Balls and Walnuts
more than you ever wanted to know
Four hours later . . .
I was doing fine.
Really, I was.
Then Gimp refused to let me add a “rifle layer.” No rifle. So poor Messy seems to be waving his hands, or something. (Compare to first panel below.)
Also, I must say that while I like my starry sky (done manually, mind you — no clever gimmicks there), I’m not at all sure this was worth the extra effort compared to the black and white version. You tell me if you think it’s that much better. If anything, it looks even more amateurish. I’m developing an even healthier respect for comics artists.
D.
Nice sky.
Both are interesting. The colored one doesn’t seem so much cooler that it’s worth the slower production rate. On the other hand, maybe you’ll get better at it and it does seem to have more potential.
I prefer the color to the black and white; the starry sky is great, and don’t you think there’s a message (somewhere)with him sitting there WITHOUT the rifle? It’s a bird immitating humans hunting, right? Maybe some irony can be salvaged here? I don’t much care for black and white comics.
Kira: yes, it’s all about the learning curve, isn’t it? The basic problem being that my skills don’t synch with what I would LIKE to produce . . .
Sis: no, they’re aliens. (And Messy most definitely needs his rifle. The prologue won’t work without weapons.) They used to be birds but their wings devolved back into arms and hands. In their theology (the dominant theology of this particular nation, that is), they get their wings back when they get to heaven. What happens to their arms is a matter of conjecture, but given the bloody-mindedness of their bird god, their arms are probably lopped off at the shoulder to make room for the new wings.