[This is being posted as part of the hiatus for KttFF’s second chapter. The comic will resume with CHAPTER 3 on August 24th, 2023]

Now we come to one of my FAVORITE things got to design: The Spring Fair! These are the earliest sketches for what I had in mind, and it’s safe to say it shifted drastically. The connections between some HUGE trees were a constant, but at this stage, I don’t even think I had a strong idea for the “central structure” for the Fair.

Also of interest here is the sketch outline I did. Before actually working on the script for this chapter, I didn’t even plan to have Leon’s early encounter with one of the paradox bubbles! Hence why you’ll note the outline goes straight to “arrival and getting food.”

Most of the outline is pretty true to form, though the specific contexts for all of the stuff obviously changed in the final version; the food part showed us differing opinions, the ride how the paradox bubbles can vanish after overtaking something; I didn’t even have a concept for the Quizard or Junk Divers game at this point!

The paradox bubble encounter in the end was (more or less) originally going to be the only encounter Leon and Luca have with them during this chapter… before I realized that I could synchronize the pair of them becoming friends with slowly showing off some of the other aspects of paradox bubbles. Which I’m glad I figured out, because this chapter would have been a lot weaker if I hadn’t.