Ha HA! I knew mama dragon would tip the fight. Gorslash can’t focus on just one thing. He has to control everything. and it always bites him in the butt. Or in this case; blasts him in the chest and a fall to the ground…
At the quote at the bottom right, I’m actually reminded of a V:tM campaign book about a group of Iconuu searching for Golconda. One of the tale boxes had a fable about a Man walking beside a Dragon leashed with but a thin gold chain. When a passerby asked the man about it and not something stronger, the man responded along the lines of, “If the Dragon goes wild, how would a steel chain serve me any better?”
Very true, and it rarely ends well for the holder as well. Gorslash may very well be shaked-n-baked before he knows it. And as far as his “boss” goes, he won’t enjoy facing him again.
It’s a bad time in my country.
I’m generally okay, and a lot better than those who are not CIS-gendered straight white men, but I always consider myself an ally to those that ain’t. Been going through some minor health issues and other things. I also am in the middle of one of our local theatrical productions. It might not surprise Zona’s long-time fans that this is my adaptation of PG Wodehouse’s “Jeeves Takes Charge”, and that in this play, we have swapped the genders of Bertie and Jeeves to female. (Mostly, if I’m being honest, because my best actors are women, and we have more women in our little company than men. Eh. This is what often happens at our level.) Hoping it’s funny. Hoping people get the feminist message.
Thanks for caring.
Working on the new page, hope it’s up soon.
Good luck with the production, with your health, and with the political woes. The last will come to an end, gradually… we can very slowly see people wising up as 47’s approval ratings fall. Maybe with the midterms in two years there will be some actual brakes on his power to cause chaos and foul up the global economy etc.
As many could have predicted, today’s Sexy Saturday involves our two lovely priestesses of the Sun and The Moon, respectively.
To see the rest, just visit Patreon.com/JEDraft. Hop
For no reason I can find, and none that Godaddy can find, it’s impossible for me to post a new comic at barbarian princess Dot Com using my theme Toocheke without getting 503 ERROR. I have added nothing, done nothing in the past month or longer that would cause this. I think the demons from the Deeps have done something nefarious. Until I fix it or redo the entire site using another plugin (again) I will be posting the update in FaceBook.
I owe you all many apologies, and many updates, but we’re finally truly back in the saddle. I am so very grateful for your loyalty and patience, and I won’t bore you with all the details of the heart problems (now completely symptom-free) and the neck stuff and the lung infection (fine at last ) and Jeebus everything in my little old body that seemed determined to break down all at freaking once. I’m back to splitting logs and exercising and all the good, healthy stuff – and, of course, working on Zona!
So here we go! Yes, the dragon tried a flame-strafe and yes, flying top cover Tula was able to shield the frontline of the cavalry and now it appears some kind of hawk has taken a decided dislike to our urtt rider. Imagine that.
More as soon as I can get it finish rendering and doing the magic. Warmest regards,
Hi kids! There was a delay in updates, and I think you ought to know why.
Didja ever want to know what an actual heart attack feels like? Well, with any luck you never will. I, on the other hand, know exactly what it feels like. It’s not like Aunt May clutching her heart and collapsing. It was more like the worst acid reflux you can think of for about 24 hours straight. Went to the doc, and to make a long story short, anyone can have clogged arteries under the right conditions – even me!
This was about a week and a half ago, and yeah, I spent a couple of miserable nights in hospital where they kindly opened my artery and put a nifty little mesh tube in there to keep it open. Did I ever wish there was some kind of wormhole and Tula could come use Erogenian Magick to heal things quicker. Hospital sucks.
Otherwise, I am fine, and looking forward to eventually splitting logs again and doing other macho stuff around home, just like before. But, as I write this I need lots of rest and can’t lift anything heavier than ten pounds. (That means I have to put my little dog or my cat on the scale before I heft them, just to be sure. )
But I am now well on the mend, and look forward to making regular updates – or even more to make up for the lost time.
Soooo – I know the comic is a bit late, but I have not been idle. Nor has Brian. We are now really, truly and officially out of preproduction. The hernia was to transition all the assets, including out titular heroine, into Unreal Engine 5. It was a seemingly Sisyphean task, involving lots or frustration, hard hard work for my dauntless perfectionist animator and some creative innovations to solve the problems that they can absolutely take complete credit for solving.
We are now in production and animating scenes for the final trailer in UE5. Well, why did we go to UE5 in the first place? If you look at this picture, maybe you’ll understand. It’s representative of what you will be seeing on screen, and this is just one frame. UE will show you 60-120 fps of THIS in real time.
I’m extremely pleased. This is much much more than I thought I wanted. She’s going to live, breathe and act out the story in the world we’ve created.
Naturally, if you want to see more, then go to Patreon.com/ JEDraft
Our ongoing incompatibility issues with the new WordPress are still not worked out, and I am afraid I might have to just redo the whole site again, but until I absolutely have to do that, I have this kludgy workaround.
See at the top menu on the right, “, I have converted the entire history of the web comic into a series of yeary PDF files that any one can download.
It’s not elegant, kind of a brute force workaround, but at least you all now can really start at the beginning and read the whole thing at your leisure.
Many thanks for your patience, and with hopes of a permanent solution in the near future.
In this, the final version we’re doing of this proof-of-concept video, Brian put in more fancy stuff and fixes and attention to wonderful details. Now we dive into production of the actual product, beginning a trailer for the series itself with all the new elements and knowledge we have put together so far.
This is the proof of concept for Zona in action. Brian’s solved a truckload of challenges and details with the hair and cloth simulations, animation and incorporating it all in the impressive realism of Unreal Engine. I put the music in … 🙂
We are moving from California to Connecticut, and we’re driving with the dogs and cat and so for the next couple of weeks the updates are going to be sporadic, and communication with you all might drop out. Never fear, we will return as surely as the sun rises and sets on our VW camper van. Still, I might have a little surprise for you Thursday or Friday. Stay tuned! Warmest regards, -JED
12 thoughts on “SMACK! – Page 1318”
E Hines
Unchain my heart, unchain my dragon, it’s all the same in the end.
Eric Hines
Kiddeagle
Cry ‘Havoc and Let Slip The Dragons of War!
Scarsdale
Ha HA! I knew mama dragon would tip the fight. Gorslash can’t focus on just one thing. He has to control everything. and it always bites him in the butt. Or in this case; blasts him in the chest and a fall to the ground…
Lora
I have no doubt Gorshash will use his magick to make sure he survives the fall, but the dragons won’t be on his side anymore … 8)
Also, did Liri’s two guides get left behind or did they also get a ride on the dragon?
Freelance
At the quote at the bottom right, I’m actually reminded of a V:tM campaign book about a group of Iconuu searching for Golconda. One of the tale boxes had a fable about a Man walking beside a Dragon leashed with but a thin gold chain. When a passerby asked the man about it and not something stronger, the man responded along the lines of, “If the Dragon goes wild, how would a steel chain serve me any better?”
DMC_Run
Re: the tag at bottom-right…
A stupid dragon fights the CHAIN…
A smart dragon fights the HOLDER of the chain.
Scarsdale
Very true, and it rarely ends well for the holder as well. Gorslash may very well be shaked-n-baked before he knows it. And as far as his “boss” goes, he won’t enjoy facing him again.
George Phillies
A smarter Tula finishes off Gorshash rather than talking about it. Unless momma dragon has a little snack on the way down.
Kiddeagle
You OK JED? Haven’t heard from you in awhile. you usually reply to comments.
jedraft
It’s a bad time in my country.
I’m generally okay, and a lot better than those who are not CIS-gendered straight white men, but I always consider myself an ally to those that ain’t. Been going through some minor health issues and other things. I also am in the middle of one of our local theatrical productions. It might not surprise Zona’s long-time fans that this is my adaptation of PG Wodehouse’s “Jeeves Takes Charge”, and that in this play, we have swapped the genders of Bertie and Jeeves to female. (Mostly, if I’m being honest, because my best actors are women, and we have more women in our little company than men. Eh. This is what often happens at our level.) Hoping it’s funny. Hoping people get the feminist message.
Thanks for caring.
Working on the new page, hope it’s up soon.
Love and light to you all.
JED
Lora
Good to hear from you and best of luck with the production. 🙂
Paddy
Good luck with the production, with your health, and with the political woes. The last will come to an end, gradually… we can very slowly see people wising up as 47’s approval ratings fall. Maybe with the midterms in two years there will be some actual brakes on his power to cause chaos and foul up the global economy etc.
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SMACK! – Page 1318
Things appear to be fixed.
Still not sure what actually went wrong. Looking forward to the report that WordPress Support will give me.
Patreon Update – Sexy Saturday
As many could have predicted, today’s Sexy Saturday involves our two lovely priestesses of the Sun and The Moon, respectively. To see the rest, just visit Patreon.com/JEDraft. Hop
Here We Go Again
Here we go again!
For no reason I can find, and none that Godaddy can find, it’s impossible for me to post a new comic at barbarian princess Dot Com using my theme Toocheke without getting 503 ERROR. I have added nothing, done nothing in the past month or longer that would cause this. I think the demons from the Deeps have done something nefarious. Until I fix it or redo the entire site using another plugin (again) I will be posting the update in FaceBook.
Warm regards,
JED
Finally!
Wow, it’s been a long time.
I owe you all many apologies, and many updates, but we’re finally truly back in the saddle. I am so very grateful for your loyalty and patience, and I won’t bore you with all the details of the heart problems (now completely symptom-free) and the neck stuff and the lung infection (fine at last ) and Jeebus everything in my little old body that seemed determined to break down all at freaking once. I’m back to splitting logs and exercising and all the good, healthy stuff – and, of course, working on Zona!
So here we go! Yes, the dragon tried a flame-strafe and yes, flying top cover Tula was able to shield the frontline of the cavalry and now it appears some kind of hawk has taken a decided dislike to our urtt rider. Imagine that.
More as soon as I can get it finish rendering and doing the magic.
Warmest regards,
JED
A Minor Inconvenience …
Hi kids! There was a delay in updates, and I think you ought to know why.
Didja ever want to know what an actual heart attack feels like? Well, with any luck you never will. I, on the other hand, know exactly what it feels like. It’s not like Aunt May clutching her heart and collapsing. It was more like the worst acid reflux you can think of for about 24 hours straight. Went to the doc, and to make a long story short, anyone can have clogged arteries under the right conditions – even me!
This was about a week and a half ago, and yeah, I spent a couple of miserable nights in hospital where they kindly opened my artery and put a nifty little mesh tube in there to keep it open. Did I ever wish there was some kind of wormhole and Tula could come use Erogenian Magick to heal things quicker. Hospital sucks.
Otherwise, I am fine, and looking forward to eventually splitting logs again and doing other macho stuff around home, just like before. But, as I write this I need lots of rest and can’t lift anything heavier than ten pounds. (That means I have to put my little dog or my cat on the scale before I heft them, just to be sure. )
But I am now well on the mend, and look forward to making regular updates – or even more to make up for the lost time.
Warmest regards,
JED
Zona in Unreal Engine 5
Soooo – I know the comic is a bit late, but I have not been idle. Nor has Brian. We are now really, truly and officially out of preproduction. The hernia was to transition all the assets, including out titular heroine, into Unreal Engine 5. It was a seemingly Sisyphean task, involving lots or frustration, hard hard work for my dauntless perfectionist animator and some creative innovations to solve the problems that they can absolutely take complete credit for solving.
We are now in production and animating scenes for the final trailer in UE5. Well, why did we go to UE5 in the first place? If you look at this picture, maybe you’ll understand. It’s representative of what you will be seeing on screen, and this is just one frame. UE will show you 60-120 fps of THIS in real time.
I’m extremely pleased. This is much much more than I thought I wanted. She’s going to live, breathe and act out the story in the world we’ve created.
Naturally, if you want to see more, then go to Patreon.com/ JEDraft
Warmest regards,
JED
NEW PDF ARCHIVE
Our ongoing incompatibility issues with the new WordPress are still not worked out, and I am afraid I might have to just redo the whole site again, but until I absolutely have to do that, I have this kludgy workaround.
VDSD – 2021 (barbarianprincess.com)
See at the top menu on the right, “, I have converted the entire history of the web comic into a series of yeary PDF files that any one can download.
It’s not elegant, kind of a brute force workaround, but at least you all now can really start at the beginning and read the whole thing at your leisure.
Many thanks for your patience, and with hopes of a permanent solution in the near future.
Warmest regards,
JED
Zona Animation: Morning Exercises V2
In this, the final version we’re doing of this proof-of-concept video, Brian put in more fancy stuff and fixes and attention to wonderful details. Now we dive into production of the actual product, beginning a trailer for the series itself with all the new elements and knowledge we have put together so far.
Rubbing my hands with glee.
Warm regards,
-JED
Zona Animation: Morning Exercises
This is the proof of concept for Zona in action. Brian’s solved a truckload of challenges and details with the hair and cloth simulations, animation and incorporating it all in the impressive realism of Unreal Engine.
I put the music in … 🙂
We’re On The Road!
We are moving from California to Connecticut, and we’re driving with the dogs and cat and so for the next couple of weeks the updates are going to be sporadic, and communication with you all might drop out. Never fear, we will return as surely as the sun rises and sets on our VW camper van. Still, I might have a little surprise for you Thursday or Friday. Stay tuned!
Warmest regards,
-JED
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