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Boxing Bugs Update & Announcement

I started my first original comic Boxing Bugs in 2018, and since then have finished the first issue as well as a mini side comic.

It’s been a long while since our bug friends Tap and Rumble have shown up again, and I’ve actually had the script for issue #2 finished for a little while now that I was going to work on after Pac-Man: Ghost Gamble. However, I’ve recently made a big decision: Boxing Bugs is officially going on an indefinite hiatus.

I do want to make clear that it is NOT being cancelled, but instead will be set aside in favor of working on a new original project. I’m honestly really happy with this decision and very excited for the new project I’m working on! I’m going to wait a little while before officially showing anything publicly, but rest assured it’s going to be something big and fun.

While I’m working on this new project my plan is to continue making fan comics in the meantime, so expect lots of short adventure stories from Pac-Man and more (and hey, maybe I’ll finally be able to get to that bomberman comic soon too). I might switch between another comic with each I finish, but I’ll make sure each story gets wrapped up!

As for the future of Boxing Bugs, I do plan on returning to it one day, hopefully next time with a full team. That’s all for now, thank you guys for reading and look forward to some great things!

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Illustration Process- Battle Bot: Dog Pound

After watching an episode of Battle Bots for the first time, I got inspired to create some fun fighting robot designs of my own! Since the robots on the show often had funny names, I decided to design robots based on pun names. For this one, I chose Dog Pound.

I sketched out a design for the robot, leaning heavily on the dog theme. I though of a dog walker with two wild dogs on a “leash” attached to his back. He’d shoot tennis balls at the opponent, prompting the dogs (named Chomps and Biscuit respectively) to attack. I gave him two ear-like points on his head as well.

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I chose colors that would make both Dog Pound and the dogs stand out just enough from each other.

illustration of Battle Bot by Lauren Mays

Then I did some simple shading and added a colorful background!

Here are some extra sketches I did as well to get used to the character.

Dog Pound’s detachable kennel with the robo dogs sealed safely inside.

Chomp and Dog Pound glaring at their opponent.

Thank you for reading!