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[ninota]

blinkanjell01

ninota

God, I am in love with your style. It's so refreshing to see something original and well-drawn for a change. Bravo.

so sweet :[ my style is still pretty derivative but i like to think i have a good lock on how i want things to look at this point.

Your stuff reminds me of Sakari for some reason, and she happens to be one of my favorite artists. I just love her stuff. I don't really think your style is that derivative, I mean, most people are doing the anime thing or the Disney thing or whatever and you're doing your thing, and that makes you awesome in my book.

[blinkanjell01]

ninota

blinkanjell01

ninota

God, I am in love with your style. It's so refreshing to see something original and well-drawn for a change. Bravo.

so sweet :[ my style is still pretty derivative but i like to think i have a good lock on how i want things to look at this point.

Your stuff reminds me of Sakari for some reason, and she happens to be one of my favorite artists. I just love her stuff. I don't really think your style is that derivative, I mean, most people are doing the anime thing or the Disney thing or whatever and you're doing your thing, and that makes you awesome in my book.

oof, that stuff is wonderful! i can see how my stuff looks similar too. i gotta look into this person's work!

[blinkanjell01]

Three page sketches, further along in the chapter.

http://tinypic.com/r/nbqbo3/4
http://tinypic.com/r/hvv5uf/4
http://tinypic.com/r/24fwxnq/4

I'm going to try to ink these differently.

[iianbe]

How did I miss this? Awesome work - looking forward to more.

[gongkat]

I like the look so far from the pages you've posted. Story sounds unique and interesting and the art is distinctive (something hard to do around here). Keep up the good work!

[KayJKay]

You can't actually hear this, but I'm making pleased artist sounds behind my screen.

Are you thinking of coloring this at some point? Is it staying black and white or are you going to give it greytones? My lil artist heart is fluttering with love for this comic.

[blinkanjell01]

KayJKay

You can't actually hear this, but I'm making pleased artist sounds behind my screen.

Are you thinking of coloring this at some point? Is it staying black and white or are you going to give it greytones? My lil artist heart is fluttering with love for this comic.

i was planning on doing some in screentones, some with inkwash, and in the future small interludes in color. this is something i'm going to eventually try to print but i have a long way to go and a shitload to learn, as you might imagine :T i'm glad you're on board though!

[carolita]

As much as I love where this is going ,and I really like your art as it is . ( I'm impressed by Hortense pulling off that haircut and still looking good heart )
Reading the part where you immersed some French 'phrases' into it ; kind of distracts me . It has some grammatical errors ( very common and little mistakes/easily correctable, but they change the whole meaning to the sentence) and the Aunt addressing Hortense as if it were a male , also some misused idioms.

Of course to the English readers who do not understand French, it seems completely pointless , but I think if you're going to include a French girl as main character, to at least ,check with someone? It makes it awkward for me to read those parts. But overall I quite like the theme and feeling and will be checking in for updates ( I also really appreciate that you made an effort of including a different ethnicity than Japanese people) :--)

[phantomkitsune]

Oh, wow, absolutely lovely style, and what looks like a very interesting plot!

[Animated01]

i love the story...and yes. The noses are good!
The only thing i dont like is the comic panels. There to blocky. Imagine the panels as a movie not just frame after frame.
Heres 2 links about paneling. It may be for manga but its still good.
Transitions
Paneling

[blinkanjell01]

carolita

As much as I love where this is going ,and I really like your art as it is . ( I'm impressed by Hortense pulling off that haircut and still looking good heart )
Reading the part where you immersed some French 'phrases' into it ; kind of distracts me . It has some grammatical errors ( very common and little mistakes/easily correctable, but they change the whole meaning to the sentence) and the Aunt addressing Hortense as if it were a male , also some misused idioms.

Of course to the English readers who do not understand French, it seems completely pointless , but I think if you're going to include a French girl as main character, to at least ,check with someone? It makes it awkward for me to read those parts. But overall I quite like the theme and feeling and will be checking in for updates ( I also really appreciate that you made an effort of including a different ethnicity than Japanese people) :--)

Oh, thanks very much! My french is really atrocious, so I used a translator to get the gist across, and I already could tell that it was being phrased weirdly or wrong. These pages aren't completed, I plan to go back and fix the dialogue to make it less messy and get someone to help correct my bad french.

My main reason to have the french dialogue isn't just for the heck of it, but it actually factors into a big part of the plot (being that english speakers, mainly americans, go abroad unwilling to learn any local language because they expect everyone to learn english, and then complain when people coming into America prefer to speak their home language). I wish I could explain it a bit more eloquently!

Still, thanks very much. I will most definitely work on all the french dialogue before any of it goes up!

[blinkanjell01]

Animated01

i love the story...and yes. The noses are good!
The only thing i dont like is the comic panels. There to blocky. Imagine the panels as a movie not just frame after frame.
Heres 2 links about paneling. It may be for manga but its still good.
Transitions
Paneling

Thank you! I was afraid the panels may be a bit unexciting right now, as I'm still getting my footing, but I'll try make the layouts a little more dynamic.

[KayJKay]

blinkanjell01

Animated01

i love the story...and yes. The noses are good!
The only thing i dont like is the comic panels. There to blocky. Imagine the panels as a movie not just frame after frame.
Heres 2 links about paneling. It may be for manga but its still good.
Transitions
Paneling

Thank you! I was afraid the panels may be a bit unexciting right now, as I'm still getting my footing, but I'll try make the layouts a little more dynamic.

I hate to say it, but both of those tutorials aren't going to teach someone that already has a pretty good footing in both transitions and paneling. Those tutorials are meant for folks who have never made a comic in their life, don't understand storytelling, and want to be shown the cliches of paneling.

If you REALLY want to learn how the masters do it, buy Panel Discussions by Durwin Talon, where he interviews a broad spectrum of extremely talented professionals about their methods.

Though if you haven't seenWally Wood's 22 panels that always work, I highly suggest it..

[blinkanjell01]

The 22 panels thing I've seen before and it is wonderful. Sometimes I think most of those types of panels do best in ~drama~ comics from the 60s and 70s, haha.

[Mr McGrumpypants]

There have been new, different styles for paneling since then. Those are the basic 22 that ALWAYS work, though.

I sort of got a noir vibe out of it. Those are typically the sorts of panels you see in noir comics.