Those original pages are really cute! Really... different... from what you have now, but cute! I like the earnest coloring and anime exaggeration, my old stuff looks like that too (just not as good T__T)
Anyways I'm very glad that you've gotten so far with this new version, and I can't wait to see where else it goes now that you're finished re-doing the original pages!
Oh, btw if you want to make the smiles a bit less psychotic just bend up the lower eyelid line. You have it curved down like a u right now, just straighten it or curve it up, that will make it seem more personable rather than wide-eyed/ threatening.
It really does, Manga style is cutesy (and I know it's a stylistic choice), but also in manga and anime, they tend (except for the more realistic ones, for the most part, those those seem to be rare, at least coming over to the good ol' U-S-or-A: might be different elsewhere) to put a lot of little in-jokes, too (friends have had to point them out to me, since I usually have no reference point for them :p), and it gives your story a more serious, if sometimes whimsical, feel.
D'awww! The anime characters look cute/kitchy x3 Ten looks like a little powder-monkey there x3
Although, to be honest, I *Think* that I prefer the new style. Despite apparantly psycho-smiles (which I didnt actually notice until ya pointed them out. Alvise doesn't look so bad, though. Its just Ten, with his extra-wide-eyed innocence, but its still *extremely* good. Again, I wouldn'ta noticed without specifically being told)
Well, y'know what they say.. if it survives its first 10 pages, it'll survive forever. Well, I dont actually know who says that. I'm gonna presume that by "it" I mean the anonymous folks that apparantly make up the shady majority, although nobody knows any of them >__> (its a conspiracy, I tell you!)
Anyways, I can't wait to see where Ten makes his journeys from here. Really good job so far! =3
Haha, you got it :D. I set it up to be a lot more kiddy then. The new version has much darker story elements, and so needs a bit more seriousity in its appearance XB.
LoL. Yeah, I was obsessed with drawing lots of clothing folds XD.
Haha, crazy poses and big anime smiles! It's really cool to see what the comic was like before. It's also neat to see how much you've added to the plot since then (as well as to the art of course). Those were some shoulders on Seta! :D
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ahahahahahah XD XD XD
Those original pages are really cute! Really... different... from what you have now, but cute! I like the earnest coloring and anime exaggeration, my old stuff looks like that too (just not as good T__T)
Anyways I'm very glad that you've gotten so far with this new version, and I can't wait to see where else it goes now that you're finished re-doing the original pages!
Oh, btw if you want to make the smiles a bit less psychotic just bend up the lower eyelid line. You have it curved down like a u right now, just straighten it or curve it up, that will make it seem more personable rather than wide-eyed/ threatening.
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Yeah, it's exciting to finally be past the old stuff, lol.
OMG, thanks! I can't believe I didn't think of that. I'll probably go back and edit out the crazy eyes from these pages XD.
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well, actually, I liek both designs, but your current one is definitely ftw.
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Although, to be honest, I *Think* that I prefer the new style. Despite apparantly psycho-smiles (which I didnt actually notice until ya pointed them out. Alvise doesn't look so bad, though. Its just Ten, with his extra-wide-eyed innocence, but its still *extremely* good. Again, I wouldn'ta noticed without specifically being told)
Well, y'know what they say.. if it survives its first 10 pages, it'll survive forever. Well, I dont actually know who says that. I'm gonna presume that by "it" I mean the anonymous folks that apparantly make up the shady majority, although nobody knows any of them >__> (its a conspiracy, I tell you!)
Anyways, I can't wait to see where Ten makes his journeys from here. Really good job so far! =3
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The longer you look at them, the crazier they'll seem, lol. I spent so much time trying to fix it, they looked certifiable to me by the end XD.
Well, whoever "they" are, I hope they're right, lol.
Thanks so much! :D
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I appreciate all that clothing-wrinkle shading very much! T_T (waterfall tears)
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LoL. Yeah, I was obsessed with drawing lots of clothing folds XD.
Thanks for the comment :D.
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May I ask when the first version was drawn?
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Hm... I think I was 14 or 15 at the time, so it was around 2003. Yeah, that sounds about right :).
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