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Kristen Gudsnuk on March 14, 2009
Hey guys! I'm on SPRING BREAK!!! :D I have no plans whatsoever, and it's wonderful. Today I spent an inordinate amount of time doing this page; hours, actually. weird. usually it doesn't take me this long. I think it's because I was half-painting, half-hanging out with the family. I've been playing with the puppies non-stop, ever since I got home. We played fetch with sticks outside; it was fun. And I played basketball with Eric, my fourteen-year-old brother and he won : ( but I put up a good fight!
I'm really happy with how the last 2 panels came out. I really had a field day with the Saint Kazimieras panel.
Something insane: I had this odd, semi-obvious revelation: I miss Misfit Assassins terribly! I randomly started looking through the archive, and you know, the art wasn't THAT bad. Even the old hand-drawn parts may not have been totally beautiful to look at, but it got its point across and wasn't offensive to the eye (at least to me). And for all the literary writer that I purport myself to be, I don't think that I've managed to make such interesting characters and such suspenseful plot. I really loved my characters, I realize now. And the fact that there were people who really liked that comic really reinforced the idea that it's not as bad of a comic as I thought.
Someday when I have some extra time… maybe I'll pick up misfas again.
(that's after I finish the rest of my to-do list: finish this comic, get a job, write a novel, etc.)
lol.
ok WELLZ thanks for reading! this scene's almost over. ; D This story will go SOMEWHERE, sometime.
I Am The 1337 Master at 12:27PM, June 22, 2010
as worst case said... panel 4 = success.
tommym at 7:22AM, Sept. 28, 2009
Dear Krosten, So its your belief! Tommym
Lilac at 3:50PM, Aug. 1, 2009
I love the last panel. It reminds me of medieval panel art (I can't recall what it's called..XD ) Haha, I often get distracted from my art because of my pets as well. :3 Pets are so fun. :D
worstcase at 2:43PM, April 28, 2009
i really love that second to last panel
Nicotine at 2:26PM, March 15, 2009
I'm on Spring Break too!! XD I certainly like where this is going so far. Really nice art style; it looks very meticulous and thought out. Like Hyena, I have a little thing for religious icons. :D
theorah at 1:39PM, March 15, 2009
The second to last panel is beautiful, I really love that splash of red on his face, it looks lovely :) In regards to what I said about narration, what I had in mind is sort of what your doing in the last panel, giving your text its own space so that it has more focus! ^_^ Interesting how he is using something he admires and loves as a way of hurting himself (well, I would consider fasting quite a painful thing :( )
Aghammer at 1:02PM, March 15, 2009
Wow, he looks like she fasts regularly :D He needs to eat! I enjoyed Misfit Assasins as well... I came in towards the end (bummer for me).. it's faved so, if you start again I'll be watching! (in a totally non-creepy way, of course :).
Kristen Gudsnuk at 10:27AM, March 15, 2009
Thanks guys for the comments~! Usedbooks: Jesus fasted... lol idk. Actually I was at church today (gasp!) and they said something about becoming a good person through "prayer, fasting, and acts of mercy". But I know... Kazimieras' issues are about body image as well as religion. Jonko: thanks!! :) the scanner at home isn't working, so this is a photo. I used a tripod, no flash, this time though so it looks ok. man in black: Hyena H: thanks so much! I looked at a painting of Saint Kazimieras (aka Saint Casimir) to do that panel, so I think that the amount of copying that I did helped me. BTW SYMBOLISM ALERT: Saint Kazimieras' attribute is the lily; thus he is holding one in most pictures of him. AND IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 1, "lily-pale hand"? YEAH that word choice was not arbitrary!!! keep on the lookout for other things like that. ; )
HyenaHell at 9:33AM, March 15, 2009
Your work is really amazing! I love the last panel- I have a weakness for icons and religious imagery. :D
Jonko at 1:38AM, March 15, 2009
The 4th panel is just amazing!!! I luuuurve it. I can't believe water color turned out so pretty after you uploaded onto the computer. Kudos!!
usedbooks at 10:10PM, March 14, 2009
Yeah. That kid has an eating disorder. Sustenance has never been "gluttony," but starving oneself is disrespecting/damaging your body (God's temple). I miss Misfit Assassins too. No, even your oldest art wasn't bad -- and if it was, who cares? People still read *my* archives sometimes. o_0