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Published: 2014-06-21 08:48:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 12206; Favourites: 66; Downloads: 0
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My entry for round 4 of the competition being run by .The theme for this round was superheroes, but we're not allowed to use any existing heroes, like Superman etc.
I did a random doodle / sketch of this character a few weeks ago, not knowing the theme, and it saved me a bit of time.
I do hope 'The Raccoon' doesn't already exist. There are some really random heroes in the DC and Marvel back catalogues after all.
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Heh heh. Yeah... Because of the rules it couldn't be the same name.
I wanted something a bit silly, but still linked to a super-hero comic.
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your sequential pacing is really good. A raccoon... xD The citizens of Goddam city must be wary of leaving their dumpsters locked at night....
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The ever patient citizens must allow her access to their bins if they wish to remain safe in their homes, for only the freshest rubbish can lend power to our Heroine.
Lol. I seem to be gradually fleshing this character out in these comments.
She was only a sketch and a single comic page before.
Now she needs an arch villain or two....
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hmm arch-villain....
an old lady with an enormous broom
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Hmmmmm.....
Ya know, that's so silly it might just work.
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Thank you very much. But 'Pacing'? What's that?
My thought process kinda went like this:
I have only 2 weeks to do this. There fore I can only really do one or two pages at the most.
(I'm seriously slow, plus I only have a couple of hours in the evenings.)
I want to tell a little story, set a scene first then...Transformation!
Does the idea make sense? Does it sound cool / silly enough?
It's a super hero, so it needs to be a proper comic page. How do I fit it all into one page?
Crap! Only a week left! I need to sketch and draw something quick!
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lmao... well pacing is an artform unto itself. The way I've learned to do it (taking after my idol kentaro miura) is to devote each page to a theme...
page: bad guys approaching theme...
page: kuro attacks theme...
page: kuro kills them all theme...
It can seem quite slow but the reader will breeze through it, so that's the best way I've found 
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Thanks for the tips.
I think I sort of do that by accident, mostly because of the type of comics I draw.
There's always a page of scene setting, usually a page for each stage of a transformation and a final result.
Perhaps because the number of pages is limited it forces good pacing in order to fit the story in.
I've sketched a longer, story based comic (40 pages), but that's as far as it's got for now.
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I've seen some great stories told with bad pacing (R.A.Salvatore's graphic novel Homeland SUCKS... story is good but pacing is way too fast). And some bad stories with great pacing (the graphic novel "300", 30 days of night)...
Pacing can polish a turd. It's all in the pacing
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In that case I hope my turds comics will be suitably polished.
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"Goddam City"
I see what you did there.
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But the villains would just distract her with something shiny...
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Wouldn't that be the weakness of 'The Magpie' instead?
Besides super-villains never think of the obvious. It's all about the lasers and piranhas for them.
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True. Β I've also seen raccoons try to eat a carmel apple and get their hands stuck to their face, so perhaps she should avoid sticky confections instead? Β
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Lol. I'd love to see that.
Also, sticky fur. Eww.
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in order to conceal her identity
i reccomend staying away from the set of jersey shore
there is trash just all over the place
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Like a mix of the Coon and Squirrel Girl XD
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The Coon?! *googles* Ah. From South Park. Lol.
I had thought of Squirrel Girl when I sketched it. Her super power sucks big style.
I must admit I'm not sure what powers 'The Raccoon' has.
She is deliberately rubbish. *pun intended*
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Her power is probably that she loves garbage. X3
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That's where she draws her power from, not the power itself.
Apart from being able to turn herself into an anthro raccoon woman, she needs something else.
I sort of suggested she has a super sense of smell in the last panel.
She's not supposed to be very good after all. Maybe that's enough.
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Maybe she's strong. So she can rip phonebooks in half before anyone can call the exterminator. :3
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Heh.
So how's your coloring going?
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Oops. Yeah, I need to get that done.
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