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Published: 2018-03-13 13:00:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 1849; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 0
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Description In celebration of that big reveal, here's a sketchdump of previously spoilery sketches that have accumulated over the past two years.  There's more, these are just my favorites.   I included some future concepts and older concepts, like how I thought the meeting between Ma, Pa, and Daughter would go in the middle left (because I was having one heck of a time trying to work out a good composition) and what it's going to be like with lil Hester on the ship. 

I plan on going back and showing what took place between Elsie and Trenton when she dropped the bomb on him (top left) too... 

Elsie rarely used physical punishment on Hester (AKA spanking).  They mostly just yelled at each other.  Trenton uses spanking readily, much to Hester's chagrin.

The one with Trenton combing Hester's hair was directly inspired by my childhood.  My sister and I have naturally curly/bushy hair, so my mom had to go through a ton of hair products to find out what would work.  Morning routines included pain by comb as she attempted to tame those wild beasts. *shudder*  My sister is the only one rocking the curly hair now (and figured out her own routine), and I've been straightening mine, so mom is happily free of having to deal with that anymore!

The idea of Hester wearing her dad's shirt as a night shirt is also because my sister and I fight over who gets our dad's old shirts to use as thrown-together summer pajamas when mom says they look too raggedy (those shirts are great because they're quirky and weird--he has one with the Tasmanian Devil on it that I used to "own" before my sister snatched it >__>).  I'm calling dibs on the Justice League one when it gets worn out...

Bottom right: Trenton not only spanks his child, but other people's bratty children too.  In loco parentis is something he lives by, especially with the kids of the crew.
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Comments: 35

DarlingWrites [2018-07-15 18:52:30 +0000 UTC]

SO. CUTE.

I look forward to seeing more of these two together. Also I like hearing about how your childhood influenced your stories.

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LadyPep In reply to DarlingWrites [2018-07-17 17:26:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  I love drawing these two! ^__^  And yeah, my childhood has influenced a lot of silly stuff that happens with Trenton and Hester.

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saylem [2018-05-21 17:49:50 +0000 UTC]

All of these are wonderful! I'm so happy you posted all of these. Each one is so special!    

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LadyPep In reply to saylem [2018-05-21 18:58:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  I love drawing these two!

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Sleyf [2018-03-26 17:36:38 +0000 UTC]

The combing hair one is the best, it's like he's making a horrendous mess and twisting the brush in there arrgghhh, the pain. Though for some reason, the spanking one is hilarious. One of my teachers went to a Catholic school and she said they used to spank them with plimsolls because they were softer and thus assumed appropriate punishment for girls...I don't see how wen those things hurt!

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LadyPep In reply to Sleyf [2018-04-03 22:32:25 +0000 UTC]

lol That one brought back a lot of memories, that's for sure!

That reminds me of a research project I did in high school about corporal punishment--I gave a survey out where kids put down what their parents spanked them with and I got a few really weird results, like coat hangers or "whatever they're holding." xD

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Sleyf In reply to LadyPep [2018-04-04 08:54:47 +0000 UTC]

I'm grateful my mum was relatively decent with hair combing...

The coat hanger parents are a bit suspiciously 'Mommie Dearest'...
My uncles used to have one of those thin bamboo canes, he's really slow to anger, but when he loses his temper, he really loses it.  I remember once when I was little and staying at their house - for some reason, he got really mad at his son (I think he backsassed him or something - just remember that we were downstairs) - anyway, my uncle lost his temper and chased him around the livingroom with the cane for a good smacking lol - the fear of being caught was enough of a punishment, I don't remember him actually hitting him but I remember that!
My mum was notorious for the smacks she'd give (on the arm of course) - again, the fear of her coming towards you was enough - the smacks hurt, as intended (though we'd all gotten a bit immune to them after a while) - the fear was worse because she always caught you!

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LadyPep In reply to Sleyf [2018-04-11 22:16:41 +0000 UTC]

LOL An entertaining memory for you, but definitely not for your cousin!  Anything wooden hurts!  I got smacked by some wooden spoons when the belt wasn't readily available and they hurt a lot more!

The good old days of getting chased around the house!

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Sleyf In reply to LadyPep [2018-04-12 04:53:04 +0000 UTC]

I doubt he remembers it, though he did remember the time I got mad at him and went ballistic...
Impactful moments.
Ouch! Yeah I can imagine that! Let's just say, when parents lose it, you remember not to do whatever you did again.

Lol exactly. I'm all for disciplining your child (within reason of course), I mean look at the charming nostalgia we have.

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AlexVanArsdale [2018-03-24 18:59:57 +0000 UTC]

I love sketch dumps. I like the one where Hester is jumping away while Trenton screams. "Hester NO!" He's going to have his hands full with her for sure.

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LadyPep In reply to AlexVanArsdale [2018-03-27 05:17:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  Haha!  That's one of my faves too!  Oh, that he is!

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MasterDoodleJoe80062 [2018-03-17 05:10:49 +0000 UTC]

Ha! I love these. Hester in the "nightshirt" is hilarious. I can't wait for Hester to join the crew. This will be great!

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LadyPep In reply to MasterDoodleJoe80062 [2018-03-17 14:22:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!  I can't wait either!  She certain livens things up with her presence.

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DezsoArt [2018-03-17 03:03:43 +0000 UTC]

2/10, we didn't get any Uncle Irving in this.
Jk. I think my favorite here is the mysterious broken glass/vase. Cute poses.
I almost forgot to mention, Trenton punishing random people's kids is awesome lol.

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LadyPep In reply to DezsoArt [2018-03-17 14:23:55 +0000 UTC]

lol There will be more opportunities for Uncle Irving and Hester interactions in the future.  I'm looking forward to drawing their first meeting.

Thanks!  His reasoning is that if someone else can't control their kid, he will! XD

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DezsoArt In reply to LadyPep [2018-03-17 19:04:45 +0000 UTC]

Yus.
That makes me think of this thing my Dad does with kids having meltdowns in stores and stuff. He just stops and gives them THE STARE, and eventually the kid gets so uncomfortable that he/she stops. It's hysterical.

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PhoxnSparky [2018-03-16 18:29:15 +0000 UTC]

LOL these are great! Love the expressions and poses, just fantastic! It must have been hard keeping this hidden all of these years, especially with all of these drawings you had!

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LadyPep In reply to PhoxnSparky [2018-03-16 21:48:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  It was pretty hard when I started working on Chapter Four especially!  Oh, I have a lot more drawings related to this that I haven't gotten around to scanning/compiling yet!

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PhoxnSparky In reply to LadyPep [2018-03-17 14:35:07 +0000 UTC]

I bet. It's so hard keeping secrets especially when they are of this magnitude. Will you be sharing the other pictures on here? I would love to see them.

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LadyPep In reply to PhoxnSparky [2018-03-17 14:42:30 +0000 UTC]

Once I scan in and compile the rest, I'll post them in a few more sketchdumps over the year.

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PhoxnSparky In reply to LadyPep [2018-03-17 14:52:49 +0000 UTC]

Neat! Can't wait to see them, I love how your sketch dumps look.

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CDupre [2018-03-14 04:08:39 +0000 UTC]

OH MY HEART.

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LadyPep In reply to CDupre [2018-03-14 14:55:18 +0000 UTC]

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LeviaStar237 [2018-03-13 17:01:44 +0000 UTC]

HAhaha! NIce! I love the interactions! XD

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LadyPep In reply to LeviaStar237 [2018-03-13 17:32:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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LeviaStar237 In reply to LadyPep [2018-03-13 23:10:15 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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LauraHollingsworth [2018-03-13 15:58:04 +0000 UTC]

ADORBS!

When we were little and mom was out of town on a Sunday, dad had to do me and my sister's hair for the first time. The results were... similar to Hester's here. He dropped us off at the nursery and the church ladies were like, "Oh... The poor dears..." in a bless-your-heart tone of voice. Later when dad came back to pick us up, our hair was completely redone and in perfectly neat bows.

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LadyPep In reply to LauraHollingsworth [2018-03-14 04:46:04 +0000 UTC]



lol At least you were able to get some outside help!  Whenever my mom was out of town my sister and I sported some strange hairstyles too, which mostly involved our hair getting tied back into pony-fros.  Our normal routine took about 20 minutes with mom, but dad did it in less than half that time. xD

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Rebel-Rider [2018-03-13 15:47:55 +0000 UTC]

I think Hester needs a father who will spank her.
I have long hard to manage hair too. I got sick of it so I've cut it short, which is wonderful. 

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LadyPep In reply to Rebel-Rider [2018-03-13 17:34:11 +0000 UTC]

XD She really does!

I got mine bobbed two years ago for the summer and have kept it shoulder-length since then.  It's so much more manageable!

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Rebel-Rider In reply to LadyPep [2018-03-13 18:22:57 +0000 UTC]

I've got mine shorter than that. My scalp seems healthier too. 

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paigemichael [2018-03-13 15:27:40 +0000 UTC]

I love these sketches! Can't wait to see more of their interactions further on! The spanking one cracked me up xD my mother only spanked me once and never did it again because it hurt her hand too much lol.

The hair part sounds awful ;O; I've always wanted curly hair but everyone with it tells me it's so difficult xD I don't blame you for straightening it either sounds much easier.

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LadyPep In reply to paigemichael [2018-03-14 04:55:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  I can't wait to get to their actual in-comic interactions!  They're gonna be fun.

My parents used wooden spoons and leather belts so they didn't have to sacrifice their hands. xD

It's nice if you learn how to tame it, but it takes so much time and product to maintain it!  My sister has a cabinet-full of hair stuff since she lets hers go natural most of the time, and I got mine bobbed two years ago to make it easier to deal with during the summer when I let mine go curly.  The only downside of straightening it is that I always get paranoid when the weather gets overcast and I don't have adequate means to cover my hair.

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paigemichael In reply to LadyPep [2018-03-16 12:34:37 +0000 UTC]

They're going to be very comical, I can't wait!

Ouch, a few of my friend's parents did the same things. That's smart though, save the hands! My mom was very against spanking and my (step) dad was for it but didn't want to enforce it. So I just got grounded a ton. I honestly would of rather had the spankings than the "indefinite" groundings xD However, they worked very well lol.

Oh geez, that seems so difficult. It makes me wonder what did people do before there were so many products? Is this why Merida (Brave) had crazy hair xD God bless straighteners though to make it easy haha.

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LadyPep In reply to paigemichael [2018-03-16 14:46:25 +0000 UTC]

lol At least with spankings it was instant punishment!  I always dreaded getting grounded when I got older because that meant we lost certain privileges (like once I couldn't watch TV and everyone else was gathered around the set ).

I know!!  I got my hair permed as a birthday gift when I was in junior high and it was really nice and flat, but all those chemicals ruined it for a while. DX

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