Sneaking in
Ozoneocean on Feb. 15, 2006
News
The NEW writer’s challenge is for the hilarious Slither and friends. Post your fan-fic entries here!
Page description:
It’s the early morning when the day is just starting, about 5am. Cc is taking advantage of the turmoil on the edge of the city to slip in and blend with the crowd. She catches a lit on a goods cart and hops of when she judges she’s near the palace. The guard passes the cart through because fresh fruit doesn’t last well and he doesn’t see any harm in a simple old fruit peddler and a rather traditional religious woman.
Commentary:
ARGH, my kneeeees hurt so much right now… I must have arthritis or something…
Anyway. This page is a real shit compared to the previous one. It just doesn’t compare. The aerial view of the city is nice though, that took some thinking… As far as I know, there is no Mosque like that in Tunis. Sometimes when you want things to look good you have to make them up. –ALL the time in my case. The minarets are in the Tunisian style though. Interestingly the mosques Tunis is famous for are of the really OLD style, not the ones that just imitate the old Romanesque Christian churches like this one, (the typical Hagia Sophia model). I spent way too long on the boring page, especially the cityscape. Cc’s crouching form was a nightmare! It’s all wrong. If she wasn’t in that fucking robe it could have faked it a bit easier…. Ah well.
Just a note: Muslim women in Tunisia aren’t that strict. Not many would wear what Cc has on, not in the 1920’s.
More mistakes… that cart doesn’t really have enough wheel spokes.
Writer's challenge!
The Pinky TA fan-fics that were done as part of the writer’s challenge were brilliant! Read them ^_^
A note:
Go to my main site for the latest work (10th February, 2006). I’m uploading one page a day with commentary and explanations here.
Amelius at 8:42PM, Feb. 22, 2006
Sweeeet, that is an amazing amount of detail in that aerial view!
Nick at 10:23AM, Feb. 18, 2006
I think the overview of the city is amazing. You've cpatured the look or what I would think would be the lookof the culture/city just right!
JillyFoo at 7:04PM, Feb. 16, 2006
Mysterious.
Ozoneocean at 2:40PM, Feb. 16, 2006
No, no ccs1989. There are no evil people in Pinky TA! Thatâs one of the major points of the comic. I realise youâre being facetious of course, but nevertheless Iâd like to point out that no one is evil, only their actions. And even then their actions are only evil to the people who are negatively affected by them- and the observer of course. Pinkyâs actions in killing all those soldiers and harming the refugees were evil! âto the people being hurt that is. Bobo, everyone underestimates Cc. ^_^ Thanx Kam Ruka, Cc would be a ninja type character in a game I suppose ^^ Yep, almost caught up Randal ^^. I love this opportunity to get more feedback on the worth and provide a much better commentary and page description. Thanx Ham. I hope people arenât let down by the story too much though⦠I know where itâs headed you see. Thanks Alej! I hope you get that palace soon. Everyone should buy your brilliant dairies, badges and T-shirts at your [url=http://www.cafepress.com/lola_shop]café press[/url] shop to make that happen sooner. ^_^ Actually I think you can get real palaces pretty cheap in inner-city Tunis⦠Thanks Magical, I never really knew what the emotional effect of this page was. Ack, Strongbad! It takes me too long to do these pages. I wish I had another artist to work for me. Iâd love someone to do the pencilling. Ha, yeah Coy, sheâs sneaky, like a fox! ^_^ Hehehe, well I thank you for it Iago. I really am hopeless with of and offâ¦. You know those minarets were really hard to do in perspective⦠The secret to perspective drawing is knowing enough to fake it ^^ Hahaha, Coinilius sheâs just mumbling to herself. I do that all the time. Thinking aloud is fun, as long as youâre alone when you do it. In company itâs a bit awkward. `~` Thanks Rich, Iâll check out your work too.
ccs1989 at 1:20PM, Feb. 16, 2006
OH MY GOD EVIL PEOPLE ARE PLANNING!
bobo_81 at 12:19PM, Feb. 16, 2006
They underestimate the sneakiness
Randal at 11:06AM, Feb. 16, 2006
almost caught up, i see. =)
Hamorhage at 10:31AM, Feb. 16, 2006
lovely detail..and your story is taking shape very nicely!
Ruka E Pocky at 1:34AM, Feb. 16, 2006
Heh 'How ironic...' CC gots skillz! She could have her own stealth-based video game. I'd play that.
alejkhan at 12:13AM, Feb. 16, 2006
ooooh, so sneaky! Amazing and lovely. Those buildings and omg, the interior of governor's house on the last page is basically how I want part of my palace to look like, y'know, once I get a palace. Gorgeous and intriguing work, Ozone.
magicalmisfits at 11:32PM, Feb. 15, 2006
The tension just comes off the page.
strongbad_999 at 10:39PM, Feb. 15, 2006
If I may steal something from Family Guy, "Ooooh...you sly boots!" Also: How does it not take you months to do each one of these bloody comics!? They're so elaborate and detailed that it hurts my eyes to read them! (That was a compliment :D)
Coydog at 9:52PM, Feb. 15, 2006
She's sneaky, she is...
iagojester at 9:49PM, Feb. 15, 2006
This is such a dark page. The top of that building is really well drawn- I mean... holy cow you're good at perspective. ((And dude, I make typos all the time, the important thing is that we all point it out to each other so it doesn't get printed that way permanently.))
coinilius at 9:19PM, Feb. 15, 2006
The aerial shot looks superb, though :) Would a spy really be speaking there plans out loud like Cc is at the end? :P
Rich at 9:18PM, Feb. 15, 2006
Wow! I just found this comic and I have to say, You have hands down the best artwork I have seen in any comic... EVER! Story is cool too. Wow. Just. Wow...