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nothingsp — Encounter In Aisle 6
Published: 2010-08-11 19:35:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 13849; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 83
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Another picture based off one of my stories over at Fiction Branches. Jon, a teenage boy-turned-slug-girl, is attacked by a crazy lady in the grocery store. Luckily, the attacker doesn't understand that the difference in scale means her attempt will result only in a stinging pain and some parched skin, rather than total full-body dehydration through absorption.The start of this storyline is here, and the relevant chapter is here, if you want to read it.
This took way longer to finish than it really should've, mostly because I was trying to fit a bunch of other things into my schedule in the past few weeks. Thankfully, things cleared up a bit and I was able to get it wrapped up, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I do wish I'd taken the time to do the background by hand, but between the lighting complexities and my general trouble with perspective, I probably never would've gotten it finished if I had. Oh well.
I tried a new shading approach on the hair and the skin; it's a bit more labor-intensive, but I think I like the results better. Also played around with the eyes a bit; not sure if this is what I'll be sticking with, but a little variety's always good.
Oddly enough, I actually did this picture a couple months before I wrote the story, and then wrote Jon's transformation half-coincidentally to have about the same end result. So, uh, I guess that might retroactively be Jon in that image?
P.S. with regards to the question of how effects like dehydration by absorption scale with size, I recommend the excellent essay "The Biology of B-Movie Monsters," a fascinating explanation of the square-cube law and its effects on animal biology, and a direct inspiration for that chapter of the story
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*hands slug girl an over powered artifact that produces infinite moisture*
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what did that evil lady get turned into anyway
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You'll find out once you're further into the story
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Nah. There's nearly eight hundred episodes at present, so it'd be a huge undertaking, and it would be a lot more difficult to maintain the three-author interaction that's the driving force of the project.
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ok but meybey some caricter sheets could be uploaded
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what about just the main ones
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It's difficult to even say which set of characters are "the main ones."
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I kinda hate you a little. This page directed me to the story. And one two three, I've barely slept since. I'm tired and distracted and it's all your fault.
This picture got me interested in that story, locking it into the box that contains the focus of my attention. And I have to say, it did not disappoint. Who needs the wishing stone when there's so much plot to be found already there?
Though the (apparently accidental) plot-branching around the time of Charlie and Anna's change kinda threw me off for a bit, making me think the latest update was in May 2011. And navigating and chapter-searching is a pain.
...just found the part where the salt-thrower reappears. Karma at its finest. Heheh.
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Hah, you think it's a time-sink for you, try writing it!
But seriously, I'm glad you're enjoying it
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Yep. Who'da thought that what started as a "slice of life but with a weird twist" would end up with all this? We've got a virtual reality, three racism subplots, magical girls, actual gods and goddesses, Arthurian legends... Something in there for everyone. All the characters, their inner thoughts and struggles... It's just so vast and deep, yet...oddly relateable at times.
Just caught up to the latest page, though. That's always the downside of ongoing stories: you read it all in one sitting, then have to wait at a snail's pace for the next update. At least it wasn't a suspenseful cliffhanger. I hate suspense like that.
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Yeah, we used to update much more regularly/frequently, but then I got old and tired :/ Though hopefully we'll be picking back up a bit in the near future. As far as the scope of the whole thing, with all the different threads, it's been a challenge trying to make everything into part of a cohesive whole, but I'm a lot more pleased with how it's turned out than I thought I would be
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I should've factored in scale in my story as well. o.o;; Doh. XD
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Yeah, it's not something you generally think of. I only remembered it myself because I'd read that paper, and thought it would be funny to incorporate
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Ah well, Abigail's a bit too much of a scaredy cat to try stuff herself and Iris doesn't want to upset Abigail, so it's probable the two won't notice unless they stumble upon a natural salt deposit or something. XD
Still.. I like your picture. ^-^
It's a bit like a "oh shit.. shouldn't you..." "Shouldn't I?" "You know.." "Apply moisturizer when I get home?" "..."
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Heh. Actually the woman was freaking out and attacking her, but it seems like she looks as surprised as her victim does...
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It's mostly the big eyes coupled with the hand in front of the mouth.
If you had wanted to convey an emotion of shock, that's pretty close to it in my book.
Although, looking at the pose there's the slightest hint of her leaning back. I think it's just that it's difficult to see her expression with that hand in front of her face.
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Yeah. It actually turned out for the best, I had her show up later in the story after a transformation of her own
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i read the story at fiction branches it was cool. i hope to see more additions to the story.
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Before too long, yep
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