales, looking down in surprise. A cluster of market stalls stand in the background against a starry sky.

Close-up of a grim, sharp-featured elf lit in greenish shadow, staring intensely off to the side with a gloved hand gripping a knife in the foreground.

Close-up of Tengu, an elfin character from the fantasy webcomic FaerieTales, turning sharply with a startled, wide-eyed expression. Warm red artificial light illuminates his face, casting dramatic highlights and shadows across his features. His hair lifts slightly as if reacting to sudden movement. Mood is tense, mysterious, and dramatic — a moment of surprise in a fantasy story involving myth, magic, and fae characters.

An in-progress panel excerpt from Issue 1 of the webcomic FaerieTales. Featuring art that's being re-drawn, the background is finished while the characters themselves are still in the flatting stages. In the panel, Puck is talking and smiling with a young mother holding her baby.

Timelapse video of three comic panels from the webcomic FaerieTales being drawn and colored from rough pencils to final art. All three panels focus on Puck’s face as his expression shifts.

Close-up of Tengu’s eyes, narrow and focused, framed by silver hair and shadow. The lighting is tense and moody, This image comes from the latest page of FaerieTales, a fantasy webcomic about magic, memory and bad decisions.

A comparison of two comic panels, one original and redrawn to the inking stage, from the webcomic FaerieTales. Puck, one of the main characters, leans in to chat with the mother of a crying baby.

An assortment of inked, uncolored pages from the webcomic FaerieTales, Issue 02. The first black and white page features the characters Puck and Karu in a scuffle in an alley; the second features Holly and Biv with an unknown woman inside a tent. The third comic page features the character Botbot outside a tent.

Closeup from Issue 02, page 22 of the webcomic FaerieTales, featuring Karu speaking to someone out of view.

Panel closeup of Karu from the webcomic FaerieTales

A panel excerpt from Faerietales, Issue 02 page 20. Puck holds an injured ear and glares at his companion.

Examples of humorously exaggerated expressions that can be used as a palate cleanser between more dramatic moments.

Examples of microexpressions with Tengu and Karu, more intense expressions with Puck, then an example of using the progression of expressions in pacing.

Moving on to discuss the usefulness of movie stills and practicing with self portraits in front of a mirror, illustrated by very unfortunate self portraits.

Talking about anatomy of the face with a goofy self portrait

Fanart of Nightfall from the series Elfquest

A panel excerpt from the indie webcomic FaerieTales, featuring the character Biv. His expression is a mix of surprise and annoyance.

A closeup of Holly from an panel of FaerieTales

Closeup of a larger WIP illustration. Puck from FaerieTales looking alarmed and reaching downward

Botbot, a small, fiesty robot, peers around the corner of a tent in a panel excerpt from the webcomic Faerietales.

Cropped panel of Botbot from page fifteen of the webcomic FaerieTales. A small, boxy robot with glowing red eyes and a vaguely worried expression.

Short timelapse video of a comics panel being colored. Two robots face each other, pulling hard on opposite ends of a dirty coat; fabric stretches between them. The process speeds through flats and shading to the final colors. One rapid color flash near the end. Final frame shows the completed panel.