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Look there’s Tock 😀

So, though, page 77. In the 7th month of this year, 2017. And very serendipitously, next month marks 7 years of “Tock the Gnome.”

(I do have a couple special things planned to celebrate, so stay tuned everyone!)

And as I said last page, sometime soon I will be posting a short written scene that shows what’s going in that big yurt there while our heroes wait. That will be available ONLY on Patreon, so make sure to check it out there and pledge if you want to see that (and other) bonus story content! Not to mention the oodles of bonus art and world-building material that’s already posted. Just saying :heart:

Thank you, always, for reading!

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And onward!

Fun note for the future – I’m working on a very short written scene that shows what has been/will be happening inside that big yurt as Onna, Tock and Bumble wait outside. That will be available ONLY on Patreon, so make sure to check that out and pledge there if you want to see it! I’ll likely be posting that with the next page.

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Sketch – Tock pinup, 2017

Having some body confidence issues today, so here’s some self-care “Tock the Gnome” pinup work.

I don’t get to show it much in the comic, because…..corsets, but Tock is actually a very curvy lady. So here she is, rocking it and having pride even when I struggle.

Hope she inspires everyone else, too!

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Page 76, colorwork WIP

Getting there 💚 Actually halfway done with the colorwork for the whole page now, but progress will be on hold for the next couple of days as I get ready for an art show!

So here’s this in the meantime. Thank you for your patience, readers – I’ll be back to my regular work schedule on Monday.

DD Welcome sketch!

Sooooooooo even though this site has functioned as the main Tock website for some time now, and before I ended up over on Patreon (where you can still support me for extra goodies, if you like), I eventually posted the comic over on deviantART. I’d been a member there even before I came on here, and am happy to say we have a good number of readers there now too.

I am delighted and bewildered to say that on Friday, page 75 was chosen as a Daily Deviation!!!

(insert several panels of me freaking out and bouncing with glee here)

So, that page and some other Tock works have gotten some new attention! So this is a welcome sketch for my new Watchers over there.

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Bonus sketch – Random Tribesladies

Random Orcish art therapy *thumbs up*

These are two of Onna’s tribesfolk, from pgs. 74 and 75 recently. I am oddly fascinated with that white-haired maiden and I hope I get to tell her story too, whatever it is.

And if you missed it, I did create a guide to who’s who between those two pages, only available here.

(On Patreon, that is ❤ ❤ )

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Bonus art – “Only Natural”

“I want to live like animals
Careless and free like animals
I want to live
I want to run through the jungle
The wind in my hair and the sand at my feet”

– Savage Garden, “The Animal Song”

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Happy Pride Month everybody! This was done for a project/kinda-contest over at deviantART, where I have done much much much of my networking and fanbase-building over the years. I am very grateful for all the acceptance I’ve found and the friendships I’ve built there, and though nothing’s ever perfect, that site has been a haven for me during many frustrating “real life” art conflicts. So, despite the usual life/comic/commission busy-ness, I had to join in the celebration!

(Also, selected submissions will be featured in a new Pride Flag widget on the website, so cross your fingers for me!)

The submissions had to be centered around one of the Pride flag’s colors and the meaning of that color. Of course, I had to pick green (for nature), and it had to be Tock and Onna ❤

(By the way, I hope none of you think this is a big big spoiler – I have intended this attraction to be obvious from the start. I promise there will be lots of fun story goodness in watching this play out against Tock’s quest. Ohohoho.)

This was inspired by the same-sex relationships found in nature. I wanted to do something a bit different though, so I chose lesbian does, gay male goldfinches, and non-binary pangolins (because….pangolins). And Tock and Onna together as a queer representation of Faerie.

Thank you all for continuing to stick with the comic – Tock and Onna and Bumble and all of their magical, messed-up world. If you’re celebrating this month, I send you SUCH love and I hope you have a fantastic time being truly you!
And again, thanks dA, for being a place for me to express my big gay self for so many years, now.