{"id":7009,"date":"2025-06-18T10:50:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/?p=7009"},"modified":"2025-12-21T16:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T00:08:31","slug":"the-harbingers-path-panel-previews-new-pages-june-23-june-18-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/06\/the-harbingers-path-panel-previews-new-pages-june-23-june-18-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Harbinger&#8217;s Path: Panel Previews + New Pages June 23 | June 18, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7011\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7011\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-07-wipB-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7011 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-07-wipB-web.png\" alt=\"Crop of a Trahearne from Guild Wars 2, roughly drawn in a comic style. The firstborn sylvari is glaring up fiercely, as glowing amber sap-blood streaks across the far half of his face. \" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-07-wipB-web.png 800w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-07-wipB-web-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-07-wipB-web-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7011\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe Harbinger\u2019s Path\u201d | Trahaerne panel preview (in-progress \/ artwork not final)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wanted to do an update post! Chapter 2 for <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/harbinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Harbinger&#8217;s Path<\/a> is about 85% complete now. I finished the first &#8220;refinement&#8221; pass for all the pages last Thursday, and began doing the &#8220;final refinement&#8221; pass for the first half of the chapter (if you&#8217;re confused about what I&#8217;m talking about here, I go into my rough process <a title=\"The Harbinger\u2019s Path: Panel Previews + Release Date | June 4, 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/06\/the-harbingers-path-panel-previews-and-release-date-june-4-2025\/\" rel=\"\">in this post).&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While working on them last night, I realized that because the files themselves are spreads &#8211; with 2 pages per file &#8211; I thought I had done half as much progress of the &#8220;final pass&#8221; as I&#8217;ve made so far. I realized I had double the amount of progress as what it had been feeling like for the past few days. I feel very silly, but this means I am confident I can begin posting <strong>new pages for chapter 2 next Monday, June 23rd!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The previews in this post are updates on some of the in-progress panels from <a title=\"The Harbinger\u2019s Path: Panel Preview | June 11, 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/06\/the-harbingers-path-panel-preview-june-11-2025\/\" rel=\"\">this post from last week<\/a> and <a title=\"The Harbinger\u2019s Path: Panel Previews + Release Date | June 4, 2025\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/06\/the-harbingers-path-panel-previews-and-release-date-june-4-2025\/\" rel=\"\">this post from earlier in the month<\/a> (still works-in-progress here).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7013\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05-wip3-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7013 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05-wip3-web.png\" alt=\"Malyck and Trahearne from Guild Wars 2. Malyck intimates a restrained Trahearne, as Trahearne glares defiantly back. High-contrast rim lighting has been added since the earlier work-in-progress crop from last week. \" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05-wip3-web.png 800w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05-wip3-web-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05-wip3-web-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe Harbinger\u2019s Path\u201d | Malyck &amp; Trahearne panel preview (in-progress \/ artwork not final)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;m going back and forth as to whether adding Malyck&#8217;s luminescence here adds or not &#8211; for the scene itself, I think it could work either way in terms of what it says about the character.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7014\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05.2b-wip2-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7014 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05.2b-wip2-web.png\" alt=\"Comic-style drawing with strong light and dark contrast. Malyck extends his hand to the side of Trahearne's jaw, the latter bound by thorned vines. \" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05.2b-wip2-web.png 800w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05.2b-wip2-web-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05.2b-wip2-web-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe Harbinger\u2019s Path\u201d | Malyck &amp; Trahearne panel preview (in-progress \/ artwork not final)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>About 80% refined.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7015\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05.2c-wip2-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7015 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05.2c-wip2-web.png\" alt=\"Black-and-white version of the previous drawing. \" width=\"800\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05.2c-wip2-web.png 800w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05.2c-wip2-web-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/lizliu.com\/sketchblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/guild-wars-2-the-harbingers-path-ch2-05.2c-wip2-web-768x598.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cThe Harbinger\u2019s Path\u201d | Malyck &amp; Trahearne panel preview (in-progress \/ artwork not final) | Black-and-white version<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This a small panel in the comic itself, but one of my personal favorites. I really like the contrast it has in black and white (though it will be in color in the comic itself). I feel like it&#8217;s working better in the black-and-white version &#8211; still working out how to convey a similar feeling when color is added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wanted to do an update post! Chapter 2 for The Harbinger&#8217;s Path is about 85% complete now. I finished the first &#8220;refinement&#8221; pass for all the pages last Thursday, and began doing the &#8220;final refinement&#8221; pass for the first half of the chapter (if you&#8217;re confused about what I&#8217;m talking about here, I go into<span class=\"excerpt-ellipsis\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/2025\/06\/the-harbingers-path-panel-previews-new-pages-june-23-june-18-2025\/\" itemprop=\"url\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,422,10],"tags":[819,386,387,690,820,721,388,689,458],"class_list":["post-7009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-art","category-guild-wars-2","category-work-in-progress","tag-comic-updates","tag-guild-wars-2","tag-gw2","tag-gw2-comic","tag-harbinger-updates","tag-maylck","tag-sylvari","tag-the-harbingers-path","tag-trahearne"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Landy","author_link":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/author\/liz\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/digital-art\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Digital Art<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/guild-wars-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Guild Wars 2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/category\/work-in-progress\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Work-In-Progress<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"Wanted to do an update post! Chapter 2 for The Harbinger&#8217;s Path is about 85% complete now. I finished the first &#8220;refinement&#8221; pass for all the pages last Thursday, and began doing the &#8220;final refinement&#8221; pass for the first half of the chapter (if you&#8217;re confused about what I&#8217;m talking about here, I go into...Continue&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7009"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7018,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7009\/revisions\/7018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/landylachs.com\/sketchblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}