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Woo! Go swing that rapier like you know baby!!
Anyway Buffer was one of his partners in crime that served the No-Origin-Faction. Out of the 8 in the team Buffer has a bitter temper that could easily transform into a chaotic disaster when he is in RAGE mode. He is one of the power-houses out of the eight but according to Duke he was killed by the captain himself! What's going on here?!
Anyway thanks for sharing with me your feedback on the previous page! I will do my best to make replies!
And man oh man... Stream looks so helpless there... <_>;;
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AWESOME COMIC SO FAR!!!! keep up the good work!!
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Holly smokes... That had to hurt! I can't wait for the next page! I'm in suspense!
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DARN IT MAN! If you are going to write a comic with funnies and drama that I love, KEEP IT GOING! XD
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Yeah man for sure!
Did you check out the website? www.darkspeeds.com
That place has everything you need to know about GRAND HUNTER.
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Its the same as Ashworth fortune? 
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It's a totally brand new website buddy!
Trust me, it's different now.
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I'll add it my topwebcomics fav list
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Nah it's all good dude. = ) Even a vote from one user helps.
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Yes! Finally I can finish! Thank you for writing an awesome comic.
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Your most welcome!
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I NEED MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! T^T SO EPIC!!!!!!!! WHY?!?!?!? WHY MUST THERE ALWAYS BE CLIFFIES WHEN YOUR ON AN AWESOME ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Wow...These fine comics of yours have such a magnet,I'm on edge!Loving it!
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dude people awlays flip out because of some confesion of they're oponent. anway nice job on the whole series! what do you use to ink it?
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I used a normal waterbased ink pen to ink those pages - the tool is nothing fancy and can be bought anywhere in a stationery outlet.
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Okay, I figured that I could comment on the last page of the comic instead of commenting on every page as I read through it.
I finally got the time to sit down at my computer and read every page of the Ashworth Chapters. I have to say that this by far is the greatest and most detailed, thought of comic I have ever truly read. Even some of the manga's that I read could not compare to this. I just love the whole fact of how we thought and thorough your characters and plot twists are.
From the very first page, I have fallen for Stream the Hawk and everything about him makes me giggle. I love the relationship that he and Ruby have together. Both of them together crack me up. ^^
I love the idea of how Stream and Duke have this alternate form when they are fighting. I think that is very unique, and it adds to the fighting effect. Your creativity definitely shines through in this comic. Your art truly inspires me to try to get more creative, and I can't wait to keep reading. I shall be awaiting for page 86.
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What in the world? How come I didn't see this comment like almost 3 months ago!! X_X;;
Thanks a big bunch for the wonderful feedback Raven, the latest page has been uploaded just recently! You can go check that one out!
Thanks again for letting me know what you think of the story and art so far! I've been a long journey indeed.
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Oh it's no problem at all! I understand that people get busy. I'm just glad to hear from you ^^
And I intend to read on till the very end!
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Soooo... when do you plan on writing the next part?
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Whoaaa.. This is deep O.O I love how you put your panels together and how you fit in all the text xD I can never find room for my own words to fit in my comics xD
Awww.. I really hope Stream will be okay and it must be really horrible for Ruby to be witnessing all of this! Keep up the great work! =3
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oh god darkspeed you are freaking AWESOME!!!! please o please oh please oh please post the next one! I loving this comic!!!
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noooooo! there are no more pages up? aww...
I really love the comic, I was directed to your sight and the tittle caught my attetion
As far as critique goes, I can't find anything wrong with it really.
Im sorry I can't write an extensive comment or anything, but ill definetally be looking forward to the next page
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Tch...Harmony Defense...Taking close-range combat to the next level...Nearly making Naked Snake's CQC obsolete...! I'll be aware of this, in case I ever face him...
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Alright! I just read through all of this series so far, and really impressive work on it all, you got some great skill!
keep it up, man.
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A stream is starting to show a bit f his own story now
Alltough it's dragging me in with great intrest, you might want to check who's story will be more interesting, Stream's or Ruby's?
Giving a character a very intresting storyline could easely temp you and the reader to focus on him (wich is good), but if you want to keep focus on the main character, you'd have to either give the main character (Ruby) a more intresting story, or one intangled with stream's. Otherwise you'll wake up one day realizing Ruby's no longer your main character
Not that there's anything wrong with stream, offcourse... and this change of main character has been succesfull before. I myself are a big fan of the "Dragon Eye" manga, wich starded with the story about a girl named Leila who lost her parents to monsters ('Dracules', you'd have to read the manga)... Allready on the second part, the maker slightly started shifting his story towards her team captian (She's in a strike-force against these monsters) for being a far more intresting person...
keep 'em comming!
ow, btw... is this "buffer" character in Stream's memory in overdrive as well, or does he just have those signs and lines over his face by nature?
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hmm, I have been reading your comics for a while now and it does show promise. Though there is something that has been weighing on my mind about your art recently.
Even though you do have a very sonic like style of drawing it seems that your earlier work is better your recent ones. It's like you are only half into it or you have gone down hill suddenly.
I don't know if it's because of the stress of speeding through comic pages then putting a little more time into it. Or if its the fact that you are trying to do so with new characters instead of the usual sonic characters.
But besides that its has been pretty good so far.
Also make sure you dont crowd the page too much as it makes it too flashy then smoothe.
Peace out.
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I object your opinion about the quality of my new comic pages. They have improved significantly with accordance to the manga industry standards of black+white/toned pages.
I don't pencil shade my comics because it is not attractive enough for the web-manga market I'm working with. If I were to have it published with a potential manga publisher in the States they will simply prefer the manga type pages, not the shaded works. It's a sad reality unfortunately.
Cheers for the feedback, good to know that the old shaded works are appreciated.
If you were not referring to the shaded works then I'm afraid your opinion on how the 'quality is going downhill' with the new manga styled pages is a little over exaggerated in my opinion.
Try reading ONE PIECE and see why it's art style is so successful. Even Hiro Mashima is following in his footsteps with his brand new sensation that is FairyTale. If you go even further back DBZ was another prime example.
All these titles under the Shonen (Boy's) titles (usually of action/adventure) was successful because of the clarity of the action and drama portrayed on each page. You'll notice that there is little or no screen tones used at all! XD
That's just a tip for ya from my experience flicking through hundreds of manga titles other than the ones mentioned above. *thumbs up*
The 'Bday gift for vickie-believe' page is not bad. If you weren't lazy with the backgrounds then it would have looked stunning! = )
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As with the Vicki bday pic. Yes I know ^^. Only had four hours to finish it in so I wasn't as detailed as I would have liked, which is a shame as I do prefer to take my time doing people gifts for bdays (usually not so dark either lol).
No I am refer to the shaded work. Though B&W and tones are more widely used in the manga of today I dont feel like it can grasp the beauty of a more traditional shading style, like the pencils you used to use. There are comics out there that still keep to these traditional shading methods and they do look wonderful. I guess in this case it may be personal bias however.
Maybe rather than using lots of tones it might help to make the ones you use not as bold and distracting? That way you can keep the clarity of the B&W and not make things so busy it is hard to straight away "read" what the characters are doing (like in the final panel). White space can be a good thing too. not trying to be objectionable just thought I would put my two cents in. Good luck in your comic endeavours
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Ah the white space is something that I need to implement for my future chapters. I need to give my pages some breathing space so that the reader can just sit back and appreciate some of the more built up scenes in the story.
I'm gauging 40% use of tones at the moment. I'm try to use as little as I can cuz not only does it take more time to screentone but as you said the B+w white in itself sometimes stands out more on it's own.
I do miss the traditional shading method but I need to adapt and move on to what' required of the industry. In fact I'm starting to get used to and am falling in love with this black and white style. ^^ I still have the best of both worlds because for ever PIN-UP to a particular chapter I pencil shade the drawing. *thumbs up*
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Stream better calm himself or he will have problems o.o
incredible page, incredible x3 
great as always!!!
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love the last panel. It's so...dynamic XD
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awesome effect! i can really imagine it in my head, =3
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YouΒ΄re doing a great job with the screentones! 
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Thanks Felipe!
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This Buffer person looks like Parmir...
The last panel is gorgeous. Excellent use of speed lines.
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Perhaps he has a connection to Parmir and his lost family...?
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You sneaky author and your secrets...
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STEAMY!!!!T-T Ruby! Kick his sorry wolf tail! Uh...He is a wolf right? I think I read some where Duke was a wolf...Wait or was he a fox....I can't remember...But he's got a bushy tail so he's one or the other.XD Hmm....It seems you have posted many parts to your comics online. Is this where we are all going to read them all from now on?
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Pretty much you can keep up to date with the comic via TGAF official website - that's where all the new web-manga pages are submitted!
DeviantART will be used as a feedback forum where fans can discuss about certain aspects on why they like/dislike about a particular page.
They can also share with me tips on improving the comic or picking out errors with my grammar/spelling in my dialogue! ^_~
The book will be available when 190-220 or so pages are completed - that will form the guideline for a complete volume.
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Oh! Okay!^^ Thank you very much Darkspeeds!^^ That's very helpful.^_^ And I love you comic series to death.^_^ So far I like : Ruby, Ashworth, and Parmir.^_^ I want to like the others too but I don't know much about their characters yet. Oh! And I also think Stream's cool too! Anyway thank you very much for the info I'm very gratful.
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this is a really awesome page sir ^_^
i love how you've drawn Stream hitting the dirt and the use of the speedlines as well
Buffer looks amazing (even though he's a villian) x3
excellent work 
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Thanks for the feedback there and yes indeed I shall look forward to seeing you there at SoS2008!
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Wow .. Buffer looks pretty cool.Poor Stream he lost hes best friend.
I trough it was parmir( i was just o.O ? ) .
Anyways you still make me amazed of your style and pages.
Keep it up bud !
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