Maria Capelle Frantz
@mariacfrantz
Cartoonist, illustrator & author ★ Tall Hobbit ★ (they/them) ★ mariafrantz.net The Chancellor & the Citadel, Who HQ Joan of Arc, currently working on Megrez
A few color tests for Megrez! I’m having so much fun playing with lighting. I wish every scene had a little glowing creature in it
Colored this old drawing of Galoro as a cooldown after work. I love this guy, I want to find the time to draw him more!
She was groaning in discomfort the whole time she was like this, but also absolutely refused to move
I was packing up some art to send to @athenaeumcomicart.bsky.social and I realized I never shared this illo! This one wasn’t for a project, it was just for fun. Usually when I draw for fun I end up drawing a lot of stars and clouds lol
I've been trying to teach myself how to draw horses better. Luckily it's not hard at all because their legs are so normal and very easy to understand
It’s been two years since we met our dog. She walked into that tiny room, so scared and still healing - and immediately curled up in my partners lap. I still have no idea how a dog that’d been let down so many times could be so trusting. Happy birthday, Tibby. Please stop getting older okay
Stayed up too late finishing my first ever quilt top!! This is what a wild Friday night looks like at my house
Just dumped a whole bunch of character designs for Hector and the Hidebehind on ye ol' patreon. Jane is looking a lot like Howl at the moment and a big part of me is fine with that
A gradient dragon for patreon sticker club! I love drawing a creature that's just a tangle of limbs and wings
My dog’s bed, the one she hangs out in while I work, has slowly become a lasagna. The layers are as follows 1- Regular dog bed 2- Small blanket on top of that 3- Another heated dog bed 4- Her very soft burrito blanket 5- A heated throw blanket She is currently between layers 4 and 5
Another panel from this last week of inking. I'm getting closer to the part of the book where Megrez finally shows up!!
A panel I inked for Megrez today. The only thing I like inking more than Eta's hair is Susabe's big round eyes
Forest study! I'm in love with how dense the underbrush is in the pacific northwest, and I want to be able to draw it so bad
Seems only right to kick off patreon sticker club with a mischievous little guy
I've been working on this for a while, and now I finally get to make it real!! I've made my first batch of posts free to view, and I've written more about why I'm starting a patreon in my first post, here ~ www.patreon.com/posts/140116...
I built her a nest at the end of the bed to assuage my guilt. It has been deemed satisfactory
Drawing a reference sheet and making myself giggle with my own captions