Somebody on a different site said my tablet art looked a little off because "the color looks more refined than the outlines". I think they may have something there.
Good job! A very unexpecting ending. But it raises these questions: If Eevee can create whatever, whenever, does that mean other characters can, too? And, will Eevee ever use her newfound powers again?
No, Eevee can't create whatever, whenever. The narrator was just giving her the opportunity to decide what goes in the empty black space. She can't mess with places that already exist.
Edit for random observation: According to Google Analytics, one year ago today was the most hits I've ever had in a single day (tied with the week before that) at 93. Lately we've been cruising in the 20s. Interestingly, the busiest period seemed to be during a month-long hiatus in the middle of an otherwise decent updating streak.
I like numbers.
Also, apparently more visitors use Wii than Linux.
The .svg files are actually only a couple kilobytes larger than the .png files. The only problem I can forsee is that I don't think you can embed fonts (but I'm pretty sure I can just convert the letters to vectors too). Not like it's a big deal... I'm think my comic uses the default Windows font anyway. The other little detail is that I wouldn't be able to post my comics elsewhere (in this forum, for example). But that's not a huge loss, and the potential for doing cool stuff might outweigh it.
It was funny, but moreover I appreciate the originality. I don't claim to have seen everything, but I don't think I've seen this particular play on the fourth wall before.
This one wasn't that great, but it's like tradition or something. I may stop doing these types next year. Also, I think I'm going to officially start using my new site layout with the next update, April 12th, even if I don't have a comic to go with it yet. The layout's not completely finished. It's just more fun to work on something when you can see the results up there.
I just realized that Eevee's adventure spanned the entirety of Season 3. It began with the season intro comic, and finished with this previous update. Dunno if I'll have a long story like that this season. If I do, it'll probably involve a side character, because removing a main cast member made it hard for some comic ideas to work last year.
That, was...somehow funny. I feel compelled to replace all of my dialogue today with the word word. It is April Fools day, and this could be my triumphant weapon! Thank you, Pichu!
Hlav, I've been meaning to tell you. It's not just your art that's improved, but your sense of humor and writing has also taken a very strong turn for the better. I'm looking forward to any new comics you'll produce, because I know they'll be very worth the wait.
Hmm... I kinda like the concept of Season 1 having a different cast than later seasons. I mean, they sure look different enough. I may have to use that for something in the future.
So that Hlav can get bored halfway through and end the storyline prematurely with the explanation that the flying potato plot-device fixed everything so the main characters could go on a cruise?
Comic is up! On time! And yes, the title is totally a reference to Mario's comic.
The frame of the comic looks different because I was trying to make it better match the look of my new site layout that I put up today. It's not in a sub-subdomain anymore, so there's one less annoying dot in the URL! I'll keep posting stuff here, so don't feel obligated to post in those almost-guaranteed-to-be-inactive forums I put up there. I just like forums is all.
I guess Pichu took my year-old advice and decided to move around a little bit during these talky comics. Eevee's stuck in one spot, but I've drawn her so much in the past few updates that I'll forgive this one.
I scanned in a whole bunch of eevees, to sorta try one of those "style progression" pictures. If you start at the top-left and spiral inward clockwise, they're in a vague 2005-08 order. I say 'vague' because I'm very bad about dating things. That fifth one on the top is, in fact, concept art for Comic #1.
Anyway, something I noticed a little while ago that's very apparent here, is that I draw with a skew. Everything is leaning to the right. And the weird thing is, I don't notice it while I'm doing it. But then when I flip it, everything suddenly looks all wrong. Now that I've found the problem, it's easy to just skew things back to the left after I scan them, but still, it makes a lot of my old sketches look even worse than I thought they were.
Yeah, that's the thing... I don't see much lean when I'm looking at the non-flipped version, so I sometimes don't realize when something doesn't look good.
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Story arc over, I'm going to bed.
Edit for random observation: According to Google Analytics, one year ago today was the most hits I've ever had in a single day (tied with the week before that) at 93. Lately we've been cruising in the 20s. Interestingly, the busiest period seemed to be during a month-long hiatus in the middle of an otherwise decent updating streak.
I like numbers.
Also, apparently more visitors use Wii than Linux.
It was funny, but moreover I appreciate the originality. I don't claim to have seen everything, but I don't think I've seen this particular play on the fourth wall before.
This one wasn't that great, but it's like tradition or something. I may stop doing these types next year. Also, I think I'm going to officially start using my new site layout with the next update, April 12th, even if I don't have a comic to go with it yet. The layout's not completely finished. It's just more fun to work on something when you can see the results up there.
I just realized that Eevee's adventure spanned the entirety of Season 3. It began with the season intro comic, and finished with this previous update. Dunno if I'll have a long story like that this season. If I do, it'll probably involve a side character, because removing a main cast member made it hard for some comic ideas to work last year.
Comic is up! On time! And yes, the title is totally a reference to Mario's comic.
The frame of the comic looks different because I was trying to make it better match the look of my new site layout that I put up today. It's not in a sub-subdomain anymore, so there's one less annoying dot in the URL! I'll keep posting stuff here, so don't feel obligated to post in those almost-guaranteed-to-be-inactive forums I put up there. I just like forums is all.
I guess Pichu took my year-old advice and decided to move around a little bit during these talky comics. Eevee's stuck in one spot, but I've drawn her so much in the past few updates that I'll forgive this one.
I scanned in a whole bunch of eevees, to sorta try one of those "style progression" pictures. If you start at the top-left and spiral inward clockwise, they're in a vague 2005-08 order. I say 'vague' because I'm very bad about dating things. That fifth one on the top is, in fact, concept art for Comic #1.
Anyway, something I noticed a little while ago that's very apparent here, is that I draw with a skew. Everything is leaning to the right. And the weird thing is, I don't notice it while I'm doing it. But then when I flip it, everything suddenly looks all wrong. Now that I've found the problem, it's easy to just skew things back to the left after I scan them, but still, it makes a lot of my old sketches look even worse than I thought they were.