Poor Tristan 🥺

I hope Tristan will become stronger with more stamina, if he continue to hold Nagel on his shoulders during their journey. It wouls be a nice daily workout.

Like Milo of Croton, who trained his strength by carrying a calf on his shoulders every day until it was fully grown.

And then he ate it.

Nigel had better develop some usefulness before it gets to that point.

...and then he ate him

Lol

Tristan eating Nigel... not the pairing that'd come to mind if you asked me, but I'm down for whatever.

Less scrawn, more brawn!

Tristan's head looks comfortable enough. Can't blame Nigel for taking a nap on him.

So when's he getting his eyesight back?

When he learns to not be a stuck up, selfish prick.
He's blind to his surroundings and caring people anyway.

Did Nigel do something to you personally or what?

Lmao, gotta love people who ask a question, but then block you for no reason. XD

Yep. Couldn’t sum it up better myself.

And may the journey begin.
Also wow Nigel, not the best way to be treating someone who decided to go out of his way to support you.

heh.. a chapter titled Hope...

..and starting great already ^.^

I really hope Nigel learns to be capable again soon. He needs to able to take care of himself for his own sake.

And Tristan is a saint, for doing that with no complaint. I really hope Nigel learns to accept his friendship soon he needs it.

Come on, dude... Ok you are blind, but you should still feels when you are exposed to sunlight or not...

He slept through whole day on Tristan's back, of course he can't tell.

Actually no A lot of blind people develop sleep issues because their body can't tell what time of day it is

Be honest, the sound from Chilli would be *clap clap clap*

With a title like that, it's more than obvious that more interesting things will happen from now on. Also, poor Tristan by the way. lol

Chili's carrying a whole lot of cooking stuff, it looks like. She's gonna be this fellowship's Sam, then? 😉

my poor monkey boy <3

Is that a kirbo from terminalmontage in the background of the lower panel? If it is i think we need to all go reread the whole comic again for other Eggs. Might find a dickbutt carved on a random door or table or something

I'll be honest, I just wanted to put a random little creature on the page, but now that you mention, it really looks like Kirbo XD

What or who is that adorable little olive creature?

Nigel needs to be busy somehow. Even despite his blindness. He really wore Tristan down.

Tristan is gonna have some killer legs at the end of this XD

Is Chili carrying the equipment for both gals while her fearless leader only has a bindlestiff? Chill-girls gotta have some words!
Hmm, Nigel should have some light sensing capabilities even without lenses the same way you can see the blood vessels in your fingers if you put them over a light -unless his eyeballs have become solid like boiled eggs... Ewww!

Ok, I'll bite: Why is no one asking how he can tell its night time when he is blind?

Did you look at the image? It's not nighttime.

Because Miralle just called for them to make camp for the night. Thus, Nigel is cued in to the fact that night is approaching.

I'm beginning to suspect that Luna blinded Nigel for the simple reason of making sure he can't abandon the party or run away XD

Chili looking like a Korok in that first panel...

I'm sorry, but let's take a moment to appreciate that first panel that shows determined Leo silently advancing at high pace with a heavy backpack, while Chili is making a glorious ruckus just carrying cooking stuff, throwing into oblivion any chances this party might have had to move silently (not that Nigel and poor poor Tristan are helping in that regard).

Hello, Viktria! Big fan of your work on Tree of Life. I was curious about what types of digital brushes you use for you art and if you had to play with any of the settings, especially on the rough sketches? I've been trying to make more concept art in Photoshop, but I keep getting overwhelmed by all the different settings. Thought that it might be worth asking another artist for a few tips?

Since I learned from observation rather than from asking others, I can only speak from my own experience. ^^;
I think sketching should be done with a brush that is most comfortable for you to use when you need to draw shapes quickly. That brush doesn't have to be the same as the one you use for lineart (but in my case the brush is the same) That brush can be anything, try the one you like at first.

My tablet is a Wacom Intupus medium, it has a very good pressure sensitivity. Because of that I can set it to draw a line even when I'm barely touching the tablet, and it helps me draw lines without physical effort. And if drawing lines isn't physically demanding, it will be less mentally demanding too. I don't cramp up as much on shapes and lines.

I use "mapping pen" brush for everything, and "oil paint" brush especially for backgrounds. And a plain spray paintbrush, among other things. I've always strived for simplicity because I don't "paint". Digital painters use a lot of type of brushes because of texture. And for different type of strokes too. I tthink that what gives mood to their pictures as well.

The things I really use when sketching are: Just that one brush, of course the eraser and the undo button, transparent layers, (sometimes my sketches also have sketches), and some darker shade for a plain background. When the sketch is done, I colour it in with shades of grey. I highlight the character, where the light is coming from, what space they are in if any. And then I change the color of the whole sketch (in CSP it works like this "Edit -->Tonal Correction --> Color balance)

Here's a short gif about one of my sketches. I hope it helps.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/y1oh7n2h7q52w8orybmlt/Aztec-sexy-toucan-1080.mp4?rlkey=fywp19yyttxmo522f72spckx7&dl=0

I hope I could help some! ^^

Hmmmm that name doesn't bode well...