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Kristen Gudsnuk on Sept. 3, 2009
Yowza! Another page finished! This one I drew yesterday at work (just during my lunch break), and then painted today during my lunch break! I have a special spot where I sit. It's outside, near where I park, on this concrete sort of slab perpendicular to the building. I sit up there and ruminate and draw/paint. I'm always worried I'll fall off XD but I haven't yet. Oh, but don't think I finished painting it in the meager 30 minute break I get. hah! no. I finished at home. But it's a very picturesque area, with a bird's eye view of the little shops below, and some trees.
I'm very happy with this page. I've been worried about how this part will come out, but I think that other than the second panel being less-than-awesome, the rather difficult poses (such as the last panel with the cepelinas being thrown… oh, -as makes it singular, -ai is plural, I believe– so it's one cepelinas, three cepelinai) came out effortlessly. I was really shocked, actually, because usually I erase at least a BIT, or have to start with stick figures and flesh them out. That one I didn't have to. AND ALSO, suddenly my hand-drawing technique has improved a LOT! look at jadwiga's limp hand in the second panel– it just came out like that on my first try! same for the throwing hand!!! I might sound like I'm bragging, but I'm not, I'm just happy to see that I'm improving, at least with drawing hands.
Oh, and I won a DD award for Best Spiritual!! Thanks a lot to everyone who voted for me in the preliminaries. It's so odd to win a prize for this comic- and awesome. It's a reward enough just to know I have readers as smart as you guys, let alone getting recognition from the panel for the awards.
At the same time, though, I'm a bundle of nerves- I haven't bought a car yet, I'm going to DC this weekend so I can't get one then, and I've got no time otherwise, what with working. I get home pretty tired, too. Also, I feel slightly melancholic. It may have something to do with not being with Max for so long. Like, it's not like I actively miss him (heh hi max) but I feel generally less happy, more cranky, etc. (and I take it out on the poor fellow- luckily he's got a very thick skin when it comes to my antics.)
aanyway, none of that really matters… here's my page! enjoy! I may finish up another page for Saturday, but if not, I'll be busy this weekend so don't expect another page till tuesday at least.
adios!
JillyFoo at 3:16PM, Sept. 7, 2009
Hot potato!!! er bread! lol Very cool. Hope it works! :)
MeHighLow at 6:07AM, Sept. 6, 2009
A very Christian thing to do, attacking with a bit of bread... :) Love the tension, this feels pretty real.
Emily Elizabeth at 3:19AM, Sept. 6, 2009
Congrats! This page is really atmospheric, I'm scared for Jadwiga! That dad has gone crazy!
Dark Pascual at 5:21PM, Sept. 4, 2009
Congrats on winning the best Spiritual. Cathing up your working. Love the art, the story is amazing and I cannot wait to see what is next.
Lemniskate at 4:12PM, Sept. 4, 2009
But will the cepelina really make a difference? Perhaps now it's a holy cepelina, being carried around by Kazimieras?
Lilac at 3:04PM, Sept. 4, 2009
Congrats on the win!! :D Supah bread!!! :D
theorah at 12:38PM, Sept. 4, 2009
deart god how much have I missed??? 0_0 need to ctach up before I write anymore!!
amanda at 12:17PM, Sept. 4, 2009
Congrats! And for a little while, I was very concerned that Kaz wasn't going to do anything at all - that would have been hard for him to live with, for sure.
trevoramueller at 11:39AM, Sept. 4, 2009
Congrats on the win, buddy!
Gillespie at 10:08AM, Sept. 4, 2009
Very nice looking page! I find I too get better at drawing every time I make a comic. I don't practice as much as I should. Also, congrats on winning the award!!
ttyler at 9:17AM, Sept. 4, 2009
I can only imagine the color on your originals are much more brilliant than the scans depict...and still, they are beautifully done.
ifelldownthestairs at 8:39AM, Sept. 4, 2009
The second panel is a bit awkward, yeah... but the rest looks fantastic. And is it bad that the first panel got a giggle out of me?
theprettiestpony at 6:24AM, Sept. 4, 2009
kristen, antisocial? unheard of! ;p
tref_h at 5:51AM, Sept. 4, 2009
YAY! Bad cooking saves the day! Um, maybe? Congtaulations on the award!
Hunchdebunch at 1:28AM, Sept. 4, 2009
When you don't know what else to do, throw a cepelinas! It just might work :D
usedbooks at 10:07PM, Sept. 3, 2009
I guess he'll interpret this as some sort of divine fortune resulting from his fast. And he'd almost be right.