At Night All Mice Are Gray
Fitz on July 17, 2007
The whole episode is not quite finished yet, but I wanted to give you all a little preview of what's to come - soon.
In case you haven't figured it out: those small greenish panels that look like a Dual Screen version of Pong - that's my artistic interpretation of how spiders see. Most spiders have eight eyes around their heads, each pair being different and serving different purposes. When looking at a potential target, first the spider uses the eyes that are at the opposite points - to the left and to the right - of its head, to get some general, lo-res image of what's going on. Then it switches to the second pair to the front - which give him a more detailed view. Then, finally, it switches to its front eyes - which he uses to “lock on” the target and estimate the distance. When it's close enough, the spider leaps. So, my depiction is not quite accurate (since the eyes at the back of the spider's head are not involved) but gives you some sort of idea. I'll be playing around with alternate ways of seeing on subsequent pages.
Hope you enjoyed today's bit. See you soon! :)
abitdark at 9:27AM, Feb. 12, 2008
Awesome spider
trevoramueller at 12:57PM, Oct. 16, 2007
Love the spider, and the conversation is still great!
phillip_the_tortoise at 4:21PM, Aug. 19, 2007
It looks so smooth (the artwork i mean)
fern at 12:58PM, July 29, 2007
looks good, mate.
Coyotejeff at 7:49PM, July 27, 2007
I just took some time to check out your strip. Itââ¬â¢s great. I love the way your panels flow. Very well laid out. Good characters too.
Nepath at 7:41AM, July 27, 2007
very clean artwork.
dgriff13 at 10:59AM, July 26, 2007
very unique layout and flow to your comic, props to you man!
jmt at 7:36PM, July 21, 2007
the spider eye thing is genius! I did not get it at first, but now since I read your comments it is plain as day. I love stuff like this! I am going to read your archive now.
Bocaj at 10:18PM, July 19, 2007
thought I rated this... strange...
Fitz at 9:56AM, July 19, 2007
Bek: yup! And flies see hexagonal chess! LOL! Ersatz: I've been dubbed Mr Encyclopedia - so you can always count on learning something new from me. And I love to draw insects, it feels kind of like architecture. I'm also fascinated by reptiles, especially turtles, snakes and lizards.
Ersatz at 8:27AM, July 19, 2007
Cool! I learnt something AND got the heebie-jeebies from that massive spider! Double-whammy! Well done!
Bekefel at 6:01PM, July 18, 2007
So Ants see Space Invaders right?