Ashley Part 4: Plunder
usedbooks on July 10, 2017
If this scene looks familiar, that's because you saw it (kinda) in the scene starting on page 820. I tried an ethereal approach to this “memory” by keeping my sketch unpolished and minimizing outlines. I tried a white fade at first, but I like the look of the black, especially with my sketchy hand-lettering changed to white. Another coloring technique I employed was “dream color” in which I dull the coloring for most of the scene but let key elements maintain saturation (in this case, eyes and blood). It's also not a ver-batim flashback, because memories are liable to some decay and some flourish.
My commentary is so much longer than this simple page. Lol. It took more planning than execution, but I definitely needed the simplicity last week with the holiday. (At work, we had “Fourth at the Fort” )
Anubis at 8:17PM, July 16, 2017
ohhhh my heart
usedbooks at 3:20AM, July 17, 2017
-_-
ghostrunner at 9:02AM, July 12, 2017
then someone wheels out a cake SURPRISE!
usedbooks at 4:14PM, July 12, 2017
Someone has been leaking my scripts!
Peipei at 12:21AM, July 11, 2017
Very nice work! You did a great job portraying Kylie fading from life, kind of morbid for me to say I guess, but it's true. Great page.
usedbooks at 2:36PM, July 11, 2017
Thanks. It was emotionally draining the first time I drew it but not so bad this time.
KimLuster at 7:30AM, July 10, 2017
I went back and looked at 820 - nice connecting of everything... I really like the top panel here!
usedbooks at 2:35PM, July 11, 2017
Thanks! I think I drew it and wrote it better before, but I decided to write condensed and from memory. (It's a memory, not a flashback, so I deliberately avoided exactness.)
plymayer at 1:16AM, July 10, 2017
Page well done.
usedbooks at 2:33PM, July 11, 2017
Thanks!