Now we start to see some of the bigger metaplot that I was really looking forward to expanding into. I really enjoy the slow expansion of a storyline, from local, to continental, to worldwide and beyond. I hope it translates.
If you would like to learn more about the Sisterhood of the Red Veil, I will be putting up a background piece for my patrons! You can check it out over here!
If you have been following the comic for a while you know that I started it with the help of several of my friends. They put together the avatar, we set up photo shoots and I did the rest.
That format works only when everyone’s schedules line up and they so very rarely do. So for the past year I have been working on getting each of the characters onto an account that I control, so that I can take the photos whenever my weird ass schedule will let me.
Unfortunately, I can’t always copy the original avatar piece for piece. Sometimes items aren’t for sale anymore, and sometimes I want to upgrade to mesh, which means I may have to do a whole overhaul because mesh clothing and pieces can vary wildly from the original look.
I’ve been lucky so far.
The latest project is a new avatar for the Prophet!
Here is the base SL Avatar that I started with. I figured why not have something I could use? I’m certain at some point I’ll need a zombie. So let’s go zombie!
This is not, however, anywhere near what I need for our lovely Prophet.
Face first. I will be using her heavily in the upcoming pages so I wanted to make sure she got a mesh body and face. I’ll put the style card at the end, but I LOVE the Maitreya mesh body and CATWA has the best mesh heads I’ve found. The hair and horns, iconic for our mystic, were luckily available. I had to fudge the jewelry a little bit, hopefully it won’t be super noticeable.
I gave her some new makeup as the skin I wanted to use doesn’t have appliers for Maitreya. So I went with a beautiful skin by ItGirls and I LOVE it. The tattoos are from the Tribal Face Tattoos line by *CATY*
The clothing obviously is completely different than the original prophet. But nobody wears the same clothing day in and day out, so I was less worried about that. It’s a new chapter! She has been cast out of the Court, surely that deserves a change of clothing.
That’s what I tell myself anyway. *laughs*
The original Prophet had a lot of red in her skin, lots of warm tones. This prophet has more cool tones, so I changed the beads and dream-catcher in her hair to reflect that.
She is so lovely!
Style Card:
Body: Maitreya Mesh Body – Lara V4.1
Head: CATWA HEAD – Magy
Ears: [][]Trap[][] Beastie Imp Ears
Skin: ItGirls – Lore Cafe
Horns: *~*Illusions*~* Dreamcatcher Rusa Antlers
Hair: [RA] Kayako Hair
Eyes: FATEeyes v3.0
Skirt: !Rebel Hope – Mesh Sarong
Top: .:.TM.:. FABRIC FASHION – Mona Crop Top
Jewelry:
.:.KC.:. ODESSA ANKLET
.Eldritch. Ancient Boglach Jewelry Set
[ Jamnation ] Mesh Wrist Bands
C&C – Brenda – Belly Chain
~Soedara~ BollyWood Face Black Glam
~Soedara~ Circlet of the Desert
Hm. Seems like the strings of fate are being plucked. Let’s hope the crew is ready for what’s to come.
So it turns out running a LARP as a business takes up an amazing amount of time. I have spent the last few months getting some processes set up so things will run smoothly for the rest of the game’s life. Now it’s just a matter of testing those processes and getting them tweaked enough to actually keep them useful from month to month.
I was supposed to go to another LARP this weekend, but I’ve decided my mental health was more important. FREE WEEKEND!! I’m going to relax and enjoy it as much as I can before the craziness kicks up again.
One of the things I had wanted to catch up on is this comic! Here is page 17, sorry it took me so long to get it out. I kinda figured it would be that way once business picked up. Still, I have lots of ideas for this story and I am determined to get it out there!
That being said. I’ve closed the sim I used to host this comic’s scenes on, so while I search for another one I am going to have to do some … creative storytelling to make this comic go.
Part of the fun of the creation I suppose!
Better late than never I say! Here is the next installment of The Prophet’s Web! A bit more information about these two interesting characters.
Sorry for disappearing last week. Things were a lot more hectic than I had anticipated. No worries though, everything is under control!
Can’t say the same for the Fae King, but I’m sure he’ll get a handle on things eventually. 😉
Getting back on track!
I love the backgrounds in these photos, covering them with speech bubbles was so disappointing! *laughs* Though it would be more disappointing not to hear what was going on, so I make do.
And so it begins…
Say hello to the Prophet, our mysterious lady of the hour. *waves*
Photographed in “The City-State of New Babbage” in Second Life.
Welcome to The Prophet’s Web! This is a weekly graphic novel written for the web by Heather S. and put together by a wonderful team of models photographed on Second Life. Stylesheets for each model can be found here.
I have been writing short stories and novels since I was young. I love the idea of comics, the unification of word and art to tell a story. I got into Second Life 9 years ago and fell in love with it’s ability to make pretty much anything a reality. Working in a role play sim I began dreaming up a comic using Second Life as a graphical interface but have never really had the time or the gumption to see it through. When I was a child I used to draw comics for stress relief and it was so much fun. I still have a file folder full of comics that I go through every now and then to make me smile. Looking back on the joy drawing comics used to give me I figured now would be the best time to make this dream a reality.
I couldn’t do it without my crew, so many thanks to them for putting up with my oddities!
Here we have a nice splash page for the webcomic. Welcome to The Prophet’s Web.
The Prophet's Web 