This is a continuation of the previous post. People always ask why the characters are not human. in the beginnings of the project they were still always the kangaroo lizard aliens, but originally it was just because i was an
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ancient relics: part 1
what a difference twelve years makes. the concept that would morph into this comic started back in 2010 back when I was in early high school. i was really into bionicle and sci-fi and history and i wanted a way
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thumbnails and seeing the forest for the trees
since i work on each chapter somewhat non-linearly, sometimes I have too many ideas to jot down without forgetting about them. sometimes doing pages back to back makes me forget the main points since I get so caught up in
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Flags 3
got pretty hung up on stylized comets and planets with rings on this one. when doing comic concept I always try to do most of it in B&W. I didn’t used to but I learned my lesson. things always manage
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(quiet clothes?) LOUD CLOTHES???
how classy should we go? how loud? how casual? again, design trends are pretty independent of when or where you live. some fashion trends could easily have happened centuries before or after they did in real life. even if i
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Otigo Trappings
as always, playing with things to see what i like and what i don’t. in real life people wouldn’t dress like they do in the fire nation (“we all have to wear red!”), but it definitely helps the reader. you
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Flag content
like the last post about flags, a lot of these are ripoffs of real-life flags. also like last time, it helps to weed out generic ideas in favor of something that hopefully will have more legs. just playing around as
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a need to DANCE!!!
i dance about as well as a large tree but i do find it pretty interesting. body language is of course important to me and dancing obviously opens up a lot of fun opportunities. it’s also just how some people
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The true foreigner
Who is the true foreigner among you? Is it the one who looks or talks or acts differently from you? Or is it the one to whom you relate or do not relate? Or perhaps still, is it your enemy?
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the voice of the character
Back when i was laying the groundwork for the comic I worried about having to follow a small cast of characters for years on end and was worried that I might get burnt out on them before long. one of
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