I had to tend to a sick ferret this week (she's fine now though) so I didn't get to work on this right away. I was also out of town visiting my parents and picking up said ferret.
Apparently, someone thinks I make excuses so no one criticizes my crappy art. I guess my asking for crits and not ripping people's heads off when they point out mistakes is all a ruse!
NO. I do not make excuses to cover my failings in my art. I do like to let people know why it takes too long though. My hand hurting has nothing to do with why the art sucks at times! If I want to draw better I just IGNORE it.
Anyway, I'll say it again: well worded criticism is always welcome. Impotently leaving a 1 and making ridiculous assumptions about my character is completely immature and unwelcome. How am I supposed to respect your opinion if you're being an idiot about it? Then again, I don't think trolls are particularly concerned with the impression they give people anyway. Oh well.
Everyone else: if people are being snots, just ignore them. They hate that. Plus they think it's good fun to rile up people's readers, don't encourage/reward them by reacting to it. Thanks ^_^
Man, I'm loving this stuff. Your colouring is dead on; as are your expressions. This comic has been faved, and I'll be studying your style to make myself not suck. Once again - this stuff is great!
Laconic? Nah, I love how much your characters talk, and how each one has a different pattern of speech. I think if they're speech patterns were to be different then they wouldnt seem quite the same, organic characters they are. (If that makes sense, I think it does).
Ah that was too perfect... I can't say for the others who read this but I've been wanting something like that to happen to Quixoto for quite a while! (Wouldn't havem inded having to do it myself, if I didn't think he would kill me afterwords)
Hey! Finally a mention of Dhampirs! Hmmm, I still think Vic's a Dhampir.... They are known for beign oddly immune to magics....
Fixed!
Anonymous: Hector is probably still in his bedroom being babysat by Xandy. I did think about perhaps dropping in on them again...
Ryjia: Oh I saw it, I probably should thank you for that now shouldn't I? Thank you! I really appreciated the honesty, if I get time I should respond to that a little more in-depth. You gave me a lot to think about ^_^
Arya: I know, but it's hard to ignore! I let that stuff eat me up and make me miserable. I'm trying to be a little more realistic about it lately though. Honestly, the last snipe made me laugh.
Disgrunteldrm: your 5 is not piddling, it is special, and appreciated! I wish I could kick them out as fast as I could again, I'm trying to work on a surplus
as we speak too though. I'm really trying to get serious about my working schedule, I feel like I'm losing a grip on a really important part of this all lately though: communicating with youse all! I gotta quite being socially inept!
Tabitha and Lotus: Yes I've been testing some new coloring lately, didn't realize it was kinda lame so thanks for the heads up! I was trying putting it on another layer instead of doing everything on one layer, I guess it's not as good as I thought. I'm getting a little bored with computer coloring lately though, I'm starting to envy some other computer colorists without really stopping to realize that their methods aren't working with my particular style.
Sakura_Lisel: I added another panel to make it a bit more obvious, originally I had drawn the kick but then I decided I'd already been cruel enough to the male audience of this comic and left it implied. ^_^
crimsonshaid619: hehe, actually I'd appreciate if you cleared that up a little because I'm not sure what you meant entirely by less central details, (I mean if you have an example,whatever it is I'd like to fix it!) thanks for bringing this to my attention!
TheTim: Yep, a few can. Pure-bloods and ancients like Q can reproduce, and "spawn" as in vampires who were once human are sterile, except with humans (which will produce a Dhampire, as any combo human-vampire). Normal vampires can have children amongst themselves or with ancients, and the child grows up to around 30 human years and only physically ages beyond that if it has a rough time with its vampire life. Being a shape-shifter is also beneficial against those aging wrinkles!
Mannick Maniac: Nope, he is an ancient (a type of pure-blood vampire as I calls them) and he has a slower regeneration/healing factor than an elite. Granted, he'd heal faster than a human, but it'd still take a few days. Emma would rather he not have to sit in pain to sway his opinion of being with the Elite's side of things.
Raccoo: Thanks for the help, I appreciate it! Your guess is correct indeed, in fact an ancient's killability has been a spot of trouble for his kind as of late...call it the latest craze amongst some of the more cannibalistic vampires. More to come on that later though...
Lanaeramarth: Done! I think it should clear up some confusion on the page too.
Zombie flux: See? didn't I tell you I was going to do something mean? You asked for it, after all ^_^
Neilak20: Ahh, I know the feeling! I especially hate when I end up sitting there thinking of shorter ways to write something I thought was totally epic like a minute ago, then realized it wouldn't fit! Perhaps some of these characters should be a little more laconic?
mathas: Zounds! Shame on me, a continuity error of bogus proportions! Haha, I fixed it, DD was trying all it could not to update the edit, but apparently the trick is to save it as a different format (it's .PNG now instead of .jpeg) I feel a little foolish for forgetting that detail!
As for Vita, it's two things I can explain here. Her wings are actually quite flexible like hands, but like most elites with cumbersome large wings or other body parts she can shrink herself enough to fit into a tight outfit with smaller holes for wings to stick out of. Also, the corset part of her dress has zippers (with a flap to cover the zipper pull, of course.) right under the wings. I've tried to design outfits for winged characters, but they looked incredibly dorky.
InsomFreak: Yay! Thanks for reading, glad you made it through alive!
Blue Link: I added it in for effect ^_^
rain storm: Yes, Menu so should have been there to tell Q how owned he just got!
cyberdog: Hehe actually I do, I'm not terribly confident in it myself at times and I appreciate hearing it from you! It's a real motivator to get to work on the next pages, lemme tell ya.
It took me forever to finally get caught up with this comic. The artwork, attention to detail and storyline have me hooked - Keep up the good work and i cant wait to see more
dude....... that is such an evil grin
i read your comment Amelius and i thought i would put in a bit of criticism all in good nature though =)
charby had blood on the front of his shirt the last time we saw him right?
why is it not there now? also the girl in the red dress the wing slots are a little small for the whole wing to fit through other then the blood and the wings awesome stuff
this is all in good nature and we who read this comic want you to be the best you can be BUT we also want you to be happy and well rested
also as a side note arnt ferrets a bit smelly? i herd thay get jealous really easy
ok thats going across the line. i don't care who you are, YOU DO NOT HIT A MAN/MAN-LIKE THING IN THE BALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(s till it pretty funny. go victor!)
i really, really wish you had drawn Q's face after that. your facial expressions are awesome. I really admire the detail you put into your backgrounds, usually I have no idea what to put in mine, the proportion is occasionaly a little off, but it's what there that matters :)
Mannick Maniac: Q is an ancient vampire, rather than an elite. Charby was the first elite vampire, and he was sired by Q.
My guess is that ancients have the mind powers but are able to die while elites are true immortals.
Woo.. crazy much? Charby looks freakin nuts in that last panel! And Kludd isn't what I expected... Vic must've hit his spine cause Q doesn't have much gear down there between his foot and his bones... XD
Sorry, that joke was totally gross, rude, and unneccesary, but I just HAD to say/type it!!
A healer? Isn't he an elite, though? He could heal on his own, I thought. I like the little things, like Vic's askew hair, and I can see a hint of the twin girl with the greenish hair's smile. Little stuff like that makes a huge difference, believe it or not. Good job, keep it up! *massages shoulders* lol
Can vampires/elites/whatever they might be even reproduce through sexual means? Of course, it's even more frightening to think that they might be able to reproduce through asexual means. I suppose biting and turning others into elites/vampires would be sort of like asexual reproduction, but I was more referring to something like fragmentation, fission or budding. I suppose you sort of tackled that when a certain head grew new legs, but that hasn't turned into a full elite, at least not yet.
"Kludd!" isn't exactly the sound I would expect, but it certainly sounds painful! Then again, I'm not sure what sound I would expect. I'm hoping that that sound isn't from experience and/or testing.
I hate Reality at 1:24PM, June 6, 2008
someone's having fun in the last panel...
Marnicx at 12:09PM, June 6, 2008
Go Vic. I knew I loved that guy. XD Awesome as always!
Warriorking4ever at 6:05AM, June 6, 2008
awesome stuff! Did Victor just kick poor Q in the stones? OUCH!
Twilight_of_the_gods at 7:31PM, June 5, 2008
I freakin love this page! I was laughing for like, three minutes straight, amazing page as always! ^.^
jay raj at 6:37PM, June 5, 2008
Man, I'm loving this stuff. Your colouring is dead on; as are your expressions. This comic has been faved, and I'll be studying your style to make myself not suck. Once again - this stuff is great!
Neilak20 at 4:19PM, June 5, 2008
Laconic? Nah, I love how much your characters talk, and how each one has a different pattern of speech. I think if they're speech patterns were to be different then they wouldnt seem quite the same, organic characters they are. (If that makes sense, I think it does).
Sapphira at 4:13PM, June 5, 2008
Ah that was too perfect... I can't say for the others who read this but I've been wanting something like that to happen to Quixoto for quite a while! (Wouldn't havem inded having to do it myself, if I didn't think he would kill me afterwords) Hey! Finally a mention of Dhampirs! Hmmm, I still think Vic's a Dhampir.... They are known for beign oddly immune to magics....
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Amelius at 2:28PM, June 5, 2008
Fixed! Anonymous: Hector is probably still in his bedroom being babysat by Xandy. I did think about perhaps dropping in on them again... Ryjia: Oh I saw it, I probably should thank you for that now shouldn't I? Thank you! I really appreciated the honesty, if I get time I should respond to that a little more in-depth. You gave me a lot to think about ^_^ Arya: I know, but it's hard to ignore! I let that stuff eat me up and make me miserable. I'm trying to be a little more realistic about it lately though. Honestly, the last snipe made me laugh. Disgrunteldrm: your 5 is not piddling, it is special, and appreciated! I wish I could kick them out as fast as I could again, I'm trying to work on a surplus as we speak too though. I'm really trying to get serious about my working schedule, I feel like I'm losing a grip on a really important part of this all lately though: communicating with youse all! I gotta quite being socially inept! Tabitha and Lotus: Yes I've been testing some new coloring lately, didn't realize it was kinda lame so thanks for the heads up! I was trying putting it on another layer instead of doing everything on one layer, I guess it's not as good as I thought. I'm getting a little bored with computer coloring lately though, I'm starting to envy some other computer colorists without really stopping to realize that their methods aren't working with my particular style. Sakura_Lisel: I added another panel to make it a bit more obvious, originally I had drawn the kick but then I decided I'd already been cruel enough to the male audience of this comic and left it implied. ^_^ crimsonshaid619: hehe, actually I'd appreciate if you cleared that up a little because I'm not sure what you meant entirely by less central details, (I mean if you have an example,whatever it is I'd like to fix it!) thanks for bringing this to my attention! TheTim: Yep, a few can. Pure-bloods and ancients like Q can reproduce, and "spawn" as in vampires who were once human are sterile, except with humans (which will produce a Dhampire, as any combo human-vampire). Normal vampires can have children amongst themselves or with ancients, and the child grows up to around 30 human years and only physically ages beyond that if it has a rough time with its vampire life. Being a shape-shifter is also beneficial against those aging wrinkles! Mannick Maniac: Nope, he is an ancient (a type of pure-blood vampire as I calls them) and he has a slower regeneration/healing factor than an elite. Granted, he'd heal faster than a human, but it'd still take a few days. Emma would rather he not have to sit in pain to sway his opinion of being with the Elite's side of things. Raccoo: Thanks for the help, I appreciate it! Your guess is correct indeed, in fact an ancient's killability has been a spot of trouble for his kind as of late...call it the latest craze amongst some of the more cannibalistic vampires. More to come on that later though... Lanaeramarth: Done! I think it should clear up some confusion on the page too. Zombie flux: See? didn't I tell you I was going to do something mean? You asked for it, after all ^_^ Neilak20: Ahh, I know the feeling! I especially hate when I end up sitting there thinking of shorter ways to write something I thought was totally epic like a minute ago, then realized it wouldn't fit! Perhaps some of these characters should be a little more laconic? mathas: Zounds! Shame on me, a continuity error of bogus proportions! Haha, I fixed it, DD was trying all it could not to update the edit, but apparently the trick is to save it as a different format (it's .PNG now instead of .jpeg) I feel a little foolish for forgetting that detail! As for Vita, it's two things I can explain here. Her wings are actually quite flexible like hands, but like most elites with cumbersome large wings or other body parts she can shrink herself enough to fit into a tight outfit with smaller holes for wings to stick out of. Also, the corset part of her dress has zippers (with a flap to cover the zipper pull, of course.) right under the wings. I've tried to design outfits for winged characters, but they looked incredibly dorky. InsomFreak: Yay! Thanks for reading, glad you made it through alive! Blue Link: I added it in for effect ^_^ rain storm: Yes, Menu so should have been there to tell Q how owned he just got! cyberdog: Hehe actually I do, I'm not terribly confident in it myself at times and I appreciate hearing it from you! It's a real motivator to get to work on the next pages, lemme tell ya.
cyberdog at 1:06PM, June 5, 2008
Awesome comic, but you don't need me tell you that, LOL.
rain storm at 11:53AM, June 5, 2008
Hah I agree with Kaede : Good lawd boy you've snapped. Keeo up the good work Ame! Also, if you update late, no worries ;)
Blue Link at 9:01AM, June 5, 2008
this is a comic and even i felt that one owwww. Cant wait to see the exprisoin on him (:
InsomFreak at 8:18AM, June 5, 2008
It took me forever to finally get caught up with this comic. The artwork, attention to detail and storyline have me hooked - Keep up the good work and i cant wait to see more
mathas at 7:30AM, June 5, 2008
dude....... that is such an evil grin i read your comment Amelius and i thought i would put in a bit of criticism all in good nature though =) charby had blood on the front of his shirt the last time we saw him right? why is it not there now? also the girl in the red dress the wing slots are a little small for the whole wing to fit through other then the blood and the wings awesome stuff this is all in good nature and we who read this comic want you to be the best you can be BUT we also want you to be happy and well rested also as a side note arnt ferrets a bit smelly? i herd thay get jealous really easy
Neilak20 at 6:07AM, June 5, 2008
Amy, no problem, I'm glad I could help. ^_^ I get hung up on bubble placement alot myself >_> which has resulted in me writing sparce dialog. XD
Oriru at 4:22AM, June 5, 2008
Kiek in da groin. That must have felt nice even for vampire.
zombie flux at 7:46PM, June 4, 2008
ok thats going across the line. i don't care who you are, YOU DO NOT HIT A MAN/MAN-LIKE THING IN THE BALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (s till it pretty funny. go victor!)
Milky at 3:42PM, June 4, 2008
That last panel is a Kodak moment.
anonymous at 1:11PM, June 4, 2008
ouch i can almost feel that klud and im a girl
Lanaeramarth at 1:11PM, June 4, 2008
i really, really wish you had drawn Q's face after that. your facial expressions are awesome. I really admire the detail you put into your backgrounds, usually I have no idea what to put in mine, the proportion is occasionaly a little off, but it's what there that matters :)
JB16 at 12:37PM, June 4, 2008
This is my favorite comic on the website, I really wished you updated it more often.
Awakened1 at 9:06AM, June 4, 2008
I swear I can almost feel it. :)
Raccoo at 7:07PM, June 3, 2008
Mannick Maniac: Q is an ancient vampire, rather than an elite. Charby was the first elite vampire, and he was sired by Q. My guess is that ancients have the mind powers but are able to die while elites are true immortals.
Mannick_Maniac at 6:27PM, June 3, 2008
Woo.. crazy much? Charby looks freakin nuts in that last panel! And Kludd isn't what I expected... Vic must've hit his spine cause Q doesn't have much gear down there between his foot and his bones... XD Sorry, that joke was totally gross, rude, and unneccesary, but I just HAD to say/type it!! A healer? Isn't he an elite, though? He could heal on his own, I thought. I like the little things, like Vic's askew hair, and I can see a hint of the twin girl with the greenish hair's smile. Little stuff like that makes a huge difference, believe it or not. Good job, keep it up! *massages shoulders* lol
TheTim at 4:09PM, June 3, 2008
Can vampires/elites/whatever they might be even reproduce through sexual means? Of course, it's even more frightening to think that they might be able to reproduce through asexual means. I suppose biting and turning others into elites/vampires would be sort of like asexual reproduction, but I was more referring to something like fragmentation, fission or budding. I suppose you sort of tackled that when a certain head grew new legs, but that hasn't turned into a full elite, at least not yet. "Kludd!" isn't exactly the sound I would expect, but it certainly sounds painful! Then again, I'm not sure what sound I would expect. I'm hoping that that sound isn't from experience and/or testing.