002- Natural Defense
Whew, this page was a chore! At least it’s done. I should also mention that over the week I may make changes to the pages. These revisions are generally just line and color-tweaks. Last week’s page is a good example. The ship in the first panel was tweaked to be darker, since the lighting was off. So, if you notice minor-changes, you know you aren’t crazy and just seeing things.
A lot of people to thank each week when it comes to these pages, since I seek feedback and criticisms constantly. This of course means many frantic IMs from me flooding their messenger programs. In no specific order, thank you Synduo, Bastet, Hawk, DoM, Jeegoo, Pembroke, and Laura, who also is acting as an editor for the comics, she helps me polish my scripts.
This actually took about a week to do. The pencils were done last week, however the inking was annoyingly long, partially due to me trying something new which actually didn’t work like I’d wanted. Coloring was an all day affair, broken up my desire to watch Ghostbusters (Best. Movie. Ever.). The majority of the coloring was done while watching the first season of the Venture Brothers.
See the small building in the background of panel 7, right there on that hill? That’s where they’re headed. Kind of a long-way away from it though, right? Guess this was the only nearby-clearing in the forest…
April 5th, 2008 at 2:25 am
fucking amazing. as usual. I absolutely adore guugel.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:56 am
I love how this came together nicely bro, the Details are excellent and the overall feel is just right to give the sense of them being on new planet. epic you are.
April 6th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Wow, you really nailed those clouds. It sounds stupid but that’s the first thing I noticed.
I really really wish I could be more help to you other than just saying ‘amazing clouds!’ but I’ll do my best.
Poor Guugel.
April 10th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Great work on the backgrounds, man. You seem to be bustin’ your ass on this even more than usual, and the effort definitely shows. PLUS the last three panels are great, especially the silent “…Oh.” expression of everyone in the very last one.
Eighty billion square miles of planet, and Guugel has to step in the only alien turd in the vicinity. Daaayum.
April 13th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Heya! I stumbled across your comic a while ago, and I really really like your stuff, but (and I know it’s none of my business, since I could never draw like you in a million years) it feels like there are just a few tiny stylistic things which spoil the effect slightly.
Basicallly, because the comic has such a hand-drawn feel, the cut-paste (I know they’re not, but I couldn’t think of any other way to describe them) speech bubbles and typed sound effects jar a little bit. I know you’re doing a sci-fi comic, but you could probably get some even better technological-looking effects if you used your art skills to make them a bit more specific to the subject. You could even get away with drawing your own panels if you felt like it.
Also, because the rest of your drawing is so hard-edged - which works, don’t get me wrong - the occasional soft-edged part sometimes feels a bit odd, especially when you put hard-edged things near them, like the alien creature next to the see-through blossoms on the tree above. I think if you fixed the other stuff, though, the minor stuff like that wouldn’t be nearly so noticeable. You could try just putting very faint/close to the original colour borders round them instead, though, like you do on the backgrounds.
Sorry for the massive chunk of text, just a few suggestions. Please completely ignore this if you want, I know it’s none of my business really