Sunday, August 21, 2011

Stray Flights #1: Desiccate, Page 5

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Ah, succor at last.  Water, safety.  Scott's gonna take care of everything.  If I may permit myself to be a bit critical of...myself, given the whole scheme of 'Desiccate,' which you will see is only eight pages, this page is almost unnecessary.  A good editor would probably come along and tell me to cut it right out to make the tale a spot punchier.  And really, I'm inclined to agree, though I'm still partial to the various 'camera' angles showing us a bit more of the gas station.  It is COMPLETELY arbitrary that I stuck an angle outside in the second panel though.  Experimentation, that's what it's all about!

One thing to point out.  The case with the drinks is the first time I ever tried out what are called 'color holds.'  A color hold is when the actual inking (the black) is replaced with a color, in this case a sort of blue in an attempt to show bottles behind cool glass.  I felt it was reasonably successful for a first go at it.  Thoughts?

Oh wait, you know, I just realized, everything behind the gas station windows are holds too.  Okay, new game, spot the holds.

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