Author's Note
Give a warm welcome to Ariya, our new flatter! She's been helping out with this and the coming pages, and it's been amazing having her on the team!
In preparation for releasing these pages, Izzy and I (and our editor Charlie) had some discussions about the gameplay and design for Celestial Alignment, th...
2021-10-19 18:14:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note
And we're BACK! And just in time to watch two old men play a board game (Well, one a half old men).
2021-10-19 18:11:54 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
It’s been a hot, long minute since our last big update post, so there’s plenty to get to! Make sure to read the entire post - there’s important news all around!
Mothorial has been on hiatus since the beginning of June. I had planned to take that month off for my m...
2021-08-18 22:24:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note
You might have noticed a little glow around Vex's small pouch. It's a bag of holding, and one of Vex's most prized possessions. Where did they get it? That's a story for another page.
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TRANSCRIPT
RAIONA: Guess I'll see you later, then...?
Author's Note
It's really important to me that the dialogue in Mothorial flows as naturally as possible. This can be a challenge with space limitations, but it also presents a fun opportunity to learn how to balance effective dialogue with efficient storytelling. Some pages end up having as much as 25% to 30% of their dial...
2021-05-16 23:06:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note
"What should I put as a note this week? I can't think of anything."
"Put 'Raiona is a cutie.'"
"...Alright, done."
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TRANSCRIPT
RAIONA: I'll catch up with you guys, 'kay?
CORI: Sure, whatever.
<... 2021-05-10 03:16:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note
Cori's fur and hair are not naturally these colors; as is common in some upper-class circles in Mothorial, she enjoys dyeing them from time to time to reflect moods, seasons, and current fashion. She picked up this practice from her mother, who brought it from her own background. They're the only two hewani i...
2021-05-05 04:12:51 +0000 UTC View Post
(EDIT: changed Panel 1's speech bubbles for better readability, small text change)
Author's Note
As a gecko-bearded dragon, Vex is a relatively uncommon example of a species mix. In general, when two hewani have a child, that child ends up displaying only the characteristics of one of the two. While Ava, Cori, and Ra...
2021-04-25 02:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note
Up till recent years, many small towns in Mothorial tended to house certain species depending on their climate, such as Polar Bears to the north in Icescape, or prairie dogs in the High Lands and Dust Edge. In recent years, however, there has been a shift as more families have spread out with more convenient ...
2021-04-16 20:44:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note
Mosswood has an eclectic layout, mostly due to its age and natural formation. While some towns and cities such as Sorelia were quite deliberately constructed around central structures, Mosswood, being one of the oldest towns in Mothorial, expanded naturally from various farms and homesteads. As a result, ther...
2021-04-06 00:12:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note
When it comes to character design, it's important to consider their silhouette! Often at least one defined visual feature can really help bring a character to life. That's why Mickey Mouse's ears are always drawn next to one another regardless on where he is facing; those two circles are what make his silhoue...
2021-03-26 17:00:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note
Wanderer, or 'Der, is our first extended cameo role! If you're interested in being a part of the Mothorial universe and story, check out our $50 and $100 tiers!
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TRANSCRIPT
AVA: Has he told you any stories?
GABBY: 2021-03-19 02:44:07 +0000 UTC View Post
(delayed post, but we're keeping the archive going!)
Author's Notes
The Hillandale was a blast to design, and Izzy initially modeled it in 3D! I have a secret dream of eventually making the tavern a fully explorable place in VR. Who wouldn't want to hang out in a cozy tavern in a tree?
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Hey everyone!
We happened to get this really cool design out of a delay post, and we thought why not share it with everyone, and use it as a way to test making merch?
Yes, that's two versions of this Ava design we're plannin...
2021-03-16 22:51:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Mosswood may be a quieter town than the bustling Sutton or Janlea, but as a result it has a strong sense of community. Pretty much everyone knows everyone in town by name. If you want to catch a glimpse of out-of-towners, they'll usually be in the Hillandale, the local tavern.
This is the first page with a cameo by one of our Patrons, name...
2021-03-04 05:13:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Author’s Notes
Ackerley’s always got a quip or saying for every situation. Of course, he only seems to reference the ones that work out in his favor.
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TRANSCRIPT
ACKERLEY: ...We’ll talk about it later, okay? I promised Cort I’d play Celestial Ali...
2021-02-20 21:26:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Notes
Ava and Ackerley trade off activities each weekend, which the bird fondly refers to as "Acktivities" and "Actavaties". Unsurprisingly, these names have not caught on. Ackerley's activities tend to be relaxed, with lots of reading and snacking. Ava prefers more action-packed days out in the fields around Moss...
2021-02-15 02:23:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Author’s Note
Ava's wand Wanda used to be a staff called Staffy in earlier drafts, before we realized that making the poor thing carry around a staff would be annoying both for her and for our artist. Plus, Wanda is such a better name!
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Transcript
Dash!
AV...
2021-01-31 23:32:41 +0000 UTC View PostHey all! We're testing out public polls integrated into our Foxglove Discord server. Feel free to respond to the incredibly important poll below:
Is Ackerley a goose-pheasant, or a chicken?
Author's Note
One thing you learn (or try to learn) as you write for a comic is how to make dialogue flow and fit in a page while still allowing the art to shine! Sometimes, out of necessity, you end up with text-heavy pages like this one, and you turn to close-ups to help the art continue to shine out anyway. Of course, w...
2021-01-21 17:29:58 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! While fixing some site bugs and uploading the new page, I went ahead and updated Patreon credits for all of our supporters level Ava and up to appear on the front page! If you would prefer not to include your name there, or have an alternative name you'd prefer, please let us know!
2021-01-18 03:25:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Author's Note
Feyn are a bit more aware of what's going on than animals in our world. Feyn researchers are still studying the varying levels of mental capacity of these varied creatures, but some, such as burlers and giabos, seem to have some degree of intelligence, while others are more similar to what we would consider t...
2021-01-18 02:09:10 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
This is Ari, the head writer for Mothorial! We hope you’ve had a safe and enjoyable Holiday season, and that the start of the new year has been a good one! There’s some announcements to make, as well as a poll for you all, so let’s get started!
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2021-01-11 15:29:35 +0000 UTC View Post
As you've probably noticed, we like our varied fonts and custom speech bubbles here on the Mothorial team. One of the benefits of using hand-drawn speech bubbles is the ability to customize them to match the particular speech patterns of any given line, and while we do have a main font that we chose for the comic, switching to alternatives from ...
2020-12-28 02:36:47 +0000 UTC View Post
The burler is one of many creatures we designed for the world of Mothorial! They were inspired by moles and raccoons, and are seen as more of a pest than an actual threat. Some hewani even keep them as pets, though they can be a bit feisty and difficult to train.
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TRANSCRIPT
And we're off, introducing the stars of the show with a brand new page! All Volume 1 pages will have some sort of overhaul, so keep an eye out if you've had access to the backlog. Enjoy!
These two have gone through a lot of development to get to where they are, and if you want to learn more about the process, you can read ...
2020-12-07 01:14:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Seven is an important number in Mothorian culture, symbolizing the Mother, the Elder, Hewani, Feyn, the Realm of the Living, the Realm of the dead, and the Void between them. The number used to be eight, but after the Younger's betrayal, she was removed from the count.
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NARRATOR: ...
2020-11-23 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Some hewani treat the Phoenix as a scary story to make their kits do their chores. Others view the fabled Child of Fire with revulsion, preferring to omit her from the story entirely. Still others fear her, believing her to be a very real entity who must be extinguished. There have been occasional claims of sightings over the last 100 years, tho...
2020-11-23 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Stories of the being born out of the blast have been decried as superstition and fear-mongering, but some of the wounded soldiers who were off of the battlefield at the time of the event swore they saw a glowing being wandering through the dust and ash.
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NARRATOR: Chaos was a...
2020-11-19 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostForeword: This issue of Writer's Blog, written by main writer Ari, details his methods of connecting with the characters in Mothorial, even during times when he wasn't writing the main script. As we move into Chapter One and properly introduce our leads, we thought it would be ...
2020-11-15 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post