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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just finished Doyle’s last page.I also included a screenshot with both pages. #characterdesign

Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just finished this page of Doyle and his squire Boone. I’m still not 100% on board with how the red and blue look, I think it could be a little more balanced than it currently is. It’s hard making red contrast but not steal too much attention while keeping a good level of saturation #characterdesign

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I’ve been feeling under the weather the whole time I worked on this, which is why it took so long; but it’s finally done. I’ll probably move back to working on Doyle and take a break before I do the last Goblimps page. #characterdesign

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Working on a series of 3 Goblimp pages. Finished the first. Second one is rocket themed and in progress, third might be canon oriented. #bestiary #characterdesign

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Bestiary of Goblins & More Vol: 2 (Page 11) I had a ton of fun drawing what I call sleeping beauty skelly. When he appears in Skelly Stew I’ll probably make him less mossy, I think it would be a little over rendered if this was in the comic, but it works here. #characterdesign

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Working on the new Bestiary. Here’s Malakey’s pencils for Page 7, and inks for Page 8. Pippy’s section will receive an update on Page 2 to the drawings since they’re too off model. #chracterdesign #goblins #conceptart

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Hello, friends! There's a new chapter of OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE up, and, as always, free to read! On Webtoons: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou... On Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChrisSchweiz... Or read from the beginning: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou...

title card: episode 17. Silhouette of Otis (teenager) and Erska (adult) walking through a creek in front of trees and rocks.

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

New Episode of OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE is up! Read on Webtoons: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou... Read on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ChrisSchweiz... Read from the beginning: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou...

Title card: Episode 14/Read on Webtoons and Patreon. Illustration shows a gruff man in a trenchcoat-collalred cape and armor on some stairs, behind him helmeted guards harass and beat folks in the muddy street

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Hey, we're creeping closer to 500 backers (at 492, time I'm writing this). Pretty exciting! We're also only a few hundred bucks away from the next stretch goal: Stickers!

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Learning how to 3d sculpt to get more accurate angles of my lil dudes. Neither are these are finished nor good but you have to start somewhere.

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I need to finalize the design of the cauldron and make a shape breakdown, but I definitely like what I ended up with here. A finial piece would be a lot more refined especially with whatever the heck is going on with the green fumes, but alas this a study not worth my time.

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Here’s an update on my layouts. Got a good bunch of Page 4 and 5 done. On page 5 panel 4 is a filler shot which needs to be reworked. Panel 9 is also very unfinished. I’m also not sure about page 4’s last panel, it might be a little too choppy of a shot considering how slow the rest of the pacing is

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Here’s some practice I did today of Pippy and his sword

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Here’s today’s warmup. Haven’t drawn Orcrisp in a year, can’t wait to draw him for a Pippy story. #characterdesign

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

3 weeks from today, I'll be launching the Kickstarter campaign for OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE: BROKEN BLADE, the first graphic novel in my Appalachian-inspired swashbuckling fantasy series. I'm putting the series out in my favorite format: mass market paperback size! www.kickstarter.com/projects/sch...

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Here’s the layout for page 2

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Here’s my rough layout for the first page of Pippy the Baby: Skelly Stew. And in the second image, a few Skelly Expressions. I’m probably gonna change this some more before I start my pencils. #comics

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Wasn’t happy with yesterday’s post, so I made some edits. I present thee another Goblin Skelly!

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Human-made comics.

A preview panel of my newest comic, a skater demon girl sits in the foreground reading a book while two shmucks in the background ogle. A volcano erupts in the background.

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

New episode of OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE is up and free to read! Webtoons: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou... Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/outlaw... Read from the beginning: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou...

A title card that says "Episode 8" and shows a grimacing lady with a rat tail loc in stocks - like the kind you see in medieval or colonial villages, but without being on a stand - in a stone brick room. A teenaged boy is reaching over the stocks and gently touching/checking the back of her head, which took a wallop in the last episode. Text below says "read on Webtoon and Patreon"

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

New episode of OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE is up! Read on Webtoons: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou... Or on Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/158528... Or read from the beginning: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou...

A comic panel of a teenage boy with brown hair looking back over his shoulder as someone with chain mail pushes him along with his arm pinned behind his back. There is a round title that says "episode 7"

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Tom Hunter @tomishunter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Was playing with ideas for the recent Patrol drawing

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

New episode of OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE is up, and free to read! Webtoons: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou... Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/outlaw... Or read from the beginning: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou...

A panel of the OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE comic featuring a firelit Otis and Erska among their captors. The word balloons from the panel have been removed manually and redrawn to turn it into a balloonless image and a circular "episode 6" title card in yellow and blue sits in the upper left.

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

It's #WebComicDay! If you're looking for something that isn't too far along (just five episodes so far, with new ones releasing every Wednesday), give OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE a go! Swashbuckling fantasy adventure with an Appalachian bend and (eventually) plenty of swordfightin' outlawsapprentice.com

Panel from a comic. Morning sun is lighting up a crowded muddy square in front of a stone and timber castle behind a wooden palisade, between a wood-framed building with stained glass on the right and shingled, tall-chimneyed houses on the left. There are work tents staked up near the tall building. A word balloon from an unseen speaker says "Erska, wake up."

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Who's this at Otis and Erska's door? Episode 5 of OUTLAW'S APPRENTICE is up to read! Webtoons: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou... Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/157529... Read from the beginning: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/ou...

Drawing of a fella in heavy rain. He wears a hood over a masked helmet. There is a circle on the image that says "episode 5"

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Here’s my first Pippy the Baby story. The second one will be longer than 1 page, this was more of a proof of concept for myself. I worked really hard on the hand lettering; it’s not perfect but I’m sure it’ll improve with time.

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Landed on a composition for the cover for book 1. Pretty happy with it, hopefully it'll convey what the series is going to have (duo leads, swordfighting, trees, armed and masked agents of an unjust state, castle of unfamiliar design, mud).

Book cover with a roughly sketched image inside a series frame. Frame has a broken sword and the title is "Outlaw's Apprentice: Broken Blade." Sketch is of a teenage boy and an adult woman surrounded by sword-wielding fellas in vaguely-skullish helmets that hide their features. There''s a castle in the background with a tall, mostly timber keep and slanting peaked roofs, surrounded by a wooden palisade. Behind that, a forest.

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Here’s a timelapse of me trying to figure out how to draw mice. I really wanted him to have a beard and to see if I could get a viking-ish helmet on him without the ears getting in the way.

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

K-night? K-9ight? Knighty-night?? #puppyknights #comics

A drawing of the puppy knights characters Sparky and Pugsly as Batman spoofs: The K-night and the Pug Wonder. They are mid-air with their capes flowing, Sparky is doing a downward kick, and Pugsly is pulling the string on their slingshot. There is a large moon as the backdrop.

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

I drew this a while ago and decided to add some more foliage and a little background. I still need to get more comfortable with the leaf technique I used, but I think it’s good enough here. - - #goblins #skeleton #characterdesign

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Roughs for the Holly King and the Oak King (the Holly King is currently gaining in his strength to its peak on the 21st, when he'll kill the Oak King, starting the seasonal cycle anew). The direct mirroring is just to reckon on the design, they'll have slightly different looks, but still close.

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Here’s a fun Frodo drawing. I’m gonna turn this one into an ornament.

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Been trying for a while to nail down Grýla, and a big part of the difficulty was that I wasn't leaning into how she's generally represented in costume these days. So less a troll with nineish tails, more a lanky ogre with layered sweaters (roughs, finals will be inked and watercolored)

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Here’s a frodo sketch, still working this guy out, the next one will be more dynamic and refined

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Here’s a mockup I made today with some old art. I think tomorrow I’ll adjust the template and do some new illustrations for fun.

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Took a long 3 months off of drawing, just started sketching again last night, here’s a few of em.

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Finally found a frame big enough and good enough for my Chris Schweizer Over the Garden Wall Print. #overthegardenwall

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I decided to rename the sketchbook to “Nicky Noons Bestiary of Goblins & More” Along with that I redesigned the cover, it’s not 100% finished but it will look very close to this. #characterdesign #conceptart #goblins

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Chris Schweizer @ NYCC (H27) @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

A DREAM OF SWORDS has made it out to all of the kickstarter backers who have completed their shipping stuff*, which means it's now available to the public! crogan.bigcartel.com/product/dream *if you backed but haven't received yours, please check you KS messages for the link to finish!!!

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A Dream of Swords

A handsome hardcover collection of 130 monotoned watercolor drawings from the arms holdings in museums that Chris visited in 2023 and 2024,...

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Here’s some character studies, gotta get her hair more simplified but I think this is a good start. #characterdesign

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Here’s Page 8, really having fun learning how to draw armor. #characterdesign

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Working on some Armored Skellys. Really digging the bearded guy so far.

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Here’s a page from my second sketch book. I took a long break from working on it but now I’m back at trying to do a page a day. #characterdesign #conceptart #goblins #d&d #fantasyart #cartoons

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Nicky Noons @nickynoons.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Here’s a Goblin Skelly, gonna try and make more variants of this. #characterdesign #goblins

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