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Dumbstruck - 5 (+lil' update) By RedInstead -- Report

SO- Ages ago I used to talk about how I thought it was interesting that I couldn't find anyone who was doing any longer narrative comics in vore. I talked a bit about how I just wanted to see what that would look like.

Well I'm doing it...

I'm the WORST artist for the job. I overthink things, I spend too long trying to get things right, and I constantly change my mind on things. My writing style is basically "The characters need to know what's happening but not the audience" - it will probably be a mess, but I'm still excited to try.

I've been building up to this for almost 2 years now (that's the overthinking right there), and at this point I think I can make something half decent... Or hopefully interesting enough that someone with their shit together can give it a shot

I say this with a grand total of one complete page out of 63 for the first chapter, and about 14 half finished pages- I say this with a habit of committing myself to things that aren't financially sustainable, and while a large chunk of a chapter is supported by commission I might actually be an idiot in making that chapter 3... - I say this basically PURELY out of hopes and dreams, but FUCK IT

The only thing I ask is that you keep an open mind whenever I am ready to share it. It's made to be a longer narrative, and not a vore comic followed by 200 identical sequels. I have an ending in mind, and several narrative beats I know I'm going to get to along the way. It's an adult story, with themes of sexuality, identity, choice, connection, and power... Set in a world with a natural imbalance of power, where women have an innate ability to eat people. A bi-product of magic, long ago.

BUT- also patience... Like anything that I make, I want to make it right <3

EDIT: And to clarify - The comic above is unrelated to the larger one I'm working on xd

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Bruggetje

Posted by Bruggetje 4 months ago Report

Take ur time m8 63 pages is not nothing thats ALLOT.
And with art your way better then me its why i dont do art as i cant draw pple other then in stick figures XD.
Just remember to take a small brake so now and then so you do become depressed.
Do some nice things in those brakes like fishing or gaming or whatever you like the most kay?:)

Bruggetje

Posted by Bruggetje 4 months ago Report

Dont become depressed sorry auto correct fuckt me up there XD

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

Thank you for the kind words! I will try my best- this is very much a long term goal for me so I want to make it as sustainable as possible

Bruggetje

Posted by Bruggetje 4 months ago Report

No problems its what i do :p.
Success with the comic:)

TheFungusCat

Posted by TheFungusCat 4 months ago Report

Sadistic female pred and male prey? Perfection~ @.@

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

What the circle of life would be if I was in charge :3

RasenGun37

Posted by RasenGun37 4 months ago Report

"Hey google: How to make RedInstead god(ess)"

CaptainDyslexic

Posted by CaptainDyslexic 4 months ago Report

I don't know. This is prtty dame good so far

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

Oh I should clarify, this is not the start of Chapter 1, nor would this be what it looks like- Since I'm doing at least the first few chapters in color

It'll be pretty obvious when you see it.

CaptainDyslexic

Posted by CaptainDyslexic 4 months ago Report

No worries

Blackheartedreaper2

Posted by Blackheartedreaper2 4 months ago Report

God this was hot, and take your time. No need to rush, just cook it slowly if need be

Kapn

Posted by Kapn 4 months ago Report

Waiting with a lot of anticipation!

AbsoluteDegeneratism

Posted by AbsoluteDegeneratism 4 months ago Report

NEURON ACTIVATION

ThatBrassyGuy

Posted by ThatBrassyGuy 4 months ago Report

This is so, so, so, so, so fucking good. Good luck with what y'all wanna do!

RasenGun37

Posted by RasenGun37 4 months ago Report

This comic is so hot so far (and good)

BonneStar12

Posted by BonneStar12 4 months ago Report

Oh dam. Honestly dude if you're making an all put comic i'm sure you can probably open a patreon or something like that to get support while you work on it.

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

I have a patreon I just didn't want to plug it when I'm talking about this XD

I didn't want people to write it off as me 'selling' them something because that's not why I'm doing this... If I didn't need money to live I wouldn't have a patreon, it's a necessary evil for me

BonneStar12

Posted by BonneStar12 4 months ago Report

I can guarantee you, Unless your comic is like some other comics made here before that out of 30 pages 4 or 5 have direct vore on them people would gradly pay some minor ammount to first support and second to have access to the comic beforehand

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

Like I said - it's a story built around vore. They aren't separate factors, if there's 25 pages of 'non vore' it's in support of vore.

Likewise not every vore scene is going to feel like a vore scene, some of it blends into the narrative, and vice versa some of the 'non vore scenes' are predominantly built around the same feelings and appeal as vore - characters looking at a character who's gained weight, realizing what's happened when they and X other character went off on their own together - this is a non-vore scene that's primary appeal is vore... there's a blend of themes like any other story

There's a scene pretty early on that illustrates this point... A scene that's primary focus is the characters and not sexually coded, and this is despite showcasing vore in a rather brutal way - On the flipside the last 23 pages are all pretty explicitly vore, and sexually coded, and that's also not on accident... That's also not unimportant to the story

There might be in the future almost entire chapters of just sexually coded vore, there might be entire chapters that are pushing the story towards those moments. I don't believe in separating them, in fact I think that's one of the main reasons that 'sexual scenes' in traditional media falls so flat... the story stops completely

That's what I meant when I said it's not going to be a 'vore comic and 200 identical sequels', because that's what you get if you try and build a story that doesn't earn its moments.... Every major element of the story has it's roots in that same appeal, even if on the surface it might not feel like that. That's what I wanted to see, I've seen it done before just not in comic form

BonneStar12

Posted by BonneStar12 4 months ago Report

Oh yeah i'm aware of that dwa. I was more refering to a kind of comics that sometimes gets out of here that are like 20 pages of characters talking to each-other and for some reason doing lore dumps of how that world works before a 2 page very short vore sequence happens towards the very end.

On my previous message i was saying like, you will probably be very successful with receiving support for your comic as long as it is not like the way i explained.

But from the way you described that, the comic actually sounds very good! Sorry if i came off the wrong way

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

Oh I totally get that, I've seen a fair few of those myself xd

Don't worry about it, you were very polite! I'm actually just trying to get better at engaging with feedback.. Especially since im trying something I don't really have a direct reference for I think it'll probably be important for me to pay attention to what's landing and what isn't-

AdditionalGirth

Posted by AdditionalGirth 4 months ago Report

This is amazing <3 f/m is always peak. So excited to see your project!!

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

Thank you <3

Perodian

Posted by Perodian 4 months ago Report

So making her prey cum is entirely fair in her eyes. It's not unfair to make them unable to react, it's just skill. It's her prey's fault for not being able to resist.

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

Truly a skill issue

The thing is she can eat women, yet women are a lot harder to eat... And she's never been eaten before, or targeted, so it must be a natural fact of life.

There's a little bit of a sexual dimorphism in the world building in a lot of my work that kinda flips sexism on it's head... While most characters aren't overtly sexist towards men, there's still a few common beliefs that characters tend to form with sexist undertones. Just don't get caught doing it in public

It's not really the 'point', so much as the biproduct of the kinds of kinks im building around, which are the 'point'... but it's still fun to think about ;3

TrainerKatrine

Posted by TrainerKatrine 4 months ago Report

She mulched..

Tenstyles

Posted by Tenstyles 4 months ago Report

Hey, become to her shit!! and body fat!!

doomed

Posted by doomed 4 months ago Report

And Kyle has been killed , murdered by an uncaring cruel pred all because he was attracted to her . Oof

nc

Posted by nc 4 months ago Report

I love the cut on panel one. With only her cute little mouth visible now and of course her belly. That same mouth that was a trap just moments ago. Damn... that is one hot work you put onto paper here. I'm looking forward to reading the bigger story you are planning.

AnAccount

Posted by AnAccount 4 months ago Report

Taking the time to make something just right is the best.

Pretty please plug your twitter somewhere on your profile you are way too good to not have a huge following. Really looking forward to your projects. This was an amazing comic, obviously

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

I'm an idiot... thank you for reminding me to do this xd

And thank you that's very kind of you <3

dearst

Posted by dearst 4 months ago Report

I LOVE ALL YOUR WORKS.The plots are very attractive as well as the drawing.

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

Thank you ;D

pinchr

Posted by pinchr 4 months ago Report

this 5 pager was HOTTTTT i’m excited to see what you end up doing in a longer format!

YemeYami

Posted by YemeYami 4 months ago Report

Go Red! Go Red!

Vish

Posted by Vish 4 months ago Report

very epic

Devotedfoodslave69

Posted by Devotedfoodslave69 4 months ago Report

Dude your doing the lords work, I wish I could draw like that, because then I wouldn't have any problems finding vore that I like. So keep it up. Maybe make the Background a bit brighter.

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

After about 100~ hours of work it definitely doesn't hit for me... but I can tell when it works, and why it works -

I lead others to a treasure I can never hold

Yeah, more contrast between the characters and the background probably wouldn't have hurt, although there's a couple parts that they're supposed to blend in.. and a darker background fit better with the mood I wanted

Devotedfoodslave69

Posted by Devotedfoodslave69 4 months ago Report

RedInstead = Redskull XD

Devotedfoodslave69

Posted by Devotedfoodslave69 4 months ago Report

But no Really I'm trying to give Constructive criticism and if the only thing I can Constructively Criticize is the background, your on the save side here. Do what you do and I will wait for the next page, because I think there's gonna be a disposal to this one.

RedInstead

Posted by RedInstead 4 months ago Report

I appreciate it :D! At the time of you saying that I was having similar thoughts for a page I was working on, so it does actually help.

There's only 1 more page to this one, and it's just a little bonus weight gain page. The longer story I was talking about is it's own thing -although it is intended to be the same setting as this, and several of my other works-

Devotedfoodslave69

Posted by Devotedfoodslave69 4 months ago Report

Can't wait, pressed the watch button after discovering you yesterday.

Devotedfoodslave69

Posted by Devotedfoodslave69 4 months ago Report

Oh and After looking at it again just now, I love how the form of the guy just becomes softness of the belly and then the sequence of her belly shrinking and the breasts growing, always get jealous of the eaten person when I see vore like this