{"id":6855,"date":"2025-05-12T23:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T06:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=6855"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:08:37","slug":"the-harbingers-path-chapter-1-is-live-may-12-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/05\/the-harbingers-path-chapter-1-is-live-may-12-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Harbinger’s Path: Chapter 1 is Live! | May 12, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Latest post to u<\/strong>pdates log: May 21, 2025<\/strong>
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“The Harbinger’s Path” | Page 3 preview crop (establishing shot)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Harbinger’s Path<\/a> officially launched today! :D<\/p>\n

The entire first chapter can be read here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the description from the site:<\/p>\n

Pact Marshal Trahearne<\/strong> spent 43 days captured by the Elder Dragon Mordremoth. What happened to the Firstborn during this time?<\/p>\n

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Trahearne & Malyck fan comic<\/strong> set during the Heart of Thorns<\/strong> era of Guild Wars 2.<\/p>\n

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Rated PG-13<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The main thing I learned from this launch is I need to schedule more buffer time than I think I will need, to account for unforeseen occurrences, haha. I had planned to take care of the majority of the comic over the weekend, and intended to upload the pages early this morning. I had existing (comic-unrelated) plans which I didn’t allocate enough time for, such that I lost about a day’s time. I managed to have the comic live at 2 pm PT, and started posting them to socials\/RSS\/email after, around 2:45 pm or so. I was originally hoping to post them at around 8-9 am PT, which is what I’ll aim for in the future if I do another bulk chapter like this.<\/p>\n

I received a few messages throughout the morning from people anticipating the comic’s launch, and I feel bad I kept you waiting. D: I hope the wait will be worth it, and I may even have a chance to do a few touch-ups tonight before you perhaps see it when you awake next morning … though from what I’ve gathered through the years, excessive revisions for the first chapter of a comic can be a potential pitfall. Maybe I should make a personal rule to not revise chapter 1 until I finish chapter 2. But I will probably end up revising a few small things, before then. :p<\/p>\n

I was still touching up pages this morning! In my defense, I think adhering to a launch date personally helps me a great deal. The reason I was still touching-up pages was because I didn’t notice many things until it became closer and closer to the launch. Suddenly, the realization of, “Oh man! People will actually see this! I can’t show it in this state!” And that happened even to pages which I had previously checked off as “finished” last week. Funny how that is – it’s probably some psychological trickery. But I think the pages turn out better for it, than if I had allowed myself infinite time to work on them. They probably would never have been completed if I had done that – more for that pile of WIP’s we all seem to have.<\/p>\n

The PDF<\/h4>\n

The main thing I have remaining for the first chapter is the digital PDF I wanted to put together. In the end, my ambitions to complete the PDF to coincide with launch day proved a bit lofty, haha. I think I might have struggled to finish it even if I had not had less time this weekend than I was intending. On the bright side, with the extra time (my new ETA is for this Friday, May 16), I’m hopeful I can perhaps add some flourishes I wouldn’t have had time for, had I posted it today.<\/p>\n

At the very least, it should be a bit neater than if I had tried to fit it in for today.<\/p>\n

Chapter 2<\/h4>\n

Chapter 2 is also well under way! I have the layouts done, and have started refining. I’ve found that layouts of initial refinement are some of my favorite steps of the process – I have layouts for a lot of ideas, some Guild Wars, some with original stories with my characters – it’s so fun<\/em> to note down these ideas in sketch form.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I’m going to list Chapter 1 launch day updates below – mainly for myself, to have a record for the things I had to fix, haha – and then have some longer thoughts\/likely rambling in the full post afterward.<\/p>\n

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Comic Updates Log (Ch1)<\/h4>\n

Updates: May 12, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n