December, snow and all the winter wonders

Greetings, my friends! I'm sure you're aware that it's December now!  I'm personally not enjoying the frigid air, but when frost and snow begin to show up I get the impression I'll like it a bit better.
At least when it gets this cold it's good weather for working inside. I've spent the day working on variant cover designs for Aces #1, as well as prepping some pages for color.

See this thing to the right? That's a snippet of something from the first issue of Aces! That's right--SPOILER ALERT! Haha, I'm just kidding you guys. That there is a little bit of background from page 4. I'm rather happy with how these worn out, uneaven bricks came out. Especially because I disdain backgrounds immensely.

I could have completely skipped them! ...But I didn't, so there's that. Most panels don't have very obvious background details though, which I am rather guilty about.

I hope everyone has been checking out the new tutoral set! I've been putting a bit more effort into this one, which isn't actually saying much, because anyone who takes a look at Face Basics: Female can tell I didn't even try. I plan on changing the execution of the tutorials though, as you can see with the new ones. I learned quickly that the long layout was best for what I was doing, so that's what I switched to. Which do you prefer? Let me know!

That's it as far as updates go, I believe! I hope you all have a blessed day--or night--or whenever you're reading this--and are given a hug! Oh. Uh. Sorry. I love hugs. And give quite a few each day. Ahem...anyway.
-Lissie Dixon ♠