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MrRemoraman β Through the Rye pg 13
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The worst cruelty that can be inflicted on a human being is isolation.-Sukarno
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Looks like this page caught plenty of eyes already. I won't reiterate all the points in the comments below, but I second them. It's a great page: well executed transition from the previous scene, strong scene setting, and a shot of Reg that really develops her character.Β
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Thanks!Β Every now and then, I produce a page I can be proud of...
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Hey, I've been reading your comic. It's a real page-turner. I just wanted to say that this page is artistically cleaner than the earlier ones. I'm not sure if you did it on purpose but I think it's easier on the eyes. I'm going to continue reading. You have very good pacing so far, building up anticipation.
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Thanks a lot! I'm a MUCH better writer than an artist, to tell you the truth..
I originally used nib tip fountain pen, but abandoned this for prismacolor pens.Β You can see why...
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I think your panel plans are great too, even if the inking is a bit choppy. I think the grittiness of the style suits the theme. Gore and porn are shown as their ugly reality instead of trying to fluff it up into something more presentable. I think it adds to the charm of it. I can tell you're an awesome storyteller and you put a lot of detail in the visuals, like the little lollipops in a jar on the counter at the video rental store. It gives it a lived-in feel.
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Well thanks!Β It's set in the 90s, and is based on my experiences growing up in the 90s, when the video store was the hub of our community and anime came on VHS.Β The 90s was a very apocalyptic age for me, between columbine, the refuse of the Satanic Panic, the Timothy McVeigh travesties, the social horrors implied by the Matthew Shepherd tragedy, and of course, the rise of the internet and what it implied about the future of media.Β Β
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It's a good way to make things feel real by lifting from real-life experiences. I was born in '85. I only rented videos a couple of times but I used to frequently go to the video rental store because they had the cheapest candy in town. I could buy like half a kilo of candy and eat myself sick.
I got most of my videos from the library. I remember I tried to watch anime and there was some messed up stuff there, like this one where a woman's vagina sprouts teeth, and she turns into a monster. Or the ending of Akira where Tetsuo turns into a grotesque meat blob. I was a sensitive child and teenager and easily scared myself. I think all the exposure to paranormal fiction has made me what I am.
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Teeth in a vagina...sounds like 90s anime.
Rosieβs video store is based on a real one from my home town in Virginia. Place was vintage, and smelled like styrofoam and cigarettes. I used to look at horror VHS covers like an archaeologist of the grotesque and imagine what each film was like
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Thanks!Β My art is crap, so I may have to redraw some of these.
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Itβs one of my better ones
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This might be the strongest page you have made recently. Different line weights, shading and crosshatching that implies to from and texture, and most importantly very readable visual storytelling.
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Wow. That is high praise from you dude. Thank you so much!
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I think this is your best character drawing yet.Β
And I like the superimposition to drive home the idea of isolation.Β
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Thank you! I am also very proud of this one
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I've watched a few documentaries on the subject of isolation as punishment in prison. Brutal.Β
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