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Comic in progress – Cryptid 3/3

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Juan

Cicada Man makes an attempt of delivering a message, with mixed results. I made a few changes to panels in previous progress shared on posts (improvements, one hopes); I think there will be space on the dossier maybe to see
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“Cryptid” – Full comic

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Juan

Here’s the totality of Cicada Man adventures. Special thanks to the pals on Discord, who helped with hints on how to spell the sound effects of cicadas, and to Hugh here on Patreon, who taught me the excellent word stridulation.
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Patreon dossier – Cryptid

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Juan
Patreon dossier – Cryptid

For most Secret Knots comics, I make a post with sources, references and bits of world building. This is the dossier for the comic Cryptid. For most Secret Knots comics, I make a post with sources, references and bits of
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Comic in progress – Cryptid – 2/3

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Juan

I feel like the Cicada Man Festival took me in a bolder direction with the coloring. Maybe I’ll have to revise a bit the color in the final version of the comic to make it more consistent. But I rather
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Drawing Prompt Week: Sam Vines

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Juan

Here’s Samuel Vines from Discworld, possibly ruminating his theory.

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