I worked on Skelefrisk as a fan project for ClockworkMidnight somewhere around 2016. I restarted the comic once as my art style changed and developed. Updates were sporadic throughout 2018 and 2019. This is he last page I finished for Skelefrisk before my hiatus from the comic in 2019.
My family experienced hardship for years. For a long time, Skelefrisk was my anchor from the fear I felt of coming home- and not having one. I spent my days talking with Clockwork about the story, drawing up ideas for scenes for the comic and visualizing a world to bring to life. I learned how to draw so many things, skeletons, lions, i was learning how to build 3D spaces by hand, and I even learned how to 3D model. This Toriel is drawn over a model that i posed specifically for this scene. It took me days to make this page. But every single one brought me so much joy. I had friends to keep me company in streams, listening to good music. I was happy to see that it inspired others as well. For a while, I was pretty happy despite the looming danger my family faced.
This eventually became a threat we couldn't hold off anymore. After 10+ years, the stress had wrecked my ability to focus on the comic. My physical and mental health deteriorated from the stress. We lost our home. Our lives reset and we had to begin again. My family left that experience in a daze, and it has taken years to recover to obtain a sense of normalcy. Beyond just existing in a state of survival, but wanting to set down roots and to grow again.
Skelefrisk is still hosted on Deviantart, but i refuse to use the platform again. I am archiving my work here and creating a space for it to exist in case I am able to pick up a pencil for this world again.
I don't know if I will be able to work on Skelefrisk again, but i haven't lost my heart for it. I miss it and all the friends I made through it dearly.
You can read about that here.