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Published: 2006-12-14 16:54:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 262; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 5
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Description I wanted to take the comic back to being retro. Drawing in colour kind of made me lose my way and go towards more dull, generic styles. I got really stuck with this page, couldn't work out why until I realised that I wasn't enjoying what I was drawing! I guess this page really goes overboard on the psychedelia, because it's me getting my groove back and experimenting with what I can do in colour. Sarin's room is pretty damned funky in my opinion!
Vocab:
'Yez' is colloquial British. The American equivalent would be 'yous' or 'you'se'. It isn't generally used in formal conversation, and more often than not, is used more by people with a stronger accent.
Sarin's pronunciation of 'eh?' conforms more to the shorter and more throaty pronunciation used by the Japanese than the typical Northern English, which is very similar, but a little longer and softer. Sarin, in case you're wondering, doesn't speak with a Japanese accent, but with a British one. She would sound like a well-spoken middle class girl with a slight northern edge to her pronunciation, but who uses occasional Japanese words and incidentals.
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Comments: 10

aoikiwi [2006-12-18 08:16:16 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, new character! Heh... and poor Sarin. I'm guessing this is not one of her better days.

Anyways.. yeah, if this page were a person, I would marry it. *stares at colors* There is nothing I don't love about it. Especially the carpet. : D In fact, I think this is officially my favorite page so far, visually. (Non-visually, spawn of Walking Fortress still holds first. )

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darthmongoose In reply to aoikiwi [2006-12-18 12:24:37 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, a fave! Thanks! There's a veeery similar rug to that one for sale at IKEA, or there certainly used to be, haha.
This is one of my favourite visual pages too. I really pushed what I could do with colours to get a really vibrant, retro look.

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Melon-Man [2006-12-16 23:11:10 +0000 UTC]

Panel 2 makes me feel fuzzy mongoose. I say Yay. And panel one is like wicked wicked. I love your birds eye views.

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gazztron [2006-12-16 11:33:30 +0000 UTC]

uh-buh-wha-? wasn't she in the infirmary a few panels ago? I think I sense a plot point coming on...

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darthmongoose In reply to gazztron [2006-12-18 15:52:01 +0000 UTC]

Yes, there is really an evil robot Rekki going around (kidding). It's not been stated how much time passed between Rekki in the infirmary and Sarin's conversation with Zephyr. Things will make sense soon.

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chezmaecafe [2006-12-14 17:00:08 +0000 UTC]

Hi there! I was drawn to your comic. It pulled me toward it, and I really like it.

I like how you talked about your process in making it. Very good. (I like how it doesn't look like all these imitation comix out there. I get really bored with everyone copying that cool Japanese style. They look good, but please! Let's have some fun in creating our own looks!)

I like the characters and the subject matter. Great job! Love the color!

Holly

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darthmongoose In reply to chezmaecafe [2006-12-14 19:59:42 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thanks! Glad you like it!
If you want to read the archives more easily than you can on DA, it's also on Drunk Duck:
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chezmaecafe In reply to darthmongoose [2006-12-15 03:21:57 +0000 UTC]

Hi there! I looked on that site and only saw the one that's posted on this site. What am I missing? What should I click on?

Thanks!
Holly

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darthmongoose In reply to chezmaecafe [2006-12-15 12:23:12 +0000 UTC]

There are little triangle buttons just under the page in the orange box. Double triangle facing left takes you to the start. The single triangle buttons are 'forward' and 'back' single pages.

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chezmaecafe In reply to darthmongoose [2006-12-15 03:21:50 +0000 UTC]

Hi there! I looked on that site and only saw the one that's posted on this site. What am I missing? What should I click on?

Thanks!
Holly

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