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An eventful day at Frontier HQ comes to a close, and with it, chapter 17!  Catch the back cover of Issue No.8 too on https://worldofavania.com right now!

Glad to finally finish this chapter, and the book as a whole...
Owing largely to the unfortunate turn of events early last year, production of the comic (and art in general) has taken much longer than usual. For now, I hope you enjoy the new pages, and thank you for sticking with Avania!

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Drawn: 2025

Analysis:
Wrapping up this chapter, we have a fairly standard layout with a lot of medium / medium-close shots focusing on the character interactions and dialogue. Not the flashiest page, but pretty solid and lots to see with the increase in character count compared to the last two pages!

If I drew it again:
Overall page is fine, but for specific panel art, I would redo Una's hand in panel 1 and her expression in panel 3. Hands are just tricky. Some awkwardness in her face is ok for the dialogue there, but I'm just not happy with how it turned out. The throwing/catching the clothes in panel 4 could probably also be better, but it doesn't bother me as much. Also I did my cliche wide shot for the closing panel once again... Not really bad thing I guess, it's just funny I've done it a number of times now.

Favorite Panel:
Panel one is kinda artsy with the focus on the interaction without showing Una's or Hans' faces, but allowing them to frame Role's reaction. Good composition, sub-optimal drawing as noted above though.

Panel 5 is probably my overall favorite due to not really messing anything up, and still having a nice composition with the character depths, and novel word balloon placement economizing the use of space.

Runner up 2 is panel 6, because even though it is a pretty standard single character medium close up, it also turned out well and I like Hans' faux salute against the greyscale sunset.

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The roguish Captain Hans Schmutzesser seeks a return to glory after his dusty frontier fort becomes host to some surprising guests… Personalities clash and rivalries abound as the fort’s different factions must learn to work together before it’s too late!

Avania is a wartime drama in a dieselpunk setting featuring an ensemble cast comprising multiple factions, allies and enemies included. Expect lots of character interaction, both on-foot and aerial action, danger, and surprises! The comic is intended for a teen to adult audience, but is not graphicly explicit.