Edit 10:33 pm:
Touched them up a bit more!
Original post below:
Articles by Landy
Stardew Valley Sebastian Paintover (WIP Crop) | December 17, 2025
Eric Barone’s (“ConcernedApe”) announcement today of a new, upcoming major Stardew Valley update (v 1.7) reminded me of a painting I started during the last major update, the 1.6 update when winter outfits were added. Before the patch went live, ConcernedApe teased two portraits for the winter outfits – one which showed Sebastian!
I love Stardew Valley and have played it on-and-off for several years now, yet curiously I still have not married anyone in my multiple save files, haha. I can’t choose! I love many of the NPC’s for different reasons. I still plan to, eventually. But anyway! Seeing Sebastian in his winter outfit portrait inspired me at the time to try painting him, based on that teaser image. The full image is about 3/4 body, but I was never happy with this painting, so here in the lead-up to 1.7’s launch, I was once again inspired to try painting Sebastian again – this time, with a paintover of that original painting from 2023.
I don’t know if I’ll finish this one (but I’d like to!), so here is just a small crop from the image for fun! I also don’t know if I’ll show the original 2023 version, because I was never very pleased with it, and the errors bother my eye. Because this was also drawn only from that portrait teaser (I hadn’t seen the sprite model), the outfit is also likely not accurate to how it is in-game.
So, just this crop for now!
GW2 Commission for Kyris | December 14, 2025
A Guild Wars 2 commission for Kyris finished earlier this month! This was an especially fun one, as Kyris asked me to try a commission in the style I’ve been drawing for The Harbinger’s Path webcomic. I’ve grown to love drawing in this style over this past year, but hadn’t thought too much about potentially doing it on commission. I’m grateful to Kyris for suggesting it, as I’m pretty pleased with how this style turned out in her drawing!
I’m especially happy with how Akoni’s face turned out. I think it is one of my favorite feminine faces I’ve ever drawn!
A few process images below:
Thanks again to Kyris for commissioning me!
Trahearne Wintersday Sketches | December 9, 2025
Spurred from a conversation with Jasmine on bluesky yesterday where she said, “trahearne is back and he’s santa– 🧑🎄” – which gave me a variety of amusing mental images I immediately wished to draw.
This is a warm-up sketch that I might finish another time.
This is 3/4-body in the full composition – putting it in the full post, because I think the shoulder is a little off (this is another anatomy construction practice from imagination drawing). Edit: Updated the 3/4 version it slightly; I guess I’ll leave it without a readmore now, though there are still off things about it – still a sketch/potential WIP).
Edit December 18, 2025
Adding one more. :p
Larger crop in the full post:
“The Harbinger’s Path” on Hiatus until January 2026 | December 8, 2025
New pages will resume in January 2026!
Ah! The dreaded hiatus! I was hoping I’d be able to continue The Harbinger’s Path update schedule until Chapter 3’s conclusion. When I originally planned the page schedule, I had more time during November & December than what ended up happening. There was a point in November where I thought I’d have to put the comic on hiatus for about a week and a half due to learning I’d be out of town for a bit, but I scrambled to finish a few pages early, and was able to keep the schedule last month without interruption.
While I’m pleased I kept a consistent 2-pages/wk update post schedule since Chapter 3’s launch on September 29 through December 8 today – I think that isn’t too shabby considering this was my first time trying a webcomic update schedule! – I unfortunately don’t think I can do what I did in November again this month. Between deadlines and holiday obligations, December is turning out even busier than November. Most importantly, these next few pages are more complex for me to draw than the pages in November. I mentioned the possibility of a hiatus in last week’s post, but didn’t link it anywhere because I was hoping I’d be able to avoid one.
As mentioned in that post, my main concern is I don’t want the quality of the pages to suffer due to lack of time. Or even fatigue, as I’ve been sacrificing a bit more sleep than I really should for the most recent pages. I felt it beginning with today’s page 21, as it is not as refined as I would like. I plan to touch it up this month during the hiatus.
What happens during the hiatus?
So, the hiatus! What does this mean? This is a hiatus for the comic’s page updates, but not the comic’s progress. I will be drawing the remaining pages during this hiatus, and using this additional time to try and make them a little extra special!
I’m very sorry to interrupt the comic’s update schedule, as I fully intended to continue with regular page updates until Chapter 3’s conclusion. It seems a bit silly in hindsight, but I didn’t account enough time for the unforeseen circumstances that inevitably crop up this time of year (Nov & Dec specifically). Back in September/October, my schedule for Nov/Dec looked so much more open than they ended up being. In the future, I would plan for more of a page buffer during busier times of the year like now.
I promise I will work very hard to make Chapter 3’s conclusion worth the wait, and I’m confident this is the best decision for the comic to maintain its quality. And, hopefully, your enjoyment of it!
When will new pages be posted?
New pages will tentatively be posted on January 19, but I’ll confirm this as we approach closer to this date.
Thank you for reading this year!
Thank you so much again for reading The Harbinger’s Path this year! Truly, it means the world to me. I’m still amazed there are people who enjoy reading my comics. It’s been a pleasure drawing this story for you, and especially reading your reactions and thoughts. I can’t wait to finalize this chapter, as well as look forward to drawing new comics and new stories in 2026!
In the meantime, enjoy your holidays! And, please look forward to January 2026 to find out what happens next with Trahearne and Malyck!
Edited for clarity while more awake later the same day. Also added a few of this chapter’s page previews to break up the text.