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More Tsutaja, the "Grass Snake" Pokemon - which just happens to have arms and legs.This was an experiment in trying to speed up my comic artwork - I stripped out a lot of the unnecessary processes and flashy artwork effects to focus on pushing out a comic as quickly as possible.
I finished this comic in around 6 hours, give-or-take. This is about 1/10th of the time it has been taking me to finish comics previously.
I'll probably be aiming to create comics in this new style from now on, but I do have some older unfinished comics which use my old artworking methods so I'll try to finish those up eventually.
I know I haven't finished the "May Contain Nuts" four-part run yet, but it has become terribly clear to me that I have been giving myself way too much work to do when creating comics.
I've finished the linework for part 4 of May Contain Nuts, but it still needs a lot of work doing to it before I can submit it (don't worry I will put it up eventually).
I had real trouble drawing Tsutaja at first - its eyes are so huge in relation to the rest of its body it took me a good few attempts to get them looking right. I think I have the hang of drawing Tsutaja now though.
Please leave comments regarding my new comic art style if you feel you have something to say.
Update: On 23 November 2010, the Western name for the 'Grass Snake Pokemon' was announced as 'Snivy'.
Do not claim this comic or the artwork contained therein as your own.
Do not copy, alter or reproduce this comic or artwork.
Pokemon © The Pokemon Company.
Artwork © David Nathan Dawkins.
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Comments: 405
animel [2010-05-15 04:55:35 +0000 UTC]
Some snakes do have vestigial remnants of limbs, little skeletal arm bones that show up on XRay.
So
really
it's not TOOOOO far from a snake
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DoNotDelete In reply to animel [2010-05-15 17:45:49 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I know that some pythons (like boa constrictors) have vestigial limb-spikes.
I read up on all kinds of animals when I was a kid, but I was mostly interested in reptiles.
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animel In reply to DoNotDelete [2010-05-15 22:39:19 +0000 UTC]
Same :3 I got a bit over into it as a kid and got bullied as the 'lizard king' at school :C
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ShadOBabe In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 04:54:38 +0000 UTC]
From what I've seen, I think Tsutaja can actually slither like a real snake when it presses it's limbs to it's body.
And than it can stand it it wants to. Although the limbs thing does seem to take away from the snakey-ness, I think it's pretty original.
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DoNotDelete In reply to ShadOBabe [2010-05-15 17:44:26 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I don't really have a whole lot of issues with it's design, I thought it would make a half-interesting comic though.
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ShadOBabe In reply to DoNotDelete [2010-05-15 18:05:03 +0000 UTC]
Oh, not it is interesting.
I was throwing my two-cents about the design in there.
I like your comic. I think it's funny. XD
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shisarakage In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 04:53:58 +0000 UTC]
^_^ Wild Tsutaja fainted! Seviper gained INFINITE EXP!!!
Seviper won that round!
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lugiayoshi In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 04:44:23 +0000 UTC]
He looks more like a lizard than a friggin snake.
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EternalSoldierKasumi In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 04:28:04 +0000 UTC]
Oh, darn! I accidentally added this to the wrong collection!!! XD Fail. I love it, though. It's hilarious.
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Harusakama192 In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 04:16:03 +0000 UTC]
Lmao. "Since when do snakes have arms and legs?" *looks* "...Oh..."
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Xander3000 In reply to Xander3000 [2010-05-15 04:02:46 +0000 UTC]
I Forgot to say the expressions of Tsutaja and Seviper on every panel are the Best I've seen
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DoNotDelete In reply to Xander3000 [2010-05-15 17:42:55 +0000 UTC]
Thanks!
Well Seviper's expression doesn't really change a whole lot.
She's perpetually p*ssed, apparently.
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Tsuutaja In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 03:50:04 +0000 UTC]
Since when did snakes have fangs OUTSIDE of their mouths? D:
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DoNotDelete In reply to Tsuutaja [2010-05-15 17:41:35 +0000 UTC]
Since Seviper I guess.
I kinda like their viciously "goofy" look.
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Tsuutaja In reply to DoNotDelete [2010-05-15 18:16:06 +0000 UTC]
I love Seviper lol.
Actually, I love all Poison types. >__>
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ShadowDrakkon [2010-05-15 03:24:45 +0000 UTC]
This is wonderful! I was thinking the exact same thing on Tsutaja.
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DoNotDelete In reply to FatalityFold [2010-05-15 17:41:54 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I like those too!
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random-act-of-bob In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 02:18:59 +0000 UTC]
totally made my day awesome job
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marciocjr13 In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 01:50:15 +0000 UTC]
Ha I`ll get one on my team and a seviper too
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bojjob In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 01:25:57 +0000 UTC]
i have no idea why... but the new starters don't really look or feel like pokemon to me...
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DoNotDelete In reply to bojjob [2010-05-15 17:40:15 +0000 UTC]
I prefer Tsutaja over the other two.
I think they've improved a little over the gen. 4 starters which I still don't rate at all highly.
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ShankSilenzikilu In reply to bojjob [2010-05-15 02:28:03 +0000 UTC]
The new ones never feel real when you first meet them...
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wolther In reply to ShankSilenzikilu [2010-05-15 09:40:20 +0000 UTC]
i dont know, johto did to me (maybe because i was a lot younger), hoenn...was a push i admit, but after that it just went downhill pretty fast.
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DoNotDelete In reply to anonymous-bot [2010-05-15 17:39:10 +0000 UTC]
I like them both really.
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wolvenphobia In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 00:20:00 +0000 UTC]
You would figure they would make it a grass lizard pokemon XD
Great comic btw!
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UsaHunnyBunny In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 00:17:32 +0000 UTC]
I think hes more dragon that snake.
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R777man In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 00:10:21 +0000 UTC]
since he's a grass pokemon. he shouldnt be too close to her tail >3
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DoNotDelete In reply to R777man [2010-05-15 17:38:46 +0000 UTC]
I don't think Tsutaja thought the situation through.
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CrystalMask In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 00:02:56 +0000 UTC]
XD I loved this comic! Thanks for making my day, dude XD
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DoNotDelete In reply to CrystalMask [2010-05-15 17:37:48 +0000 UTC]
No problem, glad you enjoyed it.
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The-Kamidio In reply to ??? [2010-05-15 00:00:12 +0000 UTC]
Snkes evolved from lizards that burrowed in the ground. Legs get in the way on animals like lizards because of how the spine works. The spine of reptiles moves side to side easier than up to down. And pythons have barbs where legs would be. So my guess is that Tsutaja will evolve into a legless Grass/Ground type. Thus making it possible that Tsutaja will enetually have the advantage.
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DoNotDelete In reply to The-Kamidio [2010-05-15 17:37:34 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, we'll have to see what "Teh Pokeymans Companee" have planned for Tsutaja.
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The-Kamidio In reply to DoNotDelete [2010-05-15 19:32:23 +0000 UTC]
Personaly I hope for a Grass/Electric type evolution.
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kingofthedededes73 In reply to ??? [2010-05-14 23:46:47 +0000 UTC]
i agree with seviper, i no like the grASS snake pokemon
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