As it turns out, I actually like the look of the totems this way a lot better than my original design. The originals were very traditional, based on real world references. This method keeps the look much more in line with the rest of Tuuqayi's world. It also makes them more unique. As I go on to create the remaining six totems, I'm still going to make an effort to have each face represent a particular animal spirit, it will just retain certain human characteristics.

And by the way, comic 10 is up. Ended up taking two weeks. So I'll see if I can improve on that pace for #11.

When I originally started on the digital animatic, I figured I would break the script down into thirds and complete each section one at a time. I've just completed the first third and it came out to just over 9 minutes (76 shots), and as I watched it I realized the pacing is waaaaaay too fast. So I've made the decision that the material that was originally going to make up the first episode, will now make up the first three episodes. That way I can really take the time to flesh out the characters in this first section and not rush through it. Along with this post are a gallery of images from the digital animatic.