okay, i need some help, guys! (if anybody still reads this blog....)
here is the latest Dinogeddon page i just finished:
i know my handwriting can be hard to read, but i like the look of my hand written lettering for the comic and don't really want to use a font. (and yes, i have tried making a font out of my handwriting, and it just ended up terrible.) i thought about having the blurbs in little boxes, but i was thinking that might be too cliche? i don't know. maybe it would be easier to read that way. and like i said, i'm wondering if i should do the whole blurb thing at all? maybe it would just be better to let the characters unfold for themselves over time? i don't really like it when comics have to have bio pages or whatever, unless it's like a series catch-up kinda thing, and eventually i'll probably have a character bio section on the Dinogeddon site, but....like i said, it's one of those ideas i originally really liked, but i'm not so sure comes off as well in practice. what do you think? keep it, lose it? change it? and how?
6 comments:
Personally, I think you've pulled it off well. I'd give the box thing a try, I think. It's a bit of a cliche, but sometimes that's not a bad thing, I think. As long as it's not overdone, it can help to give things a kind of characteristic feel. Random idea you can feel 100% free to ignore, might be fun to put Ronnie's measurements in her blurb, as play of her using her boobs as a distraction earlier?
So glad to see Dinoggedon still progressing. :)
this looks great!
i think the bio factoids are cool! i like that you have them more straight-up cold hard facts, like yeah, she's the leader of the T-Wrecks, no misinterpretation possible there. and i like first fist fight at age 6, hehheh. you put it well, having little things for readers to grab onto, i like that.
i don't know if i agree with Luke that including Ronnie's measurements would be good, but you could pull that off. the only thing i had to critique on this page is the motion lines around Ronnie's hand in the last panel, i found it confusing. i think i get what gesture she's making, like "come on let's go" but at first i thought she was shaking her hand or doing some kind of jerk-off motion, haha. i think it would be perfectly clear what she's doing without the motion lines.
Luke: thanks for the feedback! i might give the info box a try and see how that turns out. i don't really like the measurements idea, because i actually don't want to objectify Ronnie too much, and i'm kind of ashamed and regret the having her trick the guards with her boobs thing, heheh. but i get what you're saying, it would be a kind of funny tongue-in-cheek thing, but i also think people might take it literally, like yeah this character is all about titillation and you're supposed to objectify her, so i wanna try to shy away from stuff like that. :) thanks for the encouragement and support as always, Luke!
Ross: thanks!! i'm glad you liked it and didn't think it was too confusing or whatever. haha, i see what you're saying about the motion lines, that was actually a smaller concern of mine, that they might be confusing...i have a problem with motion lines where i think i overuse them too much when they're not really necessary because i'm not sure my action is easily read.
I'm so happy that you updated your comic! I actually really love the handwritten words instead of a font- I always prefer that in comics. It gives it so much more of a feel that I like- I'm not sure how to articulate what I mean but I like it!
Also, I really like the mini-bio thing. It reminds me of when they do that in movies. I especially like the tidbit about her first fist fight and collecting teeth. It has a lot of personality. I say forgo the box and keep it how it is. :)
awesome, thanks Cara!! i'm glad you're digging the bio thing! :D
I like the little blurb thing, and I think it's good without the box. The box would make it corny, I think. It's easily readable, it got a good chuckle out of me, and I think it helps develop the character in a unique way...
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