12: Night Moves
starvingartist on Jan. 26, 2006
Starving Artists is back, and today is the dawning of a new and glorious era. Read my FIVE PAGE UPDATE starting here.
So, yeah. Instead of doing full-color stuff like I do over at Try Everything Once, I'm trying something new: Spot color. But I'm not going to stick to one color per page– instead, I'm doing one color per person. I'm not sure if it's gonna work out, but hey, that's what SA is for, right? It's kind of a testing ground for art styles that you're still experimenting with. It is for me, anyways.
As for the story, I must have set a record or something by introducing four characters in one update. Though my own self probably doesn't count. And General Zaroff is just a reworked character from SA1; he was just too good a character to go to waste.
Anyways, my brain is fried and my pants are hot from ‘shopping these pages (what? My tablet laptop was in my lap, like, all day), so I’m gonna end this before I get too verbose. Later!
Sincerely,
Ian Jay
PS: On the old SA, whenever I updated, I would usually have to apologize shortly afterwards. Here, I'm going to apologize in advance instead: I, Ian Jay, am sorry for offending anyone, ruining anyone's plans, and basically just taking a sh** all over whatever anyone else may consider this comic to be about. It was my fault and no one else's, and you may stone me or firebrand me or whatever it is that you do to people who reject conformity. Sorry.
PPS: By the by, can we do something about this page design? I mean, this is just me, but I think we can come up with something a little more inventive than just a default template.
Shippo_no_Neko at 5:45AM, Jan. 30, 2006
Yaaay! Funny pages, and your style ish as crazy as ever! W00t!
Neilak20 at 8:19PM, Jan. 29, 2006
Ian, I forgot to say this before but i like the feathers ^_^
Huntress at 11:51AM, Jan. 29, 2006
Does this mean we know each other in SA world for you to be dreamin about me? hehehehe :D
Mazoo at 11:10AM, Jan. 29, 2006
Your brain must be on drugs when you sleep Ian. Haha, that's a lot like the dreams I have... they are effing weird.
Willowanderer at 8:58AM, Jan. 29, 2006
always a trip, Ian.
Ian Jay at 6:22AM, Jan. 29, 2006
Oh, he dies, all right. One of them kills the other every night. ~IJ
lothar at 5:50AM, Jan. 29, 2006
i hope that dude doesnt die , He's cool !
subcultured at 5:21PM, Jan. 28, 2006
i am triping from the art
Giandroid at 4:24PM, Jan. 28, 2006
Dude, this is totally awesome! I need to do my SA contribution... but not now!
nebasa at 12:04PM, Jan. 28, 2006
Great update
NPC_Girl at 12:45AM, Jan. 28, 2006
it might be like from that one movie! or book.... i forget... it might have come from my head.... oh never mind ^^ knowing this comic's rep something unimaginably crazy! congratz IJ your first update did not make people want to pelt crap at you.
T_K at 12:36AM, Jan. 28, 2006
I'm confused I thot Ian was one of the last why is he the third now?
Aussie_kid at 8:53PM, Jan. 27, 2006
Nice one
Coydog at 8:52PM, Jan. 27, 2006
XD... gives a whole new meaning to "Exquisite Corpse"
Neilak20 at 6:45PM, Jan. 27, 2006
Ah okies so they're figments of Ian's mind, that makes sense, i mean they appeared after he went to sleep and all. Cool. *begins to plot*
Ian Jay at 6:20PM, Jan. 27, 2006
Man. I thought that the color-coordinated personalities would make it easier, but I guess I'll have to explain myself. IN BLUE: ~Ian Jay. Young teenager who owns a record store. Slightly matured since last SA, but still witty and irrelevant. ~General Zaroff. Spectre, or avatar, or manifestation, or [i]something[/i] from Ian's head. Wants peace and order, and doesn't care who he has to kill to get it. The hunter. ~The Albatross. Another spectre from Ian's head. Does whatever he wants, regardless of the reprecussions. Wears a mask for reasons unknown. The hunted. IN ORANGE: ~Fahn-Tse. Mystical monk-cum-employee at What Goes Around Records. Observes. IN VIOLET: ~Huntress. (Hopefully) recovering alcoholic. Kind of depressed. Has big Eighties hair that is way fun to draw. Was it a dream sequence? Was it real? I'm not really sure. That's up for the people after me to decide. One thing I wanted to do here was to start a really unusual storyline, one that people could go anywhere with. Have fun with it, guys! ~IJ
Huntress at 6:15PM, Jan. 27, 2006
well its not every night a man in a bird mask swoops in and plants on me a big wet one lmao (I'm guessing thats me lol) I really enjoyed this update though it was confusing telling who was who near the end. Also was this a dream sequence? I'm curious about the last panel on this page.
Neilak20 at 5:15PM, Jan. 27, 2006
Yeah IJ, nice update and all but who's who? (i'm horrible with names anyway)
anonymous at 5:00PM, Jan. 27, 2006
just thought I'd mention that its a little hard to tell who some of the people are in your update.
Lucky at 3:07PM, Jan. 27, 2006
Happily suprised at how good this turned out! Im excited for this SA, it hasnt made my brain explode yet!