i thought i'd compile some notes and other things i made while working on chapter 3. a lot of thought went into it!
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friend asked about how i do pacing:
think of it like checkpoints! i have 30 pages to get from this checkpoint to that. divide it up
freya's dialogue here was not decided until the day ch3 was posted:
i left the space for her to say something important here... but i didn't let it hold me back from writing the rest of the comic! what i chose in the end was intentional.
its implied harry licked glen awake:
i had already done most of the legwork on the illustration before realizing harry should have licked glen to get him to wake up, so i left context clues instead! harry's tongue is out, his expression looks more guilty, and glen has droplets on his head.
intentionally mixed messages:
glen is rarely seem smiling or expressing how he feels, but he is shown being very sincere and open with freya -- hinting how he may view her.
freya lifts him up by grabbing his hand in a very brutish way. she brushes off his complement and makes a passive aggressive joke.
as a result the reader may read this more as 'oh, glen likes HER, but she ...?' which is then addressed in the following panels ~
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some panels that were completely redrawn
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glen needed to look more hungover:
like he was slowly coming to a realization with the reader, not already at it. this helps guide the story pacing more naturally.
harry's posture needed to look more dog-like:
a constant detail i am looking to incorporate is giving harry mannerisms to really sell the idea 'he is a dog in human skin'. here it's as if he's putting his fore-paws on the ground and tilting his head in confusion.
freya needed more aggression, less cute:
in my original concept for Freya she almost has this Amy-Rose-esque fangirl behavior towards Glen... but I felt this would diminish her feelings upon first impression. Giving her a more angry expression next to her dialogue still conveys her passion but we as the audience can take what she says more seriously.
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i probably have a ton more based on conversations w/ editors but yep !! i see myself as more an artist than a writer, but a lot of thought into the writing goes into what i create.
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Bite Me (Ongoing)
June wakes up to find a vampire has broken into her room- while she hadn't been under the impression vampires existed in the first place, she certainly hadn't envisioned them as diminutive human-like parasites with strangely alluring voices...
Tags: BiteMe
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Paranormal!Au (coming soon)
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The Shadow We Cast (Ongoing)
Mark can't seem to catch a break in life until life forces a break on him. Having recently moved into the middle of absolutely nowhere in some obscure little Northern town he soon finds out that he's not alone in his new home after a run in with a mysterious little wildcard of a man named Sal.
The spider loving little man is strong, fearless, and full of life- everything Mark wishes he could become (though he could do without the spiders). Yet Sal has his own personal battles he's facing.
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INSTAЯ (Ongoing)
Dawn Delacroix lives alone with her dog in the boonies on a large property surrounded by woods, so when she spies something walking towards her house one cold October night she immediately knows something isn't right.
There's a creature outside... and it's getting closer.
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Finding Strength (Ongoing)
Tamius has life made. The human of the house is a Borrower's dream! Forgetful, slow, and regularly out of the house. Life couldn't be any easier- that is until a series of snap decisions leaves him tagging along with her to her regular 4:00 pm outing and he has some big revelations.